Good morn- AFTERNOON! My goodness, the time is flying by today. Lots of morning meetings and look at the time!
Happy International Hot and Spicy Day! Some hot foods can actually be very good for you! Some spices, like garlic, allspice and oregano, actually kill bacteria and make your food safer to consume! Fun fact - the hottest pepper in the world is the Naga Jolokia and it is 170 times spicier than a jalapeno pepper... So, throw some spices in your meal tonight - but not those.
It is also National Religious Freedom Day - so ensured by a proclamation from the President! This holiday celebrates the anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom in this country in 1786. The President encourages us every year to observe your own events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship with no fear.
It is also National Fig Newton Day and Appreciate a Dragon Day... because... well, those are pretty self explanatory lol
Had a great workout this morning! Finally got a good mix between the right about of sleep, the right amount of pre-workout food and the right amount of time between when I ate the food and when I started working out. I'm getting the hang of this!
DD is coming home Thursday night! She has a job interview here at my school on Friday.
Luck luck luck!!!!
We are not Jewish but we do have Jewish friends.... but I'm not at all familiar with this particular observation/celebration. Thanks for the heads up. Maybe I'll go text my Jewish friends a "Happy Tu B'Shevat" (if that is appropriate). They'd be so impressed!!
They would! There's really no traditional greeting for Tu B'Shevat because it isn't a "big" holiday, so to speak. If you really wanted to impress them, though, you should say Chag Sameach, because that means Happy Holidays in Hebrew.
Sometimes it needs to be a finer definition.... not just "hungry" or "not hungry". WW teaches us to rate our hunger between 1 and 5 (or maybe its 0 and 5??) anyhow and to try to stay in that 3-4 zone most of the time.... not so starving that you'd want to eat a rock and not so full that you need to loosen your belt! When you let yourself get too hungry, you can easily fall into the trap of making bad food choices.... both with types of food and with quantities. Sounds like you are working on it and it will definitely become more "normal" after some time! I am guilty of letting myself get faaaar too hungry, especially on work evenings and if I don't have a meal planned, I fall into the trap of grazing and eating too much.... not necessarily bad stuff, just too much.
I like that! I'm definitely making it my goal next week to never go above a 3-4!
Something kind of fun. I ordered a pair of wind chime earrings off
amazon for me and for my mom for christmas because I have noticed in the last few years when I wore my bell earrings to work during the holidays I was always in a much better mood. Well I only got one. Normally I'd probably have avoided hassle and just ordered another pair and kept the one as spare, but this time I looked up the process of sending the item back and contacting the seller. I always have a lot of anxiety something like this will happen but so far it hasn't. Contacted the seller and she said she'd just send me another pair and I could keep the one for spare...
I know it's sadistic but I really enjoy seeing all the strangers huffing and puffing and not happy while I just sail through my workout lol. Plus there's more cute guys around.
Isn't it great when sellers are so accomodating? So glad you were able to have a great experience. And I totally agree about the gym, but from the other perspective - that's why I work out at home!!!! I am so self-conscious that people will judge me for being a "newbie" and huffing and puffing! Hopefully next year by this time, I'll be on the other side of things!
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Hello all! I am so sorry that I've been MIA. I started getting sick with which I thought was a cold Sunday night. Monday night I was much worse with aches, shivering, and fever
So, yesterday at 9:00 am I ran to the local Med Express place and got a flu swab which came back positive. So, I started on Tamiflu and as of now, I am feeling a little better. I am off of work until Friday, so I plan to just keep resting. So, I will probably try to catch up this weekend. Hope all is going well with everyone
Jill
Feel better!!!! When I had the flu last year, Alka Seltzer Cold and Flu was my savior at night!!
I basically have a very clean bill of health and don't need to come back for a year.
YAY!!!
What great news!!!
3 days strictly on plan and already I can feel a difference.
That's awesome!!! WTG!
I found the PERFECT thing for today!
What cool lesson! I miss fruit. That is one thing that I am not allowed but really it is also something I tend to overindulge on so probably best to avoid it for now.
Hahahah! That photo is great! I cannot imagine wearing that out in public!
What diet are you on that you can't eat fruit?
You sound a lot like me, especially with your need for a delicate balance of protein and carbs. All of the plans that I have been successful on have stressed the importance of eating regularly, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT HUNGRY. Sounds counter-intuitive but by the time you feel hungry it is too late. Your body is already almost at the point of no return and you will have to eat more to feel full again. And when you are hungry you tend to give in to bad choices. I try to eat every 2-3 hours. Some people actually set an alarm or a timer to remind them to have their snack. I really do eat much less and feel better all day when I "snack". I think it has to do with keeping a constant blood sugar level (again, protein really helps with this) and not having an "empty" stomach.
