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[JessFit]

Happy Thursday my lovelies! Thankfully it is Thursday, I would really like it if it were Friday. I plan on only going out of the house to maybe go to the gym this weekend and for no other reason.Tuesday and Wednesday were not so good days and Thursday is starting off in the same vein. Yesterday I ended up spending over 11 hours at my desk, my department is currently very short staffed and therefore also short tempered. Not so fun. Then I went to get my hair done and was in a bad mood so I wanted a change and going 8 inches shorter seemed like a really good idea, until I was 8 inches shorter. Now I'm pretty sure I hate my haircut... ugh In addition to this I got nothing done toward my goals yesterday. Seriously woke up at 5am, left for work half an hour later, worked, went a block away for a hair do, got home at 9:30pm and went to bed. That was my whole day :-( Anyway despite this I realized a few things yesterday:

 

1. I pretty much had to eat out yesterday in between work and my hair appointment and it actually kind of bummed me out that I wasn't able to go home and make anything, so this whole making dinner thing on a regular basis is leaving it's mark.

2. I came home and thought about the doritos, ice cream, and gummy bears sitting there and was so tempted to eat away the stresses of my day again and I really don't actually want to do that nearly as much anymore, the idea kind of grosses me out now.

3. I don't really think of shifting money out of savings as frequently as I used to which I also take as a great thing and it means my side quest is successful not only in the things I'm supposed to be doing but in the habits that I want to form.

4. I can probably give myself a second side quest since I'm actually not-doing something for my current side quest, so my additional side quest (since I'm doing ok with most of my goals) will be to apply to 3 new jobs a week. I finished school about a month and a half ago and because of a lot of family crazyness I didn't think it would be a good idea to apply and potentially throw more major changes at my family (since I want to move away with this new job). I've been as supportive as I can but I can't put my life completly on hold because they are struggling through things either.  So starting this week I need to get in 3 job apps!

 

Today I head to the gym again, here is to hoping that creepy guy doesn't cause a problem. And I'm hoping to take a stab at acorn squash soup (depending on how late I end up working and thus how late I get to the gym). I hope everyone has a fantastic Thursday and that you all do something today that helps you get one step closer to your goals.

[Jittersthe.Clown]

I am glad you are making progress on your goals and feeling like you don't need the temptations of bad foods.  And good job deciding to apply for other jobs.  Take care of your needs now.  Great job, Jess!

[Batwoman]

I wish I had the cajones to cut my hair short. I used to have an ugly bowl cut as a little girl and I think I am scarred for life from that. Again... childhood traumas. But life would be so much easier if I could roll out of bed, tussle some product in my hair and just walk out the door. le sigh.

 

I like your new side quest. You can't feel guilty about following your goals and dreams. It is not your responsibility to take care of everyone, which sounds harsh but we should all take some responsibility on ourselves and not put the pressure on someone else to take care of us or make us happy or what have you.

 

Some soup, pajamas, an orange is the new black marathon sounds so nice right now. I wish I did not have obligations this weekend that required me to present myself to the world. I could make such a great hermit.

 

I hope you have a nice relaxing weekend

[JessFit]

I could make such a great hermit.

 

I think we have just identified my life goal... You should join me, and if we weren't hermits then we could join together to take over the world with our hermitness but since we're hermits it wouldn't work. Darn

 

 

Actually I'm not sure I could stand hermitness for more than a weekend, but I can only find out by taking it one weekend at a time

[Phatkid]

That is one heck of an update...and sometimes life just gets in the way of what we really want to do. 

 

I have to second Batty...You cannot put your life on hold for your family. They will survive without you, it is not fair of them to expect anything like that out of you. You need to get out and experience different things. There are a couple things I wish I would have done differently and moving away is one of them. Where I'm from everyone stays close to their family....All of my family lives within 45 minutes of my house. That's awesome but I would love to live in another city. 

 

Fantastic job on the restraint of emotional eating....that is amazing...will power is an amazing thing when you start using it correctly. I always feel better about myself when I do not let my emotions cause me to eat. 

 

I like how you've recognized the progression of your goals and how they've impacted your life....You're doing awesome....

 

Do you have a reward planned for the end of the challenge when you succeed?

[Batwoman]

@Jessfit: Haha. Me too. I always talk a big game about being lazy, but when it comes down to it I need some sort of activity in my day or I go crazy.

 

@Phatkid: I'm in the same sort of situation. I live like 20 minutes (at most) away from close family and about an hour or so from extended family. I've grown up in the same area my whole life. My partner and I have been talking about a move for a while. Nothing against where I am currently living or my family. I just want to experience as much of the world and life as I can.

[JessFit]

"Do you have a reward planned for the end of the challenge when you succeed?"

 

Ummmmm, no. Do you?

