Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Okay, after my little baby fit last night, I got a few responses to my blog, and I thought long and hard about all this.
First off, I am not going to post my weight (or do my Body Tests on the Wii) every day any longer. I don't need the aggravation of volatile weight up-and-down that happens every day. I have heard - had NEVER before - felt the need to weigh every day, but the Wii urges you to do a Body Test every day, but now I know that I do not need to do that. I will weigh on Saturdays and Tuesdays. Twice a week should be enough to give me a good picture of what is happening with my weight.
Also, I got a couple of suggestions from friends, and would like to thank you all for taking the time to give me support and help. I sure needed that help yesterday, I admit. I was so ready to quit. But, I'm too stubborn ("the most stubborn person I know" one friend said affectionately) to let this one setback - which was not UNexpected at some point - truly set me back. It is only stiffening my backbone.
One suggestion: drink more water. Ugh. I feel like I pee and pee and pee as it is now. But, I think that this may help. I do start out my day drinking tea, and then switch to water when my big cup of tea is done, which is usually suppertime. I think that, once I get up, I will set my little kitchen timer, and drink a glass of water every half hour. I am sure that I am going to have to force myself after the third or fourth glass, but I will do this. At least for a week, to see what happens. After that, we'll see. If nothing else, I will surely get all the water I should for a few days!
Another suggestion: start counting calories. I think I will pass on this one. I am looking into myfitnesspal.com because I have been told that this will do all the math work on recipes, etc. for a person, once they have entered a recipe into it. I believe that they also compute all the exercise you do, too, but I have a little more research to do on this. I do think, at this point, that I need to quit "treating" myself quite so often. Maybe a Sunday treat, instead of a daily treat. I am still mulling this one over.
Another suggestion: go "outside the box" or "out of my comfort zone" with my exercise. This one is a tricky one, because of my health. I don't worry so much about the stroke, or aftereffects, although that could be a cause of my hips hurting like they do, but once I get started, if my heart starts THUMPing, I stop. I do worry, maybe too much, about having another heart attack. That was not fun in any way, shape, or form, and I do not want to do it again. I do feel a different beating of my heart when stressed, and this is a good thing, but I don't want to push it. Once it moves from beating pretty hard to thumping, I stop.
When I do my Wii training, I start with a couple of balance exercises to warm up, then go on to the physical exercise until my hips hurt too bad to continue, then back to balance to cool off. As my hips get better, I can do more of the physical exercises longer. Right now, I do the Steps, the Obstacle Course, and the Rhythm Marching, and that takes up the remaining time of the half hour.
Another thing I've been thinking about: having a Glucerna or Boost shake for my lunch. Any thoughts on this? I'm not sure, I like to eat food, but...
OK - now for today: I slept until noon, then ate my lunch around 1:30. I had two slices of ham (lunchmeat) and a slice of Colby Jack cheese, cut into pieces on a plate. No bread, no sides. I did my Wii Training around 3:30. Ron got home around quarter til six, and we cut up vegetables for our salads for supper. We ate supper around 7. I had the salad, with an Eskimo Pie afterward. (Hey, I have to eat something for my diabetes medicine to work on!) That's it for today.
I was really surprised that I did not have a sugar low last night after that baby fit. I guess someone, be it God or angels or whoever, watches over fools and babies. Yup, that was me last night. Both of 'em.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
good day turns bad....imagine that
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Today started out okay, much like any other day, so I was in a bit of shock over how it ended.
I got up around 11, and needed to make a dish to take to my TOPS meeting tonight, so had to run uptown to the store. No biggie - and I could get something different for my lunch while uptown! Off I went, did the little bit of shopping, went to Arby's and got a Chicken Pecan Salad Wrap for my lunch when I got back home. Yeah.
Then, on the way home, I got a text from my daughter-in-law. "We're going back-to-school shopping. You wanna come with?" Well, yeah, okay, plans change, right...so they come up, and off we go. We stop at Bob Evans for lunch before shopping, and I got the Chicken Salad Plate that I like so much. We go to the mall, and I became a Mall Walker while they went right to the shops they were interested in going to. I met up with them, finished the loop of the mall while walking out, and off we went to Meijer. I walked through to the Men's department to look for Bengals' stuff while they went to right to back-to-school. After I was done, I met back up with them, and I ended up walking the whole store just to kill time. Yay, me!
After all the shopping is done, I am back home, and they have all headed for home, so I decide to go ahead and do my Wii Body Test. Big mistake!! According to the Wii, I have GAINED two more pounds. I just don't understand this - I have been exercising, I have been eating good -- what, What, WHAT, and WHY???
