Thursday, 8-18-16

Greetings Masterful Maintainers

Yay 130 on the dot today. Better than a poke in the butt with a sharp stick though I could use one to get me moving. 

Think I've settled on a more subtle lavender but still need trim decision. One thing at a time. 

Will spend a lot of time on the phone today adjusting Mom's care arrangements. Her crazy roommate is really having a lot of health problems of her own including serious memory problems. Her legs are badly swollen and she has been ordered to stay lying down with legs elevated. That means she can't come out of her room and interfere with everyone. 

Hmmm, a kangaroo skin, great chew toy for my dogs but kind of  disgusting.

We had a police stand off in our dink town yesterday. Streets closed. Some crazy guy was shooting his landlord's apartment and then starting fires. Came out shooting and cops killed him.  Though this was two or three miles away, we got a robo call telling us to "shelter in place". Weird.

Good health to all.     Diane S.

Hello, everyone. It was back to the hospital for me this week; the work bell tolled and it was time to get back at it. I've done pretty well. A few early morning shakies, but it resolves as the day goes on. I've been packing all kinds of snacks to have a variety to choose from. Everyone is excited and curious as cats; asking questions about what I eat now/how I live/how I feel. I pulled out some scrubs that I'd not had on in years and wore those. I got many comments "wow, how much have you lost already?!" It's been a good week. I'm off now and seems my energy is taking a nose dive again, but I'm sure I need a day to recuperate from work. 

Ive not posted lately, but I've been reading. It's great to see everyone is doing well. My scale keeps nudging downward. I'm happy. 

Scrubs?!?  I wear scrubs!  What do you do for work??

Gotta love scrubs! I'm a lab rat - a medical technologist/hospital laboratory; beyond 30 some years now. Dang, I'm old!

None of us are getting any younger ;).  I am a Nurse Practitioner, right now I'm working in Urgent care which I love!  I wore real clothes at my last job, which I hated.  Long live the scrubs!!!  

Hi all! 

Long day filled with ongoing meetings. Thus, the late check in. 

Down 1.8 this morning. That means the 3 that came to visit just after the weekend have gone back home. Eating on day three of the rules was fine overall - so far... I'm only watching portions - weighing portions, measuring, etc... but not calorie counting as of yet. I'm guessing that come next week I will be ready to focus on tracking macros and calories. 

So, I do have a "HOWEVER" about my food today. My teaching partner (who has extreme food issues) wanted to be welcoming to our new team members. Yesterday she asked me if it would be okay to for her to make an allowable treat that wouldn't be a trigger. She said she had a great recipe for an almond cluster - very healthy with just a bit of sugar. I said okay. Well, the damn almond clusters were almonds covered in chocolate and sea salt. How that is a healthy treat is beyond me. They sat on the table in front of me for 6 flipping hours. I was okay until she took the plastic off around 10:30. The smell was intense and enticing. About 3 hours later I ate one. So I broke my chocolate rule (baby steps) today. The cluster was a trigger, but I managed.

So....Given this fact and knowing tomorrow is a free food day (Welcome breakfast) and not having gotten my CBT Thin lady thinking book, I am asking for a few "mantra" suggestions that I can use to help me navigate tomorrow. What I don't want to do is avoid the social aspect of being with my colleagues - so isolating myself is out of the question. Just knowing you're all in my corner will give me a boost! 

Oh the garage! Ron did even more work on it today. GLORIOUS. Came across my old head shots from the acting days. Mem'ries..... 

I want to see the pics of your headshots!

As far as a mantra goes how about "Food is Fuel" - focus on those foods that fuel your body in a healthy way!

Thanks! I also thought about mentally rehearsing going in the staff roomand seeing myself choosing to eat only healthy sustaining foods that are on my program and feeling proud of myself for doing so. I decided to go over that 5 times before going in tomorrow. 

Head shots - I'll work on that for you. LOL! I was 23 when I had this set taken. How we change! 

Keep far far away from the table...hard to do I know!!! I'm bringing my food  everywhere and trying keeping hydrated.  Yesterday, I kinda sorta failed in my eyes because I ate pizza (it was planned) but didn't stop when it didn't taste great!  I was eating because I was tired.   I broke my own rule...Be kind to yourself during work week.  Your routine will come.  Baby steps... I'll be thinking of you today!

My mantra is to repeat in my head intently concentrating on the meaning of these words -- "I will try to make the very best decisions for myself today" as I walk down the many 12-step flights of stairs at my office.  Not just food, but every kind of decision.

I also look at everything I am about to eat and think is it going to help me or be a monkey wrench.  I try to skip the monkey wrenches.