On the road agai…oh hell, I’m too wiped to sing!
Got into hubby’s place around 10:30 last night & it’s good to know I can settle in for a week or so before I have to take that miserable trip down state again.
An uneventful trip unless you count the McDonalds’ break…and I’ve decided I’m not counting it. 
Got here to find a book I ordered waiting for me, something called The Learn Program for Weight Management. That’s what I need, I think, a way to manage my weight, to manage the hell out of it, to manage it right off my body, to manage it right out of my life. So I figure I’ll give it a try.
This trip is going to be about getting back to my writing, but also about cleaning & organizing things around here so hubby can finish his diss. First step is cleaning out the front garden & cleaning off the front porch. Then I want to get our herbs planted & fill in some of the perennials that didn’t survive the snowfall here (they get an average of 208 inches a year).
So I figure some writing, some gardening, & some treks on the beach & on the walking trails and ski trails. I also plan to hit the student rec center today…although today seems to be getting away from me.
So I think I’m going to treat this like a vacation, but like one of those spa vacations where you come home refreshed & weighing 10 pds lighter. Okay, 10 pds might be pushing it for 9 days, but I do hope to drop at least 2 while I’m here.
Breakfast: wheaties
Lunch: 1/2 tuna melt & 10 pretzels
Snack: none
Dinner: mini-pizza (ate at a friend’s house) that I loaded up with veggies, light sauce & light cheese. No salad, but at least I got to control the ingredients.
Snack: fat/sugar free pudding & light cool whip
Exercise: nope!
Summary: not great! Where are the veggies, the leafy greens? The tuna melt was a “this is what we have in the pantry” consolation, so I went light on the mayo, but still had a slice of American cheese on it. Pretty sure there’s not nutritional value in American cheese. The pizza thing…UGH! Barely any nutritional value in that one too! Tomorrow it’s Kashi with banana or blueberries, salad for lunch, and a low-fat chicken noodle casserole with salad for dinner. I think my afternoon snack will be an apple since it looks like hubby bought every fugi apple in the Midwest.
I am jealous - sounds beautiful there! I had not heard of the LEARN program, so I took a look and it looks interesting. Seems useful for taking a diet into the real world. It is hard to make that work sometimes. I have been scouring restaurant websites just trying to figure out where I can eat out and still eat healthy for Mother’s Day. I really want to get back to enjoying an occasional meal out. Enjoy your “spa” vacation
Hey there fellow runner/gardener!
Just a quick “Hi” to want let you know how much I enjoy reading as you travel here, there and everywhere. Right now all I can see is seaweed, God help me I see it in my sleep. It’s everywhere aaahhhh!
Could you please lose a couple of pounds for me, too? Gimme that book! I could sure use one hell of a managing right now.
Nitey nite!
Love the sound of the weight management.
Was just reading your “about” page and thinking of the whole “making fat jokes about myself” thing. Yeah, I do that, too. So much easier if I just get it out there: yeah, I’m fat. I know I’m fat. You can’t hurt me with fat.
Wonder how that all works when we get to be thin.