The PAPrincess' Diary

Day # 421

Sorry to have been MIA for a few days. Work got incredibly insane and busy last Thursday and I never did get the chance to write. And, then I was off on Friday. I thought I'd take a day and clean, but I really didn't get much done at all. Then, Saturday and Sunday, Amanda and I went to New Jersey for the cocker group gathering. Let me tell you, we definitely did not stay in a 4-star hotel. What a dive that was!! But, we had fun and it was nice to see all the dogs and dog owners. We got back around 12 yesterday afternoon. On the trip someone in the car (I won't name names, Amanda!) stopped and got the largest size of Starbucks frappucino with the whipped cream. It was sooo hard to resist. She did this on Saturday and again on Sunday. Temptation...they name is Frappucino!!! It was also hard to resist the Cinnabon stands at every freaking rest stop on the PA Turnpike. Ohmygosh those little devils smell like heaven ... heaven with melted ooey gooey icing. I think the smell of it alone could cause you to gain weight! Extremely hard to resist. But, I did.

I'm glad to announce that since last weigh in I'm down an additional 10 pounds. Hooray for me! I have three days to go on the "cleanse" so hopefully I'll drop an additional pound or two. I did very well this past week. Wish I could've found more time for walking. The weekend was actually fairly good. We stopped both days for breakfast at a fast-food place, but I was able to get just scrambled eggs without any of the (yummy) sides of hash browns and meat and toast. I only got the "you're weird" look from one of the cashiers. We had packed fruit, so that kept me pretty well fed Saturday. One of the other dog owners brought london broil with veggies and I ate that, it wasn't fatty and seemed fairly healthy. Then, Amanda and I walked down to the boardwalk and I got a chicken sandwich, grilled, and just didn't eat the bun. I would've had two slices of chicken, but I was talking and not paying attention poolside where we sat to eat it and Teddy jumped off and ran off with one whole piece of chicken..that little piggy thief! Sunday I had more scrambled eggs from Roy Rogers, and finished off the fruit. Lunch was...guess what? Chicken!! But, I paired it with a baked potato since we were home. I really didn't eat anything else yesterday. I got so busy that I ran out of time, but let me tell you how dumb that is. My stomach was growling to high heaven around 10 p.m. But, it was too late to eat.

I'm off today. I have a long list of to-dos I want to accomplish. First and foremost is cleaning and organzing my closet. I must, must, MUST get rid of some clothes. There are so many that don't fit me anyway and so many more I just never choose to wear. I was going to get up and go for a walk now, but it's already nearly 9:30 and I haven't eaten yet,so I think breakfast will come first, then a walk about 30 minutes after that. If I eat too late I won't eat lunch and then....then it'll be 10 p.m. and my stomach will be growling again! I need to go grocery shopping today. And, read for class, and bathe the dogs, and clean, clean, clean. I think I need an additional day off ;-) I better get busy!

Hope you all had nice weekends!
 
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Day # 422

Hello Fellow Dieters! Sorry for the delay in this email. I'd normally send it out at least by midday, but I got incredibly insane today at work. I had to do video interviews with five students today and it took up a good portion of my day. Work is getting fairly busy for me. What a switch! The day just flew by and I actually could've used more time. I have so much to get accomplished this week and definitely not enough time. Add in a paper that's due for class next week and an internship project that should've been wrapped up by now, but I keep putting off. Ugh!

I walked about 6 miles today. I did 5 by my own and then ate dinner and went out again for another mile with the dogs. That is a workout in itself. All three dogs, two of them dragging my arm until it's nearly out of it's socket. Tomorrow my friend is dragging me (yes Peggy, you guilted me into it!) to a lecture/info session on working out/nutrition at our school rec center. I think I've got the nutrition and eating part down, but the exercise part...eh, I'm not so much interested. I really hate exercise. Hate hate hate hate it. And, I definitely don't like exercising in a public place full of other sweaty people. That being said, I'll go and see what this person has to say. I think I get a free protein bar out of the deal...ooh la la. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.

I'm watching the Biggest Loser right now. I wonder what the weigh-ins will be. The people on this show lose so much weight so quickly. But then again, they're exercising 6 hours a day and taken out of their every day lives full of temptations and stresses. So anyone should be able to be successful at that.

