Good morning to you! Time for me to get back to where I need to be, in more ways than one. I've "inherited" a dress from MIL, made in the Phillipines with Irish linen. Go figure. It's white floral with cut-outs - almost looks like a casual wedding dress. Drawback is that it doesn't have an underlining, go figure again, though it'd be easy enough to make one. So last night I found a pattern in my collection that I can adapt, and take my measurements to confirm my sewing size which is 3 sizes larger than my regular size (that's just the way patterns are - they got standardized years ago). I've accepted my sewing size a while back... but I'm NOT happy with my current measurements, especially the waist and hips.
I'm already exercising and doing good cardio for calorie-burning, so obviously I need to address my eating, and there it's been too many sweets and fatty foods as I mentioned yesterday. Starting today I'm cutting out sweets and unhealthy snack foods and doing that for 3 weeks. That includes the Pop-Tart I often have for breakfast and my beloved Ovaltine in the morning (switching to plain ol' milk). I'm also going to give up any light beer, wine or so that we sometimes have mid-week with our meals (I'll allow one on Saturdays).
That should give me a kick start. I'm thinking of registering for Reader's Digest "ChangeOne" plan where you change one thing a week over 4 weeks. It seems to follow the moderation theme of eating which I prefer but have obviously gotten away from. I especially need help in breakfast (the change for the first week), lunch and snacks which is where I tend to go overboard. Exercise, I don't think I need to change anything there except be more consistent.
I'm dropping Allison off for a church day-trip in about an hour, and it should still be pleasant enough to run. Then some abs work. If there's a bright spot, it's that my tummy is toned and remains so, even if my waist measurement is off.
What a difference a night can make. We went to bed last night with the AC cranked up as it was so warm and humid and woke up to beautiful bright blue skies and the breeze blowing-sorry Lori! It's back to the world of reality today-going back to work! But I go back having had a wonderful 5 days off. I am getting a bit anxious to get this test over with tomorrow. There's a lot of strange things going on in this body of mine.
I guess I'm not the only one who feels a bit out of control and needing to pull in the reins a bit. Chocolate was just calling my name last night and it seemed no matter where I turned somebody's stash was staring me in the face! I did manage to escape but it was a very close call. Hopefully it will be easier at work today unless someone decides that we need a "stash" there too. Not sure what is on the workout agenda, we'll see if UPS comes through with my new workout tape which should be on the schedule for delivery today.
Good morning ladies! I was up at 5 this morning and did my 2 mile run. It was a beautiful morning with the birds singing and the smell of just fallen rain. I love running at that time of day.
I have a special request of you all if you don't mind. The prayers from this board are so powerful and so appreciated that I was just wondering if I could ask once again for more. My dd is not doing very well. She lives about 2 hours from us which makes it so difficult to help her out. She has had a bad back for so long and has never been able to discover what exactly it is thats wrong with it. For the past week its been really bad and for the past two days so bad that she can't even get out of bed. Of course she couldn't go to the doctor yesterday because they were closed for the holiday and she couldn't go to the emergency room because she has no insurance at this point. So shes going to try to get in to the doctor today. We are in the process of trying to get her some insurance because she was recently taken off of ours in May because she's nolonger in school. I'm so worried about her and I don't know what to do for her. So I'm here today asking for your prayers. I'm afraid this will be a long and expense road for her to travel these next few weeks but it will be worth it if she can get the help she needs and feel better. Please keep my daughter in your prayers ladies. I can't tell you how much this hurts to hear her tears on the other end of the phone line.....just breaks my heart.
Booty, as a wise man once said(country singer, can't remember the name) No such thing as having too much fun!Glad you enjoyed your time off.Personally I don't think calories count as much when you really enjoy them but maybe that is only in Patty land.
How can it be Tuesday?I haven't read Sunday's comics?Just got off the treadmill and heading back to the birds.I have 2 weeks to go on this flock and I plan to push both myself and the chickens hard.It is suppose to be a beautiful day here, sunny warm, ok hot, but not as humid.There are about 500 beetle bugs in my pool today, I may join them :)
A full day behind me with no chips!Here I go into day 2.......
