Weekly Recap

Wow - it's been a busy week

First - I met my intentional movement goals and then some!  I did strength training 3x and I walked 3x. Yesterday's walk was great - fast, and challenging and it left me feeling energized.  Today's walk was slower and longer and I felt great after it too.

AND THEN.... after yesterday's walk, I helped hubby wrestle a 70 gallon aquarium down our garage steps (think steep) and then out to the road.  To be honest, that was a scary thing.  I was afraid I'd lose my balance and fall and end up under the aquarium.  It was so very heavy.  But it sprang a leak and D hasn't kept anything in it for the past 3 years or so.  And he has no interest in keeping aquaria again. So - off to the street it went.  The stand is next.

AND THEN.... after today's walk, I planted a flat of portulaca.  I'm slowly beginning to enjoy gardening.  As long as I keep it small scale, I think I'll be fine.

I could have made better food choices, but I'm feeling OK with what I ate.  No guilt, no "I should haves" etc.  And that is definitely a new thing for me.

I've had a few moments to reflect and I'm growing happy with my path.  I like that.

Eat in Public Wednesdays

This is a weight related blog - just  because I feel the need to write a little and set my intention.

Slow Down Tuesday last week didn't work so well.  It seems to me that I remember what I'm supposed to do AFTER I do what is not good for my body.  But last night, I stopped myself in mid lick when one of Geneen Roth's guidelines popped in my head:  Eat with the intent of being seen.

D had made a wonderful rosemary mustard sauce - cream based.  And I was indulging in sneak eating as I cleaned.  Until that rule popped in my head.  And I actually stopped - I didn't wait until today.  I stopped mid-lick.   That rule resonated.  

So today, I will eat as if I'm eating in public, even if I'm alone at my desk.

Update on the Million Bells - I so wish D hadn't decided HE had to save it.  He won't listen to me and I know it needs more sun than it's getting.  It's not looking very happy.

Can it be saved?

On a whim, I bought two beautiful hanging baskets of Million Bells to enjoy on our porch by the creek in the mountains.  The flowers were abundant and quite beautiful and I really enjoyed having them on the porch.  I had read that Million Bells require full sun so when we left that weekend, I put the plants in full sun, watered them well and asked the lady who takes care of the house to drop by and water them during the week.

Upon my return for the girl's weekend - both baskets were fried.  I almost wrote them off as a bad idea but I saw life in one.  I picked off all the dead flowers and watered it and it perked up.  I brought it home with me so it could have more regular water and TLC.  The other basket I thought was beyond hope, but I watered it well regardless.  The next time D and I went to the mountains, it showed signs of life so I cut away almost all of the plant and brought it home with us.

So, first plant really starts looking great.  Until D decided to put back out in full sun (they can't tolerate the heat we've been having in GA) and it stayed there over the 4th of July weekend with no water.  Oops.  So we're back to trying to save both plants.

At least it's an interesting project and one full of hope.

And for an uplifting post about human nature - read this entry from the Perrenial Plate blog: Small Town Goodness

More changes

I'm changing the blog somewhat.  I'll still post rambling thoughts about weight management, but they may not (hopefully won't) be the sole focus of this blog.  I have other interests - I enjoy cooking, reading and knitting and I'm learning about taking care of plants - annuals and perennials.  But no one ever hears about those things from me.  Instead they hear whining and complaining about weight management.  Or my latest and greatest approach to weight management.  It has been the sole focus of my life since I was about 8 years old.  When things didn't go well,  I blamed my weight.   And I stopped living.