I finished making the dish for the meeting, and went up to the meeting. Sure enough, at the weigh-in, I had gained almost three pounds! (Remember, their scale reads at least 2 pounds more than mine) I was so disgusted with myself. I kept all these feelings inside me, however, until I got home, and when Ron asked "how was the meeting?" I exploded - in a way. I told him, "I am FAT. I am USELESS. I am NO GOOD at this. I am NO GOOD for anything." and got the rest of the bag of potato chips and ate that for my supper. Then, I had a cinnamon roll for dessert. At this point, I truly did not care any more.
Of course, after I had stuffed my face, I realized that what I had just done was one of the stupidest things I could have done - I have now ruined any chance of success for the rest of the week. So, long story short, I felt like crap, made myself feel like crap, have made the rest of the week go to crap, and right at this time, don't particularly care. I know, come morning, I will care again, and - come morning - I will come up with a new plan of action. I think I will have to up the exercise and I need to stop weighing every day. I think I am just giving too much credit to every-day weigh-ins, and that is not good for my peace of mind. I do a weigh-in for my "Biggest Loser" competition on Saturdays, and I do a weigh-in for TOPS on Tuesdays, and those are going to have to be enough. You, dear readers of my blog, will have to deal with only knowing my weight twice a week. HA!!
OK, that's all for my ranting and raving for tonight. Signed, your fat friend.
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Today started out okay, much like any other day, so I was in a bit of shock over how it ended.
I got up around 11, and needed to make a dish to take to my TOPS meeting tonight, so had to run uptown to the store. No biggie - and I could get something different for my lunch while uptown! Off I went, did the little bit of shopping, went to Arby's and got a Chicken Pecan Salad Wrap for my lunch when I got back home. Yeah.
Then, on the way home, I got a text from my daughter-in-law. "We're going back-to-school shopping. You wanna come with?" Well, yeah, okay, plans change, right...so they come up, and off we go. We stop at Bob Evans for lunch before shopping, and I got the Chicken Salad Plate that I like so much. We go to the mall, and I became a Mall Walker while they went right to the shops they were interested in going to. I met up with them, finished the loop of the mall while walking out, and off we went to Meijer. I walked through to the Men's department to look for Bengals' stuff while they went to right to back-to-school. After I was done, I met back up with them, and I ended up walking the whole store just to kill time. Yay, me!
After all the shopping is done, I am back home, and they have all headed for home, so I decide to go ahead and do my Wii Body Test. Big mistake!! According to the Wii, I have GAINED two more pounds. I just don't understand this - I have been exercising, I have been eating good -- what, What, WHAT, and WHY???
I finished making the dish for the meeting, and went up to the meeting. Sure enough, at the weigh-in, I had gained almost three pounds! (Remember, their scale reads at least 2 pounds more than mine) I was so disgusted with myself. I kept all these feelings inside me, however, until I got home, and when Ron asked "how was the meeting?" I exploded - in a way. I told him, "I am FAT. I am USELESS. I am NO GOOD at this. I am NO GOOD for anything." and got the rest of the bag of potato chips and ate that for my supper. Then, I had a cinnamon roll for dessert. At this point, I truly did not care any more.
Of course, after I had stuffed my face, I realized that what I had just done was one of the stupidest things I could have done - I have now ruined any chance of success for the rest of the week. So, long story short, I felt like crap, made myself feel like crap, have made the rest of the week go to crap, and right at this time, don't particularly care. I know, come morning, I will care again, and - come morning - I will come up with a new plan of action. I think I will have to up the exercise and I need to stop weighing every day. I think I am just giving too much credit to every-day weigh-ins, and that is not good for my peace of mind. I do a weigh-in for my "Biggest Loser" competition on Saturdays, and I do a weigh-in for TOPS on Tuesdays, and those are going to have to be enough. You, dear readers of my blog, will have to deal with only knowing my weight twice a week. HA!!
OK, that's all for my ranting and raving for tonight. Signed, your fat friend.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Sigh. The word for today.
Monday, July 28, 2013
Today has been one pisser of a day. First of all, when I got up, my legs still hurt tremendously from all the yardwork yesterday, and I had some tough decisions to make ALL day. Some just to move or not...
I got up around 10:30 this morning. I didn't want to get up then, but didn't feel like laying in bed, either, so I finally got "up." Didn't really get "at it," though, since I was so sore I could barely move!
Since I didn't feel so great, I didn't eat any type of lunch until almost 1:00, and then I had the rest of the jar of dry roasted peanuts, a slice of Colby Jack cheese, and a string cheese. Actually, I had the CJ cheese first, then decided I might as well eat some "real" lunch, so scavenged and found the rest. Then I realized that I had forgotten to take the pill I only take twice a week (twice a day, twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays) so I had to eat something else so I wouldn't tear my stomach up with this pill. Then I had a cinnamon roll (brought home from Bob Evans yesterday) to top off my huge lunch. So, lunch wasn't the best of choices, and I still didn't feel so hot. I just sat and played around on the computer until 2:30, then got up and did my Wii training. I thought maybe doing something would help me to feel a bit better. I was wrong.
