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[geekchick]

Today is Prickle-Prickle, day 28 in the season of Confusion, 3269.

Productive weekend, woo! Counting today, we've had two and a half days of sun and I think that helped get me motivated to do things. I got my domestic goddess on and did a whole bunch of housecleaning and laundry over the weekend. Spent a little time moping that I couldn't go to Baitcon again this year because of the timing (I had both the other half of my department out and an unmoveable deadline on Friday and so couldn't take that day off), but considering it was apparently wet and cold all weekend I feel less bad. I also think I might've been at least a little bit uncomfortable there, especially so going by myself, so I feel even less bad that I didn't get to go. Hopefully next year. Plus, my new Boiled in Lead and Omnium Omnibus CDs showed up on Saturday and I was home to get them, yay! Lots of happy BiL goodness to bop around to while vacuuming. A phone call from my sister in which I convinced her to not declaw their new cat (and taught her the spray bottle of water discipline technique) and got to talk to my niece and nephew finished off the day yesterday on a good note.

I also joined Weight Watchers last night. I'm tired of buying clothes in an 18/20, and having none of my old clothes fit anymore. I realized that I've added about 10 inches or more to my waist since I bought the corset I recently passed along to hopeforyou when I was looking at the size. I also was a little disturbed to realize I need to lose 48 pounds to get to my goal weight, which is in the high-middle part of the advised weight range for my height. Stupid @#$%ing Depo; I put on 30 lbs in less than a year on that stuff and it hasn't come back off in the year or so since I went off it. My mental image of myself is not of someone who weighs almost 180 lbs, so when I see pictures of myself I'm often surprised in a "am I really that big?" sort of way. I'm not completely unhealthy, I can walk miles without getting fatigued and can do a reasonable amount of cardio and weights, but I'm not as healthy as I'd like to be. Given my family history of cancer, it would do me good to be in the best shape possible. If only I could somehow redistribute my weight more evenly than it is... My goal is not to starve myself to get to some artificially-chosen number on a scale, it's to improve my health. I really need to finally get serious about this.

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[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

*listens to samples at Amazon and adds Omnium Omnibus and BiL CDs to Wish List*

Good luck with the WW! It helped me a couple of years ago.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Cheers for sunshine and productivity! But what did you do with your hair?

Boiled in Lead and Omnium
(clueless look) rap groups? Never heard of them...

Stupid @#$%ing Depo

Thus again validating the no-free-lunch principle, unfortunately... patgreene likewise gained 40 lbs in a year while on Depo, and has taken another 18-20 months to get back down to the weight she was previously.

[geekchick]

I did nothing to my hair, as I was busy with the housecleaning and other stuff.

rap groups? Never heard of them...

I need to find the icon again that says "Google holds the answer you seek". ;) Omnium is a record label, the Omnium Omnibus is a comp of several of their artists, including Boiled in Lead.

Thus again validating the no-free-lunch principle, unfortunately...

The weight gain wasn't even the worst side effect, but combined with the one that really did me in I decided it wasn't worth it anymore.

[geekchick]

Woohoo, I'm a good musical influence! ;)

Good luck with the WW! It helped me a couple of years ago.

Thanks. Literally half the office here has been on it and it's worked for them. I think the points plan is easier for me to deal with than trying to put certain foods off-limits (part of the reason I will never try Atkins is that I know for a fact I'll end up binging on carbs). Historically I haven't had much luck at getting and staying motivated, maybe this time will be different.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I'm a good musical influence!

You haven't let me down so far. ;-)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Seconded... as unusual or eclectic as her tastes might seem to me, I've yet to be disappointed or indifferent to one of geekchick's recommendations.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

What's BiL's style or genre? The name suggests heavy-metal...

[geekchick]

http://www.omnium.com/bil/

Re: wanna inspire each other?

[geekchick]

I still take one of the Metabolift in the morning (2 makes me too wired to function), not that it's doing any good other than helping me wake up in the morning. =) I tried eDiets for a while, but after a couple of weeks I kind of gave up. I notice they've got modified Atkins and Zone versions now, according to the email I'm still getting. I know you can do this, and I can too if I just stick to it. Let's plan a shopping trip, eh? ;)

[geekchick]

Heh, but which ones did you hate? ;)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Benzedrine Monks tend to set my teeth on edge... (chuckle)

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

Go to Baitcon with me next year? Finally follow through on your threat to still look like a new couple years later?