I got a call from Kohl's yesterday. They wanted phone numbers for my past employments. I explained to the girl that I had not worked at these places for close to 20 years and I was not sure if they would even remember me working there. I looked up the numbers and called her back. One place was no longer in business and one of the supervisors was in a completely different department, but I did have a phone number. I asked her if I could give her a couple personal reference numbers just in case she was unable to get anything from the employers. She took one name which was my neighbor. My neighbor called a little later and said that they had called her and she told them that I was a wonder neighbor and that I took care of her cat when they go out of town and they feel I'm trustworthy of having a key to their house. The girl thanked her for calling them back and that she got the same impression from me when I talked to her and that she would also put in a good recommendation for me. Now on to more waiting. (UPDATE) They just called and I got the job. I go to orientation tomorrow evening and they I do training and then I work. I'm schedule to work in the shoe department, but from what I understand they do cross training so I could be working in any area of the store.
Halloween was OK. I bought 1 bag of candy with sweet tarts, laffy taffy, and nerds. There were 200 pieces of candy in the bag. I gave 2 pieces to each begger and I still have at least a half bag left. Each year our numbers go down. Less and less people give out candy on my street which hurts the attendance. The other streets near me go all out for Halloween. They decorate and every house has their porch light lit. The kids would rather go where they don't have to walk by a lot of houses to get to more candy. The weather was not bad. It had sprinkled earlier in the day, but did not rain during the begger hours and it was not too cold. I got a bit chilled sitting there waiting for more kids. I made some hot cocoa when I came in to help me warm up.
Yesterday was the last day of the eat more protein challenge. I weigh in tonight at my Weight loss challenge meeting. I have to make another batch of dump soup. I really think that helped me with my WW weight loss this week. Filling and no points.
Boy, it must be cold out. I just looked out the window and the roofs have a lot of frost on them It looks like snow. I'm going to do Zumba on wii this morning and walk to my meeting tonight so that's my exercise for the day. How is everyone else doing with their exercise program?
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Weigh-in Day
At today's weigh-in I lost 1 pound. That makes me right on track. 8 more pounds and 8 more weeks to get there for my 1 year anniversary of rejoining. A total of 33.4 pounds so far. That puts me at 153.2 pounds.
The other weight loss challenge I'm in has helped me this week. It really seems like I've been eating a lot more foods, but it must be the right kind of foods. The protein has helped me stay fuller longer and the no junk food is a plus. I really don't eat much junk food anyway, but I have found myself reaching for things that I shouldn't and had to double think it. I've gotten all the points and bonus points for the challenge all week. I hope to have a loss when I weigh in there tomorrow.
I didn't eat any cake at my grandson's graduation party. I did bring 2 small pieces home and I will enjoy them tomorrow night after my weight loss challenge weigh-in. Next week the challenge will only be weight loss so no extra thing to work on.
Tonight is our trick or treat. I bought 1 large bag of assorted candy to hand out. I made sure it was something I didn't like so I wouldn't be tempted. I can't believe it's been at least a year since I've had candy. I'm amazed at my will power. I really don't even crave it. There was one lonely small peanut butter cup in my pantry and I've even had it in my hand and moved it several times and I haven't been tempted to open it and eat it. I am a little glad that my grandson finally ate it today.
I got a call from Kohl's asking for phone numbers for my background check. I explained to the girl that it's been more that 18 years since I worked at these places. I know that the principal at the last school I worked at is no longer there and the supervisor at the board of education has a new job higher up than the supervisor position and I'm not sure after 20 years she will remember me. I did give her a personal reference just in case she wanted it so she could talk to someone that actually knows me now. We will see what happens. I would hope to hear something soon since there's a week training and we have to work the day after Thanksgiving. That doesn't give a lot of time to get training and a little experience under our belts before the mad holiday rush.
How is everyone else doing today?
The other weight loss challenge I'm in has helped me this week. It really seems like I've been eating a lot more foods, but it must be the right kind of foods. The protein has helped me stay fuller longer and the no junk food is a plus. I really don't eat much junk food anyway, but I have found myself reaching for things that I shouldn't and had to double think it. I've gotten all the points and bonus points for the challenge all week. I hope to have a loss when I weigh in there tomorrow.
I didn't eat any cake at my grandson's graduation party. I did bring 2 small pieces home and I will enjoy them tomorrow night after my weight loss challenge weigh-in. Next week the challenge will only be weight loss so no extra thing to work on.
Tonight is our trick or treat. I bought 1 large bag of assorted candy to hand out. I made sure it was something I didn't like so I wouldn't be tempted. I can't believe it's been at least a year since I've had candy. I'm amazed at my will power. I really don't even crave it. There was one lonely small peanut butter cup in my pantry and I've even had it in my hand and moved it several times and I haven't been tempted to open it and eat it. I am a little glad that my grandson finally ate it today.
I got a call from Kohl's asking for phone numbers for my background check. I explained to the girl that it's been more that 18 years since I worked at these places. I know that the principal at the last school I worked at is no longer there and the supervisor at the board of education has a new job higher up than the supervisor position and I'm not sure after 20 years she will remember me. I did give her a personal reference just in case she wanted it so she could talk to someone that actually knows me now. We will see what happens. I would hope to hear something soon since there's a week training and we have to work the day after Thanksgiving. That doesn't give a lot of time to get training and a little experience under our belts before the mad holiday rush.
How is everyone else doing today?
Friday, October 28, 2011
It Can't Already Be Friday Again.
Oh my. The time is just flying by. Next week it will be November already. I am not ready for the year to be over. It just seems like it was the holidays and here we are again and they upon it again. November is a very busy month. I have 3 birthdays that I have to furnish the cakes for. My daughter's birthday is the 8th and her husband's birthday is the 13th. My grandson's birthday is the 10th. Then I have Thanksgiving dinner at my house with all the fixings and all the leftovers. All this and then my other grandson is having his graduation party tomorrow. You know there will be food there. I'm getting the cake. You might wonder why a graduation party in November? He had to take his math class in summer school. Things have been busy over the summer, so he's having it tomorrow.
Yesterday's eating went OK. I ate more than the day before, but I stayed within my points and calories. I did a little walking, but not as much as I needed. It's all foggy out today and there's frost on the roofs, but I might go for a a walk outside anyway. I feel like getting some fresh air. I'll just bundle up before I go. Here's my Spark People chart of what I ate yesterday.
