Good morning! I'm surprised my weight isn't higher. I can really feel these extra 5 pounds. I'm hoping that some of this is bloat from salt and extra carbs and wine. Just goes to prove that you cannot out-exercise a bad diet. I stayed in bed an extra hour, debating whether or not I should weigh-in today. I'm glad I did. I can't tackle a problem if I don't know where to start.
I've got a lot of cleaning to do today. I've already mopped the basement floor, and my laundry is in various stages of drying. There's still some cleaning up to do from Christmas present opening, too. Picking up and mopping the main level are my next chores. There is a lot to pick up!
I struggled a bit with sadness last night. I thought having a glass of wine might help me relax, but instead, it seemed to make me feel even sadder.
Progress as of today: 40 lbs lost so far, only 11.5 lbs to go!
Merry Christmas!! Even if you don't celebrate, I wish you a happy, happy day!
I was able to leave work before 2pm, and if I hadn't wanted to take some of the leftover food home, I probably could have left closer to 1pm. Believe it or not, of the less than 20 emails I received all day, 4 of them were crabby people! One guy was FURIOUS with me: "Why are you emailing like it's 1998? Call me on my phone like business is done." Ha ha ha!
So I call him and his voice mailbox isn't set up! What a dork! Both my husband and my boss told me that I should have said to him, "Why isn't your voice mailbox set up like it's 1998?" Anyway, he's a client of Associate Attorey, who LOVES to talk on the phone, so I'll leave the calling to him to do. But honestly, UNREAL - on Christmas Eve. WHATEVER.
The party at work was nice, although I ended up with a sandwich that was not my first choice. I thought it was something else, but instead, it was just cheese. I didn't think the margaritas were very strong (had 2), and I did have a bit of dessert.
I did OK with dinner last night, having only 2 cookies (approx. 120 calories), but this morning I did partake of the coffeecake that my husband bought. I felt obligated to share the meal with him.
I'm doing OK this morning, but it doesn't really feel like Christmas. Maybe that's because of the lack of snow. Or because we're still waiting for Daughter to wake up, so we haven't done gifts or anything. So I'm enjoying the quietness of the day, listening to Christmas music. We'll be having Italian beef sandwichs, salad, and potato chips for our Christmas dinner.
MORNING EDIT: Oh my goodness - I just saw a photo that Nice Lady took of me serving myself at the office party. Wow, I definitely have a LOT of work to do next year. YIKES...
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
Enjoy your day!
And really first, Merry Christmas to you and your family! :)
I am sorry on the passing of your grandmother. I am sure she did live her fullest and best life.
I have such a hard time on emotional eating too. The only things that help are veggies that lately i just stuff in and don't even love anymore when i'm eating them (weird!), lots of low cal drinks, coffees, seltzers...
it's Christmas Day...enjoy it. Enjoy not having to get up to work tomorrow! (like is usually the case when Christmas falls during the week!) so crazy....
i'll write more later, again, I'm sorry on the passing of your grandmother.
lol, that crabby guy that would rather have a phone call than an email...well isn't that what 1998 is!? haha...he's backwards!
can we see the photo of you at work!?!? i'm sure it's the cutest!
also, your dinner is a perfect dinner...it'd be very happy with it tonight! :)
GET IT TOGETHER, DONKEY!
Ugh, struggled with food last night again, with the desserts. Handful of cookies, piece of spice cake, slice of apple pie, and then another small piece. Total emotional eating. Grandma passed yesterday morning... Missing my son... Cramps that would not stop... Completely lost my focus.
But I'm ok now, and I will enjoy this Christmas Eve in its entirety.
Christmas party at work, come home early. Today would be a good day for the treadmill in the afternoon.
Merry Christmas to all my DD friends!
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
Anyway, hope you can have a happy xmas.
Not a good day yesterday. TOM is here, and yesterday was Cramp Day, so I didn't go home for lunch as I had planned to do all week.
Then, much worse, Husband received a call from his niece that his grandma has been in the hospital with COVID for the past 2 weeks, and they were taking her off the oxygen, etc., so if he wanted to say good-bye, he needed to FaceTime immediately.
