I Should Mention
Mar. 1st, 2006 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosThe last month at work was so intense and exhausting that I completely abandoned my Weight Watchers point counting and my exercising. I stopped drinking enough water.
Nevertheless, when I got back on the scale early this morning, I was down two pounds since the last time I weighed myself on January 23rd.
If I'd been faithful to my program, I would have lost more. But I am delighted that I've changed my habits enough so that I after a month of stress I was still lighter at the end than the beginning. That is not the way it has worked for me in the past.
This brings my overall weight loss since mid December to 16.5 pounds.
And I did intense workouts the last three nights. I took tonight off, so I wouldn't burn myself out, and instead had fun cooking dinner with my daughter, eating at the dining room table, and then playing cards for an hour. It was a nice evening. Tomorrow I'll do my resistance workout again while the pork loin is cooking in my pressure cooker.
Nevertheless, when I got back on the scale early this morning, I was down two pounds since the last time I weighed myself on January 23rd.
If I'd been faithful to my program, I would have lost more. But I am delighted that I've changed my habits enough so that I after a month of stress I was still lighter at the end than the beginning. That is not the way it has worked for me in the past.
This brings my overall weight loss since mid December to 16.5 pounds.
And I did intense workouts the last three nights. I took tonight off, so I wouldn't burn myself out, and instead had fun cooking dinner with my daughter, eating at the dining room table, and then playing cards for an hour. It was a nice evening. Tomorrow I'll do my resistance workout again while the pork loin is cooking in my pressure cooker.
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Date: 2006-03-02 04:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-02 05:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-02 01:42 pm (UTC)And, btw, I was thinking of your "take up space" idea this morning when I was reflecting on my reluctance to use my voice in ritual, chanting, and ohter esoteric practice. It's not that I don't like the sound of my voice, but I'm extremely inhibited at the idea of sounding it alone, of speaking out loud into emptiness. As I reflected on that today, your 'take up space' made me consider some similar motto/mantra like 'speak up!' or 'fill the space!'. I haven't had time to develop it yet, but it seems to be one of those 'next step' practices.
I really wish we could get together.
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Date: 2006-03-02 05:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-02 06:08 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-02 06:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-02 01:39 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, I'll be going to my parents' house in Redmond after work to have dinner with them and celebrate my mom's return from the the south, and my daughter's first attempt at making dinner for us all.
But stay tuned for an invitation from me.
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Date: 2006-03-02 06:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-02 01:45 pm (UTC)