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Topic: Bad Day / Good Day
Well, I have to say the past few days have been pretty rough for me... My Aunt passed away on Saturday and today was the funeral.... I was pretty close to her when I was younger but as I grew older I didn't see her as much and then not at all after I moved over an hour away.... Seeing my cousins (her kids), I think was harder than dealing with her death because she was so sick for so long and her passing was truly a blessing.... Her kids though were very tore up (as to be expected), and I think that was the hardest thing to deal with....
I am doing OK though and I don't want to bring to the board down sooo on to my good part of the day...
I have been reading my "Beck" book... so I really have been focusing on that the past couple of days and not doing the "emotional" eating.... Today at the wake we went to Old Country Buffet.... Needless to say... tons of tasty food... just about everything to choose from, even my picky kids would have found food to eat... LOL.... I had.... one small piece of baked fish, a small piece of baked chicken, 3 pieces of broccoli, some summer squash (which I didn't eat after I tasted all the grease that was all over it) and a nice salad with some egg and cucumbers on it.... I by passed the desserts all together, while my mom had 2 and my dad had 5... yes you read that right 5!!!!!! Wonder where I got it from....
Anyway.. as bad as my day was from the funeral all day, I walked away from it all proud of myself for not giving into the potatoes, the breads, the biscuits, the gravy and the desserts.... So I overall had a good day and I am so glad that I am reading this book.... I am only on chapter 4, but I don't think I have ever gotten that far in a book.... It is really helping me to re-think things and make the "right" choices when it comes to what I put in my mouth....
When I didn't finish my chicken I really heard it from family that I NEED to clean my plate and I simply said that I couldn't and left it at that... They never said any more.... And I was not worried about what they thought....
Just thought I would share my bad/good day with my "other" family....
I am looking forward to our chat tomorrow night.... What am I supposed to read up too? I will have to make sure to keep the kiddos quiet tomorrow so I am all caught up....
Well, have a good night.... I gotta get some cleaning done tonight still before I put the kids to bed...
HUGS to all,
Shawn M.
Topic: RE: BAD Week
((((((((((((Julie)))))))))))))
I worry myself too.... I have six kids, one grown and moved out, one living with his dad, but I still have the four little ones home with me and hubby.... Hubby got laid off last February and is now officially terminated from his job and working at a grocery store making minimum wage now (At least he is working though)....
We got our stimulus check last week too and had to put it into a new roof... Hubby saw the check and said.... Ohhhhh our check came... and then I had to bring him back to reality and remind him that the whole thing was gone, plus most of our tax return that we had gotten a couple months ago....
That soooo sucks that his company screwed up and it ended up costing you guys... I wish I could hit the lotto and I would help everyone on this board.... But I guess you gotta play to win right... so that will never happen... LOL....
You are so good to come here and vent instead of eating.... That is what I need to do more often... I just seem to always been in such a bad mood that I don't want to be on here every day with something new... KWIM?????
Take care of yourself.. YOU are just as important as those kiddos and you have to remember that.... I am sure you will be fine and you will weather the storm, as we all will.... Times are tough, they are probably going to get tougher, but eventually there will be a sliver lining.... Just look that healthy life you have now compared to 2 years ago.....
I will keep you in my prayers that you get through this all.... I know how rough it can be.....
HUGS to you,
Shawn M.
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh in 6-30-08
CeCe
you skinny lil thing you --- 129.5 ...SHOW OFF! 
You are amazing!!!!
Thanks for the comments 
love ya!
Oh my I hear going to mac .... takes a bit getting used too 
good luck -- i'd be so out of my element -- your daughters would block my many phone calls - sounds like you had 1 awesome workout today
good luck with that Ipod
hugs,
Britt
You are amazing!!!!
Thanks for the comments love ya!
Oh my I hear going to mac .... takes a bit getting used too good luck -- i'd be so out of my element -- your daughters would block my many phone calls - sounds like you had 1 awesome workout today
good luck with that Ipod
hugs,
Britt 
Topic: RE: Accountability Monday
Corinna, you are right about planning helping you to wait until your next planned meal or snack. It's like a budget can prevent impulse buying (says the woman who spent $2500 on a computer and iPod this weekend!)! I think everything in the Beck book makes sense because most of it is common sense!!! It's just humans have a hard time applying common sense!!!! Why is it we can accept planning or structure in most of our activities but we often resist planning our eating? I mentioned last week in our chat and in a post that I think my resistance to planning is fear of being accountable to myself. My success or failure to stick to the plan is there in black and white. After we fail to live up to our commitment to ourselves over time, we tend to accept that we "can't" do it. When we plan and follow through by exercising the resistance muscle, we honor ourselves and the positive feelings reinforce our motivation.
Now, my own accountability! I did not plan and my excuse (and it is an excuse) is the new computer, etc! As I look back, my choices were pretty good because I was too busy to snack!!!! I did eat too much protein at one sitting last night though. Grilled steak. Those calories add up!
2. Exercise - strength training, walking
Took my vitamins.
Fluid was pretty good could always be better.
Goals are to plan and be accountable! Negotiate with myself more and build the resistance muscle!
CeCe
Topic: RE: Weekly Weigh in 6-30-08
Britt,
Woo HOO! You are down 2 pounds! The accountability posts are paying off for all of us, aren't they!! By the way, Tucker is cute as a button! Your girls are absolutely GORGEOUS and their mom is HOT! Britt, I've said it before but I'm saying it again, you could be a model!!! WOW!