I could only do 15 minutes on the Wii because my legs hurt so bad, so that made me feel a little worse mentally, as well as the general not-so-good I was already not feeling. Ugh. After the training, then I did the Body Test and, according to it, I have gained 4 pounds since Saturday! Say what! I just couldn't believe it. I turned off the TV, turned off the computer, and went outside to sit in my yard and try to enjoy the out-of-doors for a bit and break this stupid mood. I sat outside reading until Ron came home, then came in and did 15 more minutes of training while he ate his supper (cooked cabbage (puke) and a glass of milk) and - believe it or not - it said then that I had gained a bit more! Geez!! I can't win for losing today! I took the earlier reading as the reading for today. I ain't no dummy!!
Then, I made my supper - tonight I had a lunchmeat sandwich with mayo (okay, Miracle Whip) and a few chips - yes, just a few, maybe 15 - 20 - and then an Eskimo Pie ice cream for dessert. And, yes, I remembered to take my pill while eating my supper, thank you.
That's it for today, and DAMN am I glad it's over.
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Today has been one pisser of a day. First of all, when I got up, my legs still hurt tremendously from all the yardwork yesterday, and I had some tough decisions to make ALL day. Some just to move or not...
I got up around 10:30 this morning. I didn't want to get up then, but didn't feel like laying in bed, either, so I finally got "up." Didn't really get "at it," though, since I was so sore I could barely move!
Since I didn't feel so great, I didn't eat any type of lunch until almost 1:00, and then I had the rest of the jar of dry roasted peanuts, a slice of Colby Jack cheese, and a string cheese. Actually, I had the CJ cheese first, then decided I might as well eat some "real" lunch, so scavenged and found the rest. Then I realized that I had forgotten to take the pill I only take twice a week (twice a day, twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays) so I had to eat something else so I wouldn't tear my stomach up with this pill. Then I had a cinnamon roll (brought home from Bob Evans yesterday) to top off my huge lunch. So, lunch wasn't the best of choices, and I still didn't feel so hot. I just sat and played around on the computer until 2:30, then got up and did my Wii training. I thought maybe doing something would help me to feel a bit better. I was wrong.
I could only do 15 minutes on the Wii because my legs hurt so bad, so that made me feel a little worse mentally, as well as the general not-so-good I was already not feeling. Ugh. After the training, then I did the Body Test and, according to it, I have gained 4 pounds since Saturday! Say what! I just couldn't believe it. I turned off the TV, turned off the computer, and went outside to sit in my yard and try to enjoy the out-of-doors for a bit and break this stupid mood. I sat outside reading until Ron came home, then came in and did 15 more minutes of training while he ate his supper (cooked cabbage (puke) and a glass of milk) and - believe it or not - it said then that I had gained a bit more! Geez!! I can't win for losing today! I took the earlier reading as the reading for today. I ain't no dummy!!
Then, I made my supper - tonight I had a lunchmeat sandwich with mayo (okay, Miracle Whip) and a few chips - yes, just a few, maybe 15 - 20 - and then an Eskimo Pie ice cream for dessert. And, yes, I remembered to take my pill while eating my supper, thank you.
That's it for today, and DAMN am I glad it's over.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Weekends are for resting, right?
Saturday, July 27, 2013
I slept in til noon today. My guys were supposed to go fishing, and I (we) had no plans for any kind of running this morning, so I felt justified in this small treat to myself. When I got up, they were just leaving to go fishing - "it's been raining" wah wah wah and so on and so forth. Bunch of crybabies.
So, finally, they got gone and I had the house to myself. Wow, what a treat! (Yes, that is said with my tongue very firmly in my cheek.) I got on the computer and got all my games caught up. I had lunch around 2, which was a bowl of chicken noodle soup. I cooked it in my new microwave, and boy was it HOT. I sure have to get used to that piece of equipment!
Around 3, I realize that I need to do my weigh-in for the week, so I get the Wii set up and do my Body Test - no training first. I figured weekends are for rest, so no extra exercise. I was tickled when I did the Body Test, for I have lost another pound! Yay, me! After such a dismal start to the week, the finish is fantastic.
After this, I get a text from my son, wanting to know if we want to go down to Chilo Park, down by the river, for supper. I told him I'd let him know when the guys get back from fishing, but it sounded good to me. When they got back, we decided it was a good thing to do, so we texted back and forth and got supper all set up. And we went off for a pleasant evening.
