This is what I used this evening to get the 2 feet of snow off of my garage, and the back end of my house...I live on a hill, so the roof is REALLLLY high, we had extension poles, all sorts of butch things. Then we had to rig another contraption to loosen the snow that has frozen, so that we could then rake this off. This is all because of the 4 feet of snow we've gotten in the last month, and the horror stories I keep seeing on the news of peoples roofs collapsing under all the weight...OH, did I mention we're getting 10" more tomorrow? And then a wicked awesome ice storm the next day. Hence the manic roof raking that was done tonight by myself and my husband.
All of this left no time for the gym. So I raked my roof, chipped ice, made dinner, and paid our monthly bills. Now I'm wishing I had a bottle of wine to wash it all down. That would be amazing.
So tomorrow, I will go to the gym, weather permitting. This winter is not conducive to my exercise plan, btw!! I'll also make good choices with what I eat, and track every single stupid point. Yep, Monday bitterness, in full effect over here!!!
Have a great Tuesday lovely ladies, I know I'm crossing my fingers :)
xoxo - Gallant
5 thankful things...
A roof over my head during this bitter mean winter
Enough money to pay my monthly bills (THIS IS HUGE, BTW!!)
My Uncle Bert, he's so awesome. I love him so much!
A car that is relatively new, that will get me where I need to be.
HEAT. I love having heat, and I'm OH so thankful for it.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
The HULK
So today I went to work. Mind you, aside from the Dr on Friday I have not left my house since Wednesday...
The parking lot at my Sunday job has not been plowed once in the last 4 feet of snow it's accumulated. It's F'n crazy, and I'm a New Englander that does not drive some crazy giant 4 wheel drive beast, I drive a Scion. A Scion that got stuck in the snow; in the middle of the lot. I had to go into my place of business, get a shovel, and shovel my car out so that I could park it. Did I mention that I am just now trying to recover from the flu? While shoveling I had visions of myself, turning into the Hulk, picking up all of the cars in the parking lot, hurling them down the street in a fit of rage, screaming "THIS SNOW, THIS FU#KING SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deep Breath, centering spirit. I got my car unstuck, parked it, and did my job of making cookies and sandwiches for people enjoying the day off.
I am going to attempt the gym tomorrow. Just to walk, I won't go crazy as I'm still recovering. I don't have a fever anymore, but I'm certainly not feeling great yet. I just need to get moving again. I feel like a blob. I feel fat and bloated. Is this really what not working out for a week and eating too many carbs does to me? Yes, yes it does.
So I'm excited to get back into the swing of things, getting better, and staying healthy.
Thank you all for blogging, for giving me something funny and inspiring to read, and honestly, something to look forward too :)
Loves to all you lovely ladies!!
OH, and 5 things I am thankful for:
My husband. He offered to come dig my car out and deal with all of it this morning when I called him in a fit of rage. He's a smart and kind man. He heard the HULK in my voice.
My dog, he makes me happy every time I look at him.
My house, it's small, but I really love my home.
My bathtub, it's claw foot, deep, and oh sooo dreamy!
My Job, even though sometimes it's lame, I work with people who honestly make me laugh. I LOVE to LAUGH.
The parking lot at my Sunday job has not been plowed once in the last 4 feet of snow it's accumulated. It's F'n crazy, and I'm a New Englander that does not drive some crazy giant 4 wheel drive beast, I drive a Scion. A Scion that got stuck in the snow; in the middle of the lot. I had to go into my place of business, get a shovel, and shovel my car out so that I could park it. Did I mention that I am just now trying to recover from the flu? While shoveling I had visions of myself, turning into the Hulk, picking up all of the cars in the parking lot, hurling them down the street in a fit of rage, screaming "THIS SNOW, THIS FU#KING SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deep Breath, centering spirit. I got my car unstuck, parked it, and did my job of making cookies and sandwiches for people enjoying the day off.
I am going to attempt the gym tomorrow. Just to walk, I won't go crazy as I'm still recovering. I don't have a fever anymore, but I'm certainly not feeling great yet. I just need to get moving again. I feel like a blob. I feel fat and bloated. Is this really what not working out for a week and eating too many carbs does to me? Yes, yes it does.
So I'm excited to get back into the swing of things, getting better, and staying healthy.
Thank you all for blogging, for giving me something funny and inspiring to read, and honestly, something to look forward too :)
Loves to all you lovely ladies!!
OH, and 5 things I am thankful for:
My husband. He offered to come dig my car out and deal with all of it this morning when I called him in a fit of rage. He's a smart and kind man. He heard the HULK in my voice.
