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Good Morning!! I may have rounded a corner. I'm feeling better this morning. I did not graze all evening like the previous two nights! I had my dinner then later cut up some of my favorite orange flesh honeydew melon and an apple and munched on that and Perrier!! YES. Much, much, much better. Frank was so excited he rewarded me with an almost 4 lb. drop overnight!! Well, you all know I didn't "really" lose 4 lbs overnight!! But with fluctuations, water retention, and a host of other variables ... it was still quite welcome!! I'm not feeling quite as frantic this morning either ... which perhaps means I might be through the worst of the nicotine withdrawal I hope! Both Bob and I are hanging tough with being smoke free.
No big plans this weekend. Mom has her miniature meeting tomorrow and Bob is working. That means I get a few hours alone in the house!! I don't often get "alone" time. Not that I have anything in particular to do that I couldn't do if they were here ... I just enjoy it!! I remember many moons ago ... being young, single, and "lonely" ... it is funny how life gives us increased perspective over the years!
Unlike Stella (yesterday's journal) I did not find a younger man to facilitate me getting my groove back (darn!!) but I do feel like I'm more "myself" this morning!! That was a tough couple of days ... rather frightening!! I guess I underestimated how much I was relying on smoking to distract me from eating, or how addicted I really was, I sure was underestimating something!! Once again though, I can reflect and realize that there can be blips on my radar screen and it does not mean I have "failed" or that I am destined to be "fat." Thanks for all the cheers, positive thoughts, supportive messages and HUMOR!!! You all are simply the BEST!!! Have a wonderful Friday full of fun, freshness, and friends!!
Diet Calendar Entries for 07 August 2009:
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1776 kcal
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Fat: 42.26g | Prot: 105.24g | Carb: 256.88g.
Breakfast: medifast cocoa, water. Lunch: Special K Protein Bar Honey Almond, Yoplait Light Thick & Creamy Lemon Meringue, Yoplait Light Thick & Creamy Key Lime. Dinner: Papa Murphy's Delite Chicken Garlic Pizza, Hidden Valley Fat Free Ranch, Perrier, Lean Cuisine Pizza. Snacks/Other: Apple, Honey Dew, Marathon Nutrition Bar - Honey Almond, Twisted Bar Peanut Butter, Fiber One. more...
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3021 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Precor Elliptical - 46 minutes, Driving - 2 hours, Desk Work - 9 hours, Resting - 4 hours and 14 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Hooking up with a hot younger stud is a frightening thought. I would have to hold my stomach in for days! Exhausting! Glad you are back in the swing of things! When I was a teenager of 13 - I sat before the mirror and pretended to smoke by holding a Q-Tip. I never lit the Q-tip or anything. Maybe you could take up Q-tips as your substitute oral fixation. The feel of it between your fingers and the deep-breathing jags on the white cotton might suffice. Just a thought. Just trying to help! Love ya more than pickles Baby!
07 Aug 09 by member: poet-in-motion
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Q-Tips ... let me ponder that a moment ... let's see ... NO!!! But thanks for the idea!! I might be able to think of other oral fixations that might be fun substitutes!! Have a great day Poet!! You crack me up!!
07 Aug 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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Hi moose. I suppose you are aware that I am unable to process large journal entries (I use an inverted pyramid approach where I suppose the most is in the first few lines when I do) but, I was looking back through some of your posts and saw that you followed the McDougall Plan. You evidently lost about 70 pounds during that time. I have two of his books which I read and used in the early '90s and found them rock solid. I know he had a school in St. Helena, CA where, if you were willing to part with some change, he would teach you the art of cooking wholesome foods which I thought was nice. I saw that there was a Frank and a Bob being mentioned and I believe that I was able to determine that the Frank was your scale. What is it with people calling their scales proper names? I thought about it for a while and toyed with the idea of naming my scale Pocahontas. Then there was a discussion with Bob I believe but, since he was only briefly mentioned, I couldn't get that quite straight. Anyway, I see more of your posts to my and to other's journals than your journal posts per se. I find them uplifting and often amusing. Thanks. :-)
07 Aug 09 by member: information
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So glad to hear you got your groove back!
