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Straylight
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Posted: 12 October 2008 04:23 am |
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oh F.CK YEAH!
One of my consorts just called me out of the blue and asked me to go to this forest party with him. NICE! I was expecting just to chill out tonight and relax, but this is even WAY BETTER! SCORE!!!!!
I am so happy! I love being at parties outdoors with my consorts, so romantic and fun! AND I am sure I will burn a buttload of calories dancing like I wouldn't have done if I had just chilled tonight.
YES!
thank you! thank you!
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WannabeLoser
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Posted: 12 October 2008 01:43 pm |
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| I have never heard of a forest party. What exactly is that?? Sounds kinda kinky.
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Straylight
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Posted: 12 October 2008 04:43 pm |
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actually, it wasn't forest, it was desert. It is an all-night party out in the desert where they play psytrance and everyone has a really great time! It was an AWESOME party, the music was excellent, and my consort was adorable and attentive. Gotta love thoseFilipinos that look like ten years younger than they really are! Yummy!!! I wonder how you say yummy in tagalog.... let me go look...linamnam. (that means delicious anyway).
There was even a bed with a canopy that somebody had schlepped out there. Needless to say, me and my consort took full cuddle advantage of that bed, and it felt so cool to be in bed in the desert with the stars and crazy psytrance music playing. And in the morning, he went and got me green tea, which was really cool! that is probably the last outdoor party i will go to though, it is bloody cold out there. oh yeah, AND I got the take the world's most uncomfortable sh.it in the portapotties thanks to my colon cleanse. Yikes! But I made it, and now I am home and showered, and my consort invited me to go to another party with him at the beach today. We'll see if I feel up to it, because I haven't slept yet, and that needs to happen.
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Straylight
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Posted: 12 October 2008 04:52 pm |
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and oh PRAISE THE LORD, the scale blessed me this morning when it informed me that I now have only 47.98 pounds of fat. That is a big drop from yesterday. That's like 1.42 pounds of pure fat gone! YES! I was so happy to see the scale say that this morning.
So, that means that in 17 days, I have lost 3.41 pounds of fat and have lost 5.8 pounds in all (so that makes about 2.39 pounds of water weight lost).
AND it is day 23 of my cycle, a time when I am usually really bloated and showing higher readings on the scale, so I can't wait to see what the scale says after all my uterine contents have been emptied out.
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WannabeLoser
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Posted: 12 October 2008 06:09 pm |
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I gotta give you props for being able to use the bathroom in a porta potty. I would have just been constipated and miserable all night.
That is awesome about the fat loss. You are doing so great!! I am very impressed. I wish I could get my bodyfat %. It really annoys me that my gym still doesn't have calipers. They were supposed to get them the last week of September...but yea...well you know how that goes.
Sounds like you had a blast last night. I was in bed by 10 PM!! HA! I think I'm preparing for my 80's or something.
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 01:57 am |
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no dude, if he hadn't invited me to that party, i would have been in bed by 10pm too, or at least really close to dozing off on the couch watching my beloved Simpsons...
I am so used to porta potties, I just try to think of them as my own bathroom at home when I am in there. I go to so many outdoor events, I had to get used to doing everything in there, including dealing with feminine issues as well, you know? It was a matter of necessity. I felt a little embarrassed though because my consort was so nice and walked to the bathroom with me every time and that time I was takinga #%@&! I was like
oh great now he totally knows what I was doing in here. oh well
so I walked out and said
"god#%@&!, i feel ten pounds lighter!"
and he just laughed and said, "oh okay, I was thinking--did she sneak by me and go back to the dance pond without me seeing her?"
colon cleanse go go go!!!!
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 02:00 am |
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I also got to talk to my sweet mom today--her and my Dad just got back from Hawaii at midnight last night.
It was nice to talk to her, my mom is such a great mom, I appreciate her more and more as time goes on. She is just a genuinely sweet and honest chick, a real class act, you know, somebody that anybody could completely trust. She always thinks about other people and she always keeps a sunny attitude (okay not ALWAYS, but she tries really hard to do this all the time).
