Still not 100%, but getting there.

It's been a weird day today. I'm in a passively grouchy mood brought on by the Vendor From ****. The sales rep wants me to email her with details about the problems we're having with them. Hmm... Could it be the same problems I explained to you in detail THE LAST TWO TIMES YOU WERE HERE???

Anyway, even though it wasn't a bad day, that just set my mood for the entire day.

On to the good stuff.

I got my blood sugar tested this morning and it was the highest it's ever been. 81. My meal/snack scheduling is working!

I weighed in just now and I'm down a couple pounds to 151.

DH picked up on my mood and cooked dinner without me even asking him to!

Ok, attention span is waning. Time to eat and rest up for tomorrow.

Hello all!

I guess you could say I just had one CARB of a day! DH got up early and made me pancakes for breakfast (he feels so bad about putting me thru the ER thingy yesterday....what a sweetheart).........then, I got to work to find a birthday treat cinnamon sugar doughnut (the guy was 80 today.....I had to celebrate that!). One of the girls at work brought in a full lunch.....lasagna and salad and french bread and brownies....absolutely delicious (do I get an extra star for turning down the second brownie?) Needless to say, I wasn't hungry for dinner tonight and just made some BBQ beef sandwiches for the two of us. Please do not feed me anymore!

Lisa.....Watching tv is an easy habit to slide into.....especially here with our Michigan weather! But the quality time with your DH probably made it all worthwhile.

Pfkittsy.....Shoveling snow should definitely be classified as strength training! We have a long driveway, so DH clears it with the snowplow on the JD tractor......so all I have to do is a little shoveling along the front walk and in front of the garage. And even that is a workout somedays!

Elisha.....Count me in on your 'consistency challenge'! Consistency (or the lack thereof) is my main problem.....once I get that conquered, there won't be anything I can't do!

TBJ.....Another green day! I think you are onto something there! Have a wonderful dinner out!

Betani.....Grrrr....sales reps! If I were you, I would make a very detailed list and e mail it to him/her........every week, until you get some action! (yeah, that is just the kind of person I am ) Did that scale go down again! Woohoo! and a double Woohoo for getting the blood sugar where it should be!

This week has just zipped by.....and somehow I have fallen behind in the laundry department. Better get it done tonight, so I won't have to mess with it on the weekend!

Evening chickies...
OK..Sorry I haven't checked in for a couple of days! No excuses, really, just not much to report.

Today was supposed to be weigh in day, but I chickened out! I really didn't want to see another gain or even staying the same, so I just didn't weigh. Maybe next week! Maybe not!

It's been a little stressful around here, but life can really stress me out sometimes when everything is even going right! LOL! We had a Dr. appt. with my DD's doctor and there were some things that he shared with us about DD that were a little anxiety provoking. So, I've been mulling that around in my head all week trying to come to terms with it all! Nothing life threatening or anything like that, but concerting (is that the right word?), nonetheless!

I did not exercise today or yesterday. I had intentions to do so tonight but worked a little late and then came home and played with DD, put her to bed, made a couple of phonecalls and sat down at the computer! So...not that I am making excuses...

Food has been ok with the exception of the "dreaded" monthly birthday party!!! It was Brownies and mint choc. chip icecream! I did have one serving yesterday! But other than that, meals have been good...water has been good. "Snack" today was 2 pb hershey kisses. Just two! I'm proud of myself for stopping there! I also found the "Bun" candy bar last week at the grocery store...I love those things...Maple flavored. And I have NOT opened it yet. It's still in my bag that I take back and forth to work. I saw it in there today and though "Hmmm...that looks pretty good" but that's as far as I went! Do you think I should throw it away??? Or try to take just one bite a day for like...5 or 6 days???? YEA, RIGHT!!!!

I was going to go grocery shopping tonight, but because I worked later, I just came straight home! I really need some healthy food around here! Actually the crisper is full of fresh veggies...I just need to cook them!

I realized something tonight (was it "epiphany day"?) about eating...that if I can get in the mindset that food is just to nourish my body...and nothing else...I would be ok! I mean, why is it that we feel we have to have something at 9pm sitting in front of the tv...or at 3pm...I mean other than insulin reactions to the last carb we ate...we don't feel "hungry", do we...at least I don't! So, I am going to try to go with that mindset and really try to stick with it! I'm also sticking with my food program and exercise routine, even if I don't want to!

