I can't believe I'm about to write this, but I was actually praying last night for a weigh-in under 130 this morning. Such things are vaniety! And that's really not what praying is for! So I guess what I really meant is that I was praying for a little encouragement -- or at least asking for less discouragement, after the kind of week that I had at work. My prayers were answered, LOL...
I plan to relax this weekend. I have nothing on the agenda -- and as you may recall, this is kind of dangerous for me, because when I don't have anything to do, then I tend to get into trouble with eating too much. I'd like to get some outside walking in and I'd like to take my son shopping at the thrift store to pick up some shorts.
A few things to update on, that are not weight-loss related, but kind of are because I'm a stress-eater:
More to come...
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
I do not know how anyone can say that they really love and appreciate the work that I do for their clients and then turn around and say, "I know she can be unaccessable or crabby sometimes..." WHAT?!? OMG... Well, fire me then, so that I can collect unemployment. My male co-worker says that I can't really let these things bother me. They've all happened to him and then are forgiven. Whatever. I'm unaccessable because the client needs to speak with an attorney and they are out, shopping, at the law library, having lunch at the title company, having lunch with the family, running errands, etc. If I sound crabby, well... I push. I push to get things done. Clients may not like that but I do what it takes to get the deal done. I'm not a counselor, I'm not an attorney, I'm not a fairy godmother with a magic wand.
Came home, ate dinner, loaded up the dishwasher, walk around the yard with my son showing him spots for tomorrow's mowing that need attention. Come back inside and it's 7:30p.
I stayed up too late on Tuesday because we had to take Daughter to the ER -- for nothing. Last night, the cat got all upset about a visting cat on our deck, so that woke me up at 3:27a. Then I figured I should go outside and get my purse out of the locked car because someone might just break in. Woke up EXHAUSTED. So 2 days at work where I'm running on empty before I even get started.
In all this exhaustion and craziness, I'm finding it very hard to just eat my way through everything. My male co-worker, who is under as much stress as I am, just grabbed a big bag of chips and started plowing right through it.
Now it's time to get ready for bed.
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
I feel you on realizing you left something in the car that you can't live without and then being restless in the middle of the night because of it.
Good job making your son earn his keep by mowing. He can also play matchmaker... hook me and Molly up with any 40+ non-married vets, lol.
keep up the good work. on days when i'm tired, i am MUCH hungrier too. that's why i try to get sleep when i can.
i hope your daughter is ok? sound like she is :)
enjoy your weekend, it's here in a few hours for you.!!
i bet you were more tired due to houseguests...now you can decompress this weekend.
I'm still here, just too busy lately, mostly trying to catch up at work from the shortened work week.
The cake is out of the refrigerator, so this is no longer an issue for me. I strongly suspect that it isn't completely gone, but out of sight.... well it's still on my mind, obviously! (LOL!!!)
Our houseguest, the boyfriend, left today. I did not have the opportunityto say good-bye last night as I had planned, so I ended up leaving him a post-it.
I've been eating more than usual lately, so I have no expectations for Saturday's with-in, but I'll keep trying. Most everything is in check, but my lunches have been larger and with more carbs.
I think I mentioned that they changed the taste of the protein powder I've been buying, so I no longer take shakes to work for second breakfast. Tastes yucky. But what to do with all that leftover powder? I have been adding a small scoop (1 Tbsp?) of the vanilla protein powder, thanks to happy's suggestion. It's delicious!
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
you can offer it to your son.
i put the protein powder in my oatmeal to make it more satisfying and filling since oatmeal doesn't generally have much protein. i add extra sweetener (stevia as you know i use) bc i also don't love the taste of my protein powder...
now that bf has left, i think your eating will go more back to normal.
Confession time: I'm struggling with having this graduation cake in the house.
Yesterday, I had a large salad for breakfast at around 10am, and then cake at around 1pm. And as I was finishing the cake, I said, this is the last of the cake for me. This usually works, except that I had another piece last night after dinner. The problem - for me - is that nobody likes the edge pieces because there is a lot of frosting, so those get left behind. Well, that's the part that I LOVE..... and I wouldn't want to waste cake, that's like a crime against humanity.
I may have "offset" some of the damage by having a very active day- over 20,000 steps per my FitBit, but I don't like to play to that mentality of "Oh I exercised so it's OK to eat (insert unhealthy food here)." For me, that can lead to a self-defeating mindset and a slippery slope.