Back to Reality Tuesday! And you know what the movie said about reality....
I'm happy anyway. We had a beautiful weekend. I've got a decent job (despite the presence of the dour Specter in the CO) that helps keep the roof over our heads, I've got a great hubby and family, and I have my health, for which I'm grateful. Tweety, I hope your DD can get her health back soon. She's too young for such pain and debilitation. Is this the same daughter who had so much difficulty with her former roommates? It's time for her to catch a break. Sending a little prayer for one her way.
Lunch is leftover eggplant parm and a salad. Dinner is leftover something or other - probably the orange-sherry-garlic marinated chicken, and salad. DH is eyeing leftover Chinese food. Workout tonight is cardio on the treadmill and stretching (can't call it yoga exactly). I'm trying to talk DH into a walk, but he hates the muggies almost as much as I do; it's clammy today, but it's supposed to dry off by the end of the day, so I might talk him into it yet.
Reality is hollerin' for me. Gotta go. Have a great day!
Lisa sending prayers to your dd. I hope she gets better soon. My older son who is 19 and does not attend school was dropped from our old health insurance back in November. Being self employed I looked for coverage elsewhere and discovered that Empire, BC/BS covers up to the age of 23 regaurdless of in or out of school. Having no coverage is a scarey thing. I hope her regular doctor is able to help. Just know she is in my thoughts and prayers.
Later posting then I wanted. Did much better with my eating yesterday so that is a good start. Bill and I are going to try and walk together. He is feeling the effects of eatting to much and sometimes the wrong thing. With work I can not control what he eats. Its a catch 22 here, they look for the snacks like the chips, and cookies, yet they get mad after they eat them. We were supposed to walk this morning but I decided since I was off today I wanted to sleep in. Bad, I know. Especially since there was no pressure Saturday, Sunday or Monday. We allowed Katie to have a friend sleep over and at 11 the little girl decided she missed her mom and wanted to go home. So home she went and my Katie was upset and disappointed. I have my second batch of laundry going and I am heading upstairs to make my beds and do my WAP video. Katie and I are going take our bikes out today and go for a bike ride. Can not go to far with her but it should be fun. Bill and I have to go to a wake tonight, another friends parent died. Not a close friend but someone Bill has known for a long time. So that is our plans tonight, I still need to find a sitter too, shoot! Hope you all have a great day and enjoy the fresh start of a new month!
Tweety, so sorry to hear about your daughter's back. As someone who lives with back problems, I can sure sympathize about the pain. I wish I were close enough to try some magnets on her. Can't tell you how much they help me and I have two kinds of back problems in two areas. I wear my magnetic necklace at all times except when I'm in water to help with the discs in my neck & the nerve problem with numbness that it causes,
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I'm already exercising and doing good cardio for calorie-burning, so obviously I need to address my eating, and there it's been too many sweets and fatty foods as I mentioned yesterday. Starting today I'm cutting out sweets and unhealthy snack foods and doing that for 3 weeks. That includes the Pop-Tart I often have for breakfast and my beloved Ovaltine in the morning (switching to plain ol' milk). I'm also going to give up any light beer, wine or so that we sometimes have mid-week with our meals (I'll allow one on Saturdays).
That should give me a kick start. I'm thinking of registering for Reader's Digest "ChangeOne" plan where you change one thing a week over 4 weeks. It seems to follow the moderation theme of eating which I prefer but have obviously gotten away from. I especially need help in breakfast (the change for the first week), lunch and snacks which is where I tend to go overboard. Exercise, I don't think I need to change anything there except be more consistent.
I'm dropping Allison off for a church day-trip in about an hour, and it should still be pleasant enough to run. Then some abs work. If there's a bright spot, it's that my tummy is toned and remains so, even if my waist measurement is off.
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What a difference a night can make. We went to bed last night with the AC cranked up as it was so warm and humid and woke up to beautiful bright blue skies and the breeze blowing-sorry Lori! It's back to the world of reality today-going back to work! But I go back having had a wonderful 5 days off. I am getting a bit anxious to get this test over with tomorrow. There's a lot of strange things going on in this body of mine.