After eating a supper of lunchmeat, potato salad, and dry roasted peanuts, along with a few potato chips - yes, just a few for me. Everyone else had sandwiches (I just had the meat on my plate, no bread), the potato salad, as well as macaroni salad, and cole slaw, along with a choice of three types of chips as well as the peanuts.
We then clean up and go to walk the ONE MILE nature walk, and this time, we walked right past a deer! Ron and Josh were a little behind us, and Josh recorded the deer on his DS (a 3D DS) to show us how close we were. We couldn't believe it - still kinda don't, but there it is. I guess we were not theatening to that deer, so he (yes, a HE) left us alone. It also started to rain just a bit on us. Not much, just enough so that we knew it was rain and not water (rain from earlier) just falling off of the trees. AND - I managed to walk a little over halfway before having to rest my hips in one of the blinds they have overlooking the lake. The other day, I could hardly wait to get to the first one, and today, I didn't stop until we got to the second one, and the main reason I stopped was to check out the video Josh shot. So I am thinking maybe this exercise stuff might have something going for it...lol.
We get back to the cars, chat a few minutes, then come home. When we got to the top of the hill, we could tell it had been raining like hell but had stopped. I texted them to tell them that, and they replied that it was still raining on them. As we got closer to home, it got drier and drier, and as we were pulling into the driveway, they texted that NOW it is raining like hell on them and I told them that it was dry as a bone here at home. What a difference a few miles and down in a valley or up on a hill top makes!
I am considering today a four-star food day, because after we got home and while watching TV and playing on the computer, I helped myself to more dry roasted peanuts. If I had controlled myself, it could've been a five-star day. Phooey.
Today was a two-star exercise day. I did get that mile-long nature walk in, and that was much more than I was planning on doing today.
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I slept in til noon today. My guys were supposed to go fishing, and I (we) had no plans for any kind of running this morning, so I felt justified in this small treat to myself. When I got up, they were just leaving to go fishing - "it's been raining" wah wah wah and so on and so forth. Bunch of crybabies.
So, finally, they got gone and I had the house to myself. Wow, what a treat! (Yes, that is said with my tongue very firmly in my cheek.) I got on the computer and got all my games caught up. I had lunch around 2, which was a bowl of chicken noodle soup. I cooked it in my new microwave, and boy was it HOT. I sure have to get used to that piece of equipment!
Around 3, I realize that I need to do my weigh-in for the week, so I get the Wii set up and do my Body Test - no training first. I figured weekends are for rest, so no extra exercise. I was tickled when I did the Body Test, for I have lost another pound! Yay, me! After such a dismal start to the week, the finish is fantastic.
After this, I get a text from my son, wanting to know if we want to go down to Chilo Park, down by the river, for supper. I told him I'd let him know when the guys get back from fishing, but it sounded good to me. When they got back, we decided it was a good thing to do, so we texted back and forth and got supper all set up. And we went off for a pleasant evening.
After eating a supper of lunchmeat, potato salad, and dry roasted peanuts, along with a few potato chips - yes, just a few for me. Everyone else had sandwiches (I just had the meat on my plate, no bread), the potato salad, as well as macaroni salad, and cole slaw, along with a choice of three types of chips as well as the peanuts.
We then clean up and go to walk the ONE MILE nature walk, and this time, we walked right past a deer! Ron and Josh were a little behind us, and Josh recorded the deer on his DS (a 3D DS) to show us how close we were. We couldn't believe it - still kinda don't, but there it is. I guess we were not theatening to that deer, so he (yes, a HE) left us alone. It also started to rain just a bit on us. Not much, just enough so that we knew it was rain and not water (rain from earlier) just falling off of the trees. AND - I managed to walk a little over halfway before having to rest my hips in one of the blinds they have overlooking the lake. The other day, I could hardly wait to get to the first one, and today, I didn't stop until we got to the second one, and the main reason I stopped was to check out the video Josh shot. So I am thinking maybe this exercise stuff might have something going for it...lol.
We get back to the cars, chat a few minutes, then come home. When we got to the top of the hill, we could tell it had been raining like hell but had stopped. I texted them to tell them that, and they replied that it was still raining on them. As we got closer to home, it got drier and drier, and as we were pulling into the driveway, they texted that NOW it is raining like hell on them and I told them that it was dry as a bone here at home. What a difference a few miles and down in a valley or up on a hill top makes!
I am considering today a four-star food day, because after we got home and while watching TV and playing on the computer, I helped myself to more dry roasted peanuts. If I had controlled myself, it could've been a five-star day. Phooey.