I did well eating today. Had scrambled eggs for breakfast. I forgot my mid-morning snack, oops, I just got too busy. Lunch was grilled chicken and a large container full of fresh pineapple, strawberries and raspberries. Dinner was grilled chicken again, fresh green beans sauteed with portabello mushrooms in olive oil and a baked potato with fresh salsa. Dessert was an orange. Know what I wanted it to be? A big HUGE piece of carrot cake. It calls out my name...carrot cake I so love you ;-) Good thing I didn't have any in the house!

I'm heading off to sleep after this show. G'night!
 
Day # 423

Afternoon all! Since I work 10-6 on Wednesdays I thought I'd get up early, get my walk in, and then head on into work. Well, I did get up at 7:15. I promptly walked the dogs and then promptly took my sad sorry tired butt back into my warm bed. As I was walking back to the bed I thought to myself, "you really need to not sit on this bed and just get dressed" and yet, my body took over for my mind and led me right back to dreamland. I just don't get it. I used to get up at 5 a.m. daily and walk for five miles at least. And, now? I guess I'm just getting too old to care? I'd rather be asleep and get in a walk later in the day. My bed was so so warm this morning and the air outside was just so, so cold. I think I made the wise choice.

Work was busy this morning, but the urgency has really slowed this afternoon. I'm not feeling very motivated to do much. I have plenty to do, just lacking the desire. I need a pick-me-up in the form of a gallon of ice cream, pumpkin flavor. But, that's not going to happen. I am, however looking forward to treating myself next week to a pumpkin bagel at Einstein's. They are in season now and they have pumpkin cream cheese, too. Delicioso! Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, as Dora would say. And, Starbucks has the Pumpkin frappucinos available in lite version. That's only about 110 calories, so I'll splurge on that one day next week, too.

Today I did well. Another round of scrambled eggs for breakfast. Had a mid-morning snack of an orange. (Messy at work!) Lunch was tuna and a huge fresh fruit salad of pineapple and strawberries. I am staying later today to go to the fitness lecture, so I brought some raspberries to eat. After that lecture, I'm heading home for a super-quick meal of what else? chicken...and some veggies. Then, rushing off to a freelance client's house to do some "emergency" data entry work for her. She emailed in a panic. I hope I'm not home too too late. I know I won't get a walk in tonight, for sure. Ah well, there's always tomorrow. I'm working slightly later, starting at 9:30. So, I could, by all accounts, get my butt up at 7 and still get a full walk in and to work on time. (Odds of that actually occurring? Yeah, slim to none!) I work until 5:30 tomorrow because I'm finishing up the video interview project for a few late-comers that are only in on Thursday evenings. Then, I have class myself 6-9. It's going to be a long, long day! For me, and the puppers. They are going to have to hold off for a walk until after class, poor babies! Hopefully class won't be that long.

Oh! Good/bad news. I am wearing my black capris that didn't fit at the beginning of the summer. I love these capris. But, good...but sad....they are now too big. I'm kinda swimming in a sea of extra black pant legs. I didn't have time to look for something smaller, as I had to be on time today. I'm going to have to retire yet another pair of pants that I really like. And, worst of all? I don't have all this money available to go out and buy new. For capris? I'll suck it up until next season. It's supposed to be fall already so I shouldn't need to be wearing cropped pants and sandals much longer. I'll either make due wearing big clown pants or keep to wearing dresses. Most of them have tie backs, so it's easy to adjust them for fit. Our recent bout of warmer weather doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon. I am, for one, in favor of a prelonged summer. I say keep sandals until end of October....THEN change the leaves and let us have fall. Let's put winter off until February! All in favor?

Enjoy the evening! Back to work I must go....
 
Day # 424

Hello from so-so-sunny-still-in-October Pittsburgh! What a lovely day it is out there! You will all be proud to note that I did indeed drag my butt out of bed early this morning to walk. Granted, it was not as early as I had hoped and I only had time for about a 2.5 mile walk, but it feels like a victory over sleeping nonetheless. I figured half a walk was better than no walk at all. Since I'm working 9:30-5:30 today and heading straight to class after, I know I won't get in a walk. So, go me! I also did three sets of 15 reps on my Body-By-Jake machine. It's an ab-roller kind of contraption I bought a few years back. I try to use it fairly often, especially after a walk. It's supposed to roll my not-so-extremely-toned butt and abs into toned super muscles. I've yet to see that happen ;-) I'll let you know how successful I am at that!

