Like Horn, I had hoped to go to sleep early last night but that didn't work out. So maybe tonight...
Trying to get my mind in "work mode" but I'd rather not. The associate attorney is out until Thursday; my boss leaves for a week next week, so he won't feel like sitting at all. I can't even wrap my mind around what files need attention this week.
My daughter is acting manager at work this week, so she will be working a different schedule, meaning my husband will be alone most afternoons. He gets bored/lonely and talks more at dinner. It's only for a week. We'll see how he does.
I did a lot of food prep for myself last night, so at least I'm getting today off to a good start in that way.
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
A brutally hot day. It's the humidity that's making it feel so uncomfortable. It was cool last night, but the humidity was so high that I buckled and turned on the AC last night.
Changed up my morning routine a little bit, so that I did the easy exercise bike a little later. Folded laundry, then went grocery shopping --- arrived too late and got stuck in the Sunday Crowd. I brought extra meat --- sorry Jasmine! - to save my husband extra grief and work in his meal planning through midweek. It's going to be just Mr. Donkey and myself for T,W, Th dinner.
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
if you want a really good read, tho the language at times has made me look up some vocab words bc it's written rather really well!...the book is called 7 Women and the Secret of the Greatness by Eric Metaxas...it's very good read especially for catholics and jews..you'll see why. i can only read a little at a time and the intro was dry...but once you get into it, it's so well written that you'll get the chills reading it!
LOL...apolagizing to the vegetarian are you!? i wonder if she cares if you eat meat! hahahaa!
enjoy the time with Mr D for dinner this week...perhaps he can help prep some stuff...cut some veggies?..i'm giving him work!
SO NOT VERY HAPPY WITH MY WEIGH-IN THIS MORNING... but I had to laugh, because - get this - the Ironman scale (which ALWAYS weighs me higher than my regular scale) actually weighed me in LOWER than my regular scale. Regular digital scale: 129.5 (booo); Ironman digital scale: 129.4 (yay!!!). I'm tellin' you, Scale Insanity is real.
I survived the work party and I survived the Church Ladies' dinner. I felt I made good choices at both events. I didn't do as much socializing at the Work Party as I probably should have. I'm just not that kind of person to walk around and mingle. I can't change this aspect of myself; it's who I am. I'm getting the impression that it's hard for my boss -- as a natural extrovert -- to understand my inability and discomfort. I could probably overcome this after drinking a couple of alcoholic drinks, but I don't want to do that!!! Had a large hot dog and lots of raw fruits and vegetables.
Church ladies was fun! The most popular, outgoing lady canceled at the last minute. I love her to death - she's helped me in so many ways - but I strongly suspect that she's trying to leave our little group. When she canceled, I thought, Geez, how are the rest of us going to be able to find stuff to talk about? But we did -- for a few hours! They were talking about joining a Girlfriends Gathering the church is starting up, where there is a main speaker for a little bit, and then you meet with your girlfriends afterwards, BYOB. If there's no charge, I think this is something I'd like to try. I did think of these ladies the minute I read about it in the weekly bulletin... Turns out, some of them did too! And maybe it will bring the other lady back to us. She's so outgoing and gregarious though, that she probably would rather hang out with ladies she's closer to, friend-wise and emotionally. Ate an entire salad which had bleu cheese, pecans, and bacon. (Maybe too much salt for today's weigh-in? I don't care, it was delicious and I was HUNGRY.)
Anyway, focusing on the weekend....
Random Thought:
As you know, my Fitbit has been instrumental in helping me lose and keep off the weight. Lately, I cannot update/sync my statistics unless I am at home. I'm not sure why. It doesn't matter if I'm on WiFi or not, the Fitbit won't sync to my phone. This has been frustrating because I do like to monitor my progress throughout the day -- especially when I am at work, to make sure I do get up from my computer desk and move around a little... Maybe this was meant to be, so that I don't obsess over step count during the day. IDK...
Progress as of today: 57 lbs lost so far, only -7 lbs to go!
I might be that odd introvert that enjoys being in the company of extroverts. I like to listen and watch and provide feedback and input/questions. The one church lady who decided to cancel at the last minute - a total extrovert, and I love her for it!
