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Posted: 26 June 2010 05:02 pm |
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Alert the media: The scale said I weighed 157 lbs this morning. I have not broken past 158 lbs in over 3 months!!!!
This is such great news for me and makes me feel really good. In fact, it makes me feel very motivated to eat well today so that I can keep riding this wonderful wave of accomplishment, health, control, and victory!!! It is fantastic. I am telling you, that release of seratonin I felt when I stepped on that #%@&! scale and saw that #%@&! number was at least worth $20 in pill form at a rave  And I know what I am talking about here, trust me ladies and gentlemen.
In short, I feel fantastic and I know I will continue to feel fantastic as I make good choices throughout the rest of the day.
I've already been for a 2-mile walk through the neighborhood this morning, and I ate an avocado and some raisins for breakfast (about 350 calories). Oh yeah, and my gummie vitamins. Plus I've drank about 20 ounces of water.
I am not sure what I will eat for the rest of the day; my private practice client usually gives me a piece of fruit when I go over there as they have several fruit trees and they are always trying to give away fruit so it doesn't go rotten. I also do want some almonds, they are so easy to carry with me. I also do have a bunch of Nutrisystem meals that I paid a lot for that I really should just eat--they are low calorie at least even if they aren't the cleanest things in the world (heavily processed). So I should probably have at least one Nutrisystem meal. And then I want to go a party tonight and I will plan having vodka and sugar-free Red Bull (200 for 2 drinks probably).
My goal is to keep the calorie cap at 1500, get in some good dancing at this party and for god's sake just have some fun!!!
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Posted: 26 June 2010 10:49 pm |
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Wow! When i went to visit my client, her foster parents gave me this huge bag full of all kinds of produce--leeks, grapefruit, avocados, tomatoes, corn, apricots, and green beans. They grow a lot of fruit and vegetables there (potatos too) and they said they always try to give it away so that it doesn't go rotten. The foster Dad said,
"Just think of us as your weekly free farmer's market," when he handed me the big bag of stuff. Needless to say, I was delighted! I won't have to spend barely any money at all on food this week, just some basic stuff like bread and cheese and meat, but my produce is completely covered. And all healthy, organic, homegrown. Seriously, he probably gave me at least $50 worth of stuff.
I am REALLY excited about the leeks, I want to make leek soup soon. I read about it in "French Women Don't Get Fat," that leeks help you release water and get rid of bloating, which God knows is a problem for me at least every month! So, hooray!
It's a great day! I am going to rest a little bit then get ready to go out tonight around 9pm to that party. There should be some really good music and I really would like to get some action too, I am in that kinda mood. 
I know, I know, safety first!!!
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Posted: 27 June 2010 12:56 am |
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The gods have surely smiled upon me today; I got a check in the mail and it was $383 more than I had expected, and THEN
I get a message on facebook that somebody wants to be my friend, some guy whose name I don't recognize, but I click on him to see who it is and it's some beautiful man with the word "FATE" written on his hand in his profile pic, which is weird and cool and something I like, and I check his interests and he's into Fight Club, Ed Norton, Pan's Labyrinth, The Professional, Hunter S Thompson, all the sh.it that I like, and he's single, and he's from Italy but he lives locally to me, and I was like
wow!
ok....
this is cool so I message him back and I ask him if I know him, and I tell him I am sure I would remember that face... and he says
"yeah, we met on a dating site I asked you out a few times but you couldn't hang out because you weren't working."
I only VAGUELY remember this dude but my head must not have been screwed on straight or whatever, because this guy is super handsome and I just said well what what the h.ell, I am working now, so let's do this, it's on, you're a hot ticket, and he's like
here's my phone number, glad you found a job, hit me up.
JACKPOT ladies and gentlemen. How cool is that?
Food, hundreds of dollars, and a beautiful Italian man all in one day. The Trifecta.
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Posted: 27 June 2010 06:35 pm |
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Wow--that was a great, great GREAT party last night. I danced a lot; in fact, I wore my pedometer and I burned about 1,000 calories dancing. And when I got on the scale this morning, I weighed 156.2 lbs!!!
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Posted: 27 June 2010 06:45 pm |
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Interestingly enough, the name of the party was Plump. So I can say that I slimmed down at Plump. Pretty cool, eh? 