What a great idea! Setting alarms now as we speak!!! I'm sure it will become natural over time, but right now, I am terrible at remembering. Thanks!
Another good today, despite the fact that I have been fighting a migraine since last night.
Left eye is still fuzzy so probably another early bed time as soon as I am done posting.
Starting to stress about everything that I need to do to get ready for my trip. Usually by this time I am almost packed and have lists and bags of stuff ready to go. I have pretty much nothing. And I have to figure out what is even going to fit! I figure I will start out the first few days with the jeans that fit now and after about 4 days of Free Dining switch to the larger ones!
I hope that the WDW Outlet store is well stocked when we get there because I plan to do some major SHOPPING! I need all new t-shirts and sweatshirts in smaller sizes. I live in my WDW sweatshirts in the winter so hopefully I can find 2 or 3 at reasonable prices.
And send my DD
for the Science Fair!
Sorry about your migraine. They run in our family and they are the WORST! Hope you are feeling better today! And I love packing for multiple sizes! When I did my road trip this summer, I was not only packing for 80 days, I was packing for 80 days of eating LOTS AND LOTS of food!
By the time I got home, I was wearing an entirely different wardrobe!
And lots of pixie dust for your DD!!!
GOOD MORNING LOSERS!!!!
QOTD for Thursday Jan 16: the term "thrifty Thursday" popped into my mind this morning, it's a sale day at my local consignment store. We've talked about our 
for GW, are there other ways you can be a thrifty shopper for those sizes you temporarily need on your weight loss journey?
what are you doing today to help you reach your goals?
What a great QOTD! I borrow from my friends/siblings. I know its silly, but there are a lot of people in my life who have always been meaning to donate that shirt or jacket that they don't wear anymore, and every once in awhile, I need something to wear because nothing fits! Last summer, before I went on my trip, I had just lost 20 pounds, and did not want to spend any money on clothing because I was saving it all for my trip! So, I asked my sister, who is relatively my size, if she had any remaining shorts that I could borrow, and I got loads! Best thing I ever did. Of course, for Xmas this year, she got me gift certificates to clothing stores so that when I do lose the weight for good, I will have nice clothing to wear that maybe doesn't have her kid's stains on it.
I haven't done it before, but I've considered talking to my WW members about an informal clothing swap. ANd I've seen folks talk about doing a "girls' night" swap and things like that. I don't have enough real life friends to do anything like that though.
I've also tailored clothing as I have lost weight. I even took a dress I really liked and paid to have it taken in. I had worn it at 200 pounds to a wedding in 2005 and really liked it. I had a nice purse, wrap, jewelery, and shoes to go with it and when I finally got to goal, I never got rid of it. Needed a dress for a wedding again about 2010 and pulled it out and of course it was waaay too big. But I took it to a tailoring shop I had used in the past for DD's prom dresses and Rainbow girls dresses and they were able to do a great job taking the dress in (I am an adequate seamstress myself, but this was a bit too involved for me to be able to do a good job). It cost me a bit (about $50 as I recall.... more than I originally paid for the dress ), but I didn't have to spend any other money on accessories and I still have the dress for another time if need be.
I have taken in pants and even cut down a t-shirt that I loved! The only thing I haven't had much luck with is jackets. I have a WONDERFUL WDW denim jacket that has a bunch of princesses on the back. It is an XL and I am now a sm/med. But there is almost no way for this jacket to be taken in. I've been hanging on to it for YEARS, but I think it is time to pass it along.
A clothing swap sounds like an awesome idea!!! And I know what you mean about hanging on to things. I have this winter jacket that is like a sleeping bag. It goes all the way down to my ankles. Seriously - I've used it as a blanket several times! It is a little too big for me already, but mostly, it just makes me look like an oompa loompa no matter what size I am.
I promised my friends that this would be the last season I would wear it, as I've had it for about 7 years now, and they've had enough of the coat lol That's the biggest problem with losing weight - losing clothing!!!
Have wonderful days, everyone!!! And lots of
for everyone's W/I tomorrow!
Anyhow, if she gets hired, she can work a bit during spring break and then again in late May/early June for a bit.... and she will be all set to work next year during her breaks. It isn't much, but it will help. I despise the woman she is interviewing with (as do many folks here), but I see no reason why DD won't get hired... they have hired plenty of college freshman in the past. 
on the new clippie!
going all around the ceiling in my office. 
I use way too much hairspray for that-- we would never get the thing out!!!
sooner than I had planned! I think tomorrow I am bringing my 
to work!
