Applebuddy

[sail7seassoon]

Thank You for the replies. I am pretty excited about this site. I love coming on here and reading the posts. They are truly inspiring.

I knew this weekend wasn't going to be on plan. Breakfast was something from ampm just so that we could keep to a decent schedule. Lunch was a sandwich from jack in the box.... we watched 2 softball games and then headed to oregon. We were going to meet up with friends at their place but really wanted to just be the two of us until later that night.

So Todd and I took the scenic route all the way to Centralia and it was gorgeous. Funny thing on the way through the small country towns we saw 4 SUBWAY restaurants... lol... I guess jared won't be out of business anytime soon. It was a wonderful drive. We discussed things we hadn't discussed in years. We laughed and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We didn't even have the radio on at all the whole time.

I ended up getting totally wasted...lol... dangit.. it was shot night.... every bar club we went to they all wanted us to do shots.... I think in all we had 11 shots.... ummmm each....lol.... hubby doesn't drink however, he did have 2 celebratory shots one for david and one for tiffany. David's was called an irish car bomb and tiff's was a tequila shot.... yuck....... hubby ended up babysitting me that night.... he was not happy...lol... well neither was I... lol... dang waste of a perfectly beautiful hotel room. .... I did make it up to him though. I really did feel bad.

We got in from oregon at 1115 .... I started work at 1145 so I made it with time to spare. I did look like I had died and was just warmed up....lol. I love my hubby... he forgave me. I got done working and hubby and my son wanted to go to the mall. Well I am again covered in food and look like ****. Todd had fun teasing me in front of our son. Mike got a haircut and we had steak tacos from del taco. After the mall we went to walmart and picked up our staples for the week. I bought eggs and bacon(mine) special k red berries cereal(hubby's) and a bunch of fruits and veggies.

Amazing thing happened last night hubby is on the diet wagon again... he asked for my counter scale and some bags for his food. So while he sat on the couch and measured out all his food I let him watch his shows on my TV.

My normal calorie intake is around 1800-2000 his is 2000 before he even has dinner and his snack. YIKES!

Since I didn't get called in this morning I plan on working on my kitchen and doing a bit of laundry. Hubby is going to work out this afternoon.... I hope he makes it home before I have to leave. I would love to see him before I go. I was so exhausted yesterday when we finally got home that while hubby was watching tv I snuggled up to him until we both fell alseep. When I woke up around 330 in the morning he had moved to the other side and had me all wrapped around him. I tried to get up and he shushed me and told me to come over here. I guess I must have had some really bad dreams last night. Oh well I felt really really loved and fell back asleep. He wanted to go to the gym early this morning but we ended up snuggling longer and he reset his alarm for his normal wake up time. What a wonderful night.

This morning I have not made breakfast yet but am going to have eggs and bacon. I am still waiting to find out where my computer is. My son hid it so that it wouldn't get stolen because he said my place was not much of a hiding spot...lol. I am on my little acer netbook. A friend bought me this 2 years ago for christmas and I pull it out at times like these.... I am really wanting my computer so that I can do my dvd's. Oh well.... life will go on.

BACK ON TRACK!!!...lol... it was a good weekend and now is the time to get myself back on my wagon. Epecially if hubby is on it with me. He loses weight ALOT faster than I do. So I definitely want to start in on me again.... 50 pounds dangit.

Thank You for all the posts I really do like writing about my days. Again sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it and then I see someone else going through the same difficulties I am going through and know that I can make it and I can survive.

Alexis I hope you do end up deciding to take that test and I hope you pass.

AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

I can't believe I am awake right now. I am still pretty exhausted.

I worked last night until 1030 and then had to go to walmart after work and pick up puppy food. So I didn't get home until almost midnight. I woke up early so that I could make hubby his lunch... it was my "punishment" for keeping him up late.... as if..lol.

Hubby got in a good workout yesterday after work and I didn't get any in. I did get to see him before I had to go to work and that is always a treat. I also got to see my son... which has become a rarity since he became a teenager. lol

Yesterday I was on plan... and I was really suffering...lol... one of the customers from work was having a bday party for 3 people and they brought in their own cake... and it looked so delish. I usually will make a cake from scratch that is low carb and make my own frosting, but, I haven't made anything in quite some time. Big difference in store bought and homemade. YUM!