My dog, he makes me happy every time I look at him.
My house, it's small, but I really love my home.
My bathtub, it's claw foot, deep, and oh sooo dreamy!
My Job, even though sometimes it's lame, I work with people who honestly make me laugh. I LOVE to LAUGH.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Flu Feeding Frenzy
Hey Ladies,
I'm still Typhoid Mary, I finally went to the doctor today and was diagnosed with the flu. So exciting, because there is nothing that can be done with the flu. I never get an illness that can be cured with medicine, I am the queen of viruses.
So, one thing I've been paying attention to while wallowing in illness and misery (I am a total dramatic baby when I'm sick btw) is that all I want to do is EAT. Why can't I be the person who comes back from an illness and be down 5lbs?! Because I am a fat girl, who eats out of boredom and feeling sad. I know that I feed myself to make myself feel better...This is not the recommended thing to do for the flu. Mind you, I don't have an appetite per say, just wanna eat. I'm trying to be reasonable, and I am consciously eating, so that is a plus at least. I am also tracking all of it, no matter how ugly it gets.
The worst part is that I can't work out, I get dizzy standing up for lords sake, but exercise really is my anti-depressant/anti-anxiety. I did manage to stretch last night, and I'm going to give a whirl again tonight.
On the bright side, I've been researching culinary schools to go to, this is my dream when my financial life is a bit more stable....
That's it for me today, I've missed blogging with you ladies. I hope I feel up to again tomorrow. I have been reading all of yours, and it's SO great to have all of your company :)
Loves to you all!!!
xoxo Gallant
I'm still Typhoid Mary, I finally went to the doctor today and was diagnosed with the flu. So exciting, because there is nothing that can be done with the flu. I never get an illness that can be cured with medicine, I am the queen of viruses.
So, one thing I've been paying attention to while wallowing in illness and misery (I am a total dramatic baby when I'm sick btw) is that all I want to do is EAT. Why can't I be the person who comes back from an illness and be down 5lbs?! Because I am a fat girl, who eats out of boredom and feeling sad. I know that I feed myself to make myself feel better...This is not the recommended thing to do for the flu. Mind you, I don't have an appetite per say, just wanna eat. I'm trying to be reasonable, and I am consciously eating, so that is a plus at least. I am also tracking all of it, no matter how ugly it gets.
The worst part is that I can't work out, I get dizzy standing up for lords sake, but exercise really is my anti-depressant/anti-anxiety. I did manage to stretch last night, and I'm going to give a whirl again tonight.
On the bright side, I've been researching culinary schools to go to, this is my dream when my financial life is a bit more stable....
That's it for me today, I've missed blogging with you ladies. I hope I feel up to again tomorrow. I have been reading all of yours, and it's SO great to have all of your company :)
Loves to you all!!!
xoxo Gallant
Monday, January 24, 2011
Meditative Meaning
I know we've all joked about being nicer people as one of our resolutions, and, well, you can add me to the list. Tonight, I did't work out, because I forgot it's Monday and this is my cleaning/prepare for the rest of the week night. Which I did! My house isn't spotless, but I wouldn't be horrified if someone stopped by un-annouced, and I made a ton of Veggie Tofu Fried Rice for dinner, which will also be lunch for the rest of the week. Awesome, and so very yummy!
In addition to being a domestic goddess tonight, I also meditated for awhile. My intention during meditation, visualizing love, compassion, openess, and honesty for some people I work with that are really causing me upset. This may sound stupid to some, but I do believe that people who are difficult, mean, or unlikeable are that way because they don't recieve enough love in their lives. So I try and send them some during meditation. It's difficult, but it works, and it makes me feel better too. I'm not going to let them bring me down man! This is not something I have been able to master being open to on a daily basis, but when the mood strikes, I take advantage.
Tomorrow, I will have a better day. I will be happy at work, I will eat sensibly, I will be mindful of how I talk to people.
I know you all will have a great day tomorrow!!
xoxo Gallant
In addition to being a domestic goddess tonight, I also meditated for awhile. My intention during meditation, visualizing love, compassion, openess, and honesty for some people I work with that are really causing me upset. This may sound stupid to some, but I do believe that people who are difficult, mean, or unlikeable are that way because they don't recieve enough love in their lives. So I try and send them some during meditation. It's difficult, but it works, and it makes me feel better too. I'm not going to let them bring me down man! This is not something I have been able to master being open to on a daily basis, but when the mood strikes, I take advantage.
