Good morning friends,
I stayed with Connie last night. Bro Jones is gone to LA to pick up a safe that was donated to the station. She was a little afraid to stay alone, after the break in. The alarm system isn't installed yet. They live in a trailer in the yard. (forgive me if I repeat myself, I can never remember what I've told you all. )We sat up until 2am watching people remodel rooms in their homes. I hadn't watched those programs in a long time...enjoyed. We DID get a little spooked once. The phone rung....the ID only showed a cell phone # we didn't know. Couldn't get anyone to say anything. We took turns for about 30 minutes yelling into the phone for someone to say something. We could hear a crunching sound, so knew someone was there. Finally, when Connie had the phone, a woman answered wanting to know why she had called. Connie explained that we hadn't called. (her # is the same as the station's #....rings at their trailer, when station is closed.) The lady apologized. Said the phone was in her purse & the button must have gotten clicked, somehow. The station was the last place she called, so when it was clicked, that's where it called. We have a program where viewers call in to get discount coupons for restaurants, etc (very popular program!) Well....that was the spook for the night.
No sugar yesterday!!!! I made it pretty well. Wouldn't you know it.....the lady that does the cooking show on Monday (we always wait for her!! ) made some of the best looking sweet stuff I ever saw! I don't know the name of it...she's all time trying new recipes. I took a tiny nibble, to make them all think I was eating, while talking....& later threw it away................reluctantly. But, the thing is, I did it!!!! I fixed carrots for supper (with other things), & only ended up eating THEM. I LOVE carrots! Connie & I ate a little popcorn. The box of doughnuts are still untouched! Right now, I'm eating just a little bacon.......very slowly. It's probably not good for me....but, couldn't find anything else, & thought it might be better than a doughnut.
Joanne...so glad you had a nice weekend. I know you were happy to see both your nephew & your son. Great that they have become friends! I wish my son could find a "good" friend. I'm afraid he's going to get around the wrong people. I'm sure I worry for nothing. He's done great for over a year now. He does need friends that would be a good influence & show him some attention. He loves his 2 little girls....but, needs more in his life.
Hi Happy Canuk.....Hang in there!! I made it 1 day. Not feeling better yet....wanting sugar.
Hi Chrily....you hang in there, too!! I know it's going to be hard to not eat sugar, if you like it, with those young ones around. My son's 2 daughters are here every other week, & there's a lot of junk food, then. They're with their mother this week....so, I thought it would be the best time for me.
ok, ageoldie....you said you wouldn't be so long posting!
I made it through yesterday!!! The cereal I eat for breakfast has some cane sugar on it, but it has 10 gms. of fiber in it, and it is soooo good for you. It is called Optimum. You only need to eat 2/3 of a cup and you are pretty full.
Last night was hard, but I did it. Mostly it is just a habit, but I do have to eat something before I go to bed, because of the med I take for my heart.
Angel, I am glad you made it through as well. Now, today is a whole new day and I am sure we can do it all over again.
That would have been scary when nobody answered the darn phone. I guess you might have been unerved. Soon this fade into a horrible memory.
Chris - Hope your day went well for you yesterday as well. One hour at a time.
Just a quick post before I have to take the girls to school...I'll write more later but just had to tell you guys-
Great Job!!!
I did okay...snuck a nibble of a reese pieces. This is soo hard for me. Then I keep having these dizzy spells. I woke up twice last night being dizzy and feeling like vomiting. I'm not sure why. I do have a odd scratchy feeling in my throat too. My allergies act up at early in the spring so maybe that's it. It's happened 3-4 times this week. We'll see how she goes. Trying not to panic. This is how my whole allergy fiasco started out in the beginning. Panic is my middle name. It's kind of scary when you get that dizzy and light-headed...esp. with kids. It did let up the other day when I took my allergy pills so that's why I'm guessing its allergy related.
OOPS...gotta go. Time to scoot the kiddies out to the van.
Hi Kim, nice to see you back. How are you enjoying your new home? Isn't that frustrating when the old computer dies and you lose everything. That has now happened to me a time or two, but really I have nothing that needs to be backed up. Just a ton of graphics, and I can always go shopping for those
Chris - glad you made it through the day as well. So far so good for today as well. If it weren't for those darn meds I have to take (some with food at non meal times) and some on an empty stomach. Keeps me very busy.
If you guys are cutting sugar, don't you have to cut the sugar veggies like carrots,peas beets and corn?On most diets, some people do have some dizzy spells and feelings of hunger. That is the time to grab a healthy snack.
I worked out in the yard for 2 hours today.I will be hurting tonight. I am trying to get my flower garden going. I don't try for veggies anymore. The darn squirrels eat them up.They ate up a bunch of my flowers this fall before they could bloom.
I have been straying off tract with my eating this week..Not good!I need to stay right on tract this month .MOTIVATION EVERYONE!
Hello everybody...Joanne
Hi Kim...Don't know if I know you or not.... Sorry to hear about the crashing computer. Mine did that and we had to redo everything. I lost it all and had to wait for a recovery disk in the mail. It did take me awhile to find my way back here but I was lost without these girls.
Doing okay without sugar today, I thought until I ate some french fries. I forgot that they were a really high glycemic food. Now I'll have to remember its on the FORBIDDEN list. Whenever I eat them, I have the jitters for so long afterwards...esp. if I eat them and drink diet pop.