Yesterday's eating went OK. I ate more than the day before, but I stayed within my points and calories. I did a little walking, but not as much as I needed. It's all foggy out today and there's frost on the roofs, but I might go for a a walk outside anyway. I feel like getting some fresh air. I'll just bundle up before I go. Here's my Spark People chart of what I ate yesterday.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 | ||||||||||
Breakfast | ||||||||||
 | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banana, fresh, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) | 109 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Juice, Naked Juice Red Machine, 4 oz | 80 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Egg, fresh, 1 large | 70 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 0 | ||||
| Egg white, 1 serving | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| Weight Watchers Strawberry Yogurt, 1 serving | 100 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 110 | 3 | ||||
| Best Choice Mixed Berries, 1 cup | 70 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Swiss Cheese, 30 grams | 113 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 78 | 0 | ||||
| Hillshire Farm Deli Select Smoked Ham, 1 oz | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 170 | 0 | ||||
 | 588 | 17 | 79 | 34 | 492 | 13 | ||||
Lunch | ||||||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary | ||||
| 5 Can Dump Soup, 1 serving | 120 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 532 | 9 | ||||
| 120 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 532 | 9 | ||||
Dinner | ||||||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary | ||||
| Hard Boiled Egg, 1 large | 70 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 0 | ||||
| Chick Peas, 0.3 cup | 81 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Carrots, raw, 0.5 small (5-1/2" long) | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Bib Lettuce, 1 cup, shredded or chopped | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Kikkoman Lite Soy Sauce, 0.3 tbsp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 | ||||
| Good Seasons Asian Sesame with Ginger Dressing, 1 tbsp | 55 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 150 | 0 | ||||
| Apple Cider, fresh, 8 oz | 120 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||||
| Chicken Breast, no skin, 3 ounces | 94 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| Broccoli, cooked, 0.5 cup, chopped | 27 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 3 | ||||
| brown rice (1 cup cooked), 0.5 serving | 109 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cheddar Cheese, 0.3 cup, shredded | 137 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 211 | 0 | ||||
| 713 | 25 | 80 | 44 | 767 | 9 | ||||
Snack | ||||||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary | ||||
| Apples, fresh, 1 medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb) | 81 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 81 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
 | 1,503 | 43 | 204 | 85 | 1,791 | 34 | ||||
 | 1367 - 1605 | 35 - 61 | 176 - 254 | 56 - 136 | 500 - 2300 | 35 - 40 | ||||
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Could it be?
I was afraid to step on the scale this morning. I still feel full from yesterday, but know I have to eat breakfast. I want that point. When I got on the scale it said I was down 1.5 pounds today. Could it be that I haven't been eating enough or enough protein? I still was down in calories according to Spark People. With WW I really never know how many calories I'm eating, I've been trying the Simply Filling Technique this week. I decided to eat a string cheese last night to get my last 8 proteins in. The yogurt and breakfast bread just seemed too much to eat in the evening. I think I'll start off with eggs with my smoothie this morning. I can't have so much protein left at the end of the day. Here's what I ate yesterday.
Today I have to exercise. Maybe I'll do a Leslie Sansone DVD this morning and Zumba this evening. Depending on how full I am tonight. I just can't exercise when I'm too full.
Breakfast | ||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Choice Mixed Berries, 1 cup | 70 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Weight Watchers Strawberry Yogurt, 1 serving | 100 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 110 | 3 |
| Banana, fresh, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) | 109 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Juice, Naked Juice Red Machine, 4 oz | 80 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| bestlife buttery spread, 0.5 tbsp | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Sara Lee Blueberry Crumble Breakfast Bread, 1 serving | 90 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 95 | 3 |
| 479 | 7 | 96 | 12 | 264 | 16 |
Lunch | ||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary |
| 5 Can Dump Soup, 1 serving | 120 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 532 | 9 |
| 120 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 532 | 9 |
Dinner | ||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary |
| cottage cheese small curd 1% milkfat, 0.25 cup | 40 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 205 | 0 |
| Green Giant Sugar Snap Peas, no sauce, 0.5 cup | 40 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 95 | 2 |
| Chicken Breast, no skin, 3 ounces | 94 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 55 | 0 |
| Carrots, cooked, 0.5 cup slices | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 2 |
| Butternut Squash, 0.5 cup, cubes | 41 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 242 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 405 | 7 |
Snack | ||||||
| | Calories | Fat | Carbohydrates | Protein | Sodium, Na | Fiber, total dietary |
| Frigo Light String Cheese, 1 oz | 60 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 230 | 0 |
| 60 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 230 | 0 |
| 901 | 12 | 149 | 56 | 1,431 | 32 |
Today I have to exercise. Maybe I'll do a Leslie Sansone DVD this morning and Zumba this evening. Depending on how full I am tonight. I just can't exercise when I'm too full.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Today's Job Iterview
OK, so I get there early so I can fill out the application, since I filled mine out online and they wanted a hard copy for their files. I decided to wear black dress pants and a black turtleneck sweater with argyle print going down the front. I curled my hair and I think I looked pretty good. I even put makeup on. ;-) Anyway while I was filling out the papers a young girl walks up to the desk and said she was there for the interview. She was wearing tight jeans, a fleece jacket zipped up and flip flops. Is it me or is this NOT proper interview attire. Another girl had a low cut sleeveless top on and tight pants. A man that might have been around my age had on jeans and a very casual polo shirt and leather type jacket. There was an elder lady that was dressed in a nice outfit. The 2 of us were by far the best dressed ones there. The interview had 7 of us and 2 interviewers. One was a girl from HR and one was the manager. I think it went pretty well. They asked several questions and we all had to answer the same questions. I was the 6th one to answer. I thought I had a couple answers that were better than the others. We will see what happens. They said they would let us know in a week or 2. This will be a seasonal position (which wasn't in the ad I answered), but they may decide to keep some of us after the holidays in a part time position.
I went to my weight loss challenge last night. I lost .2. A loss is a loss so I'm not complaining. This week we have a food challenge. I have to eat 56 grams of protein each day for 1 point. Eating breakfast is worth 1 point, eating 3 times a day 1 point, eating 5 serving of fruits and veggies 1 point, not eating any junk food is 1 point, staying on our personal plan is 1 point, journaling is 1 point, and eating 14 grams of fiber for every 1000 calories consumed is 1 point. If we meet all the guidelines we get 2 bonus points for that day. This is going to be a hard one for me. I've had all of my meals including breakfast so I got those points I've journaled so another point I've gotten in the fruits and veggies another point. NO junk food, another point I've stayed on plan, so another point. I still have to get in 8 more grams of protein. I'm thinking about eating a yogurt and slice of breakfast bread for my evening snack. That will put me 1 protein over and I have plenty of fiber already thanks to my Dump Soup. I sure hope I don't gain weight eating this way. It's only for 1 week, so I can go back to my normal eating next week if I show a gain. I know now that I'm going to have to budget the protein through out the day to get it all in. I think egg whites for breakfast will help. That's what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't want to have to eat so much in the evening. Tomorrow will be an exercise day for sure.
