I just realized two things. 1) I forgot to do my final round check-in and 2) It’s been three weeks since I posted my Friday Kick the Insulin post. Where does the time go?
I did pretty well this round with writing except for something that threw me way off balance for about a week and halted my writing progress. I was spot on for getting my monthly word count goal in, but this thing really got me down for about six or seven days. It shouldn’t have bothered me, but it did. I can’t go into it publicly because I don’t want hurt feelings, but I’m okay now due to some other friends talking me down from the precipice. I’m a very upbeat kind of person, so it was really unusual for me to be down. It just goes to show our writing is very important to us. Yeah, this was all about writing. Anyway, I’m going to finish below my word count goal for the month, but I’m okay with it. I needed the time off to regroup.
Since this is Friday, I’ll also touch on my Kick the Insulin thing, although I don’t usually combine it with ROW80. I haven’t been able to cut down my dosage yet, but I’m gradually losing weight. It’s coming off about 1/2 lbs. a week right now, but I’ll take it. The only thing I’ve been doing differently (except a little exercise) is replacing one meal a day with a Shakeology shake. If I can get my other meals under better control, there will be more success. And I need to get back to my PiYo workouts, which came to a standstill while I was teaching Vacation Bible School one week. Then I just didn’t get back to it.
I’m really looking forward to the next round! See you all there!
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I think we all have those times when we get bummed out because something happened in relation to our writing. It always takes time to get over those things. 😦
Good for you on losing 1/2 pound a week! That’s awesome! After I get settled into my new home, I’m going to look into the shake thing. It sounds like it’s worth trying.
I hope I have my motivation back for awhile.
I’m still enjoying the shakes.
And thanks for the encouragement for losing weight! I need to stop trying to reply on my phone because I always give short answers. LOL (I hate doing anything on that phone!)
I’m still sitting on that one story, trying to get the courage to open all the beta documents. LOL I’ll do it this week.
You have nothing to fear in what I wrote. I laughed at several parts of your story and let you know where. 🙂 I love your humor.
I knew I wouldn’t have to worry too much about you unless it really sucked like a vampire. And then I would NEED to know. LOL
It’s hard when something of ourselves is so passionate that when we get knock down, overly criticized (that would be me), we sometimes bid a hasty retreat inside ourselves to heal. It is okay. ~hugs~
You are still here and sojourning forward.
I’ve been writing for a long time, so I think I would know if something was that bad. After seeing the remarks of three other beta readers, I felt SO much better.