Anyhow...gotta go. Tonight is Kayla's first night of swimming lessons. She's all excited and I have to get dinner on the table for her and the rest of the troops. Talk to you all later.
Chris, as long as you eat a high Glycemic food with a low, it comes out to be medium I am on a low Glycemic diet and today for lunch I had 3 oz of tuna in tomato, 1/2 c corn, 1 slice ww bread (toasted) 1 oz lowfat cheese. Mix the tuna and corn together, put on the toasted bread, and top with cheese. Broil. Really good.
For supper, I had hamburger mixed with onion and grated carrots and egg, and then put on the George Forman Grill. Serviced with a lettuce salad. I had a Blackberry Yougurt sweetened with Splenda for dessert (50 calories).
Because I have to eat something when I take my 3:30 med, I had a piece of wwbread with 1 TBSP peanut butter.
Had just cereal for breakfast (10 grms fiber in 2/3 of cup) and a piece of fruit.
Maybe it would be a good idea for us all to write out our daily menu and post it. It will keep us more accountable. Starting with breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. It would be worth a try. What do you all think.
Anne, I think that's a good idea. Just one question...do we post what we are going to eat for the day or post after we've eaten for the day. I like the idea of posting what our "plans" are. That will keep m on track....
You sound like my dad. When he goes to a fast-food restaurant, he mixes regualar pop with diet. He says the diet cancels out the calories.... uhh hummm....
Good night ladies. I gotta get to bed or the kiddies won't have a mom to get them ready for school in the a.m.
Okay Anne, that'll be great! I've been slacking off for so long. It's time to get back into the groove of things. I've been feeling so good with my RA that I don't want to go back to the feeling "yucky" and tired. I've been really fatigued lately and I'm not sure if its from slipping backwards with my eating or the lack of doing any "good" exercise.
Today I tried out my cardio salsa dvd. Oh! Was that fun! Of course I only got 25 min. into it...Nicole got irritated with me and kind of interrupted the workout.
I'm planning on staying home for the day and getting some stuff done.
I'd like to get some more stuff shoved in some boxes and out of the way. I'm slimming down my stock... My sister is planning on a garage sale in June. Fine time to make some money and part my ways with alot of this stuff I don't use. And of course there is always LAUNDRY to do. YUCK! I'll survive though. It's all in the attitude.
Have a happy day! I'll check back in a while to see if there is anymore posts about our food plans.
Chris, I was thinking about this, and we can do it either way. You can post what you are planning on eating and I will post WHAT I ate. Charlotte can do which ever one she pleases.
Two day and doing well. Test today, as I am going out for lunch Everytime I get started, this eating out business interfers with my diet. Going to ABC, so hope they have a nice salad I can munch on.
It is hard with kids, but you can do it. I know it is easy to grab whatever is available. Make up some stuff ahead and it will be all ready for you. That is what my daughter does. On the weekend she cooks up a few different dishes and puts them in the fridge. Then, she is always prepared. She has lost 75 pounds and has done pretty good at keeping them off. When they start to creep back on, back she goes to get rid of them - PRONTO!!! She is my inspiration now.
Hope you have a nice day. I am washing cupboards out today, and getting rid of all the bits and pieces that seem to accumulate. Washing clothes is not a big chore for me, as there are only two of us. I have always had my washer and dryer on the main floor, so no stair climbing. That is the worst for me, especially when my knees hurts.
Anne,
Sounds good. Well so far today...I've done 3 loads of laundry. Cleaned the kitchen, except for mopping. Loaded 3 big boxes with stuff I'm going to sell and threw away some toys that aren't looking too good. I have ribs in the crockpot. My bedroom is clean. The family room is clean. I'm on a roll. I even got some exercise in. I haven't sat down since 10:30 this a.m. I feel pretty good. Maybe exercising in the morning is what I need to do.
So far today:
Breakfast:Honeycomb cereal ( I know...sugar, sugar..)
1 % milk....1 cup
Lunch: 1 Homemade enchilada
Snack: Healthy Creations Ice Cream bar (fat-free, sugar-free)
Dinner will be ribs...only 1. And a salad with balsamic vinagrette, bacon bits, slivered almonds.
That'll probably be it for the day, if I don't have another snack. If I snack it's going to be celery with some fat-free cream cheese.
)We sat up until 2am watching people remodel rooms in their homes. I hadn't watched those programs in a long time...enjoyed. We DID get a little spooked once. The phone rung....the ID only showed a cell phone # we didn't know. Couldn't get anyone to say anything. We took turns for about 30 minutes yelling into the phone for someone to say something. We could hear a crunching sound, so knew someone was there. Finally, when Connie had the phone, a woman answered wanting to know why she had called. Connie explained that we hadn't called. (her # is the same as the station's #....rings at their trailer, when station is closed.) The lady apologized. Said the phone was in her purse & the button must have gotten clicked, somehow. The station was the last place she called, so when it was clicked, that's where it called. We have a program where viewers call in to get discount coupons for restaurants, etc (very popular program!) Well....that was the spook for the night. 
He does need friends that would be a good influence & show him some attention. He loves his 2 little girls....but, needs more in his life.
Not feeling better yet....wanting sugar. 
Sorry to hear about the crashing computer. Mine did that and we had to redo everything. I lost it all and had to wait for a recovery disk in the mail. It did take me awhile to find my way back here but I was lost without these girls.
Everytime I get started, this eating out business interfers with my diet. Going to ABC, so hope they have a nice salad I can munch on.