Amber's Get Healthy Journal (Comments Welcome)
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Amber Amber Amber....you named your cats after Harry Potter houses and you are going to a sci-fi convention. 
To quote my son "your dork is showing" 
j/k, congrats on the clothes and you are doing great, hope I can get back on track as well!
To quote my son "your dork is showing" j/k, congrats on the clothes and you are doing great, hope I can get back on track as well!
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Yes, my dork is showing.... and Lots of this dork will be showing when we get to DragonCon. I got my skirts in the mail yesterday and BOY are they short!! 
Been slack on posting, but I haven't done too bad on the diet front. Exercise has been mediocre.
Sunday - ok food, no exercise
Monday - good food, 45 minutes shoveling dirt into buckets and carrying it 50 yards to dump it into a hole.
Tuesday - B - cereal, l- applebee's soup and salad w/ 1 glass of sweet tea
, d- spaghetti, Exercise - 15 minutes on eliptical, 45 minutes on treadmill
Wednesday - B - kashi w/ milk, l- HC, grapes, d - chinese chicken and veggies w/ rice (homemade), Exercise - 40 minutes TaeBo, 10 minutes Ab work
Today - B - Kashi w/ milk, l- HC, grapes, D - spaghetti, No exercise
I weighed myself at the gym yesterday. I was 187 with my shoes on ( I usually weigh w/ them off)!
I was excited to see some loss!
I really think that cutting out Most of the sweet tea and almost all of the coffee has made a Big difference! I had cut back on my coffee recently, but I used to drink at least a cup or two daily w/ a good bit of sugar in each cup. Then the sweet tea
We make big pitchers of tea, but we put a whole cup of sugar in that pitcher. DH and I have drank most of a pitcher in one sitting on occasion 
More often I have a couple of glasses at dinner and lunch if I'm at home. When we ate out I kept our waiters busy filling my glass. I have sworn off straws because I can guzzle way too easy that way.
Got a busy day planned tomorrow, so I probably won't get any exercise in. I may try to do some on Saturday. Sunday we are going to White Water with my parents and probably my sisters. That should be fun and good exercise!
Have a Great weekend!
Been slack on posting, but I haven't done too bad on the diet front. Exercise has been mediocre.
Sunday - ok food, no exercise
Monday - good food, 45 minutes shoveling dirt into buckets and carrying it 50 yards to dump it into a hole.
Tuesday - B - cereal, l- applebee's soup and salad w/ 1 glass of sweet tea
, d- spaghetti, Exercise - 15 minutes on eliptical, 45 minutes on treadmillWednesday - B - kashi w/ milk, l- HC, grapes, d - chinese chicken and veggies w/ rice (homemade), Exercise - 40 minutes TaeBo, 10 minutes Ab work
Today - B - Kashi w/ milk, l- HC, grapes, D - spaghetti, No exercise
I weighed myself at the gym yesterday. I was 187 with my shoes on ( I usually weigh w/ them off)!
I was excited to see some loss! I really think that cutting out Most of the sweet tea and almost all of the coffee has made a Big difference! I had cut back on my coffee recently, but I used to drink at least a cup or two daily w/ a good bit of sugar in each cup. Then the sweet tea
We make big pitchers of tea, but we put a whole cup of sugar in that pitcher. DH and I have drank most of a pitcher in one sitting on occasion More often I have a couple of glasses at dinner and lunch if I'm at home. When we ate out I kept our waiters busy filling my glass. I have sworn off straws because I can guzzle way too easy that way. Got a busy day planned tomorrow, so I probably won't get any exercise in. I may try to do some on Saturday. Sunday we are going to White Water with my parents and probably my sisters. That should be fun and good exercise!
Have a Great weekend!
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Amber you are doing great! I think we need to see a pic of the sci-fi get-up!
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Thanks Linda. I will try to post the a pic of some of the outfits once I get finished putting them together.
WARNING: Major Pity Party ahead!
I have been having a hard time lately. Emotionally I feel like a basketcase. I just feel so overwhelmed a lot of the time. My work is just this never ending mess. I had too many cases my first month, but I managed to get the work done (which means I get my raise btw
). I closed a few cases and was starting to feel like my caseload might be managable. Then another co-worker quit, so now I am going to end up having to work my cases plus half of her cases until we get a new worker 
They are going to let us do fewer contacts on each case, but what they don't realize is that a lot of these clients are SO needy that I will have to see them anyway. So that has been a major stressor. Then I hardly ever get off of work on time which makes it difficult to get to the gym in the evenings. Last week I only made it twice. I am terrible about not exercising on the weekends too.
I had decided last weekend that this month is going to be a renewal and that I would get back on track. My recent weight loss is the only thing that is keeping me from feeling totaly lost though. I know that my food has been fairly good. I can control that no matter what my work schedule is like. We still eat out too much, but that has been ongoing. I have at least been going to the gym a couple of days a week. It is just hard to look at past months when I have been able to get in 1000+ minutes and then look at July and see that I didn't even meet my measly 700 minute challenge. Then looking at this month so far it doesn't look like I am doing any better.
