December 9, 2009 Diet Blog

It was a tough morning to drag myself out from under that warm and cozy quilt. I did not want to get up and face the cold, nasty, wet weather or the day if it was going to have a cold, nasty, wet disposition. Still, I took a deep breath in and began my day.
The morning was slower than it has been at work, but not slow. The clients seemed to be on edge and I'm sure they too wished that they did not have to crawl out from under their nice cozy quilts to brave the floods of Hackensack. I contemplated taking the kayak to work myself- but ultimately used the car....
The tension is still thick at work but eased some in the afternoon. The boss and I shared playful banter twice at his initiation. It was a welcome change in venue. The coworker that got suspended was not in today because today was the day of punishment. I think that the co-worker who refused to shut the window is feeling the stress. She did it to herself though. Common courtesy dictates that she should've closed the window and not went out of her way to hurt the feelings of another, never mind get her in trouble with the boss. I'm cordial to her, like I said- but I have been the recipient of her baloney myself and so I don't hold her in high regard.
It's a shame. She's very pretty.... sad her personality doesn't match her features.
I am anxious about filming the Children's show tomorrow. It is in New York. I've asked my husband to come with me. I am not comfortable traipsing all over unknown areas of New York by myself. Bad things happen there. I'm not interested in becoming a statistic.
I ate well considering the multitudes of food, cakes and goodies being brought into work for birthdays. I stayed the course but had to fight myself two separate times in order to do it. There are 7 workers who have birthdays in December. I promised myself that I would remain strict until my home party, which is December 20th, Sunday. On that day I will cheat. It's a goal. I will accomplish it. So far I have remained steadfast. I'll keep you posted as we go.
We were talking about dieting the other day at work because someones Doctor called them "Obese." The person in question is heavy...even chunky...but not obese. That's an awful word. One of my co-workers said that it sounds like "Oh Beast!" To be perfectly truthful- that definition of the word fits too in my opinion. That word should be saved for people that are really heavy- not for people that are 5'7' and about 170 pounds. Now this person gets to walk around knowing that the label 'obese' has been put on her.
What is that doing to her self-esteem, which I'm sure is in a rough place anyway since she is dieting. Meanwhile...and this is the corker...the Doctor that told her that is a big fat guy himself. Can you imagine? I wonder if that label on her wasn't part psychological on his part...you know...like to make himself feel better? Some people bring others down just for that specific purpose. Those kinds of 'predators' pray on the weak. Not that she's weak- but in that area, aren't we all? Not to mention that he's male. They seem to like females to be 'off their game.' Sheesh! I can't help but wonder if that's more on him than on her. Still, now she has that word embedded in her mind.
I had fruit salad for breakfast, vegetable salad for lunch, strawberries at 5pm when I got home because I was so hungry that I was afraid if I waited for dinner that I'd cheat. We had lean steak, Hubby had mashed potatoes, I did not, I had green beans and peas. It was good.
Afterward I went to body conditioning class. I did 40 minutes at 2.8. I can't get it back to 3.0. I tried. My shins hurt right away. I'm not stupid enough to incapacitate myself the night before I film the Children's show. I did well I felt.
Bed can't come soon enough for me! See you next Blog! ;-)