This week I have shed 4 more pounds. This was not the result of any herculean effort but rather some divine intervention. Someone awarded me a 36 hour violent stomach bug following a week of consuming a very low calorie diet, following an entire month of illness in my family. Other than a few whole wheat crackers (thanks Kim) and some sips of chicken noodle soup (thanks Marni) I have not eaten any food since Sunday evening. It is Wednesday and I still don't have an appetite which is far more rare than an eclipse is. I wasn't even hungry at the supermarket...I know, insane!!!
I know I'm feeling better because I already have growing concerns about stomach virus weight loss being IMPOSSIBLE to maintain. In any event, it is off of my body for now and I will happily cash in my next rewards. It didn't feel like this day would come:
8- Ilona pottery activity-(scheduling in progress)
9- Lauren babysitting
10-Shani 10 Gerbera daisies hand delivered by her
11-Rachel movie of my choice
12-Aunt Michelle spa treatment with babysitting
"No way Jose!"
-Gabe, age 3, said to Latino male supermarket cashier at Fairway
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
In the Game
As our family is slowly approaching wellness again, my mood is slowly lifting, and thankfully, some weight is dropping. This week I have gotten rid of 4.2 pounds. I say "gotten rid of" instead of "lost" for fear that some kind soul out there will find those pounds and return them to me, knowing that they were lost. Obviously, I do not want them back.
After calculating, and re-calculating, it is my belief that after all the ups, downs, and stay-the-sames, my total prior to this was 4.4 pounds off. Therefore, my new total is 8.6 pounds. This FINALLY puts me back in "the game". I am eligible to claim my 8 pound reward from Ilona. I hope this happens quickly before any bloat sets in! This reward involves pottery. I will keep you posted.
"Complaining about dieting and exercise burns off extra calories"
-Daniel L. Worone
After calculating, and re-calculating, it is my belief that after all the ups, downs, and stay-the-sames, my total prior to this was 4.4 pounds off. Therefore, my new total is 8.6 pounds. This FINALLY puts me back in "the game". I am eligible to claim my 8 pound reward from Ilona. I hope this happens quickly before any bloat sets in! This reward involves pottery. I will keep you posted.
"Complaining about dieting and exercise burns off extra calories"
-Daniel L. Worone
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Sick part II
Hi there. I did weigh in yesterday and gained two pounds. I walked a little yesterday outside and that was my first exercise in quite a while. It knocked me out in such a big way, though, and I thought I was really out of shape again. I had to get back in bed for the afternoon. By evening, I had a fever. This morning, my little guy also had a fever and after taking him back to the dr......, he has the "official flu".
This next week will be all about re-working my program here and shifting gears yet again, because what I have been doing since August is obviously not working. Again, I thank you all for the continued support and encouragement....I REALLY do appreciate it.
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
-Einstein
This next week will be all about re-working my program here and shifting gears yet again, because what I have been doing since August is obviously not working. Again, I thank you all for the continued support and encouragement....I REALLY do appreciate it.
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
-Einstein
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Lather the Fat
This morning I woke up pretty late; late enough to leave the house with sopping wet hair in twenty degree temperature; late enough to not even think about getting on the scale-its good that I'm not obsessed, I guess. By the time I returned home it was two in the afternoon; late enough to not get on the scale. "Whew, I was saved", I thought. "I'll just weigh in tomorrow morning" like I have done lots of times over the past months.
When I finally returned home again with the kids after 6 and with no real dinner plan (Big Red Flag for me), I started grazing, picking, shoveling in anything I could get my hands on. Husband, aka the Food Nazi, wasn't home. Uh oh, I needed to use a lifeline, so I chose Phone A Friend. The friend, after knowing me for a lifetime, immediately detected my unsettled tone in between munches. She rapidly fired the questions: Where is B? Not home. Where are the boys? Upstairs getting changed. Where are you? Downstairs. Then came the instructions/advice: "OK, immediately go upstairs and brush your teeth. Chewing that Extra sugar free gum doesn't help." (She must have somehow forgotten that as part of my complex neuroses that I DO NOT chew gum....PERIOD! This is a result of years of recurrent nightmares involving gum getting stuck to my fillings and me never being able to pull the gum free from my big mouth. Ultimately, I choke. Shivers run up and down my spine when I see some of the preschool moms chewing like cows and making those loud gum smacking sounds. This however, could be a topic for a separate posting, I suppose.)
