So today is my daughter's birthday and I don't know what to do for her birthday. Since she's been sick for the last 2 days, I doubt she would want cupcakes. But I may take her out for ice cream tonight. She keeps asking for hot dogs for breakfast. I told her she can have them at lunch, not breakfast.
We stayed home all day yesterday because Alyssa's fever kept going up and down and to my surprise, she fell asleep at 8pm instead of her usual 9pm. I'm hoping today she is much better. No fever so far. She slept in late til 9:15am. Wow I haven't slept that late in a long time as well. It probably helps that my husband isn't here to get up for work and she usually wakes up when she hears him.
I'm really itching to go to the gym today but I'm just waiting to see how Alyssa is feeling first. I feel like it's hard for me to figure out what to do when my husband is not here. We have a routine with him with his work schedule and now it's like we can do whatever we want. I don't have to be home in time to cook dinner or pick him up at work. I also noticed last night that I was craving for dessert late at night. I realized I tend to do this when my husband is not home and I didn't realized how much I miss him that I actually eat at night. I only had a small pack of oatmeal at 9 and then water for the rest of the night. I have to be careful with my emotions when my husband is away. It's actually the first time I recognized that and I'm happy that I caught it in time before I went digging for high fat food. Last time my husband was away, I ended up making a peanut butter chocolate sundae and I really got a bad stomach ache after that. Never again!
I was getting frustrated with my weight for a while because it hasn't moved in a while. Yesterday I finally got my TOM and now that scale is finally moving down. My eating is still good and I'm trying to exercise whatever I get the chance to. That run last Friday felt so good which is why I am itching to go again.
My daughter has been throwing up all day yesterday. So I've been cleaning up the carpet, the chair, blankets, changing her into new clothes, and wash her down. Her fever was 101.4 last night and she wanted to sleep right on top of me. Man she was so hot.
This morning she seems a lot better. She stopped vomiting and her fever went down. Now she is trying to eat again and I'm slowly introducing milk and food. It looks like a 24 hours virus to me.
I dropped my hubby off at the airport this morning and he will be on his business trip til Friday. I thought today is the perfect day to clean up and finish up my laundry. Cleaning the apartment is like a workout for me. I need to disinfect this apartment since my daughter was sick.
I'm hoping to get to this gym sometimes this week and I doubt I'm going today because my daughter is still recovering. I'll be eating mostly at home but I may go out for lunch sometimes this week. I rather go out for lunch than dinner. It's better to eat a bigger meal at lunch. I noticed I tend to gain weight when I eat a big meal at dinner.
That's pretty much my day and I hope everyone else have a great day!
I received an interesting article from Yoga Journal in my email yesterday. It explains the different health benefits from doing yoga. After reading it, I finally understood why I was able to run longer because yoga helps you breathe more oxygen and I didn't have any shin splints. There were many other things happening in my body that I didn't know and it sure does the body good.
Be forewarned that this article is 14 pages long but very interesting.
Disney World can be cruel to dieters and health-conscious people.
We went to Disney World last night for my daughter's upcoming 2nd birthday. My husband is going on a business trip during the week and will miss her birthday, so we took her there last night.
It was amazing to me how Disney never failed to have a smell of food floating in the air every time we turned a corner. At Magic Kingdom, you can smell the cotton candy from the candy shop when you first enter the park. Then as you walk down Main Street, the smell of ice cream, popcorn, churros, chickens, hamburgers, pizza, etc, etc, just keeping floating in the air.
I remember thinking no wonder why we get hungry when we go to Disney. They purposely do this to make people buy their food. I already had my dinner and small dessert before we came to the park. The food is very expensive at Disney and we tried to avoid buying them. But it is still very, very tempting each time we go. I'm proud to admit that I did not buy any of those food last night. I did consider buying one thing, but I realized that I was making excuses again. Also my daughter was a great distracter. She wanted to go on the rides and once we were on them, the food were forgotten.
I had to blog about this because I go there often and I didn't noticed that Disney was doing this on purpose. I remember thinking, oh it's just one thing. Then it became a habit that I needed to buy one thing each time I'm there. I just realized this last night while I was there thinking about this blog. Wow, what a difference this blog made!
