Hi all..some very interesting things developing in my life..not relating directly to my CR practice but ones that CR will effect positively certainly. I'll will be putting it all to screen soon.
In the meantime...a few new CR blogs are added (perhaps not to you but to me since I haven't been reading quite as much lately). I've linked to them on the right.
CRON (Anti-Aging) Lifestyle Blog
CR 4 Life Blog
Marjie's
Count Calories lose weight, get healthy, maintain weight loss Blog
Healthy Living 123 Blog
As for me I'm doing quite well & will post all about it soon..very soon.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Hello All!
I want to thank everyone for their encouraging comments. I'm doing quite well. We're finally past all the birthdays holidays and craziness that is our lives between October and January. It always has a negative impact on me as much as I try to lessen it each year. Some years are more successful than others and this year wasn't too bad. The only "problem" that I'm having right now is my life-long chocolate addiction is raging again! I actually have learned to work it into my day (since otherwise it just causes me unending grief) which helps me considerably. I try to take the "might as well not fight that battle" approach with my need for chocolate. I've written about this before and you long-time readers (if you are still out there Hellooooo), know this is a recurring theme for me Some weeks are better than others, others not so good. In the past I've used all sorts of techniques to get past it. One that is actually pretty successful is replacing my urge for chocolate with something else...like the dried fruit from Trader Joe's. Unfortunately, the dried, unsweetened Mango that they have these days just doesn't seem to have the nice texture that it used to. It's stringy or something, so it's not appealing to me. Anyway, it's one of my battles these days. Otherwise, I'm staying steady at my weight (woohoo) I don't have any aches & pains..I'm staying active and all my vital signs are normal & I'm not overeating & I'm averaging 85% of my RDA every day.
So I have not worked my contract in over a month. It's a little freaky to be part of this downturn..I'm not especially comfortable with it, but it's not affecting us adversely (other than all projects & major purchases are on hold of course). Spending now on anything other that necessities just doesn't feel right, even though this is what our economy needs. I'm going to leave it to the folks at Exxon who are posting record profits every quarter...even with gas prices back down at a more manageable point. Hmmm, it does make you wonder. Eh..I've gone completely off topic here I know.
Where was I?
Oh yes..so as a result of not working, I'm home more and able to attend to some of my favorite projects. The genealogy of mine & my husbands family for one. This is ongoing (since 1997) and I do love it and get totally obsessed for a few months, then I'm able to leave it be. Maybe that will happen with the chocolate too?...maybe not. Then there is my art which many of you have seen here & there on these pages before. There are links to the side and just below is a flash panel of my latest Valentine's Day products. This is really fulfilling and interestingly enough, when I'm attending to all this...I'm NOT hungry!! I do NOT notice the time pass, nor do I pay any attention to the kitchen..at least food-wise. It's clean don't worry for all you clean freaks out there. But it's really wonderful, because this tells me that many of my bad eating habits of the past came out of boredom & dissatisfaction. So I do tell you, make sure you are doing what you love, or have your own creative outlet and perhaps you will have success with CR. Is that too great a leap? I don't think so. The more dissatisfied you are with your activities in life, the harder it will be to accomplish your CR goals. So get on the stick, just say no to all the baddies and make the good things happen. Ah, a pep talk..well I wont go further with that right now. this is a "light" post.
All righty-then thank you for checking in once a while. Things are good and I'll be back again.
So I have not worked my contract in over a month. It's a little freaky to be part of this downturn..I'm not especially comfortable with it, but it's not affecting us adversely (other than all projects & major purchases are on hold of course). Spending now on anything other that necessities just doesn't feel right, even though this is what our economy needs. I'm going to leave it to the folks at Exxon who are posting record profits every quarter...even with gas prices back down at a more manageable point. Hmmm, it does make you wonder. Eh..I've gone completely off topic here I know.
Where was I?
Oh yes..so as a result of not working, I'm home more and able to attend to some of my favorite projects. The genealogy of mine & my husbands family for one. This is ongoing (since 1997) and I do love it and get totally obsessed for a few months, then I'm able to leave it be. Maybe that will happen with the chocolate too?...maybe not. Then there is my art which many of you have seen here & there on these pages before. There are links to the side and just below is a flash panel of my latest Valentine's Day products. This is really fulfilling and interestingly enough, when I'm attending to all this...I'm NOT hungry!! I do NOT notice the time pass, nor do I pay any attention to the kitchen..at least food-wise. It's clean don't worry for all you clean freaks out there. But it's really wonderful, because this tells me that many of my bad eating habits of the past came out of boredom & dissatisfaction. So I do tell you, make sure you are doing what you love, or have your own creative outlet and perhaps you will have success with CR. Is that too great a leap? I don't think so. The more dissatisfied you are with your activities in life, the harder it will be to accomplish your CR goals. So get on the stick, just say no to all the baddies and make the good things happen. Ah, a pep talk..well I wont go further with that right now. this is a "light" post.