Tomorrow, I will have a better day. I will be happy at work, I will eat sensibly, I will be mindful of how I talk to people.
I know you all will have a great day tomorrow!!
xoxo Gallant
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Hello my name is Eatie McEaterson
CAN'T. STOP. EATING.
Yesterday and today I have blown through me extra weekly points. UGGGGGG. I haven't touched the my 'Activity' points yet, and I'm going to try really hard not too! I've had a weekend of back sliding and I'm not very pleased with myself. Nothing crazy, no bingeing, just snacking, snacking and more snacking. I feel lousy.
I know that my eating has some sort of emotional link, but I can't pin point it yet. I won't give up on my quest to figure it out though. This was and is my goal for the year, to crack the code with my food issues. I know a lot of it has to do with being raised with a skinny sister, and constantly being compared to her. My Mom telling me I can't have a certain food, telling me, I'm not as lucky as my sister, she can eat whatever she wants, but I have to watch my weight. Mind you I was about 10 when this started. I'm not mad or resentful with my Mom, she is a kind soul who would never have said those things if she really understood the impact of her words. But they were said, they sunk in, and I know that this is really the root of the issues I have. However, I'm still trying to figure out what triggers my need to eat things that I shouldn't, to eat too much, and then to hate myself for it. It's a really ugly cycle. Thankfully this has been the first time since I joined WW that I've felt this way.
The good news is, I spent my day off doing some things I love. I went to a very theraputic yoga class, I had brunch with my Bestie, at a delicious restaraunt, and even though I wanted the portabello eggs benedict, I ordered the veggie egg white omlette instead. :)
Today at work it was slow, and in turn I snacked WAY too much. I tracked everything, facing the awful truth.
Tomorrow I will make good choices for myself, I will look at it as a new day to right the wrongs I brought to myself this weekend, and I will excerise...because I feel guilty.
Cheers to a happy peaceful Monday my FT sistahs!
xoxo- Gallant
Yesterday and today I have blown through me extra weekly points. UGGGGGG. I haven't touched the my 'Activity' points yet, and I'm going to try really hard not too! I've had a weekend of back sliding and I'm not very pleased with myself. Nothing crazy, no bingeing, just snacking, snacking and more snacking. I feel lousy.
I know that my eating has some sort of emotional link, but I can't pin point it yet. I won't give up on my quest to figure it out though. This was and is my goal for the year, to crack the code with my food issues. I know a lot of it has to do with being raised with a skinny sister, and constantly being compared to her. My Mom telling me I can't have a certain food, telling me, I'm not as lucky as my sister, she can eat whatever she wants, but I have to watch my weight. Mind you I was about 10 when this started. I'm not mad or resentful with my Mom, she is a kind soul who would never have said those things if she really understood the impact of her words. But they were said, they sunk in, and I know that this is really the root of the issues I have. However, I'm still trying to figure out what triggers my need to eat things that I shouldn't, to eat too much, and then to hate myself for it. It's a really ugly cycle. Thankfully this has been the first time since I joined WW that I've felt this way.
The good news is, I spent my day off doing some things I love. I went to a very theraputic yoga class, I had brunch with my Bestie, at a delicious restaraunt, and even though I wanted the portabello eggs benedict, I ordered the veggie egg white omlette instead. :)
Today at work it was slow, and in turn I snacked WAY too much. I tracked everything, facing the awful truth.
Tomorrow I will make good choices for myself, I will look at it as a new day to right the wrongs I brought to myself this weekend, and I will excerise...because I feel guilty.
Cheers to a happy peaceful Monday my FT sistahs!
xoxo- Gallant
Friday, January 21, 2011
TGIFF
So I totally blew my points today. But I knew that I would, and I planned for it! Not on anything amazing mind you, I had a dinner meeting at a clients house, who also happens to be my husbands cousin. Because in addition to working two regular jobs, I'm also doing a design gig on the side, OH, and did I mention I also make cakes and treats for my own business I'm trying to start up?! Yeah, I'm kinda busy....
Anyway, I ate as well as I could earlier, staying way under my points all day, knowing that I really didn't know what dinner would be, and being my mothers daughter, you NEVER turn down a meal someone has prepared for you, especially when they took your vegetarianism in to account. So I ate pasta, bread, salad, and dessert...Luckily it was all good, and I took appropriate portions of all. Not that huge of a milestone on portion control, as I normally don't pig out in those situations, it's alone in front of the TV, or at my favorite restaurants that I have the real problem to conquer. But alas, tonight I did good, and the most important part, I tracked everything...
