Tuesday What is UP?
Hi Monica and my OFF family:
Early morning for me and really need a nap now. I didn't get to bed til after 3 a.m. and was up at 7:30 a.m. for my annual physical and bloodwork for my bariatric checkup. The clinic here will send the results to Grand Health Partners back in Michigan. I didn't want to find a bariatric doc here. Also scheduled my mammogram. Almost had a good cry with the nurse practitioner ... no one to talk to here and sometimes I need to vent. Can't really vent here anymore about things I need to vent about. Anyway, I'm tired and need a nap.
After the doctor's office, went to breakfast at IHOP and brought most of it home but it was yummy.
After looking at the scale at the doc's office (and not getting into my clothes), I'm going to join Weigh****chers when I get paid Friday ... need to do something to make me accountable and get back on track. WW was always something I could do and lose 50 pounds ... but when I had to lose 150, I couldn't lose anymore than 50. Thirty pounds I can do on WW now. I just need the support and the accountability. I have to get back on track and lose this weight ... I'm back over 200 pounds and that's not good. I'm not happy about that. I will not get that much bigger again. Never again.
Well, I'm tired, work has stressed me out the past few days and I really need to sleep if I can. I had hoped to take my two pensions and file for disability, but I won't be able to do that because the two pensions won't give me enough to pay rent. So I'll keep applying for jobs and hope something changes.
Have a good one.
Early morning for me and really need a nap now. I didn't get to bed til after 3 a.m. and was up at 7:30 a.m. for my annual physical and bloodwork for my bariatric checkup. The clinic here will send the results to Grand Health Partners back in Michigan. I didn't want to find a bariatric doc here. Also scheduled my mammogram. Almost had a good cry with the nurse practitioner ... no one to talk to here and sometimes I need to vent. Can't really vent here anymore about things I need to vent about. Anyway, I'm tired and need a nap.
After the doctor's office, went to breakfast at IHOP and brought most of it home but it was yummy.
After looking at the scale at the doc's office (and not getting into my clothes), I'm going to join Weigh****chers when I get paid Friday ... need to do something to make me accountable and get back on track. WW was always something I could do and lose 50 pounds ... but when I had to lose 150, I couldn't lose anymore than 50. Thirty pounds I can do on WW now. I just need the support and the accountability. I have to get back on track and lose this weight ... I'm back over 200 pounds and that's not good. I'm not happy about that. I will not get that much bigger again. Never again.
Well, I'm tired, work has stressed me out the past few days and I really need to sleep if I can. I had hoped to take my two pensions and file for disability, but I won't be able to do that because the two pensions won't give me enough to pay rent. So I'll keep applying for jobs and hope something changes.
Have a good one.
Eileen, if you need to vent and don't feel comfortable doing it 'publicly', you can always send me an e-mail or private message. I know what it is like to want to vent to someone 'anonymous'. Sometimes it seems that friends, family and co workers are being judgmental even if they aren't.
Instead of a ******** company, someone should start a phone vent company. You could call in and rant, cry or boast, whatever you need at the moment!! Hmmmmm, I might be able to make a fortune at that!
Instead of a ******** company, someone should start a phone vent company. You could call in and rant, cry or boast, whatever you need at the moment!! Hmmmmm, I might be able to make a fortune at that!
Grammylew in Jax
Eileen, good for you joining Weigh****chers. It's a good program and you can tweek it to your needs. Sounds like you just need that weekly weigh in and the accountability thing. It's what you need so just do it. I'm proud of you.
I like the WW frozen dinners, I always keep them in my freezer. I take them to work for lunch.
Good luck, just keep posting and we will cheer you on! If you eat food you like you won't feel deprived!
I like the WW frozen dinners, I always keep them in my freezer. I take them to work for lunch.
Good luck, just keep posting and we will cheer you on! If you eat food you like you won't feel deprived!
Hello friends!
Hugs and prayers to everyone! We all struggle with something, don't we? But that's okay. We need our struggles to help us grow as human beings. God never intended for us to have a static life. Change and challenges are good for us. Of course, a little tea and sympathy never hurt either!
Well, the lakehouse projects continue today. Yesterday afternoon I got started stripping the wall paper out of the guest bath. Guess what I found under the horrible maroon paper with the fruit? More wall paper! A truly hideous pink and green stripe. And guess what I found under that wall paper? PANELING! That yucky old cheap paneling from the bargain hardward store. OMG. Someone had filled all the grooves with spackling and papered over it.
So I stopped stripping (that sounds bad, doesn't it?) and I wrote my husband and asked him if we were going to leave the paneling or tear it out and put up sheetrock? He wrote me back this morning and said we would tear it all out, so HURRAY! I can stop stripping the wall paper now. No point to it if we're just going to tear the walls out.
Besides, I don't think my shoulder could have stood it for a whole week. It's already very sore again this morning.
So I continue to paint my new deck furniture every morning. I can get 2 chairs and a side table done each day before noon. Only got 2 more chairs and one more table left to go in the morning. Then I'll have to sand it all and do a second coat, but that part should go faster.
This afternoon I am going shopping around the lake and in town. There's a consignment store near here that I want to check out. I need furniture for my guest rooms. Nothing particular in mind. Just need to have a small dresser or bureau and nightstand in each room. I'll just poke around and see what I might find. Slowly but surely I'm getting this place furnished and liveable.
Guess what I bought? A sundress!!! A true WOW moment for me! It's very exciting to be able to buy clothes because they are pretty, rather than because they fit. I'm so tired of wearing "tents"! I'm so looking forward to building a new wardrobe of pretty stylish clothes again!
