Just wanted to check in! I don't know what is wrong with me, either!! I feel like I have PMS to the MAX! Boy are we a group! Today wasn't the best day for me eating, although I did GREAT up until dinner. I made "Garfield Supper" for my family (lasagna - the boys love to think of it as G.S. ). And, I was starving and tense by the time dinner rolled around, and I ate more than I should have *sigh*. Damn that Garfield supper!!!
Jennifer - We are all SO proud of you!!! MIL and SIL were probably just insanely jealous over your beauty and got all in a huff!!! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!
Julie - I know you are excited about your camping trip. OOOH I am jealous!! I love to camp, but we are without a camper right now! What is the deal with TOM always being such a jerk?? Not fun!!!
Jaymi - Talk about LMAO!!! The bird from Dora??? That's hilarious!! Thank you for making me smile tonight!!!!
O.K., are you guys sick and tired of me always waiting for tomorrow.....but I am going to try to do better tomorrow....I am making myself grumpy just reading that statement. And, I wanted to get exercise in tonight, and I tried walking, and it felt like my broken toe was going to come off!! Ow!!!! Just a grumpy old granny I feel like!!! Just call me Grumpy Granny from now on!! Old Grumpy Fat *** Granny!!
Morning, chickies. It has been a hectic morning. So much oging on. The pain in the butt I work with has been out "at a doctor's appointment" this morning, but somehow has found a way to pester me at least 15 times, calling in, needing stuff done, wanting to follow up. Um, if you're at the doctor's office, how do you plan on taking a loan application over the phone? Stupid woman. Just tell me you are running late, or not coming in, but don't feed me a line of crap, and make me cover for your lying ***. Grrr. When it rains, it pours.
I had a headache right behind my eyes. My shadow here has been up my *** since 7:56, so I know I'm going to have to roll up a magazine & swat her if I am to get any peace & quiet today. I am destined to be cranky all day, it seems. LOL.
The short & sweet plan today:
Breakfast
pineapple cottage double
2/3 cup soy smart start
4oz mixed fruit cup
Lunch
3/4 cup taco meat
1 oz skim mexican mix cheese
1 low fat tortilla
4oz diced pears & peaches
PM exercise
do something, even though I feel like blowing it off. I'll feel better if I'm active.
really, I will. Suck it up, and get sweatty, and THEN I can lay around & do nothing
if I feel like it. (Psychology in action...lol)
Dinner
chicken breast tenderloins with a light coating of shake & bake
green beans
cucumber got too squishy, so add another veggie, or make whole wheat couscous
or something.
That's the plan...at least for the moment. Hopefully by tomorrow the headache will be gone, I'll feel better, and the funk will have passed. I know I have to keep things in high gear if I want to keep my new middle #, and the pizza is endangering that. Not going to give up that easy. No way.
Well chickies, It has taken me over 2 hours to type this, between calls, crisies, and chaos- if I miss anyone, it's because I've been rambling & you're all faster than me!
Hello everyone! Well for once I'm going to save typing about what I typed on my other posts and make this one different.. since most of you will read the other.. I will just basically keep this short. I had a blast last night at the beach.. while DH was fishing, we were in the little pool having a great time.. He should take us there more often!! That was too fun! Anywas no exercise since I think Friday.. which really sucks..
Lisa~ We both always say.. until tomorrow! So no I'm not getting tired of hearing it.. how can I!! So.. tomorrow we will be back on track right!!! That Lasanga sounds heavenly.. I love Garfield!!!!
Rysa~ No I hadnt tried that frozen banana thingy, I don't even want to repeat it because it sounds too yummy!!! I did find some sugar free creamsicles.. they taste soooo goood!!! Expensive though!
Julie- so how many calories are in coffee anyways?!? Is it really that bad? Because I want some right now!
Lucy- TAKE A BREAK FOR HEAVEN"S SAKE!!! Gosh darn... what are you gonna buy me when you make all of that moula! Keep up the good work!
Everyone I missed,.... Please for give me!!!
Ok, so far I only ate a s/f creamsicle.. my last one!! a s/f fudgesicle, a pickle.. which my daughter stole and ran away with.... and some diet dr. pepper. I'm starving to say the least because none of that had any nutritional value in it. I'm too lazy to try to fix anything to eat. I am cooking chicken fried steak.. or attempting to anyways... for tonight. Well I better go for now.. I'm just tired as ****... and I mean that !! Hope everyone has a great day!!
