Posting While Drunk

4 glasses of wine-That is all it takes.  

I taught a crochet class tonight:  two glasses of wine.  We did have a good time though-but-why is teaching someone how to do something physical more difficult than teaching them math? ...............(yes these are for you.........do you know who I mean? :)

Yup..definitely a little too much wine.

After class ended (crochet and I was teaching) I realized that David and I were home alone.  Grace went off to a sleep over.  We decided to take a walk...right to the wine bar around the corner.  We had two more glasses of wine and visited with neighbors.  Did I tell you I serve wine at many of my knitting and crochet classes? I love this neighborhood.  You go around the corner and there are good people with whom you can visit.  

One our way back home David and I discussed why this neighborhood is so good.  He decided it was a mis-management of zoning policies in general-Everyone in suburbia should live in places with places to eat, drink and be merry within walking distance.  It is good for the business, good for the neighbor and good for the police.  business-gets more because nipping out for a quicky is just that.  Good for neighbors because we go and actually talk and visit at these places.  and good for the police as we are WALKING instead of driving home.  I am not sure why suburbia hasn't figured this out.  My old neighborhood-we could walk to church but not to eat or drink (we didn't).

um..weight? what weight?  I talked to my neighbor about my lapband and found out that another friend was looking into getting one.  I talked to another neighbor who is looking for a good woman..little did he know that I have another friend who is looking for a good man.  um...

I am still moderating my Starbucks obsession..sitting at one berry cooler (140 calories) and one frapp (400 calories) a day for two days.  I was a bit PMS-y and feeling sorry for myself.  I was also tight-I wonder if there is a connection?

yup well..will see what the scale says over the next couple of days.  OH..I did make a pact to walk three days a week with a neighbor while at the bar :)

How are you?  How is your drinking life going?  Can you read this?  I have never written a blog post under the influence before..ummm at least I don't think so....Happy Wednesday everyone.

xxxooo

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I refuse to answer under that grounds that my words might incriminate me..yup...I craacked  but but but..only once ;)

I was having a personal pity party (nothing bad exactly just craving and wanting things faster than they can be)

I only cracked for one-this morning I was all good but then I have a friend come over who cracked on a non-smoking thing.  and then pretty soon..I cracked too.  wow now I sound defensive.

The rest of the day was good.  decent lunch, OK breakfast..just a berry cooler thingy to drink.  The evening stretches ahead of me but I will be careful.

xxxooo

Oh the Wisdom in this Little Group-

The thing about bad relationships, is that the all have their great moments that make you believe it will all be ok (the skinny latte). Then the bad bits sneak up on you one at a time until one day hitting you with the mocha cookie frappaccinos without you even blinking twice. Sara at Skinny on the inside

This is exactly why I love blogging.  Every single comment brings support, gems of wisdom, friendship, a kick up the backside..you name it.  I cannot take any of this from my family or probably not even face to face but here..in this place where we follow each other it seems perfect and so obvious right?

Day 3 of the no peppermint-

This morning-venti 100 calorie berry cooler blended with ice., the oatmeal with nuts and no sweetener this time (it wasn't bad actually).  The shop was slammed back to back with BUYERS!!! :)  Yippeeee I love Thursday.  So..breakfast was actually the drink and lunch has become the tepid oatmeal and it is totally decent tasting.

The scale is an evil bastard but I will try and be patient.  It hasn't moved at all!!!  All this sacrifice even and it is just sitting there like a lump...pht...

The funniest part in all of this is:  I am hungrier but tighter at the same time.  Kind of weird hunh?

Hang on--Get a Mental Image

Start with picturing me in my work uniform (printy skirt, t shirt and cardigan that are getting TOO tight) dangling from a loose window screen in mid air...For some reason I have enough fingernail to hold myself onto the screen like a cat (I don't really) and my legs are flailing to keep my balance.

That is what today felt like in my battle against habits.

Day two of the Starbucks step back-What the bloody hell was I thinking when I hooked myself up to that place in the first place?

A few years ago I confessed my break up with McDonalds.  I used to love McDonalds.  the band..forced the break up.  Well my lovely addictive self plopped me into a new bad relationship with a new boyfriend and his name is buck.

I repeated the plan from yesterday.  one plain old tall latte (150 calories) in the morning and one container of oatmeal with just nuts.

in the afternoon I had a venti berri cooler.  Today I asked them to whir the drink up in a blender into a slushie-It was really good.

I had a smallish lunch (that included 7 tortilla chips) and a small dinner on the fly (had to teach a knitting class tonight).  At nine I wanted some Ben and Jerry's REALLY bad.  I had a home-made pumpkin muffin that Grace made while I was teaching tonight.