One major issue I am having on the exercise front is that my shoes are HORRIBLE!! Now whenever I walk or try to run in either pair of my tennis shoes, they rub blisters on my feet. I can't even do 2 miles without Massive blisters! I know that I should break down and buy new shoes, but I just spent $100 on the running shoes in March! It makes me SO mad that I have had so many issues with these shoes. I am considering buying a pair of insoles to try in them. That may help some, so that I can wait a little longer before shelling out the big bucks on another pair of shoes. I really wanted to be training more toward walking and/or running longer distances, but I just can't do it with the state my feet are in.
On the good side, I really enjoy my TaeBo class when I can get off of work in time to go. I think that it and the sweet tea challenge is what has helped me to lose the 4 pounds that have recently come off.
I think that I feel a bit better now. I feel really bad that lately I hardly have the chance to get online and post to my journal, much less read and post to everyone else's journal. I really get a lot of motivation from being here and all of the wonderful support that you guys offer. I will do my best to try to be here more often in the coming weeks. I think it will help my sanity a bit.
Ok my food for Friday was kinda bad:
B- total w/ milk
l- chicken & shrimp w/ veggies and steamed rice at the Japanese steakhouse (it was the going away party for the girl who is leaving me half her cases...Thanks)
s- grapes
d- Mexican restaurant nachos w/ beans, beef, cheese, and salsa; 2/3 of a Large glass of sweet tea
s- 2 smirnoff Ice
NO exercise
Today:
l- Hovan chicken roll (mediteranean style wrap), hummus w/ chips, sprite
d- leftover nachos from last night
s- so far 1 smirnoff.... more to follow
no exercise
Tomorrow we are going to White Water w/ my mom, dad, and sis (newly back from KY). We will take a picnic lunch, but eat dinner out. We will get LOADS of exercise there.
We are going back to White Water weekend after next w/ Dh's best friend and his two DD's 5 & 2. His wife may or may not go with us. She is a party pooper, so we may be better off w/out her. I am looking forward to taking the girls. I love children and can't wait to have my own. In the meantime, it is a lot of fun to entertain other people's children, esp. since I can send them home at the end of the day
Well, I think that is about it for today. Gonna go chill on the couch with a good magazine, I think. Have a good weekend!
WARNING: Major Pity Party ahead!
I have been having a hard time lately. Emotionally I feel like a basketcase. I just feel so overwhelmed a lot of the time. My work is just this never ending mess. I had too many cases my first month, but I managed to get the work done (which means I get my raise btw
). I closed a few cases and was starting to feel like my caseload might be managable. Then another co-worker quit, so now I am going to end up having to work my cases plus half of her cases until we get a new worker They are going to let us do fewer contacts on each case, but what they don't realize is that a lot of these clients are SO needy that I will have to see them anyway. So that has been a major stressor. Then I hardly ever get off of work on time which makes it difficult to get to the gym in the evenings. Last week I only made it twice. I am terrible about not exercising on the weekends too. I had decided last weekend that this month is going to be a renewal and that I would get back on track. My recent weight loss is the only thing that is keeping me from feeling totaly lost though. I know that my food has been fairly good. I can control that no matter what my work schedule is like. We still eat out too much, but that has been ongoing. I have at least been going to the gym a couple of days a week. It is just hard to look at past months when I have been able to get in 1000+ minutes and then look at July and see that I didn't even meet my measly 700 minute challenge. Then looking at this month so far it doesn't look like I am doing any better.
One major issue I am having on the exercise front is that my shoes are HORRIBLE!!
Now whenever I walk or try to run in either pair of my tennis shoes, they rub blisters on my feet. I can't even do 2 miles without Massive blisters! I know that I should break down and buy new shoes, but I just spent $100 on the running shoes in March! It makes me SO mad that I have had so many issues with these shoes. I am considering buying a pair of insoles to try in them. That may help some, so that I can wait a little longer before shelling out the big bucks on another pair of shoes. I really wanted to be training more toward walking and/or running longer distances, but I just can't do it with the state my feet are in. On the good side, I really enjoy my TaeBo class when I can get off of work in time to go. I think that it and the sweet tea challenge is what has helped me to lose the 4 pounds that have recently come off.
I think that I feel a bit better now. I feel really bad that lately I hardly have the chance to get online and post to my journal, much less read and post to everyone else's journal. I really get a lot of motivation from being here and all of the wonderful support that you guys offer. I will do my best to try to be here more often in the coming weeks. I think it will help my sanity a bit.
Ok my food for Friday was kinda bad:
B- total w/ milk
l- chicken & shrimp w/ veggies and steamed rice at the Japanese steakhouse (it was the going away party for the girl who is leaving me half her cases...Thanks)
s- grapes
d- Mexican restaurant nachos w/ beans, beef, cheese, and salsa; 2/3 of a Large glass of sweet tea
s- 2 smirnoff Ice
NO exercise
Today:
l- Hovan chicken roll (mediteranean style wrap), hummus w/ chips, sprite
d- leftover nachos from last night
s- so far 1 smirnoff.... more to follow
no exercise
Tomorrow we are going to White Water w/ my mom, dad, and sis (newly back from KY). We will take a picnic lunch, but eat dinner out. We will get LOADS of exercise there.