Well, we have android phones so we can't FaceTime - that's an Apple iPhone thing. So daughter had to come home to set up her iPad, and Husband said goodbye.
Needless to say, I didn't handle this well: 4 cookies, 1.5 piece of spice cake (single layered), and a dark mint chocolate candy.
And it was hard to get up this morning, knowing bad news awaits. Bleah....
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
Husband was very fortunate that the nurse took time from her schedule, to use her personal phone, to reach out to the family for this.
I can't imagine saying good-bye, and yet, I can't imagine not saying good-bye either.
I know a cousin is no comparison to a child, but I didn’t even know my cousin was sick enough to die! It all happened so quickly. I miss her so much. She was 60 and there for me my entire life. Now she’s gone. Makes me so sad.
Did I mention my niece, an RN in her 20’s , got the vaccine in California? This is where my cousin died earlier this year. Think her cousin, my nephew, a police officer, got one too or will soon.
my nephew, 2 yrs old, got Covid at school! they don't wear masks at the school (teachers do). but somehow, teacher tested positive and i'm sure several kids now have it. my nephew and sister (his mom) were sent right home from my parents once it was known there was covid at the school...my dad has asthma and that would be terrible if he got it...fingers are crossed, everyone seems to be OK for now...
i hope you feel better too...cramps are the WORST.
soon it will be Christmas, time for some at-home time to rest up.
Good morning! I am practically all wrapped and ready for Christmas! Whew!
Work.... oh Work, what shall I do about you? I can't believe we got 7 new contracts over the weekend! That is crazy! That's typical of what we get in March, not the week of Christmas! So I will be busy next week, but Mistakes Girl is busy this week, opening up the files.
I don't know how much of Monday I will be able to take off for my 25th wedding anniversary....
Yoga was very good. I explained to Jean what had happened over the weekend and the hip pain I was having. She made small adjustments to the session, and afterwards, I felt as though my hips had been "reset". I'm a little sore this morning, but nothing more than the usual aches.
The gym doesn't have group class right now, because of COVID restrictions, but they have classes posted on YouTube, including the Basic class that never fit into my schedule, when it was offered. I'm going to start doing these at home.
Also, a local studio is offering a "yoga basics" package in January, a flat fee for 31 days of yoga, whether it be a meditation, Q & A, basic moves, etc. I'm thinking of getting that for myself. Although I may be beyond that, my reasons are:
IDK, maybe I'm being too self-indulgent. There are things i could be doing at home on my own, and I haven't. How is spending another $50 going to change things?
I did ok with eating, but did have 2 cookies after dinner.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
Can we really be ready for Christmas?
Why would it be so busy this week? Strange!
Glad your hip is better.
I'm glad you'll spend your 25th with your hubby! how nice!
and that's so true...lots of those classes that community centers and gyms offer never fit into a working woman's schedule...ah, so be it...that's the give and take of being a working woman! i totally can relate ;) (relate from former experiences!). I think i've gotten to do everything and anything i ever thought of doing these past 9 months. what a refresher, huh!...but if i had a family, i'd have had to use my savings to pay for living...thankkfully that's not my case! whew!
We'll see if this week will be a quiet one or a crazy one. I think it will be alright, unless I let it get to me.
Tonight is yoga with Jean on Zoom. I really like her but her seedings are all the same, it seems. That was one positive thing to come out of the Saturday Yoga Disaster - tried some new poses.
If nothing else, having yoga at 7p means that I need to leave the office promptly at 5p, no later.
Oh I wanted to mention that I did get my butt on the treadmill and jogged for a bit. I did well. Again, why don't I use this more often?
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
At least you learned some new poses.
Are you off Xmas eve?
I used to walk slower on inclines, but the last couple of times I did that, my hips complained.
I think I could get better results from jogging anyway
It was a wonderful session. I will write more about it today.
well, about that yoga and trying to find yoga you like...there's so much yoga on zoom and online, you may want to google and find a whole new yoga instructor to follow...there's a lot of great yoga teachers out there, so you don't need to settle with mediocre.
nice job using the treadmill. you know, that's the same question i ask myself about my stationary bike and stepper...why don't i use it more?! and the same question i ask myself when i do squats: "these went by fast, why can't i do them a bit more!?" haha.
