Thursday, what's new?
Good mornin' ya'll.
Supposed to get to 70's today, up to 78 tomorrow. All my plants are gonna wake up!
I've already done 1 of my PT exercise routines. Takes about 30 min. I can do it easier when I take a Lortab first.
I am still struggling with this extra weight I put on during chemo. It has now become part of me, it seems. You know what I mean. If you gain 10 or 15 pounds and get it back off quickly, you feel like it wasn't really there. I have had this extra 30 some pounds on for over a year now. I am trying Jenny Craig. Maybe I need someone to tell me THIS is what you can eat and nothing else!! One problem is the inability to exercise with my new hip. But I know that is an excuse, too. If I cut back my junk eating I wouldn't need exercise. Help! Help!
Everyone have a fantabulous day!
Supposed to get to 70's today, up to 78 tomorrow. All my plants are gonna wake up!
I've already done 1 of my PT exercise routines. Takes about 30 min. I can do it easier when I take a Lortab first.
I am still struggling with this extra weight I put on during chemo. It has now become part of me, it seems. You know what I mean. If you gain 10 or 15 pounds and get it back off quickly, you feel like it wasn't really there. I have had this extra 30 some pounds on for over a year now. I am trying Jenny Craig. Maybe I need someone to tell me THIS is what you can eat and nothing else!! One problem is the inability to exercise with my new hip. But I know that is an excuse, too. If I cut back my junk eating I wouldn't need exercise. Help! Help!
Everyone have a fantabulous day!
Grammylew in Jax
Hugs grammylew, and hello OFF family.
Well after choir practice last night we stopped in to check on Holly and see how daddy was doing being left with Holly for the first time since mommy had to go to work on 3-11 shift.
Oh man, Holly was ticked! LOL She misses her mom and breast feeding, she didn't want nothing to do with a bottle. My niece was that way too. I finally got one bottle of breast milk down her and sang and rocked her and walked her around the house. Finally got her asleep then we took off before she could wake up. I'm sure I'll be needed this weekend to assist daddy. Even though Holly was ticked I still got her to smile and coo.
We are having a heat wave today, it will get to 55! Whhoooo!
grammylew...I can't wait til it gets in the 70's here, you are lucky!!
Good luck with trying Jenny Craig, whatever works for you.
My Eating Coach would tell you don't worry about exercise, your health comes first and eventually it all falls into place. You DO NOT need to exercise to lose weight but exercise is good for you.
So just leave those 3 last bites on your plate, 9 bites a day and you will lose weight.
Learning how to Mindful Eat...it doesn't happen overnight.
In the end diets do not work, we all know that. Keeping the weight off is hard work and as soon as you go off the diet...bam! Weight comes back on along with a few of it's friends. I know I'm preaching to the choir here.
You said it yourself, cut back on junk eating but what if you want the junk? Well emotional/comfort eating is what all or most of us do. How about just taking 3 bites of junk food then toss the rest out, tell yourself your taste buds are satisfied or do a visual image of your tummy being full. It's hard I know. Baby steps but remember your health comes first, weight issues shouldn't be your priority right now. Hugs Debbie
Well after choir practice last night we stopped in to check on Holly and see how daddy was doing being left with Holly for the first time since mommy had to go to work on 3-11 shift.
Oh man, Holly was ticked! LOL She misses her mom and breast feeding, she didn't want nothing to do with a bottle. My niece was that way too. I finally got one bottle of breast milk down her and sang and rocked her and walked her around the house. Finally got her asleep then we took off before she could wake up. I'm sure I'll be needed this weekend to assist daddy. Even though Holly was ticked I still got her to smile and coo.
We are having a heat wave today, it will get to 55! Whhoooo!
grammylew...I can't wait til it gets in the 70's here, you are lucky!!
Good luck with trying Jenny Craig, whatever works for you.
My Eating Coach would tell you don't worry about exercise, your health comes first and eventually it all falls into place. You DO NOT need to exercise to lose weight but exercise is good for you.
So just leave those 3 last bites on your plate, 9 bites a day and you will lose weight.
Learning how to Mindful Eat...it doesn't happen overnight.
In the end diets do not work, we all know that. Keeping the weight off is hard work and as soon as you go off the diet...bam! Weight comes back on along with a few of it's friends. I know I'm preaching to the choir here.
You said it yourself, cut back on junk eating but what if you want the junk? Well emotional/comfort eating is what all or most of us do. How about just taking 3 bites of junk food then toss the rest out, tell yourself your taste buds are satisfied or do a visual image of your tummy being full. It's hard I know. Baby steps but remember your health comes first, weight issues shouldn't be your priority right now. Hugs Debbie
Morning Grammy, Debbie, those to come. . .
This journey is fraught with difficulties, notably changing what we do, as I, too, have had some regain and I know exactly why, so I am addressing it one meal/snack at a time, trying to incorporate more physical activity as well, but my life is just not simple, it is simply busy and rich with things to keep me going and I am grateful for that, but I MUST make the right choices more often than not or the result will be one I don't want to experience.