We are going back to White Water weekend after next w/ Dh's best friend and his two DD's 5 & 2. His wife may or may not go with us. She is a party pooper, so we may be better off w/out her. I am looking forward to taking the girls. I love children and can't wait to have my own. In the meantime, it is a lot of fun to entertain other people's children, esp. since I can send them home at the end of the day
Well, I think that is about it for today. Gonna go chill on the couch with a good magazine, I think. Have a good weekend!
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Ok, so I updated my signature. It is nice to see a new weight loss banner up there!
I didn't do quite as bad on my exercise challenge as I had thought last month. It still wasn't very good though. I think this month I will not do a minute challenge. I am going to try to get some exercise in 3 or 4 days a week at least. That will be my challenge. More if possible, but a minimum of 3.
Good night.
I didn't do quite as bad on my exercise challenge as I had thought last month. It still wasn't very good though. I think this month I will not do a minute challenge. I am going to try to get some exercise in 3 or 4 days a week at least. That will be my challenge. More if possible, but a minimum of 3.
Good night.
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Hey Amber, sorry you have been so stressed! I know its frustrating, but you have really been doing well! Anyone would be overwhelmed with a new high-stress job, building a house, and trying to change your lifestyle with diet and exercise all at the same time! I think you are doing fantastic. Just look at all those accomplishments. I know its hard to get to the gym when your workday is so long, so eventually you can make some adjustments, like an evening stroll instead (when it cools down a little!) Give yourself credit for all the little things too. Thats why I like the exercise challenges, even when I dont make my goals. I can evaluate what the reasons were, was my goal too high, did I have too much to do or was it just me slacking off. Really, its just a way for me to keep track, I'm a little OCD about logging stuff (I'm a list maker) You will find what works for you. Simplify if you can. Look at some of your old journal entries...you were pretty stressed out when you were looking for a job too! Have fun at whitewater...that will make you feel better!
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Thanks, Linda! I feel ok about the diet and exercise thing now. I think that it really was never about that after all. I have been feeling REALLY overwhelmed about my job lately and it is bleeding over into everything else these days. I have had a rough week at work again and am working extra hours this week. I think in the long run this should be a good thing, because I can get more work done and not be so far behind, thus overwhelmed. However, One of my cases went haywire and I have spent most of my week working on it. Whatever
I am trying not to stress about it. It will all be ok in the end. I did come home crying on Tuesday though. Some of it is that I let work get to me and then I think also because I worked 10 hours and didnt really get a lunch break. That will push anyone over the edge.
Sunday we had a Great time at White Water! We got in the park about 11am and rode and rode. We had lunch in the 2pm range and then rode some more. We were leaving as they were closing at 6pm. So it was a FULL day. I think that would count for 3 or more hours if I were doing the challenge
. Instead it will count as one day of exercise for the week.
B- cereal w/ milk, coffee
l- 2 chicken sandwiches, baked lays, 4-5 pringles cheezums, 3 or 4 chocolate covered grahams cookies
d- ½ of a hamburger steak, broccoli rice cheese cass., black eyed peas, cornbread, 1 glass sweet tea
Monday
B- oatmeal
l- HC, grapes
d- Amys Indian style TV dinner
Exercise TaeBo . It kicked my butt! I was a bit sore from WW too.
Tuesday
B- cereal w/ milk, coffee w/ sugar and cream
L HC, brought an apple, but it was bad
D Mexican restaurant taco, enchilada, burrito, lots of chips and salsa OK, so this was some MAJOR emotional eating out! I came home crying, DH comforted me, then he said, SO you want to go out and eat .. He knows me way too well.
NO exercise
Wednesday
B- cereal w/ milk
L- HC, half of my apple
D- Chicken Chili Pasta DHs own new creation. It was good and we used Whole wheat pasta
No exercise .. We had a meeting to attend that ran longer than expected.
Today
B cereal w/ milk
L- leftover spaghetti that NEEDED to be eaten
D - Should be leftover chicken chili pasta, but we will see . Most likely
DH and I plan to go to the gym tonight. I will most likely work late, but I should get home in time to go to the gym at least.
Yesterday and today I decided to eat my lunch in my office. It is much quieter here. Yesterday I couldnt quit thinking about how much work I had to do, though. So I said, I know! I can DIS while Im at lunch. I was feeling a bit depressed though, so I wasnt in the right mind to post on my journal. I read some of a trip report Ive been trying to read. It was such a wonderful escape!
I think that from now on I will probably DIS during lunch (unless I meet DH for lunch). Maybe if I do this I will be able to keep up on everyones journals a bit better!
Anyway, thanks for listening! Hope that everyone is having a Great week!
That will push anyone over the edge. Sunday we had a Great time at White Water!
