A Loss!

Today marks 25 lbs lost--just in case the math is not working out for you it is b/c I refuse to post my true starting weight! At least, until, I lose 100#s.

Today we had a jean day at work. Mind you I was wearing 26/28 back in January--the 24's I had on today are at least one, if not two, sizes too big. All day long I had to keep stuffing my grannie britches down inside so they wouldn't be sticking way out.

Better go walk while it is shiny & warm outside. Cramps are finally wearing off a little.

Breakfast: Kashi crunch

Lunch: other 1/2 spinach chef salad w/ 1/2 a pkg of healthy deli sliced ham

Snack: bbq chips from machine and slushy CL tropical punch in h20 bottle

Dinner: 2 pcs pizza 

Onward & downward!

I'm wiped

Tonight was a long night at the gym. I spent 30 minutes on re-bike and 30 minutes on elliptical. Did I fail to mention that I had to wait at least 15 min between each b/c the place was fricking packed! Ended up being on the elliptical next to the bald guy.

You know me, I couldn't even make eye contact. Oh well, he was a lot funner to dream about when he was at a distance. Tonight he was actually talking to the guy on the next machine over and he sounded like a real jerk. Go figure.

Breakfast: a couple of handfuls of Kashi cerael--I am addicted!

Lunch: Healthy deli ham & 3 LC wedges(meat roll ups), a few bites of an English cucumber that had a little twang to it--ick! Threw the rest away.

Dinner: Spinach salad from a local coffee house--onions, bacon, mini red, yellow & orange bell peppers w/ tomato w/ Raspberry vinagrette. It was awesome! Actually I only ate 1/2 of it. The rest will be for lunch tomorrow.

I have not been drinking nearly as much h20 as I should so I have gone back to using Crystal Light flavor packets for bottled water. I love the lemonade & tropical punch.

Tomorrow I am going to try and figure out a true weigh-in. With it being TOM I have been hesitant. If I don't see a significant loss I begin to sabotage myself. You know, "poor whoa is me, why bother......". I am feeling really compact. Everyone who is a plateau needs to check out TravelGirls blog. Continuing to workout, while not losing, can make a significant difference.

My mama always said, "5 lbs of lead is a lot smaller than 5 lbs of feathers"--I think she heard it at a WW mtg many years ago.

Onward & downward!

Stalkers

Was unable to walk w/ group tonight as it has been pouring down rain all day. On the positive side, it would be a buttload of snow, if it wasn't "so" warm out (mid 40's).

Made an appearance at the gym for the first time in a week (did mostly walking outside last week--in case ya'all forgot). The place was packed! Bunch of new faces--nobody interesting.

Did all my weights. Increased most to 15 reps instead of 10 or 12. I even increased the weight on calf presses. Talk about burn. My back between my shoulder blades has been aching. The shoulder machine really helped to release pent up tension from work and help to correct my posture.

Managed to get 13 min in on elliptical before I had had enough. This funky, nasty, scummy, stinky guy kept getting on the machine next to me. By the time he hit the treadmill, next to my elliptical, he was entirely too ripe!

Breakfast: 1 C coffee, sweetner, & creamer

Lunch: McD's double fish sandwich w/ side salad & lg iced tea

Dinner: 2.5 mini pita pockets w/ 1/2 C ham salad & 2 light LC wedges and a snack bag of mini carrots. I may have a slice of watermelon shortly.

My training buddy went and picked up my "10 mile high" tee shirt--we get it after accomplishing the 10 mi walk. It is really cool this year b/c it is made out of a dry-weave Under Armor type material. I am really excited--wait a minute, me in white UA type shirt--what am I thinking? That material is so UNforgiving! Ugh!

Hey Angela--took Nate to McD's for dinner. As we were waiting in the drive thru a song came on he was sinking along with. Not being familiar w/ this group I asked who they were--guess what, it was Seether! I can finally say that I heard them. Nate says it is called "FAke It".

Onward & downward w/ lotsa crunches!

TOM came a knocking this a.m.

