Back on Track

Patty said:
I hate pills and have never wanted those to be a solution, but this is temporary. Until the divorce and life is settled.
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I hear ya there - when my x left me - my youngest was 2.5 months old and my whole word shattered - it sucked...I fell into a deep dark bad depressiona nd had to eventually turn to pills for temporay help - ya gotta gdo what ya gotta do...

It is nice that you dont need to be in the office right now and that you are able to sit and relax with a coffee or whatever and ppl watch heh - I liek ppl watching...LOL

Have a good safe trip...
 
hey patty.. thanks 4 welcoming to this grp..i am truly loking fwd to being a part of this forum..
well, sorry to hear abt ur attorney and ur sleepless nights.. i know.. these times must b stressful.. i know it is not easy.. but when u r feeling low do try to think of something nice.. it wil b hard initially,, but after sometime the u'll feel better and wil help u go thru the day..
have a gr8 day.. and gud luc on ur xercise regime!! c u later.. bye
 
HAPPY BELATED MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU

Will stop back later, need to go walking with my dtr 6......or I'll never hear the end of it.
 
Hi Patty. Just stopping in to see how you are doing. I hope things are settle down for you a bit. Thanks for your input on the twins, how I wish they were little again.....Have a good week.
 
hiya cinderelly, thanks for checking in on me. i haven't been by in a while.

no travel on the immediate horizon. work is a little boring right now. i actually prefer a challenge to keep me busy. oh well.

am starting to feel better emotionally. finally.

of course my appetite is back and i'm back up 2 lbs.

i'm thinking of doing my 5k loop at the park tomorrow. it's been a long time....
 
Hi Patty. I'm glad you are feeling a bit better emotionally. HUGS!

Enjoy your 5k and the park tomorrow.

Darn, do you just never no 'what' to type out in a post when some one is having a hard time? I seem to lately. Not a problem vocally, tend to be extremely sharing/irritating if the need arises. (that is full of my humorous sarcasm).

Lisa
 
Good morning.

I did not run/walk this weekend as planned. :(

But I did take the girls to the zoo on Sunday and walked around sweating for two hours. Then we spent the afternoon swimming. So I got some movement in anyway.

Weight up from my low point, but in the low/middle end of my range. I tend to stay in a 1-3 lb up/down state, and the low plateau is eventually broken every few weeks (sometimes months). Keep on keeping on I guess. When I don't weigh daily is when I get in trouble....
 
Patty said:
hiya cinderelly, thanks for checking in on me. i haven't been by in a while.

no travel on the immediate horizon. work is a little boring right now. i actually prefer a challenge to keep me busy. oh well.

am starting to feel better emotionally. finally.

of course my appetite is back and i'm back up 2 lbs.

i'm thinking of doing my 5k loop at the park tomorrow. it's been a long time....
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Your welcome - I like knowing t hat you are doing ok...Im glad to hear you are feelign better emotionally and that your appetite is back :):):)

Patty said:
Good morning.

I did not run/walk this weekend as planned. :(

But I did take the girls to the zoo on Sunday and walked around sweating for two hours. Then we spent the afternoon swimming. So I got some movement in anyway.

Weight up from my low point, but in the low/middle end of my range. I tend to stay in a 1-3 lb up/down state, and the low plateau is eventually broken every few weeks (sometimes months). Keep on keeping on I guess. When I don't weigh daily is when I get in trouble....
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Who cares abt the walk spending quality time with the girls is more important...plus it sounds like you got alot of exercise regardless :):):)
 
Good morning Patty. It sounds like you and the girls enjoyed your weekend at the zoo and pool. I bet that was plenty of exercise for your weekend. Plus you have made a great memory for your family. Reminds me I need to get out and have some fun with my kids and not spend it all reorganizing the house again. Have a good week.
 
Have watched what I've eaten the past few days (and got over period), so I'm back down in weight again.

If I'm careful, I just may break my lowest weight and hit a new low.

In the afternoons when I have my girls, I try to get home from work by 4:30 so we can still go swimming for a couple of hours. Helps them feel like it's a normal summer (this is the first summer I've been working away from them - they are 5 and 8).
 
Patty said:
Have watched what I've eaten the past few days (and got over period), so I'm back down in weight again.

If I'm careful, I just may break my lowest weight and hit a new low.

In the afternoons when I have my girls, I try to get home from work by 4:30 so we can still go swimming for a couple of hours. Helps them feel like it's a normal summer (this is the first summer I've been working away from them - they are 5 and 8).
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Good job on the weight :):):) And watching what you eat - Your gals are still so young - I thought they were older like teens - no wonder it has been so hard on you adjusting to being away from them and everyhting ... :hug2: :hug2::hug2:

What is going on their ie the x and your arrangement with the girls and such - were you able to get more time with them like you wanted ???