To the YMCA. I had a positive and negative experience going there yesterday. I'll start with the positive. I was able to run for 5 minutes, 3 times straight on the treadmill. Before I was only able to do about 6 or 7 minutes of running and the rest is walking. But I did 15 minutes of running! I felt so proud and good about myself. Those stretching at nights really help loosen up my muscles and made my workouts much easier. I woke up this morning with a bit of sore legs and butt.
As for the negative experience, I'm having problems with the daycare staffs. They seem to always complain about my daughter going to the bathroom a lot in her diapers. My daughter loves to drink milk a lot and I tried to change her as much as possible. Sometimes she goes a lot while in daycare. I think it has to do with excitement when she is playing with other kids or separation anxiety when I drop her off. She would cry for a bit and then stop and play.
As I drop my daughter off daycare, I asked one of the staff if they don't mind changing her diaper. They said sure no problem.
I walked to the locker room to change into my workout clothes and this other girl comes out saying that my daughter peed thru her pants and I have to come back and change her. I was confused since I asked if they could change her and they said yes! Now they're asking me to come back? I told the staff that there are clothes, diapers and wipes in the bag I gave them. Staff said yes I know, but you have to come back and change her. I responded and said you don't know how to change a baby? I was so confused as why she was asking me to come back when she already told me she would change her. Then she asked me if my daughter was potty trained. I told her no, she just turning 2 next week, she's still in diapers. She said oh, never mind and walked away.
I was feeling really confused and angry. I don't know why they keep giving me a hard time about changing a diaper. I feel like it's pointless to put her in daycare if the staff doesn't want to do their job. So I think all that anger in me is what got me running more than usual.
My husband thinks I should have gone back and change her anyways. But I'm still confused about the situations because I've seen other people asked for the same thing and they give them no problem.
I just get a bad feeling going to that YMCA because these people just seems not nice to me? I have tried other YMCA and they're always so nice. I never had any problems with them, but this particular YMCA gives me so much problems. It's the closest one near my husband's work and they have a playground and cafe that other YMCAs don't have.
I'm not sure if I should keep going to that one and put up with them or just drive 6 miles away to another YMCA. Basically, I will find a way to put a stop to this problem. I shouldn't have to pay for something every month that I feel unwelcome at a place.
Sorry about all that negative rambling. It was really bothering me yesterday and I just needed to get it out of my system to think more clearly.
I'm so thankful I have this blog to be able to personally put things down since my friends and family don't know about this place. I really enjoy this website and people are really nice here. It's amazing how I find people that feels the same way about losing weight and working out. Sometimes I feel like other people don't understand how it's important to have some support in this weight loss process. Coming here to EP has helped me stay focused.
I really like getting comments from people. The things they say can actually change my day. I would be feeling bored or discouraged and when I get a comment, those feelings go away and I feel better. So I tried to comment on other people's blog hoping to change their day for the better as well. Thank you to those who took time to comment on my blog.
I'm always going to Allrecipes.com to look up some new recipes to try. I found Irish Soda Bread which I've never had before. My husband had them before and he loves them. So I made two loaves. I tried it and thought it was good, but not my favorite. My husband absolutely loves it!
Yesterday afternoon, after all the events with my friend being robbed at her apartment, my husband decided he will "sacrifice" half of the Irish Soda Bread to my friend. I asked him why not just give her the whole loaf. He was like no way! He wants more of the bread and he loves it that much!
He gave her half of the loaf and she took it home to share it with her friends. Next thing I know, I got text messages from her saying how good it was and she was taking it home to share with her mom.
I felt flattered that she likes it a lot and now I feel motivated to bake more. But with my weight loss journey, I know I can't bake a lot. They tend to have a lot of sugar, so I save them for special occasions. I am at the point where I am still learning how to cook and bake. I've never cook while living at home and I baked from the box. Since I got married, it's the first time I learned to experiment without the box and use natural ingredients. I try to use healthier ingredients like whole wheat flour and olive oil, etc. Sometimes I use recipes from diet book like South Beach Diet, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Weil, and others for our dinner or dessert. It had helped me lose almost 15 lbs, so I know it helps.
So I'm up early this morning to get ready for a playdate group for my daughter and then to the YMCA in the afternoon. I sure I get some running in today on the treadmill. I may look into some swimming classes for the summer with my daughter.
I made some irish soda bread last night for my husband and it's the first time I've ever made it. It's good but it sure made my stomach bloated for the evening. So I drank a lot of water before I went to bed to help reduce the bloating. I don't think I will be eating much of it after that. I was worried that it would made me gain weight but luckily I didn't. I lost a half of pound. So I'm safe for now.
