The road to loving myself!!!

Hey verobc,

Plateaus are hard. You taking any other measurements like waist or whatever? Progress in weight loss can come in really funny fits and starts: you go nowhere for weeks and then all of the sudden lose 5 pounds in four days. But sometimes other measurements can help you see that kind of progress coming.

I'm the last person to tell anyone to be "be patient" because patience is a virtue I pretty much have to do without. But when it comes to something like weight loss, with the exception of maybe a minor adjustment here and there, you sometimes do have to just trust that doing the right things will bring about the right results.

In any event, welcome back!
 
Hello again!!!

Princess I am happy to be back,,,,had trouble loggin on for a while or sometimes I could log on but not post glad to be back I need the motivation!!!

Jen I am verry happy to see that you are doing good and that you are back...I always miss your witty post!!!

LouLou Welcome to the forum..you are so right about writtingdown what you eat makes you more aware of what you are eating

Mr Vee...you are so right about patience....I also live without it. I keep trying to teach my kids to be patient but I don't have myself....I am slowly starting to add a bit of exercise to my routine I will take my measurment at the end of this month.

Today I am making my grocery list...for the next week...that is our new thing here no running the the store next door everyday I decide on the menu for the week, while looking at the weekly specials and then make my shopping list according to that. Some weeks we live on 60$ worth of food, saving lots of money this way and we never waste food anymore. I try to do all my prep on sunday, so weekdays there is only minmal dishes and cooking to do. I had strated the freezer cooking thing wich works great unless you live here. I had about 6 month worth of food in my freezer then the landlord or his daughter moved my tool box wich unplunged my freezer and that all is lost at least 500$ of meat alone in there just gone. We are planning to buy a house in the spring as long as I find full time employment ..no more contracts. So last night I was as usual now, home alone (kids where in bed) on a Friday night. I love my kids but sometimes I feel like I commited a crime and I am on house arrest. Friends ask me to go to a movie with them but I can't cause the husband is at work and I have to stay home and care for the kids! I know the world is full of people who want kids and can't have them, and I chose to have kids. I am not complaining really just observing that I fell traped. I drank wine alone last night...how sad is this. At least I stopped after 3 glasses and ended up dancing in my living room! Enough with the pitty party! I dusted off my threadmill and my 8lb and 20lb dumbbells and I will do sometype of routine while watching tv I will workout so I will not eat. That is my plan on top on clean eating, I think I am doing a vegan week, cheaper then eating meat.
 
Good idea to plan ahead, hopefully makes it less likely to pick up unhealthy things on a whim. And saves money too :)

I totally get what you mean about house arrest! I'm a single mother so most of my evenings are spent alone. Its difficult to go out and socialise (though think of the money you save!) and its hard to just nip out to the gym or for a walk/run or whatever. Having children is great, but it certainly make you feel lonely at times. I like your plan to do weights or a routine whilst your watching TV! It's going to do you good, stop you eating and hopefully make you feel less bored! Good plan!

Good luck and keep it up!

Ps. I drink alone too. There's no shame in it ;)
 
Verobc said:
Hello again!!!
Today I am making my grocery list...for the next week...that is our new thing here no running the the store next door everyday I decide on the menu for the week, while looking at the weekly specials and then make my shopping list according to that. Some weeks we live on 60$ worth of food, saving lots of money this way and we never waste food anymore.
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I am jealous of you being able to do shopping once a week. ;) I have tried to do shopping once a week, but somehow it doesn’t work for me. :( I wish it would! Of course it saves money, but it could save so much time as well!

As I am eating quite many fresh veggies, I have noticed that in some 4-5 days they are going bad (lettuce is not so fresh and crispy anymore, tomatoes dry out, bananas get too black etc.). How are you keeping the vegetables fresh for so long? Maybe I can improve something :)

And good luck with being vegan this week!
 
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Hello

What is wrong with this forum....use to work so well, now some days I can't even post. Groceries shopping with kids...FUN. Only not, but I survived it!!!!

Hey Cheese lover!!! I usually wash my lettuce on the day I buy it they I dry it ...it has to be bone dry and then I use the food saver bags I have this syringe looking pump that sucks the air out of the bag and my lettuce stays fresh up to 10 days (the secret is making sure there is no water on the lettuce ) As for bananas I like them when they start going back so I buy them green which is what my daughter likes and then as they mature husband and son get into them if I am lucky by Thursday there are still one or two that I get to eat. I eat the veggies and fruit that go bad at the start of the week and then at the end of the week I have oranges and apples and carrots left.

