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Saturday has arrived. Unfortunately I woke up not feeling great. Migraine I think. So I medicated myself and laid back down. I'm up now, feeling a little better, although groggy but the sun is shining (even though it is still quite chilly out, 45 here this morning) and I want to enjoy the day!
I stepped on the scale this morning. I was curious where I was at. 206.6. Not much of a drop from the last weigh in and I have been quite faithful this week with being "on target" but I am okay with it. LOL!!! Well, gee that's bright isn't it? What are my choices? Be upset because I didn't lose 5 lbs? Let the scale rule my mood? Lord knows I do that enough! Maybe it's the meds. I didn't find these pounds over night and I know they will not disappear overnight or even over several nights. I definitely feel better, eating more reasonably and eating healthier foods.
For some strange reason the hairdo change makes me feel lighter. It has been many years since I have been "curl-less" and had highlights in my hair. I'll take a new picture eventually so you can all see but please don't hold your breath. You are likely to expire!!
I'd like to straighten up a bit around here. Need to do the budget. Exercise. And I image later Bob and I will go do something ... bingo, dinner and a movie, something. I sort of wish there was a good spot we could be outdoors but I am afraid Bob isn't much for hiking these days. I think I would enjoy that but I don't think I can talk him into it.
I also found some boxes of clothes I'd like to go through. A few things in there I think, at least tops, I can wear now. You can't believe how many clothes I have. Unfortunately, most of the ones in my actual closet are too small for me right now. That will change though ... in time.
Well ... I feel as though I am just blabbering so I think I'll wrap this up with things I am grateful for this morning ...
1. medication
2. sunshine and blue skies
3. coffee!!!!
4. seeing myself in the mirror at the salon yesterday and thinking ... gosh who is that attractive woman?
5. two days of being off work with only three days of work next week and technically only one the following (I'll leave on August 2nd to travel to my training and return the 5th ... it is still "work" time but not in the traditional sense!!)
I hope this finds you all well, finding your balance in your respective journeys, able to see the beauty in yourselves, being "content" in this moment. Life is NOW. Sometimes the NOW is more difficult to accept and embrace. I have had many such moments over the past couple of years as I know many of you have had as well. When things are going "well" it is much easier to rest in the moment and be grateful. However, I do know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the same applies to the difficult times. I would surely choose the "good" moments over the "challenging" moments as I imagine would everyone!! Yet, we don't always have control over what comes our way. In fact, we often do not have control. We lose partners, loved ones, lose jobs even though we did good work, encounter financial difficulties, get sick, become injured in accidents, have mechanical breakdowns with items we use every day, and are disappointed or hurt by those we care about. The relationships we have are what carry us through. The relationship we have with ourselves, with friends and family, with our beliefs (God, higher power, whatever it is we believe in), I think you get the drift.
And so it goes. Thank you for being a part of what carries me through. Thank you for sharing pieces of yourself, the joys and the disappointments. Thank you for being "visible" and letting me be your fatsecret friend.
Be kind to yourselves, embrace this day!!!
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93.7 kg
Lost so far: 23.9 kg.
Still to go: 9.8 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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1444 kcal
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Fat: 49.70g | Prot: 91.12g | Carbs: 149.43g.
Breakfast: Singles 2% Milk Swiss, large egg, fat free cheese slice. Lunch: Sandwich Thin, low fat mayo, fat free cheese slice, Oscar Mayer Honey Smoked Turkey. Dinner: cottage cheese, ground beef, tomato. Snacks/Other: Rold Gold Pretzels, Baked Lays Sour Cream & Onion, Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cup, MGD 64, Fiber One Brownie. more...
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3129 kcal
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Exercise:
Housework - 1 hour, Precor Elliptical - 1 hour, Resting - 14 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Losing 0.1 kg a Week
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