Marking!!
Good morning and Happy Monday to all in Ab-Land! Such a great hangover free place this Ab-Land. And even with it's not so great, it's still hangover free which beats the alternative by a long country mile.
Among the celebrations yesterday I did not get a chance to congratulate Hulagirl. CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 DAYS SOBER HULA!!! :yougo::yougo::yougo:
Figure skating is over now - wow - two great events with lots of surprises. Sausage and Janice and Marshy and others in UK - did you know that the Kerr's (brother/sister dance team) won their first medal at the European Championships? They won bronze. I love that team and they had lots of support from many different countries. (even though ice dance is a little "ewwww" at times when it's a brother/sister!) Last year, John Kerr wore a kilt in their original dance which of course will cause me to remember him forever.
Mom3 I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. She is lucky to have you! I too have a friend who is my age and is very sick. The main stream doctors have no idea what's wrong with her. She was my college room mate for 2 years way back when and we've stayed in touch through all these years. (some years more than others) She is losing weight at an alarming pace and is barely over 100 pounds when her "fighting weight" (which she stayed at through good healthy living including regular swimming for exercise) is about 130 or so. I haven't seen her but she must look like a scare crow. She quit smoking when we were in college and never looked back on that dangerous habit and she has never been a big drinker and doesn't drink at all in recent years (husband is a non-drinker). It feels very strange to have friends get so sick who have led such healthy lifestyles over the years when I have not.....you know.... Anyway, I'm taking a moment to send a vibe out to everyone here who has a suffering friend or family member.
The topic of "what now?" when we reach a certain point in our sobriety where the novelty of just being sober wears off is a good one. With drinking, that time for me came around 90 - 100 days. The MWO community really came through for me at that time. Lots of posters post good stuff and it's impossible to name them all. I guess sometimes particular posts stick in my head as they contain the "right message at the right time." I was already exercising then - had been since my sober date of May 22. But posts from Caysea and others around that 100 day mark REALLY showed me that this is about a life style change and NOT just about not drinking. Even though I'm still doing a lot of the same things, I started looking at those things in a new way around that time. Exercise isn't just something I do because it helps me to not drink and it helps me to lose weight. Exercise is part of a healthy lifestyle that will be a vital part of the rest of my life. Looking at it that way makes in more permanent and really pushes AL and Nick even farther out of my life - they just don't fit at all into the healthy lifestyle I am building for myself. Anyway, that's just one example that comes to mind.
On the other hand I am struggling a bit with the same issue relative to my weight loss. I reached my goal weight range in early December and I haven't wavered (gained over the top of my range) since then. I will give myself a pat on the back for that!
However there is a bit of that "what now?" feeling that comes with reaching the goal. So I am working at the same sorts of things - just in a different area of life. I really have to get firm in my view of food as nutritious fuel for my body. I need to make a mental transition that will be important to my long term success keeping at a healthy weight. At any rate, I guess I mention this just so we are all reminded that the stuff we go through with AL will help us with our understanding in other areas of life as well.
Well, it's time for me to tiff up a bit and get ready to go to leads group meeting. Mr. Doggy is going with me as it's my turn to be the featured speaker. Makes *my* job easy when he comes along! We simply take questions from the group and everyone gets a little free computer advice. Then I have yoga after leads group - I'm hoping the teacher shows up this week! Don't know what happened to her last week - I hope she's OK. For now Monday is a "double workout day" so I will hit Curves later this afternoon. It feels like I'm coming off of a vacation even though I'm not!
Well, have a rockin' AF day everyone!
DG
PS - I almost forgot!! Today is 23 months nicotine free for me. Boy am I glad THAT monkey is off my back!
Good morning and Happy Monday to all in Ab-Land! Such a great hangover free place this Ab-Land. And even with it's not so great, it's still hangover free which beats the alternative by a long country mile.
Among the celebrations yesterday I did not get a chance to congratulate Hulagirl. CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 DAYS SOBER HULA!!! :yougo::yougo::yougo:
Figure skating is over now - wow - two great events with lots of surprises. Sausage and Janice and Marshy and others in UK - did you know that the Kerr's (brother/sister dance team) won their first medal at the European Championships? They won bronze. I love that team and they had lots of support from many different countries. (even though ice dance is a little "ewwww" at times when it's a brother/sister!) Last year, John Kerr wore a kilt in their original dance which of course will cause me to remember him forever.
Mom3 I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. She is lucky to have you! I too have a friend who is my age and is very sick. The main stream doctors have no idea what's wrong with her. She was my college room mate for 2 years way back when and we've stayed in touch through all these years. (some years more than others) She is losing weight at an alarming pace and is barely over 100 pounds when her "fighting weight" (which she stayed at through good healthy living including regular swimming for exercise) is about 130 or so. I haven't seen her but she must look like a scare crow. She quit smoking when we were in college and never looked back on that dangerous habit and she has never been a big drinker and doesn't drink at all in recent years (husband is a non-drinker). It feels very strange to have friends get so sick who have led such healthy lifestyles over the years when I have not.....you know.... Anyway, I'm taking a moment to send a vibe out to everyone here who has a suffering friend or family member.
The topic of "what now?" when we reach a certain point in our sobriety where the novelty of just being sober wears off is a good one. With drinking, that time for me came around 90 - 100 days. The MWO community really came through for me at that time. Lots of posters post good stuff and it's impossible to name them all. I guess sometimes particular posts stick in my head as they contain the "right message at the right time." I was already exercising then - had been since my sober date of May 22. But posts from Caysea and others around that 100 day mark REALLY showed me that this is about a life style change and NOT just about not drinking. Even though I'm still doing a lot of the same things, I started looking at those things in a new way around that time. Exercise isn't just something I do because it helps me to not drink and it helps me to lose weight. Exercise is part of a healthy lifestyle that will be a vital part of the rest of my life. Looking at it that way makes in more permanent and really pushes AL and Nick even farther out of my life - they just don't fit at all into the healthy lifestyle I am building for myself. Anyway, that's just one example that comes to mind.
On the other hand I am struggling a bit with the same issue relative to my weight loss. I reached my goal weight range in early December and I haven't wavered (gained over the top of my range) since then. I will give myself a pat on the back for that!
However there is a bit of that "what now?" feeling that comes with reaching the goal. So I am working at the same sorts of things - just in a different area of life. I really have to get firm in my view of food as nutritious fuel for my body. I need to make a mental transition that will be important to my long term success keeping at a healthy weight. At any rate, I guess I mention this just so we are all reminded that the stuff we go through with AL will help us with our understanding in other areas of life as well.Well, it's time for me to tiff up a bit and get ready to go to leads group meeting. Mr. Doggy is going with me as it's my turn to be the featured speaker. Makes *my* job easy when he comes along! We simply take questions from the group and everyone gets a little free computer advice. Then I have yoga after leads group - I'm hoping the teacher shows up this week! Don't know what happened to her last week - I hope she's OK. For now Monday is a "double workout day" so I will hit Curves later this afternoon. It feels like I'm coming off of a vacation even though I'm not!
Well, have a rockin' AF day everyone!
DG
PS - I almost forgot!! Today is 23 months nicotine free for me. Boy am I glad THAT monkey is off my back!
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