Merry Christmas

I may not be online much over the next few days because of family time and such, so just in case I don't get a chance before then, I wanted to take this opportunity to with everyone a very Merry Christmas.  I hope that you all take an opportunity to reflect on the 'reason for the season'.  

Merry CHRISTmas!!!

~~Becki~~

Today was much much better

Today was a much better day than yesterday.  I stayed on track with my eating all day and drank lots and lots of water.  I ran 3.1 miles on the treadmill tonight at 10:45 min/mile pace... which is much better than I have been doing.  Plus I did some strength training that I skipped out on last night. 

I have another interesting story.... about God's provision.  Today I was stressing out all day long about how my kids don't have Christmas presents and I have my car payment this paycheck, so I didn't know what I was gonna do.... Well, I was thinking about it when I left work, and as I was driving to the high school to pick up my daughter, I prayed "God, I know that you will make a way... you have always provided when I was in need, and I am trusting you with this now.  I give it to You, I leave it on the altar...."  And I did.  I let it go. 

When I got home I had a letter from my finance company stating that they were changing the due date for my car payment and it would now be due on the 7th of each month.  My NEXT payday!  Sure, I'll still have bills that week that I would usually have to pay, but it gives me a little more money to work with for my kids' Christmas.  God is so good.

Thanks for letting me share.  I am so blessed.

~~Becki~~

Horrible Horrible food day yesterday

Yesterday was a bad bad day!  You name it, I probably ate it!! 

I don't know what happened!  I was doing sooo great up until yesterday and I slipped a little, you know.. like there's a wet spot on the kitchen floor and you lose your balance a little....?  Then, the darndest thing happened... someone tilted the freakin' kitchen and I just slipped right on down until I landed on my rear end.... which means I felt like total crap last night, 

It all started when I didn't eat breakfast.  Then I was starving.. so when I got the "gift" of tootsie rolls, that was all it took.  That was the wet spot on the kitchen floor.  It was quickly followed by a Mrs Fields peanut butter cookie, and a whole lot of crackers, then a very LARGE bowl of soup when I got home from work, with oyster crackers... then an endless number of graham crackers, then more melba snacks crackers, and GOOD LORD... I can't even remember what else!  It was a carb-fest yesterday.     And to top it all off, I skipped my workout.  UGH!  Oh well.... yesterday is gone.

But so far this morning, I am back on track.  I've had coffee and Kashi oatmeal.  I am officially picking myself up, dusting myself off, and getting back on track.  And I plan on doubling up on my workouts today... doing my run and my circuit I was supposed to do yesterday.  FUN!

~~Becki~~

Almost monday again :(

I had a rotten night food-wise.  I made homemade vegetable soup... It was terribly yummy and I ate what must've added up to about a TON of it.  Oh well, I'll get back on track tomorrow.  At least I got my full servings of veggies in today   and it was perfect soup weather.  Our spring weather has passed now.  Tonight it's supposed to be about 25 degrees.  Not sure what the temp is out there right now... but it's cold!  Can anyone say BRRRRRR. 

Some of you may think that's warm compared to your temps right now... but to a Georgia girl.. that's downright frigid. 

I ended up turning off my alarm clock this morning and didn't go out and run.  Instead, I got on the treadmill after church for 3.5 miles instead of the 6 I was supposed to run.  Oh well.   At least I did SOMETHING. 

On a happy note, our high school won the AAAA State Championship Friday night... It was a good game.... the closest one I've seen all season.  We watched it on TV, we didn't get to go.  So, now our team won back to back state titles!  GO NHS!  That's 2 straight undefeated seasons!!!!

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend.  I'm off to bed now.  Nitey nite.

Becki

My weekend

It's been a good weekend so far.  I've been hanging out with the family all weekend, watching movies and stuff.  I only weigh myself once a week, and this week there was no change.... But I did my measurements and I am down 4.5 inches since last week.  I also checked my body fat percentage using the tape measue method that I found here:  Body Fat Calculator

Turns out my body fat percentage is about 23%.  I'm within the average range on their little chart, so that makes me feel ok.  I'm shooting for lean!  HAHA

I don't have much time to write right now.... we have tons of laundry to do and have to get some house cleaning done and make a big ol' pot of vegetable soup.  I'll try to blog again tonight.

GO EAGLES!!

My alma mater's football team just left the school to head to South Ga for the AAAA high school football championship!  I inadvertently got to see the busses leave.  I was coming back to work from my aunt's funeral and had to stop by the school to take my daughter something that she forgot.... and I got stopped in front of the school (the cops stopped traffic so they could leave)when the busses were leaving.  They had all the kids out of class standing out by the roads to wave and cheer.  It was very cool. 

We are the defending state champs!  Undefeated for 2 straight years.  (Geez, I hope my saying that doesn't jinx tonight's game... LOL)

Anyway, Go NHS Eagles!! 

Now, I am going to find food.  I haven't had anything to eat all day.  I came to work at 5 this morning, and was soooooo busy, I didn't get a chance to eat... then the funeral and trying to get back to work so I can get off earlier, I didn't have time for lunch.  So, I guess I'm having the oatmeal for lunch that I was supposed to have for breakfast. I am starving.

~~Becki~~

The chocolate cake story.......