I guess I'm not the only one who feels a bit out of control and needing to pull in the reins a bit. Chocolate was just calling my name last night and it seemed no matter where I turned somebody's stash was staring me in the face! I did manage to escape but it was a very close call. Hopefully it will be easier at work today unless someone decides that we need a "stash" there too. Not sure what is on the workout agenda, we'll see if UPS comes through with my new workout tape which should be on the schedule for delivery today.
Hope it's a good day for everyone!
Susan
I have a special request of you all if you don't mind. The prayers from this board are so powerful and so appreciated that I was just wondering if I could ask once again for more. My dd is not doing very well. She lives about 2 hours from us which makes it so difficult to help her out. She has had a bad back for so long and has never been able to discover what exactly it is thats wrong with it. For the past week its been really bad and for the past two days so bad that she can't even get out of bed. Of course she couldn't go to the doctor yesterday because they were closed for the holiday and she couldn't go to the emergency room because she has no insurance at this point. So shes going to try to get in to the doctor today. We are in the process of trying to get her some insurance because she was recently taken off of ours in May because she's nolonger in school. I'm so worried about her and I don't know what to do for her. So I'm here today asking for your prayers. I'm afraid this will be a long and expense road for her to travel these next few weeks but it will be worth it if she can get the help she needs and feel better. Please keep my daughter in your prayers ladies. I can't tell you how much this hurts to hear her tears on the other end of the phone line.....just breaks my heart.
Hugs, lisa
How can it be Tuesday?I haven't read Sunday's comics?Just got off the treadmill and heading back to the birds.I have 2 weeks to go on this flock and I plan to push both myself and the chickens hard.It is suppose to be a beautiful day here, sunny warm, ok hot, but not as humid.There are about 500 beetle bugs in my pool today, I may join them :)
A full day behind me with no chips!Here I go into day 2.......
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Miss P
I'm happy anyway. We had a beautiful weekend. I've got a decent job (despite the presence of the dour Specter in the CO) that helps keep the roof over our heads, I've got a great hubby and family, and I have my health, for which I'm grateful. Tweety, I hope your DD can get her health back soon. She's too young for such pain and debilitation. Is this the same daughter who had so much difficulty with her former roommates? It's time for her to catch a break. Sending a little prayer for one her way.
Lunch is leftover eggplant parm and a salad. Dinner is leftover something or other - probably the orange-sherry-garlic marinated chicken, and salad. DH is eyeing leftover Chinese food. Workout tonight is cardio on the treadmill and stretching (can't call it yoga exactly). I'm trying to talk DH into a walk, but he hates the muggies almost as much as I do; it's clammy today, but it's supposed to dry off by the end of the day, so I might talk him into it yet.
Reality is hollerin' for me. Gotta go. Have a great day!
Donna
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Later posting then I wanted. Did much better with my eating yesterday so that is a good start. Bill and I are going to try and walk together. He is feeling the effects of eatting to much and sometimes the wrong thing. With work I can not control what he eats. Its a catch 22 here, they look for the snacks like the chips, and cookies, yet they get mad after they eat them. We were supposed to walk this morning but I decided since I was off today I wanted to sleep in. Bad, I know. Especially since there was no pressure Saturday, Sunday or Monday. We allowed Katie to have a friend sleep over and at 11 the little girl decided she missed her mom and wanted to go home. So home she went and my Katie was upset and disappointed. I have my second batch of laundry going and I am heading upstairs to make my beds and do my WAP video. Katie and I are going take our bikes out today and go for a bike ride. Can not go to far with her but it should be fun. Bill and I have to go to a wake tonight, another friends parent died. Not a close friend but someone Bill has known for a long time. So that is our plans tonight, I still need to find a sitter too, shoot! Hope you all have a great day and enjoy the fresh start of a new month!
Deb
Debbie
Tweety, so sorry to hear about your daughter's back. As someone who lives with back problems, I can sure sympathize about the pain. I wish I were close enough to try some magnets on her. Can't tell you how much they help me and I have two kinds of back problems in two areas. I wear my magnetic necklace at all times except when I'm in water to help with the discs in my neck & the nerve problem with numbness that it causes,
~~Rhonda~~
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