My head has been pounding all day. Woke up to this curse then realized I was out of all TOM necessities! Dammit! I was scrounging through the bath closet and old purses! Fortunately I found a stray pad.

Decided to take today as a rest day. Nate was still waiting for his 16 yr old haircut--I didn't want to make him wait any longer, would hate for him to change his mind. It looks much better but it still isn't short enough for me. Nate is ticked off b/c he doesn't think she cut it right. He says it is too short. Life was so much easier when he was a little guy. He got buzzes during the summer, bowl haircuts for school, and a 2-3 fade for middle school.

Breakfast: Kashi cereal w/ banana

Lunch: Cheddar & pb cracker pack from snack machine

Snack: pineapple

Dinner: 1/2 C ham salad (w/ mini pita pockets), 1 C bean salad w/ vineager, & 1/3 C baked beans

Tomorrow I have to be in another location (across town) as we are implementing a new computer system. Most people would find this a thrilling, positive experience. However, you have to understand that my employer hasn't spent any quality time in training all staff. Tomorrow is going to be a nightmare. TOM is only going to makes things much worse.

Onward & downward w/ sanity still in tact!

Finally got Juice!

Since giving up added sugars for Lent I have had this terrible craving for fruit juice. Last night I finally broke down--maybe Juicy Juice would be OK. I just about keeled over when I saw how much they were charging for that stuff these days!

Instead I found a Diet Cranberry Grape from Ocean Spray that had Splenda. Yum! I have been getting my juice on all day! I even froze it and made it a little slushy. It was a wonderful treat for my post 10 mile treat!

Yep, you heard me right girlies, I did 10 miles today! We stopped by the super market to buy Jelly Belly Sport Beans on the way to the park. A couple of hours later we came back thru to grab a turkey sandwich & carrots for when we were done. The little cashier girl said, "You guys are back already! Have you been running?" My new favorite cashier to say the least.

The weather was chilly early on; however, it warmed up by mid-afternoon. What was I thinking? I didn't put any sunscreen on! My face and neck are fried.

My legs are a little soar and my feet & ankles are a bit achy. But feel pretty great.

Breakfast: biscuits & gravy w/ large coffee

Lunch: turkey & cheddar sandwich w/ carrots & Diet Cran Grape

Dinner: 2 leftover pcs of pizza and a bowl of Kashi cereal w/ banana

Onward & downward!

Full Belly

Tonight I took Nate and his best friend to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It is a steak place. My tainted thinking tells me that I overate; however, when I stop and look for the success in it all, I don't feel so bad. Sweet little Lindy helped me to realize the error of my ways.

They are known for these sinfully, wonderfully yeast rolls w/ cinnamon & brown sugar butter. Fortunately Nate & Darielle put a hurting on the rolls--I only ate one w/o butter. I ate 1/2 a side salad, 8oz ribeye steak w/ steamed veggies. The veggies were very dry & ucky looking so I skipped them. Now prior to meal I did have a very watered down margarita w/ salt and an 1/8th of a blooming onion type thing.

In all reality, I only ate a few bites of everything. Well, the steak may have been a few more than a few bites.

Breakfast: 4 tsps pb w/ granola & 1C coffee

Lunch: McD's fish sandwich w/ side salad & lg tea w/ sweetner

Didn't not have any formal workout; however, I did make about 4 laps around our mall--yuck! two nights in a row! I absolutely hate to shop. Nate did finally spend some of his birthday money.

Tomorrow is the 10 mile challenge w/ the group. Most likely I won't be doing it w/ the group but I will accomplish it on my own. Hopefully it will be nice enough to walk outside. Unfortunately I have heard rumblings of more snow! Stick a fork in me! I'm done w/ this weather!

Onward & downward!

The birds are chirping!

Just let my lab outside. When I opened the door the birds were just chirping away! Yay!

Yesterday was my "baby's" 16th birthday. We went out to Pizza Hut with some friends. Not the best choices in the world. I had 2 pcs thin crust pizza w/ 2 pcs of garlic cheese bread. So much for watching my bread intake. It finally occured to me that TOM is impending. Maybe that is contributing to my need for salty & savory foods.

