Comments for Violets in Blue http://violetsinblue.com a life fairly ordinary Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on End of the month by Christina Berry http://violetsinblue.com/2013/04/26/end-of-the-month/#comment-444 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:59:05 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=909#comment-444 No plans for this summer… just trying to survive, I guess.

I know what you mean about getting discouraged with yourself. I’m going to a blogging conference next month, and I’d planned to drop 10-15 pounds before I went. Now? I don’t have enough time. I just kept putting it off. I wouldn’t exercise, and I’d eat something bad for me, thinking, “I’ll start tomorrow.” I’m about out of tomorrows.

]]> Comment on End of the month by catazure http://violetsinblue.com/2013/04/26/end-of-the-month/#comment-443 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:06:09 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=909#comment-443 We are hoping to be in Cocoa Beach in July and then in Orlando for a Steely Dan concert in August:)

]]> Comment on April fool by catazure http://violetsinblue.com/2013/04/01/april-fool/#comment-440 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:43:28 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=907#comment-440 Yay, Heather! I need to get some of that motivation too. I have X-box Kinect exercise waiting for me….

]]> Comment on defeat by Jennifer German http://violetsinblue.com/2013/03/25/defeat/#comment-439 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:46:31 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=853#comment-439 Oh, Heather – go back and read your blogs from last year. from when you were mired in depression and stasis. You have come a really long way and I am very happy for you! just try one new thing every day in your exercises and if it doesn’t go great, BFD. You tried, and tomorrow will be better.
I stuck a scale in my walk in closet and every morning before I dress I weigh. If the weight is stuck or up, I say “Well, I’ll do better today.” If my weight is down, I say “ROCKS! I will look hot today!” And I am still on the high side of a size 14 (between 14-16) so hot is relative. every day that I try I am getting closer to my goal. Every day that you try, you are too :)

]]> Comment on Some changes by Taylor http://violetsinblue.com/2013/02/27/some-changes/#comment-438 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:23:57 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=840#comment-438 Yay!!! I’m happy for you. Keep us posted on your diet successes, because I would love to hear how they work. I am on Weight Watchers again for this baby weight and I’m always interested to hear about other methods. FYI, in keeping with Jennifer’s comment, my husband lost a significant amount of weight on Atkins and has kept it off for 12 years, so that’s a good plan too. I would do it but I am unwilling -nay unABLE- to part with carbohydrates.

]]> Comment on Some changes by Jennifer German http://violetsinblue.com/2013/02/27/some-changes/#comment-437 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:05:44 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=840#comment-437 Yay, you! Do nice things for yourself as you acheive goals. I love Goodwill stores for what my mom calls “disposable clothes.” I think of them as interim clothes as I move to smaller sizes.
We’ve been using Atkins (following the book, not guessing) and my husband called me after he got on his flight to Paris to tell me that it was the first time he could remember in 25 years that he didn’t need a seatbelt extender.
Anyway, Atkins can groove into a regular family routine without disrupting the non-dieter’s meals too much.
I am so glad you are looking up and out and that things are better for you :)

]]> Comment on sleepless and a year older by Jennifer German http://violetsinblue.com/2013/01/30/sleepless-and-a-year-older/#comment-429 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:31:22 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=838#comment-429 When you see your doc ask for a prescription for massage. Insurance will cover if you have a scrip.
And if you want a change, you have to make it. Go to a different grocery store, wear lip gloss, smile and make eye-contact with everybody.
And Happy Birthday again!

]]> Comment on Crappy by Christina Berry http://violetsinblue.com/2013/01/24/crappy/#comment-427 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:47:46 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=836#comment-427 I’m sorry things are not going well. :/

]]> Comment on Crappy by Christina Berry http://violetsinblue.com/2013/01/24/crappy/#comment-426 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:47:09 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=836#comment-426 I’m sorry things are so hard right now. :/

]]> Comment on Bad year already by Jennifer German http://violetsinblue.com/2013/01/22/bad-year-already/#comment-424 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:08:11 +0000 http://violetsinblue.com/?p=832#comment-424 Oh, Heather. Don’t close off, don’t give up, and don’t look for fault within yourself. Just be glad he figured out you two weren’t right for each other before you got so far down the road that it would pain you to be the one who has to say “It’s over.”
I know it’s trite, but look at you and find something to love, even something little, every day. Take joy in the now, smile at people and the world just because it is better to be alive and have the chance to make more mistakes, make more perfections, laugh at your son’s jokes, and smile at Gordon Ramsey being an ass to someone. Just open up to everything. Let you become attracted to the person you are. Because you are pretty special.

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