[Jittersthe.Clown]

Nerd Fitness shirt for me.  I'm putting $4.50 every week I get a B or better for this.  It's good to have incentive sometimes.  You should pick something

[Phatkid]

I have yet to really reward myself for what I have accomplished so far...So if I get a B or better in this challenge I'm going to buy myself the new batman game that comes out at the end of this month. I have the money already...I just haven't spent it...

 

You should definitely pick something that you want...something that you can live without but want...new headphones...new running shoes...something...

 

You have progressed so far right now..and just your attitude about changing yourself indicates that you're going to succeed...so you better start planning your reward!

[JessFit]

Uuber nerd and book obsessed person that I am, I kind of LOVE this sweatshirt from Out Of Print. I've been randomly heading to their website and drooling over it for about a year and a half. This might be the perfect reason to buy it. Realisticaly I should probably buy cold gear from under armour but this is prettier!   Thanks for all the support guys, you're just all fantastic!   

[Batwoman]

That's a cool sweatshirt!

 

I actually don't own a Batman shirt. I think I will make that my reward.

 

@PhatKid... I'm so excited for that game!

[JessFit]

That's a cool sweatshirt!

 

I actually don't own a Batman shirt. I think I will make that my reward.

 

@PhatKid... I'm so excited for that game!

You don't own a batman shirt? How is that even possible?

[Batwoman]

I KNOW! I have one shirt that is Batman mashed with Monty Python, but not heavy on the Batman. I have all the dvds, blu-rays, comics, video games, so on and so forth. I just guess I never have felt worthy to wear the emblem on my chest.

 

That ends with this challenge.

[JessFit]

I KNOW! I have one shirt that is Batman mashed with Monty Python, but not heavy on the Batman. I have all the dvds, blu-rays, comics, video games, so on and so forth. I just guess I never have felt worthy to wear the emblem on my chest.

 

That ends with this challenge.

You go girl! I'm pretty sure you're a hero, maybe not a traditional super hero but for sure a hero to lots of us here at NF!

[Batwoman]

Thanks love

[Hong WeiLoh]

Uuber nerd and book obsessed person that I am, I kind of LOVE this sweatshirt from Out Of Print. I've been randomly heading to their website and drooling over it for about a year and a half.

 

 

Agh, that sweater!   Jane Austen: "Destroying Realistic Expectations of Men, Since 1811." Her works are like The Secret Life of Walter MItty, Women's Edition. lol

[minx34]

Congrats on resisting the junk food, and good luck with those job apps! I hope all is well, and hopefully your successes will have a positive influence on your family too. Hope the acorn squash soup goes well!

[JessFit]

Agh, that sweater!   Jane Austen: "Destroying Realistic Expectations of Men, Since 1811." Her works are like The Secret Life of Walter MItty, Women's Edition. lol

This is completely true, I was so tempted to pick the cheaper nancy drew tshirt from that site, I've read every nancy drew book! But the sweatshirt is so pretty, even if the book does set up unrealistic expectations. Then again, Disney does the same thing for women and I'm pretty sure porn sets up unrealistic expectations for men. So at least Jane Austin is well written, right?

[Hong WeiLoh]

This is completely true, I was so tempted to pick the cheaper nancy drew tshirt from that site, I've read every nancy drew book! But the sweatshirt is so pretty, even if the book does set up unrealistic expectations. Then again, Disney does the same thing for women and I'm pretty sure porn sets up unrealistic expectations for men. So at least Jane Austin is well written, right?

 

 lol I used to date a girl who was REALLY into Austen -- most solipsistic, self-absorbed girl I've ever been with. Ever. Thing is, I tried reading Austen, just couldn't get behind her style. It's not the 'era', either, I loved Hugo, Twain, Mencken, Thoreau, etc. -- just something about Austen's writing style rubs me wrong. *shrug*

As for those other unrealistic expectations, I'm ok with those. Excepting DIsney. I'm not at all a fan of Disney. :-/ lol

[JessFit]

 lol I used to date a girl who was REALLY into Austen -- most solipsistic, self-absorbed girl I've ever been with. Ever. Thing is, I tried reading Austen, just couldn't get behind her style. It's not the 'era', either, I loved Hugo, Twain, Mencken, Thoreau, etc. -- just something about Austen's writing style rubs me wrong. *shrug*

As for those other unrealistic expectations, I'm ok with those. Excepting DIsney. I'm not at all a fan of Disney. :-/ lol

Mark Twain is one of the most rockin writers out there! He let no social inhibitions stop him and I love it! There is some Twain stuff on Out of Print I think. I'm such a reader though, I want like 1/2 of the shirts on that website because I really got into the books. This is my nerdity

[JessFit]

Ok so Thursday was just day 3 in a row of icky and stress and bad. Forgot my morning protein shake and lunch on my kitchen table (protein shake had milk in it, wasn't real thrilled to come home to curdled protein shake) and I didn't have time to go out for lunch. Work is crazy, my body is sore and sad from girl time, and I haven't been sleeping. So lots of little things. All of this added together to mean that I had a super hard time at the gym last night. Not even posting stats here because it was sad, but I really fought for it. Since I tried so hard I will give myself credit for going, since going was really the goal anyway. So that is both gym visits down for the week even if I felt like yesterday's was a waste.

