I know you'll enjoy the weekend. Some year's back, my daughter graduated from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. I have the utmost respect for those who serve our country at home and far away. We we owe these courageous folks a debt of gratitude. STAY COOL! AND THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT
Fondly, Carlee
MYRNA-C 6/21/05 6:42 P
Hi Carlee.......we have been experiencing rather hot (100-103) degrees the past few days with more expected.........it looks like it is clouding up today so it might cool off some.........
Sounds like you had a wonderful time even if you did have too much temptation......I guess we need that now and then to see how far we have come......or what we can overcome...... :)
Life is not always easy, but it can be fun!!
I have a new baby grandson as of May 19th.......he was born two months premature and weighed 3 1/2 lbs........he is now up to 5 lbs and doing very well......his big sister of 3 years old adores him.........I will get to see the family on Friday....going up for my son's graduation from the police academy.
CARLEEBLISS 6/20/05 4:42 P
Hi Myrna,
So nice to hear from you! How have you been? Ohio is finally enjoying summer temperatures, and I know that often means that folks out west are a little warmer than comfortable. My sister in Palm Springs has 108 degrees today. I'm steadily working my program, with the occasional disaster. Friday I went with my Ohio Sis to visit two lovely ladies, who live south of us. One of them went to great pains to provide a beautiful luncheon (she was in her nineties) in spite of ill health. It included every item NOT on my food plan. I managed to eat reasonably without triggering any irreversible binges, but HOLY MOSES, IT WAS A CHALLENGE! I hope all is well with you in your scenic setting. Have a fine day. Carlee
MYRNA-C 6/9/05 9:48 P
Hi Carlee...as usual you are a great motivator and such a way with words......thanks for sharing.......
CARLEEBLISS 6/5/05 9:48 A
TA-DA! The computer is fixed, and the place that fixed it took the time to give me some info on speeding up my hard-drive. Since I taught myself to operate it without any formal instruction, I am pretty much in the computer id-10-t category. Hoo-Ha, watch me type! Thanks so much for your support, I really am grieving this move, it's weird. I don't know any other way to explain it than a really delayed development thing. My kids and I lost a lot of years when I was into the worst of my addictions many years ago. We missed a lot of special times together. I am very blessed that I have had the opportunity to share their lives in a closer way later on. So now, I'm probably going through what I would have gone through normally quite some time ago. So there it is. How do compulsive people deal with pain? It's so easy to fall back into the same old behaviors. But we can't, we know that they will harm us and not help us -- so the course of addictions changes like a river that is suddenly blocked. Other little addictive behaviors start to pop up -- anything to mood-alter. They are good things, but they too can get out of control (hobbies, shopping, workaholism/constant busy-ness). THERE IS NO ADDICTIVE OR COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR THAT TRULY MAKES US FEEL ANY BETTER FOR LONGER THAN A MINUTE -- BECAUSE THE SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION ARE CARRIED ALONG RIGHT IN THE BEHAVIOR ITSELF. I can get out of whack with about ANYTHING!!!! Shopping is the worst. I'm taming it down a little with myself, but I still want to spoil the kids and grandkids -- like I have money that I don't! It's all a substitute for eating, and the compulsivity is more about my own insecurity than anything. It just amazes me that we can be so competent in so many areas, look really good on the outside, and feel like such a mess on the inside. This is a road that I've been down so many times in my life. Maybe it's not the SAME road, but it's the SAME KIND OF ROAD. I know that by the grace of God, I will get through it, and I pray I will learn something from it that will strengthen me, give me some wisdom. And I thank you my friends, for sharing the journey. Carlee
AUNT_BEE_1945 6/5/05 9:44 A
Good morning everyone,
I have a lot of work to do today that I didn't do yesterday. Having company tomorrow. I am so excited. Have a good day and a great week ahead. Aunt Bee
MOPPER 6/4/05 9:39 P
Despite my hollering about needing a ground floor apartment, we got a second one... stairs only. I'm finding it easier and easier to climb the 16 steps, even carrying groceries. You are right, Carlee, our bodies are your exercise tools at this point. Thank you for reminding me of that.
