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Post by LR63402 on Mar 24, 2019 9:49:35 GMT
This thread is for anyone that has been away from healthy eating, had a gain and is recommitting. We accept all forms of healthy eating here, whatever that means to you. We touch base daily for accountability and to encourage one another. This is a judgment free zone.
We all struggle to get the weight off and keep it off. Sometimes this is a challenge, but we never give up and that is the key. Regardless of our situation or where we are in reaching our goal, we count on talking to each other every day and are blessed to have one another as friends.
Our motto is persistence, not perfection.
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Post by LR63402 on Mar 24, 2019 10:20:36 GMT
Lost my danged post. Let's try this again.
Yesterday ended up being pretty low key. We got out and started at the library of the town nearby. They were having a used book sale to benefit the library. DH found a couple of books to buy. I was cracking up at some of the options and told DH the paperback fiction offerings looked like a full on collection of my reading list from 1977 to 1980. Lots of Dean Koontz, Sidney Sheldon, early Stephen King, and a plethora of what we used to jokingly call "hysterical" romance instead of historical romance. Ha! It was like a little trip down memory lane for me.
After that we headed to "the city" to hit Costco for a few things, then we visited with DHs parents for a couple of hours before heading back home. It was just a relaxing and zero pressure day.
Supper was a salmon fillet that we'd picked up at Costco. I baked it and topped it with an herb butter. I don't really like salmon much, but DH loves it so I make it occasionally. Today we need to get to the real grocery store and DH has a couple of things he wants to pick up at Home Depot, so I guess we'll go to the other nearby town for that. Exciting stuff, huh? DH took PTO for tomorrow so weather permitting, we might try to find a hike or do some exploring at some point before he heads back to work on Tuesday. I need to check the forecast.
Not much else happening around here. I hope all my RO sisters are having a good weekend.
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Post by keshet51 on Mar 24, 2019 10:52:27 GMT
Yay, Lora's back!!! I always look forward to your posts and miss them when you're away. Glad the trip was such a success and that you added fun things to do along with the closing. Fun also that DH is taking time off tomorrow so you can do something enjoyable together. Hope you get your hike in - I just can't wait to start doing them again. Hope you slept well last night without all the worry about the Atlanta house and deal on your mind.
I really enjoyed the concert last night. A young violinist who just won the local string competition performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto and it was awesome. Before going to the concert I had sort of a psychic meltdown and wanted to head for food - I'd just gotten off the phone with my DF with lymphoma and she was struggling for breath while we were talking. Only a few weeks ago she was going to the gym daily and teaching several yoga classes a week, super high energy person (to the point of annoyance). She's waiting another week to have a spleen biopsy and I just had this feeling of dread that she will die while waiting for diagnostic tests to be scheduled. I know I'm not in control of this, there are competent adults around her, but I felt kind of frantic and of course food always seems like the solution. I made some black coffee, which I really enjoyed, and went out for the evening. I'm ok again today. I've never really been able to connect the emotion with reaching for food before doing this program and I am grateful.
Going to yoga this morning, then hair cut and color afterward. A little cooking still to do - will make turkey meatballs for this week and already cooked a spaghetti squash yesterday. Am getting used to wearing glasses when I drive, still feels a little weird but I have to do it. I had a lot of strange dreams early this morning - I have to go to my potential merger partner's board meeting Tuesday night and I know a lot of the strangeness is just due to anxiety. Am a terrible public speaker...
Have a great day everyone.
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Post by LR63402 on Mar 24, 2019 11:32:17 GMT
Andi - Good morning! Yes, sleep has been much more restful and restorative since closing out the ATL chapter of our lives.
I'm just glad that we ended the experience on such a positive note for both us and for the buyers. They really were a lovely couple who were thrilled to get into the house, the neighborhood and get their kids into the schools cluster. I can't even count how many times THEY thanked US. Haha.