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WannabeLoser
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Posted: 13 October 2008 02:47 am |
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That is what I do...when I feel that I am in an awkward situation I crack a joke. Jokes and a sense of humor are the best way to handle things! Double kudos for playing it off! (about the portapotty deal)
Your mom sounds like a real sweet lady. I think as we get older we DO appreciate our parents more. I know I do! I argued a lot with them (especially my dad) growing up, but now I miss them so much! I didn't see them for 4 or 5 months and now they are in town helping me with wedding stuff and I've been over there every night!
Maybe I need a colon cleanse. I don't use the bathroom often enough.
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:04 am |
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I would totally recommend the colon cleanse. I have liked it. And although I am not sure how much it has helped my weight loss, I am sure it has helped at least a little. Plus, I think it's good to clean it out anyway, even if you aren't concerned with weight loss. I have heard that people can carry up to 20 pounds of #%@&! around in their colon/intenstines. Who wants all that toxic waste (literally) sitting around inside of them?
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:07 am |
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| Katie, how long is this cleanse? I've been following your...um...progress, and although this is something I'm interested in it sound like something that might be easier done (for me anyway) over a vacation week. I was just curious...
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WannabeLoser
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:14 am |
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http://www.dannebohm.com/johnwayne&the44lbbowelmovement
It is said that when the beloved singer/actor Elvis Presley died, the autopsy revealed that his bloated body had about 80 to 90 pounds of impacted fecal matter in his digestive tract!
(that is a quote)
I think I might try this colon cleanse. I think I will also wait til AFTER my honeybuns is gone.
astrologyzine.com/constipation.shtml
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:34 am |
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Midge: The clenase is about a month, and so far I think I have done 5 days or 6 days or something like that. The bottle is about a month's supply, so I am just taking them until they are gone. I don't think you really need to to do it over a vacation, I was USUALLY able to find a bathroom when I needed one. (One time this week though, I had a 1.5 hour commute to work, and I had to go really bad from the colon cleanse, and I pulled off to find a gas station, but the bathroom there was out of order, then I ran across the street to Burger King but they only had pay bathrooms, and I didn't have any quarters on me, so, I actually had to sh.it in the parking lot by this palm tree that had really long fronds that reached all the way to the ground and provided good cover. But uh yeah, that was not the greatest thing. But that was because I was on a 1.5 hour commute AND the stupid gas station and Burger King bathrooms were showing me no love. That seems like a pretty rare confluence events, but it's true, if I HAD been on vacation form work, I wouldn't have been having to make that 1.5 hour commute! Otherwise though, I haven't had any big problems. And that wasn't that big of a problem, at least not to me. But it probably would be to a lot of people. Anyway... I guess the bottom is line is YES do it while you're on vacation to avoid any palm tree parking lot dumps.
Tamale: That is disgusting about Elvis! 90 pounds of fecal matter, yuck! That guy ate SO bad and drank a lot though and didn't he do a lot of pills and stuff?
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 05:55 am |
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Ahhhh, today was my free day for the week for eating, so I indulged in LOTS of foods that I love--pita chips, Ben and Jerry's (Cherry Garcia AND Chocolate Fudge Brownie), chili fries, and a jalapeno burger. Oh yeah, and I also had some riesling wine. Ah man. And my stomach is definitely full but not uncomfortable (I used to eat so much on my free days that my stomach would hurt). So, I am pretty sure the scale is going to have a higher reading tomorrow, but it was worth it! It feels good to have those foods I like!
I spent a lot of the day sleeping (because I didn't turn in until 8:30am or so), and then I got up, made some phone calls, went to the market and to get my burger and chili fries, and then i've basically been chilling out watching the simpsons. I feel so great and rested and full and happy. AND I don't have to work until 1:00pm tomorrow, so I can sleep in tomorrow. (woo hoo!)
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 06:20 am |
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There was also a guy who did some really cool liquid dancing last night. If you don't know what it is, you can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3T3JywC1tw&feature=related
Of course I had to talk to the guy because come on---gotta love someone who can move their body like that. I got his number, so maybe he will become another consort. Beautiful white dude with green eyes and dressed real old school raver like I like ( hoodie, gloves, big huge pants--no candy though!)