1. EXCELLENT, excellent job on eating and food choices at both events. the salad sounds wonderful as does a nice hot dog with your own veggies and fruits to satisfy your stomach a bit more.
2. I know exactly where you are coming from about not being the walking-around-talking-mingling type. I am the same way, especially when i don't know people that way. I like to sit and eat and talk to whomever i am near also. this has been a struggle of mine, too, and yes, it's my personality. i feel you. i am glad you are up to accepting it. good job not drinking bc of that.
3. seems the scales really are INSANE. especially that now they are backwards! and the bad one is now the good one - very strange! - another reason not to let it get to you too much...and to focus most on the good choices to help with your weight, which you are doing...and of course when the scales are going up, to dial it back a little (easier said than done, oh how i know!)
4. let me send these comments before they accidentally get deleted before i go on.... finally i'm relaxed and happy to get some good commenting in on your entry...wayyyyyy more fun than the wedding tonight! :)
I used to marvel at extroverts at how talented they were to handle a large audience, keeping the conversation going... Now I'm starting to realize that it's not a talent, per se, but just a personality. I wonder if I could try to consider myself a talented introvert.
6. The library is awesome! even more awesome, lately my coworkers are giving me books to read, and they are turning out to be outrageously good. This one i'm reading now is on 7 great women - and if you are of either christian or jewish background, the book will hit even more closer to home. it is an amazing book, and there are short stories in it of 7 great women. a few of them you will definitely know :) like rosa parks and Mother Teresa but there are several i didn't know and reading up on them, i am saddened that our Jewish religion / schools have failed to educate us of more of the wonderful women around the world. I just figured out why, Rosa Parks is from US, but these other women are not...which is why we probably don't learn about them in school...as there's little time for Global Studies in the school system.
7. LOL, enjoy your Christmas in August episode! So you will be seeing women give birth!?
8. I do agree that like the scale, the fitbit is similar. yes, i do think it's a good thing for you that you don't have to know it all day....you know what you have to do...and the fitbit is also a tool that "shows" you the work you do...the results of your work...and i do agree that it is a benefit in disguise that you don't need to see it tracking all day long. i do agree.
6. My book was disappointing. It didn't cover the subject I thought it did. I'm returning it as soon as I can. I won't read it. (Kind of upset that this was promoted as one thing, but really is something completely different.)
7. It's fictional, but they show babies' heads coming out (from a side view). It's set in the 1950's and is about helping a very poor, British community. And the doctor is very handsome...
8. 100% spot on - as usual. I won't sweat this any more. I will update before work (after my morning workout) and then before bed, to tally up the stats. That's all I need for where I'm at.
Making progress: Did not approach Queen Bee about Friday's menu for the office party. Good advice! I'll just roll with whatever is there. Not worth the drama...
Instead, I volunteered to cover the phones for the first hour or first half of the party. I can load up on vegetables at my desk, and then have a burger at the party. They might get veggie burgers, but if not, that's ok too.
I got BOLD and told the church ladies we're meeting at a different place (where I can get a salad or something healthier). Didn't mean to be bossy but no one was making any definitive decisions, so I made them, everyone agreed.
Truth time: this is my exercise. I ride my old exercise bike in the morning, with, at best, low resistance (like almost none) to loosen up my legs and back. I take a 20 minute walk at lunch, to decompress. At home, in the evening, I ride the programmable exercise bike for 45-50 minutes while I watch tv. It's a more challenging workout but feels good when I'm finished.
Throw in 5 minutes of weights, 4 days a week.
Idk if that's too much, but keep in mind that I pretty much sit all day at my desk in front of a computer.
Progress as of today: 59 lbs lost so far, only -9 lbs to go!
I don't think that's too much exercise. I also sit in front of a computer most of the day; when i'm in a good routine, I will swim in the morning for 30 minutes; I almost always get out for two walks every day i'm at work - each time it's 20 minutes; in the evening I will often have an hour long workout of some kind. That's without training for anything. So, no, I don't think what you're doing is too much. Your legs must be very strong! I might rather do something else in the morning to warm up, like yoga or pilates or even a stretching routine, to offer some balance in your workouts, but if you like to ride the bike, go for it!
GREAT idea...to have veggies while covering phones...i'd have done the exact same thing!
