Howdy chicks,
Shaddie - I'm glad your surgery is behind you. Was sending you good wishes throughout the day yesterday. I hope the pain is minimal and that you can occupy yourself enough to get the rest and healing that you need right now. I hope the kids will pamper you too.
Food report. Eggplant Parm was disappointing - it was soggy actually. And on Saturday we went to a German restaurant. They had pot roast (a favorite of mine) and I was torn between that special and the Jager Schnitzel (schnitzel with a mushroom gravy) that I had picked out ahead of time. Actually it came down to pot roast or spaetzel (with the schnitzel). In the end I went with the schnitzel. It was good, not run right back again and eat it good but I enjoyed my dinner. DH had a fantastic grilled rib eye steak. Now THAT was run right back again and eat it again tomorrow fantastic. Our waitress was wonderful. We enjoyed our meal and the company of our friends and DH said we need to put that restaurant on the rotation again. I did succumb to a grasshopper after dinner drink. It's soft ice cream mixed with creme de menthe liquour. An adult milkshake of sorts
It was good but too much and it just made me feel uncomfortably full and bloated after dinner. I guess I will just stick with wine
Sunday DH had a taste for chili to eat while watching the football game so I made a pot. All this rich and salty food had me showing a gain at weigh in yesterday. I really need to buckle down. Sometimes the harder I try, the more I want to sway in the other direction. My mind is like an errant 2 year old I swear. My goal for this week is to log my food and measure exactly so I have an accurate calorie intake and it will make me think about and plan my food better. I wish the weather would go back to winter again - my joints are really hurting bad with this wetter rainy type of stuff we are having. I did not exercise yesterday although I did do the full on 60 minutes of tai chi on Monday. I'm going to do the bike today and tai chi practice today. Tomorrow is yoga. If Thursday is not too bad weather wise I might try the pool at the hotel down the road where I have the pool punch card.
Laura - is Jeff Bridges playing to his strengths and taking on the role of grizzled old man now? I saw a trailer for that movie - it looked good. Bummer that you missed your train yesterday. Sometimes that happens. Yes, you are so right about the mental battle that goes along with weight loss. I actually think it's much harder to diet in the winter - lots of comfort foods and you don't have the tasty fresh easy to grab stuff there is in the summer. So you froze sandwiches - like bread and deli meat sandwiches? That's interesting. We go in spurts. I will buy deli meat - a half pound. DH will make 2 sandwiches and use it all so then I buy a whole pound and it sits in the refrigerator and gets tossed the next week.
A big waste sometimes. My sister said it got to 60 degrees the other day. I am so jealous. We were walking around with open coats at 40 degrees the other day. But my sister is right, with the warmth when the temps dip back to seasonal, it feels extra cold. My Mom said the cold is that bone chilling stuff that goes right through you.
Anne - I'm glad you were able to avoid the really expensive tests. You must have really strong good teeth to have never needed a root canal. Lucky you. I think half my teeth have root canals - I was prone to alot of infections. I used to think it was related to smoking but once I stopped I still had issues so I guess I just am a germy mess.
And I read some articles on bacteria getting trapped in the gum and causing inflation in the body which spooked me. Of course my dentist disputed this as nonsense. But still who do you believe - it made sense at the time. LOL on trays of eyeglasses scattered about. I don't think that's going to be a problem. I kind of like the glasses that sit on my head - the Foster Grants do but my prescription glasses do not so I have a greater chance of losing those around the house - and I have. Yay for you
for being ambitious and getting some things done around the house. Sometimes you just have to put your mind to it and do it. I've been trying to set small achievable tasks too, just to keep moving forward. But you got a lot done and doesn't it look good? I think I had sympathy gas pains with you the other night. I went to get into the hot tub and had the worst back pains. I knew it was gas but could not figure out what brought them on. I am always a bit leery of getting in the hot tub if I don't feel quite right. It would be an ORDEAL for DH to drag me out of the tub since you have to step on an interior seat and swing your leg over the side to get in and out. It would be a most cumbersome and embarrassing rescue.
Susie - how did you know that your pancreas was bothering you? I suppose from past experience but what does that feel like? It is irritated by fatty foods and that's why you've opted for low fat? Are you keeping up with your exercise routine? You are so busy at work, I admire that you are keeping your committment to your plans. Didn't you get one less person to support - how is that going?
Ceejay - it seems like you certainly have a big support group of family now that you've moved. Do you still talk to the uncles by phone? Congratulations on losing some pant sizes. Retirement is agreeing with you.
I decided to come and post here right away in the morning. All too often I check email and Facebook and the weather first and before I know it, I have to get off the computer and skip posting. One day leads to another. I decided I am making 3FC and logging MyFitnessPal priorities.
Now I have enough time to do a load of laundry, get something nutritious for food in me and get my stuff ready to head to the shop for my afternoon shift. It's getting very quiet in the store so the afternoons are getting rather boring I have to admit. And I've made a promise that I'm NOT going to bring anything more home - not even a book to read
so no shopping.
Have a good day everyone. Rest well Shad.