Dear So and So

[PamNY]

Dear Shefly
Yesterday for the first time all week I cooked. I LOVE cooking !!! no burnt liver style tofu, no undercooked collards with too much red hot peppers in them.
No mushy rice.

My sweetie is texting and posted on facebook today for the first time since his surgery!

Hooray! That is such good news. and "burnt liver style tofu" is a memorable description.

[indysteel]

That's awesome, Mimi!!!!

Dear Self:

Stop buying "control top" tights and retire the ones you currently own. They do nothing but cut into your gut and render you uncomfortable for the entire work day. You'd be better off controling your appetite for ice cream. Okay?

[solobiker]

Mimi.. Happy to hear that he is starting to feel a little better and that you had some time to do some cooking. My thoughts continue to be with you and Don.

[Crankin]

Glad to hear that Don is texting and on Facebook, Mimi. Hey, I guess that's the new normal!
Weather was perfect today and I am still coughing. Grrr. I have been reduced to looking at my new bike. Didn't sleep too well either, as one of my 7 year old clients was expressing suicidal thoughts yesterday afternoon, so I had to go into crisis mode, although it was not really a crisis. I called my boss, so someone else knew, and even though I did all of the right things, it kept me up all night.
Tomorrow I am going to the core/weights class in the early AM and will put off any aerobic stuff until Friday. I feel like a tired, sick, and unfit slug.

[channlluv]

Dear Lady at the Y:

I hope I didn't offend you too much when I stopped your nutrition lecture mid-sentence, but I was talking to the aerobics teacher, not you, and I was asking her about increasing my caloric burn during class, so when you started in about my having to change my eating habits in order to lose weight, and you don't know jack about me or my eating habits, I just had to stop you. And, god, that felt good.

Dear Self:

Way to go on doing the hour of step aerobics this morning and following it up with 23 miles on the bike around the lake.

Roxy

[Blueberry]

Yay Roxy!!!!

Good job on the workout, and good job on stopping the meddling person. I get so flipping tired of lectures about my *very good* eating habits.

[channlluv]

Me too. I felt so empowered. Two weeks ago I might have stood there and nodded and gone along and even thanked her, but after the last few days here, the support...I felt empowered to stand up for myself, so thanks, TE!

Roxy

[VeganBikeChick]

WTG, Roxy! Thanks for empowering all of us!

[indysteel]

That's awesome, Roxy. On both counts. So out of curiosity, what did you say to the woman? It might be instructive for the rest of us in dealing with unwanted advice.

[solobiker]

Way to go Roxy!! I always hate it when people assume I want their input/opinion. You Rock!!

[OakLeaf]

woot Roxy! Good for you.

Mimi, that's good news on your front too. My dad is so isolated by his own paranoid refusal to have a computer or a cell phone at the nursing facility. It's not like they're destitute or without homeowners' insurance, but he'd rather isolate himself than risk theft. So glad Don is feeling well enough to re-join the virtual world.

[marni]

Dear Lady at the Y:

I hope I didn't offend you too much when I stopped your nutrition lecture mid-sentence, but I was talking to the aerobics teacher, not you, and I was asking her about increasing my caloric burn during class, so when you started in about my having to change my eating habits in order to lose weight, and you don't know jack about me or my eating habits, I just had to stop you. And, god, that felt good.

Roxy

two favorite comebacks from my mother and my sister which are family traditions.

From my mother-"I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see."

and from my sister- sweet and succinct "I am aware that you have issues, I prefer not to subscribe to them. '

marni

[Biciclista]

i just got told today that "a skinny little thing like me wouldn't understand"

i didn't swear at her. really..

[Blueberry]

Ouch, Mimi!

I have to stop myself from making those judgments sometimes (but thankfully I would never say that out loud!). The women of TE have definitely helped me see different perspectives and to appreciate the differences among us.

Which is a long way of saying - I've always found you to be sensitive. The nerve of her!

[alexis_the_tiny]

I don't know why people feel the need to look at someone on the outside and assume stuff about their diet or lifestyle or whatever. Recently, I just realized that I've hauled on 6kg in this year alone. Before that, I'd struggle for 2 years to gain one measly kg. Sudden weight gain like that cannot be healthy for anyone. Yet somehow, everyone thinks it's terrific because "you still weigh under 50kg!" and "you're so skinny! It must be healthy!!"

No, it's not healthy. Aside from that fact that suddenly gaining or losing weight is stressful on your body, thyroid disorders run in my family and for all I know, it could be a sign that something is wrong. J**** C******, people.

By the way, does anyone know anything about some snowstorm in Connecticut? My baby sister is apparently trapped there with no power or heat and that's...about all I've heard. Some days, I thank goodness I live on a tropical island with pretty predictable weather.