For a few minutes anyway.
I'm sorry. Today was way more busy than I anticipated. Went to work, filled out application and had a quickie interview at Molly Maid. Came home, got tax stuff straightened out. Then walked the dog real quick. Somewhere in there was supper , and then off to church for my usual Weds. night RCIA class.
Don't have time for replies, because i gotta be up at 5:30am and I like to write novels. I promise to do my best tomorrow on my last day. This has not been the coaching week I envisioned.
You did just FINE this week! Don't beat yourself up about it. You did far better than I did last fall with a week that I TOTALLY didn't get on my schedule and by coincidence I was off the computer for about the first 3-4 days of that week!!
Imagine my horror when I checked the boards and realized that you all had been worried about me!!
OK, I'm kind of winging it for this 1. Had all the others planned out but never thought of a last question. So we'll kind of build on Weds.
Take a look at your equipment list. If EVERYTHING on it was lost, how would this affect you? How would it change your routine until you could replace it all?
This is a GREAT question! It really makes you think!
Well... for the food scale and measuring items... I could wing it. After three years of doing this I have a pretty good idea about portion sizes most of the time. But I continue to measure/weigh some of the higher point items to help keep me honest (meats, p.butter, salad dressings, hummus, starches like rice and potatoes).
No treadmill?? I guess I'd resort to walking/running outside, but at this time of year I don't think I'd keep it up for long! I guess I'd resort back to good old WATP videos!
Running shoes gone?? I suppose I could make due for a while with my "everyday" sneakers. Actually, I used to do the WATP videos barefoot (on the carpeting in the living room) all the time.
Music player gone?? Well..... that I would really miss. I suppose I could sing outloud to myself!!
Not sure whatelse I mentioned in my list. Anyhow.... it would definitely make me think MORE. It CAN be done without all of the fancy bells and whistles. Walking is (nearly) free, everyone owns measuring cups/spoons, exercise videos can be gotten at the library. I get really tired of people talking about how they "can't" lose weight because they don't have the $$.... but meanwhile they spend PLENTY at McDonald's, etc. I have spent exactly $000on Weight Watchers over the past three years. Granted, they got plenty of my money in the past and it helped me KNOW where/how to begin (to some extent). But so much of this I have learned ON MY OWN as I have taken this journey. Sparkpeople is free, calorie counting is free, books from the library are free!
Hello Donalds!
I've had a short busy spell with some clubs I'm involved with and it's been nice. Went to Happy Hour last night with my International Womern's Club and stayed from 6:30-9:30
Went hiking today with my Wandren Club. We hiked the Berg Teck. It was absolutely beautiful, old castle at the top of a very steep hill in the Swabisch Alps. It's within an hour's drive of here but had lots of snow since higher elevation. It was a tough hike for me but I did it! We found a cave with huge thick icicles on the floor of the cave where the water repeatedly dropped down in the same place. They looked like fat mushrooms with long stems! They also looked like 8 inch something elses that I can't mention here but use your imagination
It was hilarious! I broke one off to show the other ladies who weren't brake enough to venture into the cave. We were howling
There were 3 dogs with us and they had fun romping around in the snow and playing with each other.
I'm up a little today I guess from HH last night. Ate some salty foods. So tired of going up and down and up and down. I need to break out of this rut and get the scale to go down to a lower set of numbers for me to go up and down on!
Shawn
OMG.... that sounds like SO MUCH FUN!! I'm so envious!
Good morning Team Donald. I haven't posted much in the last week or so. I started a microcomputing course that goes 2 nights a week. I also now sing with the praise and worship team at Aaron's church (I might be converting). My schedule got insanely busy last week between the auditions, class, dance practice, and actually having school! I'm ashamed to say I fell off the wagon big time. I had a .4 loss that I submitted last week, but when I went last night I gained 1.2. I'm sorry to let the team down. I am going to start posting everything I eat on my WISH journal as I think that will definitely give me a lot more motivation to eat healthy.