I went to my weight loss challenge last night. I lost .2. A loss is a loss so I'm not complaining. This week we have a food challenge. I have to eat 56 grams of protein each day for 1 point. Eating breakfast is worth 1 point, eating 3 times a day 1 point, eating 5 serving of fruits and veggies 1 point, not eating any junk food is 1 point, staying on our personal plan is 1 point, journaling is 1 point, and eating 14 grams of fiber for every 1000 calories consumed is 1 point. If we meet all the guidelines we get 2 bonus points for that day. This is going to be a hard one for me. I've had all of my meals including breakfast so I got those points I've journaled so another point I've gotten in the fruits and veggies another point. NO junk food, another point I've stayed on plan, so another point. I still have to get in 8 more grams of protein. I'm thinking about eating a yogurt and slice of breakfast bread for my evening snack. That will put me 1 protein over and I have plenty of fiber already thanks to my Dump Soup. I sure hope I don't gain weight eating this way. It's only for 1 week, so I can go back to my normal eating next week if I show a gain. I know now that I'm going to have to budget the protein through out the day to get it all in. I think egg whites for breakfast will help. That's what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't want to have to eat so much in the evening. Tomorrow will be an exercise day for sure.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
EKK!!! Job interview tomorrow.
The last time I had a job interview was 20 years ago. The last time I worked for someone other than myself was 19 years ago. I applied online for a job at Kohl's in their shoe department over the weekend and I got a call this morning asking if I was still interested I the job. The interview will be a group interview at 10:00 tomorrow morning. What do I wear? What should I expect from a group interview? I've only had a couple one on one interviews in my life. I started working after my girls were out of school. Can you tell I'm nervous.
I'm not letting my nervousness get me into eating things I shouldn't. I'm doing pretty good sticking to plan. I'll walk to my Weight-loss challenge meeting tonight, so that will be my exercise.
Wish me luck with my interview and I'll let everyone know how it went tomorrow.
I'm not letting my nervousness get me into eating things I shouldn't. I'm doing pretty good sticking to plan. I'll walk to my Weight-loss challenge meeting tonight, so that will be my exercise.
Wish me luck with my interview and I'll let everyone know how it went tomorrow.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Weekly weigh-in
I had a .4 loss this week. Of course, I had a 1 pound gain last week so I'm still behind. That's OK, at least it was a loss. I have 9 more weeks until it's my 1 year anniversary of rejoining Weight Watchers. I have 9.2 pounds to lose to get to my goal again. That means I have to lose at least a pound each week from now until December 20th to make my personal goal. I can do this. No, I WILL do this. I lost last year over the holidays and I can do it again this year. It will take a lot of planning and a lot of work, but I WILL do it. I am back to tracking as of today. I got in my 4 fast miles with Leslie Sansone this morning. I am going to fill up my water bottle and get all my water in today. I have no idea but we are having for dinner, so I have to look in the freezer and find something. I really wanted to do the meatless Monday thing, but it just isn't working out. My hubby just has to have his meat. I have to make this weeks meal plan menu, so I know what I'm having the rest of the week, so I don't fall into a bad choice. The next 9 weeks are going to be GOOD weeks and I hope they show it on the scale.
I took my measurements yesterday since my old clothes were fitting again. Here's the results from when I took my measurements in January until now:
Arms -.5
Hips -4.5
Bust -4
Waist -6
Thighs -3.5
That's a total on 18.5 inches overall. That's amazing. I still see that fat girl in the mirror, but I am shrinking even if I don't see it myself. Others have notices and that's all that counts. Someday I will see the change.
I've got a pot of dump soup on the stove, so I will be set for lunches this week. I'm going back to basics.
I took my measurements yesterday since my old clothes were fitting again. Here's the results from when I took my measurements in January until now:
Arms -.5
Hips -4.5
Bust -4
Waist -6
Thighs -3.5
That's a total on 18.5 inches overall. That's amazing. I still see that fat girl in the mirror, but I am shrinking even if I don't see it myself. Others have notices and that's all that counts. Someday I will see the change.
I've got a pot of dump soup on the stove, so I will be set for lunches this week. I'm going back to basics.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
NSV
I had a nice NSV (Non-scale victory) yesterday. I was switching out my summer and winter clothes and I got out the tub that had my "skinny" clothes in it. I thought I would take a chance and try some things on. It turns out that some of the pants are too big. When I started this journey I couldn't wear my size 14 jeans. They lacked closing by at least 4 inches. I am now wearing them and they are loose in the butt and legs. I can button them with no problem with room to spare. I tried on my size 12 jeans yesterday. THEY FIT! They were a little tight, but I could button them and zip them without laying on the bed to do so. I thought , "What the heck, try on the size 10." I got them on and they were 2 inches or less from zipping and buttoning. If I had laid on the bed I could have probably gotten them zipped. My muffin top would be enormous, but they would have been zipped. I was thinking I would need to go buy new clothes if I got a job, but I think I'll be OK as far as pants go. I have some nice dressy pants that will work out fine and they all fit.
Tomorrow morning is my weigh-in. I'm hoping for a loss. Right now I'm not showing one, but after my smooth move tea and my Leslie Sansone DVD I might make it. I will have a salad for dinner tonight. I haven't been tracking my meals. Monday I'm back to tracking what I eat. It really does help. I'm just lazy!
The sun's been shining yesterday and today, but it's cold outside. I have to get the plants out of the ground that I want to try and winter over. I want to do that today.
How is everyone else doing this weekend?
Tomorrow morning is my weigh-in. I'm hoping for a loss. Right now I'm not showing one, but after my smooth move tea and my Leslie Sansone DVD I might make it. I will have a salad for dinner tonight. I haven't been tracking my meals. Monday I'm back to tracking what I eat. It really does help. I'm just lazy!
The sun's been shining yesterday and today, but it's cold outside. I have to get the plants out of the ground that I want to try and winter over. I want to do that today.
How is everyone else doing this weekend?
Friday, October 21, 2011
Is it Friday already?
This week has gone by so fast. I can't believe October is almost over. The older I get the faster the time seems to fly by. It will be the end of December before I know it and I want to be back to goal by that time. I know I can do it, but if I don't step things up it's not going to happen. The holidays are tucked in this time frame too. Last year I lost weight during the holidays and it was before I started back to WW. I was losing on my own. This year I have WW and all my internet friends to help me get there.