For those of you who care, I did *not* end up getting any action, but I did meet a lot of cool people, saw that shaman friend that I hadn't seen in awhile and yes he was an as.s a few years back but I really don't care and it's water under the bridge now, I think he basically is a good guy but he does dumb stuff sometimes.
I met a cool dude from Australia and another cool dude who is super into this really amazing green technology stuff that I don't understand really but all sounds good, I met a REALLY cool and calming-presence type of dude whose name I can't even remember, but I had a good conversation with him about how to always be cool and collected even in the presence of people who are trying to get to you, and yeah, I met a lot of cool people and just had a really good time bouncing around in my old school raver gear and showing off moves that were popular in 1995, lol.
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Posted: 28 June 2010 01:27 am |
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Oh my gosh, I am obsessed with this Lady Gaga song--I had no idea this chick was so dark because her stuff sounds so poppy.
Paparazzi. Obsession. Murder.
Check it out!
you might already know all this, i tend to be late to the game when it involves popular culture. I must pay more attention. I dig this woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2smz_1L2_0&feature=related
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Posted: 28 June 2010 03:32 am |
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TB, I loved hearing about the trifecta - and the party - your progress on the weight loss seems to be correlated with you being excited about men again. Funny how that works.  Glad things are going so well for you.
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Posted: 28 June 2010 03:41 am |
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yes, because motivation is like a wave, you can ride it anywhere along the shoreline.
and thanks!!!
this new dude needs a name. Mmmm, let me think. I will call him 3rd, since he was the third part of the trifecta.
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Posted: 28 June 2010 04:56 am |
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Woo hoo! I did indulge in some "naughty" food today, but I did not go totally overboard and made out with a respectable total of 2,050 calories. (Sunday has been my "indulgence day" for years, and most of the time I would just abuse the c.rap out of it and eat until I was completely too full, sometimes to the point of making my poor tummy hurt. But today, I did eat McDonald's, enjoyed every bit of it, and then had two glasses of wine, a little bit of my homemade ice cream, and a small tomato.
I also walked about 3.75 miles, danced around a bit because that song Paparazzi was on for a loop for like literally hours over here. Plus I did some yoga on the lawn.
I think I have a surplus, but only about 105 calories or so.
So that is pretty good for a Sunday!
I weighed myself in the evening, and I weighed 159.4. That is a 3.2 pound gain since this morning. This is great--I haven't had a Sunday evening weight out of the 160s in probably about 6 months!
Can't wait to see what the scale says tomorrow.
I got to talk more to 3rd through texting. He is younger, about a decade younger than me. The younger ones always LOVE texting. I like texting too, but I like calling, I like to hear a person's voice and have realtime conversation. Texting should not replace phone calls.
I haven't talked to him on the phone yet. I will probably call him tomorrow or some time in the near future.
I also made a date with this dude from a dating site basically because he begged and begged and begged. But honestly, I don't even want to go. I am not attracted to him, I know right away when somebody does it for me or doesn't, in photos. I will have to find a way to back out of it tomorrow. Blah, I will probably just bullsh.it him and tell him that I have to work overtime and then just tell him I am really busy with work until he gets the hint. Being direct with him doesn't work, I tried that and he didn't really accept no, so now I have to be sneaky. He will argue until the cows come home about how I can give him a chance, but he can't argue about work making me work overtime.
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Posted: 28 June 2010 08:36 am |
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The Italian word for third is 'terzo'. I just looked it up. :)
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Posted: 28 June 2010 02:24 pm |
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wow, cool! Terzo sounds much cuter than 3rd, so that's his name now. Nice! That was really nice of you to look that up.
This morning, I am very pleased to report that the scale said I weighed 157.6 #. SO COOL to have a Monday morning weigh-in below 158! Unheard of again for many months, many months. More than 6 months actually. Could even be over a year.
Anyway, I am REALLY happy!
Had a big glass of water this morning to help wake me up and am planning on going for a walk around the block pretty soon.
I had weird trouble falling asleep last night. I think I watched too much of that Paparazzi video with all of its weird imagery and its lyrics about murder. I am not kidding, it was on over here for a loop for HOURS yesterday and that coupled with this guy on a dating site who got mad at me and told me it looked like someone had taken a s.hit on my face (a really disturbing image), I had REALLY horrible visuals flying through my mind when I was trying to fall asleep. Seriously, murder and feces on the face are not things one wants to think about when one is trying to sleep.