Today was a two-star exercise day. I did get that mile-long nature walk in, and that was much more than I was planning on doing today.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
FINALLY
Friday, July 26, 2013
I slept in this morning until 11. I don't remember turning the alarm off, but I must have. I was having strange dreams, and was waiting for it to go off, so it is just possible that I did forget to set it last night - stranger things have happened, that's for sure.
I didn't make myself lunch until 1:30, even though I was really hungry when I got up. That doesn't happen often - usually my stomach rebels at the thought of food until I've been up for a while. But I made my stomach wait, as I do most days. Then I made an egg sandwich (3 eggs on slices of bread). I have gone back to using the diet (35 calories each slice) Aunt Millie's Potato Bread, instead of regular white bread. I think it does make a bit of a difference.
I did my Wii training at 4:25, aiming for "working out" for half an hour. I did it! I was so proud of myself! My legs were a bit trembly in the calves at the end, but I hung in there til the end. At 4:55, I did the Body Test so I could turn the TV back off before Ron got home from work - I had left it just a bit late - and FINALLY - success at the scale! I was so happy, I could have done cartwheels! I was down 4 pounds! Whoo-hoo! About damn time!
Believe it or not, I had just got the TV turned off and back at my desk, when Ron pulled in from work. I was so surprised. So early on a Friday! So, he and Corgan came in and we discussed where to go out to supper tonight. I thought, since it was such pleasant weather, we should find somewhere that we could sit outside to eat. We finally decided to go all the way down to Great Scott's, since we had just gone down to sit on the river last weekend. We headed on down the road, and when we passed Campbell's Barn, we realized that they have a patio now, so we turned around at WalMart and went back to the Barn instead of driving all the way down the road.
As we were sitting there waiting for our food, I started a sugar low. I started shaking and sweat just poured off of my head. Boy, they could NOT bring that food fast enough! I was glad that I had ordered the country fried steak (with mashed potatoes and green beans) instead of the big salad or the wrap I had been thinking about. I was good - to a certain extent - by only putting ONE pat of butter in my mashed potatoes. Anyone who knows me, knows that this is rather amazing. I did use the dinner roll to sop up all the gravy left on my plate, too. I figured, better safe than sorry at that point. After we ate, we went over to WalMart for a few items. We only went to HBA & men's clothes, so it wasn't a whole store full of walking. I was still weak from the sugar low, so I don't think I could have done much more than what we did.
On our way home, Ron and I decided we would like an ice cream cone - and to us, an ice cream cone is vanilla ice cream dipped in a peanut butter coating - and when Corgan started questioning us "what is that? Peanut butter ice cream?" then we KNEW we had to go treat ourselves, so we did. They didn't even melt all that much - nothing like a little napkin stuck to the cone to put some fiber in your diet. HA HA.
We then sat outside by the firepit for about an hour until Ron got too tired and had to call it a night. It was a beautiful evening. Moderate temperature, very few bugs, and our own little firetender so all we had to do was sit there and enjoy. It was nice.
I am considering today a four-star food day. Even though I had a little bit bigger supper than usual, the demands of my body made it ok for me today.
Today was a four-star exercise day also. Between the half hour of Wii training and the walking through WalMart, I got in a decent amount of exercise.
I am very happy with today (minus the sugar low).
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I slept in this morning until 11. I don't remember turning the alarm off, but I must have. I was having strange dreams, and was waiting for it to go off, so it is just possible that I did forget to set it last night - stranger things have happened, that's for sure.
I didn't make myself lunch until 1:30, even though I was really hungry when I got up. That doesn't happen often - usually my stomach rebels at the thought of food until I've been up for a while. But I made my stomach wait, as I do most days. Then I made an egg sandwich (3 eggs on slices of bread). I have gone back to using the diet (35 calories each slice) Aunt Millie's Potato Bread, instead of regular white bread. I think it does make a bit of a difference.
I did my Wii training at 4:25, aiming for "working out" for half an hour. I did it! I was so proud of myself! My legs were a bit trembly in the calves at the end, but I hung in there til the end. At 4:55, I did the Body Test so I could turn the TV back off before Ron got home from work - I had left it just a bit late - and FINALLY - success at the scale! I was so happy, I could have done cartwheels! I was down 4 pounds! Whoo-hoo! About damn time!
Believe it or not, I had just got the TV turned off and back at my desk, when Ron pulled in from work. I was so surprised. So early on a Friday! So, he and Corgan came in and we discussed where to go out to supper tonight. I thought, since it was such pleasant weather, we should find somewhere that we could sit outside to eat. We finally decided to go all the way down to Great Scott's, since we had just gone down to sit on the river last weekend. We headed on down the road, and when we passed Campbell's Barn, we realized that they have a patio now, so we turned around at WalMart and went back to the Barn instead of driving all the way down the road.