Poor Nate had a rough night. We had a great time at dinner, then we moved on to the mall so that he could spend his birthday money (only because there are no freaking Wiis on the face of the earth!). The evening went downhill from there. He had several items in mind; however, the store's either didn't have them or they didn't have the right size.

His shoulders slumped the rest of the night. He was more disappointed that he didn't hear from his dad. At one point I went into his room, while he was talking to a good friend, his eyes were all red and he was wiping his cheeks. His dad is sucha SOB.

Needless to say last night was a rest night. I took a library book with to the mall while the boys did their shopping. It finally occured to me to check a media store for the BL CArdio Max. Woohoo! I now have it in my possession. It was the last one on the shelf.

Better scoot, TGTGIF, wanna get this day over with!

Onward & downward!

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Another wonderful day!

Walked 3.5 miles pretty hard. My hips and butt felt a lot heavier this time around--last night they felt so much lighter.

The windows are open--today I actually remembered to shut off the furnace. Yep, I'm a ditz.

Breakfast: 1C coffee, banana w/ peanut butter & granola

Lunch: 1/2 Chef salad w/ cup of minestrone soup. I really wanted Wisconsin Cheddar soup but they dipped out the wrong one and didn't realize until I got back to work! Dammit! I have been waiting to try it for weeks.

Pre walk snack: 1/2 peanut butter sandwich

Dinner: 1/4 kiolbasa w/ other 1/2 of chef salad

It occurred to me this morning that Lent is going to be over in 11 days! Yikes! I am so afraid that I am going to go off the deep end. Ideally, I would continue to be sugar free after Easter.

Onward & downward!

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Tonight was so awesome! We couldn't meet up with the group at the designated time. Sandy and I walked from our hood to the city park, around it, and home for a total of 5.62 miles. Our approx time out was 1.5 hrs.

When the sun began to set it got a little chillie! I would have liked to stay out longer but it was too breezy and getting too dark. My biggest fear is stepping in a hole or off a curb wrong and missing out on the Mini.

Breakfast: 1 C coffee and 15 whole, fresh strawberries

Snack: 2 handfuls of sunflower seeds (w/o shells)

Lunch: other 1/2 of Italian chef salad w/ Lean Cuisine spinach & mushroom pizza

Snack: bag of Lays bbq chips from machine @ work (one of the gals I sit next to started bringing up different chips that we grew up with--how we used to go to this corner market for a bag as a treat during the summer. After talking about chips for awhile I just needed some!

Dinner: 1/4 kiolbasa (sp?) w/ broccoli & rice

Did better with drinking more liquids but still didn't get to where I should be!

Hopped on the scales at work today w/o shoes--assuming that my clothes weighed 2lbs, I have lost about a pound. Considering my big fixins over the weekend and the bread products I have been eating it doesn't surprise me. Another goal for this week is to cut back bread stuffs and increase veggies.

Onward & downward!

Finally all the leftovers are gone

Nate finished off the rest of the fettucine alfredo. I killed the rest of the crunchy breadsticks w/ butter. Thank God they are finally gone. They were so sinfully good that I couldn't bring myself to see exactly how bad they were for me.

Had a great workout this evening. Unfortunately I didn't get to finish it all as the place was packed! Waited around for awhile for two machines to be freed up; however, I finally got too hungry to wait. Was able to get in 30 min on elliptical and all weight machines. I had really hoped to do at least 5 miles on re-bike.

Breakfast: Ezekial bagel w/ pb and coffee w/ sweetner & cream

Lunch: 1/2 Italian chef salad w/ crackers

Pre-workout protein: 2 Tbsp pb

Dinner: Ezekiel tortilla w/ cucumber, sprouts, colby jack cheese, french onion spread, and a sprinkling of real bacon pieces--skinny, crunchy Italian breadsticks w/ real butter.

Hoping to train w/ the group tomorrow as weather is supposed to be really warm. Yay!

Onward & just hoping to maintain!