I made my butternut squash yesterday for dinner. I just sliced it and put olive oil and Splenda brown sugar on it and baked it. Some of it got over done and very hard from the sugar. It was like hard candy. It really didn't taste much different than when I make sweet potatoes the same way. I still have the neck and the whole bulb end to cook so I'm going to try them other ways and see if I like it cooked different ways.
I applied for a job at our local grocery store the other day. It's for a demo person to serve samples to customers while they shop. This sounds like a fun job. They also have the position open at another grocery store near me so, I'm thinking about applying there too. I have not worked outside the home except in my own children's clothing store for 18 years. I worked in the school system as an early identification aide and library aide in elementary schools for several years before that and had a job in a seasonal Christmas store for 3 years. I had my online costumes that have kept me busy until sales fell off a couple years ago. At one time I would be working day and night getting orders filled in time for Halloween. Now you can get some really cute costumes in the retail stores for much cheaper than I sell them for. This year I've made 1 costume and 3 cheerleader skirt and that's it. I could use a little extra money to help pay my credit cards off. My hubby is planning on retiring in a couple years and I don't want to have any balances on my cards when that happens. We can survive on his SS if we don't have extra money going out to those kind of bills. I don't want to work at a job I hate and these types of jobs sound like they could be fun.
I got on the scale this morning and I weighed 154.5. This is good!! Of course here we are, back to the weekend. I'm going to try my hardest to stay on track all weekend and maybe lose more for my WW on Monday and MAYBE show a loss for this week. The weather had been very WET and I haven't been out walking since Tuesday and then I didn't walk as far as usual because it was cold and had just rained. Most of the leaves are off the trees and now need to be raked. I would much rather wait until they have dried out some, so they aren't so heavy to rake.
I finally broke down and turned on the heat last night. Temps are in the 30's overnight and that is kinda cold, so I caved in and told my hubby I give up and we put the storm windows down and flipped the furnace switch to heat. The thermostat is set low, but it's on. I keep the temp down all winter. I hear a lot of complaining, but I just tell hubby to put on more layers. The poor dog actually sits in front of of the fake fire stove heater when I turn it on. He's such a drama king. ;-) My grandson was fighting the dog for the prime heater spot last night.
I think I'll go to Goodwill today to see if I can find any good deals. I love to look at their video/DVDs and see if they have any exercise tapes and I look at their diet cookbooks. They had a WW cookbook on Monday when I stopped in to look. I didn't have any cash with me and I didn't want to have them run such a small amount on my debit card, so I'll see if they still have it. I have a few bucks in my wallet today, so I can pay cash for it if I don't find anything else to buy. So I'm off to have breakfast and then shower, so I can get going.
I made my butternut squash yesterday for dinner. I just sliced it and put olive oil and Splenda brown sugar on it and baked it. Some of it got over done and very hard from the sugar. It was like hard candy. It really didn't taste much different than when I make sweet potatoes the same way. I still have the neck and the whole bulb end to cook so I'm going to try them other ways and see if I like it cooked different ways.
I applied for a job at our local grocery store the other day. It's for a demo person to serve samples to customers while they shop. This sounds like a fun job. They also have the position open at another grocery store near me so, I'm thinking about applying there too. I have not worked outside the home except in my own children's clothing store for 18 years. I worked in the school system as an early identification aide and library aide in elementary schools for several years before that and had a job in a seasonal Christmas store for 3 years. I had my online costumes that have kept me busy until sales fell off a couple years ago. At one time I would be working day and night getting orders filled in time for Halloween. Now you can get some really cute costumes in the retail stores for much cheaper than I sell them for. This year I've made 1 costume and 3 cheerleader skirt and that's it. I could use a little extra money to help pay my credit cards off. My hubby is planning on retiring in a couple years and I don't want to have any balances on my cards when that happens. We can survive on his SS if we don't have extra money going out to those kind of bills. I don't want to work at a job I hate and these types of jobs sound like they could be fun.
I got on the scale this morning and I weighed 154.5. This is good!! Of course here we are, back to the weekend. I'm going to try my hardest to stay on track all weekend and maybe lose more for my WW on Monday and MAYBE show a loss for this week. The weather had been very WET and I haven't been out walking since Tuesday and then I didn't walk as far as usual because it was cold and had just rained. Most of the leaves are off the trees and now need to be raked. I would much rather wait until they have dried out some, so they aren't so heavy to rake.
I finally broke down and turned on the heat last night. Temps are in the 30's overnight and that is kinda cold, so I caved in and told my hubby I give up and we put the storm windows down and flipped the furnace switch to heat. The thermostat is set low, but it's on. I keep the temp down all winter. I hear a lot of complaining, but I just tell hubby to put on more layers. The poor dog actually sits in front of of the fake fire stove heater when I turn it on. He's such a drama king. ;-) My grandson was fighting the dog for the prime heater spot last night.
I think I'll go to Goodwill today to see if I can find any good deals. I love to look at their video/DVDs and see if they have any exercise tapes and I look at their diet cookbooks. They had a WW cookbook on Monday when I stopped in to look. I didn't have any cash with me and I didn't want to have them run such a small amount on my debit card, so I'll see if they still have it. I have a few bucks in my wallet today, so I can pay cash for it if I don't find anything else to buy. So I'm off to have breakfast and then shower, so I can get going.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Butternut Squash??
I had to go to Joann Fabrics this morning to get some satin for a cape for my nephew's costume and I drove right past an Aldi's, so I decided to stop in and see what they had in the veggie section. They had Butternut squash for $.99. They also had some acorn squash for the same price. I decided to get the butternut squash. I've seen a lot of recipes for it and thought I would give it a try. Now that I have it here I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. I thought maybe some oven fries would be good. Hungry Girl made some on her show and they looked easy to make. Has anyone made anything that really turned out good using the squash? How about acorn squash. I could try that next time if it's cheap enough. Also I really don't know if $.99 is a good price or not since I've never bought it before.
I went to my weight loss challenge last night. I was also up a pound at that weigh in. They did measurements again and I have lost inches since starting 5 weeks ago. I know that my clothes are getting looser. I'm going to have to go on a shopping spree if this keeps up.
Rosie how are you doing? I haven't seen an update since I read you thought you might have broken your arm. Have I missed the update or can't you type because you have your arm in a cast? I'm thinking about you!!
I went to my weight loss challenge last night. I was also up a pound at that weigh in. They did measurements again and I have lost inches since starting 5 weeks ago. I know that my clothes are getting looser. I'm going to have to go on a shopping spree if this keeps up.
Rosie how are you doing? I haven't seen an update since I read you thought you might have broken your arm. Have I missed the update or can't you type because you have your arm in a cast? I'm thinking about you!!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Weigh-in after vacation not so bad!