So,YES, I suffered...lol

Breakfast was really good. I had bacon and eggs.

Lunch I had chicken wings and some celery with bleu cheese.

Dinner I had a chicken breast.

Really boring day huh? I just wasn't up to eating. Today I will have a salad though and bring up my veggie count.

Breakfast will be bacon and eggs again. Lunch I am going to have some sort of salad.

Dinner will be hmmm good question... I'll have to take some time to think about it.

Not sure what hubby and I are doing tonight. We have a couple of big orders to do. I am pretty excited I get to spend time with hubby tonight.... Both of us work so hard. I work six days a week and then come home when he is almost in bed. When times like these happen we really try to cherish them.

Our 8th wedding anniversary is on Thursday and I haven't figured out what to get hubby. It says Bronze or Pottery... or Linens or Lace.... none of those sound like good anniversary gifts. I guess I'll figure something out. We have been together 16 years and 6 months. We started dating on my birthday. It was so cute... he was friends with my brother and had asked my brother the week before if it would be ok to ask me to be his girlfriend. We had gone out on 3 dates before hand and had spent the better part of a week together. I was the one that ended up saying... so are we boyfriend/girlfriend because I'm in love with you... he said I love you too, I just didn't know how to ask you out.....lol... men! My hubby is so shy and also a really quiet person so that was and still is a major step for him.

So again. Boring day just work this morning and then home with my family. Hopefully fully back on track.

AppleBuddy

[Alexistrophic]

Awww, thanks! It helps me to read about it, too.
Your day w. the hubby sounds great. Ones like those are the best. (Although, I did miss why your son hid your laptop?)

Hoping that you have a super on-plan week. It does make it easier when other people in the household are on board, although you sound like a pretty determined woman, yourself!

Stay strong!

~Alexis

[sail7seassoon]

The reason my son hid my computer was because since we were going to Oregon and not taking them I decided to hide my computer. Well I just set it on the kitchen table and put a box of cereal on top of it. I figured with our two dogs in the house and the house all locked up it would be fine. Hubby and son thought different....lol. So he re-hid it for me and forgot to tell me where he put it.


AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

Ok so now I am really at a loss as to what to do and eat.

A meeting at Michael's school kept me from going in to work today. So I am home for the rest of the day. I was supposed to go in to talk with his teacher on Wednesday and went in today instead because of a misunderstanding which they apologized for.

So here I am at home... I really have alot of laundry to do. I will admit to everyone here that I HATE washing and drying but, do love folding. I will admittedly use every last piece of clothing and then do laundry. Not sure why I put myself through this but I do every couple of weeks.... and then I have like 6 loads to do. Oh well, that will be my day I guess.

Breakfast was eggs and bacon.

Lunch will be egg salad sounds really good.

Dinner I saw that post about chicken parmesan.... I think I'll do that for hubby tonight. Michael is going to his grandparents so it will just be the two of us... I think I need to plan something special for my man tonight.

AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

Yesterday I had bacon and eggs for breakfast and for lunch I had a few hard boiled eggs. Dinner was tacos.... talk about yummy. Hubby stopped off at the store on his way home from the gym and bought all the things so that he could have homemade tacos.... what's funny is that he said he could eat pizza everyday and yet we have tacos about 60% of the time. So I made tacos for him last night.

I spent my time yesterday cleaning my kitchen and fixing my vaccuum. I am the "Mrs. Fix-it" in our house. If something is broken everyone turns to me to take it all apart and find the problem. If I can't do it then hubby knows we need to take it to a repairman....lol. Thank goodness I got my vaccuum fixed... my puppy has been shedding for the last 3 months and the hair has been driving me insane.

Last night when dinner was finished we snuggled on the couches downstairs and watched The Hangover. I swear that movie gets funnier every time I see it. Yes, we have "temporarily" turned the couches into our makeshift bed since last week.... we decided that they are much cozier for snuggling than our bed. Hubby said he could hold me for hours at a time and it feels really comfortable. This morning I woke up at 330 and he pulled me in to snuggle when I woke up again at 600 he was still snuggling me. So I will have to definitely agree that those couches are awesome. Not only that but our bed really sucks....lol... I also never realized that my hubby really does love to snuggle. With it just being the 2 of us we really made it a special night.

