Saturday October 22

123.5 - good eating, but no real exercise yesterday (chained to the desk).  I'm planning on going to the gym with DH this morning.  He has started going regularly again, which is really important for him so I'll go too.  And Zumba tomorrow.  

I hope you all have a good Saturday!

Hello all!

So nice to see Mary and Lorna AND the rest of you yesterday!  

Devon and Mary.....I had never thought about how pride plays a part in my obesity.  I think the lack of ability to swallow (ha ha) my pride is a big part of not wanting to ask for help and my own brain moving into full denial. This board allows me to just put things out there--- it still isn't easy to acknowledge even something small like scale fluctuations but I'm getting better.  

And, I was struck by Lorna's post: seems like there are lots of lessons there for the long term. That weight stability in such a difficult time is a blessing for sure, but it wasn't just divine intervention....T's behaviors supported her through it.  Remarkable! 

124  today.  Yoga'd yesterday but steps weren't great.  I ignored the giant Costco cake in the break room and made it thru the potluck ok.  I discovered a Thai steak salad at the local organic coop which is fabulous!  Protein forward, natch.  I took it to the potluck but also took a smoked mozzarella salad (evil-forward) that also got rave reviews.  I can feel the small remains of evil salad looking at me thru the fridge door.  

And lastly, someone at work had RnY 3 months ago.  She is doing so, SO fabulous.  She was always a sharp dresser, but it is such a joy seeing her rock smaller and smaller outfits.  It helps me understand the joy others found in my own journey.  The transformation calls out for celebration.   

Rock your Saturday, you skinny peeps!

Shel

I am up another pound, so that takes care of my 3 pound drop. It has crept back up. Hmmmm..... 

Jury duty is messing with me. We got out too late for me to make my training session with my trainer. Huge BOOOOOOO on that. My weekly session is something to which I look forward every week. By the time I got home I had time to go to the chiropractor for an adjustment come home and make a cup of coffee before my BF came over for our regular Friday evening hang out. 

For those of you who don't know, sub plans are a BIG BIG PAIN IN THE ASS! The prep and planning for a sub is more than for one's self, is deliberate and time consuming. I feel like I'm working an extra job. I'm feeling the stress of running back and forth between court and school trying to keep up with everything at school, staying connected with the kids and parents, and making sure I'm back at court on time. I'm still in the pool, but have not made it to the jury box. Half the pool, if not more, has been excused. The judge said we should be done with jury selection on Monday. Given the nature of the case, I expect to be excused due to my profession. 

With the stress I am doing my level best not to stress eat, but I did a bit yesterday in the form of chocolate, 3 onion rings and some fries at dinner. Perhaps that is showing up on the scale today. 

I'm looking forward to getting Ella home today. I am also going to pick up the little memorial ceramic with Lucy's footprint that Ron wanted made. Not looking forward to that, but it must be done. I'm going to fit in a workout either today or tomorrow to make up for missing yesterday. I don't usually "gym" on the weekend. (See Shel, if yoga can be a verb, so can gym! LOL)

Greetings Weekend Winners

Phew, everyone has so much going on I hope y'all get some rest. In my case I probably get too much. Sitting here drinking coffee in my snuggly robe and mediating all the dog wrestling.

131.5 today which is down a pound. Last night's dinner was scrambled eggs and asparagus. Might seem like an odd combination to non WLS people but perfect sense for us. 

Well I wonder how long it will be before I get a gallery call for tech support. I hate that chip card reader. It is possessed. And I am still possessed by the desire to eat Mexican food. Gotta cool that. 

Time for more coffee (no tacos).   Diane S