I am meeting with a dietician today to discuss vegetarianism with diabetes (I am giving up meat for lent!) I will be calling the trainer I was working with to schedule my last session. After not being able to work out for 2 weeks, the cyst magically went away. It was nice not to have to worry about surgery!
You didn't let us down... so don't apologize. I'm sure we ALL just wish we could be there with you to give some help.
I'd love to hear more about your meeting with the dietician. We are eating less and less meat around here and I'd love to hear some new ideas.
Here are some pictures of our hike today:
[I hate to say it, but I'm the fat lady in the picture!
Shawn
Okayl.... I'm gonna need more to go on that that, because you all look just fine to me!!
Good afternoon friends! Well.... you know the old saying, "be careful what you wish for"??? Well.... I wished that I didn't have to snowblow anymore snow... and I got what I wished for.... the snowblower BROKE!! I went out to use it about 2:30 yesterday afternoon, after the majority of the snow had stopped... and it seems like a belt or something broke. Can't quite tell what yet. So our huge driveway (well.... it seems huge when it is covered with snow
) had to be shoveled by hand. As soon as I realized this I went in and told both of the kids to get on their boots and coats and come out immediately. I knew they were going to crab and complain, but TOUGH LUCK! The worst part of the entire thing was the complaining and bickering from the kids, but I told them SUCK IT UP AND DEAL (well.... not in those words exactly, but I was definitely thinking that!). The three of us got the driveway pretty well cleared in about an hour. But we gave up before we excavated out the mailbox..... we may not be getting mail at our house until JUNE!!
DH is hoping to be able to take a look at it with me tomorrow. He is still working with just his left hand, but if I can be his "hands" and take things apart, he should be able to diagnose the problem and order the part and then hopefully I can do the repair. But probably NOT before the next storm arrives on Saturday. I might end up calling a neighbor and asking him if he would be willing to snowblow our driveway for $25 after he finishes his on Saturday.
So, needless to say, I got my workout again yesterday with a shovel in my hand. It was a terrific workout... and it shows me how strong I've become over the past few years. Even with all of this shoveling, I haven't had sore arms or a sore back at all!
Okay...... question for everyone. Like I mentioned, we got NetFlix for Christmas. But I can't seem to come up with any new ideas of what to order for family movies. Obviously we have SEEN most every Disney movie known to man!!
And pretty much anything labeled "family" that has come out since about 1995 we have tried. But now I'm stumped. The kids are old enough that we can do PG-13 without much trouble. ANY SUGGESTIONS?? We like comedies and some action/adventure. I'd love some ideas of stuff to put in our queue.
And for myself..... I LOVE documentaries. Any good suggestions in that genre??
Well.... I'm up at the ski mountain with DS. Today is the last day of snowboarding lessons!! I can't really complain. With all that has gone on lately, I haven't really been up here with him much. DH took him last week, a friend took him the week before that, so I haven't had to kill much time here yet this year. But I'm cold!! (and hungry.... but I brought a snack and will buy a cup of coffee to have with my snack later.)
***POSSIBLE TMI WARNING** BTW.... sorry if this is TMI, but Aunt Flo FINALLY made her appearance.... nothing like being very late! I had sort of given up on her for this month, but I could tell by the way I was feeling that she was trying to get here. Anyhow, I'm not holding out ANY hope for tomorrow's weigh-in. I've been feeling more and more icky and bloated since about Tuesday and I don't think that will be gone by tomorrow. oh well.
I'll be back later!.........................P
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We really appreciate it!
Productive morning. Have the chicken marinating for tonight, made a soup I wanted to try (Mushroom Barley from OAMM and it is yummy!), and made a veggie dip to help encourage me to get some more of those veggies in.
Have to try to make some good choices again.
Anyone else have no idea which one she is?
) Yes, its a real question. 
I'm not sure if it's more money or not, but you can actually watch some movies instantly on your computer, Xbox and maybe even the Wii. We've done it with the computer and Xbox, so you don't have to wait for the mail to come. I wonder if it works with the Wii too?