 

Still didn't sleep well last night, and forgot my lunch again today (at least today it is in the fridge so it won't be wasted) but I've got plans to go out with a coworker for lunch so I'm going to eat! Jitters the Clown gave my some inspiration yesterday to take my unloved hiarcut and just use it as  a spring board for changes so this weekend I'm going to be very productive around the house. It is going to rain all weekend but I'm going to get in a run anyway, plus my new side goals and a bunch of projects that I've been putting off around the hosue will get done! I need to make this weekend great to turn around this week.

 

Here is to hoping everyone has a great weekend!

[Batwoman]

I too am going through 'girl time' and my workouts have been kind of sucky this week, but I am still doing them. Things will turn around just keep at it!

[Hong WeiLoh]

I don't have "girl time" much anymore -- I think premature man-o-pause is setting in. :-/ So I can't relate on that factor.

 

On the stress side, Steve wrote a really awesome post to the tune of "as long as you're alive, you can start over again," and it's true. For example, I'm an "excepted" Federal employee. In fact, I'm so excepted-tional that I got the privilege of working a 24hr shift, but I won't get paid for it until a couple weeks after this budget BS gets sorted. They're saying it may be a couple weeks before that happens. So basically, prob a least a month without pay (thank god I paid all the major bills for the month already). Sure, I'll get paid eventually, but landlord, utilities, etc, aren't going to take a "Hey let's wait and see what happens," kindly.

 

Lots of my Fed cohorts are stressing this severely. Me, not so much. Why? Well, unless someone kills me for being late on rent/electric/whatever, there's work-arounds, and if nothing else, I can always just sour my grapes and go "Didn't really want that house anyway." ;-)

And there's always options: I can pull a Jean valJean and steal to feed myself -- go to prison for a few years (meanwhile with a warm bed, 3 full meals a day, cable-TV, and all the real-life skinemax you could never want, but are getting anyway), get out, and have an excellent career as a business owner/politician (Jean valJean is still the model for politicians everywhere you know. ;-) ). Then I even get to be part of the problem, instead of the solution.

 

Operative point here is, as long as you stay alive (and not incarcerated for life), you can always bounce back. May not be the bounce you want, but it can and will happen. I've done it a lot. It may turn you into an emotionally truncated smartass Dr Cox wannabe like me, but hey, at least you'll be alive, and BONUS! get to call guys "Shirley".

[JessFit]

I don't have "girl time" much anymore -- I think premature man-o-pause is setting in. :-/ So I can't relate on that factor.

 

On the stress side, Steve wrote a really awesome post to the tune of "as long as you're alive, you can start over again," and it's true. For example, I'm an "excepted" Federal employee. In fact, I'm so excepted-tional that I got the privilege of working a 24hr shift, but I won't get paid for it until a couple weeks after this budget BS gets sorted. They're saying it may be a couple weeks before that happens. So basically, prob a least a month without pay (thank god I paid all the major bills for the month already). Sure, I'll get paid eventually, but landlord, utilities, etc, aren't going to take a "Hey let's wait and see what happens," kindly.

 

Lots of my Fed cohorts are stressing this severely. Me, not so much. Why? Well, unless someone kills me for being late on rent/electric/whatever, there's work-arounds, and if nothing else, I can always just sour my grapes and go "Didn't really want that house anyway." ;-)

And there's always options: I can pull a Jean valJean and steal to feed myself -- go to prison for a few years (meanwhile with a warm bed, 3 full meals a day, cable-TV, and all the real-life skinemax you could never want, but are getting anyway), get out, and have an excellent career as a business owner/politician (Jean valJean is still the model for politicians everywhere you know. ;-) ). Then I even get to be part of the problem, instead of the solution.

 

Operative point here is, as long as you stay alive (and not incarcerated for life), you can always bounce back. May not be the bounce you want, but it can and will happen. I've done it a lot. It may turn you into an emotionally truncated smartass Dr Cox wannabe like me, but hey, at least you'll be alive, and BONUS! get to call guys "Shirley".

I officially love you! I try not to stress, and I fail at it, but you and Jean ValJean have just made my life better! He really is a model for politicians everywhere! And now I have les Mis songs stuck in my head and will probably be watching it and crying my eyes out at some time this weekend!

[Batwoman]

Girl Time + Les Miserable = Tearful Sobbing Mess