So I'm worn out. It's been a long grueling week, and tomorrow, my one day to sleep in I've decided to do a 10:00 am yoga class, then brunch with my good friend. I know it's something I need to do, and in the long run, I'll feel better from doing that than sleeping in and being lazy. Next week, I'll be lazy.
So until tomorrow, may you all have beautiful, healthy Saturdays :)
xoxo - Gallant
Anyway, I ate as well as I could earlier, staying way under my points all day, knowing that I really didn't know what dinner would be, and being my mothers daughter, you NEVER turn down a meal someone has prepared for you, especially when they took your vegetarianism in to account. So I ate pasta, bread, salad, and dessert...Luckily it was all good, and I took appropriate portions of all. Not that huge of a milestone on portion control, as I normally don't pig out in those situations, it's alone in front of the TV, or at my favorite restaurants that I have the real problem to conquer. But alas, tonight I did good, and the most important part, I tracked everything...
So I'm worn out. It's been a long grueling week, and tomorrow, my one day to sleep in I've decided to do a 10:00 am yoga class, then brunch with my good friend. I know it's something I need to do, and in the long run, I'll feel better from doing that than sleeping in and being lazy. Next week, I'll be lazy.
So until tomorrow, may you all have beautiful, healthy Saturdays :)
xoxo - Gallant
Thursday, January 20, 2011
CAUTION: Explicit Language
Well, here I am, sipping on a cocktail, reflecting on my day. It was a day that made me need a drink...
I will not bore you with the details of work, only that sometimes my boss is such a Fuc*&%#&$king idiot it kills me, the shit he expects, the lack of reality in his thought process, I don't know why I let it get to me. Well, I know a little, that the stupid ass decisions he makes could potentially make my life really crazy. However, work is always crazy, it is always overwhelming, and normally I just roll through it. Most of the time I can say "whatev man, I'll do what I can, and you'll give me a paycheck...no skin off my ass..." Today was not one of those days. I let it get the better of me, I got pissed off, and let it get it to me. I get so dissapointed with myself when that happens. I am a crazy emotional girl, and I am always trying to reel it in a bit! Blaaaaahhhhhhh, enough of that.
The good news, I did not reach for a bag of chips or eat a whole cake, I went to the gym and worked out ferociously to the point of near collapse. I had a nice shower, and now I'm having a cocktail. AND I'm tracking it.
I also had someone come up to me at work today and ask me if I was losing weight, that I looked good. I almost let some sarcastic response fly out of my mouth, but instead collected myself, and simply said "yes, thank you!" This is a huge deal for me, as I am horrible at recieving compliments or positive feedback of any kind, it makes me so uncomfortable!! WTF?
So tomorrow is a new day. I will drive to work in the snow, yes, more snow is coming, and I will control myself during my meeting, I will not give a flying shit what my boss says, because in the grand sceme of life, it really doesn't matter.
Good night ladies. T G I F F !!!
xoxo - Gallant
I will not bore you with the details of work, only that sometimes my boss is such a Fuc*&%#&$king idiot it kills me, the shit he expects, the lack of reality in his thought process, I don't know why I let it get to me. Well, I know a little, that the stupid ass decisions he makes could potentially make my life really crazy. However, work is always crazy, it is always overwhelming, and normally I just roll through it. Most of the time I can say "whatev man, I'll do what I can, and you'll give me a paycheck...no skin off my ass..." Today was not one of those days. I let it get the better of me, I got pissed off, and let it get it to me. I get so dissapointed with myself when that happens. I am a crazy emotional girl, and I am always trying to reel it in a bit! Blaaaaahhhhhhh, enough of that.
The good news, I did not reach for a bag of chips or eat a whole cake, I went to the gym and worked out ferociously to the point of near collapse. I had a nice shower, and now I'm having a cocktail. AND I'm tracking it.
I also had someone come up to me at work today and ask me if I was losing weight, that I looked good. I almost let some sarcastic response fly out of my mouth, but instead collected myself, and simply said "yes, thank you!" This is a huge deal for me, as I am horrible at recieving compliments or positive feedback of any kind, it makes me so uncomfortable!! WTF?
So tomorrow is a new day. I will drive to work in the snow, yes, more snow is coming, and I will control myself during my meeting, I will not give a flying shit what my boss says, because in the grand sceme of life, it really doesn't matter.
Good night ladies. T G I F F !!!
xoxo - Gallant
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