Comments everyone...

Betani...Sorry about the "grouchies"...I know what you mean, though. It's irritating to try to "fix" a problem when it keeps hitting you in the face!!! Great job on the weight loss! YeA!

TBJ...What exactly did you "throw"!!!!??? OK...maybe I don't want to know! You scare me! I know your weigh in will be successful...and if not, there's always next week! You've had a good week! Imagine when you have two good ones in a row...you'll be down in NO time!

Elisha...I like your theory about the carbs at night. There is some truth to the theory about eating carbs at night, but I think just plain eating processed carbs anytime or any that will spike your insulin is something to avoid all the time! Potatoes, white rice, white bread, sugar, flour...not good...how do we stay away from that stuff, though? That's the question! As you know, sugar is my big problem. I am going to try again to go cold turkey (after this weekend) for 5 days! I hope I can do it!

Pkittsy...shoveling IS a workout! I am sooo glad I don't have to do that anymore! I used to live on a really busy street and the plows would just throw that heavy slushy stuff into my driveway...after I had shoveled, of course! Now, DH snow blows with the JD tractor and I do a little by the doors....if I have to! LOL!

Lisa...oh yea...tv is oh so addicting! I have been guilty of it lately with these long dark nights up here in the cold state of Michigan! LOL! Glad you are spending time with your hubby, though! Your food and water sound like they are right on track! Good for you...did you do the treadmill???

MsRD...Your poor hubby! I'm glad he's better now! This weather has been wreaking havoc on my joints and my head (sinus pressure) and haven't felt much like exercise...no excuse, I know, but... You are certainly on track with your exercise! I'm proud of you! Now...if you could just get your DH to keep you away from McD's...

Jennifer & Joy...where are you two this week? I've been missing you both!

That's it for now...I'm going to bed early and then my plan is to be up early to ride the bike...we'll see...I can seem to even stay up when I DO get up early...I let the dog out, and then back to bed! This morning I let the dog out and laid on the couch and watched the news! Oh man...I've got to get some sleep tonight!!!

Hugs to all!

I'm writing this under cover of darkness here in the office. Roid has been in rare form, and this morning, after taking more of her poop than any person should have to, I sniped at her. Twice. It got me 2 hours of quiet, but then after that, I had to watch every little sound coming out of my office, and SuperSnoop there can hear me type, and since I can actually type & not hunt & peck, she knows I'm not just entering an application, or something like that. Jeez, who'd have thought I'd be like a prisoner, sneaking my own lunch hour on the sly so that I could email, or check here, when she can't listen for me. Nosy bugger!

I was supposed to have a nice, easy, relaxing 2 days, since my loan consultant was going away to a meeting. Unfortunately, what happened was that Roid was unsupervised, and took full advantage of that time to be UP MY BUTT the whole time. I even made a lunch date with a long-time friend to meet up near the office, just to get a break from her. Sigh! So, even though I have enough work to take me thru about 3 hours the 2 days, I was going to try to clean up the pipeline, make calls on new construction, and try to get a head start for Feb, since it will be a short month. Nooooo, instead I have Roid wanting to clear out the desk and file cabinet of our lost member after the Great Exodus. They have found someone to replace her- she starts on Feb 1. Now, instead of letting the new girl arrange her own space, and set up her own desk, and instead of letting me get on with my own stuff, Roid pushes, and pushes, and pushes, asking "will you have time to go thru things today? This morning? After lunch?" I told her don't wait on my account, and if she wanted to go thru it, go ahead, she doesn't need me. Of course, that was perceived as me being *****y and not wanting to help, and she can't do it alone cuz her arm hurts, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaaaaaah.

I had enough. I got up, opened the drawers, and dumped the contents on the top of the desk. I opened the big 4 drawer file cabinet, consolidated all the things that needed to stay, like letterhead, envelopes, labels, marketing materials, etc. Anything that was loose, or needed to be grouped together & identified, went right on the desk. I made HER go thru the pile of crap. I think at that point she knew better than to complain that weeding through a desktop full of loose paper, cards, pamphlets and folders was going to hurt her arm. Then, I took 10 minutes to pee, get a drink, try to vent to the receptionist, and no sooner did I get back to the desk than I see her stuffing things into the recycle bin, instead of sorting them. I think I've hit my breaking point. This woman will spend more time trying to get me to do her job than it would have taken her to just do it. She'll waste more effort complaining about why she shouldn't have to do something, instead of sucking it up and taking care of the client. And the running commentary from the peanut gallery all day. I would gladly puncture my own eardrums at this point, just for the peace & quiet. Sigh.