Well, I need a shower and some lunch, and then I'm off on my shopping adventure. I miss my husband terribly, but shopping goes a long ways towards making me feel better! LOL!
Love you all!
Hugs and prayers to everyone! We all struggle with something, don't we? But that's okay. We need our struggles to help us grow as human beings. God never intended for us to have a static life. Change and challenges are good for us. Of course, a little tea and sympathy never hurt either!
Well, the lakehouse projects continue today. Yesterday afternoon I got started stripping the wall paper out of the guest bath. Guess what I found under the horrible maroon paper with the fruit? More wall paper! A truly hideous pink and green stripe. And guess what I found under that wall paper? PANELING! That yucky old cheap paneling from the bargain hardward store. OMG. Someone had filled all the grooves with spackling and papered over it.
So I stopped stripping (that sounds bad, doesn't it?) and I wrote my husband and asked him if we were going to leave the paneling or tear it out and put up sheetrock? He wrote me back this morning and said we would tear it all out, so HURRAY! I can stop stripping the wall paper now. No point to it if we're just going to tear the walls out.
Besides, I don't think my shoulder could have stood it for a whole week. It's already very sore again this morning.
So I continue to paint my new deck furniture every morning. I can get 2 chairs and a side table done each day before noon. Only got 2 more chairs and one more table left to go in the morning. Then I'll have to sand it all and do a second coat, but that part should go faster.
This afternoon I am going shopping around the lake and in town. There's a consignment store near here that I want to check out. I need furniture for my guest rooms. Nothing particular in mind. Just need to have a small dresser or bureau and nightstand in each room. I'll just poke around and see what I might find. Slowly but surely I'm getting this place furnished and liveable.
Guess what I bought? A sundress!!! A true WOW moment for me! It's very exciting to be able to buy clothes because they are pretty, rather than because they fit. I'm so tired of wearing "tents"! I'm so looking forward to building a new wardrobe of pretty stylish clothes again!
Well, I need a shower and some lunch, and then I'm off on my shopping adventure. I miss my husband terribly, but shopping goes a long ways towards making me feel better! LOL!
Love you all!
Vickie
Vickie,
I remember when I emptied my closets out of all my "bigger me" clothes and there were mostly empty hangers in my closet, with the exception of a few things I had gotten from others who were ahead of me and recycling their clothes, as well as the thrift stores.
My first shopping expedition ended with me walking out of the stores in tears because I was overwhelmed by the variety, as well as not really being sure of what would look nice on me and I never liked trying things on in the store, with the lose my weight I was in terriority I had not been in as an adult, though I always prided myself on my appearance and dressed as stylishly as one can at size 22 and 24, oh and then when we lose weight, one manufacturer size 12 fits, another is it a 10 and it takes time to navigate all that, but is is sure nice feeling good about how we look in something and I got over that quickly and love to shop now, not necessarily a good thing, always shop sales, but I am not buying anything unless I absolutely need it now, closets are full, drawers are full, I had to purchase a few items in larger sizes because of my job and the regain, but I only bought what I absolutely need to get through this summer, then I will be giving them to anyone in need of them. . .
Enjoy this stuff, it is a part of it all. . .
I remember when I emptied my closets out of all my "bigger me" clothes and there were mostly empty hangers in my closet, with the exception of a few things I had gotten from others who were ahead of me and recycling their clothes, as well as the thrift stores.
My first shopping expedition ended with me walking out of the stores in tears because I was overwhelmed by the variety, as well as not really being sure of what would look nice on me and I never liked trying things on in the store, with the lose my weight I was in terriority I had not been in as an adult, though I always prided myself on my appearance and dressed as stylishly as one can at size 22 and 24, oh and then when we lose weight, one manufacturer size 12 fits, another is it a 10 and it takes time to navigate all that, but is is sure nice feeling good about how we look in something and I got over that quickly and love to shop now, not necessarily a good thing, always shop sales, but I am not buying anything unless I absolutely need it now, closets are full, drawers are full, I had to purchase a few items in larger sizes because of my job and the regain, but I only bought what I absolutely need to get through this summer, then I will be giving them to anyone in need of them. . .
Enjoy this stuff, it is a part of it all. . .
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
Hi All,
I'm the tail end as usual, and it's only a bit after noon here...I got up early today and cleaned MY kitchen....after that I went back to bed and slept like a baby. Now I feel pretty darn good. I really needed that day off. Today my daughter and I are going to see "Bridesmaids" and have lunch. Then I need to do a bit of grocery shopping on the way back to Mom's. I got some things that I rush ordered for her to make life easier I hope- a walker, a thing to make the toilet higher, and a shower chair. I'm sure you've heard plenty enough about this adventure... it is kind of boring, I'll give you that! I finally have TV there- YEA- including "On Demand" so I will be somewhat less bored. Lots of love to everyone... Margaret- are you there? How did it go?
Julia
I'm the tail end as usual, and it's only a bit after noon here...I got up early today and cleaned MY kitchen....after that I went back to bed and slept like a baby. Now I feel pretty darn good. I really needed that day off. Today my daughter and I are going to see "Bridesmaids" and have lunch. Then I need to do a bit of grocery shopping on the way back to Mom's. I got some things that I rush ordered for her to make life easier I hope- a walker, a thing to make the toilet higher, and a shower chair. I'm sure you've heard plenty enough about this adventure... it is kind of boring, I'll give you that! I finally have TV there- YEA- including "On Demand" so I will be somewhat less bored. Lots of love to everyone... Margaret- are you there? How did it go?
Julia
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