trigger happy

Avast there, ye Scurvy Dog Pinata!

Yep - the candy is already out!

Gotta get ready

Candy is dandy - Liquor is quicker -

I would mix the two with RedBull!

I'm just kidding, of course!

Aye - there'll be no grog for me, matey!

 

Temptation is everywhere - 

a slippery slope of memories and mnemonics...

I am re-learning what these triggers mean,

why I have them,

and what to do about it NOW!

(Which is the only thing that really counts)

"What Cha Gonna Do About It?"

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This is Miss J. She's a REAL "tree-hugger!" 

Even her coffee mug says "tree hugger!"

She just about fits the whole picture. 

From her hair to her Birkenstocks!

Her wholesome, organic, clean-eating food choices

are never an excuse for ever-eating.

(Even Dr Atkins said LoCarb is not an excuse for gorging yourself!)

Which is sorta like an excuse for not losing weight.

Not finding joy. Not being loved. Not loving.

It's never about the food - I'm convinced by now.

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Maybe its about the reasons behind why being overweight "works."

Or why it did.

I imagine myself to be insulated behind a burka of adiposity.

Skin, and stories, and layers of clothes that no longer fit.

And I not only keep them, I worship them.

 

And ruminate over them.

OK. Time to work - clean something....

do something..... fix something.....

Not just as a way to interrupt the triggers,

But it's win-win.... 

My apartment is coming right along!

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It's good my job lets me have so much time off....

Makes up for the crazy days and weeks of non-stop work.

It goes like that in Hospice... Nurses call it

"Feast or Famine" which is pretty accurate.

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Yo Ho -  International "Talk Like A Pirate Day" (link)

is fast approaching! Now that's something to partake of.

Or is it "in?"  Aye be gar!

'Tis a non-candy/food (pseudo) holiday at any rate.

September 19th. A Sunday this year.

MySpace-Countdown

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YouTube Video

"In The Waiting Line"

Zero 7

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Hope your Holiday is going well.....

Shoring up the gains and losses....

Getting ready for the season of love and candy!

sweating (to the) oldies

Didn't Do Squat

(Thrusts)

And a few new dance steps for cleaning:

Where every dance is a "Belly Dance" (of sorts!)

House Cleaning can be a "moving" and aerobic experience!

Bending, reaching, lifting....

Stair climbing, knee-kneeling,

(and don't forget getting back up)

"Good Will Hunting" to drop stuff off.....

A fair haul on today's episode of

"The Trashiest Catch"

Earned me a "10" in Reverse Dumpster Diving!

 

My "reward" is SF ginger ale w/ sf margarita mix w/ lime ... 

(No alcohol for me, please)

And grilled chicken breast on an actual plate... 

(Every dish in the place was dirty! Tsk, tsk!)

The SF margarita mix is good as a marinade, as well.

This chicken was marinated w/ Italian Dressing

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Happy Birthday 

Photoshop!

YouTube Video

"World Without Photoshop"

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Hope you are having a great Holiday weekend!

No more cleaning for now - back to work for me!

pout-ine

Ex marks the spot  ✘

Getting things done. Check  ✔

My previous pre-occupation was to look up at the ceiling.

For hours. Certainly life's answers are up there.

This is the view from the couch.

The medium scrubs are falling off -

 The "fat fast" must have done it's magic.

Keckwick diet, anyone?

  

Really working on this pouting thing... 

Almost have it down.....  almost - not quite!

Probably not a good look for me - time to find another!

These small towns still have original features

Didn't go.... not tempted at all, actually

But very nice to look at!

It's good to be able to walk on by

without acting (on every whim)

re-acting (to every trigger)

or over-reacting (which could go either way)