~Finally! When I Suck in My Stomach...

18 years ago

Something moves.

LOL

The last four weeks at work has been nuts.

Lots of changes; lots of messes. Lots of walking, bending over, picking up and carrying.

It began with a rental for a baby shower.

They trashed the place.

I am not kidding.

Plants were knocked over, storage rooms were rummaged through...not to mention the kitchen was a wreck and the floors? Ay Yi Yi!

Then, the commodities/food bank people arrived with a big load of foods, cleaning supplies and other donated items.

THEN the health inspector arrived and told my boss we had to do something about the carpeting in a storeroom; he's been warning us for three years to remove and replace with something hard and cleanable. Her boss hasn't done it. The next day we pulled everything out, including shelving and pulled up the carpet ourselves. We did however, leave it by the door so the boss's boss could haul it off. We figured we'd done our part. LOL

Then we had problems with a freezer which was a good thing because it needed cleaning badly.

Then I found a fellow in the city who donated a pool table! I was sooooo excited but it's taking up some space.

Picture this in your mind:

A very large historical building (it was once a ball room/movie theater/theater/basketball building) with stuff scattered all over the place.

The stage is wall to wall boxes of paper goods, canned goods, metal shelving and pallets.

The pool table is next to the patron computers, shoved between a three box high stack of food commodities AND a table groaning with case goods.

Scattered all over, sorted loosely by food/product genre are more stacks of boxes.

A big pile of lime green carpet and rubber backing is shoved by the front door waiting for our boss and his son to haul it off.

We've moved the exercise machine (two treadmills, three ab loungers and two exercise bikes) to the middle of the dining hall next to the two quilts set up.

Six or seven boxes of donated boxes and stacked near the library entrance.

You get the drift.

I've been working hard and eating right and my fat pants are loose! And like I said, when I suck in my gut it actually moves.

Aren't you proud of me?

LOL

If you are, not nearly as proud as I am of myself.

Our dumpster sits on two feet of snow. We stand in the mud beneath it. I can now hold the dumpster lid open AND chuck a garbage back in it! And not even breath hard!

I was in good shape last fall....like the week before Halloween.

I know they say chocolate is good for you...but I don't think they mean by the pound! Between Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, well, I let myself go. I didn't say no to anything. LOL.

It sure feels nice to pickup a box and carry it easily.

I like feeling strong.

As long as my clothes fit comfortably, size and weight isn't important to me. Being strong and able to do things is.

YIPPPEE!!

Lori who just had to brag....

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Comments (12)

des_arc_ya_ya
18 years ago
Awww...girl, that's great! Although, you DID have me a little startled there for a minute. I thought, "Good grief! Stay gone a week from the table and Lori gets all maternal on us!" LOL
glenda_al
18 years ago
Thumbs up for you Lori!
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joyfulguy
18 years ago
Lori,

Congratulations on your achievement.

My trouble, when I suck in my stomach, is ...

... that my face gets red ...

... cause I can hardly breathe!

Good wishes for keeping the old body trim!

ole joyful
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
You are building up your back muscles by lift heavy objects that is why you can suck in your tummy.

I have been Spring Cleaning, lots of bending, and shuffling things around. I have lost inches in my waist. I was real excited because I thought I was loosing weight. So, I stepped on the scale yesterday. No change in weight!

Lori, I can imagine a big space stacked with stuff! That was my job everyday when I managed the Non-Profit Resale Shop. Very hard work for an old Lady, but I loved it. I've gained 30 pounds since I resigned last May.

Gayle
LorifromUtah
Original Author
18 years ago
I thought I was building up my abdominals.
Strong back muscles are good too.
LOL

What I weigh isn't an issue for me.
Being is shape IS.
LOL

Know what's better than a trim waist?
Feeling your hip bones!
LOL

Ah....it don't take much to make me happy.
Just give me a big mess to clean up and I'm tickled!

Lori
kframe19
18 years ago
When I suck in my stomach my butt gets bigger....
FlamingO in AR
18 years ago
Lori, did you watch that show on TLC the other night, "I Can Make You Thin" with Paul McKenna? It was pretty interesting. He teaches you a better way to eat that will help you lose weight and still let you eat the things you like. We watched and found it really informative and helpful. It's a 5 part series, on on Sunday nights, but tomorrow night it's being replayed, Friday. You might want to watch.

Congrats on your progress, I guess your knee is feeling OK now? We're about to get real active, it's time to cut wood for next winter, that'll help whip us up into shape! And my whole house feels like a big mess, so we'll be doing that on wet days. Wish you were here to help me, since you like big messes!
patti43
18 years ago
You have the right idea, Lori. Don't worry about the weight as long as you get stronger. The stronger you get, the more weight will come off, if you keep it up. I'd much rather get strong by working than working out--to me working out is too much work without accomplishing anything where I can see immediate results. LOL!
liz
18 years ago
YOU GO GIRL!! Makes me wanna come out there and help you clean and organize...i say this as I sit in the chair with my right arm totally not doing what I tell it to...
LorifromUtah
Original Author
18 years ago
I haven't seen this television show Flamey but I am going to auto tune so I won't miss it. It sounds like a very sensible way to lose weight. After Christmas I had twenty five pounds to get rid of. Now it is thirty and I hate it. I can't move. I'm clumsy and I roll back and forth when I walk. It may as well be two hundred pounds by the way I feel. The stretch marks afterwards are not pretty either but I can live with them. STRONG though is what I'm striving for. And a bounce in my step instead of a lug myself around.

And yes.
I'll come and help you clean your mess.
Other people's mess' are my favorites.
However, you must know, I am a chucker.
I chuck everything out of the closet/dresser/room, leaving barely a walk through path and THEN go through everything.
I'm a chucker then too; toss-save-donate.
LOL

You, Liz, stay put. Do NOT get out of that chair. Unnerstand?
If you MUST do something, come and supervise me and Flamey.
You be the boss, Flamey will provide the mess and I, in addition to my chucking skills, will bring the whiskey soaked raisins.

Deal?

LOL

Lori
FlamingO in AR
18 years ago
Oh, DEAL!!!! My closet does need help but I've been slowing paring the mess down over the last few years and don't have too much stuff left to toss. Mostly it's just cleaning that needs doing. Having 4 dogs and 3 cats makes for a dirty house, unfortunately. And I'm getting tired of cleaning it. Woody helps, but he's not as detail oriented as I am.

Liz is a great supervisor! And she loves collies, she can teach me the proper way to groom them.

Great ideas, Lori!
duckiedo
18 years ago
your stomach is moving?

so...you're pregnant?

you said baby shower....

running...

xoox
duck

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