Yesterday was just a total write off! I'm not sure, but I think this "Fall" weather might have something to do with my mood! (Read below from an article I copied and pasted)! Yesterday temps MAYBE got up to 70!!! And lows dipped into the 40's!! We have been slighted out of Summer this year and it's only August!!! Today is another day like yesterday, only rainy too!
Q&A Time!! Low serotonin levels and carb cravings!
Q: I have recently heard of a study on serotonin levels in the body that stated when levels become low it can cause cravings for sweets or quick fixes in order to raise serotonin levels quickly. Do you have any additional information on serotonin? Are there any supplements one could take to keep these levels elevated and avoid the cravings?"
A: Youre right, low levels may cause increased cravings for carbohydrates, as eating these foods causes an increase in the production of serotonin. Surprisingly enough, 2/3 of the serotonin comes from cells around our digestive tracts and not our brainsleading to a direct link between mood and food!
So last night I made Zatarins Dirty Rice and added some vegies! Had a serving of that and was satisfied! I had made DD Mac & Cheese...the bowl sat there and was just calling me to come have a taste...I think I ate 1/2 the leftovers from it! That made my stomach just sick last night and I went to bed at 9 without any exercise again yesterday! I feel a bit guilty since I haven't exercised in 3-4 days, but again this morning I am not motivated to go down and do a mile! Blech! I sure am hoping this mood passes over me soon! This is just not like me and I'm blaming it on the weather!
I'm going to go have some coffee & breakfast and wait for DD to wake up...take my shower and get ready for my day! Our Marketing Director at work quit leaving all the work for our Community event (Antique Car Show) in my lap, so yesterday I spent a good portion of the day in my office making phone calls for donations!! What a crappy job that is!!! I still have to figure out how we are going to pay for trophys, etc and get this whole thing pulled off by the 22nd!!! I'll be gone for 5 days starting Friday, so I will need to kick it into high gear today! UGH!! We leave in 2 days for camping and I hope the weather warms up a bit!! I'll be ready for a break!!
Hello Everyone! Quick post today! I didn't exercise... no surprise...but I don't think I over ate.. I had a chicken quesadilla and two hard tacos for lunch, but I don't remember eating that much of anything else except for half of a Tv dinner I had. Today I didn't get to exercise, the baby woke up at 6 am... so maybe when she takes her nap.... I gotta get back on track.. I just got to. Anyways I need to get back on the ball with counting calories and journaling.. I just havent been doing it! I packed up everything.. and now I can't find all of my stuff. Oh well, we went to the beach last night... and it was wonderful!! I had a blast.. but I always do. I took pictures of the sky, it was so many colors. When it was red it reflected on the water.. it was soo pretty! Now that made me feel much better. I could just stay there forever! My DH said not to wear him out on the beach.. he just dont appreciate it like I do. He loves fishing.. but anywhere that has water...applies to that!! That's ok. Summer is almost over, and I'd like to wear myself out on the beach! I don't think that's possible! The look on my daughters face shen she is playing in the water, and watching my son dive in and out like I used to.. just makes me feel like I'm doing something. I might take them back today, because the park is too far to drive, and we have no gas! Well I havent eaten anything yet but some grapes. I didn't even cook last night like I was supposed to. I started getting ready for the beach.. and it never happened. I will cook early today. I bought my hubby a necklace off of ebay.. he had a favorite magnetic necklace with an arrow head on it, but it was broken.. I think I found one just like it.. I couldnt tell if the ends were magnetic or not.. but it looked exactly like it, I'm waiting for it to come in. Hopefully he'll be excited and not ask how much it was like he always do...That get's annoying....Anyways I better get off this computer before I don't do anything else. I hope everyone has a great day!
Last edited by Jaymi_Dol_78; 08-11-2004 at 12:25 PM.
Morning, chickies. Wow, another late appearance for me today.
Someone turn the tazer on me. With all the last-minute stress, and not sleeping right, I overslept today. 3rd day with absolutely no exercise. Hubby made dinner last night, and decided we were having hot dogs & au gratin potatoes. I ate 2 hot dogs & about 1 cup and a half of the potatoes, and I'm up 4 fricking pounds from my weight on Friday. Pizza & Baileys' on Sunday, hot dogs...more fat than I am used to, and whammo- there it is, right on my *** again. Grrrr. And I have no excuses for this. I know what I need to do, and I can do it for so long without a catch, and then it's like something goes off in my head & I'm off kilter.
