Today’s weight: 143.0, down 0.2 pounds. This feels unfair: Clean eating, lotsa moving. All I had last night at poker was celery and some zero-calorie beverage. Grrrrr. Maybe I’m getting too FEW carbs? I’m gonna shake it up today; this lack of movement is frustrating.
Today I am grateful for: 1) The sweet air this morning. 2) Having my family together again; Sam got home last night. 3) Counting all the growing tomatoes on my plants; Farmer Betsy!
Today’s gym monitor gleanings:
* Who knew?: That today is National Pina Colada Day! Drink up, Lauren my little pretty, drink up!
* Venus goes raw: Ms. Williams certainly looks glowy on her new raw vegan diet.
* Good for her: Okay, maybe TMI, but bully for Jane Fonda for having the “best sex of her life” at age 74! Mazel tov.
* Down with some of these: Buzzfeed’s summer checklist.
* Ha of the day: “You got cookie, share it maybe?” Cookie Monster’s spin on “Call Me Maybe.”
* Aw of the day: Even hubby liked these kitty photos!
* Emergency Back-Up Aw of the Day: Equal time: adorable beagle!
xxoo,
Betsy
P.S. A special bonus for y’all: Before and After pix of Melanie’s amazing paint job. Take it from Life Coach Betsy: When you transform your home–the living laboratory where you can play, change, create–all of your life can shift!
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Before
Before
After
After, Second shot
After, third shot
Foggy Fog
This morning the fog is dense over the ocean. I’m going to head south for sun today. I was incredibly pleased yesterday to drive 7 miles inland to discover tons of sun and take a stroll through a redwood grove. It’s kind of like the Grand Canyon–pictures can’t communicate what an awe-inspiring experience it is to wander under 2,000 year old trees.
Today I’m grateful for: 1) Knowing the sun is just around the corner; 2) Relaxing enough to let myself do nothing! and 3) IM, which kept me in touch with Roger last night in the land that cell phones forgot.
xo
Janet
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Thanks, guys, for all the nice feedback on the office. There are two other “after” pics that Janet is working on posting, but it may not work. Anyway, you get the idea!
Love the Cookie Monster video. Cookie Monster was my nickname in elementary school since I was always willing to trade anything in my lunchbox for cookies. Hmm – can you see that my bad eating patterns started super early?
Also, loved Buzzfeed’s summer checklist.
Not weighing today: feel all bloaty and I don’t want to know because it’s my birthday. Who knew that I shared it with Pina Colada Day! The stuff you learn at BYT.
Gratitude:
- A good swim this morning.
- Nice students when I volunteered last night.
- Hubby making all kinds of efforts for my bday.
Happiest of happy birthdays to you, Melanie!
Have a FABULOUS birthday, Melanie!
Have an excellent birthday!
Thank you, everybody. Must confess – my birthday started out crappy. I had a weird stomach ache last night and slept like hell. I felt awful this morning plus it’s suppose to be the hottest day of the year here so far – like 106. Luckily, I made myself lie down for about an hour or so around 11 – don’t know if I slept or not, kind of dozed in and out – but I feel so much better. Went out on the motorcycle and had a great ride – saw a car painted up with Happy Birthday all over it and decided it was for me! – also saw the llama we see at this one farm sometimes but hadn’t seen for awhile. Now I’m a sweaty mess and am going to take a second shower and enjoy the rest of the day. Thanks again, Janet, for all the hassle with the office pictures – you are techie-queen.
Happy happy birthday, Melanie!! Hope you have a fabulous day and a fabulous year ahead!
Happy Birthday!
A very happy birthday to you!
Love the office pics, Melanie! What a nice cheerful space you have now!
156.8, down .8. A new low! That always makes me so happy. I am on 1.8 pounds away from my pre-vacation goal. It will be a close one.
Gratitude:
- Discovering Lennon and Maisy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_aJHJdCHAo), thanks to my friend Suzy. I love listening to these girls.
- Deciding to be lazy last night. I was sooo tired from my workout and just didn’t have it in me to be productive after 5. Is that so bad?
- Some good advice from my sister.
I am all about being lazy right now. Hey, I even skipped the workout!
Dory – congrats on the new low. You are blowing me away with your progress.
149.4 -.4
Love the lemon and lavender, Melanie!
Yesterday sis sent me home with a big hunk of cake. I made sure Jeff ate 2/3 of it. I had had chocolate at the wedding and it was dry. This was from the lemon layer and it was good.
The sad part is the gal who made the cake has won “the Cupcake Wars”, and yet the chocolate was dry, the carrot was bland (Gloria told me people said this), and the cake did not look like the picture she had or the sketch she drew for my sis. Sometimes fame goes to peoples head.
COOKIES…. me start to freak out, please someone call a Girl Scout!
144.1 – down 0.4 and closing in on Betsy. It appears that the little voodoo Betsy doll that I keep filling with Tootsie Rolls and wine is working to keep Betsy from getting a huge lead in the battle to the bottom.
Gratitude:
-The mother-of-the-bride liked my dress for the wedding so I am done shopping for that. YAY!
-My husband did a sleep study last night so that we could find out why he violently jerks in his sleep. He did it at home and looked like something from a science fiction movie with everything hooked up! My diagnosis (for the past 30 years!!) is sleep apnea. I am so grateful that he was willing to do it and I’m anxious to see if my diagnosis is correct.
-Melanie’s Before and After pics. AWESOME! Love the new cabinet color! Just the inspiration I need as we begin the process of redoing the 80″s tribute house we bought.
Go have some pina coladas, Cindy–they’re practically a health food! Enjoy them with some bacon cups!
Whoa! Love Melanie’s office makeover!
131.5 – read it and weep, Betsy. Down ANOTHER half, for a net loss of 3.5 so far. How long have we been doing this – anyone keeping count? My stomach is saying that it’s forever, but I’m thinking it’s not quite been that long? Only two more to go before I see the magical 120′s again. They’re so close I can taste ‘em. And no, they don’t taste like bacon.
Willpower, don’t fail me now.
Oh, and Betsy? I’m practically a teetotaler, so you’re going to have to try harder.
Grateful today for:
1) Hubby’s safe arrival in NC, after a long night trying to get there, which involved sleeping in the airport. Yawn.
2) White fleshed nectarines. Oh. My.
3) Our wonderful builders again. Drywall is done, exterior is nearly finished and wood floors going down today! I may really have a house to move into in September!
Grrrrrrrrrrr
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