Food yesterday was kind of bad

Breakfast
Pumpkin muffin and coffee (we had this school board breakfast with the principal of education)

Snack
Green juice (cucumber, celery, lemon, ginger and spinach)

Lunch
Penne Arabiatta (cafeteria food, husband ate my lunch)

Diner
Vegetable rice


Today

Left over pumpkin muffin and fresh coffee
(Last day or sugar laden food)

Snack juice (beet, carrot, apple)

Lunch will be at the cafeteria once more (I should lock my fridge) we will go with the vegetarian Panini

Diner
Spinach, strawberries almond salad (Usually put feta in it but it`s all about the vegan food this week)


My iron is low so I have been munching on raw pumpkin seeds all morning I had brought 1 1/2 cup with me so that way I can`t go overboard!
 
Mmm.. I want pumpkin seeds. Those sound really good.

The forum hasn't been working right for me either. I haven't had trouble logging in, but I've had the posting problem. It seems to have gotten a little better, but still isn't quite right. So you're not alone on that.

Grocery shopping with kids, in my opinion, is about equal to bashing your head against a wall over and over and over... I avoid it all costs. lol!

Hope you have a good day! :)
 
Hey Good Morning!!!

Well vegan week went down the drain! My husband made me a veggie scramble egg yesterday and after the effort he put into it I couldn’t bring myself to actually not eat it. It was still very healthy 1 whole egg, 2egg whites, 1 ½ cup of veggies (shallots, red peppers, mushrooms, and spinach). I was a little frustrated with the husband yesterday and I kind of need to vent a little so prepare you, my husband works lots of hours we are talking 11 to 12 hours shifts 5 days a week. He is tired I get it, I don’t ask him to do much, and I don’t think he realizes how much I do. I wake up at 5 am finish the kids lunches start a load of laundry, get everyone (me and two kids) ready to leave the house by 6 am. Drop the kids off at day care rush to meet with my car pool, work all day (sitting at a desk but still very busy) then rush to pick the kids from day care rush home make diner, then homework, and bath, once that is over I usually start another load of laundry while the morning one dries I do the dishes empty the garbage start preparing the next day’s lunches, clean up after the kids (toys, school book, shoes , coats) I also try to vacuum often because of my daughters asthma, then fold and put away two loads of laundry. It is usually it is past 9 pm by the time I get to sit down. So when he get a few days off during the week, is it too much to ask that he helps out, He had two days off two. Monday night I got home all he had done all day is diner, no vacuum the dishes where all there in the sink not even rinsed. Yesterday he had done half the dishes, diner was cooking pasta while the unfreezing the sauce from the freezer hadn’t even started on the kids homework, the minute I walk in the house he is like you take over I am tired!!!! WHAT!!!!!! He doesn’t get that I am mad. Even though he works long hours he could do more I may work 8-4 but I have one and a half hours of travelling each way. I am trying to work closer to home but the salary is going to be cut by half and not even cover daycare.
 
With all that ranting forgot to post my food plan

Breakfast
yogourt and pumkin seeds
coffee

lunch
left over rice and veggies

diner
spinach and legume salad.

time to get back to work, I will catch up on some diaries during breaks
 
There is nothing wrong with a good vent now and then, we all need it. Sorry you're having a tough time with the hubby. To answer your question.... No, it is not too much to ask for him to help out more on his days off. You may not get paid for all the things you do for the kids and the housework, but it is most definitely work. You deserve some help! ((hugs))
 
Men (excuse the generalisation, but in my experience it IS general) have a real issue with understanding the work/home balance. I think women have been raised to cook, clean, take care of the kids and now we have to work as well. Men have only ever been raised to work, supply the funds. For so long there was no expectation for a man to look after the home, and most men are raised with that expectation...not deliberately, just socially. I hate to say it but it will be a long time before men really understand that house work/raising children is work too and if they get to slump on the sofa at 5pm, so should we! Anyway...if he's tired after doing practically nothing all day, maybe just point out that you do MORE and still don't get the opportunity to be "tired" at the end of it all. He's had a tiny glimpse into your world and it caned him.

Sorry for my rant lol. Your daily menu sounds SO yummy!!
 
