Change and money

I gained just over a pound this week. First time since joining Weight Watchers in October 2008. (I'm not counting the two weeks I gained .4 pounds each week.) In spite of this gain, I stayed under goal for the sixth week in a row and I'm now an official Lifetime Member, meaning I have to weigh in (any WW meeting, anywhere) at least once a month and not go more than two pounds over goal. And it's all free now! I'm at the top of my weight range, so I'm not done yet; intend to get rid of 10-15 more pounds. I'm back on track after my poor showing this week. Having tools in hand to succeed makes it easier. For instance, I didn't keep written records last week. This week I am and the visual does help. I continue the exercising. Plus, I notice when the voices in my head start putting me down; I set them aside because I'm in charge of my health, not them.

My WW dollars - at least some of them - will now go for a Y membership so I can swim. Great low impact exercise. I already bought two swimsuits and am ecstatic over how fit I look. Right now my exercise consists of walking wherever I need to go - always with a destination - and riding my stationery bike. The bike is so easy now. Fifteen minutes used to be killer. Last night it was 26 minutes before I thought to check the time, then I stayed on another 15 minutes. Equivalent to about seven miles according to the gadget that measures everything I do on the bike. One day last week I rode for 50 minutes. I find long phone conversations to be a good time to pace quickly around the apartment.

Daughter drove me to buy slacks. Forced me to try on a dress. Bought the slacks and the dress. The dress... I'll take a photo soon. It's deep forest green, simple lines, hemline above the knees. Is a 63-year old woman allowed to wear that short a dress? No law against it, is there :) Love the look.

I sold another Helium article to an online publisher. Yay! That means I've sold in 2 out of 3 attempts. Gotta do this more often. Right now my biggest focus is on editing articles previously written. My writing score is going up, up, up. I'm good at this editing.

I'm a holdout! I have no cell phone. I have no call waiting or caller ID. I do not have television cable. My indoor antenna works fine - kind of. My local phone service and AT&T LD card are enough. Then daughter - she's a pushy chick - told me I could get phone service through Time Warner that would give me unlimited local/LD, call waiting, ID, etc for almost the same price I'm paying now for local calls only. So, I called TW and during the conversation, DVR came up. I'm familiar with DVR - my son has it. The reason I don't have cable is that I hate commercials and each time in the past when I've signed up for cable, I've constantly changed channels to avoid commercials. Now, with DVR for only $10/month, I can avoid commercials. Yep, I signed up. Now I have Internet, phone and cable (200+ channels) through Time Warner. Not a bad price either. I was already paying for Internet and it's now bundled and discounted. Won't need to purchase any more time for AT&T LD card. Plus, will probably cut back on my Netflix service till I see everything in my Queue, then drop Netflix.