2019 - I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON'T GIVE UP!! HERE WE GO!
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Suzy - how's the packing going???
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That’s hilarious! I think I’ve got it figured out. I’m taking the approach that you mentioned, Vail. If I really need it then I’ll buy it. We took a trip a couple years back (y’all might remember) to Maine with our nieces and nephews. They did all the planning. We went in with the attitude that we were just along to enjoy their company. It wasn’t the trip I would have planned but we had a fantastic time and made such wonderful memories with them. So giving up the control sometimes can be rewarding.
Btw, Spain would be lovely! I’ve never been and would love to go explore. We are going to drive through Galway and northwest along the coast to Westport. Then up to Derry, over to Giant’s Causeway on to Belfast and back to Dublin. I’m worried that I’ve packed too much into the itinerary but we’ll make it work. It’s a lot of driving but we really want to see the countryside. Fingers crossed for decent weather!!!
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Sorry i didn't have time for a full reply this morning as i wanted to hit the lake before work = but i did think of you when i saw that pic Suzy and had to post it LOL..
Vail - i hope you do decide to consider it an "adventure" as such and do the trip with your friends! But i get you're kinda torn; altho trip planning isnt my thing as discussed i AM a bit of an "organizer" and plotter - and I have no doubt i will have to check some of my impulses and not let myself get frustrated at all because it's a hard habit to break lol... BUT.. i am honestly considering this an adventure for me rather than a "trip"... and THAT will help immensely i think to just go with the flow, be in the moment and just enjoy the adventure!
I also hope you go because altho i dont have a "bucket list" as such.. I was just thinking to myself one day i'd love to go to Spain!! So i could live vicariously through you if you go LOL..
I've been trying to start learning a little Italian but i'm finding it a tough go suprisingly... I'm still relatively passable in French even though its been 40 years since i left Quebec, ok enuf that i can still understand it and make myself understood that is lol. And i have a teeeny bit of Spanish ... but even learning a few basic phrases in Italian is stumping me at the moment.. they really pronounce the vowels in everything; even the simple "please, thank you, where is the (blank) - its just not sticking with me and i keep relapsing into french or spanish.. its quite frustrating but i have a few months to keep at it...and let's face it, as long as i can say "where's the bathroom please?" i'll be ok!! haaaa
Suzy - glad to hear the packing is coming along! As Vail said, i too am just thinking i can buy something if i need it there as we won't be going anywhere remote! But I'm not gonna lie.. i stopped at my friends place on the way back from the lake yesterday and looked at the 20" bag...
omg.... it's sooooooooo tiny!!!
i had a moment of panic I admit lol... but i know when i'll be lugging it all over creation i'll be very glad its so small... i may need a few glasses of wine when it comes to actually putting everything into it tho!!
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Gail- I’ll be in your shoes soon watching my grandson to be ( due August 9). I’m so excited to be blessed with a grandson, but I was rather shocked when my DIL told me she didn’t want to work the evening shifts so she would need me to watch him 4 days a week from 6 AM to 3 :30! Needless to say, I had to set my boundaries!
Vail and Gail - thanks for the compliments about the flowers . I must give Sarah the credit as she is the one who loves sunflowers 🌻, and I had the florist, who is a friend of mine, add some other ones to it to make it nicer than just plain sunflowers, included periwinkle blue hydrangeas for the center pieces.
And Vail I can totally relate to the weight fluctuations and physical issues holding you back. It’s a challenge for sure !
Gail - I hate early rising , too. Hope it works for you to take the second shift.
Suzy- that 2.5 is such a reasonable amount from a vacation - hoping I can do the same on mine . Your trip to Europe sound wonderful !
Snooozie- sounds like you’ve gotten a lot accomplished with your travel plans. I totally agree with having a down day . You must be excited about your upcoming trip,as well as your upcoming retirement! I feel for you with all those crazy shifts!