I am so excited. Our 8th wedding anniversary is tomorrow. We decided that I will get a gift and he will get to eat mexican...lol... and yes he decided this while eating his tacos. I will still get him something small... I plan on getting him a racquetball bag. There are some that not only hold racquets but they also hold your gym clothes/shoes.

Today if I don't work then I am going to the mall. I probably will have my lunch at the mall but I am definitely going to have breakfast here. Bacon and eggs for me again this morning.

Tonight is softball. I can't wait to see some of my friends this evening.

Applebuddy

[sail7seassoon]

I had such a long day yesterday. It was still fun though.

Took the bus into Auburn and went to the Supermall. Found Todd's gift at Sports Authority. I got him that gym bag for his racquetball stuff. They even found me a blank box to put it in. It was in a sports authority shopping bag so I ended up going to bed bath and beyond to get a different bag to hide his gift and it worked out perfectly.

I also treated myself to getting my eyebrows done... it was something new called "threading" and basically that is what it is, they use thread to remove your hair. Can't really explain it but it works and turned out nicer than with wax.

Todd came by the mall to pick me up at 3 and we decided to see a movie since we were right there. We watched Robin Hood. It was actually pretty good. A tad bit on the long side. There was alot of storyline leading up to Robin Hood. All in all it was still a good movie.

It was naptime when we got home... lol... it was 6 o'clock and here we are napping.... actually we just cuddled on the couches and talked. It was almost as nice as napping... but my mind seemed to be working overtime.. so hubby helped me organize my thoughts and helped me through my stress and insecurities. I was definitely more relaxed when 9 o'clock came around.

Dinner was really late. I started it at 9 and it got done at 930. I did the chicken parmesan from the other thread that is going on. I used to make it all the time and forgot how much the family loved it. So I am glad that I was able to add that back again into rotation. Get this we fell asleep at 1030. We literally passed out. I took a shower and by the time I got out Todd was already a goner... it took me only five minutes to fall asleep... next thing I knew I was woken up by todd grabbing me to snuggle. I think I must be his new body pillow. I just wish it didn't wake me up when he does that. I usually have a really hard time falling back asleep.

Todd was almost an hour late for work this morning. While he gets ready I make his breakfast, lunch and all his snacks. This morning he said not to worry because he didn't have any time. I made it anyway and gave him his gift. He LOVED it.... he had no clue what I could have got him from bed bath and beyond... Surprise... this is one gift I was really able to surprise him with.

He told me yesterday that he hadn't got me my gift yet for today... but hey!!! At least he remembered the day. He said he was going to go today to pick me out a gift. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I was never really one to receive gifts well. My big thing is in the giving. Todd always finds things that really touch my heart. So I now LOVE LOVE LOVE to get gifts from him.

Last night while we were eating dinner I was looking through the net while he was watching TV. He wants to take me to Vegas for my birthday and told me to search for something fun and cool to do. I am so excited. I didn't think he would want to go back. We went last year and he didn't seem too impressed.... I was though... I've been wanting to go back the moment we left...lol.

I am a purse fan... I love getting new purses. For Valentine's day hubby bought me a Coach purse. I am not a big fan of Coach at all. I find the styles to be very nice but the branding of their items is aweful. We went into the Coach store in Kalama Oregon and he asked if there was anything I would possibly buy from there... I said the only two items I would get was the pink one and this black one.... he ended up getting me the black one... $400 later... I got it the next day as my gift. I love it because he chose it and it's from him but I will say that I am a Chanel lover. There is one at the Chanel store in Vegas that I NEED to have. So I will save.... Hopefully by November when we go I can get that as my bday gift....lol ... we'll see.

I have had to make myself a new schedule so that my life can be better organized. When I wake up and make hubby and son breakfast and lunch I will clean my kitchen. After I take my shower I will gather 1 load of clothes to to do while I'm getting ready and before I leave for work I will toss them in the dryer. After getting ready for work I will clear the couches of all clothes papers and books. I am hopefully on the right track doing this. When I get home from work I will break out the vacuum and clean up the floor. Daphne is still shedding. Dangit!! Hopefully this will make my life easier. I really need to do this so that I can keep my sanity. My boys pomised to not bring anything more into the house. They both think they need to keep everything "just in case". I used to do all this stuff without the cleaning involved.. now I will just add all the cleaning. It actually wasn't too bad this week...I've been doing bits at a time and it's been working. My boys have been trying to help too so it hasn't been too bad. Todd has been working on the laundry and mike has been working on the living room.