I am and always have been a stress and comfort eater and right now there is a lot going on in my life that is stressful and it is happening in my home, it will soon come to an end and I will finally feel some peace within my home again, but in the meantime, I do all that I can to avoid being there and that has not been good.
Last night's support group meeting was wonderful, we had a woman who lost 162 pounds in her year post-WLS, we had a new person who got to hear us talk about the ups and downs of this journey, we had a young man of 30 who was celebrating 6 years post-op and what an inspiration he was, he spoke of the rewards and challenges of his life post-op, he changed careers, became more outspoken, subsequently getting a job that was a dream and went to school to become a nutritionist, has done several half marathons and is now training to do a full one, it was truly inspirational to all of us. I love being at support groups where people share such things, as well as having the re-invigoration of newbies *****mind me of what it was like to be going into the surgery date and watching people walk in that door that you no longer recognize because of the changes occurring. . .
Life is good today, I am committed to making right choices and am looking forward to meeting up with my WLS friends, Eileen and Arlene for our monthly "een's" get together. This is another component of WLS, the people I've met and are now friends. . .
Have a good day and I wish you peace and strength to get through the rough spots.
Hugs, Laureen
This journey is fraught with difficulties, notably changing what we do, as I, too, have had some regain and I know exactly why, so I am addressing it one meal/snack at a time, trying to incorporate more physical activity as well, but my life is just not simple, it is simply busy and rich with things to keep me going and I am grateful for that, but I MUST make the right choices more often than not or the result will be one I don't want to experience.
I am and always have been a stress and comfort eater and right now there is a lot going on in my life that is stressful and it is happening in my home, it will soon come to an end and I will finally feel some peace within my home again, but in the meantime, I do all that I can to avoid being there and that has not been good.
Last night's support group meeting was wonderful, we had a woman who lost 162 pounds in her year post-WLS, we had a new person who got to hear us talk about the ups and downs of this journey, we had a young man of 30 who was celebrating 6 years post-op and what an inspiration he was, he spoke of the rewards and challenges of his life post-op, he changed careers, became more outspoken, subsequently getting a job that was a dream and went to school to become a nutritionist, has done several half marathons and is now training to do a full one, it was truly inspirational to all of us. I love being at support groups where people share such things, as well as having the re-invigoration of newbies *****mind me of what it was like to be going into the surgery date and watching people walk in that door that you no longer recognize because of the changes occurring. . .
Life is good today, I am committed to making right choices and am looking forward to meeting up with my WLS friends, Eileen and Arlene for our monthly "een's" get together. This is another component of WLS, the people I've met and are now friends. . .
Have a good day and I wish you peace and strength to get through the rough spots.
Hugs, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Good morning everyone. I am not having a good day. My husband was supposed to be flying home today, but he is stuck in Bahrain because of the protests. He says he is in a safe place at the hotel, but that they could not make it to the airport yesterday, the traffic was so bad. He said that people were just stopping and abandoning their cars in the middle of the highway to either join the protest or take pictures. He is rebooked on a flight out of Bahrain to Amsterdam today. Please pray that he will be able to get safely to the airport and fly out of there today.
So this will be a good test for a stress eater today, hmmmm?
So this will be a good test for a stress eater today, hmmmm?
Vickie
Prayers for your husband to get home safe and sound. . .
Laureen
Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
(((Vickie))) prayers for your husband to have a safe return home to you!!!! Has to be scarry over there and even more scarry for you to be waiting for him to return home to you!!
As for the eating...grab a celery stick for some "crunch"!!! IF you are allowed to have that right now...lol good luck on your eating today!!!
HUGS
Ahhhhh, junk. It seems to be part of our lives no matter how hard we try, doesn't it? I'm starting to fall back into that trap again, so this afternoon I'll listen to my hypnosis tapes and see if I can regain some control. Once again it's that snacking in the evening that's getting to me. I'd like to say it's mindless, but I know exactly what I'm doing and do it anyway. GRRRRR
Have to get my hiney going and get showered and out the door to my doctor's appointment for my 5 wk check up and re-check on the wonder full elbow. It's still draining a bit, but much less than a week ago, and seems a lot less angry. Theres a wonderful pool at our new gym that I can't wait to get into, but sure can't do it as long as I have any sort of open wound.
Okay my friends, off I go.
Sure hope you all have a grand day!
Have to get my hiney going and get showered and out the door to my doctor's appointment for my 5 wk check up and re-check on the wonder full elbow. It's still draining a bit, but much less than a week ago, and seems a lot less angry. Theres a wonderful pool at our new gym that I can't wait to get into, but sure can't do it as long as I have any sort of open wound.
Okay my friends, off I go.
Sure hope you all have a grand day!
Susan
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