Good morning everyone,

I know I mentioned yesterday that I would tell the story of the chocolate cake that turned me off from sugar... so here goes:

First of all, let me start off the story with a little background.  My hubby and I have been separated for a couple of months.  We are "together" now, but not living together again yet... looking for a place.  Hopefully we will be living together again next month.  

Ok, so anyway..... November 11 was my son's birthday.  He turned 12.  We had an awesome chocolate cake (the boxed variety) with white icing (the Duncan Hines variety) and it was yummy.   We celebrated his birthday at my husband's apartment.  After we went home, the cake sat on the table for a while.  Then, I noticed the cake plate on top of the fridge.  I just assumed (I know, my first mistake) that he had thrown it away and just put the cake plate on top of the fridge to get it out of the way.  Welll, turns out the cake was still in there.   Monday, I think it was, he decided to throw it away. 

When he took the cover off..... ummm, can I just say EWWWWWWWWWWW!!  It was disgusting.  You can imagine the mold and "hair" it had grown after a month of sitting.  Now, don't get the wrong idea about my husband... he is pretty much a clean freak.  I think he just forgot about it. 

So anyway, after much reading and watching Doug Kaufmann's "Know the Cause", I know all about sugar and yeast and fungus and what it does to the body, so that cake got me to thinking... If this is what happens to a cake (white flour, white sugar, etc...) in a controlled temperature environment, imagine what happens to it in our bodies at 98.6 degrees.  Now, I know that we have the ol' digestive juices and stuff that breaks down some of it, but still.... I guess whatever works to gross me out enough to lay off the sugar..., right?

Anyway, I just thought I would share.

The weather here has been beautiful, temps in the high 70's to low 80's every day, but that is all about to end.  The cold weather is coming through.  They say it's going to be 25 degrees Monday morning.  UGH!  I guess I should glad it's actually going to feel like Christmas rather than Easter.... LOL 

Have a great day everyone.  Be blessed!  And remember, If God brings you to it, He will bring you THROUGH it. 

Insane Day... however will I run??

Today is nuts.. what it it about today that made everyone decide that they have to bring more work to me every 5 minutes?  I'm so swamped right now I am barely keeping my head above water, and yet they still keep coming.  It's my lunch break right now and I REFUSE to work.  LOL. 

Tonight from 6-8pm is the visitation/wake at the funeral home for my aunt.   I I don't want to go.  I mean, I WANT to, because it's the right thing to do and I really loved my aunt, but I just hate funerals.  I've been through too many of them lately to feel like doing another one.  Tomorrow is the funeral.  

I came in to work a little early today so that I can get off earlier, so my plan is this:  Go home and change into my workout clothes, run on the treadmill for a while to actually get my run in, then shower and get ready for the funeral home.  I was wondering if I was actually going to get to run today, but I think it might actually work out like this.  

My eating has still been pretty clean.  I can't believe I am resisiting temptation the way I have been lately.  I just hope that this will power sticks around.  I have never had any before... It's nice to have some now.   A friend/co-worker brought in her famous cheesecake bars to work today.  They are like heaven... I have NEVER EVER EVER been able to turn them down.  But today I did.  I really wasn't even that tempted.  I think I have been disgusted by sugar.  That's a long story, one involving a chocolate cake... I'll have to save that story for later.  It would take too long to type and my lunch break is almost over.  

Ahhhh, a little suspense....

Happy Thursday to everyone, and be blessed!! 

~~Becki~~

Sad and busy day

Hello everyone,

Ok, so I went into work this morning, and all was normal.  Then, my dad called me while I was on my lunch break and told me that my aunt passed away today.  She was in poor physical condition and hadn't been able to do things for herself for a long time, and had a feeding tube put in about a year or two ago... but you never really expect it, you know?  Well... I don't have time to be sad yet.... The house was a total disaster.  And you know people will be coming over soon.  So I left work at 12:30 and this is the first time I have been in a sitting position since.... I have been doing MAJOR housecleaning. 

I just hope my grandma is ok.  She is 102 years old, and my aunt was her "baby".  She had been handicapped, physically and mentally since she was 16, so my grandma has always taken care of her.  My aunt was 76.

Back to the cleaning, then I have to get the kids to church for Christmas caroling.  I want to go to the gym, if it's just for a half hour.  I guess I'll play that by ear and see if my dad needs me here or not.

Have a good evening, y'all!!

~~Becki~~

Checking In

Just wanted to check in.... Yesterday was a FIRM workout.  It was supposed to be my ab circuit, but I opted to do cardio instead,  so tonight I will probably do my ab circuit after I finish my run.

Food yesterday:

breakfast - Kashi Go Lean Truly Vanilla Oatmeal, coffee

lunch - Chicken of the Sea Salmon Steak in Honey Barbecue Sauce, side salad

dinner - Lean Cuisine French Bread Pepperoni Pizza

Snacks - Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal, dry; Weight Watcher's Yogurt - Amaretto Cheesecakd flavor

So far today -

breakfast - none... just coffee. I forgot to bring my oatmeal to work with me. 

lunch - eating right now... salad and cran-water

I still haven't had a diet soda... so Saturday will be 2 weeks!  YAY!  I almost bought one last night when I had to stop by the grocery store for milk, but I didn't!  (I almost bought a candy bar too... and Little Debbie cakes, and a whole bunch of crap I didn't need.)

I am gonna finish my lunch break now. 

~~ Becki ~~