Good morning my fellow hatters!
Good morning Bisland,
Wonderful opening post. A lot of good thoughts , I especially love the random acts of kindness. I think we all could spread a little more of them around. That's going to be one of my goals going forward , if you don't mind me jumping on with you. Love it!!

Have a great day at the thrift store. I really get a kick out of getting deals. wish we had some close to us.
I'm headed to work. I told them 6ish and here it is 8ish....oh well. better late than never, right?
Bye,
Gail

Goal - 8 glasses of today .....

Good morning Ladies! It's been a slow moving morning.

First thing I did was go to the kitchen and looked at it and thought, Oh what a mess, without thinking I grabbed a bar (salted nut roll) that I had made last night for a get together with friends and started eating it. While I was eating, I sat down on the computer and started reading on MFP and came across a friends post. She had written about how she had to throw some food away because she would eat all of it. That was it! My morning wake up call! I looked at the bar and threw the rest away! I thought what am I doing! I packed the rest of the bars up and took them over to my husbands office. (which is about 1/4 mile walk) and got rid of them! So now it time to tackel the kitchen! So funny what we do without thinking. Our old habits, That is my goal today. To think before I eat and get that water in! Have a great day ladies.
Bye for now Antia


Bisland- I hope you succeed with your three acts of kindness. We need more people like you in this world. I give you a IPOU.

Gail- good luck with the water today. Saturdays and Sundays are so hard to get that water in for me. So I will be thinking of you and try to get my water in right along with you. good luck!

tonya- Have a great day! You look so bubbly in your picture.

Good morning Ladies! It's been a slow moving morning.

First thing I did was go to the kitchen and looked at it and thought, Oh what a mess, without thinking I grabbed a bar (salted nut roll) that I had made last night for a get together with friends and started eating it. While I was eating, I sat down on the computer and started reading on MFP and came across a friends post. She had written about how she had to throw some food away because she would eat all of it. That was it! My morning wake up call! I looked at the bar and threw the rest away! I thought what am I doing! I packed the rest of the bars up and took them over to my husbands office. (which is about 1/4 mile walk) and got rid of them! So now it time to tackel the kitchen! So funny what we do without thinking. Our old habits, That is my goal today. To think before I eat and get that water in! Have a great day ladies.
Bye for now
Antia

Bisland- I hope you succeed with your three acts of kindness. We need more people like you in this world. I give you a IPOU.

Gail- good luck with the water today. Saturdays and Sundays are so hard to get that water in for me. So I will be thinking of you and try to get my water in right along with you. good luck!

tonya- Have a great day! You look so bubbly in your picture.

Antia , Hello...

She is!!! ...in reply to Tonya.......bubbly.. Love her!!

You made me laugh about the eating if it's there thing ...that's most of my trouble ,if it's there , I WILL EAT IT !! ( used to) Girl, I must give you a BIG IPOU for throwing away a HOMEMADE!!!!!! salted nut roll ! I didn't even know you could make them, I'm glad I didn't. I wouldn't have been able to do it! Just throwing away the old hard ones you get out of the vending machine is hard to do.I kept a piece of one for a month, in the fridge....in case I might want to eat some more of it later on . That's so sad isn't it. Teee HeeeeHeee. I finally did throw it away though..


As for the kitchen, I got half washed yesterday, mabe the other half today after work. I have the old fashioned model of dishwasher....Hands!!

Happy , healthy day to all.
G

Oh,Charip, I have gotten 16 oz.....I have 2 more bottles here, so I should get in 48oz, all total. That's only today . I don't get that much through the week. I don't know why , too busy I guess.
G

Good day all!

Off to a good start, walked 2 miles, and trying to get that water in!