We got in the park about 11am and rode and rode. We had lunch in the 2pm range and then rode some more. We were leaving as they were closing at 6pm. So it was a FULL day. I think that would count for 3 or more hours if I were doing the challenge
. Instead it will count as one day of exercise for the week. B- cereal w/ milk, coffee
l- 2 chicken sandwiches, baked lays, 4-5 pringles cheezums, 3 or 4 chocolate covered grahams cookies
d- ½ of a hamburger steak, broccoli rice cheese cass., black eyed peas, cornbread, 1 glass sweet tea
Monday
B- oatmeal
l- HC, grapes
d- Amys Indian style TV dinner
Exercise TaeBo . It kicked my butt! I was a bit sore from WW too.
Tuesday
B- cereal w/ milk, coffee w/ sugar and cream
L HC, brought an apple, but it was bad
D Mexican restaurant taco, enchilada, burrito, lots of chips and salsa OK, so this was some MAJOR emotional eating out! I came home crying, DH comforted me, then he said, SO you want to go out and eat .. He knows me way too well.
NO exercise
Wednesday
B- cereal w/ milk
L- HC, half of my apple
D- Chicken Chili Pasta DHs own new creation. It was good and we used Whole wheat pasta
No exercise .. We had a meeting to attend that ran longer than expected.
Today
B cereal w/ milk
L- leftover spaghetti that NEEDED to be eaten
D - Should be leftover chicken chili pasta, but we will see . Most likely
DH and I plan to go to the gym tonight. I will most likely work late, but I should get home in time to go to the gym at least.
Yesterday and today I decided to eat my lunch in my office. It is much quieter here. Yesterday I couldnt quit thinking about how much work I had to do, though. So I said, I know! I can DIS while Im at lunch. I was feeling a bit depressed though, so I wasnt in the right mind to post on my journal. I read some of a trip report Ive been trying to read. It was such a wonderful escape!
I think that from now on I will probably DIS during lunch (unless I meet DH for lunch). Maybe if I do this I will be able to keep up on everyones journals a bit better! Anyway, thanks for listening! Hope that everyone is having a Great week!
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Once again
. Plans are meant to be broken right? 
Thursday- no exercise, no leftover chicken chili pasta. We went to IHOP instead. I had been having a major craving and just plain wanted it. I had country fried steak, eggs, grits, and Chocolate Chip Pancakes!
YUM! The waitress brought me both hashbrowns and grits, even though all I wanted was grits. I saved about half of the steak and all of the hashbrowns for Fridays lunch. I brought home a Bunch of the pancakes and shared them w/ DH on Saturday night.
Friday
B cereal w/ milk
L- leftover IHOP, grapes
D- leftover chicken chili pasta
Exercise 2 miles on the treadmill at the gym! I actually went to the gym on Friday! We promised to go Friday since we didnt go Thursday.
Saturday
B total (small bowl) w/ milk
L- McAllisters chicken ceaser salad wrap, potato soup, sweet tea (but only half a glass)
D- broiled pork chop, corn on the cob, chick peas w/ parmesan sprinkles
Exercise 10Am TaeBo class! Dh said he was gonna go to the gym w/ me on Sat. morning so I set the alarm and got up, but he did not.
Sunday
L- pork tenderloin, potato, carrot, lima beans, english peas, bread, tea
D- Chicken curry w/ broccoli & cauliflower over couscous
S- nachos, chocolate graham crackers (2 separate snacks
)
Exercise 40 minutes on treadmill at gym. 1 mile I walked doing intervals alternating between 4.0 and 4.2, w/ some warm up that mile was 15 minutes. Mile 2 alternated between 4.0 walking and 4.8 jogging (2/ 2min, 1/ 1.5 min. intervals) that mile was 13:40! I was fairly excited. The rest of the time was spent slowly warming up and slowing down (see the shoe issues in next paragraph).
I bought insoles for my workout shoes and started wearing them Friday. They HURT my feet, worse than the shoes hurt before! Sunday, I walked for 8 minutes before they hurt so bad that I ended up taking them out and walking without them. After taking them out I was able to walk again. I have yet to decide what I am going to do about my shoes.
I bought a new sports bra this weekend! After trying on everything in the Mall and finding Nothing that seemed to do the trick . I went to the RunFit store and they had the ENELL bra recommended by Oprah. That bra is the BOMB!!
The girls dont move AT ALL when you wear it! The downside is that it was $60 w/ tax! I bought it anyway though, cause I really needed some good protection for the girls.
Well, I really gotta get back to work!
Thursday- no exercise, no leftover chicken chili pasta. We went to IHOP instead. I had been having a major craving and just plain wanted it. I had country fried steak, eggs, grits, and Chocolate Chip Pancakes!
YUM! The waitress brought me both hashbrowns and grits, even though all I wanted was grits. I saved about half of the steak and all of the hashbrowns for Fridays lunch. I brought home a Bunch of the pancakes and shared them w/ DH on Saturday night. Friday
B cereal w/ milk
L- leftover IHOP, grapes
D- leftover chicken chili pasta
Exercise 2 miles on the treadmill at the gym! I actually went to the gym on Friday!