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:03 pm |
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Whoa, so my big food fest yesterday totally DID make the scale move up a LOT this morning, but I am not worried, I am sure it will drop back down in the next few days. But anyway, this morning it did say that I had 52.1 pounds of fat (33.4%) and I weighed 156 pounds total.
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:07 pm |
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So, Tamale I think you said last week or the week before when I posted about my free day, something like
you're so lucky, if I ate that much, I would gain like 5 pounds. But I've got you beat, the scale said it made me put on almost 6 pounds, but like I said, I am not worried, I am sure it will drop down again in the next few days.
Also, today is Day 24 of my cycle, so I could start bleeding any day now and that will of course release water and make the scale drop too. So part of that weight could also be lots of uterine content because it's definitely at capacity!
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:14 pm |
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Oh yeah, I need to go shopping today. Probably go to Trader Joe's after my morning workout, and I also want to get a manicure/pedicure. There's a place by my house that does for just $18 for both hands and feet! It's awesome!
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:21 pm |
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wow 18 bucks for both?!!? Now thats a steal...especially for out there. Isn't EVERYTHING more expensive in cali?
The liquid dancing IS cool. I used to work at the deaf school here in Texas and a lot of the hard of hearing and deaf kids were really into that. They would have dance offs and try to out dance each other. They were REALLY good. Deaf kids are great at mimicking. Also, they can feel the beat and vibrations.
I will never forget my first day in college. We had orientation and this black chick got on the stage and said "white people and black people dance different...white people dance to the WORDS of the song...black people dance to the BEAT of the song".
I remember cracking up at that. It reminds me of deaf kids though. They don't HEAR the words so they dance to the BEAT.
How cool is that?
Yea thats just water weight. I feel like I am a bit backed up and that is why I don't lose more weight. I am def. going to try the colon cleanse after honeybuns is shipped back to the desert.
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:33 pm |
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And what do the LATINOS dance to, I wonder? And what about the Asians.... hmmm....
Yeah, the colon cleanse is great but #%@&! it it wakes me up anywhere from 5 - 7am and then I am just up. But oh well. Whatever, that's fine. Then I get a lot of stuff done in the early morning before work (cleaning, workout, shower, Internet fun, etc.) and then I feel like I have accomplished a lot before I go to work. Lol, I am already thinking about my next vacation though--believe that--and I just got back from vacation. I have 11 hours of PTO, that's a whole day. So, I should probably be able to take my next vacation around the new year, which isn't that far away. Well, wait a minute, let me think...
I have 11 hours right now, and by the end of the month, I'll have at least 23 hours, so that's like almost three days worth of time off. Then by the end of November, I'll have at least 35 hours. Okay, then by the end of December, I will have at least 47 hours, and that's about 6 days, and we have the 1st off for January, so I can attach that to my vacation and make it 7 days. So let me see...I can take a vacation from January 1st - January 11th and come back to work on January 12th. So, that's pretty good! I'm going to do it! I will put in my vacation request today probably!
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 04:35 pm |
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And how do you mean "backed up," like retaining water? Ready to bleed? Backed up in the colon?
haha, you can PM me if you don't want to post it for everyone to see.
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 05:12 pm |
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Whew, I just did a 21-minute workout that was a combination of ab exercises, push-ups, whole body dead-lifts, and sprinting. Whew! I am tired and sweaty, but #%@&! it feels good!
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Straylight
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Posted: 13 October 2008 05:19 pm |
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I have never done sprinting before, it's great!
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Posted: 13 October 2008 05:27 pm |
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I love your diary and find it very motivating.
I have the same measurements and weight as you and am also trying to "firm" up the parts that jiggle in the wrong places! I loved all your talk about jeans, the story of my life as well...fit in the butt gap - in the back I recently found some jeans by Levi (curvy boot cut) that fit great...but they aren't sexy at all.
I think it is so wonderful you work as a social worker. I grew up in the "system" as well in SoCal and those kids really need all the help they can get!