I'll have to Google things to make with clove. It's a delightful scent in the winter!
Was in some pain for most of yesterday - damn that free "yoga". I received an email asking for feedback, and I'm inclined to give it. Went to bed relatively early, thinking that rest would be best for the pain. Going to bed at my usual earlytime allowed me to wake up at my usual early time this morning. Rode my bike, did some stretches, took different meds this time, rather than Aleve. We're going to see how Motrin does.
I have some presents to wrap before Daughter wakes up for the day. The gifts for my husband are in her room, so I won't wrap them until she wakes up. Then I have 3 things to bake:
All three require a 350F oven, and the eggplant may be too soft already. Kept forgetting it was there.
I made some good peanut butter cookies with the Hershey's Kiss candy on top. My family thought they were good enough to keep (versus disposing of them at work, LOL). I did quite well with eating only 2. Later on, as I was setting up the coffee pot for the morning's brew (on a timer), I wanted another cookie, but then told myself, "Just wait - you have some yummy gummies upstairs waiting for you," and that worked. Now that I think about it though, they are about the same amount of calories... Well, at the time, it seemed to work well.
I plan to write more later today, but I should get started on wrapping those gifts.
LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE: Feeling kind of empty and aimless. Ate 4 or 5 oatmeal cookies, and they aren't even that good. Then I had some dip with carrot sticks, and then dip with a handful of tortilla chips. I'm done eating for now, and I think I'll walk on the treadmill a little to help stretch out my aching hips.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
Where was the pain from the yoga? Everywhere? I'd send in a review.
Husband puts aubergines (eggplant) in curries often.
I did not do so well with the oatmeal cookies -- and I don't know why because they don't taste very good. I guess I keep eating them hoping I'll like them better, ha ha ha.
What was the ingredient for the spice cake that you were looking for, Cloves?
I'll tell you, the park clean-up thing has been great. They are only two hour sessions, most of them - the tulip bulb planting was 4 and a lot more physical because of that...but for two hours, it's good when you can work with a partner, to help bring the garbage bag around to fill up...or if it's a leave bag, that's even easier to work as partners. i have found it nice to always find someone to work with, thankfully. it can be lonely by oneself!
cat adoption is nice if you can cuddle with them, but, you have your own and this is a lot of sitting...? perhaps it's ok once in awhile?
the stocking / expiration date is a standup job i'm sure, could be counted as somewhat of a moving task / light exercise not a desk job...sorta sweet.
for sponsering the park? is that a volunteer thing or just a donation?
regarding the high-impact aerobics that the yoga became...yuck...i cannot really jump and do those things myself either anymore...it irritates my left ankle too much as well. too bad you didn't know and they didn't make it clear.
I don't believe it had cloves, which I LOVE. It tasted more like allspice and nutmeg. It was very similar to the spices in the oatmeal cookies.
I'm not sure what is involved with sponsoring a park. I'm thinking it would involve trash pick-up, and then notifying the parks department when naughty kids wrap the swings on the top bar of the support frame. If it's just money, then I think I'd have to pass.
Your summaries of the other volunteering ideas are correct, unless the cat thing involves cleaning. Not sure I need to be cleaning more cat boxes.
I can't tell you how disappointed I was in the yoga.
ohh how i love eggplant. if i can break my lazy spell, i should cook up my brussel sprouts so they are ready to eat tomorrow after volunteering (?) if it really happens for composting. i will go and hope for parking and hope everything works out!
if you are getting so snacky all the time and give into your treats more than you want, perhaps you need snacks so you aren't as ravenous between meals? or drink more liquids as well.
that's why i'm eating so many carbs and sweets, it seems i am able to eat them and my cravings have gone away mostly...because i'm eating such a carby diet during Covid.
as far as volunteering, thank you for saying i motivated you ;) i'm glad i could do something positive for you!
