I did decided to go with my husband to Melbourne area. I did some quick christmas shopping at Kohls and after my husband was done with court, we decided to drive out to Cocoa Beach.
It felt soo good to get out of the apartment and into the breeze of the ocean. I took tons of pictures and a video of my daughter and husband. I was playing around with the camera pretending to be a photographer and all. It was pretty fun and my husband thought I took some great pictures. I will post a link from my Google album for you guys to view. I really don't know how to post videos and pictures here. I think you have to have membership for that.
Anyways, I'm amazed from your comments on how many of us actually have hoarders in our family especially on that comment from Brandi Vaage on her grandmother and the coupons.. I think this started in the 1930's from the Great Depression and then it got passed on to the next generation. I requested a book from the library about hoarders, so it should be interesting.
My weight is just stuck at the same number for the last 3 days. I can't complain since I didn't gain anymore and I haven't done any serious workouts. I think I should try visiting my friend Gilad again.
My husband has to drive all the way down to Melbourne today for court. The court is only 2 hours long and then he comes back home. He asked me this morning if I wanted to go with him to get out of the house. I told him I'll think about it and let him know by 11am before he leaves. I'm not exactly sure what to do there with a 2 years old for 2 hours. I know she needs to get out of the house and play. So I'm still thinking about what I want to do for today.
I'm slightly better today. I think I may had allergies in the head or something. But it's improving slowly.
We did more shopping yesterday. Actually it was more christmas shopping that we're trying to get done. I find Christmas shopping a headache and I prefer to buy gifts online instead of going from store to store. So we found a few things and got gift cards. We can't bring big gifts with us this year because we're flying up north and it's hard to pack big gifts.
My weight is the same. I didn't eat as much yesterday and I need to get back on track to my healthy eating habits. I'm not able to make it to the gym but I do try to keep moving around to burn calories instead of sitting around all day. It does seem to help by maintaining but when it comes to losing, it's very slow that way. Hope everyone have a great Monday!
Last night, I kept getting these bad headaches and wasn't sure why. Then I made a mistake before I went to bed by taking my multi vitamins instead of zinc. I take zinc at night before bed to help reduce my acne. But I was soo tired last night that I wasn't paying attention to the bottle I was opening. I realized I took the wrong one a few seconds after I took it.
Then I tried to lay down to go to sleep. Everything around me started spinning like crazy and I felt very nauseous. The nauseous was really bothering me and I tried to get myself to throw up the vitamin thinking that it was making my head spinning even worse. Nothing would come out.
Then I got nervous that maybe I went overdose on it and woke up my husband to tell him but he thinks I would be okay and try to get some sleep. I did finally fall asleep after that, but this morning I still feel alittle whoozy. I'm not sure why. I hope it goes away soon.
Yesterday, we did some more shopping and then came home and relax for a while in the afternoon. Then we went to Disney MGM to look at the Osbourne Christmas Lights and it was really pretty. We only saw 2 shows because my daughter was very restless and couldn't sit still in the theater.
We came home around 8 and I gave my daughter a bath and read her a story before bed. Once asleep, I decided to watch one of my Oprah show. She had this show about hoarders and oh my goodness, I couldn't believe what I was seeing in that 3,000 square foot home. 75 tons of garbage!! It's took the Oprah team 8 weeks and 100 people to clear out of that house. I only saw part 1 last night and will continue to see part 2 today. I wonder if watching all that stuff in that house was making me dizzy haha! I was sick to my stomach when I saw those stuffs piled high in the house. I don't know how could anyone live like that!
My grandparents were hoarders and we had to pay over a $1000 each house to throw out their junk. That's like 7 or 8 dumpsters! They were divorced, so that's 2 houses. My grandfather had his parent's clothes in the basement and tons and tons of McDonald and Burger King napkins! My grandmother kept food cans from the 70's and she even labeled what year she bought them! Some of them were there before I was born! I had to wonder if that's why I gotten sick a few times when we ate at her house. I remember how I hated eating at her house because her food tasted terrible!
I also had the same problem with my Dad when he passed away when I was 14. He had stuff in the garage and the basement that we didn't even know was there until we cleaned it out. I'm sure our house would be like hoarders if it wasn't for my mom. She was the only to keep it clean. Thank goodness for my mom.