Well, I went into the dungeon of my basement last night (that landlord is SUCH a slob) and dug around in my bins of old clothes. I came across a few pair of capri pants in a smaller size so that now I will no longer have to wear clown pants that are too big. I have a pair on today. They fit pretty well. They are one of my smallest sizes, so I'm happy about that. I look darn cute, if I do say so myself!! So, I found a couple of pair of sizes that were in no way, shape, or form fitting at the beginning of the summer. All of them are a bit on the loose side of fitting now. I should've gone down there about a month ago, oops. I have way too many clothes in way too many sizes to keep track! So go me. I got "new" capris to wear that fit...at least for the next month! Hopefully this warm weather will hold out so I can get some use out of them! Sadly, I think I am going to totally bypass the sundresses. They are a bit too snug for right now, but if I keep losing weight all winter (which I certainly hope to do!) they will not fit next summer season. Shame, too, as many of them are super-dee-dooper on the cuteness scale.

So this morning I returned to my smoothies for breakfast. I made a chocolate/peanut butter one with vanilla soy milk. Extremely yummy and only 175 calories. For lunch a friend of mine and I are heading to Max 'n Erma's for lunch (). They have THEY yummiest tomato basil soup on Thursdays and Fridays. I will get a bowl of the soup and a side salad with fat-free french (126 calories) or perhaps the low-fat tex mex dressing which is only 23 calories. (But I'm thinking that is a salad-specific dressing, I'll have to check.) Normally, they bring a breadstick with the salad, but I'm going to ask the waiter to NOT tempt me with that. According to the website, it's 156 calories with 6.1 grams of fat. I can pass on that and get a fruit smoothie instead. That's only 124 calories with .4 grams of fat. That, or I'll pass on both and save up my calories for a Pumpkin Frappucino before class. YUM. Maybe I will do that instead! I can't imagine soup and salad could be more than, hmmm....300 calories total? Most canned soups are 110-120 per serving and a total of 220 per can? (Progresso anyway). And salad is virtually calorie-free other than the dressing. Dinner won't be until later tonight after class. I did bring an orange to have later to keep me from starving. I have a salmon steak (100 calories) defrosting for dinner when I get home, which won't take long to pan-fry up in some olive oil. I'll pair that with some fresh green beans and probably a baked potato or grilled portabello mushrooms. And, dessert with be some strawberries. Should be a relatively low-calorie day, so maybe I will treat myself to that lite Pumpkin Frap before class. Love those!!

And, after class, since I'm not going home between as I normally would, Peg and I will have to walk the bridge to our cars. That will at least close out the day with a bit of exercise. I have no idea what the mileage is, maybe a half mile? It takes me about 10-15 minutes to walk it depending on how motivated I am to move it! I can walk a mile in just about 13 minutes, so I can't be sure how long it is to our cars since we have to stop at intersections and lights, etc. I'm guessing about a half a mile....?

I'm really going to put forth a real effort to get up at 6:00 tomorrow and get in a walk before work. I have plans for dinner after, so odds are it's the only chance I'll have to get it in. Wish me luck! That snooze bar is just so tempting at 6 a.m.!

Enjoy the day!!! I just got an email request for a huge report, blech, I better get to it!
 
Day # 425

Hello everyone! Another BEEEEautiful sunny day in Pittsburgh. It's so unreal the un-fall-like weather we've been having. I hope this doesn't mean winter will last into May! Oh gosh!

Well, after class last night I made my salmon and veggies. And, for dessert I had four spoonfuls (ok, well 6 or 7) of fat-free frozen whipped cream. It kind of fakes you into thinking you're eating ice cream in it's frozen state with only about 15 calories per spoonful. Just enough to satisfy my need for something sweet.

Well, surprise, surprise, guess who didn't get up out of bed at 5:50 a.m. to go for a walk today? Uh, right, me! I actually heard the alarm, got up, and promptly shut it completely off and headed back to sleep. I'm surprised I didn't oversleep and miss work! Thankfully the dogs woke me up at 7:03, so I wasn't too far behind schedule getting out the door. I had my chocolate/peanut butter smoothie with soy milk and lots of ice blended in. It was really good this morning, best one yet. Really thick like a milkshake! Yum!!

