Here we go again…
Going to try to start blogging again. I think it will help me to be able to keep track of events in my life. I have a hard time with remembering these days. I guess it has to do with age. It kinda sucks getting older. My hair is getting pretty grey but that’s another blog, my eyes are not reading as well but other than that I think I am aging pretty well. My weight is an ongoing issue in my life too which if I don’t get a handle on will just make getting older harder. I have once again started the low carb way of life. I have been doing it strict for 7 days but the last 2 have been tough. I had pad thai and tonight I had a trail mix that had dried fruit in it. It is so hard to stick to any kind of diet. It sucks. I hate being overweight and wish somehow I could change my life around. I just got done watching the biggest loser and it’s awesome what they have accomplished but hard for the average person to do. And we all know the reasons why. Jillian and Bob are not living with us. I would love to figure out how to love exercise. Time to hit the hay. Nite
3 years agoOh wow! She embodies the saying ” dumb blonde “. Yikes!
4 years agoJan.24th 2008
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted but this week so far has been going very well. I was almost in tears last week. The withdrawl was a little much. It’s like mourning the loss of your best friend. Food is alway’s there for me when I need it. And it suck’s when you think of it not being there for your emotional need’s but rather for it to keep you alive and healthy is a whole new thing for me. But on Sunday it was all worth it when I went to weigh in and I was 6.2 pounds lighter!! I had one person tell me it was all water, such a hater. I don’t care. I don’t think so because my 1st weigh-in I stayed the same. I have been working hard at this and I expect to see another loss on Sat. morning. I just talked to my best friend Brindi and she asked me if I wanted to work out with her at CVAC. It will be raining all day so this will be great that I can walk on a treadmill or some other machine for awhile. I did get in 3 walks this week and this will be my 4th so pretty good with the excercise this week. Water consumption hasn’t been as good. I will try to up it tomorrow. I’m also pouring at the Salinas Food & Wine event this Sat. evening which will be very tempting. I will try to get the healthiest small bites. I’ve been feeling really good. Not tired at all. More energy than in a long time. Appetite has decreased and my tummy gets full faster. It’s shrinking….yaaaay! I’m going to be walking ALOT on Sunday cus I’m going to the S.F. Gift show with my boss. Sheeesh, busy this weekend but It’s good. I’m also going to schedule a massage for me & bff. All part of taking care of me. I luv that!
4 years agoIn case you were wondering. — gondaba
Tuesday Jan.8 2008
Work went well yesterday. Mary brought in homemade veg. soup. Perfect for my diet. Had a cup of that and I had made a couscous salad with garbanzo beans and had that too. Didn’t have breakfast again. Met some really kewl people from the Trolley, glad they came in as it was really slow and boring. They were a very lively bunch having a fabulous time. It was a local couple Steve & Nancy with Steve’s daughter Jen who lives back east in Pa. and her friend Sarah who is from Berkley. I really hope they come back or that we go to Tassajara in June when Jen comes bacl out for a visit. So after work I came home and made a chicken breast that I sliced in half and pounded thin with my new mallet/tenderizer I got for christmas and fryed in pam. I added a couple Tbl. capers, juice of 1/2 a lemon and some dry sherry to deglaze. It was pretty good! And a little more couscous salad. Then I was still hungry a little later and heated up a 1/2 can of chili I had in the fridge and put it on 2 carb counter tortillas I had in there as well. Not too bad but still. Oh and then I had 2 graham cracker’s with milk too. I feel guilty but I shouldn’t. It’s still a lot less in calories than what I normally eat so I will probably be ok. This is hard but hey, it was the first day. It will get easier. I promised Rachel from work a veggie lasagna before she left for college and didn’t do it so I got roped into doing it tomorrow for lunch.Mary is bringing me the cheese and veggie’s. I have everything else so that will help. Look’s like I’ll be cooking tonight after work. Not fun to be tempted tho. I will just have one piece with some salad. I can do this!
4 years agoJan.7 2008
What a reality check I got today!! I weighed in at 263 pounds!!! That is the highest I’ve ever been & the highest I will ever be. My weight watcher membership book that I will bring with me to every meeting has 26 weeks on it. My goal is to fill the whole book up this time. No quiting before it is all filled in! I am sooo happy my mom will be there with me supporting me. My friend Brenda is pregnant right now and is soo bummed that she can’t start right now too. She was very supportive and asked me all kinds of questions about it. She is going to start after the baby is born and I will be right there for her. She said that I will be all thinner and beautiful right when she is about to pop. I hope to be down 50 lbs. by then. What would be even better is to have gotten to 200 lbs. having lost 63 lbs. in 6 1/2 months. THAT is totally doable! So today I go to work but right now I am going to make a couscous salad to take with me. Tonight I will have a stirfry with chicken and veggies. No rice. So I need to remember that ” It’s not a diet, It’s a lifestyle.” Amen
4 years ago