Hi all,
Nic and all---Oh, I have stuff to say on the husband/son/man thing. First of all, my absolute empathy! And Imo, you handled it exactly right. Tell them DIRECTLY what you want and what you need. Also, good to do that before you get all pissed off. This has been very helpful for me to employ with my guys.
Here's the thing. Men and women are very different. Yeah, yeah, we share our humanity and all that, but after that, we think and act differently. And I'm not part of the club that thinks women are smarter or more superior. We do some things better. They do some things better.
No, they are NOT thinking like we are. They are NOT noticing the things we are. But I would say, the same is true in reverse. I think women have a tendency to expect men to read their minds, to notice what seems so obvious to us, without us having to say much. After all, often our close women friends do this for us, so why not our men?
I find that good men react well to plain speaking. "I need more of this. Do you think that's reasonable?" Discuss.
But I don't mean this at all to suggest that men are simpletons who need our great graces to be better. My SIL is a woman supremacist, always sure that we know more and act better. Somewhat of a man hater, due to experiences I don't think she's taken the time to resolve for herself. It bugs me.
Yeah, men can be confusing and infuriating. Believe me, so can we. I just find that direct communication works well with men. And don't expect them to read your mind. They have their own skills, which those of us who are happily married would not want to be without. Don't wait around for them to do what we think is "the right thing." Just ask for it, plain out. And again, discuss.
Sorry to go off a bit on this, but this was something I learned in my marriage the hard way, long ago. If it's helpful, use it, If not, ignore me.
Jaz---To answer your question, no I'm not doing my own video resume. Luckily I have a first rate editor I've worked with for years who is doing it for me, gratis. I have brought him a lot of work, and will bring him more if I get the chance. He knows that, and anyway, we're pals. I am very lucky to have this resource, as I could never do this on my own.
On the subject of your "clients" losing faster than you have. I just want to give you a hundred hugs on this. I'm sure that's hard. To have them take the advice you live by and have bigger results sooner cannot be easy. I don't know the answer to this, but the thyroid thing might be worth checking out again. Might also be worth searching out nutritionists who are ahead of their time. Don't know how to do this, but there must be a way.
I agree it's a mystery as to why you are not dropping at least bit by bit, here and there. Seems your body has embraced this weight and will not let go. I too have experienced this on and off in my life. Like now for instance. Don't know the answers. But ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND, you are not gaining.
BUT, one thing I will say, is that what you weigh OBVIOUSLY has NOTHING to do with how much those you have helped trust you. Girl, look at what you've done for these couple of women!!! You know your stuff, they trust you, and their results are proving your right. You are HELPING them, plenty. Don't ever forget that and don't ever think you have to be a skinny girl to make them believe in you. Evidence clearly proves the opposite!
Trigger---OMG, I just grinned reading about your AM w/the kiddo. Have to admit half of the grin is that I don't have to deal w/this anymore. (But the other side is I miss those years when I did have to deal w/it, when my son was a kid, and here.)
I can say absolutely, 90% of our arguments were about getting up, getting organized and getting to school. He was, like his mama, a night bird from the get go. Mornings were painful for him. He did not awake easily. It was a struggle to get him out of bed every dang morning, and then YES, making sure he had everything he needed.
LOL, loved when you said, "she's really mean this morning." Hahahaha. I could so empathize with that! And yeah, you can try to get her prepared the night before, as we did, and sometimes that worked, and sometimes it didn't.
Kids are a lot of freaking work. Good thing they can occasionally be so adorable and yummy, you decide over and over again not to throw them out the window.
K-mom---Happy to read your review on the pizza crusts. I will see if they have them at my TJ's, and if not, will talk to the mgr. about getting them. This sometimes works.
They ARE pricey, so wouldn't want to make a habit out of them, and although I could get them on Amazon, they're not available for prime free shipping. But I think I would like to try them for when hubby occasionally makes his excellent homemade pizza---then he could just do mine on these crusts---including my fave, a margarita pizza w/fresh tomatoes. Sadly, we are finally almost to the the end of the lovely bounty you gifted us with. We have not let ONE fresh tomato go to waste, and have SO enjoyed them.
Monday water---3/3
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Oh, I had a lovely Monday. Temps dropped, it was cool and cloudy and my Morticia bone got itched just right.
Did a bit of work in the morning, then putzed around the house a bit, then read myself into a lovely nap on the sofa. I did not sleep well last night.
I got involved in this series and stayed up late last night to watch the end of it, and was all stimulated and wide awake when I finally tucked myself in.
Jaz---I was watching this series called "The Time In-between" on Netflix, and I particularly think YOU would love it. Story of a dressmaker in Spain between the Spanish civil war and WWII. The clothes are magnifico, particularly as she grows in her trade. You, like me, would love this part of it.
It is also SO lushly shot, and it's a good story. You watch one or two, and I promise you you'll be totally hooked Takes you from Madrid to Morocco and back to Madrid. My only caveat is that it is in Spanish w/subtitles. Subtitles rarely bother me as I get used to them. However, these subtitles could occasionally move along too fast or be in the wrong area of the screen to read easily and fast. But I got used to that too, and you always get what's going on enough anyway.
I binge watched all 17 episodes over the weekend while hubby was gone. Loved it. What a trip to a different world and time, just what I needed.
On plan. Fasted again between iced coffee and cream, and soup for dinner, because it just worked. Whenever it works, I let it work!
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