Lunch Break

Ok this is going to be fast since I'm at work and only have access to the internet during lunch hour.

I came to a realization the other day.  I need to stop talking about how I'm going to lose wieght and just do it.  Food has been a struggle for me.  It's both my enemy but yet it's my best friend.  The other night I was flipping through the channels and I came across Fit TV and was watching these people exercise when it hit me.  I'm not going to get thin by watching this, I have to do it.  I can't wish myself thin, I have to work myself thin.  So this week I've been walking everyday after work for a minimum of 30 minutes.  It curbs my appitite and stifels my boredom.

OK time's up...I'll write more later

Speed & Dependability

We finally got a new computer!  My old one kept locking up on me.  It was feeling it's age...it was 9 yrs old.  So now my frustrations are gone, and I'll be able to blog more regularly.  I find that I'm more accountable when I log my activity and food intake.  But mostly I look forward to keeping in touch with all of you

Today I'm going shopping for my grand-nieces birthday present...she'll be 10 yrs old.  So I asked her mom what she's into and what she likes.  I can't keep up with what's "in".  I was going to get her some, High School Musical or  Hannah Montana stuff only to find out that is soooo yesterday!  Get with the program Auntie Rosie!!  Rumor has it she's into the Jonas Brothers now...Who??  Then I find out that her grandparents are buying her a Wii and that most everyone is getting something for it.  So is this a Wii party now?  I'm going to Kohl's to buy her some school clothes.  That's safe. She's into the new hip styles.  I can't go wrong.  Heck she wore what I gave her last year for her school pictures. 

The party is Monday at 6pm at a pizza place.  So I'm going straight from work.  How am I going to survive.  Can I limit myself to one slice of pizza.  Can I skip over the garlic bread?  Situations like this kill my efforts.  Oh well, wish me luck.

All Work & No Play...Not Me

Well to my surprise we are done painting the house.  We have a ranch home with vertical cedar siding just on the front of the house.  There's white brick on the bottom and the cedar goes to the top.  Hubby scraped and caulked earlier this week, so on Thursday his Bday, we started painting.  We got done early cuz I surprised him by going out to dinner and having his daughter there too.  This was the first time we had gotten together since she moved out in April.  I was a good girl at the restaurant and had a salad and ahi tuna. On Friday we took the day off from painting and went to the parade.  I forgot the sunscreen, so my legs, arms and chest really got red.  Our town has a comminity festival for the 4th so we went there walked around and listened to the bands. I just had to have a corn dog and some beer...OK 3 beers, but they were Miller Lite and it was hot out.  Saturday was back to the grind of painting.  Hubby did the high peak of the cathedral ceiling area, and I did the low areas and the garage, plus all the trim.  I never knew I had triceps until they reminded me with a burning hello!!  This morning we went to Menards to buy new exterior lights to complete the look, and hubby installed them right away.  I picked up my mom, and my son & DIL came over for a cook out.  This weekend was the right balance of work and play. 

Hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July weekend.  Back to work tomorrow. Have a great week!

Good Day

Well today was a good day.  I packed my lunch for work and only ate what I brought.  A turkey sandwich with chees and lettuce, a sugar free jello-pudding snack, and 68oz of water.  Then I came home and had salmon on a bed of wild rice and fresh green beans. YUMMO!!

Today was also good because I had my annual review at work.  My boss gave me excellent scores.  Did I tell you'all that I acheived my NICET level 1 cetification in Fire Sprinkler Inspection & Testing?  I took the test a while back.  I'm just a one or two elements shy of getting my level 1 in System Design & Layout.  WooHoo!!!  As a woman in the construction industry I felt I had to validate my knowledge and receive this certifaction.  There are guys in my office that don't have this yet!! 

Well, I'm off to spend some "quality" hubby time.  He's home this week cuz of the holiday and his Bday!!