This morning, episode 2 of RoidRage. I don't even get 2 feet inside the building, feed my dollar into the machine & get my diet coke, and start on my way to the desk....she's already in front of me giving me the laundry list of tasks that she's going to shaft the new girl with. And she's worrying about hierarchy, and who gets to tell the new girl what to do, instead of looking forward to someone coming aboard who can be cross trained to back us up, instead of being a copy & file girl. She made 2 really snotty comments, and when I lashed out at her, I lashed hard. And told her that SHE could do some of that herself, but instead she acts like it's beneath her. She lied & tried to say our boss didn't want her doing that. Bullcrap, Roid. I was there when you went crying to our boss to get out of it. She tries to cover it up. Roid, I was there. I heard you. I guess that's the difference between us- I can't sit up at the front desk & just twiddle my thumbs for an hour, I'll take marketing up with me to work on. That got me 2 hours of quiet, but also left me in the position of having to play perfect employee today. Bleah.

This week has been a write off, food and exercise wise. Water- 32oz was the most I got in on any one day. It was sucking. I was sucking. And it has been hot here, so I should have been draining glass after glass after glass. Alas, it has been the week from Hades all around.

Hubby has a lot of work to finish up tonight, so we won't be leaving for the new house until Saturday morning. I think I will take advantage of the evening to do some more laundry, and try to get ahead for next week. Get more towels and sheets done, and while they are drying, get my work clothes washed & hung to drip dry while we are gone. Fold what I can. I need to remember to bring the carpet sweeper up, and the "clean sheets" carpet fresh. Someone, remind me! Oh, and bring the cheap hurricane corded phones, so we can make sure the lines work on Saturday.

Phone installation will be happening, possibly cable, if we can get it set up for Saturday, too. Hubby has been making those calls, so I won't know until tonight. Have to do some filing/weeding of the paperwork and mail that has stacked up this week. Bills are mostly paid...I should actually get a bonus check on the 31st- let's see what my raise actually nets me where it counts. Carrying these 2 houses & all the start-up costs, and little things are nickel and diming me to death right now!

Ok, enough complaining. I need to declare 1 day a week for all complaints, and the rest of the time, I need to just take it all in stride, instead of ranting and raving, and well, annoying everyone who has to read about how miserable I am at that moment in time. Sorry you have to endure it, chickies. If not for venting, my head might explode. I don't know how Lisa manages, with all her chaos, and the boys, too!

Comments du jour: In no order, and probably in no sense, either...

Lisa- poor thing! I'd have told you that you had glop on your face. No, wait, I'd also have licked my finger & used "mom-spit" to scrub the stuff off your face. (please tell me I'm not the only one whose mom thought that mom-saliva = formula 409). And such great news about your dad!

Lisa's hubby- great job on the Sonoma, and making it happen!

TBJ- keep racking up those green days, girl! when do you take the bar?

Julie- way to go with the bike, chica. hug the little munchkin for me. And where the heck is your hubby when I need his help? LOL.

MsRD- So glad that your mom is getting such wonderful care, and that they take an interest in her. Just wish that time with her wasn't always such a trigger for you. And your DH- housework- I swear men must not care if the filth piles up around them- as long as they have a path to the fridge, and the TV, it isn't dirty, right? Good to hear DH is ok! Definitely an adventure, chickie.

Elisha- crazy busy- OMG, I should hire an assistant. There's so much more I need to do, just don't have the time, or the energy for. And then when I get home, I just want to plop down, and 15 minutes...well, you know the routine, becomes 2 hours, and then time for bed. I almost thing you & Steve will me moved, married, and fully settled in before I even get done schlepping stuff back & forth. Love the idea of the consistency challenge. Doing it is everything. And hey, we can do anything for 28 days, right? Almost enough time to maybe make it a habit! Did you get a closing date set???

Pam- consider this year of maintenance in itself- you kept off the weight that you had lost- think of it as a preview of the rest of your life. You've done an amazing job so far. And with all the compliments you are getting- your hard work and effort shows.

