In search of my body...not the one I ate!

[MunkyMe13]

No muffin! Here's to needing a belt.

Happy St Patricks day to you too. It was alot of work getting my girls ready for school. Last night we painted the nails green. This morning, dd12 had me spray a green streak in her hair (ala Avril) and dd4 wore a green shirt and not 1 but 2 shamrock necklaces. (One, we got Saturday night going out to dinner. A server gave it to her. It lit up/flashed green. I had to scratch Budweiser off of it before sending her to school.!!! )

I can't wait to wear belts!! Too cute!! I sent DH to work wearing a shirt that said I'm so Irish I Shyte Green

 

[born2bird]

Thank you for understanding everyone. I was nervous to make that post for fear of being judged. I should have known better. Everyone here is so kind and supportive.

 

[HockeyKat]

I am beginning to sincerely hate Mondays.

Yes, Heather, we fixed the car too... well, at least buffed it up a bit so it isn't quite so obvious, and pushed in the part of the bumper where it separated from the wheel well.

Cabling appears to be working fine.

yay for no muffin top!!

Born, . Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us.

SeptGirl, have a great trip!!

Erika, glad you had a great anniversary.

Sorry, had to skim some... work is killing me lately.

 

[3DisneyKids]

I was not particularly thin when I got pregnant with my first. Actually, I weighed about 25 pounds more than I currently do. And I gained 50 pounds with each of my three kids! (can you say "license to feed"?? ) SO - I can completely understand where you are coming from with the baby weight! About a year after my DD was born (3rd and final...) and I knew I was done having babies, I decided it was time to take care of ME. It took a long time to put on all that weight - and it took a long time for it to come off as well. Took me a good 2 1/2 years to get to my goal.

Keep plugging away at it - be patient but persistant. You'll get there!

My weight is all baby weight as well. Of course, my "baby" just turned 5, so I guess at this point, I own the weight. I have to remember that it took me a long time to gain and so it will take a long time to lose. I don't like it...but that is the way it is. You did better than I did about getting back to taking care of YOU. I waited until this year when the 3rd and final hit Kindergarten.

Thank you for understanding everyone. I was nervous to make that post for fear of being judged. I should have known better. Everyone here is so kind and supportive.

Of course we understand. That is what we are here for.

Sorry, had to skim some... work is killing me lately.

I could never handle your job...you work way too hard! Hang in there!

 

[HockeyKat]

Erika, there are days when I don't think that I can handle my job either. I am so incredibly overwhelmed with work and they keep piling it on but I never spend a moment off the phone to do any of it (currently on a conference call, and tomorrow I am scheduled to be on one from noon-5PM).

Today has been a trial. I think what I hate more than anything else is when I am micromanaged and I was getting a bit of that today (and from someone who really is my peer and not my manager). I have enough on my plate not to have someone else try to duplicate my efforts... go do your own freakin' work!! Or if you really want to do mine, do it for real, don't just stick your stupid nose in occasionally and muddy the waters.

I am considering talking to my boss about this but I don't want to be seen as a troublemaker. He is rather the ra-ra-go-team type and he might not take this in the way that it is meant. Or actually, to put it better, he *would* take it the way it is meant and not in the good way that I would be trying to spin it!

And then I have the useless waste of space behind me that is supposed to be lightening my burden and after 5 mos here seems to have actually regressed in knowledge instead of gaining any. Some days I wonder how people manage to get dressed and make it to work.

Wow, I didn't realize that I had that rant in me!!

 

[chbc]

Rockin' to Off Kilter
Well, I refrained from making green eggs and ham this am only because we made them a couple weeks ago for reading month/week. Pansies in the window boxes with gold coins was the fun surprise today! Skipped the "potato" from Sees this year. Made Cev peanutbutter fudge-his pot o'gold, I don't think it will go with his Ale, but Oh well. I'm horrid, I lightly pinched the pup a few times before putting green bows in her ears that already fell off. Maybe I should pinch her again .
No, I'm not really pinching. At school I had a stash of fingernail shamrocks for those who forgot and oodles of stickers. Hope everyone is having a green day! Eat green veggies and fruits-we had kiwi.
I Love Off Kilter!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Erika, there are days when I don't think that I can handle my job either. I am so incredibly overwhelmed with work and they keep piling it on but I never spend a moment off the phone to do any of it (currently on a conference call, and tomorrow I am scheduled to be on one from noon-5PM).

Today has been a trial. I think what I hate more than anything else is when I am micromanaged and I was getting a bit of that today (and from someone who really is my peer and not my manager). I have enough on my plate not to have someone else try to duplicate my efforts... go do your own freakin' work!! Or if you really want to do mine, do it for real, don't just stick your stupid nose in occasionally and muddy the waters.

I am considering talking to my boss about this but I don't want to be seen as a troublemaker. He is rather the ra-ra-go-team type and he might not take this in the way that it is meant. Or actually, to put it better, he *would* take it the way it is meant and not in the good way that I would be trying to spin it!