I know part of it was the in-law event & lack of commenting, and feeling sorry for myself, and then add the impending closing & last minute crap with the construction loan, and I'm lucky that I'm getting up & dressed. Breakfast & lunch have been fine for the last 2 days & then dinner falls apart.
Last night I even had 2 bowls of fat free sugar free chocolate pudding. I didn't need 2 bowls of that on top of hot dogs & au gratin potatoes. I don't need to continue setting myself up for these gains & the pissed-off feeling I'll be walking around with for the next 2 weeks, until these 4 pounds somehow drop off. Some might be water, some might be fat, some might be just waste product, but this is ridiculous & needs to stop.
Today's plan- and so help me, I need to just fricking do this.
Breakfast- as planned
1 apple & cinnamon cottage double
1/3 cup smart start
8 bite size mini wheats
Lunch
3/4 cup whole wheat elbows
3/4 cup meat sauce
sprinkle parmesan
4oz diced pears
Afternoon exercise- no matter what, get changed, and do something physical.
STOP FINDING EXCUSES!
Dinner
leftover chicken breast tenderloins
extra veggies- more green beans, and find something else to add.
NO LATE NIGHT PUDDING, OR SUGAR FREE CHOCOLATE, STUPID!
That's it chickies. Somebody keep me on the straight & narrow, at least until the uncertainty of our closing is done with, and everything else falls into place. I need to be tazered back into submission, or something even worse!
Humpity Hump Day.....only 2 more opportunities for me to close this week. Grrr.
Even our fearless leader is not exercising! I was just wondering about you, chickie...can't find my MSN to get with you, so I will try to find it tonight...be there!
I'm blaming all of it on the atmospheric changes with the Hurricaine warnings and the cold weather we are having here (hard pressed to hit even 60 today!)...who wants to exercise!
I feel a challenge coming on here!!!!! When I get back from my 5 day camping outing, we are all gonna hit the exercise and HARD!!! But for now, if everyone can just do 20 minutes today and tomorrow, maybe that will get some of us back on track. TOM is winding down for me, so I have no excuses and will do SOMETHING tonight!! Should go now while hubby and DD aren't home!
Jaymi...you asked about coffee having calories...coffee in itself is calorie free, but the way I drink it (with lots of flavored creamer) it has plenty! I do buy the low carb, which has less sugar and carbs and calories, but still...probably about 20 calories per serving! That's a guess! Get going on something today and tomorrow, girl!
Lisa...I haven't forgotten about you, chickie! I hope your toe is feeling better, but just nurse it for now. Can you do the bike without pain? We have got to get our sh** together here, don't we?? I will have fun...wish you lived closer so we could camp and drink coffee together!!!
Lucy...hope youare working hard, my dear!!! That paycheck will be fun, eh? Are you still loving retail? I always did!
The rest of you...take care and let's get moving, eh?
I did at LEAST one mile tonight! Actually, I did 3.25 WATP miles! Boy...that sure felt good to get moving a bit! I think my digestive tract appreciated it more than anything in my body, if ya know what I mean! I need to do that every morning, but somehow it doesn't feel the same in the morning!
It takes me a while to wake up and whatnot and by then the time is ticking away!!! So, tonight I will get the kitchen cleaned up and have no excuses and tomorrow, I will get up and do my exercise! NO EXCUSES!!! FRIDAY TOO!
Still have some last minute stuff to do for camping (like ALL of it!) but hubby went grocery shopping tonight and bought DD new school shoes...he's so wonderful! I don't know how these single parents do it all??? I'm a little stressed this week with only having one more day at work and then only 3 next week before our BIG Antique Auto Show fund raiser. I have LOTS to do and am not getting much help...yet...from anyone! I sure hope I don't have to do this all by myself! I know my work partner will come through, but I"m not so sure about anyone else!
Hope everyone has a great night and a great day tomorrow. I probably won't check in in the morning because I will be EXERCISING!!!!