Well I never got a chance to go to the YMCA. Before we left, a friend text message us that her apartment was broken in. Someone knocked on her door and she didn't have a peephole, so she opened the door. The man pushed the door into her and walk in her apartment. He wanted some money and my friend gave him $52 which is all she had in her purse. The man tried to convince her to get her car keys and give him a ride. She told him no and made up a story that her husband and kids were sleeping in the other room. The man freaked out and left. Really, it was her roommate who was sleeping in there. I'm sure that was a scary experience for her and we stopped by for a short time to make sure she was okay.
It was already lunchtime by the time we finally left and we had to pick up lunch on the way. The YMCA daycare closes at 1 30 and I knew I didn't have enough time to go. So I did some shopping and let my daughter play at the playground for a few hours. Daycare opens again at 4pm but that's the time I had to go pick up my husband from work. By then, I am tired to do any workout and I have to go home to cook and give my daughter a bath. Those busy activities that should burn some calories.
Before we came home, we stopped at a park office to find out if a pavillion was available. We have to have a birthday party for my daughter who is turning 2 next Wednesday. We found out that pavillion is not available until May 20th. I was really disappointed that it was full fast. I did try to tell my husband that we need to reserve early, but no, he told me it wasn't necessary and it would be available later. Boy, did I prove him wrong! So my daughter's party will be postponed to May. I hope it's not too hot at that time. I certainly don't want it in June when hurricane season starts. Too humid and too many thunderstorms.
Wow! I ate some walnuts today before dinner because I felt like I was "starving". I was so full from walnuts that I couldn't even finish my slice of pizza and salad. That's something I should do more often.
I finally started doing my yoga stretches again. Wow I didn't realized how tight my lower back was. It felt so good when I did the star pose and felt my back cracking. It felt good warming up my muscles again and feeling light and sleepy afterwards. I slept good last night and for some reason, I woke up at 7am instead of my usual 8am. Maybe more energy from stretching?
So I lost a lb and half for drinking lots of water and stretching. We finally got to go food shopping last night and I made sure I bought a lot of the food I eat because I hate it when my husband postpone food shopping until we have nothing in the fridge and pantry. We end up going out to eat if we do that and that's how I gained weight!
So I was happy to have my food at home. As for exercising, I am going to try to do some T-tapp while my daughter take her nap. I need to get back to the gym and start working out more. I can't lose any more weight if I don't exercise. I did a lot of house cleaning yesterday by cleaning the bathroom and vaccumming, So I know that's some activities to burn some calories. That was pretty much my day yesterday.
I did really well trying to watch what I ate last week. I got down to 141 until this weekend, I gained 2.5 pounds for going out to eat all weekend. I have to really watch what I eat when I go out to eat. I don't know how much fat they put in their food and I need to keep my portions small.
I'm trying to get back to 140 from where I was in Jan and it's hard. I need to get back to the gym. With my daughter and husband being sick for the past couple of weeks, it was hard to get to the gym. I was planning to go today but I thought my daughter would be tired from Disney all day but she ended up waking up at 8am exactly. I was the one who was exhausted and I wasn't even at Disney. So I realized I made a mistake staying home today. I thought maybe I can get some workout today at home from the tv and do some cleaning.
So I'll be back at the gym on Wednesday. Meanwhile, people have noticed I lost weight and mentioned it to me. It was nice to hear that and I'm not going to let myself feel down for gaining those 2.5 pounds.
I remember I did some stretching when I was away in DC and I didn't know if it helped or not. To my surprise, I noticed how much easier it was for me to move around and I had more energy too. I need to get back to stretching and running.
I also ate the same day everyday like Dr. Oz from the YOU diet said. It really does help keep you full when you have less variety in your diet. So I will go food shopping tonight and buy the same food I ate each day to lose weight. It's the going out to eat part that I need to figure out. I thought about eating nuts before I go out to eat and tomato juice. I used to do that and it helped a lot. In fact, I should have some today.
I lost a couple of lbs because I was sick with a flu. I couldn't eat or drink anything for the last 3 days. I was vomiting and having diaherra alot. I absolutely hate being sick. I know I will gain all this back once we leave for Washington DC this wed. I hope not too much and exercise may be out of the question for a while. I'm still having diaherra and slowly trying to add food and water.