I want to explain being AWOL for a few days (that means "absent without leave (permission) for those of you who don't speak military!)! My old, old iPod that I've used for years to teach all my classes and to entertain me has been acting up. We stopped at Best Buy on Sunday and my husband talked me into buying a new one BUT we also talked ourselves into buying an Apple computer with the 24 inch screen. My daughter is a graphic artist and has raved about Macs for years. Well, I'm trying to learn this new computer and get everything switched over from the old one and get my new iPod set up. WHEW! I tend to get stressed with electronics to begin with but at the same time, I have extra classes to teach this week so I was trying to get playlists made for those along with transferring everything. And, somehow, last night I managed to erase almost 9,000 songs/videos and all my playlists off my new iPod and had to start over again. Oh, and one more thing, the blasted old iPod is Windows formatted and wouldn't play on the Mac. I haven't had the time or patience to figure that out yet!!! My daughter is already tired of me calling and asking for help! I still have my old computer here on the same desk so I will definitely be using it tomorrow night for the chat!
I left for the gym at 7:15 this morning to set up to teach the first class and make sure my iPod was working! I taught the first which was an interval class (aerobics and strength) and then set up for the Spinning and abs class. So, I've had plenty of exercise for today and boy did I sweat! I think the participants got a good workout too!
My stats are basically the same. I was down to 129.25 for several days last week but it spiked back to 130.25 because of restaurant food. We met friends for dinner over the weekend and while I chose fish (which I barely ate because it was greasy even though it was grilled!), I ate a sweet potato with it and one roll. Overall, the Beck book lessons are sinking in slowly. I am more aware of my eating and the reasons and I'm getting a little better at negotiating with myself.
CeCe
Topic: RE: BAD Week
Julie,
It's good to hear from you even though I'm sorry you are feeling stressed. Secondly, you look wonderful! I don't know you if you've been keeping up with the posts but we have a chat scheduled for tomorrow night, 9 eastern. It's going to be on Yahoo Messenger.
The price increases on everything are going to affect us all, i fear. Corinna's suggestion of finding a good source is excellent. Whatever I find at GNC, I get with my 20% card. Also, the local Vitamin Shoppe honors their online prices so I get my Coromega there at $19.99 with no shipping cost.
Take care, Julie and we hope to see you more often.
CeCe
Topic: RE: BAD Week
Julie,
What a bummer. That all sounds like a bunch of poo poo that would suck to deal with! Especially the taxes. Can't they just tell you all the bad news at once? Sheesh!
At least the termite issue won't come up and bite you when they do the house inspection before closing a sale. Now at least it's all finished.
Anyway, feel free to gripe anytime
As for the vitamins I'm not much help since I have no kids to worry about. But my advice would be to get on line and check out some of the discount vitamin sites. I save almost $30 per 5lb container on my protien powder of choice by using one of those places. They have great deals on all of it. Just make sure the shipping charges do jack the price back up to what you'd pay in the store.
I hope you have a better week!!
Corinna Q
As for the vitamins I'm not much help since I have no kids to worry about. But my advice would be to get on line and check out some of the discount vitamin sites. I save almost $30 per 5lb container on my protien powder of choice by using one of those places. They have great deals on all of it. Just make sure the shipping charges do jack the price back up to what you'd pay in the store.
I hope you have a better week!!
Corinna Q 
Topic: BAD Week
Just wondering in the scary economy is anyone else worried about not being able to afford vitamins down the road. I have 3 kiddies, so of course I worry about providing for them more, but I know how crappy I feel if I miss my vitamins for a day or two...so it just makes me wonder.
I had a stress full week ... I get our stimulus check in the mail, so we hire a handy man to fix our wood rot, so we can attempt to sell our home, our $700 quote went to $1100.
THEN
He finds termites in my wood, there goes another $1000 for termite treatment & bond
THEN
I get a letter from the IRS saying we owe them back taxes from 2006 for $1000, which BTW we just got them paid off for back taxes owed from 2005..Hubby's job screwed up the W4 forms those 2 years.
so yeah it came in 3's
Ok, enough of my griping..I just had to vent, instead of turning to the chocolate that seems to keep calling me.
Topic: RE: Accountability Monday
1. 951 calories, 25 grams carbs, 128 grams protien
2. 25 min cardio, 250 calories
3. I had planned to eat cherries today and managed to not do it. As you all have heard me say I crave fruit, which is why I had put it in my plan, but it put me a little too high in the carb world so I left them off and had a string cheese instead.
4. haven't a clue but it wasn't very much.
5. Took them all...yay!
6. pre plan my day of eating. I sat down this morning first thing when I got to work and planned out what I was going to eat. I followed it almost exactly. Only the times changed because I forgot I had a meeting starting at 2. and of course the cherries/string cheese exchange.
7. Maintain my current weight and eating plans. Doing good!
8. It was great to have a plan. It really took the edge off of the urge to snack. As soon as I felt like I wanted to I could look at the clock and say, only an hour until I can eat what I've planned, I can wait that long. It felt really good to be able to follow it too. Plus it really kept my calories down. At my first try (I entered my whole day in fitday to see where I was ending up with my plan) I was under 850 calories so I actually had to add a few things.
I got this from the Beck book...by the way. I haven't made it past the first step because I haven't written down my reasons yet and put them in places to read twice a day. But the intro talked about planning. I've never done it before and it just seemed to make sense to me. Especially the part about being able to wait because I knew when my next planned meal was. I'm still pretty skeptical about the book/process but am determined to give it a try. After all the worse that can happen is nothing changes and I still have to struggle everyday with my choices...which is what I've done my whole life. You can't expect to change if you keep doing the same thing so it's certainly worth a try.
Okay, enough babbling from me. Obviously I missed posting the last three days and am making up for it
Corinna Q
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