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Annamay

Good Saturday Morning ladies. So, had a rough start to my day as Saturday is my weigh in day. I didn't gain, however I didn't loose either. As I stated on my status, the scale did show a 2.4% fat mass loss. I am taking that and running with it today! I know I busted my butt last week. Yes, as my diary shows, last night I over ate and had a tequilla shot. We had no food in the house and stopped for dinner before going to Costco. Today I will likely over indulge omewhere again. Tomorrow is my/our 7th Anniversary and we had planned to celebrate today as we can't tomorrow. You know, I enjoyed my meal last night (especially the shot!, yummy Hornitos Silver, good stuff!) I will get on the treadmill today, kick butt again and not worry about it. The fat will eventually melt away, so what if it takes another week or two. This isn't a chemistry formula that X + Y = Z, your body does what IT does, not what you calculate it to do... We can't write it in our planners and expect it do what we write. Yes, you have to do your part, but its still up to the body to do its part.

I LOVE the dressy up part, no slouch clothes today along with random acts of kindness. I do believe I will try that as well. It will likely shock the pants off my hubby seeing me in a dress, but hey its our anniversary.

Have a great day ladies. Needless to say, I probably won't be back on the group site today. I will have my phone and will check statuses throughout. Make this day YOUR day. Love what you do, who you are and be extra kind to yourself, you know no one else will!

I love you ladies!!

Good Saturday Morning ladies. So, had a rough start to my day as Saturday is my weigh in day. I didn't gain, however I didn't loose either. As I stated on my status, the scale did show a 2.4% fat mass loss. I am taking that and running with it today! I know I busted my butt last week. Yes, as my diary shows, last night I over ate and had a tequilla shot. We had no food in the house and stopped for dinner before going to Costco. Today I will likely over indulge omewhere again. Tomorrow is my/our 7th Anniversary and we had planned to celebrate today as we can't tomorrow. You know, I enjoyed my meal last night (especially the shot!, yummy Hornitos Silver, good stuff!) I will get on the treadmill today, kick butt again and not worry about it. The fat will eventually melt away, so what if it takes another week or two. This isn't a chemistry formula that X + Y = Z, your body does what IT does, not what you calculate it to do... We can't write it in our planners and expect it do what we write. Yes, you have to do your part, but its still up to the body to do its part.

I LOVE the dressy up part, no slouch clothes today along with random acts of kindness. I do believe I will try that as well. It will likely shock the pants off my hubby seeing me in a dress, but hey its our anniversary.

Have a great day ladies. Needless to say, I probably won't be back on the group site today. I will have my phone and will check statuses throughout. Make this day YOUR day. Love what you do, who you are and be extra kind to yourself, you know no one else will!

I love you ladies!!

Lovely post Leslye! Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Leslye

Afternoon Hatters!!

Just throwing in a quick post; then will sit and enjoy a catch up of what everyone's been up to..

I was going thru withdrawal from the hatters at work all day; but I knew when I got home if I sat down to read, I would NOT go back out and exercise.. so I threw on my shorts and t and headed down to the gym (yup my building has a little gym with a treadmill, eliptical and a bike) but I've only been in there a couple of times cause a) if there's anyone else in there I get intimated (more bout that later lol) and b) since I live in a small condo in the city, I much prefer to get outside and walk when I can. But it's way too hot and humid today (36+) so I peeked thru the window and no one was there LOL. .so in I went... got a nasty surprise once I hopped on (more later too lol) BUT I managed to get in enough to make me happy on 4 hrs of sleep and a couple of charlie horses!!

MY IPOM! I made myself go do my exercise first before sitting down at the puter, in spite of REALLY REALLY wanting to see what everyone was up to!! :bigsmile:

NOW my reward - off to catch up on the posts!! :happy: :happy:

its 430 in nj - still in pjs... lol... but have a clean kitchen, bathroom, living room, bedroom... and the laundry is caught up too!

still need to take a shower and go out to get labels for jr's Eagle letters to mail out - 120... should be out the door by next week

have a great day!

Flip Flop – I find there are days when I am honestly exhausted.. mentally, physically, emotionally.. just one of those days where you feel really lethargic and ..empty. Sometimes its good to push past it and get that second wind, but sometimes.. I honestly believe its also good to just put your feet up, read a book or have a nap, and take a little me time.

Im not using it as an excuse to get out of exercise.. but I think sometimes women forget how many demands are made on us in all three areas… and sometimes.. the batteries just need to recharge.

I think maybe it’s our body’s way of screaming at us that it just wants a little “me” time.. but we tend to ignore it cause we usually guilt outselves into thinking I cant.. I have this to do or that to do or so and so to pick up.. and we put ourselves at the very end of the “who wants a piece of me” ladder.