We promised to go Friday since we didnt go Thursday. Saturday
B total (small bowl) w/ milk
L- McAllisters chicken ceaser salad wrap, potato soup, sweet tea (but only half a glass)
D- broiled pork chop, corn on the cob, chick peas w/ parmesan sprinkles
Exercise 10Am TaeBo class!
Dh said he was gonna go to the gym w/ me on Sat. morning so I set the alarm and got up, but he did not. Sunday
L- pork tenderloin, potato, carrot, lima beans, english peas, bread, tea
D- Chicken curry w/ broccoli & cauliflower over couscous
S- nachos, chocolate graham crackers (2 separate snacks
)Exercise 40 minutes on treadmill at gym. 1 mile I walked doing intervals alternating between 4.0 and 4.2, w/ some warm up that mile was 15 minutes. Mile 2 alternated between 4.0 walking and 4.8 jogging (2/ 2min, 1/ 1.5 min. intervals) that mile was 13:40!
I was fairly excited. The rest of the time was spent slowly warming up and slowing down (see the shoe issues in next paragraph). I bought insoles for my workout shoes and started wearing them Friday. They HURT my feet, worse than the shoes hurt before!
Sunday, I walked for 8 minutes before they hurt so bad that I ended up taking them out and walking without them. After taking them out I was able to walk again. I have yet to decide what I am going to do about my shoes.I bought a new sports bra this weekend! After trying on everything in the Mall and finding Nothing that seemed to do the trick . I went to the RunFit store and they had the ENELL bra recommended by Oprah. That bra is the BOMB!!
The girls dont move AT ALL when you wear it! The downside is that it was $60 w/ tax! I bought it anyway though, cause I really needed some good protection for the girls. Well, I really gotta get back to work!
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Monday -
B- cereal w/ milk
L- HC
D- leftover pork chop, corn, rice and gravy
no exercise
Tuesday -
B- Cereal w/ milk
L- HC, fruit bits (various dried fruits)
D- leftover chicken chili pasta
No exercise
Wednesday -
B- cereal w/ milk
l- HC, fruit bits
D- Cici's pizza - 6 slices (I don't eat the end crusts though
), 1 brownie, 1 cinimon roll, water
Exercise - TaeBo class
It has been a long week! I am SO ready for Friday! I think this month is actually not going too bad at work. I feel like I might actually get done in time to wrap up my end of the month stuff before I leave for Dragon Con on Sept. 1st. Which is my Birthday btw I thought that workwise I was looking forward to September, because we will have our new worker and I should just have my own caseload to do. Well, that is the case, but I also have a week long training to go to! ARGH! I just want ONE month that is semi-normal so that I can feel just the tiniest bit of stress relief. Is that too much to ask?
Anyway, at home things are going fairly well. They are working on the plumbing and electrical in the house now. I can't Wait to move in!!
Not sure what exactly we will do this weekend. We had plans to go to White Water w/ friends, but they cancelled on us (after promising they wouldn't). We even had free tickets for them! They can be so lame sometimes. I was very disappointed because I was really looking forward to it. Oh, well. We now are trying to decide if we want to invite different friends or go by ourselves or just stay home and be lazy. Sorta kinda leaning toward lazy.
Well, that is it for now. See ya!
B- cereal w/ milk
L- HC
D- leftover pork chop, corn, rice and gravy
no exercise
Tuesday -
B- Cereal w/ milk
L- HC, fruit bits (various dried fruits)
D- leftover chicken chili pasta
No exercise
Wednesday -
B- cereal w/ milk
l- HC, fruit bits
D- Cici's pizza - 6 slices (I don't eat the end crusts though
), 1 brownie, 1 cinimon roll, waterExercise - TaeBo class
It has been a long week! I am SO ready for Friday! I think this month is actually not going too bad at work. I feel like I might actually get done in time to wrap up my end of the month stuff before I leave for Dragon Con on Sept. 1st. Which is my Birthday btw
I thought that workwise I was looking forward to September, because we will have our new worker and I should just have my own caseload to do. Well, that is the case, but I also have a week long training to go to! ARGH! I just want ONE month that is semi-normal so that I can feel just the tiniest bit of stress relief. Is that too much to ask? Anyway, at home things are going fairly well. They are working on the plumbing and electrical in the house now. I can't Wait to move in!!
Not sure what exactly we will do this weekend. We had plans to go to White Water w/ friends, but they cancelled on us (after promising they wouldn't). We even had free tickets for them! They can be so lame sometimes. I was very disappointed because I was really looking forward to it. Oh, well. We now are trying to decide if we want to invite different friends or go by ourselves or just stay home and be lazy. Sorta kinda leaning toward lazy.
Well, that is it for now. See ya!
Hey Amber....just catching up with you!
Sounds like you've had a rough couple of weeks...nothing wrong with staying in this weekend. Glad everything w/ the house is coming along....when ya gonna show some pictures??
About the shoes.....I honestly think that you need to invest in some good running/walking shoes. Do you remember what the guys at Fleet Feet told you? What did they recommend? Did you buy the one's they recommended, and is that what is hurting your feet so badly? If so, I'd be calling them and asking them for some advise on how to make it "right". I know I told you that I bought my first pair at Fleet Feet, and since then, I buy the same ones, or newer "model" on E-Bay for about $20 less than in the store.