I was up 1 pound. Totally better than I expected. I can live with a pound gain. It would have been nice to have a no gain or a loss, but 1 pound should be easy to get off. This week I'm going to get back into eating better and drinking my water. I have to walk everyday again. I did my new Leslie Sansone 5 mile walk today. WOW it was 75 minutes of walking. I was sweating for sure!!!
When I was at my WW meeting today the girl that checked me was saying that WW was going to change things again. She said she wasn't sure yet what they were going to do, but they would know in a few weeks. They have the cookbooks on sale 1/2 off to try and get rid of them. I really like the points plus and I think it's stupid if they are going to change it to something else so soon. They just got all the new packaging in the stores and now they are going to change it? I know a lot of people were complaining that they weren't happy with the new plan and were going back to the old one because they were losing weight better with it. Isn't that like everything that changes. You always have people not liking the change. I will do whatever plan they have, because WW works if you work the plan.
When I was at my WW meeting today the girl that checked me was saying that WW was going to change things again. She said she wasn't sure yet what they were going to do, but they would know in a few weeks. They have the cookbooks on sale 1/2 off to try and get rid of them. I really like the points plus and I think it's stupid if they are going to change it to something else so soon. They just got all the new packaging in the stores and now they are going to change it? I know a lot of people were complaining that they weren't happy with the new plan and were going back to the old one because they were losing weight better with it. Isn't that like everything that changes. You always have people not liking the change. I will do whatever plan they have, because WW works if you work the plan.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Down 2- 2 to go
When I weighed-in this morning I was down 2 pounds. I need to lose 2 more pounds by tomorrow so I can at least have a maintain for my official WW weigh-in. My hubby did get me a 5 mile Leslie Sansone DVD, so I will do it in the morning and hopefully sweat off some weight.
I will be glad when my hubby goes back to work. He live for meal to meal. He starts talking about the next meal while we are eating a meal. I really didn't find myself hungry at all while we were gone, but since he wanted to eat, I ate too. Once he's not around I will be able to get back into eating less and maybe I will actually get hungry before I eat my meals. If I don't show a loss this week I should next week. I'm not going to stress if the scale is not my friend this week. I have to get back into drinking my water and exercising too.
I will be glad when my hubby goes back to work. He live for meal to meal. He starts talking about the next meal while we are eating a meal. I really didn't find myself hungry at all while we were gone, but since he wanted to eat, I ate too. Once he's not around I will be able to get back into eating less and maybe I will actually get hungry before I eat my meals. If I don't show a loss this week I should next week. I'm not going to stress if the scale is not my friend this week. I have to get back into drinking my water and exercising too.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Tupperware Quick Chef Pro System Giveaway 10/19
Tupperware giveaway
I ran across this giveaway while catching up on my blog reading. I'm thinking it would be a good gadget to have in the kitchen to help prepare my healthy foods.
I ran across this giveaway while catching up on my blog reading. I'm thinking it would be a good gadget to have in the kitchen to help prepare my healthy foods.
Home from vacation with some unwanted visitors
I got on the scale when I got home and 4 pounds followed me home. YIKES!! I'm going to have to work hard to get them to go back to they they were and not on me! I didn't eat too bad, but I'm sure I could have done better. I did not get ANY exercise in. It rained one whole day so we just stayed in and worked a jigsaw puzzle. We did walk to a falls stop, but I have trouble breathing in high attitudes. I just couldn't catch my breath, so we didn't do any more talking. I was really hoping to get some walking in.
We did have a nice time at the cabin. It was just so peaceful and charming. I really hated to come back home. We drove around one day and went to NC to check out the Indian reservation. It was so commercialized. We drove through the casino parking lot and I said we shouldn't waste our money. I love Vegas, but this was only 1 casino and I didn't feel like going in and only staying a few minutes while we lost $20 or $40 at the machines. We enjoyed the hot tub at the cabin. Even though it was chilly outside we were nice and warm in the 100 degree water bubbling around us.
Now I'm back in the real world and I an going to have to get back to my real life. It is rainy and VERY windy here in Ohio today, so I'm not going out walking. I'm getting the vacation wash done and some fall cleaning that should get in some exercise. I am going to eat on target today and tomorrow and I hope to see at least a maintain on the scale. Plus since I always have a problem with going to bathroom while on vacation I'm hoping to get that back on track too. That could be a big reason for the gain.
Oh, I forgot to tell you. When I weighed in last Monday I had a 1.6 loss. That put me at 153.6 with a 33 pounds total loss. Only 2 more pounds to getting another 5 pound star. That puts me 8.6 from my lifetime goal again. While I was at my meeting I had my smoothie and a snack bar and then I stopped by to weigh I for my weight loss challenge and I was 154.6. I weighed in a day early since I was leaving for my vacation and wouldn't be here for the meeting.
OK, back to working on the things that need to be done here around the house. My hubby has left for the day, but he's getting me a Leslie Sansone 5 mile walk DVD for Sweetest Day, so I can do that tomorrow if it's not nice enough to get outside and walk. I made him some brownies. I'm not planning on eating any of those. Well, maybe just a small one. ;-)
We did have a nice time at the cabin. It was just so peaceful and charming. I really hated to come back home. We drove around one day and went to NC to check out the Indian reservation. It was so commercialized. We drove through the casino parking lot and I said we shouldn't waste our money. I love Vegas, but this was only 1 casino and I didn't feel like going in and only staying a few minutes while we lost $20 or $40 at the machines. We enjoyed the hot tub at the cabin. Even though it was chilly outside we were nice and warm in the 100 degree water bubbling around us.
Now I'm back in the real world and I an going to have to get back to my real life. It is rainy and VERY windy here in Ohio today, so I'm not going out walking. I'm getting the vacation wash done and some fall cleaning that should get in some exercise. I am going to eat on target today and tomorrow and I hope to see at least a maintain on the scale. Plus since I always have a problem with going to bathroom while on vacation I'm hoping to get that back on track too. That could be a big reason for the gain.
Oh, I forgot to tell you. When I weighed in last Monday I had a 1.6 loss. That put me at 153.6 with a 33 pounds total loss. Only 2 more pounds to getting another 5 pound star. That puts me 8.6 from my lifetime goal again. While I was at my meeting I had my smoothie and a snack bar and then I stopped by to weigh I for my weight loss challenge and I was 154.6. I weighed in a day early since I was leaving for my vacation and wouldn't be here for the meeting.