Ditto that to all the chickies here- no matter how much more we have to go, look at how far we've come already. No- seriously- just take a look at where we started, and the battles we've won. Kick butt, chickies.

TBJ- 90 calorie EACH cookie? ACK!!! I don't even want to know about gooey chocolate chip ones if plain shorbread is that bad!

Betani- Same thing as Pam- you've accomplished so much already. At this point, every day I make the effort to start over, and don't seem to get everything in line to make it all happen. Practice makes better, and you'll get there. Don't kill the vendor- You kill my Roid, and I'll take out the vendor. No motive that way.

Ok, chickies....time to finish this up. took more than 30 minutes, but then again, Roid was late back, so it's a wash... Have a wonderful Friday, and a super weekend if I don't make it back here tonight!

I could have sworn I posted this morning! But I come in and read Jennifer's post, and my post is nowhere to be seen. WTH? Anyway, here's what I would have posted this morning.


Good news, chicks! Our house loan was approved! The lawyer is supposed to be contacting Steve to set a closing date some time today! WOOHOO!!!

Yesterday was ok, but not great. Calories came in at either 1447 or 1477, I forget. A lot of water—like 150 oz or so. Exercise—yeah, that’s the part I missed. But today was my scheduled day off, so I’ll just work out this evening and I’ll be back on track.

However, I don’t know how well that is going to go, as we’re hoping to go fix our gutters this evening. We may have to do it in the morning though. We’ll see. I should still be able to exercise anyway, as I’ll have to leave work early so we’ll have enough daylight to fix the gutters.

So yeah, I missed my workout last night. I was just in a crappy mood and ended up having a mini breakdown. I looked at the calendar and realized that ToM will be here in a couple of days, and PMS always makes me rather emotional.

I did have too many carbs at dinner last night—not as much as I wanted, but still more than enough—and this morning the scale is right where it was yesterday, at 214.4. I guess that’s better than gaining though, so I’ll take it. And I kind of expected it. That’s ok. If I can hold on to 214 point *anything* until my official weigh-in on Monday, I will be a happy camper.

I didn’t sleep well again last night. I went to bed around 9.15, which is just crazy early for me, and actually got to sleep fairly quickly. Then I woke up for a few minutes when Steve got up, around 10.30, and again around 4.30 because an alarm was going off in the loft. The clock wasn’t even set, so I have no idea why the alarm was going off, but it was driving me crazy, so I got up and unplugged it. It took me a while to get back to sleep after that though. And this morning I am still groggy and tired. Bah. I hope we get the gutters done tonight so I can sleep in tomorrow!

Today shouldn’t be too bad. Breakfast was decent, lunch is one of those new Lean Cuisine Paninis—I heard they were good, so I had to try one—and an apple. If we’re fixing gutters, dinner will most likely be Quiznos, but we’ll see.

OK, I think my brain just decided to go back to sleep, so I guess I’ll stop talking now.
~Elisha

Quick post.

Good news: Down 1.5 lbs. this week. Bad news: I'm frustrated that I'm where I started two weeks ago. Good news: On track for Elisha's wedding. 259 more days to go. Good news: green day yesterday.

Good news: I'm determined to lose some more weight this week. If I feel like having a red day, I'm going to remind myself of how I don't want to have to post my lame excuses here!

Comments next day I post.

Morning all...
Just a quick check in. Looks like most of the group is on "vacation" these last couple of days!

Just wanted to let you all know that I DID work out 3 times this week, albeit a little on the "light" side but at least I am doing it! I have a recumbent e-bike which has all the "stuff" on it and I am improving in my calories burned...and have added a couple of minutes each time. I'd say that's progress...gotta start somewhere, right? AND...it feels good to write that!

Food overall this week was just OK! I know I could do better, and will...it's the PLANNING and PREPPING which I need to do more of! Maybe if I could add a few more hours to my day...or perhaps do some of that at night after everyone has gone to bed...now there's an idea!!!

I am trying to stay away from the sugar/flour stuff, but it's hard! I think I had at least one small-large "sugar" treat each day this week! That's not a good thing, but it's better than several treats each day, so that is improvement, right??

I will weigh in on Tuesday (the last day of this challenge)...I don't really want to because if I don't see a loss, I get really, really discouraged! I am hoping to be down to where I started at the beginning of this challenge or a few pounds below...that would put me somewhere between 177 and 180. I have 4 days to work at it still, so it is doable...depending on where I am right now! Geesh...why do we have to have the scale to show success? I guess we don't, do we? I just wrote about a couple of successes this week, didn't i?