They really appreciated a few little things I did like the binder I'd put together with the owners manuals and paperwork for the windows, the water heater, appliances, etc. all marked, with the dates purchased, the records/receipts of service calls ex. septic service, garage door service, A/C and Furnace service & filter changes, along with business cards for all of the pest control, tree service, plumbers, electricians, and other companies that we've done business with used for years, and information on how to transfer any available warranties into their names. That binder was a suggestion made by our listing agent. Who, I now think must be a real estate genius. Lol. The buyers agent was also blown away by that simple binder. She said she'd been in the business for 15 years, and had never seen that kind of organization and attention to detail before. Apparently it made quite an impact. Of course I didn't mention that we only had all of that stuff not because we're particularly organized, but because we're closer to being featured guests on Hoarders. Haha! Anyway, it all worked out, and that's a huge relief.
I'm so sorry to hear about your of your friends rapidly declining health. It must be terribly distressing to witness. I would think the feeling of helplessness on your part would absolutely be very upsetting and stress inducing. I'm not surprised that you had those feelings. But look how well you handled the whole thing, food wise. That's very impressive. Enjoy your hair cut and color. That always seems to boost me.
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Post by keshet51 on Mar 24, 2019 13:16:17 GMT
Lora, I'm glad the whole closing was such a positive experience for all concerned. Must give you a lot of satisfaction to have it all end that way, plus what a fabulous idea to do a binder like that!
Thanks for your sympathy about my friend. My yoga teacher is also a good friend of hers so it will be nice to just share a hug and commiserate this morning.
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Post by janjasmine on Mar 24, 2019 14:24:48 GMT
Hi Everyone,
Dont have that much planned. I was up early around 5:00. Have been trying to get rid of some clutter on my dining room table. Finally got my receipts together and ready to turn in for reimbursement for various items I have purchased this year. I am doing my usual food shopping for my friend and a bit for me. I got some stuff yesterday too though so may not need too many more things today.
Later after doing some vacuuming and dinner I will read the new book which I started last night. Its called The Summer that Made Us by Robyn Carr.
Cassie hasnt gotten sick since either Wwdnesday or Thursday. I dont know if this is something related to the condition they say she has but they didnt mention that. She has pretty much stopped the sneezing she was doing tho. If she does it is not frquent.
Andi, I am sorry about your friend who is not doing well. I hope that she can get that testing sooner. I hope if she is having problems breathing that she contacts her doctor. It sounds like she may need oxgyen or could be pneumonia. I am glad though that you didnt let your emotions control your eating.
Back to work tommorow. Ugh!! Then my friend asked me if I can take her to get her prescriptions. She compensates me for that too so a little extra cash nice for doing it. Have a great day!!
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Post by Jarmstrong on Mar 24, 2019 15:32:23 GMT
Hi everyone.
Yesterday DH and I were constantly on the go. We ended the day grilling hamburgers with friends. Today I have some flowers and bulbs I need/ want to plant. It's still a little early in the year to get everything I wanted.
Lora so happy the house deal is done and behind you. Hope that you enjoy the day with DH.
Andi I'm so sorry to hear about your DF.
Janet hope you get everything done you have on your agenda for the day. Good to hear Cassie is doing well.
Update on DS - they took her off the wound vac. Another step in the right direction for her. Hopefully she will continue to make improvements until her 4/4 surgery date
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Post by RobinS811 on Mar 24, 2019 19:43:29 GMT
Lora, glad that the closing went so well. That was such a great thing to do for your buyers. Never usually happens. Funny about the fact that you did it because you are hoarders. I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up coming up with many of those things also, but who knows where. Must be a load off your mind.
Andi, I am right there with you today with our friend with lymphoma. I was expecting him to be in Sloan this weekend for another round of treatments. Turns out that he is not going into remission, so they are doing some scans tomorrow and might put him into a clinical trial. Now I am thinking of something else I could ask you, because you might now of something. One of my friends lost her job 2 weeks ago. She is a Social Worker working in Drug and Alcohol Rehab. Let me know if you have any contacts down here on Long Island.
Janet, I read that book. Sometimes I just need something like that, to break up all the heavy books and thrillers. I just finished California Girls by Susan Mallery. If you have a kindle, one of my friends paid to join the Philadelphia Free Library, and she downloads a lot of books from them. I get almost all of my books that way, I rarely buy.
Jana, glad that your DS seems like she is moving in the right direction.
We went out last night to a concert at a club near our house that also serves dinner. We go when they first open, because we get seats in the front row as "friends of", have our dinner, then watch the performance. Always a good time, and we are less than 10 minutes from home.
