08/14/16 Sunday

At the campground this morning so no weight.  Tomorrow is my "official" weigh in day so hopefully the good choices this week outweighed the not so good.

This morning i bought a breakfast sandwich at the campground diner.  I ate almost all of it and a bit quick.  Had the whole queasy and too much spit in my mouth thing for a bit.  ((Shaking head)).  All I can do is learn from those bad choices and I have a healthy food packed for lunch.

Have a great Sunday all!!!

I hate that feeling, still do it myself from time to time.  

Enjoy the camping!

Morning all

well done David.  Well done.   And well done Ocean and Paula as well, house 'fixing' is hard but so rewarding in the end.

great calorie day but only 7956 steps.  

have  a wonderful Sat.

It amazes me how you say "only" 8K steps.  With pain you are in that should be worth extra points.

Good morning, gang. I love the inspiration I've found here and enjoy hanging with all of you who have walked the road ahead of me. Thank you for letting me follow in your footsteps.

Yesterday was a delightful girls day out of nails and another restaurant, but I handled it like a champ. I had no problem just asking the waiter if I could simply order a small cup of soup and a chicken breast to which he said, "absolutely!". The girls cheered when he said that, but we had all been perusing the menu, everyone tossing in their ideas of how I could deconstruct this or that. I felt like an Olympian! I boxed the chicken for my dinner last night, the cup of soup was quite filling and so delicious. I love that I don't feel deprived and am enjoying life again.

Today should be a quiet day for me; chores and more chores. I go back to work this coming week, so that's on the agenda.

I wish all of you a glorious Sunday.

"Full compression garb".   Overall, I am grateful for my various garments/wraps and shudder to think what it would be like without them.

However, in the warm weather yesterday, I felt like an overstuffed hotdog on a hot grill.

Excited about your custom garment.....such a great tool to have!  I like that you have a variety of options to choose from each day.  

129 today in compression garment.  Too much evening eating last night.  I will be moving on to the next step of CBT exercises.  Also, will try to set a bedtime and stick to it.  Lots of steps yesterday,

I want to get a fair amount of house organization done before I go back to work so will continue on that never ending project. 

Devon, I love opening Facebook and seeing all those Airedales!  The other breeds, too, of course. 

Revel in your Skinny Sunday :) 

Shel

Isn't my old guy something? He truly is the best dog I have ever had. In fact, I adore this boy so much I built a breeding program around him, rather than around a girl which is what most breeders do! He and I are truly "a boy and his dog". I have high hopes that his grandpuppy, Ace, will be able to step into grandpa's shoes when the time comes! 

It is a sunny Sunday morning. I'm still enjoying the morning cool, but it promises to be in the low 90s again today. 

I am up a pound. I can not decide if it is deserved. Perhaps it is, but I DID NOT OVER INDULGE at the Alzheimer's event. I did eat 3 micro cupcakes and two micro rice krispy treats. I love this new micro move at parties. Everything is truly one bite! The description of the cupcakes was this: Red wine cupcakes with marscapone cheese. The mascapone was the frosting. They were delish and I have no regrets having eaten three. I've never had anything quite like those before, and likely never will again. Quite a unique recipe. 

Tuesday is the day. Damn and yay all at the same time. The rules will go into effect. I could do it tomorrow, but I have a rule about Mondays - Diets start on Mondays, food and lifestyle changes do not. (It's a weird thing that evolved out of all those Mondays I swore to eat better or go on a diet which lasted until Wednesday or so...)

The three rules are simple:

1. I do not eat chocolate.
2. I do not eat baked goods of the sweet variety. (Simple breads, Ezekial bread/muffins are okay.)
3. I do not eat ice cream.

Fairly simple. If I chose to count macros/calories as I go along I will. For the first few days, I will just ease into the rhythm of living with my rules. (I've lived by similar rules before, but they were developed for a different reason.) I believe that having a greater understanding of why I have these rules in place is going to make the transition much easier. 

Tomorrow is day one of my back to school "volunteer week". Lisa and Diane O. know exactly what I mean. It's the week that teachers go back to work without pay because school districts don't pay us to prep for the year. Mine gives us one paid day to ready our classes for the year. I don't know what it's like in other states, but here in CA teachers are only paid for the days they work. We do not get any paid vacation time at all and there is no such thing as overtime because we are salaried. So, I get my panties in a bunch about that damn volunteer week. But if I want to do my job well, I have to do it! 

Diane O., what is the name of the thin lady's mind book? I would like to order it. 

The Thin Woman's Brain: Rewiring the Brain for Permanent Weight Loss, by Dilia Suriel. I am confident that the content is gender neutral ! LOL !!