I'm just ranting now, so I'm going to go get some housework, laundry, planning and prepping done. DD wants to use her Easy Bake Oven today to make some cookies...she can eat ALL of them! I wish I had her will power or whatever she has...she didn't even put syrup on her pancake this morning!

Hugs to all...hope you are having a super weekend!

Hi!

Just hopped off the treadmill. Yeah, it was about time I finally used the darn thing! I walked for 30 min. Yay! The thing is..I am sick . One of my sons and I have a cold, and it has been really draining! I took some medicine, and it revived me enough to get that little bit of exercise in. We did join the fitness center next to our house. They have programs for kids that are included in the membership. I took the boys to participate, and they met up with friends they didn't realize even went there, and they did the programs together. They were so excited. The teacher made it fun for them. They have the most classes offered that I have ever seen at a fitness place. From Yoga, to Spin, to....belly dancing and hip hop! Have any of you done a Spin class? Do you think it is something I could make low-impact? DH is psyched...his best friend is a member there, and they open at 5 a.m. They are planning to meet at 5:30 to work out together. They offer classes and stuff for me at 5:30 also...but.....I don't think I have it in me to get up that early.

I weighed in, and I stayed the same this week! I have lost almost 3 pounds this challenge..still need to get off .4 to make it officially 3 pounds. I still have 8 pounds to go to meet my goal weight. But, toning...toning is becoming one of my main goals I think. I believe I didn't lose this week due to the ZERO amount of exercise I got in! Just goes to show that exercise does make a difference.

I'm going to give a "group comment today": YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! We can do this. For me..I think it boils down to believing that I am worth the effort! And I am-we all are worth the effort to feel and look better . Hope you all have a super weekend!! Blessings to you all!

Howdy.

Green day yesterday. That's five days in a row. Breakfast today was some crackers. Lunch is planned out, but dinner isn't Not planning is dangerous for me, because I get hungry and then have an urge for junk food and restaurants. (Actually, I've noticed that not planning hurts a lot of us in this group.)

Problem is, we're almost out of food, and we don't go grocery shopping until tomorrow. I had another recipe planned, but Hubby forgot one of the ingredients. So we've come up short for this week. Dinner might be rice with peas, garlic, and onion -- which doesn't sound too bad, it just isn't creative.

Jujitsu was fun last night. I didn't do so well, but I have been doing better recently, so I'll just say last night was... what do they call it in statistics? An outlier.

What do I throw? People! I worked out with a 190-lb. green belt guy last night. If we do the techniques properly, throwing is easy. (The 4'11", 95 lb. female black belt had no problem throwing the guy.) But if we [ahem, I ] do the technique improperly, we take all the weight of the person, and throwing is hard. Makes it quite apparent when I'm doing things wrong. Oh well. I have learned a lot so far; with practice, I'll learn how to throw.

Hello All!

I did not weigh in today. Probably because I know it isn't going to be pretty. The first two weeks of the month I did so well.....water, food, exercise were all right on track. Then the snacks started creeping in.......a cookie midmornng, a chocolate bar at the grocery check out, and I don't even want to talk about the bagel incident. I do this to myself every month and am just getting sick of it. I have to break out of this habit......Elisha, you got that 'consistency challenge' set up?

Julie.....I liked your idea about changing your mindset about food. Nourishment only! Food shouldn't be looked at as entertainment, a stress reducer or boredom reliever. Food should not be the central point around which the rest of our life revolves. I like it. This sounds like a life-altering concept.

Jennifer. ....Vent away, chickie....that is what we are here for! And perhaps it is preventing bloodshed at work. Hope the new employee is a help to you.

Elisha....Hooray! The house loan has been approved! You must be deliriously happy.....now, to get a date to sign the papers and move on to the happily ever after part!

TBJ.....All those green days are adding up to seeing that scale go down! Yea You! You are so right is saying that planning is key to success......and it is an area that I have been neglecting.....and have seen the negative results it causes!

Lisa.....The scale staying the same is not necessarily a bad thing. Hope you are getting over your cold and starting to feel better.