So..not a great day on the food front but a really good one in my break up with the peppermint frapp.

xxooo

Indulgences Gotta Go

I calculated the number of calories I ingested yesterday.  It wasn't pretty.  It is amazing how many calories you can get from a couple of frappachinos and ice cream.  Really you ask? has she really been doing that?  yes..yes I have.  It is definitely time to get a grip.  My will to work on this diet-y gig has slipped of late but I am more tired of most of my wardrobe sitting unused in my closet.  I want those 4 inches off my midriff and even those extra inches that weren't measured by the doctor.  I will eat food for calories not liquid.  I will drastically cut out the sugary snacks.

Today:  2% latte no sugar, 1 bowl of oatmeal with nuts and dried fruit.  No sugar.  Must..keep focussed :)

Some stuff I knew before but conveniently forgot duh...Venti peppermint mocha frapp no whip-400 calories.

Tall 2% latte-150 calories.
Venti berry hibiscus cooler-100 calories
Venti lime cooler-80 calories.

Goodbye frapp..I will miss you.
I have also taken on a kinship with Ben and Jerry's peanut butter cup ice cream-400 calories per half cup...Goodbye Ben...Goodbye Jerry..I just cannot be trusted with you.

xxxooo

The Fix Up Tina Show-

Today is my only day off from the store.  I have come to really appreciate this day off (I know..Tina opens a store and then goes all whiny about how she doesn't have any time off..um yep...hand raised..let the whining commence and I want that with cheese please).

Anyhow..my campaign to help with this supreme agony of working too hard for now is to make sure and do a bit of pampering and turning away from all things worky on Mondays.  Today Grace went off to a technology camp from 9am-noon and I had my hair cut by my lovely and oh so talented next door neighbor (in her shop downstairs much like mine).  I then walked over to my local nail lady and had my first facial.  I have always heard mixed reviews about facials.  Some people think they are great while others say they are a waste of money when you can spend a comparable amount and get a real massage.

Of course what does a blogger do while getting her first facial..well craft a review of that facial in my brain so as soon as I got the chance I would blog about it.  Here is the crazy crap that when through my head:

My nail lady is very nice and just what you would want a nail lady to be like. She is a touch wild (good conversation about men...sex...jealousy and business).  I think her business is hurting a bit as she has recently upped her extras for no cost (massage after each nail treatment, drinks offered etc).  She also installed a religious shrine right up front.  Today right after I came in and asked for my facial she ran quickly back to her back room and cleaned up the room (that I secretly think has become a store room instead of a treatment room because no one ever gets a facial or waxing treatments (more on that later).  She came out and said she was letting the steam machine warm up and would be just a few minutes and then promptly grabbed a pillow and had a quick prayer (not sure if she has had some religious awakening or if she was thanking the powers that be that finally a customer was willing to pay for a facial).  She finished her on the floor kneeling prayer and then went back to prepping the room for my facial.

When she was ready she took me back.  She had a steamer thing going and had me lay down on a massage table.  The table itself was quite comfortable but for some reason I expected more of a dental chair set up.  She aimed the steamer at my face and let me sit for about 15 minutes.  This wasn't really comfortable.  I am not sure exactly what the steamer is supposed to do but I had trouble breathing with all of the steam blowing in my face.  I spent the next 15 minutes shifting my mouth up and down sucking in non-misted air.

The salon woman came in and wiped off the steamy sweat with a tissue and then started slathering one potion after another.  She pulled out this massage thing that looked like an electric razor.  it had different tips and she swapped them out between layers and did a few rounds wiping off my face with a white towel.  One weird part was this 'massage' device thing.  As far as I could tell it didn't vibrate, it didn't put off heat or anything really except beep.  at one point I asked her if the beeping was because of a battery problem and her response was..that is showing it is working.  If the beeping is all it did it was quite effective at annoying the hell out of me.

After we were done she made me look at how my wrinkles had improved after the treatment...pht..I don't have that many wrinkles anyway.  I was really looking to reduce the black heads on my nose frankly and just plain old relax.  both of these were a facial fail.

Have any of you had a facial?  was it similar? did I just get a bad one?

xxxooo

Holy Mackerel I Found Some Mojo-

I had a tight yesterday and had an awesome eating day (I love a good tight day).  I served up this tight day with a 3.5 mile walk with David.  Wahoooooooo....The scale responded in kind showing me a long time low of 176.6 .  There is nothing like a little dip on scale to motivate a girl.

Happy Wednesday.

xxxooo