Congrats on the new bra....good support is a MUST!! (but so is good shoes!!)
take it easy this weekend, and have fun with whatever you do!!
oh....how about a little challenge for you, like what Kim did for me.....you up for it???
(and it's not sweet tea)
marie
Sounds like you've had a rough couple of weeks...nothing wrong with staying in this weekend. Glad everything w/ the house is coming along....when ya gonna show some pictures??
About the shoes.....I honestly think that you need to invest in some good running/walking shoes. Do you remember what the guys at Fleet Feet told you? What did they recommend? Did you buy the one's they recommended, and is that what is hurting your feet so badly? If so, I'd be calling them and asking them for some advise on how to make it "right". I know I told you that I bought my first pair at Fleet Feet, and since then, I buy the same ones, or newer "model" on E-Bay for about $20 less than in the store.
Congrats on the new bra....good support is a MUST!! (but so is good shoes!!)
take it easy this weekend, and have fun with whatever you do!!
oh....how about a little challenge for you, like what Kim did for me.....you up for it???
(and it's not sweet tea)
marie
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Amber how have you been? Tell your DH to post some new pics of your house! I bet its far along now, you must be getting excited!
Have a nice weekend, is this the sci-fi weekend? Take a pic if it is!
Have a nice weekend, is this the sci-fi weekend? Take a pic if it is!
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Hey Amber! How you doin? Check in and say hi!
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Hey guys! I'm here. I've been busy and then I've been lurking. I've been in kind of a weird mood lately. I am really struggling with the logging my food thing lately. The food has been pretty good mostly, I just am bored with typing it all in to log it Oh, well...
Let's see... Dragon Con is Labor Day weekend, so I still have 9 days left before the Giant Party weekend!! I have also been obsessing about everything DragonCon related, which has kept me from having much Dis time these days. I promise to post pics!
The house is coming along really well! They are putting the finishing touches on the electrical and plumbing. They should be doing the dry wall next week. The builder said once the dry wall goes in it should be about 60 days then it will be done! 
I CAN'T WAIT!!! I will bug DH to post more pics also. He has been slacking lately, but I'll make him get some up this week.
The shoe situation is still pretty bleak. I hate the shoes, but I have had them for almost 6 months now. My birthday is the first and DH asked me what I want. I told him I really want a new pair of shoes and if I get them for my birthday I will feel less guilty about it. My plan is to go to every store in Macon and try on all of the shoes (most anyway) and also to find out what the stores return policy is. I WILL NOT BUY ON IMPULSE!!!! I think that is where I went wrong before. In the meantime, I think that I will give the insoles another try. Maybe just maybe they will make the shoes tolerable.
Marie, I think I could be up for a challenge.... but I would probably want to wait until I get back from DragonCon. It is gonna be loads of bad food and BOOZE. Exercise should be good though..... walking around all day in boots with 3 inch heels!
Ok not gonna post food.... it hasn't been too bad, the weekend wasn't the best, but not the worst either.
Exercise:
Thursday - Treadmill 45 minutes I think
Saturday - 10am Taebo class, DH tricked me again... said he'd get up w/ me but stayed in bed
Monday - Taebo class
Today - 39 minutes on the Treadmill = 2.5 miles.... would have done more/faster, but shoes were hurting me
I am really pushing to get to the gym as much as possible to try for every teeny tiny bit of trimming and firming I can do before DragonCon! Those corsets are Mighty tight and every .25 of an inch counts!
K, think that is it for now... I promise not to be gone so long this time. See ya!
Oh, well...Let's see... Dragon Con is Labor Day weekend, so I still have 9 days left before the Giant Party weekend!! I have also been obsessing about everything DragonCon related, which has kept me from having much Dis time these days. I promise to post pics!
The house is coming along really well! They are putting the finishing touches on the electrical and plumbing. They should be doing the dry wall next week. The builder said once the dry wall goes in it should be about 60 days then it will be done!
I CAN'T WAIT!!! I will bug DH to post more pics also. He has been slacking lately, but I'll make him get some up this week. The shoe situation is still pretty bleak. I hate the shoes, but I have had them for almost 6 months now. My birthday is the first and DH asked me what I want. I told him I really want a new pair of shoes and if I get them for my birthday I will feel less guilty about it. My plan is to go to every store in Macon and try on all of the shoes (most anyway) and also to find out what the stores return policy is. I WILL NOT BUY ON IMPULSE!!!! I think that is where I went wrong before. In the meantime, I think that I will give the insoles another try. Maybe just maybe they will make the shoes tolerable.
Marie, I think I could be up for a challenge.... but I would probably want to wait until I get back from DragonCon.
It is gonna be loads of bad food and BOOZE. Exercise should be good though..... walking around all day in boots with 3 inch heels! Ok not gonna post food.... it hasn't been too bad, the weekend wasn't the best, but not the worst either.
