Thursday 8/21 Check-in

[pixy0stix]

Day?

What color is your aura? www.buzzfeed.com/katieheaney/what-color-is-your-aura

[cgpm]

Day 12.

I got red. Don't really care for the color, but the description was pretty accurate.

[pixy0stix]

Day 11

I had to re-edit the poll to put the right date. blargh. Last night I had a margarita. I'm not at all sorry.

My aura is violet: You’re unusually intuitive, to the point that you may feel that you have psychic abilities. Others sometimes see you as mysterious. You’re an idealist, and see the best in everyone around you — though you often prefer the company of animals and nature to that of your fellow human beings. You love to learn and to spend time daydreaming about the things you’ve read and seen.

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Day 11

My aura is green.

You’re creative, with an eye for style and beauty. You’re a loyal and generous friend, and are well-respected among your peers. Security and stability are highly important to you, though your struggle to achieve them may overwhelm you at times. You think with your heart and are deeply sensitive.

I think it's pretty spot-on.

[candyland]

Day -6...I was going to start today, but my DH informed me that we will have company in town next Monday and Tuesday. I did not want to set myself up for failure. I am starting next Wednesday.

I am blue too.

[Marmee]

I'm day 4....doing ok so far.

I got green.

You’re creative, with an eye for style and beauty. You’re a loyal and generous friend, and are well-respected among your peers. Security and stability are highly important to you, though your struggle to achieve them may overwhelm you at times. You think with your heart and are deeply sensitive.

[asoctoberfalls]

Day -1. I was supposed to start Monday, but instead I've been binging all week. Great. I am feeling so hopeless, like I'll never be able to make a permanent change to my eating habits. I'm thinking I may need to start seeing a therapist. We are listing our house today and that has been SUPER stressful because we have had a LOT of work to do over the past 5 weeks. I'm not getting much sleep. I am hoping I'll be able to focus on the whole 30 once the house is for sale.

As for the quiz, I got yellow.

You’re very intelligent and approach problem-solving from a rational, reasoned perspective. You can be prone to workaholism, and your withdrawal into work (and away from social activities) can lead to periods of stress and sadness. Highly observant, you’re a careful selector of friends, and those few relationships you do cultivate will be very rewarding. You have tastes that others might consider eccentric.

This is pretty much spot-on.

[jreeds]

Day 4- so far so good.

I got Yellow. lol for daaaaays! I am not a workoholic.

[spankswife]

Day 9

I got green. Pretty accurate.

[cgpm]

Aug 21, 2014 12:59:12 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Day 4. And I'm cranky so I'm not taking the aura test LOL.

So far I am up a pound. Whee. But I also got my period today so hopefully that is some water weight and will go away. I need to follow the rules and get the eff off the scale.

So basically I am hitting the "Kill All the Things" phase right on cue LOL.

WHY would you do that to yourself??? Lol.  Give it at least a week. 

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Get off the scale - hide it if you have to.

Of course, H continues to weigh himself every day - sometimes twice. I am tempted to hide the scale from him.

[pixy0stix]

Aug 21, 2014 12:59:12 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Day 4. And I'm cranky so I'm not taking the aura test LOL.

FINE! I get to make up a color then. Your aura is black, like your soul. 

[ElizabethBennet]

Day 4 for me. I'm doing okay, except yesterday was a shitty day and today I'm wanting to eat my feelings. I've been good so far though. I'm nervous about this weekend, my in-laws are coming and we're going to be going out to eat a lot. It's gonna be hard to resist my usual stuff and stick with things that are compliant. Plus, I've lost 2.5lbs (ya,ya I know I shouldn't weigh myself).

I got yellow, I'd say it was fairly accurate.

[mac08]

Aug 21, 2014 11:23:19 GMT -5 asoctoberfalls said:

Day -1. I was supposed to start Monday, but instead I've been binging all week. Great. I am feeling so hopeless, like I'll never be able to make a permanent change to my eating habits. I'm thinking I may need to start seeing a therapist. We are listing our house today and that has been SUPER stressful because we have had a LOT of work to do over the past 5 weeks. I'm not getting much sleep. I am hoping I'll be able to focus on the whole 30 once the house is for sale.

As for the quiz, I got yellow.

You’re very intelligent and approach problem-solving from a rational, reasoned perspective. You can be prone to workaholism, and your withdrawal into work (and away from social activities) can lead to periods of stress and sadness. Highly observant, you’re a careful selector of friends, and those few relationships you do cultivate will be very rewarding. You have tastes that others might consider eccentric.

This is pretty much spot-on.

You can do it!  I am only on day 11, so obviously I still have a long way to go, but if I can do this for 11 days without slipping up, anyone can.  Seriously, before I started this I had horrendous eating habits.  The whole 30 is the first program I've done that I actually think is working to make a real change with my relationship with food.  

And i I feel your pain with the house selling situation.  We are also selling our house and it's been incredibly stressful.  We just accepted an offer, after being on the market since April.

[asoctoberfalls]

Aug 21, 2014 19:17:00 GMT -5 mac08 said:

Aug 21, 2014 11:23:19 GMT -5 asoctoberfalls said:

Day -1. I was supposed to start Monday, but instead I've been binging all week. Great. I am feeling so hopeless, like I'll never be able to make a permanent change to my eating habits. I'm thinking I may need to start seeing a therapist. We are listing our house today and that has been SUPER stressful because we have had a LOT of work to do over the past 5 weeks. I'm not getting much sleep. I am hoping I'll be able to focus on the whole 30 once the house is for sale.

As for the quiz, I got yellow.

You’re very intelligent and approach problem-solving from a rational, reasoned perspective. You can be prone to workaholism, and your withdrawal into work (and away from social activities) can lead to periods of stress and sadness. Highly observant, you’re a careful selector of friends, and those few relationships you do cultivate will be very rewarding. You have tastes that others might consider eccentric.

This is pretty much spot-on.

You can do it!  I am only on day 11, so obviously I still have a long way to go, but if I can do this for 11 days without slipping up, anyone can.  Seriously, before I started this I had horrendous eating habits.  The whole 30 is the first program I've done that I actually think is working to make a real change with my relationship with food.  

And i I feel your pain with the house selling situation.  We are also selling our house and it's been incredibly stressful.  We just accepted an offer, after being on the market since April.

Congrats on the offer! I hope the inspection and everything works out well. I don't think I'll feel good about an offer until we make it through the inspection.

I know I can do it! I just have to make it through the first week or so, and after that the cravings pretty much disappear.