And here's the dumbest part -- the reasoning behind having cake last night was my drinking-water-during-dinner challenge - which is supposed to help me NOT eat more for dinner. UGH! I had only gotten in one glass of water during dinner, and had most of my second glass left. What better way to finish my 2nd glass of water (per my challenge) than to have a piece of cake? Right? WRONG!
Anyway, I will pledge to do better today. Personally, I think I'm having a hard time with the realization that my daughter is growing up and will be leaving us (me) behind soon. And so if there's still cake to eat, then the graduation isn't really over, and I don't have to deal with reality.
On the other hand, we have our 20 year old son who I think, left to his own devices, would be living in our basement until he's 40. Ah, he's still working on getting back into the Air Force - fingers crossed - and if that works out the way it SHOULD, he'll be gone next year as well. He just needs to get out more. Once he finds a job, then he will start having his own life back again. Right now, he's working out and then hanging out at home ALL the time. Daughter (and the boyfriend, who is here until Wednesday) works and goes out; she's seldom home.
*sigh* I will do better today.
AFTERNOON EDIT: Logging in so that I'm SURE I don't partake of any more cake... The struggle is real.
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
That's the only thing that would keep me from eating it daily until it's gone. Oh, and I'd have to take the trash bag to the dumpster, otherwise I might still be tempted to grab a fork and eat the middle section that "hadn't touched the other garbage".
(only partially kidding about being tempted to eat out of the garbage can)
Being in the freezer normally wouldn't stop me, but it might be enough for now.
i'm glad there's a way he can still get back in!
i was tempted by a boatload of desserts yesterday and so proud of myself for not finishing either and only trying a few bites. so instead of being very off track, i'm getting back ;)
Way too many leftovers in the refrigerator... I'd been craving a fresh salad, but you can't have salad for breakfast, can you? Well, I waited to have a later breakfast at almost 10a, and had salad.
I wanted to add that after we finished up the cake and ice cream from the graduation party, I had a 13 hour fast. I was feeling "munchy" at around 7pm but wasn't really hungry. Just wanted to eat out of habit. So I waited until 8pm, and was still feeling "munchy" but not hungry. Made plans to go to bed instead. So hopefully that helped balance calories out. My fingers were too swollen to wear my wedding band this morning though, which is probably due to the extra salt from eating out yesterday (French dip) and the humid weather.
Went for a walk outside at around 11am. After about 20 minutes, the bright sun and humidty started to get to me. I'm probably staying in, now, until this evening. Or at least until there is more shade outside.
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
Up half a pound but as long as I'm under 130, I consider it "happy maintenance land". After today's graduation festivities for my daughter, though, I'm not so sure what next week will bring. Kind of a heavy lunch of French dip sandwich and then a large piece of cake to celebrate.
It was a wonderful day, and I'm so proud of my daughter. She's not sure what her next step will be -- although she's fairly certain that it won't be in Illinois -- but I'd rather she take a little time to figure it out than to rush into something that she's not ready for or not really interested in.
Decided not to drive to continue the visiting with our out-of-town guests as I think everyone is very tired and very full and would just like to relax.
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
Glad you all had a great day and that you are relaxing a bit. It's important to be able to have a little down time here and there especially if that's what you enjoy! That's how I'm doing it as of late :) Busy days but time to recoop here and there also. Keeps me happy and the stress lower.
One more thing to add to my list of things that one should not eat in large quantities:
I wonder if I will regret this as items #1 and #2... Tomorrow will tell.
So this was at 3:30p and husband grilled a delicious dinner with a nice big salad and fruit salad. And I was so full from the kale :-( that it was hard to partake much less eat. But I did have a piece of meat and some salad. Why did I eat if I wasn't hungry, you might ask? I dunno, says Donkey. A couple of reasons:
And right now, I'm comfortably full. It was a struggle to get in the 2 cups of water, though... Today I did not do as well with the water, unless I lost count. Sometimes I do that, especially when I'm at work, and I just fill up my water bottle but don't log it in FitBit right away.
Progress as of today: 57.5 lbs lost so far, only -7.5 lbs to go!
Happy Friday...3day weekend!?
Happy Friday...3day weekend!?
I have been eating a large salad nightly (mostly lettuce with a light vinaigrette and few or no other toppings). The taste / texture of the salad is marginal, but feeling full on something does offer some satisfaction for me.