This morning I used some of the taco meat from the other night and made an omelet out of it. It was YUMMMY!!! I work at 1145 this morning and won't be done until 430. We are going out to dinner tonight in celebration but to be honest I would just love to make dinner and stay home. Not sure if hubby is willing to do that. If I still feel this way later I will call him and ask. I know he loves it when I make dinner but just not sure if he has his heart set on tacos...lol.

AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

Hubby and I had such a great day yesterday. Even though I still have my insecurities I still felt loved and cherished.

Both of us had to work. I got done at 415 and he got done at 130. Today is his long day. I called him at 415 yesterday to tell him I would be only a few moments longer and he said he was already in the parking lot at applebee's. When I got to the car he had flowers and my gift.... I'll admit I was pretty upset.... sitting on the seat unwrapped was a box of kitchen utensils in a ceramic pot that was painted bronze .... I couldn't even say I was upset... I was even beyond that. Hubby had a huge smile on his face... I asked him if he was joking... he said he thought that's what I wanted... WHAT!!!?!!! Why would I want more kitchen untensils. (this is all in our conversation) Are you kidding me todd... I get you what you want and after 8 years you get me kitchen stuff... Hey!! It's cool stuff. Why would you say bronze and pottery if you didn't want it... I was just telling you what was the tradition for this year... well I got you cool kitchen stuff, look, it even says something on the pot.... OH REALLY TODD... YOU GOT ME A POT LABELLED TOOLS!!! I cannot believe you... look at me... I am about ready to cry... I'm serious!! ... You don't have one of those things with all the prongs on it.... YES I DO.... IT'S CALLED A PASTA SCOOP!!! ... well let me see it.... (I took it out and threw it at him.... now we are still in the car and driving home) well what's that other thing in there baby... it's called a whisk ( flung it at him and hit his shoulder) Well there's got to be something in there that is not in your kitchen.... nope I have everything known to man Todd... well look inside.... that's when I found it.... he bought me a bottle of Chanel... I cried...lol.. Blubbering idiot. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.... trust me when someone says it's the thought that counts try saying that after 16 years and getting kitchen utensils in a bronze painted clay pot!!!

I probably cried for a good 5 minutes while I was getting scolded by hubby for complaining about his gift...lol To be honest I have never complained about a gift but he's never used another gift to hide a gift... so it was a huge surprise....lol... He enjoyed me being upset though.

Well when we got home it was naptime... can you tell my household loves naptime.... Ever since my son was little he's had a naptime too...lol.

At 6 o'clock we woke up and got ready for dinner... I guess todd's parents wanted to take us out to dinner. So I got all dressed up and we went to Mazatlan. We got home at around 8 and just laid on the couch until bedtime.

We woke up late again this morning. Hubby said that he had to hold me all night long... he didn't say why though. I'll have to ask him tonight. Not sure if I am still having bad dreams. I don't think so though, usually I remember those.

I work this morning at 1145 and will be done around 430. Not sure how long hubby will be working tonight. Tomorrow he is going with a friend to watch a college baseball game... it's a double header and starts at 1pm. So he won't be home until after 8. Not even sure how I will cope...lol.

This morning I'll make some bacon and eggs. Lunch will be a santa fe salad. Dinner I plan on making ribs. Tomorrow I will make pot roast.

AppleBuddy

[fatBgone07]

Happy Belated Anniversary Raquel! Sounds wonderful!

Things are crazy in my life- this is audit time at work and then I am working part time for the Census so I come in, and leave again. However -this means I don't have much time to worry about eating off plan. I don't sit and get bored and eat- that is for sure!!!! I have been eating a lot of meat balls because they can be heated up in 2 minutes then back out the door. On Sundays I BBQ enough to last several days as well. Then salads or. It is nice to make some extra cash, but I will be a little glad when it is over - I'm tired!!

So - I have interested about they eye brow thread. Did it hurt??