OK, back to working on the things that need to be done here around the house. My hubby has left for the day, but he's getting me a Leslie Sansone 5 mile walk DVD for Sweetest Day, so I can do that tomorrow if it's not nice enough to get outside and walk. I made him some brownies. I'm not planning on eating any of those. Well, maybe just a small one. ;-)
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Leaving for the cabin on Monday.
It's been a while since I've updated the blog. Last week's weigh-in was a maintain. Better than the gain I thought I would have. I was up 1/2 pound at my challenge weigh-in. I did very well on the exercise challenge. I got all my points. Only 3 of us managed to get all the points. The leader of the challenge pulls a winner and runner up and out of the 3 names she pulled I was not the winner.
Eating's been good. I haven't been tracking, but I'm eating small portions and no junk except the chips I had the last 2 nights. I'm getting in most of my water and I've walked every morning for a mile. The weather's been beautiful so I've been outside cutting down the dying plants and getting ready for winter. Before long I will be raking leaves onto the flower beds. There's plenty of exercise to be had working in the yard. As a matter of fact I should be out there now soaking up the rays and getting some much needed vitamin D. ;-) Plus I want to get the house clean and in order before I leave tomorrow. My 18 year old grandson will be staying here so who knows what I will come home to. As long as he feeds the animals I will be happy.
We are leaving on Monday after my weigh-in to go to TN. We are planning on staying somewhere half way there and getting to the cabin on Tuesday. We will be coming home on Friday. I'm hoping to get a lot of walking in and to making wise choices when eating. Wish me luck on both of those. They are predicting rain while we are there. As long as it's not an all day rain I can live with it.
OK I'm off to put another load in the washer and go outside for a bit. I hope everyone has a great week and loses a lot of weight.
Eating's been good. I haven't been tracking, but I'm eating small portions and no junk except the chips I had the last 2 nights. I'm getting in most of my water and I've walked every morning for a mile. The weather's been beautiful so I've been outside cutting down the dying plants and getting ready for winter. Before long I will be raking leaves onto the flower beds. There's plenty of exercise to be had working in the yard. As a matter of fact I should be out there now soaking up the rays and getting some much needed vitamin D. ;-) Plus I want to get the house clean and in order before I leave tomorrow. My 18 year old grandson will be staying here so who knows what I will come home to. As long as he feeds the animals I will be happy.
We are leaving on Monday after my weigh-in to go to TN. We are planning on staying somewhere half way there and getting to the cabin on Tuesday. We will be coming home on Friday. I'm hoping to get a lot of walking in and to making wise choices when eating. Wish me luck on both of those. They are predicting rain while we are there. As long as it's not an all day rain I can live with it.
OK I'm off to put another load in the washer and go outside for a bit. I hope everyone has a great week and loses a lot of weight.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Week's going great
Things here are going great. The menu has been working out great. So far we've enjoyed all the new recipes. The points haven't been that bad either. It's nice to know each day what I'm going to make and not have to worry about not having what I need to make a recipe. I've divided the recipes in half so we don't have leftovers. I still had enough of the chili to have 2 lunches out of it. I would have liked it without the chicken, but you know my hubby would never go of 2 meatless meals in the same week. ;-)
This morning I put a handful of spinach in my smoothie. I keep reading that you would never know it was there and after doing it, I agree, except it was a little zombie looking in color. The green and pink turned a ghoulish shade of green. It was tasty though. I used a frozen banana, frozen strawberries, fresh raspberries, WW cherry cheesecake yogurt and the spinach.
On Tuesday I had my Weight loss challenge meeting I was down another pound, making it a 2.5. I'm happy with that. This weeks challenge is exercise. We get 5 points for 30 minutes of any exercise, 1 point for each additional 30 minutes up to an hour, 1 point for cardio, and 2 points for each strength training (3 times a week) for a max total of 54 points for the week. Yesterday I got up early and as soon as it was light enough to go walking the dog and I went for a 30 minute walk. In the evening I got out the DVDs and picked Leslie Sansone's strength and toning walk for 40 minutes and I tried out the Zumba for Wii for 20 minutes. That made my total of max 9 points for the day.
The scale said 154.5 Tuesday morning, but has been stuck at 155 all the rest of the week. That's OK, I can live with that for now. I'm hoping for a loss on Monday though with the good eating and exercising. My daughter said when she saw me walking away from her on Tuesday night that my butt looked skinny! HA HA HA!! I am far from SKINNY! I'm working on it though. We will see if I ever get to where I think I look skinny. My hubby can see the change too. He said that he can really see a change recently. I can tell that my boobs are getting smaller. I can see that in the mirror.
How's everyone else doing this week?
This morning I put a handful of spinach in my smoothie. I keep reading that you would never know it was there and after doing it, I agree, except it was a little zombie looking in color. The green and pink turned a ghoulish shade of green. It was tasty though. I used a frozen banana, frozen strawberries, fresh raspberries, WW cherry cheesecake yogurt and the spinach.
On Tuesday I had my Weight loss challenge meeting I was down another pound, making it a 2.5. I'm happy with that. This weeks challenge is exercise. We get 5 points for 30 minutes of any exercise, 1 point for each additional 30 minutes up to an hour, 1 point for cardio, and 2 points for each strength training (3 times a week) for a max total of 54 points for the week. Yesterday I got up early and as soon as it was light enough to go walking the dog and I went for a 30 minute walk. In the evening I got out the DVDs and picked Leslie Sansone's strength and toning walk for 40 minutes and I tried out the Zumba for Wii for 20 minutes. That made my total of max 9 points for the day.
The scale said 154.5 Tuesday morning, but has been stuck at 155 all the rest of the week. That's OK, I can live with that for now. I'm hoping for a loss on Monday though with the good eating and exercising. My daughter said when she saw me walking away from her on Tuesday night that my butt looked skinny! HA HA HA!! I am far from SKINNY! I'm working on it though. We will see if I ever get to where I think I look skinny. My hubby can see the change too. He said that he can really see a change recently. I can tell that my boobs are getting smaller. I can see that in the mirror.
How's everyone else doing this week?
Monday, September 26, 2011
WOO! HOO! 155
OK it's really 155.2, but it's not 156. Now on to 150. I would like to be at that number by Halloween. A total loss this week of 1.6 pounds and a total overall loss of 31.4 pounds. And I got my 5 pound star today. AWESOME!!! We shared our weight loss victories, scale or non scale at today's meeting. I shared that my pants are too big and when I walk my back seams end up on the side of my butt cheek. It's too close to not being able to wear short pants the rest of the year, so I don't want to go buy the next size or 2 down. The leader said they would be on sale now and I told her that next year I hope to be even smaller and the new ones I bought this year wouldn't fit me then.