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Posted: 29 June 2010 04:53 am |
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Had a really good day at the hospital today. The Hospital Adonis was there and he put his arm around me to greet me when he saw me, which I thought was pretty cool and pretty exciting---pretty racy for work, lol. Seriously though, i don't think most people greet their coworkers like that.
(How about an intercourse hello, would you be good with that? Well, now you're just being ridiculous...)
And Ms. Snatchface is gone too, thank God, she's gone for the whole week!!! YAY!!!!
I talked to Terzo on the phone and got that out of the way. It was a good conversation, he has a good, relaxed sounding voice. We have a date for the 10th to go have drinks on the beach, as he lives on the beach, or very nearly on the beach. That should be pretty fun. We can be like that Corona commercial.
Food and exercise-wise I did good today, walked 5.5 miles, climbed some stairs, did some yoga and my modified pull-ups. Oh yeah and squats in the elevator.
As for food, I had yogurt in the morning (170)
tuna melt (700 probably)
fries (200)
cottage cheese with beets (100)
wine (90)
Nutrisystem fettucini with broccoli (180)
almonds (45)
string beans (10)
gummie vitamins (10)
tomato (30)
total of 1525 calories, not too shabby. That makes for a deficit of about 500. Yay!
My brother has a big big BIG job interview tomorrow for a company up in the bay area (about 8 hours away). The company is flying him out and paying for a rental car, so needless to say they really like him and he is sh.itting bricks, as he has never worked for a serious company like this before with actual good money involved. And he's certainly never flown anywhere for an interview. His flight leaves at 8:45am tomorrow morning. I really wish the best for him. He stopped drinking and using drugs probably around the start of this year and I really have noticed a big change in his personality for the better. It's good to have him back; we were good and had a close relationship when he was about 15 but then we drifted apart the more he got into drugs and just being an addict/loser. But since he's cleaned up his act, we've been talking more, almost on a daily basis which was unheard of before--we would go months without talking. Next weekend we are going to a party together and we haven't done that in over a decade. This all also makes my parents very happy. When we are happy, my parents are happy, that's the kind of people they are.
Oh yes, almost forgot--the scale tonight said 160.8. Can't wait to see what it says tomorrow.
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Posted: 29 June 2010 04:17 pm |
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Woo hoo!!!! The scale this morning said I weighed 156.6 lbs with 32.9% body fat! I am so pleased! This is fantastic.
My brother is on a plane right now going to his job interview in Half Moon Bay. The family is all realling pulling for him to get the gig.
Terzo sent me a picture this morning and man--he is so handsome, really cute. He kind of looks a bit of a younger version of the guy I dated around this time last year, so no complaints!
I THINK I am going to try to wear this really cool dress I have to work, it's kind of sexy but still work appropriate.
This piece of cr.ap woman at my work tried to tell me not to mention her name in my progress notes because she is one of those slimey people that does messed up stuff to patients, like discharges patients early before they are ready just because they are obnoxious or refuses to talk to a patient who wants to see her because she wants to go shopping. She tried to tell me it was a HIPAA violation for me to mention her name and she scolded me in front of a bunch of nurses. I was smirking the whole time she was talking to me, I didn't even try to act like I took her seriously. She probably hates me now but the feeling is mutual. I will never forget the day there was this cancer patient that really wanted to talk to her and she spent about 15 minutes chatting with the other nurses about make-up, hair, her new boyfriend, showing pics that she had taken of herself on her phone, and then I told her the cancer patient wanted a word with her and she shook her head and said, "No way, honey, i need to go shopping." and she was 100% serious.
Swine.
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Posted: 30 June 2010 04:58 am |
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Well that cool dress had a rip in it that i noticed so I did not wear it to work. I did wear a fitted button-down with a tie, and I liked how it looked. I got some help with the tie because I have never tied one before. First, a dude in medical records tied it for me and then when i went down to the 5th floor, one of the nurses (another dude) said he didn't like the way it was done so he re-did it for me and THEN after that, one of the doctors saw it and said the Windsor knot looked sloppy, so HE re-did it. They all did it by tying it on themselves and then pulling it over their head and giving it to me. The doctor who did the last tie revision did it in the bathroom then came out and said, "This is the first tie I have ever put on that smelled like a woman." (I wear Happy by Clinique for my scent during the spring/summer). I thought that was pretty funny. I think every man must have his own special way to tie a tie because there sure was a lot of debate on mine!