A great video I do is Jillian Michaels 30 day shred..it kicks your A$$ and is only 20 min long. Hubby loves to watch me do lvl 2 b/c it has a lot of mountain climbers lol.
Anywho, keep up the great work and can't wait to hear the next adventure!
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Posted: 13 October 2008 07:34 pm |
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Lastten, thank you, I had no idea you were reading my diary. Glad that you like it and find it motivating.
How long ago did you exit the system? What were your experiences? Mostly good, mostly bad? What did you think of your foster parents? Your County social worker? Were you able to be reunited with your family or did you have to grow up in foster care?
I just got back from getting my nails done, they look great. I really think I am going to start bleeding soon, I have that really heavy, dull pain feeling that I get when the blood is almost on its way. So, probably today or tomorrow, I should start, and that will be a relief. I hate that heavy, full feeling right before the blood comes.
I think I am going to try and go to Trader Joe's right now, hopefully the parking lot will be manageable.
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Posted: 14 October 2008 04:39 am |
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I finished training some prospective foster parents and it went really well. They are a really sweet couple, and they are open to adoption. They actually reminded me of my parents, which is a good thing, as my parents are superawesomecool. It was a good day, I have a good calorie deficit of probably around at least 300, so that is very good. The blood didn't come yet, maybe it will come tomorrow.
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Straylight
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Posted: 14 October 2008 04:54 am |
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oh, and here is what I ate today:
-egg fried with butter and tapatio
-some carrots
-a nectarine
-a banana
-a handful of raw almonds
-some cotttage cheese with honey on it
-nachos (soy/flax chips, tapatio, cheddar cheese)
Total calories: probably somewhere around 1550.
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Posted: 14 October 2008 07:57 am |
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| I think you are an extremely wonderful person for doing what you do. I was just thinking today about how much I would like to be a social worker, especially with children. But I really don't think I could handle it! Sometimes I think I'd rather just be ignorant and blind (I know, awful) but then when I hear or see a child struggling because of their own parents, I just want to do something. I think it takes a very old soul to do what you do everyday!
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Straylight
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Posted: 14 October 2008 04:27 pm |
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well thank you very much. I have always felt like an old soul, actually, even when I was a little girl, so I probably am!
The scale today went down (thank God), and now it says I have 50.97 pounds of fat (which is a drop of about 1.04 pounds of fat since yesterday), 154 total weight, and 33.1% body fat. I think I am still adjusting after my big free day that made me gain six pounds (sheesh!) Also, it is now Day 25 of my cycle, so I am dealing with all that material in there making me weigh more. I can't wait to get rid of it.
Also, this morning I did NOT have a big cr.ap like I usually do, so I don't know what's up with that. I guess I just didn't need to, but that's been happening like clockwork for almost the past week, so I don't know. Maybe my cycle has something to do with it.
Anyway, I am just glad to see that scale dropping. lol, now that big food fest only made me gain 4 pounds, so I am happy about that.
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Posted: 14 October 2008 04:31 pm |
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And I fell asleep on the couch last night and didn't even realize it. I woke up and was like where am I? What happened? It was really funny. I think I fell asleep watching Family Guy, and then I had dreams about Family Guy. And I dreamed that my Dad had taken us to the snow for a family vacation and I thought it sucked and I was complaining about it the whole time, and my Dad told me
you shut up and stop complaining or I will paddle you with a wooden spoon,
and I shot back with,
go ahead and do it dude, and then I will call social services,
and then he shut up.
So that was kind of a weird dream. But really I DO hate the snow and the cold and I would hate a vacation to a cold place. Yuck! I always go where it's hot when I go on vacation, like the tropics or something.
AND I heard from another one of my beloved consorts last night. I think I was sleeping when he called, and I picked up the message when I woke up. He was asking me how the program was going, and I can't wait to tell him how awesome it is.
