Day 15 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

Last night was flat-out FUN! The Bob Devaney (named after a beloved coach from decades ago) Center holds 8,000 people for a volleyball game, and it was sold out–they all are. Our women’s volleyball team is ranked #2 in the country, and has won a good number of national championships, so the game was a great display of skill, and while our opponent isn’t ranked as high, they made us work for the win. The season ticket seats we were in are fairly far down, and are seats, not benches, and the particular seats were the top seats in that section, so not only did the seat provide a back rest, but the wall behind us provided a head rest, LOL! The people on either side of us have known for years our members who gave us the tickets, so we had a grand time chatting with them throughout the game.

The toughest part of the whole experience was all the food surrounding me (three people in front each had a hot dog. I adore hot dogs. I could smell those hot dogs. I wanted a hot dog. I refrained.) So I ended up with a true water fast, and didn’t even resort to gum or sparkling water. My weight this morning is a pound and a bit higher than the last two weeks, so clearly my NFDs need to be reigned in. I’ve been giving myself a talking to for several days, so am hopeful I’ve persuaded myself to easily disply better RESOLVE; we’ll see how much discipline it requires and how much of it is already determined.

@jaifaim Tons of great thoughts on alcohol and its effect on our bodies. I’m not alcohol dependent, but I’m certain “special drink” dependent–that’s where my mocktail comes in. I hate pop–it’s all too sweet for my taste–so finding something to drink in social situations that isn’t alcoholic is a challenge. And I too find that the 4am wake-up is far too common in my life. Or 1am, or 2am, or 3am! The thing I’ve found, however, is that while too much alcohol almost guarantees it, even when I’ve had no alcohol at all, it still happens. 🤷🏻‍♀️ So I’ll continue to drink my mocktail, and I’ll work at being more committed to my sparkling water cans that have juice in them and nothing else, but I’ll still enjoy wine–perhaps simply on fewer days of the week, LOL.

@funshipfreddie LOL, okay, I’m officially scolded.

And on the topic of daily weighing, I often weigh myself three or even four times a day, monitoring what impact food/water/hard works has on my weight. If you’ve not done that for decades as I have, I can fully understand it could be discouraging, but I know so well what’s going to happen based on various behaviors, that I can usually predict my weight each morning so, for me, the constant weighing is beneficial. What’s more, while I used to constantly come across articles saying how awful it is for people to weigh daily, I’ve come across an increasing number of articles recently saying that, for many people, weighing daily is helpful and encouraging. So, it’s neither good nor bad, but entirely dependent on who you are. Rather like the topic of eating breakfast: it is NOT the most important meal of the day, but many people have bodies that simply don’t cope with their day well if they don’t start out with food. I’m much better waiting several hours before I eat. I’m also much better weighing myself frequently.

@northgeorgia Nice number this morning!

Wow, so few posts this morning…I miss all the rest of you!

Have a grand one, everyone!