Healthy Living from the INSIDE OUT - May 2016 WISH Challenge

[Flossbolna]

Hi everyone!

I really want to do some replies (need to tell @courtneybeth how awesome she is: managing to get to your weightloss goal, maintaining for half a year and finish an MBA while working is just a fantastic acchievement!) but right now only have time for a quick check in from my lunch break.

Progress report: 45%

Ugh, I was hoping for more. I am happy with where I am now as I am finally below one of my important numbers. But why has the progress stalled again??? That should not be the case. Yes, I have been moving less, but still plenty and I ate less as well. Anyway, nothing I can do but keep doing what I am doing. @HappyGrape we seem to be in the same boat here...

On the other hand I can report that I did get the bike out yesterday!! Thanks @Oneanne for asking!! I biked to the pool, swam 1000m (20 laps in my wonderful outdoor olympic size pool, took me 35 minutes) and biked home. And then visited my parents by bike (only 5 minutes, but the point was to get back on the bike). Today it is raining, so no bike. Hopefully tomorrow though!

 

[HappyGrape]

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Anyway, nothing I can do but keep doing what I am doing. @HappyGrape we seem to be in the same boat here...

I think on days/weeks like this we just need to focus on long term vision and long term habit creation. There isn't going back. I am happier eating healthy. I am happier exercising regularly

The main goal is to be happy, to have energy, to feel good. In years time when we think about the past to be able to look back and say, yes, I did it, I truly changed how I view food, I stopped overeating, I stopped my poor eating habits and this is why I look as I do, and I feel as I do.

Pushing too hard is risky and it is what I have done in the past but I learned my lesson. This time I know better.

 

[courtneybeth]

This make me so happy to read.... because it means you really GOT IT! This isn't the "end of the line".... it is just the beginning of your healthy life at a healthy weight! Sure, vacations will happen and a few pounds here and there are often the result.... but enjoy the moment and have a plan to lose the "fun" pounds after the vacation and you are on SOLID GROUND for a life full of health!! HUGE congratulations on your graduation and of course, have a great celebration trip!!..................P

Thank you so much - it really has been a journey to reset my mind and thinking, so I hope others will learn from this too! I am ready to party!

Congratulations @courtneybeth !!!!! I saw some of the festivities on Instagram and it looked like a fabulous time!!!

So amazing. It was a practically perfect weekend and words cannot express the amount of love felt from those who came to celebrate with me. My parents may not have been there, but Jason and Laura's family cheered me on because I am now part of their family (and it's adorable!).

 

[Flossbolna]

I think on days/weeks like this we just need to focus on long term vision and long term habit creation. There isn't going back. I am happier eating healthy. I am happier exercising regularly

The main goal is to be happy, to have energy, to feel good. In years time when we think about the past to be able to look back and say, yes, I did it, I truly changed how I view food, I stopped overeating, I stopped my poor eating habits and this is why I look as I do, and I feel as I do.

Pushing too hard is risky and it is what I have done in the past but I learned my lesson. This time I know better.

Yes, exactly. I keep telling myself that I know that giving up on my efforts will for sure not lead me to where I want to be. And as you say: at least it helps building new habits, which is an important tool for long term success!

One thing that motivates me is looking at the statistics in my weight tracking apps (I have two and then the fitbit app). I like seeing how much I am down over three or six months. And that sometimes help me realise that even if this week was only a 5% move towards goal, overall I am getting closer to my longterm goal every month!

 

[courtneybeth]

Good morning, everyone. HAPPY MONDAY! It's 530am on the Left Coast and we're eagerly awaiting for the arrival of our SuperShuttle....

We're experiencing lots of JOY after an amazing weekend and start to our short celebratory week at WDW. I think Anger, Sadness, Fear, and Disgust can rest awhile. It's going to be a great week!

 

[DisPup75]

QOTW - May 24



It's Mood Monday!!! I was going to save her for the end but I just couldn't. Today we are going to celebrate Sadness. Or at least talk about how she fits into our lives are our quest for healthy minds and bodies in both good ways and bad.

I've actually blocked off time on my calendar tomorrow morning to post our Week 3 results. So if you don't have them in yet, you've goth one more day!

 

[HappyGrape]

Thank you so much - it really has been a journey to reset my mind and thinking, so I hope others will learn from this too! I am ready to party!


So amazing. It was a practically perfect weekend and words cannot express the amount of love felt from those who came to celebrate with me. My parents may not have been there, but Jason and Laura's family cheered me on because I am now part of their family (and it's adorable!).

well done for all your achievements! it's great to read about a person that doesn't afraid to put the work in and get such great results!

 

[Dr Gunnie]

Sadness is in full effect this morning. My son tried to take a shower last night and said there was no hot water. I went downstairs to look at the water heater and there was a big puddle underneath it.

Now, instead of enjoying my first day of summer break, I'm worried about getting someone out to look at the water heater and the idea of having to drop around $2000 for a new one.

Plus, I don't want to go workout knowing I can't take a shower after!!!