And seriously, I can't BELIEVE that I have successfully cut out white carbs for 20 days now. That is crazy! Last night at the training, I ordered pizza for my prospective foster parents, and I didn't even want any, it was really AMAZING. It was funny, they are a really cute young couple who like to crack a lot of jokes and be silly, and the prospective foster father (who is super gorgeous) kept saying
eat a slice katie, we feel bad eating in front of you and you're not eating anything
and then his wife (who is also superhot) said
stop it honey, she told us she doesn't eat white carbs! And then later, privately to me, she was like
I am so sorry about him, he doesn't understand what it's like for us girls, trying to stick to something.
it was hilarious! they were so cute.
But really, it wasn't tempting even, and it was a hawaiin pizza too, which is one of my favorite flavors. I really think that free day helps to stay absolutely on track every other day. It's genuis i tell you! GENIUS!!!!!
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Posted: 14 October 2008 07:58 pm |
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Congrats on not eatting the pizza! Pizza is one of my biggest weaknesses. I love it. I found this organic pizza once at the grocery store, so I let myself eat that. I just spotted these kashi pizzas too, so I think if I'm craving it this week I'll let myself have some of that.
How much weight do you think a person can gain because of their cycle? I had continued taking my birth control pills so I didn't have a period for like 2.5 months... and now I feel like I'm paying for it! Do you think a person could even put on a couple pounds?
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Posted: 14 October 2008 09:17 pm |
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My adoption was finalized when I was about 5yrs old. I really don't remember much about it but bouncing from house to house to state facility (which are like prisons for orphans!) to finally my permanent home. I wouldn't recommend it but I guess it works... except they couldn't keep my brother and I together. Some guy claiming to be his dad showed up and got custody without a paternity test WTF?? But we grew up OK...maybe a bit nutty but overall OK lol.
I gain weight too during my cycle, only a couple pounds but ALL in the gut. Some days I just want to stick a straw in my gut and let it all out so I can button my pants for the day.
I hope the new foster family turns out to be good and they aren't hiding anything...with the wierdos out there day sometimes you have to wonder who really is "normal'
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Posted: 15 October 2008 02:52 am |
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Oh my gosh, I am SO HUNGRY. The blood is definitely coming soon because I am definitely finished with my calories for the day but I feel like I want to eat everything in the house! ARRRRGH!
man oh man!
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Posted: 15 October 2008 03:32 am |
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lastten wrote:
I gain weight too during my cycle, only a couple pounds but ALL in the gut. Some days I just want to stick a straw in my gut and let it all out so I can button my pants for the day.
Maybe we can improvise with our belly buttons? That would be a good place for a straw?
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Posted: 15 October 2008 07:03 am |
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Wow! I can never resist pizza. I never get it because I know I'll totally pig out.
I think it's amazing that you've cut out white carbs, I don't know I ever could....
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Posted: 15 October 2008 08:20 am |
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Oh man, I am so happy, I did not eat anything else tonight. I fell asleep on the couch watching the Simpsons at about 7:00pm and then woke up at 9:30pm and then the desire to eat had passed and now I have been up facebooking and posting on here and a few other sites, so I am way happy.
My legs are SO SORE from that sprinting I did yesterday. I want to try sprinting again tomorrow, and I know it's going to hurt, but I am going to play through the pain. I might do a stairs workout too instead of sprinting, but we'll see. Maybe I'll flip a coin.
Squid: I never thought I could cut out white carbs either, but it's actually been a lot easier than I thought it would be. I used to eat white carbs every single day, and I used to really crave them. But since I have cut them out a lot (although one day a week I do indulge in them), I have NOT been craving them. I even went out to lunch with my lovely coworker Kim today and we went to a French restaurant, and I ordered a cobb salad and I asked them to hold the bread (because it came with bread), and I honestly was not sitting there wishing I could have the bread. I felt totally satisfied with the salad. And then, when we got back to the office, I wanted something sweet, so I mixed up a whey protein shake (I have the chocolate peanut butter flavor) and that satisfied my sweet tooth, so it was great!