Most men (god bless em, we love em all for sure..!) but.. they seem to have the ability to be just a little bit selfish – if they’re tired, they lie down.. or chill in front of the tv… and there are times I’m just a little bit jealous (and resentful lol) that I can’t let myself do that.. well, I could… but I honestly don’t think it’s hard wired into us; we have to fight it and maybe start to realize its ok for us to just… recharge the batteries now and then.. (just my opinion of course.. but maybe give it a try sometime… cause you can’t give anything to anyone if there’s nothing left of you to give, so invest a little R&R in yourself – you deserve it!)

Adiane: HUGE CONGRATS!! Omg.. I had to take the stairs once when the power was up.. I hadda stop at the 4th floor to rest!! Big IPOU!

CBM: I bought one of those big plastic see thru cups with the lid that screws on so I can have it on my desk at work!! And Im gonna fill it from the water fountain there for free too lol!

LindaWoj: I have started adding ¼ pkg of the individual tubes of crystal lite to every 2nd bottle, just to force myself to keep drinking.. in my head if I finish the plain water, I can have a wee bit of flavour in the next one LOL.. so I feel for ya too!! Good work on adding the Metamucil too! And a great IPOM…!! Good going! And I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Monday that you get a happy hop on the scale!

Merobi!! Awwwwww good hubby… GOOD HUBBY!!

Tonya – they frown at that too on this side of the border… what’s with that?? (HA!)
Don’t they know it would make me a HAPPY employee.. and a happy employee.. is more productive!! Huge congrats on the water chug!!

Thank you for sharing your story!! I think a lot of us have done the loss/gain circle many times during the years, but that was a huge accomplishment! Like you, I found this place in January.. but wasn’t really focused, just kinda playing around on it.. then went back to my old habits and chunked on a lot more. Shock came when I tried to lose it after menopause… and it was like why isn’t it GOING AWAY…

I love what you said about being more aware of what you put into your mouth now.. I am finding the same thing, and I have started looking at what kind of calories too.. I’m watching my carb intake (from white food, not veggies and stuff) and sugars because I want to try to get my sugars leveled out and low, and trying to eat more vegetables and a little less protein as well. My doc told me to aim for 25g of fibre a day… which is pretty tuff unless you’re eating a lot of whole grains like cereals and breads, and I’m trying to stay away from them only for a while til I can see what happens… and I’m also allowing myself to have the occasional indulgence if I want it.. I stopped saying I can’t have that… now I just think like you.. crap 207 calories? And 47g of fat for a kit kat?? Umm… nope…not this time. Or I might get one and have one stick only. Its not about denial of anything anynmore, its knowing that what I put in my body is what’s gonna keep me healthy and mobile as I age.. and I totally plan to have an occasional glass of my wine as well… but I’ll plan for it so I can enjoy every sip without any guilt whatsoever… moderation is my motto lol

And YES.. every day you put some effort into making a healthier you, is a huge IPOM!! YAY you!!

Bis: I add the occasional ground flax to my oatmeal now.. but a little hint for Linda?? Don’t put it in a salad…. Its like eating sand mixed in with your greens..blech!!

Huntress… omg no wonder finding time to exercise is tough.. you have a lot of demands on you, but kudos for trying to come up with something that will work for your circumstances! This may sound a little weird.. but do you live in a house with stairs? Basement stairs.. or second floor stairs? Cause honest to goodness.. some trainer a while back said to me just go up and down your stairs whenever you have a few minutes free… it’ll burn a lot of calories and get some good cardio in. .even 10 min 3x a day running up and down at as brisk a pace as u can do.. will absolutely shave off a lot of calories? ?Just a thought.?

k.. got to the end of yesterday.. I see there’s a new thread for today but I have to get something to eat first before I can keep reading… be back in a fewwwwwwwww

So GOOD to read all the lovely posts! What a great group of women!