Exercise:
Thursday - Treadmill 45 minutes I think
Saturday - 10am Taebo class, DH tricked me again... said he'd get up w/ me but stayed in bed
Monday - Taebo class
Today - 39 minutes on the Treadmill = 2.5 miles.... would have done more/faster, but shoes were hurting me
I am really pushing to get to the gym as much as possible to try for every teeny tiny bit of trimming and firming I can do before DragonCon!
Those corsets are Mighty tight and every .25 of an inch counts! K, think that is it for now... I promise not to be gone so long this time. See ya!
you sound pretty down....cheer up!!! this is the DIS!!!!
we don't want no stinkin frowns around here!!!
don't worry about logging your food for a while...just continue to monitor what you put in your mouth. some days i list mine, some days i don't. it's my journal....get the point...
Also, I'm not sure you're gonna like my challenge....but I honestly believe you CAN do it, and it WILL help you like the sweet tea helped me. I'll post it after your DragonCon weekend.
Hang in there....
marie
we don't want no stinkin frowns around here!!!
don't worry about logging your food for a while...just continue to monitor what you put in your mouth. some days i list mine, some days i don't. it's my journal....get the point...
Also, I'm not sure you're gonna like my challenge....but I honestly believe you CAN do it, and it WILL help you like the sweet tea helped me. I'll post it after your DragonCon weekend.
Hang in there....
marie
Foxfiregrrl
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Hey, Marie. You are right, I am kinda down... you hit the nail on the head. I don't know what is wrong with me these days.
I was coming here to post that I think I need a happy pill. Life is actually pretty good and things are going really well at work considering how short handed we are. I try to recognize that and be happy, but everyday I just feel really blue. I feel like crying most days. Today and yesterday at work I have been working toward finishing out my month over a Week early which is Excellent! I should be happy and excitedly working to get it done so that I can get ahead for next month. But no, I come and sit in my office and just don't feel like doing anything. I can't get motivated. Today, I cried, don't know why, just did. That's not cool!
I knew when I got to that point it was time to just step away and actually make use of one of the 15 minute breaks that we are supposed to get.
I think I might go back to having coffee in the mornings. At least that gets me moving, even if it doesn't help me be happy.
I am looking forward to DragonCon and I try to think about it whenever I get to feeling icky. I don't know what is wrong with me. Its not even TOM. I could understand if it were.
I'm gonna hang in there. If you guys have any get happy ideas, I could sure use them. I've never been like this before and I don't like it!
K, gonna stop whining now and get back to work. Thanks for listening.
I was coming here to post that I think I need a happy pill. Life is actually pretty good and things are going really well at work considering how short handed we are. I try to recognize that and be happy, but everyday I just feel really blue. I feel like crying most days. Today and yesterday at work I have been working toward finishing out my month over a Week early which is Excellent! I should be happy and excitedly working to get it done so that I can get ahead for next month. But no, I come and sit in my office and just don't feel like doing anything. I can't get motivated. Today, I cried, don't know why, just did. That's not cool!
I knew when I got to that point it was time to just step away and actually make use of one of the 15 minute breaks that we are supposed to get.
I think I might go back to having coffee in the mornings. At least that gets me moving, even if it doesn't help me be happy.
I am looking forward to DragonCon and I try to think about it whenever I get to feeling icky. I don't know what is wrong with me. Its not even TOM. I could understand if it were.
I'm gonna hang in there. If you guys have any get happy ideas, I could sure use them. I've never been like this before and I don't like it!
K, gonna stop whining now and get back to work. Thanks for listening.
You're not whining at all!! And if you were, that's what friends do....listen to the whining, venting, yelling....the good, the bad....THE DIS!!!
Also, you are not alone! We all have those kinds of days...you just have to push through them. On your next break...sit back and think about all the positives....how wonderful your house will be when it's done.....how much fun you'll have at DrangonCon.....how fullfilling your work is...and how much good you do at it. Then, go get a coke & a hershey bar!! (that's what I do!!)
we're here for ya!!
Also, you are not alone! We all have those kinds of days...you just have to push through them. On your next break...sit back and think about all the positives....how wonderful your house will be when it's done.....how much fun you'll have at DrangonCon.....how fullfilling your work is...and how much good you do at it. Then, go get a coke & a hershey bar!! (that's what I do!!)
we're here for ya!!
ScoJo15
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Amber - Hello!!
Hate to see you so down!! Looks like you just need some time away from things for a while and DragonCon should fit the bill perfectly!! I'm not really into that stuff but I heard that the Atlanta convention is one of the best and not to be missed...so have a ton of fun!! Treat yourself to a great weekend and then come back refreshed and revived.
Have a great day!
Hate to see you so down!! Looks like you just need some time away from things for a while and DragonCon should fit the bill perfectly!! I'm not really into that stuff but I heard that the Atlanta convention is one of the best and not to be missed...so have a ton of fun!! Treat yourself to a great weekend and then come back refreshed and revived.
Have a great day!
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Thanks, guys! I am doing quite a bit better today. It has been a pretty good day! It is Friday which always helps and I ended the day by seeing two clients that I thought were going to avoid me and cause me issues! It was a good way to leave for the weekend!