Also, the Hospital Adonis was there; as luck would have it, he and I got to spend a lot of time together. It was fun. And I made him laugh so hard about something I said, he had tears coming out of his eyes and he was having trouble catching his breath, which was pretty cool. I didn't even think it was that funny what I said, but I guess it struck him. He said something about "the gift that keeps on giving" and I made a face that didn't look very pleased and I just said that phrase reminds me of herpes. For some reason, he thought that was the height of hilarity and he laughed really hard and for a long time and then his laughing so much made me start laughing and I could feel my face getting BEET RED from the laughing and the just being so happy that he thought I was so funny.
I also got to take my lunch break with him and I invited him to this party this weekend in a truck and he said he wanted to go, so we shall see what happens.
Stayed in contact with Terzo throughout the day as well and that was cool. He sent me a REALLY HANDSOME picture over the phone which I shared with my Mom and my BFF and my Dad. My BFF said, "wow, he's really cute! I can't believe you turned him down before!"
I guess before I was just REALLY focused on finding work, so I didn't care that much about a man, no matter how cute he was.
It was a great day and I stayed on top of my food and exercise. I ate about 1500 calories even and walked a lot, climbed the stairs a lot and did some yoga in the morning. I weighed 160.2 for my evening weight.
I also got my pedicure today. My toes are now neon purple. That goes with a dress I have that I will probably wear tomorrow, but I am not exactly sure.
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Posted: 30 June 2010 02:57 pm |
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YES! The scale said 156 even this morning! AND I lost another quarter inch off my waist, giving me a new waist size of 32 inches! Hallelujah!
And now, I am off to the shower!
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Posted: 30 June 2010 04:08 pm |
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yeah! straylight! I am only 11lbs behind you now!
I am doing the idiotproof diet and have lost 15lbs in 2 months! So am so so happy about that!
Glad to see you happy
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Posted: 1 July 2010 03:35 am |
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Hey there; I am sure you will catch up with me in no time! 15 lbs in 2 months is awesome! I have never heard of the idiotproof diet; I am just counting calories.
Today was a great day at the hospital; I got to have a business lunch with The Hospital Adonis and two of his friends that work for an ambulance company. I have NEVER worked with dudes before, so I have NEVER been on a lunch like this but jesus christ those guys were dirty as f.uck! Talking about T&A and strippers and just sleazy talk. Luckily I am pretty cool with it, but I have to admit, it made me like The Hospital
Adonis a bit less hearing him engage in that conversation. I mean, guys will be guys and I know they love strippers and hookers and sex and all that but come on, that's a little rude IMO to talk that way in front of a chick. But whatever, I guess that's what you get when you go on business lunches with men. At the end of it, I said, smiling and laughing in a playful manner,
next time I am going to bring some girls and we are going to talk our periods and our diets and the d.ick sizes of the guys we have gotten with, how about that?
and the men laughed and looked a little sheepish
All in all though it was an interesting experience, the food was great (and it was free) and it got me out of the hospital for a bit.
Also, something that was really cool was that The Hospital Adonis stated that he was going to make it his business to make sure I got hired full time, he said he was going to sing my praises to everyone, including the CEO and tell the hospital that they needed me. I thought that was really nice and very cool of him.
Also, in a similar vein, several other people including the maintenance guys and a nursing supervisor today told me the same thing--that they really wanted me to get hired full-time and they were going to put in a good word with the higher-ups. That really tickled me and made me feel very pleased about my work AND my ability to integrate well into a company. I mean sheeyit, if everybody from the Chief of Nursing to the security guards thinks I am so great, I must be doing something right.
Again though, I know there are no guarantees and the powers that be may decide to ignore all those people and give the position to someone else, but it definitely feels good to know that so many people are rooting for me.
I talked to Terzo again today too, naturally, and he is very mellow and says funny sh.it. His humor is very dry and deadpan, which I dig. I like him. I think it's going to be really fun when I see him on the 10th.
I believe I had around 1800 calories today because of that business lunch. So that means I need to clip my calories down tomorrow to about 1300. That is pretty low for me, but I know I can do it!
I will plan it right now, as a matter of fact
Breakfast: grapefruit with bread - 490
Snack: tomatoe: 27
Lunch: raisins and almonds: 190
Snack: Pumpkin seeds: 170
Dinner: black bean soup: 300
Total: 1177
That's good enough! I will be pleased with that. :)
I just weighed myself and I weigh 160.2 at the end of the day (that's a 4.2 lb gain).