I brought my lunch to work. I'm heading out with a friend to eat outside. She's going to pick something up, but I'm just going to take mine along. I have a big bowl of fresh fruit (pineapple, strawberries, raspberries) and some tuna. Not much, I know. But, I have dinner plans tonight, so I didn't want to eat too much for lunch. It is the birthday of the person I'm going out with, so their pick is a Japanese Steakhouse. () I'm not a big fan of those, but it's not my birthday. I'm sure I can find something healthful on the menu like chicken and vegetables. And, best part, the Japanese are not known for great desserts, so I can pass on that with no problems. Yay! I could be so tempted by carrot cake. There was some at the restaurant we went to lunch at yesterday - a seasonal special. It was so darn hard to resist my favorite cake!

I had a nice thing happen in the hall earlier. Someone in one of my grad classes/a co-worker noticed that I had lost weight as she walked behind me. Ok, so she just admitted she was looking at my behind! But, anyway, it's always nice to have someone notice a difference. Definitely brightens your day. This, while I have a Paula Deen Holiday magazine on my desk...loaded with desserts and cakes for Christmas. It's the lowest-calorie way to enjoy goodies. Just seeing them in magazines without the temptation to taste ;-) She makes some amazing cakes in this magazine. I may have to try out a few recipes!

I have a pretty-packed Saturday ahead of me. I have advanced dog class at 10 a.m. and then I'm heading to a baby shower at 1:00 p.m. Hopefully I can find something nutritionally sound there...fruit or something light. I'm telling you now though, I will be having a slice of baby shower cake. Celebration cakes are a MUST. They are calorie-free, right? ;-) Then, my friend and I will probably do something. Not sure what yet. Sunday I have no plans...but I do have a paper due next Thursday that I have to start working on. Yup, that's right, I've not even decided what the paper is going to be on. So, I will have to dedicate Sunday to paper writing. Yuck. What a waste of a beautiful day! It's supposed to be sunny and 88. Maybe I can take my laptop outside and work? (Odds of me getting any real work done that way are slim to none!) But, it must be done, so I'm going to force myself to work on it Sunday at least for three solid hours. That's my goal. Wish me luck.

I had heard about Deborah Norville's new book "Thank you." I think that's what it's called? But, anyway, there is scientific proof that being thankful actually improves your mood and life and outlook. So, she suggest that you journal what you're thankful for each day. Sometimes it's one thing, sometimes it's several. Today I'm thankful for a beautifully sunny day. For someone noticing my smaller behind. And, for it being another entire week until Thursday night's (painfully dreadful) class. ;-) And, I'm thankful for my sisters and friends who read my nonsense each day in my daily email update!! Oh! And, thankful for my sister's new job and that she seems to really like it!! Way to go, sister 4!!

Hope you all have great weekends and I'll check in on Monday!!
 
Day # 428

Hello everyone. I'm straight off a never-ending shopping weekend. I swear we hit every store in western Pennsylvania yesterday. Good news is I did pick up a few nice (and cheap) tops for the fall season. And, shoes and jewelry and a ton of stuff I probably didn't really need! I have a few items I am contemplating returning when I head to the mall next.

I weighed in today and the scale says I gained five pounds. That is impossible. I did have a piece of cake on Saturday at that shower, and then too many chips 'n salsa Saturday night, but that couldn't make me gain five pounds. I seriously did well the rest of the week and yesterday as well. Makes no sense to me whatsoever. So, either the scale lied last Monday or it's lying today. Either way I hate it! The clothes I bought were a smaller size, so I'm not going to allow myself to get too upset by the scale this morning. It's the week of my "female visitor" so I'm going to attribute the pound fluctuation to that. Being female definitely isn't easy, that's for darn sure. I didn't walk this weekend...well, other than in and out of all those stores! That could have something to do with it, too.

Breakfast was a peanut-butter/chocolate smoothie. (175 calories)
Lunch is fresh fruit (pineapple, raspberries, strawberries) and tomato soup (YUM) (Approx. 300 calories)
Dinner I can have a lot since I have a good many calories left to use. I have some chicken I can make or I got some frozen gnocchi that was on sale. Not sure what I'll do yet.

I want to get in a walk tonight, too, since I didn't even attempt one this morning. I've really got to find a way to get my butt out of bed in the mornings to do this so I have evenings free for something else like bike-riding, etc. I just can't seem to bring myself to get out of that warm soft bed and out into the cruel awake world at 6 a.m. ;-) Anyone got any advice? Maybe I should get a telephone service to call me and make sure I'm up.

