I'm sure hubby wouldn't mind lending out that backhoe on
occassion ... not too sure how we'd get it out to you
though. Do you need to borrow an operator too?
<G> My dust bunnies have been kept fairly under control the
past few weeks, only because of the constant dried mud
clumps battle. There is nothing worse than waking up in
the morning, walking through the kitchen in a haze
while desperately seeking out the coffee ... and
crunching over dried up mud clumps. I can't seem to
teach my son that shoes go on LAST - not first and then
wander through the house searching out your hard hat,
safety goggles, lunch and coffee. When I do say
something, he kindly reminds me of my own rule ...
those that complain, get the job. <sigh>
Joyce
Fred said:Good post from noting that weekends are just that and if
the overall trend is down but the WI is up from a low
somewhere else in the week, so what.... to realizing that
some "chores" have little to do with life-safety and we
need to figure out what is really important, including
taking time for ourselves. (you think I could borrow a
backhoe from your hubby's worksite once a year to move my
dust bunnies outside?)Joyce said:Just a thought here Julie ... if you always eat out on the
week-ends, higher sodium, bits of splurges, maybe you
would be better changing your meeting date to mid-week ..
or Friday? Then again, if you do the same thing week to
week, it should more or less balance out. Just me and my
wishy-washy thought processes.
<G>If you are having problems with the multiple weight
checks, then you definitely do need to step away from that
home scale. Maybe try for a week or two to only weigh in
at your meeting. See how the week goes, if you are better
able to stay on track that way. I think we all have a
tendency to react the same way ... weight up, eat lighter
... weight down, can splurge a bit. This works well on
maintanence - probably not a good thing while trying to
lose though. But I do see an NSV in there. A little bit of
soul searching and discovering a problem area. This will
serve you well in the days ahead. We all need to learn
exactly where our problems areas are, and the best way we
can combat them.As far as the gym ..... just do it. Get up and go, quit
procrastinating if you really do want to go. A few weeks
into it and it will become routine, you will feel lost
without it.I have a very odd outlook on the housekeeping lately. Many
things get in the way of *me* time - chores around the
house no longer do. I figure that I have never heard of
anyone dying from a little bit of dust or clutter ....
dirty clothing ... unpainted doors ... clogged gutters,
etc. So *me* comes before those things. And it appears
they don't bother other members of the house either. New
rule in effect ... those who complain, can feel free to
take over the job. I finally accepted the fact that I am
not super-woman and will never be, despite what my family
seems to think. When I get the phone call that will add
one more thing to my list - I make the caller rethink
their options. Most of the time now they realize it is
something they can quickly and easily take care of
themselves. Passing it onto mom has only become a habit.
Try to get it under control now, put yourself first.
Decide what chores are life-altering or life threatening,
those that are probably do need to be taken care of -
those that aren't can wait. Dishes in the sink can wait
for an hour ... fire in the kitchen can't. <G>Joyce
skiur said:Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.
I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself from overdoing it on the food Friday and
Saturday. I don't know how well that has been working. We
went out to dinner yesterday and I had too much sodium in
my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm almost
done with liter of water #2. I'm down from last week's
sodium escapade so there may have been a loss somewhere
in there, but it is currently masked from going out to
dinner last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long
to lose 5 stinkin' pounds?I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do really well until I come up on a certain number
(usually found on my lowest weight day) and then I start
eating out at lunch and making poorer choices during the
week. I think I will be reducing the number of times I
weight a week, because I am completely getting in my own
way when I do. We'll see how that experiment goes.I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some time and that I would start on a Saturday
so that if I do screw up, I won't beat myself up for it
too much. Well for the past few weeks I've been excusing
myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was an
icky day, but I managed to convince myself to go to the
gym. I'm pleased with myself. I didn't go overboard on
anything, just general movement that I needed to do. The
trick is to get myself to do that again today.On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when there is all this work around the house that
needs to be accomplished. Does anyone have any
suggestions?Julie