I just read over this post (and also yours too) and it has given me a new action plan for this week....and probably the month to come:
Consistency....this is going to be my main focus
Food mindset......nourishment only!
Planning.....all meals will be planned ahead of time...snacks included!
And, finally (thank you Lisa)......I am worth the effort!

*Cough* *sneeze* *ache*.....*craving sugar*.....

Oh my...I am a sick chick. We have some kind of crud here at my household. The kids feel rotten and I do too. I may take my 3 yr old to the pediatrician in the morning. He has been running a low grade fever since Friday night. I think it is viral...but I need to get it checked out. I am wanting comfort foods...I won't list them specifically in case it might be a trigger for someone...... Somebody send me some good vibes--please????

Eating is o.k. so far. I've had..let's see..about 11 points. Last night, I had a little "episode" with sweets. I could just kick myself! Well, enough of that. What is done is done, and I just have to start anew. I can do this!!!!

Hope you are having a good Sunday everyone. Sorry to sound so negative..but it feels good to get some of these feelings out. Julie- let's get the "Feelings Check" thread going again-what do you think??

Thanks for listening .

G'mornin'!

Wow, another green day yesterday. I had calories left at the end of the day, which I had saved for some cookies, and after I ate two, I just didn't feel like eating any more. So I stopped.

I am taking today off of exercise, b/c I want my knee to feel better for jujitsu tomorrow.

Lisa -- Feel better. It's great how you re-read your post and then realized what you had to do to improve.

MsRD -- Stop doing this to yourself every month!!! I say that in a nice way... C'mon, you can do it! Maybe if the problem is snacks sneaking in, you could plan for them. Allow yourself one or two a day. Then you can do well all month long. *shrug* Just an idea.

Julie -- Congrats on working out three times this past week. That routine is what people are supposed to do, right?

Elisha -- Yay on the loan! I'll send pneumonic super photon waves along the Secret Lawyer Communication Line to tell your lawyer to call Steve soon.

Jennifer -- Aw, BLARGH about work. I don't know what else to say.

Betani -- How sweet of your Hubby to cook dinner.



257 days left until Elisha's wedding... Tonight, I want some pizza. I know that will lead to a red day. Here's what I'm thinking: I'll combine the calories for two green days, eat what I feel like tonight, subtract that from the combination, and then eat what's left over of the allowance on Monday. That way, even though I have a red day today, I should be OK for the week.

Happy Sunday, y'all.

Hi Chickies

Thought I'd better check in This week hasn't been great as far as eating goes, and my goal to not eat after 8pm... but it's an ongoing battle. I did manage to get in a fair amount of walking this week .... 315 minutes. DH & I are trying to get set for the Vancouver Sun Run again, for now it involves walking... I'm hoping to "walk/run" the 10K (6.2mile) course in April... so I'm offically in training.... hopefully that will help with consistency

TBJ Way to go with the GREEN DAYS How many days in a row have you done? How many days in the month of January? Being able to make adjustments that fit with your life are what makes lifestyle changes work.... go ahead... have the pizza but cut back on the carbs and fat tomorrow or the rest of the day.

Lisa Okay ... I'm ordering up some orange juice and chicken soup for you... don't forget lots of fluid and rest..... Have you tried echinasea (cone flower) available in tablets or tea ... I find if I "overdose" on it -- it helps. Take it easy kiddo.

MsRD I think that TBJ has a good suggestion... allow yourself those treats and plan for them. That way you are in control. I hear you about the "rah rah for" the first few weeks... and then the down slide... that is the only thing that I have been doing with "consistentcy". I'm looking forward to the next challenge too.

Julie I'm planning on weighing in on Tuesday also. I'm hoping that I can pick up a few more plusses (or minuses) on the right path. I'm hoping that I can start encorporating more "planning" too.... now that I'm in training I gotta remember that food is just norishment too. DH has been talking about this "white diet" some people at work are on. Apparently all you to do not eat anything white... white sugar, white flour, white rice... or anything made that contains ingredients that are white... Kinda on the same though wave you were talking about ...

Betani Time to call the boss into a meeting with the "vendor from ****" ... get your ducks in a row and send him/her an agenda stating that it is a "vendor performance meeting"... that should help. Good work getting your blood sugar level closer to where it should be... funny about the different measurements.... I have to watch that my blood sugar doesn't go over... the Canadian measurement "7"

Elisha Good to hear that the "house" is finally coming together for you. Are you exercising in the evening? Sometimes that makes sleep difficult?