As we were sitting there waiting for our food, I started a sugar low. I started shaking and sweat just poured off of my head. Boy, they could NOT bring that food fast enough! I was glad that I had ordered the country fried steak (with mashed potatoes and green beans) instead of the big salad or the wrap I had been thinking about. I was good - to a certain extent - by only putting ONE pat of butter in my mashed potatoes. Anyone who knows me, knows that this is rather amazing. I did use the dinner roll to sop up all the gravy left on my plate, too. I figured, better safe than sorry at that point. After we ate, we went over to WalMart for a few items. We only went to HBA & men's clothes, so it wasn't a whole store full of walking. I was still weak from the sugar low, so I don't think I could have done much more than what we did.
On our way home, Ron and I decided we would like an ice cream cone - and to us, an ice cream cone is vanilla ice cream dipped in a peanut butter coating - and when Corgan started questioning us "what is that? Peanut butter ice cream?" then we KNEW we had to go treat ourselves, so we did. They didn't even melt all that much - nothing like a little napkin stuck to the cone to put some fiber in your diet. HA HA.
We then sat outside by the firepit for about an hour until Ron got too tired and had to call it a night. It was a beautiful evening. Moderate temperature, very few bugs, and our own little firetender so all we had to do was sit there and enjoy. It was nice.
I am considering today a four-star food day. Even though I had a little bit bigger supper than usual, the demands of my body made it ok for me today.
Today was a four-star exercise day also. Between the half hour of Wii training and the walking through WalMart, I got in a decent amount of exercise.
I am very happy with today (minus the sugar low).
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
...and on we go
Thursday, July 25, 2013
I got up this morning around 10:30. I was gonna snuggle down after turning off the alarm, but something thumped into the end of the house and scared the crap outta me! I had, just HAD to get up, throw on a housedress and go outside and see if I could see anything, which, of course, I couldn't. So, then, since I was up, I went ahead and took all my pills and got dressed.
I had some errands to do today, so after getting on the computer and catching up on all my games, I went to get my running done. I knew they would take a while, so I figured most of my afternoon was shot. I was right.
While I was out running my errands, I stopped at Bob Evans for my lunch. I got the Chicken Salad Plate. I was leaning toward breakfast, but decided to be good. I just love this chicken salad - it is real chicken salad, not a salad with chicken nuggets cut into strips laying on top of it. It is also surrounded by fruit, on top of a bed of lettuce (lettuce/red cabbage/carrot mix), with pecans sprinkled on top of it. It is very tasty, and a very good meal. Of course, I ruined by having four slices of banana nut bread. I usually - yes, usually - only have two slices, but by the time I stopped, I was pretty hungry and most probably starting a sugar low, so I scarfed the first two down pretty quickly before I even got my plate. I then got the second two so I could use them to clean my plate.
Once I got home, I carried in my stuff, got back on the computer and got my games all caught back up. I noticed that it was getting late, and I should do my Wii exercises/training, but decided not to because of the running I had done. All the getting in and out of the car, all the walking through different stores, was enough for today, I reasoned. Probably not a wise decision, considering that I still need to get used to doing "all" this exercise every day, but that's how I felt today, so I didn't do it.
I was rather bummed out after doing all the running around. Paying bills when I returned home didn't help a whole hell of a lot, so I just said heck with it for today. I can pick it up again tomorrow.
Then, Ron got home - late again, close to seven. He put on the Wii to do our Body Tests while we were zapping our frozen dinners for supper. He did his, and he had lost a bit of weight (yay, him!) and then I did mine. I GAINED another pound. I just don't get it. I fuss and cuss and slam things around and Ron says, "Here's your supper" and sits my little frozen dinner on the desk for me. Sigh. So I calm down a little, go out and get my bag of veggies out of the fridge and sit down to eat.
Supper is a tuna noodle casserole and a bunch of veggies (tomatoes, green peppers, turnips, and red cabbage). Whoo-hoo. I am so bummed now. Good thing there are NO potato chips in the house! I do treat myself to an ice cream bar for dessert.
I consider today a four-star day in the eating department. It would be five-star, but the extra bread at lunch and the dessert put a stop to that. It is only a two-star in the exercise department.
Tomorrow is another day.
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I got up this morning around 10:30. I was gonna snuggle down after turning off the alarm, but something thumped into the end of the house and scared the crap outta me! I had, just HAD to get up, throw on a housedress and go outside and see if I could see anything, which, of course, I couldn't. So, then, since I was up, I went ahead and took all my pills and got dressed.
I had some errands to do today, so after getting on the computer and catching up on all my games, I went to get my running done. I knew they would take a while, so I figured most of my afternoon was shot. I was right.