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Posted: 1 July 2010 03:37 am |
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Oh, I nearly forgot--I went to a Russian food store today and bought some cool exotic food that I am exicted to eat.
sardines, Russian bread, cherry kefir, sour yellow prunes, pumpkin seeds, olives, and this type of cheese I never heard of.
I am very excited to eat it!
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Posted: 1 July 2010 04:57 am |
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Make that TOO excited to eat it! I got into it after I posted and I ate about 700 calories worth of bread, cheese, and olives.
So, now I REALLY need to curb my calorie intake tomorrow!
So, to revise, I will have
A grapefruit for breakfast: 90 calories
Raisins for a midmorning snack: 90 calories
A lightly salted tomato for lunch: 27 calories
A Russian cookie for a midafternoon snack: 80 calories
for a total of: 287 calories
And THEN I plan to fast for 24 hours, so probably from about 4pm Thursday to 4pm or so on Friday.
That should bring me down to a very nice, low weight on Saturday morning. It might be a little tough to get through, but I know I can do it!!!!
I just weighed myself again after eating all that stuff and this time I weighed 158.8. So I don't know how that is possible, but I will take it!
I will say this though: If I get on that scale tomorrow, and it says I weigh less than 156 lbs, I will think that magic is afoot. And realistically, I probably won't restrict my calories so much.
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Posted: 1 July 2010 02:32 pm |
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Oh God NO!!! I kept eating even after I posted that! Lol, a combination of sour yellow prunes and olives. This combination is unbelievable by the way, very tasty.
Anyway, the scale this morning said I weighed 158 even. So I think what I am going to do is just eat 1500 calories or less today, not worry about it, do my fast as planned from this evening to at least Friday evening, break my fast sensibly with juice and leek soup on Saturday, maybe some kefir, and I am SURE I will have a nice, low weight on Sunday morning. My big goal for Sunday morning is to weigh 155.3 pounds or less. That is only 2.7 pounds less than what I weigh right now.
So that's the plan, Stan! The plan is also to get some d.amn laundry done today. Sheesh!
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Posted: 2 July 2010 06:34 am |
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I had a great day today; I just really was able to be present-oriented and enjoy everything. It felt awesome!
I ate about 1600 calories or so and I started my weekly fast at 8pm tonight. My stomach feels good and rumbly right now (after just 3.5 hours of eating dinner), so that is nice. I actually really like that feeling, that rumbling tummy feeling. It makes me feel primal and strong and lean. I have to remember to make myself experience it at least once a day. The Blue Eyed Jew used to always advise that one go to bed with their stomach feeling that way. And he had an excellent body, carved out stone!
I even COOKED tonight, which I rarely do, but for some reason, I just felt moved to cook! I sauteed leeks, tomatoes, sulguni cheese and string beans in a pan with a bit of olive oil. Everything was probably about 250 calories and REALLY good! So tasty! I had that with a glass of champagne for dinner and it felt so decadent and delicious!
I also found out that I have Monday off! I am really happy! I LOVE DAYS OFF!!!
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Posted: 2 July 2010 06:34 am |
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Oh yeah, and after I drank my big glass of water, I weighed 160.4 tonight with my clothes on.
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Posted: 2 July 2010 03:37 pm |
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Morning weight is 156.6 lbs Very happy about that!
I am right in the middle of my weekly fast, as I started at 8pm last night. I plan to go until 8pm tonight. Possibly longer but at LEAST until then!
My stomach is nice and rumbly; i had a big glass of water and I put banana mask on my face; getting ready to wash it off soon in the shower.
The Hospital Adonis contacted me yesterday to let me know that he has a "complicated relationship" that he is currently living with his gf who is a stripper but they are having problems, so he feels okay cheating on her because she cheats on him constantly. That sounds like more than just a few tweaks away from a healthy relationship and the fact that he is engaging in it makes HIM more than just a few tweaks away from the type of man I would want to get involved with. Plus, I have zero desire to be the woman some guy cheats with while he's living with another woman. No thanks! So, I will be satisfied with just looking at him and enjoying his handsome presence although to be honest, now he doesn't seem as handsome. Funny how that works.
