Cute, but fat.

Today I took my son to a little apple orchard that happens to have a nice pond and some ducks.  They sell duck food so we bought some and fed the ducks. Ooh…I so enjoy doing this!  I am an animal lover and I just get a kick out of watching those ducks bee line for the food.  Luckily, they don’t have to watch their figure! 

I am all twitter that summer is winding down.  I know I am in the minority here, but something about the beginning of school and what’s to come next is so exciting to me.  I bet I will change my tune come mid December and there is a foot of snow on the ground.  That’s the price for living in New Hampshire.

Quack Quack

all covered with cheese….now doesn’t that sound delish!

Haven’t blogged for a few days as nothing really has been going on that I felt was interesting enough to write about. I could go on and on about my looming TOM, but I’ve done that countless times before.

School begins next Wednesday…oh yes!

I bought some mums yesterday and that will be the extent of my autumn decorating. hee hee. Oh, I might buy a pumpkin or two and maybe a few ears of Indian Corn.  Naturally, the squirrels and chipmunks seem to delight in that.

I guess the old addage holds true: No news, is good news!  So with that…

ta ta for now…

I’ve written other blog entries on this subject, but sometimes life makes you go ‘huh’?

When you think you have it all figured out then sometimes it just falls apart before your eyes.

What to do?? Cry?  Scream? Pick up the pieces and move on??  YES YES YES!  I am a girl who sees things in a glass half full type of way. I believe there is always lessons to be learned in life.  My personal belief is such that I believe in fate, and ‘things’ happen for a reason.

So with that mindset I move on. Taking what I can from previous experiences and hopefully have learned something to make myself grow or in the very least have compassion.

Never give up. 

When I began this healthy (mind, body, spirit) journey in February 2007 I promised myself I would never give up.  If I ‘fell off the wagon’ so to speak, that did not give me free reign to quit all my hard work.  If I missed a few days of exercising it did not mean I would resort to my former couch potato days.  It meant I would continue my journey, but realize sometimes ‘life’ gets in the way.  So in my previous attempts at losing weight if life got in my way, I just caved in and gave up trying all together. Luckily, this time around with my new mindset I acknowledge that yes, sometimes life does get in the way, but I’ve learned how to adjust and go on.  That is one thing that I am the most proud of.  I realize that a day or two of not eating well or a few missed days of exercising isn’t going to make me fall back to my old ways.  That to me has lifted such a HUGE burden off my shoulders.  If the scale isn’t nice to me and shows I have gained 1, 2 or even more pounds I do not give up.  I take control, re-adjust my diet/exercise and march on!

This week is a perfect example of my motto needing to be in place firming.  TOM  is beginning and life was my week filled with odds and ends.  So knowing that, I am prepared to miss a few exercise times as well as maybe not eating as healthy.  I also know especially with TOM the scale in undoubtedly go up uP UP!  That’s okay I tell myself.  It’s not me giving up, it’s life happening.

hear me roar…..ready….here I go……ROAR!!!   I am roaring that it’s my TOM again and I feel icky!  I really don’t growl, I purr more like a kitten.

Anyway TOM always seems to put a damper on my mood as well as my eating/exercising plan.   Doesn’t matter what I do to tweak my exercise and eating the scale will always go up.  I do not eat a high sodium diet and I drink billions of gallons of water daily, so when I weigh in and if the scale happens to go up, it will be reflective of my body being a woman.

I didn’t even exercise today!  Though, the day is far from over maybe I can whirl up enough strength to do an exercise DVD.

Aah…the Perils of my Period!

Ooh…remember The Banana Splits TV Show!  I just downloaded the theme song and it’s put me in a fun mood! 

I’m having a hard time accessing this blog.  Apparently after the recent upgrade all isn’t back to the way it was before. 

What a beautiful Sunday here in NH!  Sunny, a bit humid, but very bearable!  Went rummaging this morning and found some nifty vintage items. A Bugaloos Metal Lunchbox, a Barbie and Ken Coloring Book 1962, a few old TV Guides and the most prized possession….drum roll please…..a 1945 Modern Screen Magazine with none other than Dana Andrews on the cover. He is dreamy…..

until the first day of school. Let’s see….exactly 11 days!  Can you say…Hip Hip Hooray! hee hee

I don’t think I’ll ever really grasp this dieting thing.  Some weeks I gain, some weeks I lose, but I am consistently doing the same exact thing week after week.  Two weeks ago I lost 3 pounds….last week I gained 3 pounds and today I lost 2.5 pounds. huh?  Not complaining, I just don’t get it!

What an incredibly beautiful day here in New Hampshire. Sunny and low humidity is on tap for today.  I can’t believe we are in embarking on the last month of summer.  Can you say Halloween candy??  This morning while at the market lo and behold a Halloween candy area is already set up ready to go.  Why is it that M&M’s (my vice) taste so good in holiday colors? hee hee.  Why is it that a Reece’s peanut butter cup taste heavenly shaped like a pumpkin? hee hee

The challenge of holiday eating isn’t too far off. 

WIth that said I wish everyone a happy and healthy Saturday!

Gee whiz…

Got up with the chickens (not really, but I do love that figure of speech) and headed straight to the hospital for yet another round of injections for the rabid bat that was in my home.  Will this ever end?

Headed to another doctor appt, then took my son to the YMCA for open swim.  He has severe special needs, but loves to play in the water. I had a ball playing along side him.

My cat Muffy had two teeth extracted yesterday so I am on high alert watching for infections etc. I am also administering medicine twice a day!  I feel like this is a bad episode of ER! hee hee

I am counting down the days until the first day of school. Exactly:  14 days.  Can you say YIPPEE!  I can then resume my daily exercising.  I never thought I would ever say this, but I miss walking! 

Wonder what Thursday has in store for me! 

Life….

Ever have those times in your life when things are going swell.  You are eating healthier and find yourself enjoying exercise.  Work seems to be going smoothly.  Personal life is A-okay.  Then…. WHAM!  You get thrown a curve ball.

Nothing tragic or mind blowing, more like inconvenience.  Soon your daily routine gets thrown out of whack. 

What to do about this set back??  Inhale a bag of Plain M&M’s???   Maybe.

Or do you tell yourself this is life!  Nothing is perfect.  I am one who strongly believes that things happen for a reason.  So with this current ‘thing’ in my life I can choose to handle it the best way I know how. 

I choose to accept it, go through it and know that there is an end in sight.  That reassures myself that NO, I am not giving up on dieting and exercising, that there is a bump in the road that I can’t change and will have to ‘deal with it’.

Sometimes things are easier said than done.

I promise myself that I will not beat myself up (hard for a perfectionist like myself) and let the chips fall where they may.

Wish me luck!

Are there times where you do not feel like being on ‘plan’.  Do you ever want a break from weighing and measuring portions?  Ever tired of exercising.  What about skipping a weigh in, ever thought about doing that??

I’ve thought about it, but the guilt overrides the desire.

Today I am not wanting to eat super healthy, I haven’t exercised as of yet.  But the nagging voice keeps telling me to keep on keepin’ on. 

I very seldom have missed a day of exercise and have NEVER ever missed a weigh in. 

I’m not wanting to forgo all my hard efforts and I certainly do not want to stop my journey, I just want to take a break today. 

Is that so bad?????????