And then I have the useless waste of space behind me that is supposed to be lightening my burden and after 5 mos here seems to have actually regressed in knowledge instead of gaining any. Some days I wonder how people manage to get dressed and make it to work.

Wow, I didn't realize that I had that rant in me!!

It's ok, Kat...rant away! This thread is great for that.

As for the waste of space...can you just heap him/her up with work and let him/her sink or swim? Just give 'em stacks and stacks of stuff to do and at it least you won't be bothered.

I hope they at least appreciate the hell out of you!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Anyone else getting a bit concerned about Dawn? She called me on Friday morning...she and Dan were off to Omaha for the week-end (and they planned on logging on). Now it is Monday night and still no word....hmmmm....

Hope she is ok...think I may give her a buzz tomorrow if I don't hear from her.

 

[MunkyMe13]

Anyone else getting a bit concerned about Dawn? She called me on Friday morning...she and Dan were off to Omaha for the week-end (and they planned on logging on). Now it is Monday night and still no word....hmmmm....

Hope she is ok...think I may give her a buzz tomorrow if I don't hear from her.

I was thinking the same thing...

 

[chbc]

me too. Thanks Erika.

 

[MaMabearJo]

Dawn said to say they are fine. They did not realize how much packing Dan had to move to MN. They are going to be on their way home in the morning. No worries.

 

[MaMabearJo]

Dawn said to say they are fine. They did not realize how much packing Dan had to move to MN. They are going to be on their way home in the morning. No worries.

 

[HockeyKat]

It's ok, Kat...rant away! This thread is great for that.

As for the waste of space...can you just heap him/her up with work and let him/her sink or swim? Just give 'em stacks and stacks of stuff to do and at it least you won't be bothered.

I hope they at least appreciate the hell out of you!

Aww thanks. I did wind up talking to my boss and he said the this guy could be "sort of territorial" (ya think? ) and that I should talk to him and mention the things he did today and that they made me feel bad. I did mention the guy went off on me and my boss was like wha? and shook his head so that one might get mentioned even if I don't say anything.

I know that my boss appreciates me... he made sure to make a point of it when I talked to him today. He really is a good guy, and even the peer isn't so bad most of the time, just needs to have his boundaries set a bit.

As to the useless waste of space, I mostly ignore her and make sure that all her stupidity has a CC of my boss. And I wouldn't dare give her my work, as it would be on one of us to clean it up!

She screws up enough on her own, anyhow. Maybe it is mean of me not to help her, but I tried a lot when she first started, and the 3rd or 4th time that I re-forwarded the same email instructions (on really NOT a hard task) I just got fed up and have mostly avoided her. I think that I intimidate her! She is a wee little slip of a thing and somewhat meek, and I am neither wee nor meek!

And before y'all think I am the devil... this is a well-paid professional position and the person in it should not need hand-feeding. After 5 months doing support on an internet site (where you have access to the code and supposedly the skill set to write such things), you should have figured out how to change a user's password.

Okay, anyhow. Back to the diet channel.

I did miss the gym today, but my back, right shoulder and arm are sore from the cabling project yesterday so I was somewhat afraid of injury. That and I was lazy.

Food for today:
B: Fiber One + milk (80), coffee
L: Turkey/laughing cow pita (120), salad (100)
D: Wendy's single, no cheese (380) added laughing cow (35), jr frosty (160)
S: 1 bag ff popcorn (180), 1/8 sf strawberry angel food (60)
Total, 1115. Exercise, none. Water, 64 oz.

 

[MunkyMe13]

I think I'll try to start posting my food again... holds me a bit more accountable:

B: 1/2 cup non fat cottage cheese (80)
L: 2 Laughing Cow Garlic Herb Wedges (70), 100 Calorie pack wheat thins (100), 2 cups iceberg lettuce (15), 10 sprays salad spritzer (15).
D: Leftover chicken taco meat in a wrap with cheese and lettuce (300), 1 serving chili cheese fritos (160)
S: 1 jello sugar free (10), 100 Calorie pack pretzel twists (100), and Creamy Chicken Campbells Soup at Hand (130)
Total: 980 Calories, 128 oz of water, 45 minutes of strength training, 15 minutes on the variety setting of the elliptical (187 calories burned).

Hope everyone had a good night

 

[3DisneyKids]

Ok, troops...what is going on?

Is everyone binging this week or what? Usually when folks aren't posting much it means that they are eating! Come out, come out wherever you are!

I just got back from the gym...an easy day for me, thank goodness, as yesterday's 5-mile run is still with me. I am going to take some measurements today to see if there has been any change there (since there is still no change on the scale). I am also meeting with my running coach this afternoon, so I will see what he has to say.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Oh, and by the way....

 

[3DisneyKids]

I am going to get...

 

[3DisneyKids]

post

 

[3DisneyKids]

number

 

[3DisneyKids]

2000!

Eat my dust, Grumps!