Ok I have to have a woohoo Thursday, DH said let's do the DLP half in September so I just booked it! I can't wait to get that castle to chateau medal
Wowza!! That is GREAT!!
I'm popping in again and catching up with everything! It's been a crazy few days at work. The other night after the store closed (I work at a convenience store) some dummies decided to run a flat bed truck into the side of our building in an attempt to steal the ATM. Four people yet they couldn't lift the machine, lol. They didn't steal anything but caused a bunch of damages, shelves knocked over etc. It was just a huge mess. We were an 18 hour store and now because of this incident we are 24 hour. It was effective immediately so I had to go in at 12 on my day off and stay until 6 am.
The positive side is over-time and the fact that we locked up at 12 and only take customers through the window. Also the last two nights I have had maybe seven customers combined? I just plan on watching movies on Netflix tonight during my 10-6 shift.
The downside is that my eating schedule is now EVERYWHERE. Only now my cravings come around 3 am. I feel like a newborn lol. I'm now up at all hours and I am still feeling good but now I have no clue how to get on an eating schedule. Any tips? Any at all? Bueller...? Bueller?
I'm a day late and a dollar short for Woohoo Wednesday but I just want to mention that I was in a beginner's funk because I wasn't immediately noticing any significant changes. But today I noticed that both times after getting up from sitting for long periods at a time, my legs and feet and joints didn't immediately ache!!!!!!!! I was SHOCKED. I don't know if it's all the healthy eating or water intake, but I'm so grateful! It's been so long since I could just spring up and start walking without any joint issues
I'm just trying to keep positive and stay true to my diet (diet in the sense of how I now eat, not the word that means restrict or whatever)
Hope everyone is having a great Thursday and if you want to come visit me I'll be at the store lol. But if I catch you getting junk food you are in so much trouble.
Oh my, my my!!! First of all, stay safe on those night shifts!!
Second.... not sure what I have to offer about eating with an unusual schedule like that. I personally think what I would do is kind of pre-determine what my "normal" day is like.... breakfast within 90 minutes of rising, lunch 3-4 hours later, a snack, and then dinner.... even if the "dinner" time falls at 3 am! The hardest part will probably be reverting back to regular schedule on days off! How about making yourself some sort of "rule" about fruit-only at certain time of day? I am usually hungry as soon as I wake up, but since I often wake up at 4-5 am for my online job, I don't want to eat breakfast that early.... if so, I'd be looking for lunch by 9 am!! So my "rule" (only in my own head, of course), is coffee, water, and fruit only until at least 6:30 am.
So glad you are seeing a POSITIVE change in your body! Those NON-SCALE VICTORIES are well worth celebrating!!
Hey. Doing pretty good except for tonight. I just ate a hamburger, chips, a little chocolate cake and a little cookie lol. Whammed my eye really hard on our glass case at work putting stuff back in after the once weekly cleaning. The night crew cleans, then I have to put the thing all back together again--it's a lot of work and I try to do it fast...I didn't stop to ice it so now it's like the darkest purple--almost black- on half my lid to my eyebrow and out like you'd do eyeliner. People say I should just 'do' the other eye...lol. I felt nauseous all day and night so I hit my head pretty good--never had the nausea like that before (when I hit my head)... anyway went and worked out anyway the next day and now the cold I've been fighting (sorta halfheartedly since I just got over the last month long crapfest) is trying to take me out...dang it! I sat and planned out a ridiculous schedule so it would incorporate working out and now I'm just sitting here on facebook. Had to go help husband pick up my truck after work too so that by the time I got home and ate and talked to my mom that called--there just wasn't enough time. Reminds me I'm not my own god...stuff happens, you can't control everything. AA stuff y'know
Sold my soul to the scalpers and ended up with a sort of reasonable deal for the Seattle show and I did get my passport! I just got tired of combing the stupid ticket sites and doing endless research on which one wouldn't mess you up the worst. Out of the 3 shows at least i know the Canada show I'll get to see him as tickets were bought from the venue. Guess I should go do laundry at least tonight--something productive. I feel really yucky after eating all that. :-(
Oh my gosh! You never fail to have plenty of stories to share!
TAKE CARE of yourself!! That sounds like you may have given yourself a concussion.... so please get some rest this weekend.
So here is the message I got from all of your injuries and plans - you are all dedicated to pursuing your healthy changes rather than using them as excuses you are finding ways to work with and around them - well done my Super Hero's
I was thinking pretty much the same thing! GO US!!!!!!
TGIF!!!
Welcome to Friday ... its time to suit up Iron Man style...
Tony like some of us has an injury and he turned to tech to help him.
Technology comes in all shapes and sizes to help us on our journeys orthotics, splints, the internet ... The DIS, activity trackers, phones, apps the list goes on and on .... It can be helpful but it can also be harmful .. like when we have too much screen time and not enough active time.
QOTD: What is your - can't do without it - technology? How is it helping on your journey?
Bonus QOTD: Do you feel you have your screen/active time in balance?
"Can't-do-without" technology... if I absolutely had to I could limit it to just my food scale. I lost all of my weight BEFORE there were apps and Fitbits, etc. I used a handheld paper slide WW "FlexPoints" calculator and a week-one book that listed the Points of other foods. I used (and still use) plain notebook paper as my food tracker. I created my own recipes or read cookbooks or got recipes from friends (in the days before Pinterest). I got plenty of movement and exercise LOOOONNGG before I owned a Fitbit or pedometer.... just comfy sneakers (nothing high-tech), sweatpants, and an old t-shirt.... no fancy Athleta wear. That being said.... the technology that I DO have now available is SO GREAT!! My WW app is used multiple times a day.... the barcode scanner, recipe builder, food database are all favorites. I wear my Fitbit 24/7 and it definitely is an eye opener at times.
BONUS: I definitely have waaaaaayyyyyy too much screen time as compared to active time. Pinterest is an evil time-sucking mistress! And don't even TALK to e about Facebook!
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Morning my friends! HAPPY FRIDAY!! Super mad at myself that I TOTALLY forgot it was weigh-in day and I already had a full cup of coffee and a banana!!
So I'll pop on the scale, but don't expect a good number.... and I was going to have today be a "treat" day and if I do, tomorrow's number won't be any better. Oh well. I RARELY forget a weigh-in Friday, so I'll cut myself some slack and remind myself that it is about the LONG-TERM goals.... I have less than 2 pounds to lose to hit my January goal, so maybe I'll even skip the scale today.
DD and I made a big mistake with our schedule yesterday and TODAY is the hair cut appointment day... and yesterday was a doctor's appointment we nearly missed because we thought it was haircut day! That's what happens when you don't add it to your Google calendar you and expect to remember it!
Trying a few new recipes this weekend that DD has found via Instagram ..... anyone else familiar with the WW guy known as "Mud Hustler"? I'll let you know what we think of the recipes.
Have a FABULOUS FRIDAY!!.....................P