Not much else to report. I'm going to try doing the planned menus this week. My hubby is home today, so we did have meat for lunch so it's not a complete meatless Monday. He's already complaining that there's not going to meat in the dinner meal. I told him he would never miss it. I'll make a nice salad with boiled eggs in it and cheese. I'm going to enter all the recipes in the recipe builder, so I know how many points each meals going to be for the week. This will help me decide what to have for the other meals for the day.
It's another rainy day here. I'm really tired of this wet stuff. I haven't looked at the forecast for the rest of the week.
Not much else to report. I'm going to try doing the planned menus this week. My hubby is home today, so we did have meat for lunch so it's not a complete meatless Monday. He's already complaining that there's not going to meat in the dinner meal. I told him he would never miss it. I'll make a nice salad with boiled eggs in it and cheese. I'm going to enter all the recipes in the recipe builder, so I know how many points each meals going to be for the week. This will help me decide what to have for the other meals for the day.
It's another rainy day here. I'm really tired of this wet stuff. I haven't looked at the forecast for the rest of the week.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Meal planning
I'm going to try meal planning. I usually just make whatever I have in the freezer or what I pick up at the store. I've decided I will have a Meatless Monday and Tuesday we will have chicken, Wednesday will be beef, Thursday will be pork and on Friday I will make soup with either a salad or sandwich. Each week I will go with these same meats and work out a recipe each day to use them in. I did a lot of searching today for new recipes. I didn't know it would be so hard to find pork recipes. My husband isn't going to like Meatless Mondays very much!! He's a meat and potatoes man.
So my plan for this week is:
Monday- Bowties with ricotta tomato sauce. I will probably make a side salad to go with it.
Tuesday- Black beans, corn and chicken chili. Maybe I'll make corn muffins.
Wednesday- Marinated grilled Flank steak and roasted chili garlic broccoli. Not sure what else I'll have with this.
Thursday- Red beans & rice with ham. This looks like a hearty meal.
Friday- grilled hamburgers with pasta salad. I might also make some sweet potato fries with it.
Saturday and Sunday- dinner out
Of course this is always subject to change.
I'm not feeling so hot today. I have terrible heartburn and I'm all bloated. Back in April (on my birthday) I almost passed out after dinner and 2 margarita. Everyone teases me that it was the margaritas, but I don't think so. It happened when I was sitting at my daughter table eating my birthday cake. I just zoned out and my hubby called EMS to come and check me out. They said my BP was extremely low and kept taking it and did a EKG while I sat at the table. I refused to go to the hospital and when my BP came back to near normal they OKed me to just go home and rest. I was very bloated when this all happened. I went to the Dr. a couple days later and she said I was dehydrated and that I had high a potassium level. I had another EKG in her office and she sent me to the hospital to have a head CAT scan and a ultra sound on my neck. Everything came back normal. Then yesterday just when we got in the restaurant and was waiting to be seated I felt like I was going to pass out again. Everything started getting black and I sat down in a hurry. Last night when I went to bed I had awful heartburn and today I still have it and I am very bloated.
I haven't added up my points for yesterday, but I didn't do to bad eating wise. I spent most of the yesterday pulling out the English ivy next to my house. I got it all pulled out and I'm ready to put the boarder rocks in and transplant the hostas. My plan today was to take the dieing plants out of my window boxes and to start cutting the flowers that are looking bad in the flower gardens. I don't feel like doing anything so I guess that task will have to wait for another day.
So my plan for this week is:
Monday- Bowties with ricotta tomato sauce. I will probably make a side salad to go with it.
Tuesday- Black beans, corn and chicken chili. Maybe I'll make corn muffins.
Wednesday- Marinated grilled Flank steak and roasted chili garlic broccoli. Not sure what else I'll have with this.
Thursday- Red beans & rice with ham. This looks like a hearty meal.
Friday- grilled hamburgers with pasta salad. I might also make some sweet potato fries with it.
Saturday and Sunday- dinner out
Of course this is always subject to change.
I'm not feeling so hot today. I have terrible heartburn and I'm all bloated. Back in April (on my birthday) I almost passed out after dinner and 2 margarita. Everyone teases me that it was the margaritas, but I don't think so. It happened when I was sitting at my daughter table eating my birthday cake. I just zoned out and my hubby called EMS to come and check me out. They said my BP was extremely low and kept taking it and did a EKG while I sat at the table. I refused to go to the hospital and when my BP came back to near normal they OKed me to just go home and rest. I was very bloated when this all happened. I went to the Dr. a couple days later and she said I was dehydrated and that I had high a potassium level. I had another EKG in her office and she sent me to the hospital to have a head CAT scan and a ultra sound on my neck. Everything came back normal. Then yesterday just when we got in the restaurant and was waiting to be seated I felt like I was going to pass out again. Everything started getting black and I sat down in a hurry. Last night when I went to bed I had awful heartburn and today I still have it and I am very bloated.
I haven't added up my points for yesterday, but I didn't do to bad eating wise. I spent most of the yesterday pulling out the English ivy next to my house. I got it all pulled out and I'm ready to put the boarder rocks in and transplant the hostas. My plan today was to take the dieing plants out of my window boxes and to start cutting the flowers that are looking bad in the flower gardens. I don't feel like doing anything so I guess that task will have to wait for another day.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Walk At Home GIVEAWAY! by Diary of a Fat Girl
Diary of a Fat Girl is having a giveaway. I would love to win this myself. If you would like to win the things listed below why don't you enter to win too?
Well readers, its giveaway time! I am so excited to do this giveaway! Leslie Sansone's Walk Eat Lose program! A four DVD program to help you 'walk away the pounds'. This giveaway includes:
Walk At Home GIVEAWAY!
- 2-mile Super Walk DVD; approximately 35-minute run time
- Eating a Healthy Breakfast DVD; approximately 30-minute run time
- 3-mile Super Walk DVD; approximately 45-minute run time
- Eating a Healthy Lunch DVD; approximately 30-minute run time
- 4-mile Super Walk DVD; approximately 58-minute run time
- Eating a Healthy Dinner DVD; approximately 30-minute run time
- Mini Walks DVD; approximately 60-minute run time
- Two approximately 26"L workout-boosting cables
- 21-day eating plan
Friday, September 23, 2011
Sorry to be MIA this week
I don't have a real excuse to why I haven't posted this week. I haven't been that busy. I guess I just didn't have anything important to say. Let me catch you up on what's been going on here.
Recap of Monday- I went to my WW weigh-in. It was a little disappointing since I was drinking all that water all week. I only lost .2. I know a loss is a loss, but I was hoping to get my 5 pound star at least. If I would have lost another .2 I would have had a 30 pound loss and gotten my star. I weighed in at 156.8. I'm so close to that 155 mark. Next weigh-in will be the week I finally get there. Fingers crossed!! My scall all this week has said 155.5 pounds. YEAH!! Finally at 155. 10 more pounds to go.