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SP_COACH_DEAN 6/4/05 10:10 A
Great post, Carlee
Hope you get that computer up and running. We need you around here.
LINLOSEANDWIN 6/3/05 6:53 P
Welcome back Carlee! Does that mean I can bench press 256? (joke) Loved reading your post. Hope your computer gets well and you have a ball thru your late mid-life crisis!!!! We need to approach all of our challenges with a smile on our face, God will be in our heart. Hope to hear more from you soon!
AUNT_BEE_1945 6/2/05 3:54 P
You said a mouthful, so true. Carlee I have been working at moving more through out my daiily, life. I had been getting weak because of being sick so long, then the rains came. I didn't do enough, but I decided ir I was going to get stronger I was going to have to move.
Aunt Bee. Doing more in side and out side my home.
CARLEEBLISS 6/2/05 10:41 A
Hi All, and welcome newcomers and recents!!!! TAKE HEART!EVERY HUFF AND PUFF, EVERY STRETCH AND STRUGGLE is SO WORTH IT! When we are at our biggest, it's like we have our own little gym attached. Every time we move an arm, a leg, make a circle with our ankles, wrists, bend, stretch --- we are starting out on some automatic "weight training". Later, when we lose some pounds, we can add some real weights (like light 1 or 2 pounders from a discount store, and work up to heavier ones as we get stronger). Don't underestimate your strength! It takes a lot of strength and endurance to carry around the weight we have accumulated. As you begin to lose little by little, that weight is released as more energy, which in turn -- we can put to use as increased activity. CELEBRATE EVERY MOMENT OF GOOD CHOICES! WE ARE SO BLESSED, AT LEAST WE HAVE CHOICES! Discouragement is high in calories, and is not on our food plans! We have nothing better to do in our lives, than keep at it. If we keep at it day after day. Someday we will be thin, guaranteed. If we keep eating the same old ways we used to eat, we will keep gaining, guaranteed. FOR ME, when I need a boost I cut more carbs, go for a walk, eat more protein, drink more water, and go to a funny movie -- even if I have to make myself watch it because it's so stupid! I've missed you all. One computer's in the shop, I'm swamped at the work, I helped my daughter move, and I'm going through a very late mid-life crisis --- "this too shall pass"! Love You All! Carlee
Fondly, Carlee
Carlee
TA-DA! The computer is fixed, and the place that fixed it took the time to give me some info on speeding up my hard-drive. Since I taught myself to operate it without any formal instruction, I am pretty much in the computer id-10-t category. Hoo-Ha, watch me type! Thanks so much for your support, I really am grieving this move, it's weird. I don't know any other way to explain it than a really delayed development thing. My 
Carlee
EVERY HUFF AND PUFF, EVERY STRETCH AND STRUGGLE is SO WORTH IT! When we are at our biggest, it's like we have our own little gym attached. Every time we move an arm, a leg, make a circle with our ankles, wrists, bend, stretch --- we are starting out on some automatic "weight training". Later, when we lose some pounds, we can add some real weights (like light 1 or 2 pounders from a discount store, and work up to heavier ones as we get stronger). Don't underestimate your strength! It takes a lot of strength and endurance to carry around the weight we have accumulated. As you begin to lose little by little, that weight is released as more energy, which in turn -- we can put to use as increased activity. CELEBRATE EVERY MOMENT OF GOOD CHOICES! WE ARE SO BLESSED, AT LEAST WE HAVE CHOICES! Discouragement is high in calories, and is not on our food plans! We have nothing better to do in our lives, than keep at it. If we keep at it day after day. Someday we will be thin, guaranteed. If we keep eating the same old ways we used to eat, we will keep gaining, guaranteed. FOR ME, when I need a boost I cut more carbs, go for a walk, eat more protein, drink more water, and go to a funny movie -- even if I have to make myself watch it because it's so stupid! I've missed you all. One computer's in the shop, I'm swamped at the work, I helped my daughter move, and I'm going through a very late mid-life crisis --- "this too shall pass"! Love You All! Carlee
