Sunday December 18

One wee****il Christmas and I am in good shape.  I did my gift accounting yesterday and finished up the major presents.  Just waiting for 2 items coming by mail, have to get a couple of food items for a gift basket and Dunkin Donut gift cards for stockings.  Then I'm done (except for wrapping)! The one weird thing is that this year I had to buy all my gifts from my husband, so no surprises.  But I'll definitely like them!

117 OTD (I do like this abbreviation). Didn't lose any weight though - just recalibrated the scale.  I am going to add some more calories as they were up around 1200 all week and I still slid a bit.  

I seem to be on the other side of the cold (can breath through my nose again and don't feel like there is cotton wrapped around my head).  So Zumba should be in the cards for this morning.  

Have a great Sunday!

Morning everyone

calories were 866 and steps only 4699.

what is with lower calories days?    Yesterday was not hungry at all and had to remind myself to eat.   And then there are the other days when a million calories would not fill me up.    Surely the hormones continue to dictate.       It is a mystery and one that other friends remark on.   

For those of us with colds and family issues I wish you health and solutions.   

If this is your day of rest may you truly relax.    A busy week is coming.

It is weird that we have hungry days and then other days keeping calories low is not such a big deal. Maybe our bodies are trying to tell us something?

Lol about buying your own presents. I kinda do that all year long so when Christmas comes around I just say, give me a little something to open and I'm good!

Weight the same.

DS#1's concert was very good yesterday. Roads were iffy, but we made it! Bitter cold today with wind chills at -15 to -30. Yuck. I'm skipping church!

My Christmas shopping is done too except for the stocking stuffers which will probably just be sweet treats for the boys. I'm actually getting sugared out at this point. A nice big salad sounds divine! Making curry chicken in the crockpot today. It has coconut milk so not low calorie but I don't eat much, so it should be okay.

Love to you all!

Paula

No weight today, I am still in my nighttime compression wrap.    

First of all, I have spoken to DH about oinking and about my how my mom's well-intended weight interventions created long lasting food issues.  He believed he was approaching poor food issues/weight with humor.  OMG, he is horribly, horribly wrong on every single point. I will say, tho, that his humor has been helpful in most other arenas to the point that it makes me jealous. He no longer oinks but still gives horrible nutrition/food advise.  

Thanks so much for all the feedback about DD's room.  In my family of origin, I am the one the one who is fat, messy and unable to craft.  DD only inherited the messiness.

I still have a high tolerance for messiness.  I haven't helped DD in her room since 6th grade.  She had been doing her own laundry since the 3rd grade tho I started pitching in several months ago. She initially hated this but has since shown appreciation.  My explantation was simply that family helps each other. My year of cancer treatment started when she was in 3rd grade and sometimes I wonder how that year still affects us all. 

My sister's family is well aware that DD is messy and that I don't do much, if anything, about it.  "Shel does too much housekeeping for DD" said no one ever.  

I believe my sister and one of my brothers suffer from a need to over control their environments. I have never explicitly stated this but I am sure she has an idea that others see her housekeeping prowess as a symptom.  

I am mindful that I have sneaky anxiety thinking that masquerades as logic.  I considered excellent feedback from you.  I know that DD's friends almost all have terribly messy rooms.  In particular,  I appreciate hearing about teenage funky smell.  I do not have much olfactory tolerance, it seems.

In the end, I decided her room had devolved into a potential safety issue for herself and the house.  Does having my sister's family (not just my sister) coming into the house influence my decision making?  Sure!  Thinking about it from loving family's point of view gives my ostrich brain something else to chew on. 

I dove in. In hindsight, I am glad I did. I am family and sometimes family steps in. I truly believe that she needed help and would have never asked for it.   I am relieved that I didn't come across drugs or cutting supplies.  Am I entirely comfortable with my decision? Absolutely not. 

Buster, my sidekick in all endeavors, provided comic relief.  As I belly crawled underneath the bed, he joined me in his own belly crawling.  We would exchange "what the heck is that!" side looks, clean it up, and then crawl a few more inches.  He was disappointed that I didn't allow clean up thru snacking.

DD, as expected, was angry when I told her what I had done. (Paula, btw, thanks for giving me language.)  But, I saw a brief flash of approval (? at least something akin to not-hate) when she opened the door.  It might just be my hopeful nature, but I think her hostility had slightly dimmed by the time I went to bed.  We will see what the coming days bring.   

DianeS, Aretha's Joy to the World certainly does provide joy!

Love you all, you are good peeps. 

Shel

So glad it is done and DD didn't flip too bad over the cleaning! I swear we are living parallel lives just in different parts of the US!

Yup!  Parallel right down to supportive puppies!

Yes, sometimes something has to be done when it comes to safety issues! I used to wonder what was growing in her room and contributing to the "funky" smell.  Periodically I would retrieve missing plates/cups.  Hopefully your daughter  will actually end up enjoying a bit more order (one can not hope).

12-18-16 Wt 229  Kind of freaking about the increase.  But I should be protecting my skinny better than I have been. About time I got my head back in the game.  Cal 985  

76F degrees yesterday.  We got into the bee hives to reduce and feed.  Should have done it in Oct.  Took advantage of the warm day. I always wear my bee suit after having a couple of singing episodes.  DW however doesn't like to wear the whole suit and she was stung twice on the legs.  They don't hurt as bad this time of year but they still hurt.  We have 4 strong hives so that is good to know.  1 super strong.  Then a cold front moved in and it was 23F this morning.  Supposed to be 14F tomorrow night.  Yikes!