Then after I graduated from college and moved back home from KS, I didn't realized how much stuff I had. When I met my husband and moved to KY, he kept telling me that this is too much stuff and I moved into my apartment and couldn't find any place to put my things. He helped me realized that I was becoming like my grandparents! I started getting rid of things and reducing clutter big time! I was really embarrassed about it but glad that my husband helped me see what a pack rat I've become.
Now my biggest problem is my parents! They are always buying toys and clothes for my daughter. She has more clothes than the 2 of us combined! Yesterday I went through some of her toys and get rid of them while she was taking a bath because she doesn't play with them. Beside I know there will be tons of new toys coming this Christmas. My daughter's room is very small and she can't have a lot of stuff. So when I sell something or donate it or trash it, my mom gets upset with me. I had to tell her that anything that I sell of my daughter, it goes in her back account, not to me or her father. She stopped complaining since then.
Yesterday we went to Cracker Barrel for our Thanksgiving dinner. We were supposed to go to a friend's house but it was cancelled 2 days before because she was in the hospital for over a week and didn't have the strength and energy to do Thanksgiving this year. I told her that's okay and not to worry about it. So I ate the usual thanksgiving dinner at CB and I only had one plate. I think that's better than a buffet that my family usually makes at home because you can go back for more than one plate.
After CB, we went back home and let my daughter take a nap. She didn't get much sleep the night before and she was very cranky all morning. I also made some pumpkin pie without the crust. All the crust have trans fat except if you make it yourself with whole wheat pastry flour but I wasn't in the mood to go all out on baking. Also I know I saved some calories by eliminating the crust. My husband doesn't mind as well and it was still good.
We went to Disney to see the new Christmas lighting they put up on the cinderella castle. It looks like icicles coming down. It's all decorated with LED lights. It's so pretty! I can't post pictures here yet but here is the link and u can see the picture of the castle.
I was hoping that all the walking I did at Disney last night would burn off most of the CB dinner I had and a slice of pumpkin pie. The scale went up 1 lb this morning. Not too bad.
My husband woke up this morning and ran out of the door to go to radio shack because he wants to get this GPS for the car. So he got his little toy in the car now and last night, I saw a sewing table at Walmart on sale and bought that online. There was no way I was going to walk in Walmart on a black friday. We came home to rest this afternoon and then do some more shopping. Just browsing around and see if we find any good deals.
Also we found a good deal at Disney store today. They had big sale plus 20% off at the register before 10am. I got my daughter a disney princess vanity that originally cost $100 and we got it for $48! It's quite a steal!
I don't know why, but I thought to myself that I have to check google reader today thinking that everyone was going to be blogging their thanksgiving today and I was going to find 856,478 new blogs, but thank goodness it was only 5. Then I know I will be able to keep up with all my EP friends.
I'm always thanking the Lord everyday for blessing me with a nice place to live and my husband to find a job for me to be able to stay home with my daughter and watch her grow. I'm thankful for our health and the knowledge of power we have in us to be healthy and know how to be healthy by eating the right food and getting our exercise. I'm thankful to have my husband who loves me so much and put up with me when I am not a nice person.
I've been cleaning all day yesterday and kept myself moving. I'm happy to see that it was worth it when I saw 140.0 on my scale this morning. I keep trying to find more cleaning to do in my apartment and there's less to do! So my next option is to do some exercise from the TV when my daughter takes a nap.
I love how my apartment is so clean and organize right now. Now if only I can get my 2 years old and my husband to pick up after themselves, but then there would be nothing for me to do.
At night time, I keep my hand busy with knitting while watching my tv show. I was sad to see Kae was eliminated from TBL. She was my biggest role model because she resisted those temptations during the contests and games. She look great now at 137. Dang she is 3 lbs lighter than me now. I have to start catching up now. Haha.
I'm finding Neil very annoying now for some reason and I still stand with Isabeau for making her decision to vote on Amy. Kim the trainer is annoying as well. I'm definitely looking forward to see who will win at the end. It's hard to predict who.
