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23800. judithathome - 3/15/2008 11:36:28 PM God, I am sick of salads.
I had a little beef last night, though...and will on Sunday, also.
Good news is I've lost 2 pounds...fianlly!
Thanks for the support, guys! 23801. judithathome - 3/15/2008 11:37:39 PM Oh, And I won't be buying the English muffins any longer...I really like the South Beach whole grain tortillas better, anyhow. ;-) 23802. thoughtful - 3/17/2008 6:21:24 PM J@h, if you're sick of salads, why not opt for cooked veggies. One of my faves is rutabaga...I had some for breakfast this am...warm and soft, it's almost like eating a cooked cereal. Of course I had it with scrambled eggs and whole grain rye bread and butter and V8 juice and decaf. I also like eating the mixed veggies like broccoli, cauliflower and carrot blend, and cauliflower can be cooked and mashed like a mashed potato for a nice change of pace.
Glad to hear the weight is finally easing off. 23803. arkymalarky - 3/18/2008 5:53:43 AM I'm mad at Bro. Y'all may remember my parents won a Harley. Dad refused to give it or sell it to Bro, who wanted it bad.
Well, Bro bought one last week. And the musician broke his hand in two places today. Don't know if he's going to get rid of it, but he has no business with a motorcycle. He has enough trouble staying focused driving a car.
Speaking of that, my dr, who's very pretty, had a cycle accident last monthiia bicycle. She flew over the handlebars and landed on her face. She had to have 25 stitches. 23804. alistairconnor - 3/18/2008 10:56:43 AM Oh ouch!
Ouch for bro (I've got a brother like that... though he gave up the motorbike antics at age 20 or so... having survived that long by a series of miracles)
Ouch for the doc...
Though in abstract terms, I am fairly unsympathetic to people who have bicycle accidents. My philosophy is that if you're going to ride a bike in a hostile environment (i.e. anywhere but a dedicated bicycle track or on private property) then you'd better assume that everyone else is out to kill you, and that anything that happens to you is your own fault. 23805. judithathome - 3/18/2008 3:34:41 PM It's raining today and I have to go to Dallas with my son this afternnon. I will be a nervous wreck after we get through Dallas traffic twice...even with my son driving and us being in a HUGE truck that could probably crush any smaller car that challenged us. 23806. judithathome - 3/18/2008 3:35:39 PM What is about early mornings that makes you read "afternnon" as okay until right before it posts onto this screen and it's too late to change it? 23807. arkymalarky - 3/18/2008 4:43:45 PM I'm sympathetic to typos since everything I'm doing now is texting. I've made a bunch of them and a lot have gotten through, tho I've caught a bunch of them. 23808. alistairconnor - 3/18/2008 5:04:25 PM Oh shitty shitty fuck.
He's done it. The stepson has been drop-kicked out of his high school.
His behaviour is way out of order. It might just about be non-expulsion grade in one of the rougher public schools, but this is a fairly snotty catholic school. And other kids' parents have been complaining about him.
And it happened on Friday, and we learned about it today.
The worst of it is, I'm part of the problem, from his point of view... I come between him and his mother... bad experience with a previous stepfather... he has never known his father.
So I've decided we have to address that aspect at least. The father is apparently living with his mother, and a young Congolese wife, in Barcelona. I've been talking about setting up a meeting, I think I'm going to force the issue and take him there this Easter weekend. (We were planning a family bike trip, but the weather's going to be crappy anyway.)
Might make a good road movie. 23809. arkymalarky - 3/18/2008 6:11:36 PM Good luck. Bro is going thru a similar situation with one of his three stepsons and it's very stressful. The dad has been zero help. 23810. iiibbb - 3/18/2008 6:56:11 PM My weight loss has come in spurts over the past 2 years. My worst weight was about 210 lb, but I usually hovered in the 200-205 lbs range.
