Peaceful Monday

[Outback Jess]

Ah, it's so peaceful here with no scales to go to. No mentall anguish of adjusting myself to my own expectations... No trying to figure out Caitlin's weight loss ways, either. Peace. My biggest deal is always expectation. I expect loss constantly. Most days i can feel loss, and yesterday I felt bloated, and things were not swimmingly loose.
I cannot contol weight loss and how my body will go about it. I can control my focus and I can work on my expectations...The longer we are away from the scales, the bigger the battle of expectation is for me. That's what I will work on.

Hope everyone is refreshed by the weekend. I am rested.

[knicknack]

Re: Peaceful Monday

Hiya Jess!

happy monday everyone...

When I wake up feeling bloated, I just remind myself that that is just how atkins works. At least for me, my pattern is that I feel skinnier and then get bloated, and then start to despair that I'm doing something wrong, and then whooosh! one morning I wake up and I'm skinnier and a pound or two lighter. So, now the bloating days don't make me despair anymore, I just find them really irritating but they're actually a sign of progress! :P

Lost another half pound, and now no more weighing for 2 weeks!

[DragonflyMoon]

Re: Peaceful Monday

Morning all ~

Yes, no weighing is curiously a relief. We'll see how i am feeling about that over the weekend though, right!?! Well, i'll be in Portland this weekend, so maybe i won't care anyway... i wouldn't have been able to weigh in anyway, so that is cool. And tax free shopping is always a good trade in for the scales, i think.

Million dollar day here (as my dad used to say!) Not a cloud in the sky & fall is here.. the leaves are changing and i've decorated for Halloween. Which is a good thing since everything else in the living room is packed. We have the house inspection this afternoon - wish me luck!

Enjoy this wonderful Monday, everyone!

[ShannonK]

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Happy Monday, I haven't checked in for a bit, but I am still around. Just busy with a quick vacation then my son got into a dirt bike crash. Quick hospital stay, but all is well now, so I cannot complain! I didn't even cheat!

[pstansel]

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The last week have been a nightmare for me. I had minor surgery Thursday and I've been in serious pain ever since. Men, don't believe the radio commercials when they promise it will be pain free . Anyway, I haven't been able to excercise since. And then Saturday morning I go a call that my grandmother was going well downhill and if I wanted to see her alive you'd better come now. So I had to drop everything and fly to Georgia. My mother and I made it into the room, said we were there, and Grandma died 30 seconds later. Talk about a roller coaster. Anyway, I got very little sleep on a very hard couch the last two nights and had to deal with a lot of distraught relatives. I cooked, thereby insuring that I would have food I could eat . And I managed not to cheat (I think). I likely had more of a couple things than I should, but ah well. I hurt like a ***** from my surgery still. And I had to get up at 4:30 this morning to drive to the airport to get my flight back. So no... this was not a peaceful Monday.

[Outback Jess]

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Hey Paul, man thanks for sharing the tough times, hope where it hurts heals...I am sorry about your grandmother's passing and am glad youwere able to be with your Mom during that time...I so admire you, you stayed lowcarb....man you are amazing! I hope you will quickly heal and that you can get back to your treadmill, and all your goals....You inspire me!

[DragonflyMoon]

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Paul, i'm so sorry to hear of your Grandma's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you & your family! Hang in there!!!