I have heard that white carbs in general are sort of addictive, in the sense that the more you eat, the more you want. If you eat them every day, you want them every day. But if you stop eating them, you stop wanting them. I honestly thought it was going to be so hard to give them up because I knew how much I loved them, how often I ate them, and how often I wanted to eat them, but I was amazed at how my desire for them basically departed once I stopped eating them. Because seriously, I would eat them EVERY day, multiple times a day, and I would really crave them a lot. Now I don't. Now I won't say I NEVER have a thought about having them, but the thought is not overpowering and I don't feel deprived or anything. I also really think having that one free day a week helps me keep on track with everything on the days that aren't free, because I know that I can have pizza or ice cream or chips or whatever the heck it is in never less than 6 days.
Plus, I am really, really motivated to have a really nice body. I mean, definitely by next summer, I want to have my ultra-dream-body, so I keep that in mind. Also, I weigh myself every morning, and it gives me such joy to see the numbers moving down on the scale on an almost daily basis, so also whenver I get tempted, I think, no come on, you want the scale to say something nice tomorrow, you want good news! This helps me to stay on track and not falter.
Here is what I had to eat today:
-a handful of raw almonds
-a whey protein shake
-cobb salad
-a handful of baby carrots
-nitrate-free hot dog from Trader Joe's with melted cheddar cheese
-another whey protein shake
Total calories: probably around 1700.
I did not exercise today really, besides just walking around and going up and down the stairs at the office as needed, but I will be doing a session tomorrow.
Tomorrow, I also am going to call that guy I met at the party this last weekend, the guy who could do the liquid dancing. I had to be cool and wait the three days, you know, lol!
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Posted: 15 October 2008 08:49 am |
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And these workpants that I have were definitely noticeably looser today and yesterday than they were before. They are much more baggy in the butt/thigh area and around the waist. This is great! I can still wear them, but they fit different.
I also noticed that I can see more quad definition in my legs and can actually feel a hard muscle in my thigh when I am sitting down on the couch. That is awesome! Never felt anything like that before! That is definitely motivation for me to keep up my running, stairs, squats, and lunges!
Hooray!
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And Sara: I did a quick search and found that the average woman puts on 4 - 5 pounds of water weight during the premenstrual part of her cycle. So, wow!!! That's a lot! (I think!) Man, I really hope I can drop five pounds of water weight once the blood comes. I wish it would hurry up and come, too! I am tired of feeling full and crampy.
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Posted: 15 October 2008 09:02 am |
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| Wow! That is more than I was expecting! I hope I've been carrying around 5 extra pounds for the last couple of months from it... that would be a nice drop.
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Posted: 15 October 2008 04:08 pm |
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You and me both, Sara! Well not the last few months for me, more like the last few days. It is now Day 26, and the blood really needs to hurry up and come. COME ON BLEED! I am seriously hoping that once it starts, five pounds will come off. That would be awesome.
The scale this morning said that I weighed 153 pounds with a fat percentage of 33.3%, which means a total of 50.95 pounds of fat. That is a drop of .02 pounds of fat since yesterday, and almost a whole pound of water weight, so that is pretty cool.
AND this morning, I was very pleased to wake up and find five, yes FIVE voicemails on my phone from every single last one of my consorts. It's like they all got together and decided to call me, so that's cool! Unfortunately, this weekend, I am on-call for work, so I can't really hang out with any of them, but it's good for them to wait! (Men must be brought to a proper boil).
This morning I had a high-protein breakfast and drank some green tea. I will be driving to my office to do a stair workout in a few minutes. Whew, just trying to work up the motivation and wait for the green caffeine to enter my bloodstream.
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Posted: 15 October 2008 04:09 pm |
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| And also speaking of bleeding, I am one of those chicks whose breasts swell and get really sore right before the blood comes, so BLECH! Any bouncy sort of workout, which is like every workout I do feels just GREAT! (not)
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Posted: 15 October 2008 05:38 pm |
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All right~! Done with that stair workout--did a combination of stairs, abs, and whole-body deadlifts. Just 13 minutes, and I feel great. Now I am off to work!
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Posted: 15 October 2008 06:13 pm |
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yea speaking of bleeding. I am supposed to get my period around the time of my wedding. I am thinking of buying another pack of pills and skipping over the placebos.