GREAT idea again with church ladies...no need to be totally uncomfortable with poor restaurant options...who knows, maybe you'll have a good effect on someone else in the group !
no, your exercise is not too much at all. it's great. good idea, again!, in the morning to exercise. very important. ...keep on.
Random thoughts:
I probably spoke too soon about being 1 pound away from a 60-pound loss, with the way my weight fluctuates. I can feel the consequences of yesterday's choices today. Sometimes, it's just what's on the menu...
If I were training for a race or an event, people wouldn't give me such flack for exercising. Why isn't it ok that I exercise because I love to do it?
Work is throwing a realtor party on Friday... with no healthy food. (I must ask Queen Bee about the menu, but I have to be very careful about how I go about doing this). Then I'm meeting up with my church ladies for dinner... at a place called "Meat and Potatoes" - ugh!
It will be a difficult weigh-in on Saturday.
Progress as of today: 59 lbs lost so far, only -9 lbs to go!
Bring a veggie platter or YOUR OWN VEGGIES on the day of the work party. You can eat your veggies and just tastes of the other stuff. PLAN IT. at meat and potatoes, see the menu, maybe there's a salad or side of veggies you can get with just tastes of the other stuff. pull thru!, plan ahead. small tastes of the heavy stuff.
Now, saying that, i'm talking about people who are exercising multiple times each day, working their bodies to the very extreme. If i'm wrong, correct me, but I understand that you go on your exercise bike every night for about an hour, and you will sometimes do a bit of a weight lifting routine?
Nothing wrong with that. Whoever is telling you that there is something wrong with that, can go ahead and get their head checked. That's called leading an active lifestyle by being active in some way, every day, for at least 30-50 minutes a day.
You are rocking it, and you are an inspiration to the rest of us. Don't stop being awesome!
I realized that I am 1 pound away from being able to say that I've lost 60 pounds on this journey... Just putting that out there.
I was really looking forward to having a private chat with one of the volunteers at legal clinic, because she has been on this "minimalist", downsizing journey this past year. She also has done WW to lose weight, and I wanted to explore with her a topic that we touched on here at DD, with regards to a minimalist approach to losing weight, e.g. after the first 3 bites, food doesn't taste as good, etc.
Unfortunately, she and I didn't have the opportunity to expound on this much, so maybe more next month, but she agreed with me that she has been incorporating this approach with her food intake, i.e. her food is either "essential for life" (i.e. healthy foods) or "brings her joy" (i.e. wine, dessert).
What I found most interesting though is that she says that the new WW does not work for her and has not been able to lose weight with it. She feels that there are too many "free foods" that should not be free, and she is unable to meet daily goals with the new points system (dailyl base points + weekly freebies). So she has been very frustrated and that's why she wanted to speak with me. We spoke very briefly, and I encouraged her to try to go back to the old WW point system - with which she did have success. The BEST part is that I have old WW points books that I've been holding on to for some unknown reason -- I don't count points, but I just haven't been able to give these books away. I will give them to my friend at next month's legal clinic, knowing that they have a good home.
Progress as of today: 59 lbs lost so far, only -9 lbs to go!
I almost joined for the real-life support group. That was the draw for me.
i do agree that with food, after a few bites, it doesn't taste the same and we just keep eating out habit i'd say...or we keep eating for comfort. both of these reasons are things i do.
i agree - the new WW is horrible based on everything i hear. calories in & calories out...points in and points out...can't be any other way. no freebies.
Good weigh-in... on both scales, lol... One thing I forgot to mention about the VA hospital visit was to say how friendly and pleasant everyone was. Random folks saying good morning to each other, thanking clients for their service, just nice. :) Work was busy but manageable, although I DID end up staying an hour over. A lot of last minute stuff came up at 4p. My husband said he's used to late dinners on Friday. (wah wah) I know I told Maria that I would try to relax this weekend. This is hard for me to do! After legal clinic this morning, my time will be my own!