Another month gone

Wow, I can't believe another month has gone by.  My computer has been giving me some problems where it locks up on me.  I have a lot of family photo's saved on this thing, so I think it's time to save to disc and delete from the computer.  This thing is about 8 years old, so it's time for a new one anyway.  I took hubby to Best Buy yesterday to buy him a GPS navigator for his big rig.  (his birthday is July 3rd)  I had one picked out, but want him to check them out to make sure it's what he needs.  After researching them we decided on the Garmin.  The thing talks to you to tell you what street to turn on.  Pretty cool.  So anyway, while we were there we meandered to the computer section.  I found a laptop that I liked.  Once I calculated the cost, I decided now is not the time, especially after spending $300 on the Garmin.

So let's see, what else is new.  Oh I made an appointment with  a new hairdresser for a consultation to change my look.  She straightened my hair!!  and suggested to go shorter...to the top of my shoulders and definitely shorter on top.  You see I have been wearing a head band for the last 20 years with the same style.  I'm over due for a change.  I'm going to try to download the pics my hubby took after my consult.  I scheduled an appointment for July 11th for the actual cut.  I always figured that I needed big hair cuz I have a big body.  Boy was I wrong.  Seeing what the style would look like helped me understand hairstyling on a different level.  TaeBo Diva gave me some great pointers too. (Thanks)

I've been busy with wedding plans.  This month I interviewed 6 caterers and provided a report for the brides parents.  It's hard planning a long distance wedding.  My son and future daughter-in-law will be here mid August.  I have her bridal shower planned for the 16th.  It's going to be a Texas Beach BBQ theme.  Since they live on Padre Island, I wanted to bring a little of their environment to Wisconsin. When people here think of Texas they think of cowboys, longhorns, and Dallas.  I'll share my decorating plans with you later.

I'm doing OK on the WW plan.  I need to be honest with the points.  When hubby is home I tend to cheat on the plan.  I haven't gone to the gym in a while.  I'd like to start on the eliptical.  It's less stressful on my bad knees.

Well enjoy your week!  I took a vacation day for Hubby's birthday on the 3rd so I'm looking forward to a nice long weekend.

Rosie

If at First You Don't Succeed....

Try, try again.

Ok so I had a little set back and I told you how I injured my knee.  Well apparently I took that as full liberty to feel sorry for myself.  You see I was rockin' with a regimented workout plan.  Then that came to an end when I was on crutches.  At first I was mad at myself and tried to push the limit, but that set my recovery back even further and ended up wearing a brace for a month.  I was mad, sad, and very disappointed that this was happening to me after I committed to eating right and working out.  That's when old habits quickly came back.  I spent many evenings after work icing my knee to alleviate the swelling, so that's when I took the liberty to over indulge in foods that were quick and easy to fix and provided a lot of comfort, like pizza, burgers, Chinese take-out.  Since hubby was on the road, I needed to take care of myself.  But ultimately I realized this routine was very damaging, not only to my body, but also my state of mind.

My daughter-in-law called me one day and mentioned that she rejoined WW.  (we both had joined two years ago before her wedding) She doesn't have a lot of weight to lose.  I admired that she acknowledged her need for dicipline and accountability.  After that call I jumped on my scale and realized I had gained five pounds in just under two months.  All my hard work was lost.  That's when I decided to rejoin WW with my DIL.  I've been on the program for three weeks and have lost 1.6 pounds.  I'll slowly get back into working out with more of an awareness to my knees.

I took time off from blogging, 1. because my computer is in our basement office and I couldn't do stairs, and 2. because I was too embarrassed to let you all know that I was sitting on my butt feeling sorry for myself.  So here I am trying again. 

Rosie

Check back later

Ok I've got 5 minutes before lunch is over and I get booted off the internet here at work.  I just wanted to say I'm doing good and I'm coming back to blog.  I missed all my friends on EP. I promise to update you all later.