We pretty much live in the outdoor pool in the summer time :):):)
 
Currently he takes them Mon, Wed and Fri. I take them the other 4 days. I travel a little, so he sometimes gets them an extra night.

He's pretty much being a jerk. So I'm ready to move forward with this paperwork and put this behind me.

So my food plan today is this. I just had a Quaker Chewy Granola Bar, 25% less sugar. I usually get the peanut butter chocolate chip one (1g more protein and 1g less carb), but had only the chocolate chip kind today in the pantry. Anyway, it is 100 calories. 3.5g F, 1g SF, 0g TF, 0 chol, 75mg sodium, 17g carb, 3g fiber, 1g protein. It's not perfect, but it is satisfying and chewy, so it's a good snack. I'm actually having it for breakfast. Coffee later. Water throughout the day.

For lunch I'm having green salad down in the cafeteria and tuna salad. Theirs doesn't have much mayo in it. I do use dressing, but otherwise just put veggies on the salad.

For dinner I'm going to my favorite Mexican restaurant, having a margarita (one small), and eating something bad. :) Well, it will have meat and veggies, but probably also some fattening sauce. It's my planned blowout, so my new low weight won't be for a few more days.

Of course, if I'm up to it, I'm going dancing at a country bar later in the night, so maybe I'll burn a little of it off....
 
I read Dear Abby today, and two phrases on the topic struck me.

"Heartbroken in Westchester, Pa." said she had just broken up with an emotionally abusive man who withheld affection from her because he wanted her to lose weight. She went on to say she was working on her master's in counseling psychology and couldn't understand why she had tolerated his emotional abuse for nine months. She said she could hear his put-downs over and over and knew it was self-destructive but couldn't let it go.

One reader wrote: Your comment, "trying to win an unwinnable man," hit me like a ton of bricks.

Another wrote: What "Heartbroken" is doing is allowing that man to "live rent-free in her head" and to win the mind games he has been playing with her. Every time she thinks of him, she should remember the phrase "rent-free in my head," and soon she won't even think of him. I have used this technique for years, and it works.

I think this can be applied to any relationships. Why let these people stay in your head????
 
Patty said:
Another wrote: What "Heartbroken" is doing is allowing that man to "live rent-free in her head" and to win the mind games he has been playing with her. Every time she thinks of him, she should remember the phrase "rent-free in my head," and soon she won't even think of him. I have used this technique for years, and it works.

I think this can be applied to any relationships. Why let these people stay in your head????
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I love this patty - my x still crosses my mind more than I would liek but not the way he use too - no it is more like what an ashole and such but still...Whenever I think of him i will think of t hat...

How was your blow out meal and the country bar ???

Also a friend of mind use to tell me he isnt worth the air I breath and he isnt worth wasting my mind space - lol...
 
LOL. Well, I had the stuffed avocado and a margarita. Their margs are kind of strong, so I went home and went to sleep after that!

Have not yet mustered up the courage to go to the country bar.

But have decided not to date for a while. It is just too much right now.

The girls are with Grandma this week. Miss them. :(

There is nowhere to walk where I live. It means getting into the car, driving to some neighborhood, feeling weird about parking in front of someone's house, and walking there. So that sort of makes it not happen. There is a small gym where I live that has treadmills, but I really don't care for that. I miss walking every day. Walking and running are my favorite forms of exercise.
 
I love you av :D:D:D!!! Well we can walk in our neighbour hood but it is nothing major - I live on a super busy road so it is a bit never racking - however we do have some walk/running paths adn a track across the street at the high school - I usually however drive to a local park to walk but obviously not lately with the dog...
 
Oh cr*p. I just looked up the calories for those tiny little cups of Kraft International Delight French Vanilla creamer I've been putting in my coffee.

40 calories each! I've been putting 3 in my coffee at work. Geez. Will have to decrease it to one.

I know they have sugar free reduced fat, but it's in the big container. Nuts.
 
Patty said:
LOL. Well, I had the stuffed avocado and a margarita. Their margs are kind of strong, so I went home and went to sleep after that!

Have not yet mustered up the courage to go to the country bar.

But have decided not to date for a while. It is just too much right now.

The girls are with Grandma this week. Miss them. :(

There is nowhere to walk where I live. It means getting into the car, driving to some neighborhood, feeling weird about parking in front of someone's house, and walking there. So that sort of makes it not happen. There is a small gym where I live that has treadmills, but I really don't care for that. I miss walking every day. Walking and running are my favorite forms of exercise.
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Yum, did someone say Margaritas? lol

Do you have a highschool with a track where you live? I sometimes drive to the one by me early in the morning, around 6am, before the students arrive and get in my exercise. It's great and helps you track how far you've gone.
 
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