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[little beagle]

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J-vo I too have gained weight, but who cares? Not one single person has commented besides how wonderful I look. I am 4'6" so a little goes a long way!
We will hear from you soon Ava.
Dottie your garden plans sound wonderful. Greens don't do so well down here in this heat. The winter garden is the time to grow those.
Narilly I hope it warms up for you soon! Brrrrr.
I have been lazy and lethargic the past couple of days. Hope I snap out of it soon.

[j-vo]

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You're right LB!

Nar, did my deep breathing just now! Feel calm and at peace at the moment.

DS has another game today if it doesn't rain, so will be getting home late again this evening. Will check in later. Have a great day ladies.

[Dottie Belle]

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ava have a great time on your trip...funk gone
la I keep some of the greens in the shade in a pot so I can move it in and out of the sun...I need to learn more about gardening and what to plant when..I have heard greens in the cooler weather too..something more to learn.
Off to they gym back later.

[narilly]

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Ava, have fun!

Nice, that are gardening Dottie.

J-Vo, glad you are feeling at peace right now. Moment by moment right!
Weight gain is brutal at our age for sure. I guess it is something we all struggle with. I am pretty good right now but holy smokes I have to work my butt off exercising and really, really watch what I eat. It is crazy. I do allow myself to have treats though...I LOVE potato chips and chocolate. Generally my weakest time is after work...hmmm. isn't that when I would have wine? I guess chips are better than AL for sure!

Talk to you sweet ladies later

[scottish lass]

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Jane - i love the photos! Thanks for sharing! I will have to put that on my bucket list!!!
I am so sorry you are grumpy - I hope it is hormones, that way you know the end is in sight....it stinks to feel that way, esp after your trip.:l:l
I just posted on the other thread I visited, but know I will get some advice here..."Talking of new beginnings - I am feeling so positive, that I started to nose around match.com. Yikes - not admitted this to anyone else, but it has changed how I feel about myself and the need for self confidence. I feel that just starting to think of that sort of thing and knowing that I am in a place to start to think shows just how far I have come.
I have a big smile today - tis wonderful!"
I am finding this interesting - I am not sure I want to go much further than nosying around, but it made me realise how much I have neglected myself - I have no social life at all and that is not good. I don't think I am ready to start dating, but even considering that I can is eye opening for me. It is also so VERY scary!!! To start that all over again....YIKES!

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Loamers,

Goodbye, farewell and adieu. It is 4.29am here and i am having a cuppa and about to get ready to leave. As i knew i slept like crap even with a valium. I suppose it is the "have i forgotten anything". I have passport so if i have i can buy it there.

Jane i have all plans in place, will enjoy water and soft drinks on the plane. i dont know if i am sharing a room with mum that is one of the things i have not asked and she has not said so i probably am. have ear plugs and headphones and gym gear and shit forgot the sandshoes.

Plenty of internet at the resort i am staying in in three days time. WIFI at airport.

Miss you all already.
xxxx

[NoSugar]

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Good thing you're back, Jane! If both you and Ava were absent at the same time, we'd really be short of reading material (and nice photos in your edition. You'll have to help Ava so we can enjoy a travelogue when she returns). I hope your bad mood passes soon. I don't have hormonal issues anymore but boy, if I don't eat the way that is best for me, LOOK OUT!!!

I saw you posted day 28 in the roll call, LC - way to go! Looks like we'll need to have a party ready by Friday !

Hey, SL, once you start loving yourself again, it just starts flowing out and is so good for everyone around you :h:h:h. That is wonderful that a little romance is sounding good again!

I wish we could take all the time and energy so many of us have spent throughout our lives worrying about or trying to change the way we look or how much we weigh and somehow use that in a positive way -- with that much power, we could change the dang world.

But I'm pretty sure that if most of us had the bodies we think we want, we'd find something else to find lacking. Body weight is just an easy target because all the images around us present an unattainable ideal so clearly we're not "good enough".

I was just talking to Free at Last about this -- if the goal is to be healthy and fit enough to do the things you want to do, making the good decisions about drinking, eating, exercising, etc. become so much easier than when the goal is a certain number on the scale or size of jeans. I was thinking the other day that I don't expect my furniture which is more than 50 years old to be perfect so it is pretty stupid to be annoyed by a jiggly butt -- every bit of me has been doing its job for more than half a century and needs to be allowed a little (or a lot of :H) slack.

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Jane, beautiful pics. I love Sanibel Island and Captiva. DH and I went to Captiva years ago and loved it. We go to Sanibel sometimes when I visit parents in Ft. Myers. Beautiful islands. Hope you're feeling better!

NS, another good analogy with furniture. How do you think of these things! Awesome! But thanks for putting things into perspective. You always find a way to do that so colorfully and at the same time helping us to take so much pressure off ourselves.

SL, you're sounding so...so...NS, help me out...content, happy, and ready for adventure. Well, at least peaking a little into it. Good for you. I can't help you out with in that dept. but I sure can give you my opinion on what to look for...Think of Kevin Costner, but no heavy drinkers!

