Originally Posted by Loch
You're looking great, Frogged. I agree with Irish, though, you always looked great.
Ugh I totally know how you felt now when you were struggling with those plateau's and water weight. I could NOT get past 210 for the life of me, then bam, I'm back on track.
I can't wait to see these videos you speak of lol. I thought of doing more, myself, but I just don't have the energy for anything anymore. Whatever happened to getting energy from losing weight? I'm always tired! Oh well.
Hiya Loch!
Plateaus are such an unbelievable pain in the ass. It's probably the one thing that really tests your ultimate resolve to lose weight.
Here we are, doing everything right continuously, yet.. nada. Talk about difficult.
However, just continuing on and not giving up is all it takes - which is exactly what I'm doing and will continue to do!
The videos
will be posted, but not until I hit my milestone
It won't be much longer, I promise! Some are rather frightening as I do reveal a bit of skin. I'll give fair warning whenever that day comes though!
Thanks for the lovely words, as always, Loch
Originally Posted by
tetemcg
Whats up you young hopper??
I guess I've been hopping around other people's forums so much that I neglected my own a bit, eh?
Sorry, Tete! :biggrin:
Originally Posted by Sarah1983
Ribbit! What she said!
What's all this about doubling income?! Do tell! That's brilliant!
Hi Sarah!
Well, it's a rather long and complicated story, but it's happening! :biggrin: Woohoo! :biggrin:
Originally Posted by Irishprincess
Greg i have a question for ya. How do you prevent getting lose skin during weight loss? I want to lose at least 50 pounds but i don't want excess skin?
Hope your well kid!
Heya Irish
I actually just finished posting in your diary about possible methods to reduce and/or minimize loose skin issues.
Unfortunately for me, I'll most likely have to seek out surgery to fix my own problem areas
Other than that, I'm doing well! Hope you are too!
Originally Posted by
Sparked
GREG! Post on this thing will ya? Can't you see everyone is dying for an update??
Hehe, Rosie! Ok, ok!
So, things are going well! The water weight I've been fighting is coming off, slowly but surely. It's still being rather clingy, but I'm focused (even on cheat days) to not lose focus. I still indulge a bit when my cheat day comes around, but not the extent I normally do - no Ben & Jerry's!!
Oh, and as far as my job. Yes, I am advancing in my position! :biggrin:
Recently, it's been announced that 2 full-time mail routes have opened for bidding. For the last few years, I've been running what's called an 'Auxiliary' route, which is a mail route, but only half the size of what a normal mail route is, with no benefits. My title is an RCA (Rural Carrier Associate), which labels me, technically, as a part-time employee of the usps. I work under a regular carrier and substitute for him whenever he needs time off. It also allows me to work in different offices to gain more income. I can put my name in the hat of any local post office, and then I'm basically on-call constantly whenever a regular mail carrier is sick, breaks down, or goes on vacation.
Now, with these 2 routes opened for bidding in my office, I'm pretty much going to be stepping into the 'Big Leagues' - as my co-worker says :biggrin: I will no longer be a sub and will become equivalent to who've I've been working for the last 6 years. I'm going full-time with government benefits included. My annual salary is going to be double and I'll now be able to afford a new house and vehicle if I wish. Some mail carriers, that I work with actually, have had to wait 15-20 years for this opportunity. I only had to wait about 6! It's a very, VERY fortunate experience for me. I'm only 29, and the other carriers that have finally obtained a full-time position are in their 50's. Normally, in order to acquire a full-time route, you have to wait for someone to retire, get fired, or killed (as morbid as that sounds). So, moments like this don't come up very often.
Unfortunately, this circumstance does carry some drama..
To better explain why that is, let me go back a few years to when I started (2006). I worked in an office that serviced an area called Orrtanna. I worked there for years, until the post office started consolidating offices to try and save money due to the economy being in the toilet and the mail volume decreasing. We eventually had to shut down Orrtanna and merged with a nearby office, Fairfield. Now, in that office were several RCA carriers. The post office designates routes and assignments based on seniority. When we merged, my seniority carried over and I became higher on the list than some of the RCA carriers that were working in Fairfield. As a result of this, I'm now being awarded the full-time route that another RCA in the office would've gotten had it not been for this merger.
So, now I'm receiving a lot of angry looks and childish behavior from some of the people I'm working with. They're upset because they believe that I swooped in there and stole this advancement out from under them. If they want to be upset at anyone though, it should be upper management - not me! I'm not going to pass up this opportunity because the money and benefits are just too good. It wasn't my fault or doing - it was circumstances beyond my control! Unfortunately, they don't realize that and have their targets on me.
So, there are 2 people I work with that want my head on a pike basically
The one fella who should've gotten the route, and the other who was next in line - but now will have to wait even longer.
Anyway, yeah. I'm just going to keep my head down, learn my new route, do the best I can, and hope everything calms down eventually!
That's my update for now, hehe!
I've been visiting other diaries and it seems like everyone is doing well, too! That never fails to bring a smile to my face!
