Monday, January 22, 2018

Absolutely, makes perfect sense ! You have such a fabulous way of activating what I know, blending with common sense, and adding gems of wisdom I hadn't considered/applied. Reminds me a lot of our tribe !!

P.S. Therapy Dogs aren't allowed to wear the vests service dogs wear. Service dogs are touched by their handler ONLY. Therapy dogs are loved up, cuddled and petted by ALL. Vests would be a tactile barrier and could easily become stuck/hooked on Velcro, a wheelchair /walker etc.

I have to interject that this sounds a bit like management styles in a business...

Weighing hiatus until Wednesday

I'm here at my Dad's "lizarding" in the sun with the three beasts. Lizarding is our family term for soaking in the sun like a lizard would on a rock. It's only about 60, but very sunny and calm. Fergie is in the pool swimming for his ball, Gracie is searching for actual lizards to murder, and Barkley is sitting on the rim of the pool dangling his paws over the edge watching everyone else moving. Lazy to his core.

Dad and wife left at the crack for MN and Mayo, but I just saw they've been diverted to Des Moines. I'm thinking they aren't going to make their 7am appt tomorrow or the other 4 appts either. Glad I'm not with them - my Dad gets particularly unpleasant when stuff like this happens. Added to getting up at 3:15am to get to the airport, I imagine he's in rare form!

Anyway, hope you all are enjoying your Mondays!

Oh no about the diverted flight! Hope your Dad can reschedule the appts. in a timely manner. Mayo is 3 1/2 - 4 hours away from where we live, so we always drove, and my brother lives only an hours from Mayo, so we could always stay there the night before or after if appts. were early or ran late or were consecutive days!

Liz, that recipe sounds good but may be a bit putzy for me for most nights. Perhaps a Saturday meal or on a day I have off.

151.2 today. I am tracking in MFP and already am making better choices because of it! Just need to string a few good days together, and then a few good weeks and then a few good months and then.......maybe this extra 20-25 lbs. will leave me!

Goal for tomorrow: log in MFP and exercise! I want to make an appt. for a massage for this week too. Maybe I should go do that right now!

Yes, I'm generally more for quick prep meals, which is why I included the time. But it was really good and worth it if the time is available.

Hi All, I'm really tired tonight and plan to go to bed when I'm done. Things are status quo around here. Food was within boundaries and the GI issues finally seem to be subsiding, though not totally as yet. Still laying low on the veggies. Please forgive me for no shout outs tonight. Sending hugs and love to all. Mary

Oh, for pity's sake, I'm late to the party again! LOL!

Nice shrink session today - mostly due to sorting through my stuff and going over it with Madame Psychologist.

I am enjoying the discussion between some of you about getting back on MFP and logging. I sometimes think, yes, I should do that, too. Then I laugh at myself because I am so NOT willing to do that right now and I am so glad, glad, glad that I know that. I am enjoying observing my behavior around food without judgement. Being able to logically evaluate many of my automatic and/or coping eating behaviors is becoming more and more freeing. Don't misunderstand, I have a lot of stuff to fix in the eating behavior department. I want to set myself up for successful and positive change which I am understanding on a deeper and deeper level must include acceptance and ownership of the behaviors and the resulting weight caused by the behaviors. After that there must be forgiveness because it has nothing to do with being destined to be fat because I'm a looser who can't control my intake. It's about having used food to hide from the pain meted out by my core belief that I was wrong on so many levels, especially wrong as the fundamental being I was born.

I cackled today when I told the shrink that I need to figure out some sort of daily affirmation to change the core belief that has been dictating my behavior and internal dialogue. The idea of daily affirmations is so "touchy feely" and soooooo Stuart Smally! I'm picturing myself reduced to some sniveling, blithering, effeminate homosexual telling himself "...and gosh darn it, people like me!" and I just can't help but laugh. I laugh because on some level it's true! It seems ridiculous on some level that an outwardly "normal" 53 year old man has to affirm his value as a person. Just goes to show how much we don't know about the people we see everyday. We, like dogs, also have hidden lives.

Soon, soon, soon....

BB, Nugget.... VIRTUAL, ONLINE SHOWER????????????? Need info. Please PM me.

I think there are very few of us, regardless of age, who feel fully comfortable with themselves. In fact, I think some people who exude the most confidence, never admitting mistakes, internally may feel the most insecure (they put on bluster to hide what they perceive to be their "true" self). Working to get to the bottom of your feelings, the relationship to eating, and ultimately how to fully accept yourself seems like the healthiest thing you can do.