Hi all,
Nic---And just like that, your son is on his way to a wonderful time in his life. Happy you felt mostly happy. LOL, I needed wind shield wipers on my eyeballs the day my son left. But then he was headed a long way off and like your daughter, he was nervous himself, his beautiful eyes were so wide and kind of huh? Am I really doing this? It wasn't "see ya mom!" Kid hugged me good bye like I was the only log in the ocean. But now he hugs me w/joy whenever he comes home, and everything turned out fine.
Trigger---So kiddo didn't cost ya much money! That's a good thing, makes up for the make up. She sounds like that kid who is hip w/the hair and face and wants to look good, but more casual and comfy about what she wears. I can see her spending a lot more time at the art supply store!
Jaz---I so get your frustration with hitting that same wall over and over again. As I mentioned I do wonder if you're eating enough fat. Reading up on ZC that was stressed in every single article or testimonial. When you say you're eating a chicken breast for instance, are you eating it skin on? That kind of thing.
Lori---You lucky ducky with those great trips coming up! My SIL just got back from a cruise and said it was really easy to eat healthy and LC for the better part because it was all there, fresh and delicious. Of course the dessert tables are there too.
LOL. You'll be fine, sounds like you'll be getting plenty of exercise.
K-mom----Thursday water 5/3 so far and not done. Really had a thirsty day today, for reasons I'll get into below.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So I've been adding in more fat in these last 2 days. Had BPC both mornings, and crab legs dipped in plenty of butter last night, plus burgers for lunch.
I used to do this all the time, but realized today I haven't been eating all that much fat, AND, I wasn't used to it. Tummy was uncomfortable at first today, and didn't do the errands I planned as I needed to be real near the bathroom. Think on top of it I might have been a bit constipated going in to this fat-o-rama and just wasn't aware of yet.
Nevertheless, I'm going for it for dinner too. Going to have a cheese burger w/bacon, fried egg on top, AND a dollop of peanut butter. Tummy is better and this sounds good to me. I had forgotten hot sated I get, and how un-hungry I feel after a dose of fat.
Instead of running errands, I spent the day doing some work I need to do---creating new video resume. Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgh, self promotion is the hardest. Much easier to do it for others. But I got well into it, which feels good. Want to get to my editor soon and start putting it together, which he is kindly doing for free for me. Although when he sees what I've got planned....heh. But I know he'll do it and bring his amazing skills to it. I need a couple different ones for different areas of work I want to go after, so it will take awhile to get it all done, but NEED to have it in my pocket to go after new work.
Thought that would tucker me out for the day, but it actually energized me. So this afternoon I spent a couple hours going thru all my clothing. We have a huge built in in our son's old bedroom. Tons of shelves and drawers behind doors and takes up half a large wall. It was stuffed to the max.
Got rid of three lawn sized garbage bags of stuff. I was in a brutal get rid of it mood, and I sure did. My cleaning lady was here today, and she has 2 daughters and 4 nieces, so she took all the bags and was so excited about it. There is some pretty cool stuff in those bags, but I went w/the old "if you haven't worn it in the last year, you're not going to." Unbelievable how cleaned out that thing is. I can actually see what I kept to consider wearing it!
Next up, the walk in closet in my son's room. He and I always shared this, as well as the huge wall built in. It isn't huge but it's deep w/lots of shelves. I see at least 3 more big bags from that. And I'm going thru EVERYTHING...belts, purses, shoes, the works.
Taking a room at a time and getting rid of everything I can. Chances are, we will move this spring, and even if we don't, it's high time we lighten our load, big time.
LOL, I've got Trigger in my ear and in my bonnet. Every time I think I need to hold on to something, I hear her. "Nah, pitch it!"
So all in all, one of my more energetic days in the last 3 weeks. Sure has taken me a bit to get my mojo sparked up a bit again, and I'm not all there yet, but I'm putting all my money on my old and always belief---"the motivation is in the process." I just haven't been able to hit the start steps for awhile, and those are the hardest ones.
Thinking of a hopscotch board, and aging myself. But I see myself hoping past that 1,2 and 3 square.