Nar, I'm going to keep on with my calm app. I think that 10 minute break closing my eyes and breathing is a good thing. Not yet exercising, but that will come.

Lost the game, but I loved being outside again. It was cooler tonight, but the fresh air is wonderful! Night.

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Hey lovelies at Brisbane airport waiting for flight. Mum wanted to find duty free al and I said I was not drinking, she said as I thought "shame not fags" I just smiled. She said well I'll be having cocktails there and I said I'll b having moctails. I got the surely u can have some and I said no I don't want to. Damn I felt proud and I did not expect anything else from her but I'm doing this for me.

[scottish lass]

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Well now Ava, just when we thought you were gone, and we were about to get up to mischief there you are again!!
Well done on a good success - and so glad you feel proud...

j-vo, I am feeling good, but wondering when the other shoe will drop - wish I could just enjoy it Went looking again and nope, no Kevin Costner - will just have to stay single (and that is fine by me:H). NS - I was thinking on my drive home that I was feeling more confident, but that's not it....I think I might like myself again....

Hope you are feeling better Jane, and he was good to you when he got home??

[scottish lass]

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Well now Ava, just when we thought you were gone, and we were about to get up to mischief there you are again!!
Well done on a good success - and so glad you feel proud...

j-vo, I am feeling good, but wondering when the other shoe will drop - wish I could just enjoy it Went looking again and nope, no Kevin Costner - will just have to stay single (and that is fine by me:H). NS - I was thinking on my drive home that I was feeling more confident, but that's not it....I think I might like myself again....

Hope you are feeling better Jane, and he was good to you when he got home??

[little beagle]

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SL good for you liking yourself. That al really made me hate myself.
Jane LOVE the puppy. The shells are beautiful. We find some nice ones at Cameron Beach LA.
One of the reasons I am fighting my weight right now is not because of looks, but my back. The extra weight makes it hurt. I will lose it.
J-vo I love being out in the evenings.
Ava we are with you.
Dottie I think container gardening is very cool. Being able to move thigs around is a good idea. Martha Stewart recommends growing tomatoes in ge containers to take up less space in the garden.
Nite all.

[NoSugar]

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little beagle;1644451 wrote: . The extra weight makes it hurt. I will lose it.

I BELIEVE YOU! Little Beagle, I am glad you have a good heart because I think you can do anything you set your mind (and 4.5 foot frame ) to. I would love to see you in action!

[Icanwithoutacan]

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Oh good you are here little beagle! Didn't see u on nest and got worried! Okay I can sleep now

[Pavati]

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Evening Here, Loamers:

SL - whoa - so exciting that you had a look around Match. I understand the taking it slow... My sisters both were married to addicts - one who hasn't had a drop in 25 years but never faced his demons, and the other kept relapsing. One is dating now for the first time and met a nice person online. They've been having fun and I haven't seen her that happy in a while. The other one figures she has to "fix" herself first so she can be attractive to the type of man she would like to be with (DIFFERENT from her former DH). And likewise, I haven't seen her that happy in a while. So by my tough mathematical calculations in my world of two examples, you have 100% chance of being happy. Keep it up!

Let's not discuss sagging, please.

Ava - Glad you came clean with your mom so quickly - and not even out of Oz yet!

NS - Yes, we would find something to complain about, I'm sure. I've been trying to focus on health and keeping my body fit so I can do the things I want to do, but dang if the parts don't give in a little more quickly than they used to! Bad osteo arthritis runs in my family, and I already have it in my hands. Good news - had to have an x-ray of my knee and doc said it looks like a knee of a 26 year old! I guess being lazy about jogging all those years paid off. As I have said here before, exercise has been one of the keys to my sobriety - it keep me focused and helps reduce my anxiety. I have to do it.

LB - You have a very physical job, too. A bad back in your situation stinks. I hope you heal it quickly!

J-Vo - I agree - chubby over lush any day of the week. Who would I rather hang out with? A chubby coherent person (such as myself), or a drunk (such as my former self). I'll take the former. How are you feeling??

LC - Have we scared you away with our waffling? I hope you come celebrate your 30 days with us!

Nar - You're exercise and walking to work in the -10 was my inspiration this winter - if you can manage that, what reason do I have to give? And through the prompting here on this site I've returned to yoga - good for the body and the soul.

iCan - glad you stopped by to find LB. I stalk missing persons, too. Hope you're well...

Jane - Glad you're back - we need your funny posts. I hope DH survived the return. Sometimes I find that adopting an attitude of gratitude with DH helps a lot. When I get bogged down by his amazingly frustrating behavior, I turn my thinking to all of the positives he brings to my life. It really helps - that and screaming into a pillow. I long to be on a warm white sand beach collecting shells - sounds lovely! Thanks for the picts.

I'm feeling much better today - squeezed in a yoga class after work, ate a delicious and healthy meal, hung with the family, and now am on my way to bed.

Happy Sober Hump Day (take that however you want :H)

xo
Pav