I did give into my sweets today, figuring that I have all week until next weigh-in.
even this job, i will have to take breaks to snack. there's no way i'll last till lunch. just can't do that. I'm contemplating coming in earlier than my job starts to eat breakfast at my desk...do you do this?
OMG you get me! I used to bring my breakfast to work and eat it at my desk around 10am. However, now that I wear a mask all day, I do come into work early, to eat without my mask, because usually no one else in my area has come in yet. Yes, I've done that!
A quick entry before my online Zoom (free) yoga class at the Garden! Then, I hope to write more, when I have more time.
So weigh-in was about expected. In fact, the way I felt this morning, kind of bloated, I was rather expecting to see numbers around 145. Essentially, I made no progress this past week. OK.
The Paralegal Party at work was fun. Not everyone drank, because the wine was "sweet red", and not everyone ate the stale pretzels - hey, nothing's too good for our law firm - but we all congregated for about 30 minutes or so, with good cheer and good fun.
It turns out that we may have a catered party on Christmas Eve after all. The Boss' daughter (down in the PT clinic) had her office party catered by the same gourmet sandwich place that Male Co-Worker initially wanted to use for our party (before the Boss bah-humbugged it and it was canceled). But because now his daughter did it, the Boss thinks it's a WONDERFUL idea and we should do that too.
(This is nothing new for the Boss; this has happened many times before, where an idea is shot down, but when the daughter does it, then it all of a sudden becomes a great idea.)
But enough about work - this is the weekend!
In addition to yoga, I have the usual laundry and fill up the birdfeeders outside. I'm also making another type of Christmas cookie today. If Husband can find an ingredient, then I will also be able to make a spice cake - maybe not today, but soon, for Christmas.
Inspired by Horn, AND because it's so slow at work, I took the opportunity yesterday to research some volunteering options for myself in my area. I was discouraged by some, but I found a handful that look like things I want to do:
And I'm thinking that I just might keep volunteering at the legal clinic, at least for now, once we re-open. It's a worthy endeavor, and just because the procedure has changed, it might not exactly change for our clinic. So I'm going to wait and see what happens with that.
Post "Yoga" update: Wow, was I ever disappointed by the free yoga. I'm so glad I didn't make any monetary donation. This wasn't yoga - it was high-impact aerobics with a yoga warm-up. Why would anyone want to do high-impact aerobics when you're in a beautiful, peaceful garden? That seems to be a severe mismatch to me.
It's very dangerous to do high-impact activities - jumping, running, etc. - while barefoot. This is something that I cannot even THINK about doing, due to a previous plantar fasciitis injury in my right foot.
Also, I hurt something in my left hip. Usually, it's my right hip that torments me. Well, now, I have both sides yelling at me. WOW is my left hip ever angry today. I took a walk around the block, which felt good while I was doing it, but now that I am sitting, it is angry with me again. I took Aleve - not helping. I'm going to do some stretches here in a minute.
One thing though - I notice that I don't really jump - EVER. Maybe I need to do that, with proper gym shoes, as an intentional act (and not unexpected during yoga).
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
I've had plantar fasciitis 3 times. Last time was nearly 5 years ago and I practice prevention because I don't want it again. I'm afraid to do anything involving jumping as well. I've got a rope for jumping and think about using it.
When this Pet Smart closed, I stopped volunteering because the new location was not convenient for me.
Not sure I want to get into that again. But maybe, if the legal clinic thing ends. Or if for some reason, I'm able to retire or work part-time.
Yesterday was good until the evening but I suppose that turned out OK, too.
Work has gotten very quiet except for a few files that are just hornets' nests. To liven things up, I thought we'd open a bottle of sweet red wine a realtor gave me a couple of years ago. Couldn't find a corkscrew in the whole building, so I'm bringing one today. I mentioned this plan to Mistakes Girl and she perked up to this idea. So a little party this afternoon!
I received a "happy holidays" email from a realtor (mass marketing thing), and somehow, I ended up on the website for the Garfield Park Botanical Gardens? Any way, they offer a free yoga Zoom class every Saturday! I did not know this until yesterday! So I signed up! They do ask for a donation but I figured I would try a class first, and then if I liked it and signed up again, I would contribute. So this Saturday, I'll be doing yoga in the garden!