Have you ever tried that?
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StuckSara
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Posted: 15 October 2008 07:47 pm |
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OMG, your wedding? Yeah, I would definitely do that! That's what I do all the time. I only get to see my boyfriend on the weekends, so if it happens to fall on one I just move on to the next pack. Works like a charm!
Men must be brought to a proper boil- hahaha *cackling, stirring the pot*
And yeah, my tots get huge around this time!!! They look fake and stick straight up when I lay down like soldiers at attention! It's weird, and it hurts. It terrifies me for when I get pregnant, I'm gonna look like a freak!
You're so freakin consistent! How do you do it? Can you feel the weight loss, or see it?
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Posted: 15 October 2008 09:00 pm |
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WannaB. Call your doctor - a getting married girlfriend of mine told me that gynos have a plan for getting you around that...(might be like immediately starting anouther course, but it might be a short term suppressant.) She told me it was no big whoop (was able to do it over the phone) but I did not get the details. You don't want to wake up one day with a beard from too many BC pills!
Sorry for hijacking, SL
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Posted: 16 October 2008 03:03 pm |
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Hey,
I just wanted to come and post in here - thanks for posting in mine. I read your whole diary, and your life sounds so exotic with consorts and forest parties! Also, I love how open you are, and how that encourages others to be open and relaxed. Your diary has a great vibe!
You also eat some things that sound well nice! I wish we had trader joes in england...
much love,
DG
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Straylight
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Posted: 16 October 2008 03:24 pm |
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Tamale: Yeah, consult with a doctor before you do anything funky with those pills. Tinkering around with hormones is not a good idea if you're an amateur, I mean hormones control EVERYTHING, and while of course everyone would prefer not to bleed on your wedding day, you could look at it like your vagina cleaning itself out for your husband, rolling out the red carpet. ??? or like how brides are supposed to be virgins (right, hence the white wedding gown), you could always tell people
YES, I bled on my wedding day
and you could hang the bloody sheets for everyone to marvel at your purity.
Which by the way, I have always thought it was completely disgusting that the woman was supposed to be this great virginal gift to her husband while the man was certainly not held to the same standard. Stupid fracking patriarchal society BS.
But anyway
yeah, talk to a doctor!
Desperategirl: Thank you for your compliments! I am glad you like my diary. I try to write just basically exactly how I think and talk (well almost), and I really enjoy writing. I am actually trying to get an article published right now for MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), so we shall see what happens! MAPS uses psychedelics in treatment of mental disorders, and I think it is all very interesting and intriguing, and actually their results have been very positive, but unfortuantely, our great American government won't allow a lot of drugs to be legalized even for therapeutic purposes. Did you know that MDMA (Ecstasy) was originally developed in the 40s as a drug used for couples counseling? The dose was about 1/4 what the street dose is now. MDMA is considered an empathogen, meaning that it makes people better able to put themselves in another person's shoes and see things from another person's perspective.
AND, I always love this story, Dr. Bob (I think that's his name), the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous anyway, actually had an LSD therapy session and THAT was what finally stopped his alcoholism. During his session, in his mind, he found himself on a beautiful beach and he heard a voice telling him he was a free man, that he was no longer a slave to alcohol, that he could enjoy the full beauty of life without alcohol, and he was so moved and changed by this experience that he indeed never touched alcohol again. And when he was trying to talk about what this voice was, this peace that he felt, he couldn't really think of a way to describe it. He read the works of William James, who was another psychologist who used "drugs" (as in drugs are bad mmmmkay), although his drug of choice was nitrous oxide, and Dr. James talked about feeling in touch with a higher power. Dr. Bob liked that term, higher power, and felt like it described his experience well. Now, the "higher power" thing has basically morphed into God, usually the Judeo-Christian God, or some type of monotheistic entity. But that wasn't what it started out as. And I believe it was just the one session he had, that was it. And then he really was a free man. 
Oh, and all of the work MAPS does IS legal, they just have to jump through a lot lot LOT of hoops to get the permission to do their studies. Lots of work with the DEA and the IRB and all that ish.