Also, I was talking to the Big Gay Nurse at work (because he totally reminds me of Big Gay Al from South Park) and he was talking about his love life, which is always entertaining; he just got back from Fire Island, so I am sure he had a lot of fun with the men there, but anyway, he was talking about his attitude toward dating and he said "Honey, seriously, I don't play games, I am black and white; you either want to go out with me or you don't. If you do, set something up and we'll go out and have a good time. If you don't, then fine that's nice have a nice life baby, and I mean that sincerely about the nice life, I don't get #%@&! or hold grudges, but honestly, I hate playing games, I don't have time for that. Let's go out or let''s not, I'm not interested in anything in between." I thought that was pretty cool, and the way he said it was cool with all his flaming honeys and babys thrown in there with the perfect West Hollywood accent. I liked it.
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Posted: 3 July 2010 02:24 am |
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I ended up not fasting the whole day today; I had something to eat at about 10:30am, as an ambulance company brought in pan dulce, and I had a cookie.
Then I had some spaghetti and meatballs, a piece of garlic bread, a spot of cottage cheese and beets. Then when I got home, I had a small serving of cheese chex mix, putting me at about 1550 calories for the day.
I am good with this, as I am sure that I burned at least 1800 calories through exercise today. I walked around a lot, climbed the stairs, did squats, and I will probably do some more walking this evening.
Not planning on going out this evening, just enjoying a nice, big relax at home. I love evenings where I am free to just veg out.
I got on the scale and it said I weighed 159.4. I am really hoping to weigh 155.4 or less by tomorrow.
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Posted: 3 July 2010 05:53 pm |
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YES! Mission accomplished! I weighed 155.2 this morning! HOORAY! I haven't weighed this little in over 6 months!
I stayed up REALLY late last night and now I feel really tired and mellow today, but that is a good feeling, because I don't have cr.ap that I have to do today besides get some exercise which I already did this morning by taking a stroll around the block.
Life is good.
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:01 am |
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I had a really lazy day today and it felt good.
Going to a big family barbecue tomorrow. I plan to really enjoy myself with the food, the pool, the wine, etc. Should be great! I really just need to stay out of the kitchen and NOT order a pizza though, even though I am craving it! I have done SO GOOD these past two weeks, dropping a good solid 5 pounds, and I want to keep going in the right direction. I also have a party I plan to go to on the 9th and it would be great if I could drop another couple of pounds before then. I tried on a little halter top with my big raver pants today to see how that looked, as that is my standard going-out gear when I am in really good shape, and it looked OKAY except that my tummy needs some firming. Side view it looked good, I have a slim silhouette, but front view you can see that my stomach has some flab on it. My arms and chest area look good though!
I met this guy on a dating site and he asked me to give him a call which I did and MAN--he talked too much, enitrely too much and I told him I had to get going and then he texts me a few minutes later asking about the kind of music I like. And this is some guy I don't know, just some dude who saw my picture and wanted to talk. Yipes, the conversation only lasted about 15 minutes but it was a huge diatribe from him about how he was a nice guy and a gentlemen and talking about his beliefs and just, I don't know, did NOT flow and felt like entirely too much for a first time how's-it'going conversation. It sounded more like something people would say when they are on E or something and really feelin' it. Needless to say I was NOT feelin' it with that one and I was like yowza! Then, I take a nap and wake up and there's a missed call and two texts from him saying "Hi!" and "Katie?" when I didn't answer the first text right away. There are some major nutbars in the world. Lots of chewy, chocolate, nougaty nutbars.
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:10 am |
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Oh yeah, and I have an evening weight of 156.8#! This is fantastic! I think there is actually a good chance I could weigh as little as 154 something tomorrow, which would be fabulous!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:19 am |
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Jesus H Christ, I just got another call from that guy, leaving a message saying "sorry i talked so much earlier, but I really am a nice guy, a faithful guy, a gentlemen, and a normal guy so if you want to go and have a good time with a great guy, hit me up"
LOL
This guy seriously needs a new approach. That was just---pathetic. Wonder how long this nice, normal, healthy, faithful guy will keep calling my phone with no response before his nice normal healthy faithful brain gets the hint.
I also did some resistance training today to strengthen my arms/chest. That felt good.
This is going to be a struggle to not eat anything else for the rest of the night. I MUST SAVE MY CALORIES FOR TOMORROW!!!!!!!
