Bucket Full of Ugh

Work has been just about the suck this week.  It's only Wednesday.  Ugh.

I'm still pissed that Will was elimiated last week on "So You Think You Can Dance," and Mark is still there.  And I'm tired of Chelsie doing her octopus on crack solos.  Ugh.

There is a reason some of my former friends are well, former friends.  If I wanted anything to do with any of them, I would have made contact with them.  Ugh.

Ugh Ugh Ugh.

~Emily

Week 5

I'm horrible at the weekly update!  Things are still going well, we have not missed a day walking (knock on wood) and we have been good with the new eating plan.  Even on the few days we have declared day to have a special meal I think we are making smarter choices.  We are just moving right along and sticking to the plan.  I can't believe we are already almost done with week 6!

~Emily 

And Emily Complains About MY Mouth Music...

I've got nothing on this guy. It's all pretty normal (that is so say: normal for decidedly not-so-normal avant-garde jazz) until about 3:50 in, when it goes from being normal, to downright interesting and, I will admit, a bit scary.



Is that crazy or what?

I must practice more. >:)

Peace.

~David

Disappointed

So as you know from a previous post, I have been watching "So You Think You Can Dance."  Early on my favorites were Twitch and Kherington.  Well, Kherington's attitude kind of took over when she wasn't getting the high praise she wanted and that pretty much ended things for me with her.  When she was sent home I was ready for her to go.  Twitch is still one of my favorites, but the one I thought would win the competition was Will.  Well, this week America sent Will home.  I realize, as they get into the top 4 couples it's going to get harder to say goodbye to contestants.   I seriously thought the top for would be Will, Katee, Courtney and either Joshua or Twitch.  I wanted them to send home Mark and either Comfort or Chelsie (Chelsie does the frantic octopus on cocaine I'm a salsa dancer dancing without a partner and I don't know what else to do dance, and it drives me nuts).  I was completely shocked when they said Will was in the bottom two, and then that he was the one being sent home.  I think America was high.  Now I think the best dancer on the show is Katee, but I still have issues with her from her attitude before they even let her on the show.  Since America took Will away, I guess I'm gonna have to root for her.  If Katee, Joshua, Twitch and Courtney are the top four in the finale I guess I can forgive America.  If Mark wins the whole deal, well, there will be an apocalypse.  There has to be.

~Emily

Week 4

We made it through to week 4!  Today actually puts us over the 1 month hump.  It really hasn't been has impossible as I thought it was going to be.  I don't really miss the things we have cut out of our diet.  I don't miss eating out (I miss not having to clean up sometimes when I'm really tired, and I'm sure David misses not having to cook when he's really tired), and I don't miss all the junk food.  I really thought I would, and I thought it would be really hard to resist the temptations that are all around me.  It really hasn't been.  I can say no to the bread basket at lunch meetings.  I can walk past/stand next to the cookies by the work counter and not even bat an eyelash.  I can sit next to the work candy bowl and not hear the Laffy Taffy calling to me.  I will admit, getting up early to walk is still the suck some mornings, but we have done it EVERY morning even though the snooze button has been calling.  Everything just feels right.  I think I might even be starting to really feel better.  David has been a trooper, and I appreciate him for being my rock.  Thanks sweetie!!!!

~Emily

Week 3

Another week has come and gone.  Most days it feels like it's getting easier.  There are still some tough moments.  It's hard because you want to see results right away, you want that valadation for all the changes you have made.  But that is just not how it works.  The changes are happening. Clothes are fitting differently (better) and I am seeing changes in David.  I believe I'm seeing a difference in my face, but it's hard to tell sometimes because I see myself in the mirror every day.  I am noticing that the walking is getting easier.  My feet are learning that I'm not letting them win.  I think in a few more weeks David and I will have to add to our usual route because we are moving through our current route faster.  And today I had a big happy moment.  I realized I am running (well not really running) up and down stairs and am less winded.  I'm not having to take time to catch my breath before taking a call or have a conversation.  This is a big thing for me because I'm always going up and down the stairs at work.  I may not feel like I've lost pounds or inches, but I'm feeling better in general and I'm going to take that and feel good about it.  David has been great these three weeks, and I'm looking forward to more weeks of continued improvement with him.  It can only get better.  That round of golf is totally within reach next year.  I have priorities! ;)

~Emily

Week 2

I know David already posted about this, but I had to share my thoughts as well.  First I want to say how suprisingly fast the two weeks went by.  I don't know if it is because I was so tried from getting up at the ungodly hour of 5:30 am and I zombied my way through the two weeks.  It's possible because the changes we made really haven't been that bad.  Even the walking in the morning hasn't been bad.  I enjoy the quiet time in the morning with David out in the cool (and sometimes wet because of lawn watering) air.  We have our incredibly awesome iPhones so we have good tunes to help make the :30 min fly by (and I have to admit that more often than not the time really does go by fast).  The food has been surprisingly good.  David has done, well, all of the cooking.  I help with clean up as much as I can.  Between the walking and the change in diet my body is feeling better.  I'm looking forward to the time when we can both start pulling clothes out of the closet because they are too big.  I know it's only two weeks, but I know we can keep going.   David is a fantastic support, and I know as long as we look out for one another we will succeed.  My outlook so far is positive and I'm ready for week 3.

~Emily

Two Weeks

Emily and I have survived two whole weeks of living our new lifestyle. I won't call it a diet, because it really isn't; it's a new beginning, with a new outlook on diet, exercise, and life.

When we began this new odyssey, I said that we'd enjoy a nice meal together at the end of every two week period. This week, we enjoyed a fourth of July feast: we had turkey dogs and potato salad for lunch, and a cheese burger and more potato salad for dinner. We went out to get a small Blizzard from DQ, but we only ate half of it--it just didn't go down well. I'd call that a breakthrough.

I'm still tired. Getting up at 5:30a every morning to walk for thirty minutes really wears me out, but it's getting easier. I hope that a month (or so) from now it will just be totally routine and I'll be used to it.

I'm very proud of my Emily. She's doing great and continues to be the best partner a man could ask for.

Peace.

~David