I know what you mean about teenagers - don't see them much! However, my 19 yr old daughter said she is staying home so we can hang out tonight - cool!!

[sail7seassoon]

Today was totally off plan as far as schedules go. I expected to be home alone and just spend time dinking around. Not how it went. I think I pouted a bit too prettily and hubby asked me again if I would like to go with him. I felt absolutely horrible about pouting, honestly, I couldn't help it. He knew I really wanted to be with him. He asked me while I was in bed. He asked me before he hopped in the shower. He asked me again when he got out of the shower. While he was getting ready his friend sent him a text that said he would miss the first game. So, no double header for them. Todd asked me again if I wanted to go. He said he was going to watch a friend of ours play softball.

Todd said, "Get ready I would rather have you with me than to know that you are at home and sad."

I went

I am glad I did because alot of my girlfriends were at the softball fields. Alot of the Umpires know me as well and it was a real treat to be able to see them. Todd and I ended up not really hanging out together. I was with the girls and he was scouting some players. One of the guys from our team showed up to help Todd scout. We stuck around for about 5 hours. Watched quite a few games and had lots of fun. The guys finally found me and sat with me for the last 2 games. The last half hour it started pouring down rain. We finally left.

I put a pot roast in the oven at 1030 and had dinner when we got home at 630. It was absolutely YUMMY. Todd had his with potatoes and veggies. I just had mine with veggies. I had to hurry and make dinner so that we could catch a movie. It was so not worth hurrying. What a horrible movie. I am dumber for watching it. lol... The movie we watched was McGruber.... DON'T WATCH IT!!! Not even worth a rental. Had a handful of funny scenes but that was it.... not worth losing brain cells over... and trust me you will lose brain cells. We are right now on the couch watching The Hangover.... just to clear our heads of that horrible movie....lol.

Tomorrow is my friends bridal shower. I am going in on a gift with a friend. I bought massage oil and a bottle of chocolate cherry wine and the beverage glasses she wanted. My friend bought her candles and holders. We are going to put it in a basket. I know it sounds cheap but my friend that I am going in with can't afford much more than that so I offered to help out. I figure I can bring an additional gift and put it on the table at the reception.

Hubby and I did end up having a good time even though it was supposed to be a guys day. One of these times it will truly have to be a guys day. I really appreciated him letting me tag-a-long and I told him so.

About the "threading" .... Yes it hurt... not going to lie or even sugar coat it... will I do it again...YES.... will I get them waxed again.... NO.... I liked how precise it was. I like how they can do all different kinds of styles and make it look good. I hate the feel of wax. I don't like the residue.... and if you get someone that doesn't do it often then you risk the chance of losing skin as well.... so I will never go back to waxing.... even if it were free.

Tomorrow is the bridal shower and that is about it. So, I am excited not to have a busy hectic day.

AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

I'll be honest, my brain still hurts from last night's movie. I went to the bridal shower and still had brain fuzz going on. There was champagne punch being served and only indulged in a couple of sips... just to toast the bride. They also had mini cupcakes... they were gross. I love cake but don't like store bought frosting.... I am spoiled that way.... well the cupcakes were barely an inch tall but the frosting was definitely an inch or more tall... yuck!! Haven't had sugar like that in quite awhile and I automatically had a tummy ache and also had to visit the bathroom almost immediately. Oh well... I should have known that was coming...lol.

Hubby and I went out to dinner... we just got back from a mexican restaurant all the way out in Auburn, WA. We had a coupon. Dinner for 2 ended up costing only 11 dollars. So, it was worth it. I had a chicken burrito. I ate all the chicken and lettuce and guacamole and about 1/3 of the regular tortilla. I was still stuffed from the bridal shower. While at the shower I had alot of hummus and veggies.

Yesterday while at the softball fields I said I ran in to some girlfriends. One of the girls hadn't seen me since the middle of last summer. She knew I was on my weight loss journey and knew I came from quite a long way... she hadn't seen any results though from the time she joined the team to the time she left since I really only do 20 pounds at a time. Well when I first met her she and I were the same size. Since she last saw me I have lost 50 pounds. So she totally freaked out when she saw me. It was interesting, she didn't even say hello.... she said OH MY GOD!!....lol ... I knew what her meaning was though. She did ask me later what I was doing.... she said "Oh yeah... you're a gym freak"....lol.... I haven't been to the gym in a while and told her so.... I did tell her about my DVD's so she's going to go pick it up. One of the girls has had hers as long as I've had mine (DVD's) and she's going to go home and dust hers off....lol.