The bad part of the day came at dinnertime. IDK, I was a little perturbed with Husband, and Daughter's boyfriend made a rude & thoughtless comment, directed at me.... it just wasn't great.
But I had only half a cookie and 9 sugar-free gummies. Overall, it was a good eating day. Had wine at dinner. I'm thinking wine might help me relax a little.
Progress as of today: 43.5 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Are you off next week?
Some title companies are closed on Christmas Eve, and some are only open until 1p. Nice Lady thinks it will be very quiet as some people will indeed take the whole week off.
I hope you have a happy day at work with your wine tasting party!
Have a great weekend.
Surprisingly, I do seem to have a better grip on the sweets this year. I hadn't really acknowledged that until you said something. Thank you!
There are keto beads out there that are very good and lower in carbs - and are actual slices of bread! - but they are hard for me to find in the stores... when I used to shop in stores, that is.
next, you'll be doing some yoga outdoors in the park!?!?! how cool is this!? well, it may actually be COLD rather than cool...but this is cool, i can't wait to hear more about it!!!!
When there's no covid, they do offer live yoga classes at the park, it seems, but that's too far for me to drive into the city, for that.
These are generic gummies. The store i bought them from has a huge selection of candies that they bag under the store brand: chocolate covered nuts, gummies, hard candies, gum, etc.
If you wrote an entry yesterday, I have left a comment. I'm not sure how many of you go back the next day to read additional comments. I read DD throughout the day, but I seldom have the opportunity to log in again, after the morning, to write & comment.
Yesterday was better. It was quiet, and, rather than feeling bored, I appreciated the emptiness.
There was a small event, with a client, that made me realize, as with that other awful client I hung up on, that most clients do not read what I send them. Some don't even read their emails, I think. But now I realize that MOST aren't really reading anything I send them. Then, when a problem comes up, it's our fault that they didn't know (whatever) before.
So once I realized this, I told my boss this, and he agreed! I told him that once I've resolved this fact with myself, it will make for better communications moving forward.
With this latest client who didn't read his documents, I started getting into contract obligations, which was negative, so then I pulled back and said, "I'll have to ask the attorney what our client's options are" and didn't get involved.
Not stepping into another drama. Let the Boss handle that. Perhaps that is a dereliction of my duties, but the attorney is better at handling these types of problems and these types of clients.
Maybe I'm not the best person for this job any more.
No weights or yoga last night. I had half a cookie and 2 chocolates. Hmm, that's not as good as I thought i had done. Then, after my bike ride, I went a little wild with the sugar free gummies.
I'm sorry to fill this up with so much work drama. Thank you for your patience.
Progress as of today: 43.5 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
I go back and see if their are more comments the next day.
also, maybe it's not in your job description to "get into it" as much with clients...if possible do save it for attorney / boss if it's no longer your "job territory."
next, like the others are saying, i couldn't agree more that work is life.
instead of volunteering at legal clinic, you could always in the future do my types of volunteering that occur at both parks (for nature organizations for volunteer cleanups) and pantrys (if you do some research and see what looks best in your area so it's a decent experience). you can still have your job and do something nice on the side.
and if you run out of time, when you retire, since you are pretty fit, that's more the time to give your time...or perhaps you'll work part time later in life, and have time to volunteer...
a job is necessary. i will need to go back to the working world at some point!
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I agree...a 5 pound gain is where I really notice it too.....But...it will get easier now with the main holidays over with. Wine can have that effect on me too.....UGH.
Horn_of_plenty on 12/26/2020:
relatively speaking, you are still doing well post holiday season!!!
yeah, red wine doesn't do a thing to help emotions...i is a lot of cals....when i go back to work, i'll have to see about possibly working on my diet...possibly subbing chips for rice...and thinking how to maintain energy better than ever ;) you are doing just fine...now that the holidays are over, you can work on you ;)
not sure about you, but when i have gained significant amounts of weight in the past, i didn't feel good with it on me...it did slow me down and tire me out...i'm sure if you feel that way, you will want to change...