Help me out guys!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:25 am |
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There! I brushed my teeth! That should help! Oh also, I decided not to go to that party tonight because it's far and it's by where I need to be tomorrow and I don't like the idea of driving for 45 minutes there and 45 minutes back only to make the same basic drive tomorrow.
But I will, I repeat WILL go to that party next week and I WILL have met my fitness goals for that week!!!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:29 am |
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doesn't it feel great when you meet your goals? (says the chick who ate pizza for dinner!). And I'm laughing at your crazy guy....smells like super needy desperate or future stalker
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Posted: 4 July 2010 03:40 am |
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It DOES feel great when you set a goal and meet it. I feel so, well, accomplished! In control. It's awesome.
And yeesh, another nutbar from the dating site I am on--he messaged me a while back and I wasn't that interested in him, just made polite conversation but it never went past that because I just wasn't interested. And he said he wanted to go out to a movie and I said nah, I didn't really want to and he begged and begged and begged and I finally said FINE! I'll go to a movie with you, if you pay and as long as you understand I am only going because you begged me to go and wouldn't let it go. Even under those conditions he accepted (I think I posted about this on here)
And THEN, maybe about 1/2 hour after he makes the plan he sends me a message saying something just came up at work and he can't make it. I don't believe this for one second, I am thinking he probably thought better of it and thought why waste my time and money on a chick who just told me she's not interested but is basically just giving me a pity date---which would have been a nice and good self=respecting thing to do. I would NEVER accept a pity date from a guy, forget it! I'd rather just be on my own for the evening.
But anyway--he messages me today,just now, just after this call from this other nutbar and he says
"Before we start dating, I want to let you know I don't want a serious relationship, as I just got out of one."
And I am thinking
wow, I didn't think we were going to date. And I couldn't give two flying farts about whether you want a serious relationship or not. I didn't even think we were going to continue to communicate!
and so I say nothing
and he says "So what do you think?
And I just told him "Well, to be honest, I was never really interested in dating you so it makes absolutely no difference to me whether you want a serious relationship or not!"
and then he says
"I am sorry. If you want to hang out, alright. I got to go."
WTF
What is in the water this fine July Saturday evening? Something nuts!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 04:48 am |
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so, I message that nice, faithful, honest gentlemanly guy and tell him that I don't really want to communicate with him further and I wish him luck in the dating scene (keep in mind this is a guy I have had one 15-minute conversation with)
and he fires back that I am a "chickensh.it" for not having the guts to call him and tell him this and then he proceeds to tell me I am shady, not fun, not playful, and not a good person.
GREAT
and then he calls my phone, which I of course ignore, thank God he doesn't leave a message.
Rejection sucks, I know that it does but come on, take it with some dignity. yeesh.
Actually, now I think about it, rejection doesn't feel GOOD by any stretch of the imagination, but it doesn't suck. It just is what it is. I guess I have come more and more to subscribe to the Big Gay Nurse's view on dating.
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Posted: 4 July 2010 05:55 pm |
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Yay! I weighed 155.6 lbs this morning. That makes eleven pounds that I've lost in the last 10 weeks. Hooray! I am SO glad to be in the mid 150s, this is awesome!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 08:34 pm |
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Great going straylight!
And honestly I remeber all too well the DATING GAME and I am sooooooooooo very thankful to have found a faithful husband who loves me more than his own life. WE have been married 24 1/2 years and it is grater every year! Had sum bumps and turmoils the first 10 but they were worth sticking it out for!
So I am feeling the pain for you with the wirdos out there!
I am on another cycle of the" beyond calories" part of idiotproof and hope to drop another 6lbs in the next 10 days!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 08:51 pm |
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| Hey Straylite, glad the weight watching is going well, looks like you are being very successful. As for the dating...oh boy, I do not envy you. The right one will probably come along but it is not fun getting there. How I found my husband is beyond me, I was just very, very lucky I think. I've seen a few friends go the internet route but no one has been really successful. The guys they meet are either not husband, or even serious partner material and those that are are not looking for a serious relationship. Then again, in this day and age I don't know how else you meet someone. Good luck and when you are least expecting it it may happen. Menawhile take care of you and enjoy life .
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Posted: 4 July 2010 11:15 pm |
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I have had some great luck on dating sites but I have also met some guys who are just mentally ill for lack of a better word, the kind of mentally ill they don't make pills for! lol. I don't mind, it's all in good fun, when I meet a guy I like that likes me back it's great and the losers make for good entertainment. As long as I don't end up in someone's freezer, I am happy. Then again, if I DID end up in someone's freezer, I would just be beyond caring at that point!