Now hubby is working on embroidery and I get to dink around on the net.... I love my life. Mike is working on schoolwork upstairs. I got all the dishes done. Mike did laundry and is all done yay! Now time for me to hunt down fun stuff to do in vegas. I may even just sit here and enjoy all the success stories on 3fatchicks. Can life get any better.

AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

Today is turning out to be a slow day. I have done nothing so far but reset my hubby's phone. It stopped working this weekend and I had to figure out how to fix it this morning. I ended up just resetting the whole phone and then went online and got all his old contacts. Took me almost all morning.

I have been awake since almost 230 this morning. I would love to take a nap but have so much I have to get done. I have a baby shower this Thursday and promised I would make some snacks. I am making low carb cupcakes. They're not too bad.... definitely not induction friendly. Oh well. I will make it as low carb as I can though. I also want to vaccuum this morning. I just have alot to do... and I still have to work tonight. Hopefully it will be busy.

Breakfast will be eggs and bacon. Lunch will be chicken not sure what I want with that yet.

AppleBuddy

[sail7seassoon]

I didn't have such a good day yesterday. Sadness kept me from eating and really doing much of anything. I just had a rough day. Hubby and I argued over the phone and what's funny was that I was not argueing I was just venting. I told him I needed someone to vent to since I had no one else that I could talk with and he finally realized that it was true. He totally felt bad. Then his other phone went out and we didn't get a chance to talk for quite a few hours... so I was feeling really sad after that. When we were finally able to talk he apologized. It still didn't shake my mood. I missed him and knew he had a long day and I had to work.

We finally saw each other at 1100 last night... which was horrible. I really missed him. Some people use food to calm their nerves I use my hubby...lol... and he knows it. Last night I was still feeling pretty bummed. I didn't tell him though but he sensed it. He held me all night and didn't let go. In fact I remember trying to roll away and he told me to stop. I think he was probably feeling the same way I did yesterday. It was a really rough phonecall. I was yelling at him and he took it that I was mad at him. I wasn't mad at him I have just been upset over things that just won't rest. Like I said he felt really horrible and kept apologizing.

I wanted to get so much done and be on plan and yet the only thing I really did was just breathe. And even that was hard yesterday. If you can't tell I am still feeling kind of blue. Hubby and I snuggled all night long and this morning we woke up a bit early to spend some quality time together, since we missed out on being together yesterday. I got his breakfast ready and next thing you know it was already time for him to leave. Yes, I already miss him.

This week I was only given 2 shifts. Hubby and I are going away for the weekend again to Moses Lake. We will be leaving Friday night and returning maybe Monday. I am hoping we will be back Sunday night so that we can spend time at home Monday. Tuesday we have that Mariner game. So I only work Thursday night and am on call Friday. Not a great way to make money...lol... but that's what I get for spending time with hubby. So it ends up being perfect.

Yesterday morning I had a grilled chicken breast and some low carb pasta that was left over from dinner a couple of nights ago. As for the rest of the day I didn't have anything else. Like I said I was pretty bummed. My appetite always goes MIA when I'm sad. I did have 2 glasses of iced tea and a ton of water.

This morning I will do my bacon and eggs. Then off to work. When I get home this afternoon I will do my workout, clean my living room, and then work on laundry for the weekend. Hubby and son change twice a day.... sheesh. I may go over to Marshall's and pick up some nice lingerie. A nice romantic evening should kick my moody blues. Maybe even a hot dinner when he walks in the door...lol... I made dinner 3 nights last week... he loved it... I never get a chance to do that anymore.. we are both so busy with work and softball and even our embroidery gets in the way. My goal for this week is to cook dinner every night I don't work. So tonight I will have to think of something. I am thinking he would love it if I cooked him tacos...lol... and you know how much I love Tacos

AppleBuddy

[Alexistrophic]

lol @ why your son hid the computer... (to keep them safe while you were away? is that right?)

