Why are you so grumpy?! I got an awesome email from Ellie Krieger that I wanted to share with you all but it wouldn't let me post it. "Too long" it said. Sheesh...you're even grumpier than I am, EP! And that's bad!!
Well, no, it wasn't from Ellie herself! I signed up to receive her daily email from her online program. I rarely read them all the way through, but this one was good. All about getting back on track. She explained that it's easy for many of us to lose weight, it's the keeping it off that's hard. We can discipline ourselves to do really well for a time but then slack off and get back to square one.
Basically, her advice was that if something worked before, do it again and it'll work again. She said it much better than I just did which is why it sounded much more motivational!
So, I've received all of my new DVDs and have previewed them all. We had Open House tonight so I didn't work out. Guess how many parents out of 16 students showed up? TWO! Ain't that sad? It's always disappointing. Oh wait, I'm wrong, there were three. One showed up at the very end.
I missed Big Brother tonight. It was preempted by the memorial service of a prominent El Paso, TX coach. OK, I understand that he was highly esteemed by that community. But why do ALL 3 major channels have to broadcast the memorial service? And it's been going on now for over 3 hours! Am I heartless for being bummed that I didn't get to watch the final three battle it out for the final head of Household?! Hey, when that's the highlight of your life, of course it's gonna hurt!
Well, tomorrow's Friday. Yay!
Posted By: Ready2Wow
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09/12/2008 21:25
Hey there
Thanks so much for stopping by the other night. I'm glad you feel better about things from reading that post. I DO get a little down sometimes. This isn't easy for me either. I don't loose weight like I think I should. I bust my hiney for what I consider mediocre results and I get tired of it sometimes. Wanna hear something my sister, the body-builder, said to me the other night? (this gave me hope) I asked her how she did it because she makes it look so easy. She said "it's hard! I would much rather sleep in and eat cheesecake!" That shocked me. I was like, hmmmm...we ALL have those feelings. *sweet*
Thing of it is, doing what is right and taking care of ourselves just FEELS better. Even if we're not "at goal" yet, the process (when taken seriously) is win / win. We are better for everyone around us when we are taking care of ourselves. Even though it can get discouraging at times, it's CLEARLY the better choice. Living strong, disciplined, and with endurance is far better than feeling fluffy, undisciplined, and guilty from slacking. (which I COMPLETELY related to your post on that the other day. How in the world did you get in my head?) You know, I wish we lived closer. I think you and I would get along great IRL. We could workout and watch Joyce together.
Anyway...I like the advice from you shared from Ellie.
I also think the number of parents who showed up for the open house is sad. That happens all around. I'm always amazed at how many parents aren't at the football games when I go watch ds play. I used to be an Awana leader at church, and we would bus in all kinds of kids each Wednesday. They would work so hard all year, and maybe 10% of the parents would show up for awards night. It makes your heart hurt.
Hope you enjoy your new DVD's. I saw one this morning that looked good. It was called HIP HOP ABS. Looked fun.
The president of the kids' school was right the other night. At our back to school night, he said he had been in a meeting with the area administrators that are upset about how things are going in their school districts and ours said "I'll have over 700 parents at back to school night tonight" and it was packed.
I was ticked because the kids' dad didn't go. Two of the boys live with him. His take on it is "it's the same every year" and I am like "but they (the kids) aren't".... and now that we're in high school, they have 6 different classes/teachers.... oiy!!
Keep up the great efforts!! Loved the post today!!
Hope Ike's effects aren't too harsh for you. Thanks for sharing Ellie's thoughts. Yup, can do it, know how to do it, must commit to doing it (which coincidentally I just did). Hope it's a great Sunday.
It was preempted by the memorial service of a prominent El Paso, TX coach. OK, I understand that he was highly esteemed by that community. But why do ALL 3 major channels have to broadcast the memorial service? And it's been going on now for over 3 hours! Am I heartless for being bummed that I didn't get to watch the final three battle it out for the final head of Household?! Hey, when that's the highlight of your life, of course it's gonna hurt!
I'm glad you feel better about things from reading that post. I DO get a little down sometimes. This isn't easy for me either. I don't loose weight like I think I should. I bust my hiney for what I consider mediocre results and I get tired of it sometimes. Wanna hear something my sister, the body-builder, said to me the other night? (this gave me hope) I asked her how she did it because she makes it look so easy. She said "it's hard! I would much rather sleep in and eat cheesecake!" That shocked me. I was like, hmmmm...we ALL have those feelings. *sweet*