Today as far as exercising and being on plan goes… = BIG FAT ZERO! But… that’s ok… Tomorrow is another day! I will try to go to bed early so that I can wake up earlier. I want to exercise tomorrow for sure!! I’ve been working tooo hard to gain all of my weight back now!! I refuse!!!! I’m getting back on track… and I’m not going back to 200 lbs.. Or even 150 lbs.. Again….. Unless I’m blessed with another baby.. Which I doubt will happen with my husbands will!!! Anyways today I got up off my butt and took the kids to the pool.. I had a nice little time. The baby was soo tired... it looked like it was going to rain anyways, but I let her nap on the chair for about 30 minutes and then I was off, she slept for like 3 hours! I might have to do that again! I did get my cooking done.. Lord knows what the heck it turned out to be!!! It was supposed to be Chicken Fried Steak... Yeah right.. It tasted pretty good though... just tough as ****! I cooked corn and mashed potatoes for everyone else and had steam veggies for me. Tomorrow I will have to face Walmart again! I'm going to pick up a couple of school supplies for Jake... he only seems to need a few.. but I know that his teacher will probably give me a totally different list... that's how it's been for is last two teachers anyways. It’s a little list though. Boy that dog.. won’t stop barking!!! I don’t see how my husband can sleep through it.. But I’m about to wake him up.. I’m not dealing with it right now. Well I would say that I’d try to get on the treadmill or something tonight….but why lie to myself?!? My daughter is driving me absolutely crazy!! I tell ya.. The dog is barking, the baby is jumping from one couch to the other, my DH is snoring loud as he*l!! I’m about to go insane!!!! Let me go before I start whining again.. Until Tomorrow Chickies………………
Last edited by Jaymi_Dol_78; 08-11-2004 at 08:18 PM.
We finally closed on the construction loan, today at 4pm. Tired, mentally exhausted, relieved, nervous, and totally ready to collapse, because this has been the most trying week I've had since June.
I wanted to share a quote that was emailed to me by my veggie cop, and this really got my attention today.
Every moment of every day is your choice unless you give it away
That is so true, and in fact, that's exactly what I did in June, and again this week. I gave away the control, and the "choice" to do the right thing. I am usually the one totally in control, and I blew it when faced with 83 other things to try & control at the same time.
Tomorrow morning, I will choose to get up early, and exercise. And then I will choose to bring my pre-measured breakfast & lunch to work. And then I will choose to exercise when I get home, before even thinking about dinner, even if it means something hubby prepares gets cold & has to be re-heated, or goes un-eaten, because it is not something I should be having. I will choose to get back on track, and do what I know I need to do. Tomorrow will be my choice.
Make tomorrow, and Saturday, and Sunday, your choice. Don't give it away.
are sometimes hard to break! I ordered pizza tonight after a stressful day and had FOUR pieces!!!! And it was PAN pizza from Pizza Hut! OMG! How much worse could it get??? No salad fo rme today! No exercise, either! Unless you count all the bazillion times I walked over to the other building...I do always try to walk fast, but it's only a matter of 3-4 minutes at most! <sigh>
So, regardless of the fact that I will be camping for five days, this butt is up and moving in the morning to do at least 1 mile WATP...hopefully 2 miles depending onhow much time I have (should have plenty...I'm all packed and we aren't in a huge hurry to get out the door in the am!)
My activity level will be up this camping trip as I plan to do at least 30 minutes of something each day...maybe twice a day even! We are taking our bikes and there are lots of hills at this campground...all paved and places to ride as well as hiking trails and such, so I am excited about those prospects. I am taking my new hiking shoes and hope that I don't sweat in them and stretch the toes out a bit!
Food is well...I'm not sure! Hubby went grocery shopping so I don't know what he really bought (even though I sent him with a list! ), but I can make healthy choices and choose not to snack on JUNK!! I will allow myself ONE treat a day...maybe a s'more or a SF hotchocolate w/ buttershots by the fire! It IS supposed to be down in the 40's and 50's each night so it will be campfire and sweatshirt weather! Yea! Feels like Fall here, still! Might warm up a bit by the time we come back on Tuesday!
That's about it for me chickies! Ihope the rest of you that haven't been checking in are doing well and not getting the "not so good" vibes that have been going on here on this list! Please....let's all get back on track here next week! I'll be back on Tuesday with lots of good stuff to report! (Like how many miles I've ridden or walked!)
Hello chickies! As I was sitting here eating my ice cream… and getting ready to fix me some more…. I decided to post my goals for the week. Friday is as good a day to start right!! So I haven’t’ exercised…. But tomorrow is a new day. So far.. Maybe it’s just an excuse… but my daughter has been waking up at 5:30 am.. And during her nap time I always have to cook or do something important.. That’s been cutting off my exercise.. But I’m going to have to work it in anyway. So.. Here are my new goals for tomorrow:
Exercise at least 60 minutes per day!
