TeresaW1020 wrote: »

@raleighgirl09, welcome back!! I have missed your posts. Most insightful about needing to eat less food to lose more weight. Why ohhhh why can’t there be another way!!

@trooworld, haha! The puzzle is coming along but it’s a super slow process. I told DH that we are certainly getting our money’s worth. I might never finish it!

@AustinRuadhain, you asked, “What's a little something you could celebrate, big or small, this week?” I am very happy to report that I haven’t picked at my fingernails once in the last week and now I can actually see growth. My tiny habit was to put Emory boards everywhere that I sit in the house so that I can use it instead of picking or even worse, biting at them. You know it’s interesting how this one small success motivates me to be successful in other areas of my life. Hmm, could that be the secret all along!

@Cornanda, ((((Hugs))) OK, you and I have the same weigh-in day. We have six days until we have to report again. What do you say we seriously buckle down and see what we can do this week? Yeah, I know it’s a holiday weekend but even if we indulge it should only be one meal, right? And what about that meal. Can we maybe eat a little less of it? Can we exercise a little harder before we indulge? I’m going to push myself with the understanding that it doesn’t mean forever. It just means right now. I’m going to push myself for now and see if I can push myself a little more tomorrow. Are you with me!! We can end this month strong. I believe in us! Ohhhh and go listen to that podcast that @AustinRuadhain posted. I will listen to it in a little while and report back.



Good morning! Yesterday, I spent several hours thoroughly cleaning my whole house and doing laundry. So, everything is done, and I can enjoy my weekend. Today, is the last day of week four Barre Blend and I can’t believe how much I’m still enjoying this program and how much better my balance has become. Now if I could be as disciplined with my diet as I have been with my workouts I would really be getting somewhere on this health journey of mine. I’m NOT giving up and like I told my sweet friend, Cornanda, this week I’m going to push a little harder and make this last week of the month count. I’m not going to have an “all or nothing” attitude. I’m going to have a “not right now” attitude. That could work, right?

EDIT: I just received this from a friend from another group that I am in and I thought it was just too good not to share. Especially in light of what I just wrote above.


Chasing Cupcakes by Elizabeth Benton

Transformation is not a journey you pursue, transformation is now. Change happens in any moment you choose it. Transformation is a decision not a destination. Excellence is not an aspiration, excellence is the next five minutes. Excellence is an opportunity that exists no matter what you are doing in the next five minutes. Transformation is a present choice, not a future outcome. You don't have to earn it, you have to choose it and every choice is a chance. When you plan to do better tomorrow, you miss the chances in front of you today. When you see change as something that exists in the future, what you don’t see clearly is the opportunity to choose change now. You don’t take responsibility for the work that presents itself today because who and how you want to be is out on the horizon of your life.

Transformation is Now means you can be different right now. You need to be. This is when change happens. NOW not tomorrow. This next moment is your chance. This next meal is your chance. The next moment is your opportunity. No choice is too small to make a difference.

Katmary71 wrote: »

@TeresaW1020 Post-herpectic neuralgia is known to hurt a lot. My sciatic nerves are injured from my back problems, about 5-6 were burned during a laparoscopy for endometriosis in my pelvis and groin, happened right after college which is how I ended up over-drugged in pain clinics for so long though the first few years I tried every natural way possible for relief and then 50-75 various forms of nerve blocks/epidurals/spinals. I went off all medication a couple years ago and was doing fairly well until a few months ago, now the old suspects are angry and brought some friends along for the ride. I won't know anything for awhile, I see my GP in two weeks then she'll refer me to a neurologist or pain doc, that's likely a good month out as I don't have very good insurance and can't pay out-of-pocket.