Speaking of trips and vacations , I am in Maui right now - it is soooo beautiful! Unfortunately, my sinuses went berserk from the two hour plane descent , and I felt like absolute crap on my first day here yesterday ; so loaded up on Benadryl , Claritin D, Aspirin and Tylenol and laid low at the beach and waterfall pools sipping on Mai Tais. I was able to change our lua reservations to Sunday and was able to cancel my horseback riding for now so I could just chill, and that helped .I am feeling about 70% better today, so about to get ready to go hiking through a bamboo forest and take a dip in a water full pond in the middle of it.
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Snoozie: summer has arrived n Georgia
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Hope you're feeling better now! Maui looks beautiful. Of course you're off hiking rather than sitting on the beach! Have a wonderful time!1
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Leaving for Amsterdam today! Unfortunately I’m up five pounds already. I’m going to try and use restraint but I’m not going to stress over food. I’ll try to keep in touch!
I still want to see what happens if I don’t give up!
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omg i thot you were already gone and i've been checking for any photos and updates LOLOLOL... have an amazing time and love your idea of being mindful but not stressing at all - exactly as it should be for these moments!!! enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Hope you're having a fantastic time, Suzy!1
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I think we're both on tenterhooks waiting for photos from Suzy, Vail!!
Hope you're doing ok... i saw your post on your wall the other day and can totally relate.. i have no idea whats going on... but i'm like an eating machine lately.. or a hoover vaccuum might be more appropriate
and the scale is showing it! Spring has finally raised its heads here and there in Toronto, and I refuse to buy any new clothes since i bought a lot last year - but i have to get my head out of my butt and smarten up!
I was going over some of my blood test results from back when i had hit my goal weight..everything was so much better and you would think that alone would be great motivation! But i forget that every time i open the fridge...
i think some of it is .. emotional eating? I won't say stress eating cause i'm not stressed, but i think having decided to retire for sure this year might be part of it - i had some weird dreams the past few days (one of them being that my shift gave me a BUS for a retirement gift.. and i was trying to look pleased while inside thinking what the hell... that will never fit in my underground parking lot! (ya... note i didn't ask why they gave me a BUS, just that it wouldnt fit in my parking space haaaaaa)... and I think i'm a little worried about b eing a couch potato.. and even tho i know the choice not to be is mine, i think perhaps all the thoughts milling around in my head are part of what's driving me to the fridge - i've always been an emotional eater and the prob is doesnt matter what the emotion - happy, sad, frustrated, angry, joyful.. doesnt matter which one seems food has always been a reward or a consolation.. i also started looking into travel insurance the other day and realized that people with existing medical conditions have a much tougher (and more expensive) time getting that! grrrr
maybe just saying stuff out loud will help me control it a bit. .we'll see!! I'm on vacation still for another 10 days and we've had crappy weather this week but next week looking better so hopefully will be able to get out and about more.. i've managed to hit pickleball twice this week and have the 2020 season launch at the LAC tonite so at least i'll be moving some.
Hope all is well in your world Vail...
Gail - havent seen you since your birthday - hope all is okay with you as well??0 -
All is good...just so busy at work and when I get home , I never get near the computer....tooo tired. but I have been reading the posts on my breaks ....can't wait for the pics Suzy & Susan and Snoozie!!
Vail ...where are we going? lol
A BUS!! tEHEHAHAHA.... IT IS FOR YOU TO COME PICK US ALL UP!! AND WE WILL TRAVEL TOGETHER!!
I Find I eat more if I am alone...bored eating! in fact ...hungry right now, still trying to manage those PILLS!!
Got to go , headed home , a long day at work...10 hrs!! ugh!
Bye!! KFC, here I come!
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hmm ok that's better lol
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Keep me a seat on that bus! .
Funny that you should mention travel insurance, Snoozie. I was just trying to sort that out last night. I've been through lots of companies, all massively expensive, finally was recommended a company by somebody with serious medical problems, spend forever going through all their questions, and they rejected me! Very frustrating! So I think I'll just have to go back to the other companies and pay over the odds, or not go at all. I've tried going through SAGA, and a heart charity and a comparism site, but it's all just so expensive. More than the cost of the trip, lol!