I took Puff and Raven to the vet today to be fixed, but Puff is slightly anemic so they put her surgery off. They suggested that since Puff wasn't getting hers, that we should wait on Raven also so they can be miserable together and not pounce on each other while one is hurting. I know how pouncy they can be so I agreed. I felt SO bad though for them having to stay at the vet All day for nothing. Oh, well, they are home now and playing outside.
We have plans to go over to a friend's house tonight. We get together with them every couple of months. They have 2 kids (not the couple that cancelled on us last weekend) and they are pretty laid back and cool. It is one of DH's good friends from high school. I get along pretty good with his wife. We don't have loads in common, but I can hang with her pretty well. So, that should be an enjoyable evening.
Tomorrow is DH's gaming day. He goes to his mother's and gets together with his friends. When we have the house, they will come to our house. Anyway, I go sometimes for at least part of the day. DH's mom loves for everyone to come over and has been upset because lately I haven't been going. I have just been so tired and had so many other things going on. Besides I enjoy having a day to myself. Anyway, I am going for at least the early part of the day tomorow so that I can put in an appearance and she can see that I am not trying to avoid her. Then I am gonna go shopping and try to finish out my DragonCon outfits. I could use another pair of shoes and some...dare I say it.... fishnets!
It is a weird thing that I am so into shopping and getting outfits together for this ONE weekend! I couldn't tell you the last time I actually went and spent this much time or money on work clothes! OH, and I am actually considering wearing makeup!! You guys don't see me daily so you don't know how big of a deal that is. I almost Never wear makeup. In fact, IF I wear any to DragonCon, I will have to go and buy base and powder cause what I have is several years old. I think I have some eyeshadow and such that may be usable IF I can find it in the storage shed 
I've just never been able to get into the whole makeup thing. A few years ago I told DH that if he would buy me this cool makeup kit for Christmas I would wear makeup (he doesn't really care btw). So he bought it and that lasted about 2 weeks
Anyway, that is my ramblings for today.
Didn't do any exercise Wednesday and we went out to dinner. Mexican at that! AND I got the cheese dip! It was not a good diet day. Oh, well, I really didn't care and still don't!
Yesterday was good food-wise, but I only did AB exercises and not too many of them.
I was really hoping to get in a bit more exercise this month and try to lose another pound or two or inch or two. But, meh, that's life. I am just glad that I am still working on the diet and getting in some exercise each week. As long as I keep at it I will continue to lose little by little and that is better than nothing!
Ok, I think I'm done... Oh, yeah, I had coffe this morning... can you tell!
I've been wired all day!
I took Puff and Raven to the vet today to be fixed, but Puff is slightly anemic so they put her surgery off. They suggested that since Puff wasn't getting hers, that we should wait on Raven also so they can be miserable together and not pounce on each other while one is hurting. I know how pouncy they can be so I agreed. I felt SO bad though for them having to stay at the vet All day for nothing. Oh, well, they are home now and playing outside.
We have plans to go over to a friend's house tonight. We get together with them every couple of months. They have 2 kids (not the couple that cancelled on us last weekend) and they are pretty laid back and cool. It is one of DH's good friends from high school. I get along pretty good with his wife. We don't have loads in common, but I can hang with her pretty well. So, that should be an enjoyable evening.
Tomorrow is DH's gaming day. He goes to his mother's and gets together with his friends. When we have the house, they will come to our house. Anyway, I go sometimes for at least part of the day. DH's mom loves for everyone to come over and has been upset because lately I haven't been going. I have just been so tired and had so many other things going on. Besides I enjoy having a day to myself. Anyway, I am going for at least the early part of the day tomorow so that I can put in an appearance and she can see that I am not trying to avoid her. Then I am gonna go shopping and try to finish out my DragonCon outfits. I could use another pair of shoes and some...dare I say it.... fishnets!
It is a weird thing that I am so into shopping and getting outfits together for this ONE weekend! I couldn't tell you the last time I actually went and spent this much time or money on work clothes! OH, and I am actually considering wearing makeup!! You guys don't see me daily so you don't know how big of a deal that is. I almost Never wear makeup. In fact, IF I wear any to DragonCon, I will have to go and buy base and powder cause what I have is several years old. I think I have some eyeshadow and such that may be usable IF I can find it in the storage shed I've just never been able to get into the whole makeup thing. A few years ago I told DH that if he would buy me this cool makeup kit for Christmas I would wear makeup (he doesn't really care btw). So he bought it and that lasted about 2 weeks Anyway, that is my ramblings for today.
Didn't do any exercise Wednesday and we went out to dinner. Mexican at that! AND I got the cheese dip! It was not a good diet day. Oh, well, I really didn't care and still don't!
Yesterday was good food-wise, but I only did AB exercises and not too many of them.
I was really hoping to get in a bit more exercise this month and try to lose another pound or two or inch or two. But, meh, that's life. I am just glad that I am still working on the diet and getting in some exercise each week. As long as I keep at it I will continue to lose little by little and that is better than nothing!
Ok, I think I'm done... Oh, yeah, I had coffe this morning... can you tell!
I've been wired all day!-
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