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Wow, I've been so busy that I forgot about blogging here for a while. I've been traveling for a month and finally settled down back at home last week.
I haven't recorded my weight as much because hotels don't have scales and I don't even want to know what I weighed since my eating habits were not that great.
I'm happy to say that I stayed in the low 140's and I never went over 143. Now it's getting back to the 130's that will be tough. My body doesn't seem to want to go into the 130's. I only have 20 lbs to lose that will be my high school body type. I'll just keep trying. I believe it's better to maintain the same weight than gaining and going up.
One of the biggest loser made a good point last week. They had a donut contest and oh man, I love donuts but I know how much trans fat they have. So I rarely ever have them. I believe I only had one donut this year back in July and that was the week my grandmother died. Emotions and food never mixed well.
Anyways, Kae, one of the players on the biggest loser, mentioned that she is a small person and how she can't afford to eat a 300 calories donut, so she didn't join the donut contest. I really admire her for doing that. She is right that she can't afford that donut. We are almost the same height and I realized I couldn't afford that donut as well. I think tall people are lucky. I believe they slim down faster than short people. We short people don't have a lot of room in our midsection. I wonder how all of those intestines stay all cramp up in there.
Well, I guess I could say the human body is amazing to do things. I'm back to my healthy eating habits but exercising is not so great. I've been doing a lot of house work and I think that helps. I've been cleaning the house for the past couple of days like I have some OCD or something. I know I don't have that but I love how OCD people keep their home soooo clean and neat. Maybe I should develop one? LOL. Yea, I know I'm being weird. Time to go clean now!
I'm finally back, 130's! I was shocked to see the scale say 139.5 yesterday. I was hovering over 140 to 140.5 for the past several days. Yesterday I got fed up being in the house all day and took out the umbrella stroller and walked a half a mile to the library with my daughter. I was really hot and sweaty since it's the heat index are still in the 100's and the humidity was high as well. When I got back from the library, I was soaking in my clothes from all the sweats. Ugh! But I felt I had a good workout.
I watched the Biggest Loser yesterday and I was like whoa, when I saw Jillian flipped out when Isabeau said to her, " Are you crazy?!?" She made Isabeau run on the treadmill at the speed of 12.5 mph!! Yea I think I would have said the same thing! Are you crazy?? LOL! I was sad that they let Patty go since I really like her. It should be interesting to see what happens next week when they go on vacation! I'm really enjoying this show more than any of the others.
I saw some great tips from Jillian on her website to brush your teeth after each time you eat. I did that yesterday I was surprised how much less I ate since food didn't really taste that great. I guess it helps cut down on the calories. We'll see how long that lasts lol.
I was sick for a couple days with a cold, thanks to my daughter. Unfortunately my daughter is still sick and I'm all better within 4 days. I'm trying to give her time to get better before calling the doctor. I hate to waste money on something that she doesn't need and I'm not so quick about getting antibotics unless she really needs them.
I've been reading a lot of books while I was sick. It kept my mind off the runny nose and I can stay close to the tissue box. I guess it helped since it went away in 4 days.
Also I'm still watching the Biggest Loser show. I don't know why I'm soo into this show now. I wasn't into it before. I 've been watching a lot of Discovery Health channel. I really like Dr. Oz's show The Truth about Food. It's very interesting how they research the food in your body. It's like going to medical school for free LOL.
My weight is down to 140. It's sooo frustrating that it's not going to 139. But I'm hoping to get there soon! I tried the Winsor Pilates and at first, I thought this was way too easy. I only felt a burn in my leg here and there. But I was definitely feeling something the next day. My whole arm was soo sore and I felt slimmer in my legs. Weird. I will continue to try the Winsor Pilates. I haven't done any for the last couple of days because I was sick. I'm still following the Abs diet for women. I think I can stick to this one. I don't feel deprived at all and no counting for me. I just got the Eat Clean Diet book from the library and will use some tips from there as well.
I will be traveling a lot this month and I'm not really looking forward to the food choices that will be hard to make by going out to eat a lot.
My mother in law is coming in town this weekend. It's only for 2 nights. So it should be nice to have some family around. Hope all is doing well with their weight loss.