Yesterday I was just about to start prepping dinner and lunch for today when I got a call from a friend who is going thru a very tuff time and wanted to meet up; we had dinner out and I found myself ordering without much thought just to get back to talking.. I ordered a balsamic chicken dish with veggies but it was a far cry from healthy; and I ate my way thru the whole plate without even realizing it til it was empty. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but was so uncomfortable for the next couple of hours sitting there.. and even when I got home I was still feeling bloated and stuffed, and not in a good way. It was a lot of food on the plate…. Wouldn’t have been even a week ago, but since I’ve been eating smaller meals for the past week, I think my tummy has gotten used to it… and I realized I felt like crap cause my belly was extended and icky.. Blech.
I’m not stressing over it today …its done.. .. but a good lesson for me to pay attention to what and how much I’m eating.. and am I eating because I’m actually hungry… or just because it’s there..

And had to wing it today because I didn’t forget my lunch; I hadn’t prepared anything.. so kept to small amounts of what I could get my hands on, and a good healthy dinner and I managed to stay within my calorie max for the day.. so lessons learned!

Speaking of lessons though… when I hopped on the treadmill and set the timer and speed… I nearly became a youtube video…I almost zipped off the back!! Holy SPEED Batman!! I could not believe how fast 3.5mph was.. and I learned another lesson – that what I “thought” was me doing a brisk walk (3.5mph) and claimed on my exercise log… was SO not brisk LOL.. (but im not going back and changing it now!) It was kinda humbling… and needless to say I had to crank the speed WAY down for a while.. took me almost 7 minutes to get it back up to that speed…I managed to stay there for almost the entire time but had to kick it back once or twice cause of Charlie horses in my calves.. walked it out and cranked it back up. But it was a huge shock to find out that I wasn’t going nearly fast enough out on the path at the park to count as brisk.. So from now on, I’ll use the treadmill to get in my “brisk walk” exercise, and save the neighbourhood wanders for extra brownie points of “walk, leisurely”!

I’m going to make up my food for tomorrow now, then have a bubble bath and hit the sack early… this morning I made it in with about 3 minutes to spare as there wasn’t any traffic on a weekend… but I’d rather not have to go thru that panic again in the morning LOL!

Hope all you Mad Hatters are enjoying the weekend, and moving towards your goals with a skip in your step and a smile on your face!

Bis: I’m in Ontario, Canada and its hot here too right now! LOVED your post.. what an awesome idea (on both the dress and RA’s.. !) Let us know what you scored at the thrift sale! And thank you for starting a new page for the day!!!!

Adiane: way to go!! IPOU! Talk about progess! And doubled up with the lovely thought of taking them in to hubby’s office! My kitchen right now looks like a natural disaster; you’ve inspired me to clean it up before I crash!

Charip congrats on getting the 2 miles in! and super warm and fuzzy kudos on taking the seniors in some treats!

Time2: Wanna come do my kitchen, instead of your other half?? LOL Way to go on the seated steps… and you thought your abs wuld be sore from laughing.. but its from exercise! Woohoo!

Flip… ya shudda changed the locks on him LOL.. (KIDDING!) Just remember.. age and insanity wins over youth and enthusiasm every time!

Annamay – another 2 miler?? Awesome!!! I don’t think I made it that far..I was only watching the “calories burned” display but its something for me to strive for.. well done!

CHERYL!! YOU lost 3 lbs???? omg doing the happy dance for you!! And you still managed to get in a walk although u were feeling like crap? Take a bow lady.. take a bow! Congrats! I haven’t had a chance to get around the boards much yet lol.. but I’m usually up for giving anything a go..

Lesley… 2.4% fat mass loss… ROCK ON!! IPOU!!!! and yes!! It isn’t a formula.. its about learning to eat better and get healthier and still enjoy life! Have a great anniversary and let us know how hubby liked the dress lol!

Abbe.. thanks for the idea.. going to make one up tonite for brekie at work tomorrow! 22 days smoke free is amazing… ISPOU!!!!!

CBM.. love my pjs’…and sounds like you burned off a lot of calories in them doing all that cleaning!!

I'm off to clean the kitchen (sigh).. then to bed.. will try to check in in the morning (or if the night sweat gremlins get me. maybe thru the nite lol) Nite Nite hatters!

Heading over to start up a new page for Sunday..