Meanwhile, I'm trying to get a grip with my weight. I would never have said I was an emotional eater in the past, and I don't know what's happened recently, but it just feels like my resistance is really low. I plan what I'm going to eat or not eat, and then somehow find myself eating rubbish, or eating too much generally. I should not use the words "find myself", because obviously I have made a decision to pick up that food and put it in my mouth, it's just that it's not even feeling like a decision these days.
Anyway, I can sympathise with the emotional eating. It made me laugh about it being for any emotion, lol! I would never have called myself an emotional eater previously, but I think I'm moving that way, and yes, any emotion, or feeling in general. I'm eating just because I'm tired, for goodness sake. You'd think tired would mean I was too tired to eat, but oh no. I'm not even particularly stressed at the moment.
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Vail i can relate to the travel insurance - i had no idea that ANY pre existing medical condition could get you denied.. or have to sell your firstborn to afford it! im like omg most people over 50 have something going on; so how are they all excluded or become bankrupt because of it? I did get a really good "list" of things to check are covered; the fine print if you will..- all of which become immaterial if we're denied as you said from the beginning.. i am going to call a few of the companies that do accept medical stuff in person and see if i can get something reasonable over the phone rather than online - fingers crossed you can get something doable as well..
and omg on the mindless or emotional eating - whatever we wanna call it same here!! i was up at 330am this morning wandering... and literally still falling asleep but found myself peeling an orange and eating it.. nope not the least bit hungry ... and your sentence "its not even feeling like a decision these days" is exactly what i'm feeling...
the only thing that might help me right now is that yesterday afternoon it was supposed to be a really nice day and i was meeting a friend for lunch on an outdoor patio.. first patio of the season.. so i had dug out my capris and a summeryish top and my sandals.. and the darn patio was closed because of construction going on in front of the restaurant.. grrrr lol.. BUT... even tho the capris were stretchy material .. they were tight and i was pretty uncomfortable sitting there and i thot... ok really... even dropping 10 lbs would make these comfortable.. and everything is tight lately ... so i may keep those capris around and wear em to force me to stop shoving things into my face
and on that note.. it's almost 5am so i'm going back to bed lol...1 -
Hi there Hatters . Love all your fun upcoming travel plans , and Suzy , hope you are having a wonderful time!
Maui was absolutely wonderful . Scale wise, I was up 5 pound from too many Mai Tais and eating out , but managed to get that off since I’ve been back. Worked hard to get it back off right away with the exception of Thursday night when I binged. I felt like just awful the next day - you think I would learn .
I’m sad to say I got “the call “ this morning that my dad passed away . The memorial service isn’t until the Saturday, June 22nd, so I will fly back somewhat earlier to help as much as possible with making a dent in cleaning out his office and huge house filled with stuff and memorial service preparations . .
When I return , I leave a few days later to attend a good friend ‘s daughters’s wedding in Sante Fe . And I’m hosting a baby shower the weekend before I leave , so , with all of this going on , my hope at the end of it all is that whatever weight I gain is can take off quickly . I am feeling out of sorts do to speak and not sleeping much particularly this last week with so many early phone calls concerning my now late dad . But time is my best friend , and I know things will ease up as time goes by . In the meantime , I am just going to do the best I can to try to employ healthy coping strategies to help balance my unhealthy ones !2 -
Oh, I'm so sorry about your dad! I know it was expected, but such a loss ... you have been through so much over the last year or two. And it sounds like you have so much to do and organise. Sending you good wishes x x1
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Thanks so much for your kind words Vail. I really appreciate your support
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Susan my condolences to you and your family on the news of your father passing; take time for some self care with whatever options work for you; we as women tend to internalize stressors so its important to take care of ourselves; whether that be in jammies watching bad tv or focusing on keeping healthy; it doesnt matter what it is as long as you take a few minutes when you can for a little self care.0
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Thanks so much Snoozie for your condolences and caring advice. I’m taking one day at a time, and trying to stay balanced and centered while helping to take care of so many things along with my sisters who are quite the challenge themselves! My husband reminded me that it is our anniversary tomorrow, and the baby shower is approaching, so I have some happy things to celebrate as well thank goodness
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Well I caved this morning and adjusted my weight - i'm up 5 lbs from what my last recorded weight was and while I resisted changing it... i'm hoping by seeing my REAL weight it will keep me on the straight and narrow!