Pkittsy Sounds like you've got a good work out schedule set up. I think that's what I need to do... sit down and write it out. I haven't done any "real" strength trainging in quite some time.

So if I don't eat after 8pm for the next 3 days, I can make 12/31 days. And.. if I manage to stay on track for the next three days... I'm hoping that I can have lost "4" pounds this month.... Next month I HAVE to count calories or something that keeps me accountable.

Anyways... time to go


Joy

Evening Chickies...
Just a quick post to let you all I'm still here. I did try pretty hard this weekend to stay focused on the "nourishment" part of eating. I had a few slip ups with cookies after church, licking the bowl of DD's easy bake oven cookies, the BUN that was in my work bag...ARGH!!!! But overall, I am trying to make those changes by eating fruits and veggies more than filling up on bad carbs! I even had broccolli with my pizza tonight (I think it was a day for Pizza!)

Went grocery shopping yesterday and stocked up onlots of healthy stuff. I even said "no" to DD's request (she really does request and then accepts the answer without a problem...such a good girl!) for cheetos! Those are my favorite snack (and hers) and I just couldn't have them in the house this week!

My menu is made for the week. I am going to try to find time to fix all of it..nothing overwhelming, but I don't get home from work til around 5:30 and am hungry by then. I;ll be having a snack of some sort each day to curb that hunger...on the way home! String cheese, apple, yogurt, etc. I will try to do as much of the prep work before I leave in the morning. Hubby won't fix anything that he figures require cutting, slicing or dicing...unless it suits his tastebuds! Oh well!

Workouts might be more of a challenge this week, but I am also going to TRY again to work them in in the morning! I have a PLAN for this too! I am just waaaaay too organized for this week! Let's hope it shows on the scale, eh?

I'll try to make comments tomorrow...I'm turning into a pumpkin as I write this! YAWN!

Hugs to all,

Morning chicks!

Well, the gutters are fixed, though there is still some confusion. Our loan processor said we need to fix a downspout as well, but our loan officer has said nothing about it. Hopefully we will get that figured out today. Haven’t heard from the lawyer yet, so no closing date has been set. But we’re over the major hurdle, we just have to be patient a bit longer.

Food this weekend was ok. Not great, but not terrible. I wanted to eat junk all weekend, and I still do, but I restrained myself somewhat, and calories stayed around 1500-1600 all weekend. I didn’t get nearly enough water, as I never do on weekends. And I haven’t exercised since Wednesday. My back has been killing me all weekend, and the very thought of doing aerobics right now is painful.

But, as soon as we get moved into our house I intend to take up walking. We’ll have a nice neighborhood to walk in, and we’ll be getting a dog, so I’ll have some motivation to actually do it. But I know that walking is the best exercise for my back, about the only thing that makes any difference, so that’s what I need to do. Yoga and pilates help, but right now I’m not strong enough to do them. Every time I try my back spasms. So I just need to start walking and build up my muscles, drop a few pounds, and then I can start working in the yoga and pilates again.

There is one good thing about my back problem though: it scares me. Every time my back spasms I see myself being bedridden during pregnancy because my body can’t support me, and I see myself gaining much more weight that I’m not able to lose because I’m too weak to do anything about it. Now, I realize that may not sound like a good thing, but the truth is that it scares me so much I want to do whatever it takes to lose weight and make my body stronger.

So my plan is, as I said, to start walking. Coincidentally, a good friend of mine asked me this morning if I would like to participate in a 3-day breast cancer walk in 2007. I told her that I absolutely would. She’s supposed to be sending me more information.

Anyway, the scale is at 214.2 this morning, putting me down 3.2 pounds so far this month. I will do another official weigh-in and measure Wednesday morning. ToM is coming up any day now, so I’m just hoping to hold on to 214 until Wednesday.

I was actually rather surprised that my weight stayed down this morning. I hovered at 214.4 for a few days, then yesterday saw 214.2, and this morning I had convinced myself I would be up, because I ate crap all day yesterday (not a lot of it, but it was still crap). But I wasn’t. Yes, pleasantly surprised.

I am working on the next challenge, and I’ve actually got most of it figured out. I’ll post it some time tomorrow. Or possibly this afternoon if I get bored.

But for now, that’s all folks! Have a great day!
~Elisha