Rosie

Housework Is Hazardous to Your Health

Yes folks, doing housework can kill you. Or I'm the biggest klutz around.  So here's the embarrassing story   I usually clean house on Saturdays, you know...bathrooms, kitchen, vacuum, dust, mop floors.  Well last weekend we were busy and I never got around to it, so on Monday after work I came home and started my routine.  My son offered to cook supper outside on the grill, so that gave me the house to myself.  While I was vacuuming the area rug in the living room, I noticed a man walking to my front door.  I didn't want to deal with a sales guy, so I moved the vacuum cleaner to the side and when I turned my body, my knee snaped.    The same knee that I had my ACL replacement surgery.  I let out such a screem and landed on the floor.  My son came running in and got pillows to put under my leg.  but I didn't want to stay on the floor so he helped me to the couch. I don't even think the doorbell rang, and I'm sure that man wasn't about to stay around.  We iced it right away and I took 600mg of Advil to prevent any further swelling.  All I could think about was tearing my ACL again or popping my hamstring.  I stayed home from work the next day and went to the doctor.  He didn't seem to think that anything broke or tore, because he was able to maneuver it in certain directions.  It had swollen up pretty good and really hurt on the inside of my knee.  He said I must have strained my MCL.  The little tears will heal if I stay off it, elevate it, and ice it.  He gave me some pain pills and said I should use my crutches for at least a week.  I went to work on Thursday, but only was there a half day cuz my leg throbbed so bad from sitting all day.  I made it through Friday with ice packs and everyone was so nice and helpful.  My boss even brought me coffee!! 

The most upsetting thing about this is that I was just getting myself into a great workout routine, and now I have to stop.    The weather is starting to get nicer and I'm not going to be able to get out and walk.  It was so funny...last night after work I came home and put my workout clothes on and sat on the couch and my dog came up to me with her leash in her mouth wanting to go out for a walk.  Poor puppy, she knows when I put those clothes on we go out walking.  Well from now on I have to wear a support on my knee.  The doc said to get a neoprene knee brace.  Right now I'm using an ace bandage. 

This won't get me down.  I'll be working out by the end of the month.

L8R - Rosie

So far so good

Well my first week on keeping my goals is going good.  The scale says I'm down .8 lb this week.  I'll take that!!  Drinking water is easy for me.  I've been dong this for months. I keep a 32oz mug at my desk and fill it 3 times a day.  Sometimes I don't finish the third refill, but at least I know I got in 64oz.  When I first started drinking all that  water, I was constantly going to the ladies room, but now my body has adjusted.  I think the weather has a lot to do with my attitude about exercising.  ***New Flash*** it's finaly spring in Wisconsin.  Temps have been in the upper 40's and even into the 50's.  The sun is shining and the snow is just about gone.  So seeing this has revitalized me.  I'm looking forward to summer and looking forward to being thinner next winter.  If I don't get to go to the gym, I make sure I either take my dog for a brisk 45 minute walk or I do 30 minutes on my treadmill on the cardio program. The hardest part for me is sticking to a menu plan. I can work all day and not eat a thing.  I know that's not good for my metabolism, but that's what I'm use to.  I literally have to remind myself to eat .  I bought tangarines, pears, and tangerines to work, but didn't eat all of them.  I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow to buy things for next week.  I need to think of easy, yet appealing things to eat.  The last time I lost weight, I made my lunches the night before so it would be ready to eat at work.  I can see I'm going to have to do that again. 

Well,  I just took Panda to the "doggie beauty parlor", so I now's my chance to clean house without having her underfoot.  I have to pick her up in two hours.  I'll catch up with you guys later.

April Goals

Ok, I'm ready to make a committment.  I need to have a plan and stick to it.  So here it goes...

• Drink 64 to 96 oz of water per day
• Do cardio workout 5 out of 7 days....elliptical, treadmill, stair-climber for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
• Do weight training a minimum of 3 days per week
• PREPLAN my meals...I need to know what I'm going to eat and when, especially at work.
• Incorporate a minimum of 3 servings of fruits and vegitables per day

I think this is doable.  I find myself having more energy if I workout.  Now that I've gotten a tast of being active (after being a hermit this winter) I just love it.  My biggest challenge is going to be preplanning my meals and sticking to it.  Moods and temptation have always tampered with my willpower.  But I have my son's wedding coming up, and I want to wear shorts this summer. I just realized I haven't worn shorts in 7 years.  I've succumbed to wearing capri's.  That's OK, cuz I like my capri's, but it would be nice to wear shorts again.