I really should keep this short as I have a few things that I definitely should be working on, but I have been putting off far too long. I'm such a procrastinator lately.

Enjoy your Monday!
 
GRATS ON THE 10 lb loss!

I will fluctuate about 5 lbs when I am on my period. I think that is pretty normal when you start to retain a lot of water. So don't sweat it, literally. :D
 
Day # 429

I'm feeling kind of blah today. I ate ok yesterday, had a scoop of full-fat vanilla ice cream for a dessert out with a friend. That left me feeling a lot guilty, but it was just one scoop, one time, right? Today I had a peanut-butter/chocolate smoothie made with soy milk for breakfast. I had to go to a luncheon here at work. It wasn't anything too spectacular, just wrapped sandwiches, really. They had ceasar salad, but it was drenched in salad, so I only took about 3 small forkfulls. Then, I had 2 potato chips, just for the crunch factor. And, for my sandwich I chose a chicken and mozzarella with basil and red peppers on foccacia bread. And, they had dessert. So, yes, I broke down and ate a piece of apple pie. They had pumpkin, sugar cookies, pecan pie and apple pie. I figure apple pie is a fruit, right? So, I went for it. It's not that I needed or even wanted that piece of pie that much. However, it's my policy that if my employer is providing me with a free meal, I am going to make the most of it, since we don't get bonuses. I probably shouldn't have had it, but hey, it's my way of "stickin' it to the man" by leaving them with one less piece of pie ;-) My subtle form of calorie-laden rebellion. I'm not sure what the calorie count is, probably about 700 for the entire meal? Maybe less. I mean I had 2 lousy chips and three bites of salad. My plan is to have a super light dinner. I have a lean cuisine in the freezer at home that's only about 260 calories. So, I'll match that up with some fruit or something and make it super light. My female "visitor" is due this week...I'm sure that is why I feel so blah and completely lazy.

My walking buddy is slacking off tonight. It's her birthday, so I guess I can't blame her. She said she is going to go home and drink heavily. ;-) So, I'm going to head out for a walk myself when I get home before the rain hits. Then, settle in and do some real work on this paper that is due on Thursday. It's done enough, it's just way too long. It's supposed to be 6-8 pages including cover page and references and I have about 12 pages of text only right now. This is my first grade for this professor, so I'm not sure if she'll frown upon the length. She may be a stickler for her page length. So, I better cut it back more. That's my exciting Tuesday night. I also have some laundry to put away and some straightening up to do. And, if I'm feeling very adventurous, I could always assemble my new vacuum and sweep. Oooh, can I contain my excitement? ;-) Hope you're enjoying your Tuesday!
 
Day # 431

OH MY GOSH STOP ME! I have lost all control. I just ate a cupcake. Yeah, in the grand scheme of things, what's one little cupcake, right? But, I have lost all control the past 2 days. I don't know if it's my impending female visitor, or the stress from class and the paper that was due tonight, or just lack of interest, but I have fallen off the weight-loss wagon! It's been just awful. I had pizza last night...a yummy gourmet white pizza. And, ice cream. And, now today....a cupcake. Oh and the worst part??? I haven't been able to find the time to walk (see aforementioned paper issue.) I NEED HELP!!!! I am sooooo starting my cleansing non-preservative diet again on Saturday. This is just insanity... a cupcake....oh my gosh, I ate a cupcake! For no other reason that it was here!!!! OH NOOOOOOOO. Thank goodness that's the worst of it today. I ate ok at breakfast and lunch and I can behave the rest of the day. I'll have to talk myself down...it was just one cupcake, one momentary lapse of judgement. GOD IT WAS GOOD! IT HAD SPRINKLES! Sprinkles are my downfall. Tonight and tomorrow will be better....they must be.
 
