Hi, ladies! I am struggling!! After I wrote my last post, in which I stated that I was going to try SBD again, I just couldn't do it!!!
It was the lack of carbs!! I just don't want to give up carbs to the level of restriction I would have to. Also, if I don't have some kind of whole wheat bread before bed, I can't sleep!!
I tried other things like cheese or fruit or salad before bed when I was on Atkins last summer, and I just didn't sleep right--fitful, waking up, couldn't go back to sleep, etc.--and that has been a problem for years for me! When I was on a strict eating plan about 20 years ago (I joined OA, and abstinence meant no eating between meals at all), I would literally be awake all night because I was hungry! Anyway, I am trying to figure out what will work for me. I have determined that high glycemic foods are not a good thing for me to eat. On Easter I ate two pieces of bunny cake and some jelly beans, and I was horribly bloated yesterday and up two pounds overnight!
I don't think giving up refined carbs will be hard for me after how I felt. I also want my peanut butter sandwich for breakfast--that's on whole wheat bread. When I eat that, I have no need to eat for about 4 hours following. Over the last few days, I've experimented with different things for lunch and dinner. I seem to be fine with the low-carb menus--protein and veggies, as well as a big salad--there. I'll just have to keep working on it.
I've only been to the track one day--that was Saturday. I just couldn't drag my butt out early.
Also, Thursday and Friday I had a horrible headache
--was it hormones or delayed stress reaction? I sometimes get a headache when my muscles relax after a stressful period of time.
I've been doing some housecleaning. Hubby has been helping me a lot, and I am recruiting my girls, especially where dishes and cooking are concerned. The older one does a lot of eye rolling
, but too bad--I'm the mother. I've also been doing a lot of reading--what I do to relax. I curl up in bed with my book and the cat (if she chooses). Since Wednesday, I've read the last half of "Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul" (I love that series--very upbeat, short stories that I can pick up any time), parts or whole of about three magazines, and anything else I can find that is enjoyable.
I also did our income tax and my mother in law's.
Today is the day I staple everything together, have hubby look at it and sign it. Then tomorrow it's in the mail--one day early!
I had to file two state returns this year--Illinois and Indiana--since my old job at the teacher store was in Indiana, and I live in Illinois. What a pain!!!
I'm glad I work in Illinois again. Also, today I have to do a telephone open enrollment procedure for health insurance with hubby's company. On June 1, we will finally have insurance again!! I have in my possession a teaching contract for 2004-2005 to sign when I am home, so then I'll be officially set for a year in my job.
I haven't graded any papers yet. Most likely I will do a few today--if I leave it till the weekend, I'll ruin the last few days of the vacation. If I break the task down into smaller pieces, it will work better. I also want to work in my yard--most flowers are up, and there's junk in the yard that needs to be picked up.
Tomorrow I am taking my girls out shopping for clothing. That will be a fun day except for the part where they fight about who I should buy for first!!
My nine-year-old doesn't need too much--though I struggle when I buy for her because she's very tall and VERY skinny--has her father's genes. Her height is size 10-12, but her measurements are size 7-8! My thirteen-year-old is another story. As my husband commented the other day, she's "a child trapped in a woman's body."
She needs all new jeans and bottoms of every type, even pajamas--she has a very tiny waist and wide hips--genetic also--when she was 2 1/2, I had to toilet train her in a week because her bottom would no longer fit into the largest diapers made at that time!! Needless to say, that lovely bottom has all of her clothes skin tight, which doesn't work for me. She's on the shorter side--just about 5 feet tall--so we may look into some of the petite sizes--hemming up pants is not my idea of a good time!!
Anyway, I am rambling. That is how I am spending my Easter vacation. I'll keep everyone up to date on my struggles with this food plan of mine. I want to do what works for me and lose weight too. See everyone later.
and his face has blue stripes, because he decided it was cool and he can be a Blue Power Rangers!
Last monday I weighed in at 172 and this morning I was 170! Yipeeeeeeee I am one pound away from breaking out of the 170's ...I can't wait. 
Although on my old scale I was down to 169 before jumping back up to 176 on my new digital scale. Anyway, its all good now and I will stick with the program and this new digital scale.
on the wings of an angel. God be with her.