Had a great time at my aunt's BBQ. She had a waterslide set up and that was REALLY fun! Haven't done that in a while and it was the bee's knees! Oh man, and SO much good food. My tummy is definitely full and satisfied!
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Posted: 4 July 2010 11:48 pm |
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Phew, I just did some strength training for my arms. That felt great. Arms tired now.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 02:52 pm |
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Weight was at 161.8 this morning (dressed). Uf! I am sure it will take a bit to drop as I definitely enjoyed myself at the BBQ! I do still think I can meet my goal of 153.8
(or close to) by next Sunday. And this Friday is another party for me to go to.
This upcoming Saturday I am supposed to hang out with Terzo, but I don't know if it will happen because I find him REALLY boring to talk to on the phone. He is not a good conversationalist and that is really unappealing. Too bad for him!!!
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Posted: 5 July 2010 04:50 pm |
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Did some yoga and push-ups this morning. I can't believe I can do 3 regular guy push-ups because I haven't really been keeping up with them at all but I guess I kept up my strength somehow!
I also bought some nag champa incense and am burning it right now--MAN that stuff makes me feel like my flat is a magic palace, I feel so calm and ethereal when I smell it. I just love it! I need to keep that stuff stocked!
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Posted: 5 July 2010 05:27 pm |
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| MY husband introduced me to nag champa and we kep it stocked. I know what you mean about feeling like you are in a magical place when burning it. I just had some burning this morning and will probably light another one today
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Posted: 5 July 2010 06:16 pm |
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Nag champa reminds me of this image:
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Posted: 5 July 2010 06:18 pm |
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I did some more strength training (arms again) and had some relaxing tea. Feeling pretty good! There is a full body strength training exercise I need to do before the day is done, it's a great one that my friend JP showed me--it targets arms, sides, and legs, really great! For some reason I always laugh when I do it, don't know why.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 06:27 pm |
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yeesh, I decided to get those exercises out of the way! Done and done!
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Posted: 5 July 2010 07:21 pm |
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That color green and that burgandy are my 2 fav. colors!
How long does the full body workout take?
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Posted: 5 July 2010 10:15 pm |
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2 minutes? I just do three sets of about 6 reps. It's just one exercise that works out the whole body. Good stuff!
I am done with calories for the day, having consumed about 1,520. I had ice cream, a salted tomatoe, and a blueberry muffin. And gummie vitamins.
That should give me a bit of a deficit today and hopefully I will weigh around 160.4 tomorrow. Or less, of course.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 10:26 pm |
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Hey there. I haven't been in your diary for about week and so much has been going on. First off, I think that using dating sight would make me nuts, but who knows, I may end up trying it after I am past the current phase. But sheesh, it seems like it takes a lot of time energy to find the one possible interesting one and you have to deal with all that nutbag garbage. I dunno. I suppose I am going to school a bit on your experiences.
And congrats on your weight loss successes, that is awesome. I'm getting a bit of enthusiasm back, reading your posts.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 10:37 pm |
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Good, glad you are getting some enthusiasm from my posts! The dating sites are fun and even the nutbars are fun and entertaining. I would have to say that I probably meet about 1 cool guy to every 50 douchebags but like I said, it's all fun to me. In the last year, I would say I met one REALLY cool guy that was actually a boyfriend for a bit and then another pretty cool guy that I saw on the regular for a few months and he was pretty cool. So that's not too bad for a year. I don't belong to any pay sites, so it's no financial loss to me and like I said, I find it entertaining. Come on, you know the nutbar stories are hilarious.
Oh yeah, addendum to that first nutbar that spilled his guts and then got mad when I said I didn't want to communicate further with him, he sends me a text yesterday that says
"In honor in independence day, let's start over with much love and positive and have a beautiful friendship."
Jesus H Christ, this guy acts like we had a real thing going. All we had was a 15-minute conversation on the phone. He acts like we parented a child together or something.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 10:41 pm |
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In his dreams, you probably did.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 10:53 pm |
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Lord help any progeny of that guy, seriously. And Lord help any woman who procreates with him.
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Posted: 5 July 2010 11:09 pm |
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Ah, just did about 11 minutes of yoga. Felt PERFECT in my nag champa flat.
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