Well my computer was working fine yesterday afternoon and then it went kaput at about 4 pm. Anyway after a trip to the Apple store and calling to make a tech appointment for 9am today we gave up last night. The tech guy came this morning and fixed it, one of the memory cards is bad - he took it out. OK but do I need it, do I need to replace it? We also bought this new Mac Book Air so I am not tied to the desk when I want to use the computer, he got that to attach to our wireless network and it should be working also. I haven't tried it out yet. Yesterday was great, went to the gym but no bike ride in the afternoon. Still really good on the exercise front, totally on plan all day with food so what happens, oh the scale is up 2 pounds this morning. I knew yesterday was too good to be true.
Anyway today has started off great, been to the gym did 45 minutes of cardio and then ab stuff. I am going to the chiro again tonight, my back pain has returned with a vengance. Now that I am not pregnant I am sure he will want to take Xrays - not sure I am up for that, he is not part of my health plan so I pay all charges and I could go elsewhere for Xrays and they would be covered with my health insurance. I had oatmeal and apples for breakfast and think I am goin to have a Lean Cuisine for lunch. I need to get that eaten the DH and I are going for a bike ride at 3 and then to my appt. I have also been on the phone setting up appointments for the car, someone to pick up a rug to clean, and the vet. I was supposed to go shopping with my Mom today but no call. That is not unusual she goes weeks sometimes without calling. Trying to think of something good to have for dinner - any ideas??
And of course one with the little devil himself, my nephew.
Having a gret day so far, geting tons of stuff done around the house and calling and making all the appointments I need. Went to the gym and slacked a bit today, on purpose, only 45 minutes of cardio. No weights. I have done really well with Breakfast and Lunch and am planning on leftover pork tenderloin and sweet potato fries for dinner. It can't decide whether to be sunny or cloudy here, I am going to take the dog for a walk in the next hour and wish it would stay sunny.
Tuesday 7AM - I am off to drop the DH at work and get to the gym. Great day yesterday, the scale is down 1.5 pounds, that seems a bit much, I am sure it will be up tomorrow. I managed all the cardio and weights at the gym yesterday am and then went for an hour long bike ride with the DH - I also totally nailed the eating. Yeah! More later
Well yesterday was great, I totally did not get the Sunday night blues where I used to dread having to go to work in the morning. Today is great so far, went to the gym, 55 minutes cardio and arm weight work. I got a 90 minute bike ride in on Saturday and Sunday it was too cold so we went to the gym. I did cardio and ab work. I can feel it still today. We ended up not going out to dinner or lunch the entire weekend - YEAH!! I actually still gained Sat morning yesterday and today my weight is back to teh Fri morning level so basically no gain for the weekend. Now forging ahead with another good week and maybe I can get back to the 197 from before I was pregnant. I need to get the new Mac Book Air computer we bought yesterday set up but it won't connect to the internet - frustrating.
I also went dress shopping - soooo depressing. The tops are just too small - I am too big. Some 16's fit but they weren't great dresses, I could have bought them to have a dress but they just weren't anything that flattering. I really just don't want to have to buy a plus size, I know it shouldn't matter but I am determined. I did get some new pj's and a new cami that I am wearing today with my knit dress - you know caual wear that I couldn't wear to the office before. I am taking my Mom shopping on Wed to try to buy a dress for the wedding she is a 2X or maybe even a 3 and has not been making the best clothing choices lately. I am hoping to have her find something that is a little more tasteful and age appropriate - she is 65. I don't think she needs to wear 4 earrings - 2 in each ear, and she does this thing she thinks is so hip where they aren't all pairs - you know 1 pair and then 2 other different earrings. It is like she thinks is 17, but uh no Mom you aren't and neither am I. Hope everyone is starting off to a great week before the holiday.