Keep A positive attitude.. Or try my best!!
Stay on plan…. Keep calories at 1500
Start journaling again!!!!!
Drink Lots and Lots of Water!!!!!
: Lose 5 lbs for Labor Day!!!!
Now I plan on following that.. And getting back straight to working my butt off. I worked too darn hard to get where I am to blow it… regardless if summer is almost over or not… So what.. I can be ready for next summer!! I can do this! I have come too far now to go back I will NEVER go back!!! **** NO I WON”T GO!!! :rof:
Heya chickies- just a quickie- We're dealing with a lot of weather associated with Hurricane Charley- it is supposed to make landfall in the next few hours. They sent us home from work, and we're prepping right now. I may not be back on today, or even tomorrow. My parents and hubby's parents are also in danger of getting a more direct hit than us, but we'll be getting it first....
Just keep us in your thoughts, chickies. I'll post as soon as I can. Right now, NOAA has this up to a category 4 storm, which makes it very, very dangerous for all of us in FL now.
Here's the National Hurricane Center's site- this will tell you how we fare & what's happening...just send good vibes this way, for hubby & me, and both of our parents.
Hello everyone! Just a very quick drop bye because of that damnedHurricane Charlie he seems to be coming closer! I hadn’t even looked at the news, but I was wondering why people were buying up everything in the store! The county next to us has to evacuate tomorrow! We might be next! I’m not worried about it though.. Most of my stuff that I cherish is in Tx! Well anyways I’m not doing good on my new goals.. But I’m putting them off until tomorrow. But.. I’m happy.. Again!! So that’s the most important. I just had soo much to do today.. In the rain!! Anyways I gotta go watch the news with my hubby. Talk with you all later!
Hello everyone! My morning is off to a late start... but I'm doing ok! I haven’t gained but one more pound.... but I can tell the affect that eating wrong and not exercising is doing to my body. My skin is way more saggy,, and my stomach is just poking out. So although I haven’t exercised yet today, I plan on doing it when my daughter takes a nap. I did go to the hot tub yesterday for like 30 minutes.... all the pools were closed because of the hurricane... and there was stuff everywhere. But one family I guess convinced them to open it anyways so I went over there. I wish I had more time.. but I knew that I had to go back because I was cooking... If it wouldn’t have taken me forever to find a open pool I could have had more time. I didn't even think about that... because when we got back it was dark. But they really had a lot of damage done to this place!! I'm going to try and journal my food today and see where I'm at... I know I’m going to go over because of this dreaded breakfast I just ate... but like A "special person" told me earlier....I have all day to work it off!!!! I have to go pay some bills today... hopefully can get it over with... fast!! The baby needs some milk too. Anyways I better get my butt in gear... I'm already waking up too late! I will definately come back later and update and make comments... Talk with yaw'l later!
). And, I was starving and tense by the time dinner rolled around, and I ate more than I should have *sigh*. Damn that Garfield supper!!!
a s/f fudgesicle, a pickle.. which my daughter stole and ran away with.... and some diet dr. pepper. I'm starving to say the least because none of that had any nutritional value in it. I'm too lazy to try to fix anything to eat. I am cooking chicken fried steak.. or attempting to anyways... for tonight. Well I better go for now.. I'm just tired as ****... and I mean that !! Hope everyone has a great day!! 
That made my stomach just sick last night and I went to bed at 9 without any exercise again yesterday! I feel a bit guilty since I haven't exercised in 3-4 days, but again this morning I am not motivated to go down and do a mile! Blech! I sure am hoping this mood passes over me soon! This is just not like me and I'm blaming it on the weather!
That paycheck will be fun, eh? Are you still loving retail? I always did! 
because I will be EXERCISING!!!! 
I decided to post my goals for the week. Friday is as good a day to start right!! So I haven’t’ exercised…. But tomorrow is a new day. So far.. Maybe it’s just an excuse… but my daughter has been waking up at 5:30 am.. And during her nap time I always have to cook or do something important.. That’s been cutting off my exercise.. But I’m going to have to work it in anyway. So.. Here are my new goals for tomorrow: 
Exercise at least 60 minutes per day! 
Stay on plan…. Keep calories at 1500 
Start journaling again!!!!! 
Drink Lots and Lots of Water!!!!! 
: Lose 5 lbs for Labor Day!!!! 