 

[piglet1979]

QOTW - May 24

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It's Mood Monday!!! I was going to save her for the end but I just couldn't. Today we are going to celebrate Sadness. Or at least talk about how she fits into our lives are our quest for healthy minds and bodies in both good ways and bad.

I've actually blocked off time on my calendar tomorrow morning to post our Week 3 results. So if you don't have them in yet, you've goth one more day!

Sadness does not affect me much. If I cry it is more because I am mad and frustrated. There are a few moments that I have felt sad this weekend. My almost 9 year old told me that she is too old for Tinker Bell. I have a hard time with the kids growing older but then again we started taking advantage of it this weekend. We left the kids home (10 and almost 9) while my husband and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. It was nice. We had walkie talkies so we could still communicate with them easily. They loved the added responsibility and they were thanking us all weekend. I wasn't ready for this step and I really wanted to cry at one point. They can't be old enough for this. But Joy pushed saddness aside and I realized how nice it was to go for a walk alone with my husband.

 

[piglet1979]

Sadness is in full effect this morning. My son tried to take a shower last night and said there was no hot water. I went downstairs to look at the water heater and there was a big puddle underneath it.

Now, instead of enjoying my first day of summer break, I'm worried about getting someone out to look at the water heater and the idea of having to drop around $2000 for a new one.

Plus, I don't want to go workout knowing I can't take a shower after!!!

Thank stinks. Ours is really old and I know one day I will wake up to this. Hopefully it will get fixed quickly and not be too expensive.

 

[mamattorney]

Sadness is in full effect this morning. My son tried to take a shower last night and said there was no hot water. I went downstairs to look at the water heater and there was a big puddle underneath it.

Now, instead of enjoying my first day of summer break, I'm worried about getting someone out to look at the water heater and the idea of having to drop around $2000 for a new one.

Plus, I don't want to go workout knowing I can't take a shower after!!!

Hot water heater leaks are the worst - we had a basement flood last summer because it started leaking overnight and no one knew until the next morning! We're talking dry wall repair, flooring replacement, mold prevention kind of flood- first homeowners insurance claim we ever filed. And while insurance paid for all the basement repairs - they still wouldn't cover the water heater (which had to be replaced - of course!) Good Luck!

 

[mamattorney]

QOTW - May 24

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It's Mood Monday!!! I was going to save her for the end but I just couldn't. Today we are going to celebrate Sadness. Or at least talk about how she fits into our lives are our quest for healthy minds and bodies in both good ways and bad.

I've actually blocked off time on my calendar tomorrow morning to post our Week 3 results. So if you don't have them in yet, you've goth one more day!

Sadness affects me a lot these days - as the school year comes to a close, and another Disney vacation approaches - it's mostly in the form of nostalgia. Where did my babies go? How can these kids be so big? How can this one be moving to junior high? Disney without a stroller (first time this year)? How is that possible? That kind of thing.

I think sadness fits into my quest for a healthy mind and body because I have sad memories of being larger (especially as vacation approaches, since it was my proverbial "rock bottom" - tight plane seats, tight ride seats, tight dining room chairs on the cruise, very painful and swollen feet and ankles after all the walking). Those sad memories will hopefully power me through my journey as much as the joy I feel when I feel I achieve a new fitness or weight loss milestone.

 

[courtneybeth]

QOTW - May 24

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It's Mood Monday!!! I was going to save her for the end but I just couldn't. Today we are going to celebrate Sadness. Or at least talk about how she fits into our lives are our quest for healthy minds and bodies in both good ways and bad.

I've actually blocked off time on my calendar tomorrow morning to post our Week 3 results. So if you don't have them in yet, you've goth one more day!

I think sadness allows us to cry out frustrations and can mix with other emotions to allow us to feel more. Like this weekend I cried because it was an emotional relief to be done with everything and it was okay.

Sadness is in full effect this morning. My son tried to take a shower last night and said there was no hot water. I went downstairs to look at the water heater and there was a big puddle underneath it.

Now, instead of enjoying my first day of summer break, I'm worried about getting someone out to look at the water heater and the idea of having to drop around $2000 for a new one.

Plus, I don't want to go workout knowing I can't take a shower after!!!

Ugh not a good way to start a week. I'm surprised you're not more anger than sadness this morning. I am so so sorry.

 

[DVCFan1994]

Crazy busy weekend, so sorry to check in late @DisPup75 . The good news is I stayed on track all weekend with tracking and my eating/calorie goals. And the scale, after months on refusing to budge, seems to being slooowly inching back downwards

I'm at 74% for the month. Be back later to answer the QOTD. @courtneybeth Congratulations on your graduation and have a fantastic time in WDW!!!

 

[Oneanne]

I often see sadness in my eyes in photographs that were taken at times I thought I was happy. I do also sometimes feels like sadness from childhood stuff is still lingering just under the surface... This is probably what comes thru in photos. I do feel like I'm learning how to better live with it, instead of thinking I have to be happy all the time, and also to value it. Hey, that's one of the themes of the movie isn't it .