She continued..."brush your teeth immediately, get upstairs then brush your teeth then go do something different like taking a warm shower." I said: "taking a shower is NOT something DIFFERENT for me, I do it every day!" (again, dear friend was a bit off tonight and must have forgotten that I am now a rehabilitated OVERSHOWERER and EXCESSIVEHAIRWASHER. Many of you old timers know that I had a showering several times a day year round problem. Despite what it sounds like....I assure you I do not have OCD.) She said "I know, but go take a shower and lather up....feel your soapy hands running up and down the fat, lather the fat!" "OK, I don't want to feel the fat", I yelled. "Exactly" she said. "It will motivate you" she continued. I answered "The Biggest Loser motivates me and I didn't get to see it last night, so I'm gonna let the boys watch TV in my room and start watching it now" She told me that a contestant reminded her of me. She went home for 30 days and only lost 2 pounds! We then ended our conversation and she once again reminded me to go lather my fat. I was so enraged and disgusted by the suggestion of "lather your fat" that I couldn't concentrate on watching my show. Instead I got pissed off and ran to the computer to start this rant of a blog. So, I stopped snacking and am away from the kitchen but I won't lather the fat. Thanks dear friend, thanks a lot. I'm not weighing in tomorrow.
"Someone saved my life tonight. So save your strength and run the field you play alone."
-Elton John
When I finally returned home again with the kids after 6 and with no real dinner plan (Big Red Flag for me), I started grazing, picking, shoveling in anything I could get my hands on. Husband, aka the Food Nazi, wasn't home. Uh oh, I needed to use a lifeline, so I chose Phone A Friend. The friend, after knowing me for a lifetime, immediately detected my unsettled tone in between munches. She rapidly fired the questions: Where is B? Not home. Where are the boys? Upstairs getting changed. Where are you? Downstairs. Then came the instructions/advice: "OK, immediately go upstairs and brush your teeth. Chewing that Extra sugar free gum doesn't help." (She must have somehow forgotten that as part of my complex neuroses that I DO NOT chew gum....PERIOD! This is a result of years of recurrent nightmares involving gum getting stuck to my fillings and me never being able to pull the gum free from my big mouth. Ultimately, I choke. Shivers run up and down my spine when I see some of the preschool moms chewing like cows and making those loud gum smacking sounds. This however, could be a topic for a separate posting, I suppose.)
She continued..."brush your teeth immediately, get upstairs then brush your teeth then go do something different like taking a warm shower." I said: "taking a shower is NOT something DIFFERENT for me, I do it every day!" (again, dear friend was a bit off tonight and must have forgotten that I am now a rehabilitated OVERSHOWERER and EXCESSIVEHAIRWASHER. Many of you old timers know that I had a showering several times a day year round problem. Despite what it sounds like....I assure you I do not have OCD.) She said "I know, but go take a shower and lather up....feel your soapy hands running up and down the fat, lather the fat!" "OK, I don't want to feel the fat", I yelled. "Exactly" she said. "It will motivate you" she continued. I answered "The Biggest Loser motivates me and I didn't get to see it last night, so I'm gonna let the boys watch TV in my room and start watching it now" She told me that a contestant reminded her of me. She went home for 30 days and only lost 2 pounds! We then ended our conversation and she once again reminded me to go lather my fat. I was so enraged and disgusted by the suggestion of "lather your fat" that I couldn't concentrate on watching my show. Instead I got pissed off and ran to the computer to start this rant of a blog. So, I stopped snacking and am away from the kitchen but I won't lather the fat. Thanks dear friend, thanks a lot. I'm not weighing in tomorrow.
"Someone saved my life tonight. So save your strength and run the field you play alone."
-Elton John
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