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Originally posted by Nbox:
Root canal stage I: done. No pain. Good dope.

I've had a couple of root canals before, and the procedure as such is a piece of cake PROVIDED all's well after that. The one I had REdone today lasted 30 years before giving me any additional grief, but now...

Now I get to eat soup and soft stuff for a week. YAY.

Glad that you are pain free and that you are through this stage Puck. Hopefully it all gets better from here.

Root canal stage I: done. No pain. Good dope.

I've had a couple of root canals before, and the procedure as such is a piece of cake PROVIDED all's well after that. The one I had REdone today lasted 30 years before giving me any additional grief, but now...

Now I get to eat soup and soft stuff for a week. YAY.

Another good on plan day for me Wednesday. Hopefully I'm starting to be on a roll : )

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Originally posted by Nbox:
Goal for today: to get thru my dentist's appt without dissolving into a whimpering screaming snot. I have to have a root canal redone and my biggest fear is I'll be all doped up and still in pain. AND...this is only the first session. Two more to go.

I had my first root canal about 2 years ago and I went into it with SO much fear from things I'd been told over the years. It was a piece of cake. Granted, the tooth being worked on was a 1-root incisor and not a multi-root chomper, and I'm told that is part of why it was easier (on both the dentist and me).

So far, this week looks like this:

1. Dentists: two down, one to go.
2. Regular meals: Regular - yes, healthy - less so. Cooking whole meals twice a day while working doesn't appeal to me.
3. Work efficiency: bad case of cabin fever. Tempered it by going for an evening swim last night. Not sure how to tackle this since I really need to put in my hours.

Goal for today: to get thru my dentist's appt without dissolving into a whimpering screaming snot. I have to have a root canal redone and my biggest fear is I'll be all doped up and still in pain. AND...this is only the first session. Two more to go.

Went to the gym yesterday and had a great upper body workout with weights and then did high incline on the treadmill for a while. Boy did I feel it in my hip flexors this morning!

Yesterday-not a good day. Ate too much junk food. On a positive note I got a T-Tapp workout in last night. Today I really want to focus on eating healthy. I have a busy day and night so I need to really focus and make good for me choices.

Jill

I've been really good the last 3 days, so I am anticipating today to be a good day as well.

Tuesday was a good on plan day. Shooting for the same today.

thanks sandy. it takes a lot of time on the weekends i usally get myself ready thru to thursday. then wed and thursday, i start packing meals again, to get me to the end of the week.

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Originally posted by iz:

(Altho, as sandy has said, it takes a lot to make 4-6 little healthy meals every day. takes a lot of time! darn it!) it seems the more i adopt this attitude, the more i see these little surprising results.

Iz,
I admire your ability to stay focused on your weight and fitness goals while working full time. You have a very strong commitment!

thanks jill. yes, burn some rubber on those gym shoes--you will feel great afterward! our gym has not had AC for 2 weeks now. this morning, i thought i was going to die. it is particularly humid.

i do recall very clearly the days when nothing fit right. i recall crying in the fitting rooms. it has been a long journey, and i suspect the journey is not over. little by little, i am trying to make this eating right/exercising thing less of a big deal in my life. i try not to think about it too much. not to dread it. not to focus too much on it. (Altho, as sandy has said, it takes a lot to make 4-6 little healthy meals every day. takes a lot of time! darn it!) it seems the more i adopt this attitude, the more i see these little surprising results.

Yay Iz! Always nice to put on clothes that were once tight and now fit beautifully.

My gym goal is not working out so well. Did not exercise yesterday at all but tonight I am dropping dd off at a graduation she is going to and going directly to the gym!

Jill

i was pretty much on plan monday altho i think i had too many almonds/figs after dinner.

at any rate, i had a nice surprise this morning becuase a dress i used to wear in 2003-2004 fit me. this was during my thin days. in fact, i had been thinking about putting all my thin clothes in a bag for the thrift shop (except for the fact that I spent good money on these clothes. this was during my courtroom days so i had to look a little nicer). i tried the dress on this morning. fit perfectly--not even one bit tight. what a super nice surprise. maybe i will try on a few more of these old outfits before they are thrown into the thrift shop pile.

I did better Monday than on the weekend but still made a poor snack choice. I'm determined to have a 100% on plan day today.

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Originally posted by Sheri in Reho:

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Originally posted by jillybean:
We rented a beach house and have a full kitchen so lot's of home cooking.

You're not coming to MY beach, are you? You wouldn't do that and not tell me, would you? (grin)

No, not your beach, not this time! I would never plan a trip there without telling you!!! I'm hoping for some long weekend trips this summer and Rehoboth area is on my list so I'll let you know

Jill

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Originally posted by jillybean:
We rented a beach house and have a full kitchen so lot's of home cooking.

You're not coming to MY beach, are you? You wouldn't do that and not tell me, would you? (grin)

As I posted in the mindful monday thread, I'm going to have to be extremely careful about food thanks to an injured knee. Since I can't get into the Dr. until next Monday, I'll be doing as much no impact cross training as I can.

My goal for this week is to prepare for vacation so that I go into my relaxing week off in a positive frame of mind and feeling healthy. I want to eat very clean this week, go to the gym at least 3 mornings this week (Tues, Thurs, Fri) and try to get in a few T-Tapp workouts (these are short workouts and I can actually do them in my office during the day). If I start my vacation feeling good, I'm hoping that I will want to continue feeling that way. My sisters are already telling me I have to make fresh peach daquiri's when we get there. I made them last summer and they were way too good. We are really limiting take-out and going out for dinner. We rented a beach house and have a full kitchen so lot's of home cooking. I also plan to rent a bike and possibly a kayak while I'm there.

Jill

Another great morning walk today. The forecast shifted a bit to give us one more day of sunshine before the rains come back, so I took Missy downtown. She's not allowed on the beach or boardwalk on season (BOO!), but we walked all around town, the park near the beach, and sat on the seawall at the end as always. Heck, we even walked on the boardwalk for maybe 1/2 a block...just to be rebels. LOL And Missy got to walk in the sand over at the seawall which, if a cop had come by, I was planning to say was not officially ON the beach OR the boardwalk, though it was yards from both.

All in all we were down there about an hour and 15 minutes, and we only sat down for about 10 minutes of that for a water break.

I'm beat!