My eating was about the same as usual. I ate 20 points+ and got in my 4 miles with Leslie Sansone.
B- smoothie and breakfast bar at meeting
L- 1/2 pits with ham, lettuce and mustard and a pickle spear on the side
D- Meatloaf, 1/2 sweet potato, steamed broccoli & cauliflower. Cider to drink
Total points+ 20
Tuesday- I went to my weigh in at the weight loss challenge meeting. I lost 1.5 pounds putting me at 156.4 there. I walked to and from the meeting so that was my activity plus did a little gardening while I was waiting for my daughter to pick up her dog. I dog sit for her while she's at work so I take him out to run around for an hour and I get some gardening done.
My eating was:
B- Cheerios, banana, almond milk
L- Meatloaf sandwich, pickle spear, apple
D- WW frozen meal
Snack- String cheese and potato chips
total points+ 22
Wednesday morning I woke up with another Charley horse. This time it's in my right leg. It's another lingering hurt leg. I didn't get in any exercise except for a little gardening since it hurts to walk or do anything but sit or stand still.
My eating was:
B- Cheerios, banana, almond milk
L- Meatloaf sandwich, pickle spear, apple
D- Pork loin chop, WW mac and cheese, Bush's grillin beans and cider
S- watermelon, thin pretzels
total points+ 27
Thursday I went shopping with my daughter and out for lunch with her and my hubby. I got a little gardening done while I waited for my daughter to get the dog again. We have a lot of that invasive ground cover ivy and I keep pulling it out. Pretty soon all we will have is dirt because the ivy drowning out the grass. I also made reservations for a mini vacation. We haven't been on a vacation in a long time and my hubby is having a lot of stress at work and really needs to get away for a while. I rented a log cabin in TN for 3 nights in October. We might even take our time and drive back roads to get there and stay somewhere overnight along the way. I told my hubby it was not going to be our usual vacation where every minute is planned out. We are going to be in the same spot the whole time and we are going to enjoy sitting around reading and walking in the woods and watching the leaves change colors. He can take his golf clubs and golf at the nearby golf course. Most of our vacations are planned to the minute. When the girls were young we went to Colorado and my hubby got food poisoning and since we had to be somewhere else the next day we had to go on even though he felt like he was going to die. That's the engineer in him I guess. I will cook most of our meals and we can go out for dinner or even grill up a couple steaks. I don't want to gain weight while I'm gone. We'll have a lot of fruit and veggies with us to snack on.
Yesterday eating:
B- Cheerios, banana, almond milk
L- 1 cabbage roll and 1 pierogie
D- Crock pot Italian chicken breast, 1/2 ear of corn , GG antioxidant veggies and roasted red potato, cider
S- watermelon
Total points+ 20
It's a rainy day today and I'm stuck here without a car so it will be an inside day today. I have a cheerleader skirt I need to get cutout and sewn so I will probably do that today? I DVRed X Factor so I can watch that too. The house could use some cleaning so I'm sure I will stay busy today.
Recap of Monday- I went to my WW weigh-in. It was a little disappointing since I was drinking all that water all week. I only lost .2. I know a loss is a loss, but I was hoping to get my 5 pound star at least. If I would have lost another .2 I would have had a 30 pound loss and gotten my star. I weighed in at 156.8. I'm so close to that 155 mark. Next weigh-in will be the week I finally get there. Fingers crossed!! My scall all this week has said 155.5 pounds. YEAH!! Finally at 155. 10 more pounds to go.
My eating was about the same as usual. I ate 20 points+ and got in my 4 miles with Leslie Sansone.
B- smoothie and breakfast bar at meeting
L- 1/2 pits with ham, lettuce and mustard and a pickle spear on the side
D- Meatloaf, 1/2 sweet potato, steamed broccoli & cauliflower. Cider to drink
Total points+ 20
Tuesday- I went to my weigh in at the weight loss challenge meeting. I lost 1.5 pounds putting me at 156.4 there. I walked to and from the meeting so that was my activity plus did a little gardening while I was waiting for my daughter to pick up her dog. I dog sit for her while she's at work so I take him out to run around for an hour and I get some gardening done.
My eating was:
B- Cheerios, banana, almond milk
L- Meatloaf sandwich, pickle spear, apple
D- WW frozen meal
Snack- String cheese and potato chips
total points+ 22
Wednesday morning I woke up with another Charley horse. This time it's in my right leg. It's another lingering hurt leg. I didn't get in any exercise except for a little gardening since it hurts to walk or do anything but sit or stand still.
My eating was:
B- Cheerios, banana, almond milk
L- Meatloaf sandwich, pickle spear, apple
D- Pork loin chop, WW mac and cheese, Bush's grillin beans and cider
S- watermelon, thin pretzels
total points+ 27
Thursday I went shopping with my daughter and out for lunch with her and my hubby. I got a little gardening done while I waited for my daughter to get the dog again. We have a lot of that invasive ground cover ivy and I keep pulling it out. Pretty soon all we will have is dirt because the ivy drowning out the grass. I also made reservations for a mini vacation. We haven't been on a vacation in a long time and my hubby is having a lot of stress at work and really needs to get away for a while. I rented a log cabin in TN for 3 nights in October. We might even take our time and drive back roads to get there and stay somewhere overnight along the way. I told my hubby it was not going to be our usual vacation where every minute is planned out. We are going to be in the same spot the whole time and we are going to enjoy sitting around reading and walking in the woods and watching the leaves change colors. He can take his golf clubs and golf at the nearby golf course. Most of our vacations are planned to the minute. When the girls were young we went to Colorado and my hubby got food poisoning and since we had to be somewhere else the next day we had to go on even though he felt like he was going to die. That's the engineer in him I guess. I will cook most of our meals and we can go out for dinner or even grill up a couple steaks. I don't want to gain weight while I'm gone. We'll have a lot of fruit and veggies with us to snack on.
Yesterday eating:
B- Cheerios, banana, almond milk
L- 1 cabbage roll and 1 pierogie
D- Crock pot Italian chicken breast, 1/2 ear of corn , GG antioxidant veggies and roasted red potato, cider
S- watermelon
Total points+ 20
It's a rainy day today and I'm stuck here without a car so it will be an inside day today. I have a cheerleader skirt I need to get cutout and sewn so I will probably do that today? I DVRed X Factor so I can watch that too. The house could use some cleaning so I'm sure I will stay busy today.
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