Hello

I have been in a funky mood all week, first because I was pissed at my husband who refuses to see my point. Now the stupid hairsalon owner that operates out of my basement. We don’t own the house cause she would be evicted. Her daddy owns the house. I am fed up with the situation we need our owne place. She unpluged out freezer (by accident) but still she entered my laundry room threw stuff I didn`t even own it in wich resulted in my freezer to be unpluged. 500$ worth of meat and pre prepared meals gone to waste. She says she is not responsible so the only way to get this fixed would be to go to small claims court and pay thousands to a lawyer who has time and energy for that…so I guess we suck it up, and take the loss cause law only protects the unresponsible landlords. Anyone here still living at home with mom and dad ??? Stay there until you can buy your own place, renting is a waste of money and energy and time. Sur owning a home is a big expense but you are investing in something yes you get to pay for repairs but you have controle of when the repairs get done ….you won`t spend two years plus starting at a broken dishwasher fumming. So needless to say with all this frustration, I am exausted and feeling like crap. My head hurts and my stomach is upset I am overdoing the coffee again cause I can’t sleep. Can`t wait to get out of this rut….somethings I can change like my attidude towards the situation, but how else am I really supposed to react??? First thing I am doing I am changing the locks from inside the house, the hairdresser is a tennant she shouldn’t have access to my place and the landlord can use the front door, where the storekeeper in front will see him and give ma a call. I may even install one of those wireless alarms on the doors. That way if they enter the place without advising me 24 hours in advance they will have to live with the alarm cause they won`t have the code to shut it off! No more letting them walk over me. Weighted in this morning 205.9 but with the week I had could have been worst!

Menu today

Breakfast
Apple
Coffee
Cookie

Lunch
Thai chicken stirfry

Diner
Buffalo chicken frozen pizza
Wine…..lots of it!
 
Hey good morning

So I didn't need to refresh a thousand times to post!!! I didn't end up drinking lot of wine last night, kind of wasn't feeling it! I have to be in a very festive mood to drink. I am just gonna concentrate on one day at a time try to eat clean 95% of the time and I will have to let things go a bit in the house, maybe the reason no one helps me it s because they know that I will end up doing it. why should they make the effort they know I will do it. I will have to just learn to walk around the messes i am not longer to pick the toys up unless it is to put them in the trash,,,,they will either pick em up or run out either way less of mess

breakfast
frosted flakes ( why did I use to like these i ate half my bowl and threw out the rest)
milk

snack
coffee

lunch

2 egg white cheese omlette
small spinach salad


diner

Thanks giving turkey diner at my mom with my neices and nefew and a brand new great nefew 6 weeks old so cute i will get my fill of newborn cuddling :) looking forward to it!
 
Quercus, Jen Thank you for stopping by

I swear that baby is too cute!!! Had a hard time sharing baby time with my parents and the other aunts and uncles....Love babies I could ve had 20 but then they grow up and start challenging you and not in a good way lol!!!1 Now I get to spoil and hand back!!!! It was a very nice long weekend. Got to break the routine and see people. Had a long long talk with hubby, and we should not be the only ones doing the chores the kids are older he agrees with me so this week my daughter has to help me with the dishes and my son has broom duty plus they are responsible for the cleanliness of their bedroom and toy room. Has for the hubby the garbage duty and he must learn to pick up is own dirty laundry! Kids will not have tv, xbox or computer priviledge until their rooms and toy room is clean, and their chores are done! We will see how that goes!
 
Ok

Wow the week is already over!!! I weighted in at 205.4 this morning, I am so tired right now that I don't know if I stayed the same gained or lost....isn`t that crazy.....I am leaving work going home and chilling with the kiddos!!! Just wanted to pop in a update!!! Next week I am back to updating my food log and actually eating well...if I want to lose weight I must put in the effort, Also wish me luck 16 opening for secretaries happened in the the board this week 9 of them are close enough for me to apply but two of the clossest is where I had my contract for over a year and I decided that I don't want to work over there everyone is ostile and we have to watch our back all the time. I applied for 7 jobs.....One of em has got to be mine! Just has too! Happy friday!
 
Good Morning

Can't stay on log cause we are very busy!!!! Bad eating all weekend...exessive drinking all weekend but now I am determine to make the weightloss happen!!!

Breakfast
Coffee
yogourt
apple

lunch
cauliflower carrot ginger soup
apple

diner
rice with chicken brocolie cachou stir fry!
 
Hi vero,

nice work with logging your food. :) I hope you had a good weekend. Sometimes we really need to treat ourselves but not too much. :) You are doing a great job. See you around
 
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