Very quickly here because it's late... Had a brutally busy day at work, came home early, which for me means leaving away 5:15p because otherwise I would have stayed until 6p or 6:30p, rushed home, rushed through dinner (Subway), and then went to Senior Awards Night ... 2 gruelling hours on bleachers just to watch my daughter stand for 10 seconds with about 100 other kids. *sigh*
But I got my 2 cups of water at dinner!
Progress as of today: 57.5 lbs lost so far, only -7.5 lbs to go!
well, tomorrow is FRIDAY :) yay!
My drinking-water-during-dinner challenge has clarified itself all on its own. My overall goal is to get 2 cups of ice water during dinner. That's about all I can do on a regular basis.
I accomplished that but still took second helpings on salad. The point is to drink water to avoid ALL second helpings. This is to accomplish lower calories. I should add that the salad had croutons, which is kind of ouchie ouchie.
My activity level, if you go by daily steps, has increased so far this week.
Just bracing now for Daughter's graduation on Saturday.
Progress as of today: 57.5 lbs lost so far, only -7.5 lbs to go!
congrats to your daughter!
proud of you for accomplishing so many things, social events, person success.
I had a lovely time at the wedding, although there was no wedding cake, which was a huge disappointment for me. I decided to go into to work late- a gift to myself - regardless of what awaits me in my emails and task calendar.
EVENING EDIT: Glad I went in later this morning, but couldn't quite avoid my boss's "How was your weekend, how was the wedding" blah blah blah. It was much less than usual, but still -- Just let me work.
To his credit, though, my boss did talk to the associate about how to resolve the issue relating to the drama -- but didn't address anything with me. My boss seemed to think I wasn't mad at the associate at all -- which I think I was more hurt than anything. Only "mad" in the sense that I was like, Is this guy trying to get me fired so his assistant gets more work?
So this afternoon, the associate attorney and his assistant (who does bankruptcy) were talking about something relating to the drama from last week, and it got really awkward. I was getting some strange vibes from the assistant, like she thought I was mad at her, so I confronted her and just let her know, It's OK that this matter has been resolved this way, and I really am fine with you handling these files... and then I went further -- even though in my head, I'm hearing Horn of Plenty say STOP THIS (LOL) -- and said it feels like your boss is trying to get me fired so you have more work to do, and that's what's really bothering me.
Wow, after I got that off my chest, I felt so much better! And things were better between the 2 of us after that. But she likes to stir up things at the office, right? So she went and talked to the associate, who then approached me and said, "do you have time to talk?"
And after we talked, I felt so much better and I think he did too.
As I was reading all of it you had me on the edge of my seat!
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YEAH>…..look at you......GREAT job making that prayer come true!!!!
I totally agree...tough love is in order. Our oldest got 2 football scholarships but chose not to use them. His best friend was going off to college in the fall.....right after sons high school graduation...he informed us he was taking the summer off before starting work...I thought D was going to have a stroke!!!!!!! he told him that now he was an adult and he would not be getting anymore summers off...that he would be either going to college and working summers or going to work 12 months a year....son was quite surprised!!!! Said "OH"....and went to start his apprenticeship......After 13 years of summers off and working at jobs as he wanted to like helping on area farms and in a egg factory...he figured the summer vacation thing was just going to continue. He started his carpenter apprenticeship...and moved out when he got engaged...he was 20 or 21 then. I also had all of the kids start doing their own laundry between the ages of 12 and 15. Since he is a legal adult...if he isn't paying you room and board...he can also be responsible for things like lawn, landscaping, snow shoveling etc...the older he gets and the longer he just lays around the house...the more entitled he will get.....he's a man now. We raised a couple of boys...and we had to teach them the ropes about adulthood....they don't always understand or want to do it all themselves...
Oh yes, he's definitely helping me out with stuff around the house. But I was firm that this is not a free ride.
Horn_of_plenty on 06/03/2018:
i do agree that it's best for your son to get out of the house and get out and work or volunteer (he can easily do both especially if at first he finds part time work...)....can you ask him to apply at stores / sales so he just starts working and sees how it is to have to be somewhere and stick to a schedule.
i do hope he's still exercising and he might way to look at what is required fitness wise for what he wants to do so he isn't ill prepared (like i was).
i also crave weekends to relax after lots of activity and social events! i hope you enjoyed relaxing. it's something we do need, as i always agree with you especially if you are a person who enjoys your quiet time! that is important!