Day # 435

Hi Gang. I didn't weigh in this morning. I knew it would be bad. I've been giving myself far too much freedom over the past few weeks. I can tell it's bad...I feel so awful and lazy. But, today is a new day. I'm back on the wagon. I started re-cleansing...i.e. eating no preservatives, carbs, dairy or sugars. I wanted to have scrambled eggs for breakfast, but I completely forgot to get them at the grocery store last night. I put the pan on to make them and went to the fridge and "DUH" no eggs. So, I opted for a banana instead. (100 calories). Then, for a snack I had an apple (approx. 50 calories). Lunch was fairly unimpressive since this time around I've decided not to make the soup I normally do. I'm just not in the mood for it, not one bit. So, instead I doubled up on tuna (240 calories) and ate a container of fresh pineapple and raspberries. (100 calories, possibly.) That puts me at 490 calories for the day. Thing is when I'm "cleansing" I don't really count the calories. I'm more or less just eating fresh fruits, veggies and lean proteins. For dinner I intend to have baked chicken breast with spices and fresh green beans sauteed with olive oil and some almost slices. Kind of faking myself of green bean almondine. And, probably I'll have some fruit for dessert. Wish me luck that I stick to it! I have a 3 Musketeers Candy bar in my desk drawer here. (Don't ask my why or how it got there.) I'm trying not to think about it so I don't eat it. I do so love the nougat in it though. Hopefully it will still be there on Friday! And, I can take it home for someone else to eat! I think I'll go find someone to give it to! It's driving me crazy that it's this close to me! Ok, I'm back. I gave the sucker away to a co-worker. I begged her to eat it so I wouldn't be tempted. She must think I'm crazy! Ok, whew, I feel much much better.

Now, tonight I will walk since I overslept this morning (shocker, I know!) I'm hoping to get a good 5 miles in and then go out again with just the dogs for another mile.

Hope you have a great night!
 
Day # 437

Hey Gang! Sorry I neglected to check in yesterday. I had the world's worst migraine. And, it was really busy here at work. Today's another busy day. I just can't get caught up. Ugh! Right after work yesterday a freelance client called in a panic and needed help. I was at her house until well after 7:30 and by the time I got home, it was too dark and late to walk. So no walking yesterday :-( But, I did make $100 for 2 hours work, woohoo. And, I did get to the Good Will to try and find Jess a dress for her upcoming Ball Extravaganza!! Found a cute eggplant and yellow one for her to look at. I did eat well though. For dinner I had baked chicken and green beans.

Today is my late day. I definitely could have and should have gotten my lazy butt up early to walk before work. But, nope, I so relish my sleep. I slept until 8:45, how shameful. But, I was up super late last night, so it all balances out in the end. I will walk tonight when I get home.

Today for breakfast I had two eggs scrambled with mushrooms. I think that's around 140 calories. I just had a snack of an apple..approx. 50 calories. I can't take lunch until 3:30 today since I have a meeting. Boy it's going to be a long wait! Lunch is 2 cans of tuna again (240 calories) and fresh pineapple. (75?) That leaves me about 400 calories for the rest of the day. Dinner will probably be chicken and green beans again. I like to keep it simple and not have to make too many decisions on the "cleanse" week. Monday I made four chicken breasts that way I just have to reheat them nightly. Easy clean up, and near instant gratification when I get home. Shouldn't be too hard to stick to the plan today. And, I sincerely intend to walk when I get home. I hope the rain holds off!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Back to work I go!
 
Day # 438

Hey everyone. Having a fairly busy day here. Not much to write about. I didn't end up walking last night. Breakfast today was scrambled egg with mushroom. Lunch was tuna and fresh pineapple. And, I brought an apple for a snack, which I'll eat round 4 or so. I have class tonight. I was going to go out inbetween, but that got cancelled, so now I'll run home instead and let he dogs out so they don't have to wait quite so long. If I have time maybe I'll try to eat dinner before returning for class. I hate eating so late at night after class. Other than that, not much else to tell today. Just a slow, rainy day in Pittsburgh. My mood is slow and rainy, too! Hope yours isn't!
 
Day # 439

Howdy Ho all. I thought I might start weighing in on Fridays, but duh, I completely forgot to do it this morning. So, I'll have to let you know come Monday how I'm doing per the scale. The good news is, I'm wearing a suit that was very tight on me 2 weeks ago. Well, the fact that I actually ironed it and it's not a big wrinkled mess might have a little to do with it, but it definitely fits much better. In fact, it's almost a little too big in the waist.

I haven't really walked all week. I think I did on Monday. But, the rest of the week got away from me. And, in the next weeks to come, I doubt I'll be getting in much walking time since I'll be organizing, packing, and moving. I think lifting heavy boxes counts as exercise though, right? Class was canceled last night, so I should've found the time to walk. But, after I hit the grocery store and got settled, it was close to dark and I just let the evening slip away from me. I did laundry instead. Ooh big fun.