While I was out running my errands, I stopped at Bob Evans for my lunch. I got the Chicken Salad Plate. I was leaning toward breakfast, but decided to be good. I just love this chicken salad - it is real chicken salad, not a salad with chicken nuggets cut into strips laying on top of it. It is also surrounded by fruit, on top of a bed of lettuce (lettuce/red cabbage/carrot mix), with pecans sprinkled on top of it. It is very tasty, and a very good meal. Of course, I ruined by having four slices of banana nut bread. I usually - yes, usually - only have two slices, but by the time I stopped, I was pretty hungry and most probably starting a sugar low, so I scarfed the first two down pretty quickly before I even got my plate. I then got the second two so I could use them to clean my plate.
Once I got home, I carried in my stuff, got back on the computer and got my games all caught back up. I noticed that it was getting late, and I should do my Wii exercises/training, but decided not to because of the running I had done. All the getting in and out of the car, all the walking through different stores, was enough for today, I reasoned. Probably not a wise decision, considering that I still need to get used to doing "all" this exercise every day, but that's how I felt today, so I didn't do it.
I was rather bummed out after doing all the running around. Paying bills when I returned home didn't help a whole hell of a lot, so I just said heck with it for today. I can pick it up again tomorrow.
Then, Ron got home - late again, close to seven. He put on the Wii to do our Body Tests while we were zapping our frozen dinners for supper. He did his, and he had lost a bit of weight (yay, him!) and then I did mine. I GAINED another pound. I just don't get it. I fuss and cuss and slam things around and Ron says, "Here's your supper" and sits my little frozen dinner on the desk for me. Sigh. So I calm down a little, go out and get my bag of veggies out of the fridge and sit down to eat.
Supper is a tuna noodle casserole and a bunch of veggies (tomatoes, green peppers, turnips, and red cabbage). Whoo-hoo. I am so bummed now. Good thing there are NO potato chips in the house! I do treat myself to an ice cream bar for dessert.
I consider today a four-star day in the eating department. It would be five-star, but the extra bread at lunch and the dessert put a stop to that. It is only a two-star in the exercise department.
Tomorrow is another day.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The Second Day...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - I got up at 10 this morning! 10! I could not believe it - I didn't really sleep worth a hoot. Way too much going on in my brain. It sure didn't seem like I even fell asleep, just like I was still laying there thinking. But I didn't hear Ron leave for work, so I guess there was some sleep in there somehow. But it wasn't good sleep, so to get up before the alarm went off - I have it set for 10 - is kinda weird.
I had lunch around 12:30. I wasn't really all that hungry, so I just had a package (not a box, a package of 2) of PopTarts. I had the Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter ones. At quarter til 4, I did the Wii. I meant to do only 15 minutes, but ended up doing just over 20 minutes. My legs were a bit trembly, nothing like they were yesterday, and I was feeling real proud of myself. THEN I did the Body Test part of the Wii.....I gained 2.2 pounds since yesterday!! Whaaaaaat!!! I couldn't believe it - I was totally shocked. So much for eating good and doing exercise, huh. So, I convinced myself that I turned some fat into muscle (yeah, right, I know...) and cheered myself up just a bit and got some veggies ready for supper.
I talked to my daughter-in-law while playing games on the computer, and we decided to have supper out in Chilo Park tonight. Ron has been getting home a bit early so far this week, so I thought this would work out okay for us. She had made cooked cabbage for them, and could transport it easy enough for all of them. I would make something for me, and we would meet them there. Well, of course, since I had planned something, Ron didn't make it home until 20 til 7. I had tried to tell them not to plan to meet until at least 6:30, but they wanted to get there at 6, so....they had time to kill til we got there. One of these days, someone somewhere will realize that I might - just might - know what I'm talking about every once in a while.
In the meantime, I packed string cheese, made me a bowl of tuna salad, got veggies (red cabbage, radishes, green peppers, turnips, and tomatoes) ready to take with us, so when Ron got home, he only had to wash up, change his clothes, and off we could go. I also packed a couple of Oatmeal Creme Pies for dessert. One for me, one for Ron.
He got home, off we went, and enjoyed the outdoor supper - and the MILE-LONG nature walk afterward.
My hips are still killing me. They may not forgive me tonight.
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I had lunch around 12:30. I wasn't really all that hungry, so I just had a package (not a box, a package of 2) of PopTarts. I had the Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter ones. At quarter til 4, I did the Wii. I meant to do only 15 minutes, but ended up doing just over 20 minutes. My legs were a bit trembly, nothing like they were yesterday, and I was feeling real proud of myself. THEN I did the Body Test part of the Wii.....I gained 2.2 pounds since yesterday!! Whaaaaaat!!! I couldn't believe it - I was totally shocked. So much for eating good and doing exercise, huh. So, I convinced myself that I turned some fat into muscle (yeah, right, I know...) and cheered myself up just a bit and got some veggies ready for supper.