But anyway, yesterday was a good day foodwise, here's what I ate:
- butter-fried egg with cheddar cheese
-some organic baby carrots
-some raw almonds
-an organic peach
-nachos made with soy flax seed chips and cheddar cheese and Tapatio
-cottage cheese with honey
-a piece of cheddar cheese
can you tell i really love cheese? I am a big cheesehead. Hahaha, I am like cport's husband in that picture! LOL!
But I was looking at the ingredients on the Tapatio and it has sodium benzoate in it, which didn't make me very happy. I want to find a hot sauce that doesn't have anything funky in it. I wil have to look at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods and see what I can find. Because I really like hot sauce, but I don't know about that sodium benzoate, because I eat a lot of hot sauce, so I don't think it's so great to be daily dousing my system with whatever sodium benzoate is. It sounds scary, maybe it's not that bad, I need to research it.
And this morning when I got on the scale, HOORAY, it said 151.6 pounds total with a body fat percentage of 32.3%, which means I have 48.97 pounds of fat. And the stupid blood STILL hasn't come, and now it's day 27. I should be happy, I like a longer cycle, I just want to know how much of the darn weight is blood-related. You know? Of course i am hoping I am retianing like 10 pounds of water lol (that's the most I heard you can retain of water around the bleeding time, although it's highly unusual).
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Posted: 16 October 2008 07:08 pm |
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Hey Straylight - that article sounds really interesting! It's too bad that we're beseiged by the notion that "drugs" are bad - no ifs ands or buts - no exceptions - just a black and white notion. Mostly I think the gov't pushes the moral issue, but what it comes down to - as it always will in a society that is ruled by the dollar above all else - is just that - there's money to be made in drug land, the Pharm Cos, and the "war" on drugs. Also a good excuse to empower the police state with more powers than it should have - although with our new other war (terrorism) those trespasses now seem kind of quaint.
Anyway - are you a Battlestar Galactica fan? I notice your frequent use of "Frack", or did you pick that up elsewhere?
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Posted: 17 October 2008 06:44 am |
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| I did indeed get frack from BSG! One day I was looking through my overnight bag for something, and I just spontaneously said frack without thinking because I had been watching so much BSG. But it felt real satisfying, so I just kept saying it!
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Posted: 17 October 2008 06:45 am |
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| dude and I HATE the pharmaceutical companies. So many of my poor kids are on psychotropic meds, and mulitple ones at that--even young kids, like 5 and 6! It's disgusting. I think it's unconscionable. Last edited on 17 October 2008 06:47 am by Straylight
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Posted: 17 October 2008 06:56 am |
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Whew, and that was a super super SUPER long day. 13.5 hours of work and 187 miles worth of driving, including mountain driving. I am so glad to be home, and so glad I only have to work a really short day tomorrow. I can sleep in until noon if I want. YES! It was an intense day too. I had a really emotional family visit that I supervised and then another one of my kids is getting booted out of his foster home (which he actually really deserves because he is a mess and really needs a higher level of care, but it is still very sad and was emotional). Thursdays have been crazy for me at work lately, I can't wait until I have a nice, easy, calm Thursday. Man, oh man!
But I did super on my eating and got a sweet message from my Top Advisor consort when I was in the middle of dealing with all my kid drama, a little text message that just said "wanted you to know I was thinking of you and smiling." That was so nice, and perfectly timed. Sometimes I feel like the universe is so kind and benevolent to me, I am so filled with thanks. Even the bullsh.it I have to deal with at work I consider an honor to deal with because I am so involved in really important parts of people's lives, even though it really stresses me out sometimes. Actually, a nice part of the night was me and one of my girls that I've known forEVER were sitting out on the porch at her foster home, probably about 8:30pm, and we were just looking at the moon and feeling peaceful, and then we looked and saw the moon perfectly reflected in one of the windows and we could see a double moon and it was really nice and the air was warm. She was in a mellow, content mood and it was nice to see her like that. And I am also a big fan of the moon, so it was nice to be able to share that with her.
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