Well I guess I now know why the scale wouldn't move - TOM. Had kind of forgotten about that with everything that has happened. So yesterday I was up .7 but this morning I was down 2.3 pounds. It is so strange what can happen, I am predicting a gain for tomorrow not because I plan on eating too much or not exercising, it just seems 2.3 is way too much. I even got on the scale twice. I have already been to the gym and did 57 minutes of cardio and then resistance stuff for the arms. I went to the grocery store to get all my low fat, non fat, no sugar food. Redi Whip, Jello 60 cal puddings, light string cheese, 100 cal mini bagels, light bread, oh and most improtant the Edy's ice cream with 120 calories per serving, this is the best stuff in the whole world. It was on sale so I bought 3 and put them in our basement freezer. These are all the things they don't have at Trader Joes and Whole foods, love those stores but since they don't do the Splenda thing I have to shop at the big chains too. I am going to take a shower at 11:30 - ahh the life of leisure and then putter around the garden and going for hair color at 2:30 and then I may go for an afternoon bike ride. The DH is grilling tonight and we may go see a movie. I am only 5 pounds away from my lowest and I am going to make sure this weekend does not interfere with losing another pound. Looks like the weather will cooperate and next week is supposed to be nice too!! Happy Friday to everyone!
Well today is my last day at work - I would scream with excitement but it is very quiet around here. I am meeting with HR at 10:30 and maybe I can leave after that.
Last night I did really well. I had ceviche and then a grilled shrimp salad, it was small and I had the dressing on the side and there were only 5 medium shrimp. I had probably 5 chips and are you ready - no drinks - just water. The scale is up .7 but I was sort of prepared for that, 2 really good days in a row are usually followed by some sort of gain. I also did not get any intense cardio in yesterday. Just a 35 minute walk at lunch. Today I did not bring my lunch since I hope to be back home eating but had a great breakfast, yogurt, oatmeal, blueberries, and pineapple. Yum - the berries were really good. I have more at home and I can have them for lunch or dinner, the DH doesn't like blueberries so that works for me. Planning on a bike ride this afternoon and then out for dinner. I still don't know where we are going and I really hope it is someplace that is workable. We have this dinner group of 5 of us and we take turns picking, this particular person always waits until the last minute and then it is really hard to plan. Plus he is a bad picker, he picked a restaurant so bad one time I did not even eat ay of my food and went home and had a JC meal. That said it is still going to be a great day.
I am happy to report the scale is down another 1.3 pounds and I am now .2 lower than last Saturday morning before the birthday party blow out. Now to keep that scale moving, I feel like every time something good happens like this 1.3 pounds then I go up the next day. I am all set for breakfast and lunch, brought a LC stuffed cabbage roll. Tonight we are going to meet a friend who is in town from California. So dinner out. But I am bound and determined to really stick to it and no drinks or dessert. I am hoping to get a little exercise in before we head out to meet our friend.
I did manage a 30 minute bike ride last night before a dentist appt. I was happy with that. tomorrow is dinner out again. Friday no plans - so depending on the weather either a bike ride blow out or to the gym. Friday is my first official day of freedom. No work - Yeah!! I can plan my day around exercise and running errands. I am actually pretty excited. The boss was so weird, he said oh you had said the end of the month - I never said anything about the end of the month. I said if you had someone to transition into my role, meaning another employee who already works here - you know promoting someone I could be flexible to stay and train them. Well of course does he let me know there is no one to promote - no and btw there are people they could totally promote but they just don't do that here. Anyway, 2 weeks it is and Thursday is my last day!! It is cloudy today but I don't think it is supposed to rain so I can go for my walk at lunch. I will report back on how dinner goes. Wish me luck!
Good news - I made it to the gym last night. But the news for all you Bernie fans, they had these posters up they are having free training sessions with Bernie the next couple of Saturdays at a park near our gym. Free for all even non gym members. So if you live in Chicago or you want to come to see Bernie, here is your chance.
I did 57 minutes of cardio - go me, normally I am sooo bored. 23 on the treadmill and I ran for 11 minutes without stopping and then another 2 minutes after walking. That is really good for me, back when I was sick and pregnant I could barley take 2 minutes, the 11 minutes did not even kill me. Anyway then I moved on to the eliptical - 34 minutes there. The machines said 700 calories burned but that is probably a little high. Today is our only nice day, in the 70's and no rain until later. I am going for a quick bike ride after work and then I have to go get my teeth cleaned. Tomorrow we are going out to dinner with some friends - so much for my ban on dining out. And looking at my calendar I am supposed to have a dinner on Thursday night. Well last night I had some JC turkey chili, with a slice of low fat cheese, extra peppers, onions, and Bruschetta chips crumbled on top. It was yummy. I also had mustard greens, cucmbers, and fennel. All seperate, not cooked together. Breakfast was good this morning and Have my Lean Cusine all lined up for lunch.