I talked to my daughter-in-law while playing games on the computer, and we decided to have supper out in Chilo Park tonight. Ron has been getting home a bit early so far this week, so I thought this would work out okay for us. She had made cooked cabbage for them, and could transport it easy enough for all of them. I would make something for me, and we would meet them there. Well, of course, since I had planned something, Ron didn't make it home until 20 til 7. I had tried to tell them not to plan to meet until at least 6:30, but they wanted to get there at 6, so....they had time to kill til we got there. One of these days, someone somewhere will realize that I might - just might - know what I'm talking about every once in a while.
In the meantime, I packed string cheese, made me a bowl of tuna salad, got veggies (red cabbage, radishes, green peppers, turnips, and tomatoes) ready to take with us, so when Ron got home, he only had to wash up, change his clothes, and off we could go. I also packed a couple of Oatmeal Creme Pies for dessert. One for me, one for Ron.
He got home, off we went, and enjoyed the outdoor supper - and the MILE-LONG nature walk afterward.
My hips are still killing me. They may not forgive me tonight.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Let's get going...
Okay, I've decided that to help myself in this war against myself, I would keep this blog to document my eating and exercising - ugh - just to keep myself in line.
Monday, July 22, 2013. Useless day. Out the window it goes. Did nothing worthy, ate like a pig all day.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Got up at 11. Then, for lunch, I had a peanut butter sandwich and some potato chips. The only reason I had chips is that they were left over from the reunion over the weekend. As soon as these are gone, that is it for quite a while, and I will push Ron into eating more of these than I will eat, I promise. At 2:45, I made myself turn on the Wii and do some of the training for 15 minutes. MAN, are my legs sore now!! They are literally trembling. 254.
It's now almost 11pm. I thought I would update this blog about the rest of the day.
I had a meeting tonight - I have joined the local TOPS chapter, and the meetings are on Tuesday evenings. I remembered this week (I had forgotten last week...) and went to the meeting (TOPS stands for Take Off Pounds Sensibly) right after a terrific thunderstorm tore through. I like my scale (the Wii) at home much better than I do their scale. According to their scale, in the two weeks since I joined, I have gained 1.4 pounds. Sigh - boy, do I have some work ahead of me.
After the meeting, a little after 8, I came home and tried to find some supper. I assumed Ron would eat supper while I was gone, but he did not. Neither one of us could find anything we agreed upon for supper, so he had 2 peanut butter sandwiches and I had an egg sandwich (made with 3 eggs). We each had potato chips, which finished off the bag, and some vegetables, mostly cherry tomatoes and celery sticks. I then had a brownie, which had been brought home from the reunion over the weekend. Ron had finished off the Oreo balls while I was gone, thank goodness.
That's it for tonight. No more exercise, except the walking to and from the car while uptown, which wasn't far, but it was more than I would have done here at home.
Monday, July 22, 2013. Useless day. Out the window it goes. Did nothing worthy, ate like a pig all day.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Got up at 11. Then, for lunch, I had a peanut butter sandwich and some potato chips. The only reason I had chips is that they were left over from the reunion over the weekend. As soon as these are gone, that is it for quite a while, and I will push Ron into eating more of these than I will eat, I promise. At 2:45, I made myself turn on the Wii and do some of the training for 15 minutes. MAN, are my legs sore now!! They are literally trembling. 254.
It's now almost 11pm. I thought I would update this blog about the rest of the day.
I had a meeting tonight - I have joined the local TOPS chapter, and the meetings are on Tuesday evenings. I remembered this week (I had forgotten last week...) and went to the meeting (TOPS stands for Take Off Pounds Sensibly) right after a terrific thunderstorm tore through. I like my scale (the Wii) at home much better than I do their scale. According to their scale, in the two weeks since I joined, I have gained 1.4 pounds. Sigh - boy, do I have some work ahead of me.
After the meeting, a little after 8, I came home and tried to find some supper. I assumed Ron would eat supper while I was gone, but he did not. Neither one of us could find anything we agreed upon for supper, so he had 2 peanut butter sandwiches and I had an egg sandwich (made with 3 eggs). We each had potato chips, which finished off the bag, and some vegetables, mostly cherry tomatoes and celery sticks. I then had a brownie, which had been brought home from the reunion over the weekend. Ron had finished off the Oreo balls while I was gone, thank goodness.
That's it for tonight. No more exercise, except the walking to and from the car while uptown, which wasn't far, but it was more than I would have done here at home.
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