[bizi]

I so admire those who count calories.
It is not easy at all.
210 for lunch then 135 calories chicken and mustard, 100 calories of almonds mid afternoon, pop corn for snack tonight100 cals for a total of 545 calories for the day. veggies have calories I hardly ate anything ! double this and that is my goal calories to lose one pound per week.
I would go crazy with this. and staaarve!!!!!
It just showed me how much I truly eat and this is why I am over weight. plus my beers had 200 calories in them. so no drinks for me!
bizi

[bizi]

1200calories is what is recommended to lose weight.
not much food when I am used to eating a lot of food.
Perhaps this 2 days of restricted foods/calories will shrink my stomach.
getting ready to pop corn.
yeah!
hubby has made it all day fasting and doesn't want to break it. He is trying to go 2 days fasting. I could not do that.
bizi

[Mari]

My mom used to count calories when I was little, so I am comfortable
with it as long as I am not in a depressed place.


Some people pay close attention to the scale. If they are gaining weight, they
are eating too much. If they are losing weight, they are likely eating
to their goal for weight loss.




M

[bizi]

Up at 6;30 again.
177.1 this morning, water weight but I will take it.
up again at 6:30 getting ready for morning coffee.
I love coffee in the mornings but in the afternoon I take a caffeine pill it helps with fatigue.
Last night we started watching rick steves travel you-tube videos about prague. It looks beautiful.
I bought a book called the top 10 thing in prague.
Most things are not in english, that makes me nervous..
I was good to do this as we had not been planning., not talking about our trip.
he wants to talk about going to pensicola for our anniversary weekend trip, last hurrah before the semester starts again.
sounds good.
have a good day yall!
bizi

[OhKay]

Addictive personality or not, your BP definitely is playing a role in your drinking

Great job going AF again, losing those 3lbs, getting to the gym, and dieting! I'm happy you because you sound better in your last couple of posts, and you are taking better care of yourself

I'm glad that you're starting to look forward to the Prague trip now

[Mari]

Supposedly, people in the city, especially young people, will know
English.

Do people in Prague speak English in general? - Quora

Do Most People Speak English In Prague? - YouTube


M

[bizi]

Thank you mari!


Went to whole foods and made myself a huge kale salad with small amounts of other veggies and a 3 oz piece of fish just with balsamic vinegar, I microwaved it to add some moisture to it.
no oil. It was tasty for 200 calories.
Then went back to WF for another salad but this time had added artichoke hearts and some mushrooms. I added chicken broth to it. It was a lot of food. I then had 3 oz of chicken with mustard, grand total for day so far: I will call it 500 calories.maybe that will tied me over until tomorrow. I can see going to whole foods alot.. I am very full.
Drank a diet cream soda and it was very good!
may not be snacky at 9;30 (while we watch seinfeld) for some pop corn.
hubby is doing strong. He is thinking that he will fast on wednesdays and thursdays.
I am going to a meditation tonight with a guide using Tibetan singing bowls. Have wanted to hear Fran the guide for our meditation. She is getting ready to move out of the country. so I want to hear her bowls at least one time before she leaves.
I need to get ready to leave it starts at 6pm. As I want to get there early.

bizi

[OhKay]

It's great that you are getting cutting the calories and still feeling so full!

How did the meditation session go?

[bizi]

hi kay,


Let me preface by saying that I have seen fran in the past, both as an individual therapist and a group leader. If you recall I went thru a heroines journey where 6 women met monthly with fran guiding us thru our issues using art, music, movement meditation etc...the sessions lasted 3 hours. We met for 14 months. It was a powerful experience. The group helped me.
That was years ago.
I ran into a friend at one of the assisted living facilities that we had clients. She is the one who told me about the session with Fran last night. It was meant to be our timing. the class had been post pond for some reason and this was going to be the last one for a while so I want to experience the power of sound with her.

This experience was new to me and I was curious about these bowls.
The session last night was called "a sound bath".
About 15 people on yoga mats got as comfortable as we could lieing on the floor. The mat that I was using was paper thin so I got a blanket to lie on as well. There was a bolster to support my head. I laid there with my knees bent because I can't just lay flat due to my diaphragm issues. Have to say I was uncomfortable.

She instructed us to the let the sounds heal us..thru meditation.
She started with the bowls which were beautiful. She had about 10 of them in different sizes.

Then she went to the gongs.

They were amazing!!!
One of the gongs was quite musical and when she used it I was mesmerized.

I had to open my eyes and watch her to see what exactly she was doing. I loved it as she crescendo with a storm of sounds like a storm. Just lovely!
after an hour we were called up to sit and share if we wished. Some people had lost a loved one recently and were brought to tears. After it was over I went up to Fran and hugged her and thanked her for the session and gave her a big hug. She is up and leaving to move to Portugal.

I glanced thru the endless books that she was selling and picked out 3 cd's and 2 books.
Even though I was uncomfortable the quality of the music/sounds distracted me. I could feel the vibrations of the drums and tuning folks as they came around each person. It was very powerful.
What I learned was that I am not taking care of myself.
My body specifically.
I am so out of shape...want to start the home exercises again. My balance is so off/poor, I can barely stand on one foot to put my pants on in the mornings.
Right now I am a high risk for falls.
Up early again, 175.4 so am happy to see the numbers come down.
Hubby just left for his walk. He is looking forward to eating something today. He fasted with out eating any thing for 2 days.(except for a little butter milk to take his vitamins with.)
That was the second day of not drinking for me.
When I diet, I don't usually drink, because it has so many calories...and I can't seem to just drink one drink and I like fattening beers and sweet drinks.
It is a salmon friday at Sandras. So I will go there and see what is on the menu for sides. I will ask for smaller portions.
My hair appointment is for 9:30am so I have plenty of time to do some stretches on the bed like I did last year. I even have the exercise sheets still on the night stand next to the spare bed in the guest room.
My hips are so frozen it will hurt to do them. I need to go slowly to not hurt myself. At this point I don't even think I can cross my legs.
I have 3 clients this after noon.
We are going to a movie tonight, have to work tomorrow but will have time to go for gumbo at noon like usual, then art walk down town.
I hope the weather cooperates. We have been having daily showers in the afternoons, good for our grass.
Have a lovely day my friends!
bizi

[Dmom3005]

Bizi

Go gradual and add things to your exercise routine as they seem
to come to be adaptable for you. It sounds like your at a level
and ready to start this. I really totally understand how you feel.
I had gotten to were I wasn't feeling at all safe. I still can't stand
and put on pants with one foot, I personally wont ever be able to
again. But for me this is okay. I know this sounds odd, but for
me I'm not sure I ever was able to do this. I've always been off
balance. I can stand on two feet and not worry about falling now.
And that is what I had as a goal. So I can definitely see that as
a win. Not that I wont probably fall again. I will but that is part
of life for me.

Donna