Serial Starters

Over and over and over and over and over again!!!

Dawn - that is very funny what your SO says about the kitchen smoke alarm!

The Cabana Boys will be following you today with their Magic Fairy Dust to help bolster you on your first day at the new vet!

Hugs~~

Lana

Monday

Back to work after being off for a week. Sigh. Put on a dress with shapewear underneath and boy is this shapewear tight! Another good incentive to stick with it.

Lana - congrats on your WI! You are an inspiration!

Dawn - good luck today!

I am committing to tracking everything every day from now to Christmas. Planning to stay in the green most of those days. Will work in exercise as I am able. Back and hip still being very achy.

Good plan for the day. Now to work the plan.

Happy Monday, everyone!

Annie

Dawn - Good luck today at the new job! Remember, you dont have to learn everything all at once. break it down into "chunks" and learn it one chunk at a time. When those negative thoughts hit, take a moment - breathe - and review whats gone right, count your blessings, etc.

Ali - good luck at the dr.

Lana - great job!

Went to a gender reveal party for a good friend this weekend. The food was scrumptious! I tried to fill up mostly on fruit. But the brisket and rib tips were so yummy! And I had cake. I have been consistent with my tracking and i made sure i tracked all those calories. Seeing that number in black & white was a bit unnerving.

Got on scale this morning and was not thrilled. Weight is back up 3 pounds but I'm not overly discouraged. I know part of that is PMS.

Ali - it is a girl. they are naming her Briella. due in January. the cake was definitely pink -- strawberry cake with a strawberry cream filling and vanilla butter cream frosting.
Hope your foot is something simple and it heals quickly.

Hi all,

Great WL Lana

Arniedog74 - I weigh myself a couple times a day morning & when I get home from work, my weight is always higher come the end of the day by at least a couple pounds, then morning it is back to normal or less (which is never a bad thing )

My weekend was not great for calories, but at least I didn't gain my usual 2+lbs. No workout today as I had to give up my lunch break due to lack of coverage, maybe it will not be too hot out to take my little puppies for a walk tonight...maybe. Oh well tomorrow is another day & hopefully I can get to the gym!

Have a great night...

Hello to Sara and Saltine and Kathryn and RSGold~~

Ali - What did the doctor say about your foot? Are you waiting on any X-ray results and what's next?

Dawn - How are you doing? I hope Day One wasn't too overwhelming!

Annie - Hold on tight and stick with it, and you will have the success you want!

Lana

Mmm enchiladas.

I'm just making dinner and it's 9 pm. No sign of the husband so I've decided I'm hungry in making dinner.

Lana the Dr doesn't know what wrong with my foot but had x rays to check for arthritis on anything else. I doubt they'll find a trying so I'll just keep going to physio

Hello there! I'm C, and I am definitely guilty of being a serial starter. Part of it is part of an eating disorder, even, so all the more reason for me to break out of it - a slowdown or an illness leads to binge eating, which leads to me hating myself, which leads to me panicking and becoming afraid to eat, or purging, or doing any number of other pretty terrible things. Trying once again to get on track once and for all.

On the whole, I'm way lower than my peak weight, so at least I've made positive progress overall, but man, is this ever a pattern I need to address.

Sara - that is so wonderful of you! 70 hats that's amazing! Good things will surely come your way!

Alright, need to get my butt moving...

Be back later...
Have a great day all

Tuesday

I held firm yesterday! And now my sister-in-law wants to share our food diaries each day as accountability, so I really have to behave and do well! Why, oh why, did I agree to do that?

Good plan for the day. Have already pre-tracked most everything but short nearly 400 calories! When I try to keep carbs and sugars out, it's hard to get the calories in!

Back/hip feeling slightly better. Too hot and stormy to walk outside today. DH bought me a TRX suspension strength system yesterday. We will both use it - and possibly DS will use it, too. I'm hoping it will help me build my core strength with consistent use. He has to anchor it to the beams down in our basement today.

Haircut last night. Cut back and sides quite a bit shorter than they have been. Trying to go for a heavier/longer bang with shorter sides/back. I think the hair gel I use is too stiff and thus the hairstyling didn't go as well today as I had hoped. It was looser when hair stylist did it last night with her product. I'm a hair spray queen from the 80's, so it's hard for me to let my hair actually move! LOL

Also tried some new makeup tips last night from my SIL who sells Younique products. She did a video about how to do eye makeup for hooded eyes. I have blue eyes and often wear purple shadow - but she convinced me to try some brown shades as they are supposed to be good for blue eyes. Wow! My eyes really popped! I learned the key is to blend, blend, blend! I ordered some new mascara and am waiting for it to arrive. That would really complete the look if my lashes were longer and fuller. I guess an old dog can learn some new tricks!

Sara - you are amazing with your knitting skills and willingess to give. It's inspiring!

Have a great day!

Annie