I quit drinking soda (I was drinking way too much during the PhD) and was down to 195 within a month. I started swimming (built up to about 2 k, but generally swim 1-1.5 k 3 times a week, and try to do that within 30-45 minutes). I have changed my diet gradually, mostly by reducing portion size and after dinner snacking. I never really ate dessert before. After a year, year and a half I was hovering from 180-185 lbs
Last September I added running 1-3 miles 2 times a week to the routine. It used to kill my knees, but I was jealous of my wife's portable exercise. It helped buying some quality running shoes. I also started eating yogurt for dessert. That took me down to about 176-180 lbs.
Around Christmas, I dropped another 5 for no apparent reason except that I've settled into a routine. I think my metabolism has caught up with my activity level. I now exercise 3-5 times a week. I allow myself a soda every once in a while, mostly on trips. It's interesting that now the caffine jolt actually works now.
I am now hovering in the 172-176 lb range. I attribute the vast majority of my weight loss to regular cardio exercise and reducing junk food. I haven't tried to restrict specific things from my diet... I might be eating less starch (bread), less rich stuff like ice cream (which I have a weakness for). I generally don't take seconds.
I dunno. It's taken a 2 years to lose this much. The losses definitely came in spurts rather than a steady decline. The last 5 lbs were a surprise and I could stand to lose another 5 lbs, but I'm very happy with where I've gotten given the rather simple changes I had to incorporate to my life. I'm glad I stuck with them. I will say that my goal was more about improving my cardio-vascular condition than weight loss.
Be patient and good luck.
23811. iiibbb - 3/18/2008 7:01:39 PM Every once in a while 1% wish I rode a motorcycle. It seems like a lot of fun. But the other 99% usually is successful in reminding me that it's not a question of if you have an accident but when.
I have at least 2 friends that should be dead because of them. One of them fell asleep driving cross country and wound up flipping down the highway about 8 times. He got lucky; a couple of pins in his wrist. He has more lives than a cat. I think lung-disease is going to get him though (smoker).
I may one day get a convertible... but gas prices what they are, probably not. 23812. iiibbb - 3/18/2008 7:06:32 PM Good luck with the stepson.
My uncle had a step-son who wound up OD'ing on heroin. Nick was always a bit of a handful when we were growing up. Wouldn't listen to my uncle, and my uncle never figured it out. Come to think of it, it can't be any easier if it's your own kid. What can you do if they are so determined? At some point they have to take ownership of their behavior, you can't live their life for them.
I hope any kid that I have will be at least an obedient one. 23813. alistairconnor - 3/18/2008 7:26:44 PM Opinions are mixed about the daddy-trip idea (i.e. mother and son are against it). Maybe it's not the moment.
The best thing would be to get him into a boarding school, where he can become his own man. I think. 23814. arkymalarky - 3/18/2008 7:29:59 PM I always told my students that I could handle 30 of them in one room better than I could handle one at home. 23815. arkymalarky - 3/18/2008 7:32:22 PM I have a sudden incentive to get my weight on down to target (15-20 more lbs). We're going to FL at the end of June. 23816. alistairconnor - 3/18/2008 7:33:59 PM Well I wonder how you would get on with stepson!
Actually I know... he would love you, work hard for you, be a positive dynamising influence in your classes.
And still make hell with the other teachers. 23817. alistairconnor - 3/18/2008 7:36:51 PM I am stuck on 75 kg in spite of taking regular exercise for the first time in my life (as documented elsewhere).
I suppose it must be heavy muscle replacing light fat eh?
I would be happier with 5 kg less given my skinny build, but I'm pretty much reconciled to my current shape. At least I've stopped the rot. 23818. arkymalarky - 3/18/2008 7:52:24 PM Awww, thanks Alistair! 23819. wonkers2 - 3/19/2008 5:24:43 AM Jex & Ms. No, I'll be in the Bay area this Saturday through the following Thursday. Let me know if you'd like to get together for lunch or a beer and we can figure out how to get in touch. [I don't have an email address or phone # for either of you.]
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