07 Aug 09 by member: erikag
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Info ... yes I did follow McDougall's plan and it was a good turning point for me. I still have a couple of his books and use some of the recipes ... a favorite is a bean & rice salad I often make for potlucks!! However ... I enjoy MEAT and have opted to add that back into my plan. Frank is my scale, referring to being "frank" though ... not really a reference to a proper name. Bob is my husband!! And no ... I wasn't aware you were unable to process "large journal entries"!!
07 Aug 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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I am glad you are getting the cravings under control today. That is great news. Forgive me but I had to chuckle, well, actually I started laughing when I read your comment about being single and "lonely". But it pertains to MY being single, not to your experience with being single. I have been single for about 9 years since I divorced my ex of 40 years and it has been a hoot. I have the most amazing life, I am truly blessed. Lonely? I have no idea what that word even means in my single life~~~with family, friends, dating interesting fun men, travel, doing what I want to do, when I want to do it and how I want to do it. I even have close platonic friendships with a few old boyfriends and my ex-husband. Can it be better than that? My girlfriends look at my life and say I have the best of all worlds. And I so agree. Now, what will happen when I meet someone I just have to keep in my life on a permanent basis? That will be a chapter I will look forward to exploring, but, marriage, I think not. He will have his place, I will have my place and we will vacation at each others residences. :-) However, having said that, nothing in life is set in concrete so who knows, the right man could perhaps change my mind??? Oh, by the way, the only time I have been lonely was when I was married. Keep up the positive approach to this smoking situation. I know you can do this and 4 pounds is 4 pounds. Way to go. :-)
07 Aug 09 by member: WECANDOTHIS
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I'm glad you got your groove back too. And, thanks for the background information (I don't know at what point I became a little confused). :-)
07 Aug 09 by member: information
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The "lonely" comment was meant to be tongue in cheek!! My opinion is that "single" is not better than "married" and "married" is not better than "single"!! I can fully understand how much you enjoy your life!!! Sounds like a lot of fun!! Me? I'm still in work mode but we have fun as much as possible in-between!! What I like about you is your enjoyment of life ... it shines through!!!! And ... I agree ... I'm embracing this 4 lbs!!! I'm doing GREAT!!!
07 Aug 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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Info ... not difficult to get confused around here!!! And a scale could be appropriately named "bob" for "bobbing" up and down!! I must admit though ... my car is not named!!
07 Aug 09 by member: madaboutmoose
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LOL! Re: Bob. I think I may have been thinking about wecando. I've reflected on the matter and believe I will just call my scale "the scale." ;-) Evelyn also has named her scale which confused me for a while.
07 Aug 09 by member: information
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wecando: That's an interesting post, I understand it only too well. :-)
07 Aug 09 by member: information
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I find naming scales to be very interesting and I love Bob for the bobbing up and down. So fitting. Probably what I would name mine would have to be censored so I will not share. :-) My daughters and I decided the GPS systems in my cars needed a name and Stella was the winner. Sometimes some things just need a name.
07 Aug 09 by member: WECANDOTHIS
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Anyone ELSE care to join me in outside for a quick Q- tip? madaboutmoose says she is going to pass. Whew! I am glad veggies yuk didn't see the oral fixation reference! We slid that one by her. She would have been all over that un-intentional innuendo and got us kicked off of Fat Secret for sure!
07 Aug 09 by member: poet-in-motion
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Information, I am adventurous and am willing to jump in head first. I will meet you outside, however, I would probably light it and lose my eyebrows. lol This bring back memories. I dried out corn husk silk, rolled it in paper, put it to my lips and lit it, God Almighty, it felt like my lungs were burning. I can still remember pulling it out of my mouth and gasping. I determined I needed to save my money and buy the real thing, I had a friend who had an older sister who was our supplier. Thank God I never tried anything worse than cigarettes, they were bad enough. The absolutely stupid things we do as kids still amazes me or was I the only one who did stupid things. :-)
07 Aug 09 by member: WECANDOTHIS
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Glad you are in a good mood! So hard to change things, but you are doing a great job with weight loss so I think you'll do great being a non-smoker too! good luck!
07 Aug 09 by member: abbadabba
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Alone time at home is the best...I don't get to see much of that, especially in the summer. lol Hope you're enjoying it!
08 Aug 09 by member: onmyway
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