I'm a fellow purse lover, too (although my brand is Balenciaga). Speaking of kind of amazing sites to visit, not sure if you already know about this one, but it's worth a browse if you haven't already:
http://forum.purseblog.com/

Hoping you can get your bag when you go to Vegas!

Sounds like the food has been the best you can manage, but it also sounds like you're living life, as well.

Take care!

~Alexis

[sail7seassoon]

I try to stay on plan. Whenever I have sandwiches I usually try to eat the filling. Sometimes I have the bread but it usually upsets my stomach. My body, however, does like the low carb bread items. I don't have too much of those. I do use low carb pasta. I only use dreamfields. My family has no clue I just buy it and they assume there is no difference. Hubby likes to eat junk most of the time so when I tell him something is low fat or low carb he actually likes it. My son loves when we eat healthy... he is a health nut. When I have to work Todd usually eats soup. Mike ends up eating cup a noodle or makes a sandwich. So I like to keep lots of different kinds of sandwich fixin's at home. I only buy low carb bread and low carb tortillas so they are used to those items. I keep 2 to 4 tortillas in my purse just in case we eat out and I feel like having some sort of "bread" item. I tried the rev rolls but they don't last in my purse... too sticky and don't really hold up well after a long day...lol.

Yesterday was a little bit of a better day. I walked my 3 miles to work and walked 3 miles home after work. I stopped off at grocery outlet and picked up some stuff to make chicken noodle soup. Hubby got home at 7 and I had a big bowl of soup ready for him along with some garlic toast. He had two bowls. I used up the chicken from last week and the rest of the pasta. Mike had 2 bowls also... and then made more garlic toast and started dipping it in the pot. I think my boys miss having me cook dinner for them...lol. I had a special dessert for them also. I made a low carb fresh raspberry sorbet and topped it with sliced fresh strawberries and blueberries. I also made some low carb cheesecake I added a bit more almond milk to make it more like mousse. and put that on top. I microwaved some sugar free jelly and put a couple spoonfulls all over it.... I had mine like that and I added low fat angel food cake to the boys.... we loved it... sooo yummy.

Even with Mike at home we still ended up with a romantic evening. After dessert we snuggled on the couch and watched TV. We ended up passing out around 1 o'clock. Again he was up for snuggling.... this was better I didn't wake up in the middle of the night like I normally do when we're sleeping. We did wake up early to spend some time together again this morning. He told me he wanted some more soup for his breakfast and that he would buy a lunch. So we had even more time together this morning than normal. He still ended up half an hour late for work....lol. Totally NOT my fault.

I fell back asleep when he left. I normally don't do that but he said do it..lol. Who am I to argue. Well I woke up about an hour ago and cleaned my kitchen. I also got out the stuff to make the low carb cupcakes and some snack mixes. I promised to make chocolate covered strawberries. I will pick that stuff up tonight and make them tomorrow morning.

Work yesterday was fun. I had quite a few nice tables. The health inspector came in and we got 100% YAY Applebee's!! I only worked for a few short hours. On my walk home when I stopped off at grocery outlet it started pouring down rain. So not only was I walking uphill three miles home I was also walking in the pouring down rain. YUCK!! At least it was a cool walk home...lol... got to look at the bright side of a rainy day.

I am still at 175 so nothing has changed there. It did go up right before TOM last week, but is back down again. I was hoping for a ten pound loss by the end of next month but I am not going to force it. I am content with just being. I will do my workouts and continue to keep my usual eating habits. I think stress and sadness has kept me from advancing further along. But, that is what happens when you just live your life. You can't be any more right than that. I am living life the best that I can. I am just glad I am doing it with my loving hubby and son.

I showed my hubby my thread here last night. He thought it was kinda cool..lol... some men just don't understand. Oh well. He has his softball I have 3fatchicks... so it all works out.

Today for my breakfast I polished off that pot roast from Saturday. For dinner I am not sure what is planned. We have softball tonight so I am not sure if we are going to go to The RAM or not. Maybe we'll just come home and I'll make some tacos...lol.(Hubby's Staple Food)

Lunch for me will be chicken noodle soup. I still have about four servings left. But first I have to check out that website about purses. My all time favorite is Salvatore Ferragamo... I like his style. I have one of his, talk about rich. I love love love it.

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