Sent the boss an email yesterday about my last day since he was never in his office. Well he emails me at 5pm to say he will stop by, uh - you can but I leave at 4. Now it is 10 am and has he "stoped by" - no of course not. I guess I will start moving all my files to a shared drive so someone can find them when I leave. Try to label all the stuff on my desk. That should keep me busy for a while. The scale was down 1.5 pounds today which is good but still up 1.1 from Sat morning. The inches are not moving either, I had to reject 2 pairs of pants before settling on the ones I have on. I really need to get the next 5 pounds off.
Well the scale is down .8 of the 3.4 that I gained on Saturday. I still do not understand how it is possible to gain 3.4 pounds, that would be an extra 11,900 calories and keep in mind that I went for a 70 minute bike ride that day. Anyway it puts me exactly where I was last Monday. This week is completely free of any social obligations and I am keeping it that way, not dinners out and nothing for the weekend. I am going to a wedding in TX on May 31st and I would really like to back to the pre pregnancy weight or a little lighter. I need to go look for a dress this weekend, I saw a Cynthia Rowley I like but my guess is that 12 is the largest. My upper half will not fit into a 12, that will take at least a good 20 or 30 pounds. This is a link to the dress
The one saw is a royal blue, looking on the website the largest is a size 10. OK - we won't be shopping at Cynthia Rowley for awhile.
Mother's Day was nice, and I stayed on plan. I ended up making this stuffed pepper thing for dinner and also had some asparagus. I mixed up Boca crumbles, 1 C of Brown rice, with 1/4 C egg beaters, chili powder, cumin, 2 oz. fat free feta, and carrots, onion, celery that I had chopped finely and "sauteed" in a non stick pan. I smooshed that mixtue into poblano peppers I had cut in half and taken the seeds out of, then I put canned chopped tomatoes on top and around the peppers. I cooked it for about 30 minutes then added low fat cheese to the top and cooked it for 10 more minutes. It was pretty tasty, I was really hungry so I did not let it rest, it held together pretty well piping hot so I am sure it would be fine if it had just rested. The DH even ate 2 halves and that was his dinner - usually he is so not about the no meat thing. It doesn't bother me. There was more stuffing than would fit into the 4 pepper halves so I just cooked it in a casserole dish, next time I will make the same amount of filling and just have 4 peppers to cut in half and stuff. I was going to bring the leftovers for lunch but I am going out with coworkers - hopefully to this asian place that has a really good chicken breast salad. Planning on a bike ride tonight or the gym. No exercise yesterday - awful weather. That's all for now.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday. We went to Brunch with my Mom and the DH's family, ended up with lunch food but it was great. I had the grilled chicken breast salad - it was already dressed so I ate the whole chicken breast but only 1/2 the salad. I did eat some of the bread and 1/2 a dessert but no alcohol. I also had a really light breakfast, smoothie with strawberries, frozen mango, yogurt and almond milk, also 2 Boca soy sausage things.
Yesterday - I am still reeling from it. I was really telling myself to stick to it all weekend and Friday was great, did not end up going out for lunch had both lunch and dinner at home. Went to the gym on Friday, stuck to my 10 minutes of cardio and did all weight stuff. Then Saturday we got up went for a 70 minute bike ride, showered, ate a little breakfast, went shopping, had lunch - good there. But that is where the story takes an ugly turn, we went to a friend's son's birthday - he turned 1. Well I proceeded to eat M & M's, mixed nuts, a mini sandwich, pita chips with hummus, veg and dip, birthday cake, more dip stuff, more nuts, more candy, jelly bellys. So basically ended up eating from 4-6. Then on the way home stopped to get the veg I needed for dinner, we were having the neighbors over. So for dinner at 8ish I had a big lobster tail, 4 oz of steak, asparagus, roasted potatoes, salad and wine. No dessert. I was so guilty and knew the scale would go up and predictibly 3.4 pounds. Basically everything I had lost during the week so I am back to where I started again. Oy - if I could just control myself at parties, I just cannot seem to not eat, when I first started this a year ago, I just kept avoiding parties at friends houses because I know I have no control. My husband is great but no matter how many times I ask he won't call me out publically and tell me to step away from the nuts. They had plenty of stuff I could have eaten, fruit, veg without the dip etc and I had eaten lunch at 12:30 I wasn't hugry but it was all there. Anyway I am trying hard to avoid the kitchen this afternoon and am making stuffed peppers with Boca crumbles instead of meat for dinner. I will let you know what the scale says tomorrow.