This morning I woke up completely late. I didn't have time for my usual scrambled eggs. So, instead I just grabbed a banana for the car. Around 10 I found myself feeling starved, so I ate an apple. For lunch I have tuna with green peppers and onions. And, a container of fresh pineapple and strawberries. I can't wait for lunch. I'm feeling really hungry today. Dinner will probably be green beans with almonds again. And, I'll probably have salmon so I don't have to defrost chicken. Oh and I'll find some sort of fruit to eat. Then, I'll have to get to cleaning. I have so much stuff to sort through before the move.

TGIF. Enjoy your weekend. I've got a pretty-jam-packed Saturday, but a nice relaxing Sunday bike ride planned with a friend! Take care!
 
You do so awesome.

You've probably said somewhere in here, but I just don't take time to read back, so I was wondering if you are married, have kids, ect. You are doing so well that in my mind I am thinking you are single!!:p

Congrats on getting into the suit and here's to moving out of it because it's too big.

I just recently moved and all that packing and stuff definetly counts. Good luck and enjoy your bike ride!!:)
 
Day # 442

I quite literally have a pain in my a$s today. Yesterday I set forward 2½ hours north to meet up with Trucker to go on a bike ride. I'm told we went 19 miles. It felt like 19,000. My girlie areas are soooo sore from the what I'm calling "triangle of pain" from the bike seat. I was never so glad to get off a bike in my life. It didn't help that I hadn't eaten before we started the bike ride. I did have scrambled eggs at 7 a.m. We set out at noon and it didn't dawn on me to eat anything prior to the ride. About 7 miles-ish into it, I started feeling a bit dizzy and wobbly and we took a nice break. Then, we finished going up the rest of the hill. I made it to the top! Yay me! The ride down the hill was the most pleasant part ;-) Then, we had a nice dinner out. I got broiled haddock, a salad, and a baked potato. It was hard because everything in that restaurant was so temptingly yummy! They are known for a 15 oz burger or some such thing. The name of the restaurant is Denny's Beer Barrel Pub. We saw on a sign that the Rachel Ray show will be there today to do some filming! So, you'll have to be on the lookout for it on one of the Food Network shows.

So, I jumped on the scale this morning after about 3 weeks. I think the last time I weighed in was October 1. I'm down 5 pounds. That clearly means that I went UP some...because I know for sure I lose 8 while I'm cleansing. So, that one week of badness really did make me gain some pounds. I am determined not to falter again though. I think I'm actually going to chuck all my "fat" clothes now. And, put that thought completely out of my mind as keeping a hold on them as a "fall back." So, anyway, I'm down 5 pounds. And, I'm very thrilled to share that this loss brings my total weight loss to 102 pounds so far. So, I'm going to toot my own horn in honor of my big FAT accomplishment!! And, I figured it's about time you saw some (dreadful) before pictures and some recent ones. It's funny how, when you're at your highest weight, you really don't think you look "that bad." Then, you come back a year or so later and see them and are like WOW....I really was that fat?? So....here goes....the embarrassing before pictures.....oh lordie! And, the afters are attached, too.

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So go me. That's my good news of the month! I still have a bit more to go. I'm thinking about another 30 until I'm happy. Then, let the toning begin! I'll focus more on muscle toning when I finish losing weight. The bike ride was so nice that I think I'm going to start incorporating that in each week.

Today I had scrambled eggs for breakfast. And, I'm leaving work at noon for a doctor's appointment, so I'll eat lunch at home, not sure what yet. I better wrap this up and get a move on, I need to be out of here in 14 minutes. Yikes, where has the morning gone?

Hope you all had great weekends!!
 
Those before and after pictures are fantastic!! You must feel sooo much better! I bet you weren't up for a 19 mile bike ride while you were at your before weight. You are so pretty - it's great that you're bringing your body back into line with that!!

Congratulations on a massive, effective loss.
 
Day # 443

Hello fellow cake and ice cream avoiders! I am having such a busy hectic week at work. Geesh! I can't seem to get myself caught up. And, tomorrow and Thursday I will be out of my office practically all day as I'm working on a special project. Yesterday was a whirlwind. I don't think I got one thing done! So hard to get much done in a half a day.