It turned in to a pretty good weekend. Saturday was wintery cold and wet but it cleared up Sunday and I got some things taken care of out in the yard. I also got a shelf put up in the livingroom using shelf brackets that have Texas Stars in them, which brought back nice memories of the trip.

Happy Monday everyone.

 

[bigsis1970]

Congrats @courtneybeth !!!! what an accomplishment, have a great time celebrating!!

Sadness - UGH it hits me like a wave every now and then.. I just cry and let it out and be done with it but sometimes I feel silly crying at something I read on FB or see on TV that makes me think of something sad and crying, last one was a FB post about to expect when you own a beagle and I miss mine something fierce and it had me bawling. Haaa.. Oh well...
I was filled with a bit of Sadness and Anger on Friday when the lady from the bank called and finally had the INCORRECT results from our appraisal - it came in moneywise fine but the guy didn't follow thru on some items needed, like if the porches were attached or not to the trailer, he marked the year built as 2014 not 2004 then didn't follow thru with the leasehold to make sure we can rebuild if it burns down so we had to move our closing from 5/31 to 6/10 because he got it back to them a week later then they asked for it (and they gave him two weeks to begin with) so we'd have the 5 days by law to get the closing docs in time.. then when I got my copy on Saturday I went over it with a fine tooth comb and I also found that he said it was for sale at 224,900 then down to 219,00 when I know it was only at it's highest on Zillow for 99,000 and he has our neighborhood boundaries as roads in a town 40 miles away ... so now we go from closing this month with only 1 day of interest to closing next month with 20 days of interest to pay.. UGH.. and we are down to only 4 days to move because we told the family purchasing our house they can move in on 6/15 ....
BUT .... my Saturday was filled with JOY .. my mom, sister, daughter and I went on a bus trip to Foxwoods Casino in CT. and my daughter who is 22 and this was her first gambling trip won a good chunk of money playing Bingo.. she was the sole winner and claimed $1350.00 after taxes.. she was soo excited - this means she now can get her car fixed and keep current on her bills without out my help (she just started a new job 2 weeks ago after being jobless for 6 weeks) however on the trip home I started feeling car sick and was so close to losing it just as we arrived home that I laid pretty much low all day Sunday ..

Happy Monday, Hugs and Smiles to all.. Michelle

 

[piglet1979]

Sadness affects me a lot these days - as the school year comes to a close, and another Disney vacation approaches - it's mostly in the form of nostalgia. Where did my babies go? How can these kids be so big? How can this one be moving to junior high? Disney without a stroller (first time this year)? How is that possible? That kind of thing.

I think sadness fits into my quest for a healthy mind and body because I have sad memories of being larger (especially as vacation approaches, since it was my proverbial "rock bottom" - tight plane seats, tight ride seats, tight dining room chairs on the cruise, very painful and swollen feet and ankles after all the walking). Those sad memories will hopefully power me through my journey as much as the joy I feel when I feel I achieve a new fitness or weight loss milestone.

I feel the same way. September was the first year to Disney without the stroller. It was nice not having it but I was worried about my daughter. it worked out great though. My son is only going into 5th grade but in our district 5th is like Junior high. I wish there was a way to slow down time.

 

[DVCFan1994]

QOTW - May 24

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It's Mood Monday!!! I was going to save her for the end but I just couldn't. Today we are going to celebrate Sadness. Or at least talk about how she fits into our lives are our quest for healthy minds and bodies in both good ways and bad.

I've actually blocked off time on my calendar tomorrow morning to post our Week 3 results. So if you don't have them in yet, you've goth one more day!

Sadness was the most important part of the movie to me, from the point of view of having my kids learn something from it. As and aside, I have to say, as someone with a mental health background this movie is a great learning tool for kids. Sadness is inevitable, you can't get through life without it. So, to me it becomes about acknowledging sadness and her role, and then creating something positive from it, or just realizing it won't last forever, unless I let it take over. I suffered from severe depression at one point in my life, and it was particularly hard because it was truly a chemical thing. I had literally basically nothing to be sad about at that time in my life (I was 20 and in college with a lot of positives). So getting people to understand and not judge was very hard. But I got past it, and learned from the experience. I have things now to be sad about and I know that when I feel that way, I need to think about why, and what I am going to do about it. Some sad things are out of our control like illness or death of a loved one. I try to accept that sadness is appropriate then, and realize I am only sad because that person meant a lot to me and that is a good thing. I think of ways to remember that person and find joy there. In the end its about accepting sadness and realizing its purpose, not trying to hide or make it go away. I used to use food to make sadness go away. Never worked. I would still be sad and then would also feel angry or disgusted with myself.

 

[Dr Gunnie]

Joy is now the emotion as the problem was a pipe leading out of the water heater and not the water heater itself. Cost to fix was only $175.

Now I can run and take a shower! Woo Hoo!

 

[courtneybeth]

Here's a little ride tip for those to not experience "sadness" if you didn't get a FP for 7DMT: get in line during the electrical parade and wishes. Our wait in standby was only 20 minutes - even though 70 was posted!