I SO did not want to hit that ENTER button tho!!
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At least it's 5 lb and not 15 lb! Have you reset your weight? I still haven't had the guts to that, after seven years. I'm still desparately clinging to my 60lb lost- lol! In my defence, I do think it helps to inspire me to be reminded of the work I've put in previously and the success I've had. I don't want to feel I'm starting from the beginning again!
As ever, things have been mixed for me. For some reason, I made tablet the other day. It's a Scottish sweet, and I don't really come across it here in England and had been craving it. There are lots of recipes, but it normally involves boiling up condensed milk, butter and sugar for about half an hour, then beating the mixture for several minutes. Obviously the beating burns a lot of calories which you can then spend on the eating. It's a bit like fudge, but ten times more delicious in my opinion. It's so sweet that you don't feel good if you eat too much, but it's so addictive that you tend to. Even my cat appreciates it, he knows where it's kept and goes nuts if anybody goes near the box.
Anyway, what possesses me to create something so addictive and unhealthy, when I struggle to stop eating anyway, I don't know. I'm going to take most of it into work and see if I can palm it off on my slim colleagues before I eat it all!1 -
Yes Vail I did reset it!! I've got to do something to put the brakes on the gain and hopefully this help! and i totally get how seeing your loss is totally inspiring - i'm all for whatever works for each of us and honestly i'm just hoping this will kick my *kitten* AND inspire me lol! I also dug out the actual photo i have on my profile - when i was at my heaviest and put it smack dab on the fridge next to the handle!! I am gonna print out the one of me at my goal weight and stick that next to it as well... yup desperate times call for desperate measures!
i had to laugh at your tablet - yes obviously the beating of the mix burns more than enuf cals to justify the eating !! I use that logic all the time haaaaaaa. Weirdly tho.. i never have an urge to chow down on a head of cabbage or broccoli ... hmmm! I was going to make ginger snap cookies when i got home from work today cause i was craving them - then realized i dindt have any eggs. And im too lazy to go out again! Saved by laziness - there's a first!0 -
Saved by laziness indeed! That has actually happened to me when I've wanted a snack but have been too lazy to go to the kitchen and make one - lol! As far as baking ingredients go, I live about two minutes walk a corner shop which has all the basics, so it's not like it's it's a big expedition. Anyway, the tablet was a big hit at work, so I'm bringing the rest of it in today. Well, I might keep a small piece back for myself.0
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Hello Hatters! I’m back from an absolutely fantastic trip! We had such a wonderful time and everything went so well. The weather cooperated, all the hotels were lovely, we ate well, we walked a ton and made such lasting happy memories with our daughter and son in law. That being said, it was so nice to sleep in my own bed last night!
Susan, I was really sorry to read that your dad passed on. My thoughts are with you, I know it must be so very hard to lose a parent. It sounds like you’re going to be kept rather busy I hope you’re doing okay.
I’ve only spent the money on trip insurance once and that was the only time I had to use it...oddly enough. However, I found that my circumstances weren’t covered because of the fine print. So...definitely buyer beware. I always spend just a bit more on hotels by making sure that I get a room that can be canceled. It’s the airfare that’s so expensive though.
I weighed this morning and amazingly I didn’t really gain weight. I’m still up five from before we left so it’s back to work on achieving my weight loss goal by the end of the year. I’ll post a few pictures. We took so many that it’s hard to choose but I won’t bore you with a ton!1 -
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Welcome back, Suzy! I love your pictures and you look amazing! I want your jacket and shoes from the Giant's Causeway picture. But in a bigger size, lol! I'm so glad you caught the good weather, thankfully! Northern Europe seems to be wet and windy at the moment! Which was your favourite place? Did you indulge in any interesting local food?0
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One last photo:
This was a ring fort outside Derry. It was one of my favorite places. There was a 360 degree view of the most amazing countryside! It would rain when we were driving sometimes and then stop just in time to get out and explore. We were so lucky!3
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