Tuesday Morning Coffee

Good Morning on a beautiful Tuesday morning!
What's in your wake-up cup ths morning? Black and decaf for me. Going to watch the MJ funeral today? Not me. But, the line-up of entertainers looks pretty big. Too much of a distraction as I have an "at home" job today.
Should have gone to the gym this morning, but I'm in a mini "funk" I tried a different exercise machine at the gym yesterday and my body is telling me about it...
QOTD-Do you ever get in a "funk" with your daily WL regimine? I know this is a life long change, but sometime I get my "internal whining" machine going. I was going to go to swim this morning but, here I am. On the 4th of July I visited Coldstone Creamery. I know we all have slip-ups, but I try to get out of it as soon as I can. So different than before-it would last a lot longer and I would start regaining. It helps to write about it. Maybe that's the accountability I never had before.
Today is a follow-up with the PA and it's my "fill or not to fill" question. Haven't had a fill in the band in about 8 months. We'll see
Have a good one
Deb
PS-Prayers for Pam, today!!!!

Morning

I am up early because I thought I had to work again today.. But the Dr is suppose to be sick again.. I hardly believe it but oh well.. I decided not to go in and answer phones.. I drive farther than the other girl and I have tons of stuff I can be getting done around here... I want a new job so bad... I keep reminding myself I am lucky to have a job but not like this.. I even got my vacation time taken away this year and I have been there 3 years.. Can you hear the bitterness in my voice? LOL

We went for a bike ride last night and it was great because it felt good to get out there and ride. I do not have a daily routine. I do go out and garden everyday, deadheading and picking weeds.. It makes me get out there and get things done. I wish I had more of a routine but things jsut get in the way sometimes. I am maintaining but if I gained a bunch of weight I would have to get out there and exercise more.

I hope everyone has a great day. Pam we are all thinking of you and hope you are finding peace.

Suzanne

Hi Deb and Suzanne,

I am drinking c.l. iced tea.  I don't think I will watch the funeral.  I am going to try to stay outdoors today.

To all of my OH friends that are hurting and dealing with Loss today, my thoughts are with you. 



qotd:  since I have been laid off, I am not on a routine.  I used to ride my bike and run my dog, but since the dog park, I don't do that either.  I have added about 5lbs since losing my job.  uggh.  I need to make time for me, aside from the dog park to ride my bike hard.  or walk a couple of miles each day.  I respect those of you who do it everyday.  It can be a struggle but you fight that inside voice of laziness.

take care everyone and welcome back jan!

bm

Thanks.  Looks like I missed alot while I was away.

Happy Tuesday!

I know what you mean about a funk, Deb.  I had one yesterday-not enough sleep, bad day at work.  I came home and ate nacho chips with melted cheese, ice cream, Fiddle Faddle and didn't drink a drop.  Should have taken the dog for a walk, but didn't.

Oh, well. One day won't hurt, so back on the bandwagon today. 

Good morning all!

Finishing off my fake latte this morning.  I have a huge pile of filing on my desk that I've been avoiding for long enough ... going to tackle it today.  Yuck!

QOTD -- YES!  Sometimes I just get tired of talking about WLS and hearing myself think about it 24/7.  I tend to be rebellious when things get too strict.  So when I get to that point I usually take some time off. 

Which is what I did over the long mini-vacation weekend.  So this past Wednesday through Sunday was not only a vacation from work, but also a vaca from WLS and my focus on planning food, counting calories, measuring protein, blah, blah, blah.  I took my vitamins, drank my water, got enough protein and ate some healthy food (mixed in with a bunch of crappy food too), and didn't do any type of formal exercise (but was super active) .... I just focused on being normal for a few days.  Whenever I do that I always feel refreshed and ready to fact the WLS life again. 

As my friend Nik says... "Planned Debauchery" is a good thing.

Have a good day all!
Pam

Pam-
I am doing the same thing at work.  This mountain of filing has been staring at me for a long time!

I like the idea of taking a break.  It seems that nutrition, exercise, etc. consumes me every day.  The few times I have "taken a break" resulted in 3+ lb. gains over just a weekend, so I rarely do it.    My DH says I'm going to a be a crazy old woman cruising the halls of a nursing home somewhere asking how much sugar and protein everything has in it.  Sad, but probably true!

Usually those 3+lbs over a weekend is the result of carb overload.  When we eat a bunch of carbs our body has to store the excess as glycogen in our muscle.  And that extra storage requires a bunch of extra water storage to support the gycogen.  So 3lbs over a weekend is really jus****er weight.  Go back to super high protein and lots of water and those 3lbs are gone in a couple days. 

After my 5 days of craziness my scale is exactly where it was when I started.  But that's just me and my stupid body.  It doesn't know how to misbehave or something. 

Hey Everyone!!

Pam was at the Flint support meeting last night and she was ROCKING her skirt!  Very nice legs!

 hehehe... thanks girlie!  I felt pretty sexy.  :-)