But, I did well yesterday. Had a nice tuna and fruit lunch at home. Then, Mom treated to Mickey D's during the long drive home from the airport after I picked her up. She's such a big spender ;-) I opted for a grilled chicken sandwich, plain, with no bun. And, apple dippers from the kids menu. And, no, I didn't eat the caramel dipping sauce. But, I OH so wanted to! Not bad, if I do say so myself. Today I had...what else? Scrambled eggs for breakfast. I can't wait until Thursday and I can start having my smoothie again. For lunch I have tuna and pineapple. And, for dinner I'll make some chicken and some veggies. I need to stop at the grocery store tonight. I'm out of the staples...uh, that'd be fruit and chicken ;-)

I haven't walked yesterday or today. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday followed up by a stop to get blood drawn for some tests. And, then the airport run for Mom. It just sucked the day away. And, tonight I'm heading off directly from work to sign the paperwork for the loan on the house I'm buying. And, then after I must start cleaning up some of the mess I've left in my living room. I can barely walk through it for all the clothes I've been sorting out. And, it's pouring down rain today...so I know I won't get in a walk.

I better get some things done at work. Buzz buzz buzzzzzz busy bee, today that's me!!!

Enjoy your Tuesday!
 
Day # 444

Hello everyone! Today was crazy busy at work. I had to go in to work on a special project. I had to be there by 7:45 a.m., so I set the alarm for 6:15. And, you know how I can never ever get up for a walk in the morning? Yeah, well I had no problem at all getting up for work. That just goes to prove I subconsciously block out the walk! I can get up in the morning on the first alarm ring. I proved it today. Ugh. I have to stop being such a lazy bones!

I had to get bagels for the group as part of the project. I ate a pumpkin bagel with pumpkin cream cheese. OH MY LORD was it tasty. Yumalicious indeed! For lunch I had low-carb Progresso Weight Watchers chicken vegetable soup. It was pretty tasty and only 120 calories for the entire can. I also had pineapple chunks. And, since I went in at the butt-crack of dawn, I got to leave early for a Wednesday - hooray! When I got home I went on a long 5-mile walk. Glad I got that in. For dinner I had cod with lemon-herb spice pan-seared in olive oil. Sounds more gourmet than it was, I assure you. Let me vent for a minute. It is impossible to find any frozen fish in my grocery store that did not say "product of china" on it. Why does everything have to come from China? What the heck??? Where's the American fish? I also had peas and some pear slices. And, for dessert I made Chocolate Espresso Mousse. I got the recipe online at: It's made with chocolate soy milk and fat-free chocolate pudding and fat-free whipped cream. I strongly encourage you to try this recipe. It was so so so so so good. You wouldn't guess it was made with chocolate soy milk. Really, give that recipe a try. I put them in wine glasses to pretty up the presentation.

So, before I went on my walk, I decided to finish unpacking my winter clothes from last year. It was kind of comical .... every pair of jeans I had, and there were about 10 or so...were swimmingly big. Now, on the one side, this is great news, right? On the bank account size... I have very few work pants that fit and no casual pants. And, all my winter sweaters are so huge that I'd look clownish wearing them. I hate to spend money to replace them, but I have no jeans. Not one pair that even comes close to fitting. I'm seriously going to try to sell some of my clothes though to make some money to buy new clothes. It's actually pretty amazing to see the difference. I could slip on my jeans and skirts without unzippering or unbuttoning. I guess it's a pretty big difference. It's hard for me to notice, because I look at myself every day, you know? But, I'm going to take a positive step and not look back on the fat...and finally just get rid of all the "fat" clothes for good. And, not keep any of them. This is a big thing for me. Wish me luck!

Have a great night!
 
Day # 446

Hi Gang. What a crappy rainy day. And, I've been so busy the last two days here at work, well, actually the last week. I haven't had much time to think, let alone write. Yesterday was good. I ate well, went to class, got some things done after going home. Today has been one hectic thing after another. I had apple oatmeal for breakfast (instant) since I ran out of time at home and that's basically all our little cafe sold that I felt I could safely eat. It was 200 calories. Lunch was WW Progresso soup (120) and some fresh fruit (65?) and a yogurt cup (60). Not sure what I'll have for dinner now that my dinner plans have been cancelled. There are five pieces of carrot cake sitting out in our conference area. I'm trying really really hard to resist eating a piece, but it is my all-time favorite dessert. I'm trying to be strong. It's going to be a tough weekend...complete with birthday cake and trick-or-treat candy. Wish me luck!!

Take care and enjoy your weekend!
 
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