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Post by LR63402 on Mar 24, 2019 19:50:26 GMT
Good afternoon friends, DH didn't get up until 9:30, which is super late for him. But when he got up I found out he was up until after 1am paying bills. The wire transfer of the money we made off the house sale was no longer showing as a "pending" deposit, so he decided to go ahead and start paying off all of the things that we'd built up during the two house period. The new windows, carpet and HVAC on the old house, and the few things that we'd put on the CCs during the whole process. As soon as those payments clear, we're officially over and done with all of that mess. So, when I found out he'd already "cleared all the debts" I was more forgiving about him sleeping so late. Ha! We ran to town and bought the few things he was wanting from Home Depot, then got the groceries for the week. Now he's out piddling around in the yard. I'm enjoying the great INDOORS today. There seem to be more than normal population of wasps and bees buzzing around outside. While I'm not fully allergic, I am highly sensitive to their stings. I get much more than normal swelling and prolonged pain from a sting, so I'll just spend the rest of my day appreciating the day from the inside of the house. Haha! Andi - I hope yoga was positive and satisfying for you today. Janet - it sounds like you have a nice, quiet day planned for today. Enjoy your book. Jana - enjoy your gardening! While at HD, I was showing DH some planters that I'd like to get for the front walkway. I told him they could wait for a little bit though. We're still having dips into the low 30s this week, so I don't want to put out any flowers until that's passed. Also, he already had a buggy full or "Weed and Feed". I was perfectly clear that if that "FEED" part made the grass need to be mowed more than once a week, he's going to have to invest in a riding mower for me. Lol. He plans to buy one anyway at some point, but I'm not up for almost 9 miles of walking more than once a week.   Great news for DS! One more step in the right direction for her! Yay! Robin - I do a lot of free library kindle loans as well. Although right now I'm working on a paperback intrigue/thriller, but not too heavy novel by Sandra Brown called Tailspin. It's entertaining and an easy read. |
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Post by success4susie on Mar 24, 2019 21:37:49 GMT
Hi ROs...really slept in this morning... and I didn't get up at all during the night to go to the bathroom... I must have been exhausted. So...while DH and I were thinking about what we could do today, I noticed that DSon had a boyscout (whoops, I guess I can't say that anymore, since there are girls in the troop) activity at 1:00 so....I ran to the grocery store, got some dark and white chocolate chips, made some chocolate covered strawberries, and we headed into the city where the church that sponsors his scout troop is located. The scouts did the whole service and it was excellent. It is so funny that DS was never a scout, but he is very involved with this inner-city troop.
So, back home... it is beautiful outside...DH is sitting outside reading for the first time this year - yeah! I have "Hand & Foot" (card game) at the clubhouse tonight and have to bring refreshments so made some more choc covered strawberries and threw a few snacks together and have to leave in half an hour.
Lora - how wonderful to have such a "low key" and relaxing day yesterday and today. Oh girl, you can leave some of that stress behind. I wish you could have heard me laughing out loud at the "weed and feed" possibly making the grass grow more and, hence need more mowing !!!!!!
Andi - glad you had such an enjoyable time at the concert...with everything going on with your DF, it is good to enjoy the little things. I am so sorry...things like that just scare me...you just never know what will happen from one day to the next. Try to be as calm as you can about Tuesday... I think your meditation, yoga, and ROs will help you deal with that and your DF.
Janet - I know when you get rid of clutter it makes you feel soooo much better, so get that dining room table cleared off. Glad Cassie seems to be doing a little better.
Jana - isn't it beautiful - great day for planting some flowers. Tiny steps in DS progress is wonderful
Robin - thinking of your DF also...the older we get, the more we hear about these things. Every little ache and pain scares me now. The concert at the club sounds fantastic... I say enjoy every little thing you can...BTW how are the wedding plans coming?
OH man, I have to leave in 15 minutes.....later....
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Post by Jarmstrong on Mar 24, 2019 23:15:30 GMT
4 hours in my flower bed I enjoyed the time but my back is killing me. Took some tylenol and sitting on a heating pad I hope the flowers bloom well. I planted bulbs and some flowers and mulched the entire bed.
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Great news for DS! One more step in the right direction for her! Yay!