All righty-then thank you for checking in once a while. Things are good and I'll be back again.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Happy New Year!!
Hi All! I know it's been quite some time. Matt asked for an update about 2 months ago and I just haven't gotten to it. So now is the time.
Everything is going very well for me CR-wise. I did suffer the usual food challenges over the holidays and if you remember...our family holidays start the beginning of October and go thru to late January. Everyone in the family has a birthday. My husband & I celebrate our anniversary (17 years! Woohoo). We also celebrated our birthdays with a big party for the family. Then of course the usual suspects...all the major "eating" holidays. I did actually quite well food-wise only because I can't eat so very much anymore. I get full easily. I practice great portion control and I don't eat at the drop of a hat or out of boredom!. The big meals were few & far between. I can't say I stayed "away" from the sweets. Actually I still have chocolate once a day. It's just a very small, satisfying amount and I know myself. If I don't have it...well, lets' just say..it's a part of my life and leave it at that. I got tired of fighting with myself.
Nutrition was not so great, but I know how to get that back to 100%. It's all a matter of the doing...NOW
So here we are at the end of the first week of January and I'm realigning my nutritional needs back to CR all together. So I'm planning more, re-inputting foods into C-O-M and just getting back with it completely. It feels really good and I'm quite pleased...
One other thing. I weigh 133!!! Wowzer. My clothes actually hang on me. It's incredible. This hasn't happened since I was pregnant and so sick I couldn't keep food down from week 6 to week 21. In three weeks, I dropped 13 pounds (obviously NOT a healthy situation) and ended up hospitalized for Hyperemesis Gravidarum (excessive sickness in pregnancy. You can read about it here) Thankfully, my German doctors were wonderfully supportive & knew what to do. They were able to get me back to healthy with some incredible medication (not available at the time in the US...of course) and close, careful care and I had 2 beautiful children despite it a very bad start.
So on aside here..I was pregnant back in '93 & '95 and I lived overseas. That link that I just put up is incredible..I never heard knew of that organization (I'm sure it wasn't around then) and I am just amazed to read all about what I experienced first hand. The internet is a beautiful thing.
So uh back to those clothes hanging off..yep..it's happened. I feel so good too (despite all the partying of the past three months). It's not just the weight..it's me. I'm in a great place and I just wanted to share that.
Now if I could just find some full-time work..I'd be able to buy clothes :)
Everything is going very well for me CR-wise. I did suffer the usual food challenges over the holidays and if you remember...our family holidays start the beginning of October and go thru to late January. Everyone in the family has a birthday. My husband & I celebrate our anniversary (17 years! Woohoo). We also celebrated our birthdays with a big party for the family. Then of course the usual suspects...all the major "eating" holidays. I did actually quite well food-wise only because I can't eat so very much anymore. I get full easily. I practice great portion control and I don't eat at the drop of a hat or out of boredom!. The big meals were few & far between. I can't say I stayed "away" from the sweets. Actually I still have chocolate once a day. It's just a very small, satisfying amount and I know myself. If I don't have it...well, lets' just say..it's a part of my life and leave it at that. I got tired of fighting with myself.
Nutrition was not so great, but I know how to get that back to 100%. It's all a matter of the doing...NOW
So here we are at the end of the first week of January and I'm realigning my nutritional needs back to CR all together. So I'm planning more, re-inputting foods into C-O-M and just getting back with it completely. It feels really good and I'm quite pleased...
One other thing. I weigh 133!!! Wowzer. My clothes actually hang on me. It's incredible. This hasn't happened since I was pregnant and so sick I couldn't keep food down from week 6 to week 21. In three weeks, I dropped 13 pounds (obviously NOT a healthy situation) and ended up hospitalized for Hyperemesis Gravidarum (excessive sickness in pregnancy. You can read about it here) Thankfully, my German doctors were wonderfully supportive & knew what to do. They were able to get me back to healthy with some incredible medication (not available at the time in the US...of course) and close, careful care and I had 2 beautiful children despite it a very bad start.
So on aside here..I was pregnant back in '93 & '95 and I lived overseas. That link that I just put up is incredible..I never heard knew of that organization (I'm sure it wasn't around then) and I am just amazed to read all about what I experienced first hand. The internet is a beautiful thing.
So uh back to those clothes hanging off..yep..it's happened. I feel so good too (despite all the partying of the past three months). It's not just the weight..it's me. I'm in a great place and I just wanted to share that.
Now if I could just find some full-time work..I'd be able to buy clothes :)
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