AFTERNOON EDIT: Sure enough, my husband received a notice in the mail that he has an appointment at the VA -- same location, same crazy drive! -- to see a rheumatologist. I commend the VA for such a rapid response. Wow, that was crazy fast! an internest doctor for IBS.
great job saying on deciding your time will be your own after the clinic. if you want your own time, best to allow it to yourself. Same here, for me today. It makes me happy to not be rushing around as much today :)
PS...i took a day off friday and still haven't fully decided what i'm doing. one option was to spend the WHOLE day at beach with the friend that loves it - but that wouldn't be relaxing day for me...so...i haven't really asked her yet....as it's important on MY DAYS off to spend them how my body and mind want to spend them...so i'm thinking Friday to be a relaxing day...not to please anyone else except myself, first and foremost! so that the vaca day is a REAL vaca day!
I survived the drive! It's a particularly aggressive commute to this VA hospital. Well, any drive towards Chicago involves more traffic, complicated mergers, crazy drivers, etc. I'm more of an open highway person. Very nervous driver...
My husband saw the wrong doctor because they had entered his auto-immune disease obviously into the computer system as a degenerative disc disease. So he saw an ortho doctor rather than a rheumatologist. He may or may not need another appointment because of this mistake.
I got home, dropped off husband, picked up daughter to take her to HER doctor's appointment. (She didn't want to go alone.)
After all these doctors, I was exhausted, so I opted to stay home and not check in at work. I'm still tired this morning, and I know today will be busy. My coworker covering my desk said she left 29 emails unread. So I'll have about 50 emails this morning, plus a very long list of time sensitive tasks to do today.
No rest on Saturday, since there's legal clinic.
And just battling my body with the inconveniences of TOM. Why must my cycle always kick in, irregularly, at the most stressful times in my life?
Progress as of today: 59.5 lbs lost so far, only -9.5 lbs to go!
glad all the appts are finally over..nice of you to go with your daughter, i always had prefered personally to go alone...but she's still a teen, so it can make sense she'd want you there still!
remember to breathe today and realize that work will still be waiting for you Monday - anything you don't finish today!
So I put a sign on the freezer door at work addressed to whomever threw out my food to please replace the veggie burgers and stick of butter. That won't happen, but it made me feel better. We think it was the boss' son-in-law who threw out my food, thinking it belonged to the office manager for the business downstairs, because he's really mad at her right now, and this is his revenge. She and I eat similar foods and share(d) the same space in the freezer... I don't like the son-in-law either because he accused me of stealing gift cards a year ago and never apologized for that. I'd call him a weasel but that would be insulting to weasels.
Taking husband to the VA hospital for another evaluation today. He says they are very mean there. Sad. Very nervous about the difficult drive to the facility.
Progress as of today: 59.5 lbs lost so far, only -9.5 lbs to go!
Is it a difficult drive because of the distance/logistics? I hope it goes well and they are not mean today!
the facility is far? is that why the drive is difficult?
THEY THREW OUT MY FOOD AT WORK.
I keep an emergency veggie burger in the freezer, I had a baggie of frozen watermelon, and a half a stick of butter. All gone.
Turns out my Sunday anxiety was probably hormone related, after all...
Progress as of today: 59.5 lbs lost so far, only -9.5 lbs to go!
i guess you'll have to re-stock :)
keep on J-donk and be happy...notice the nature and trees and animals out and about as it's still summer :) i was thinking about it this morning :) to enjoy my surroundings while it lasts!
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Like you, I really don't want to get working today. That's why I'm here commenting.....
LOL!! Exactly!
horn_of_plenty on 08/27/2018:
yes, always good to have most food (especially lunches) mostly prepped at the start of the weeK!
me too, i have SO MUCH food stored right now...i should eat it in order of when i cooked it/ more likely when i BOUGHT it! haha...mostly prepared stuff from a variety of places. and everything is nicely prepped, flavored, tons of veggie choices to enjoy...no need to spend more money this week on food out! :) i love bringing food from home, especially when it's a variety.
and when i'm more simply and easy, i'll just bring a whole veggie or two (like a tomato and pepper) to simply add volume to my lunch at work for very little cals as i'd describe 75% of my intake/diet as Volumetric.
BearCountryGG on 08/27/2018:
Funny how for years I met HIM at the door looking for some converstion...and eventually the tables turned and he was waiting for me to get home….I agree...it was a bit much!!! But only then did I realize what it had been like for him all those years...LOL