Thanks so much Juni! I do have one thing to be proud of, I've finally finished my bachelors of science. That is one really good thing to think about. Due to stress, I have decided to put off the masters degree program until september because I want to be focused. During my walk today, I thought of as many things as I could that will help ME take care of ME.
This ongoing Rolloercoaster needs to stop!! No more free rides!!
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Thanks so much Juni! I do have one thing to be proud of, I've finally finished my bachelors of science. That is one really good thing to think about. Due to stress, I have decided to put off the masters degree program until september because I want to be focused. During my walk today, I thought of as many things as I could that will help ME take care of ME.
Thanks, I actually did really good yesterday too. It seems as if the only thing I could control was what went into my mouth and what activity I did, granted it wasn't driving. You are right, everything just piles up on you at once. The only extra calories I had was some iced tea (orange tea) I had one cup of that for dinner, but other than that I stayed under my calories and still got the right amount of carbs, fats, and proteins (tracking on sparkpeople).
I wrote a huge post up here earlier about how awful my day started out, and it was lost when I tried to post it.
Oh well, it was way too much, and I am feeling better now, so forget it. If it pisses me off later, then I will talk about it.
Another good eating day. By the time I leave work, I will have 550 calories that I can eat dinner with, and that is at my minimum calorie limit for losing. For the last couple of days, I've kept plenty of fruit around, and have not been craving ice cream, honey buns or any of the other bad carbs. I feel healthy and full. I actually like the feeling of being able to control my eating habits, of not feeling the urge, or being enticed by good looking and smelling food. Even my favorite foods, I have been able to say no thanks, and for the first time since May I have lost some weight, 3 pounds. I have 3 more to go before I will be back at the lowest since I started trying to lose weight in January.
Yesterday I bought these little pita buns. They are 100% whole wheat, and 100 calories each. I made a sandwich with roasted chicken breast (deli), white american cheese, and light miracle whip, and it was delicious. My sandwich never tasted so good. Yum, glad I found those. I have been apple and blueberrying myself for the last two days, now the blueberries are gone. I never just ate them fresh like that before, and I like em. 6 cups of water today so far. My arm really hurts, so I probably won't exercise much, just some walking with little swinging. I have surgery under both of my arms on July 14th. I'm glad the doctor decided that is what needs to be done because I have been having problems with boils for a while now, and it really affects me when I want to exercise and I can't because I can barely lift my arms. I think it is genetic, my mother had the same problem years ago, and had surgery, and so did my aunt.
Okay, I have some work to do, so off I go.
Oh well, it was way too much, and I am feeling better now, so forget it. If it pisses me off later, then I will talk about it.
Another good eating day. By the time I leave work, I will have 550 calories that I can eat dinner with, and that is at my minimum calorie limit for losing. For the last couple of days, I've kept plenty of fruit around, and have not been craving ice cream, honey buns or any of the other bad carbs. I feel healthy and full. I actually like the feeling of being able to control my eating habits, of not feeling the urge, or being enticed by good looking and smelling food. Even my favorite foods, I have been able to say no thanks, and for the first time since May I have lost some weight, 3 pounds. I have 3 more to go before I will be back at the lowest since I started trying to lose weight in January.
Yesterday I bought these little pita buns. They are 100% whole wheat, and 100 calories each. I made a sandwich with roasted chicken breast (deli), white american cheese, and light miracle whip, and it was delicious. My sandwich never tasted so good. Yum, glad I found those. I have been apple and blueberrying myself for the last two days, now the blueberries are gone. I never just ate them fresh like that before, and I like em. 6 cups of water today so far. My arm really hurts, so I probably won't exercise much, just some walking with little swinging. I have surgery under both of my arms on July 14th. I'm glad the doctor decided that is what needs to be done because I have been having problems with boils for a while now, and it really affects me when I want to exercise and I can't because I can barely lift my arms. I think it is genetic, my mother had the same problem years ago, and had surgery, and so did my aunt.
Okay, I have some work to do, so off I go.
juni
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Yay for a good day. You are doing so so well. I loooooove fruits. All kinds. Just don't like the smell of papaya and how they taste. They are the best replacement for sugar cravings. Try dry fruits also- dried peaches and apricots, mangoes, pineapples are my favorites. Make sure they don't have added sugar though. Good luck this week, hun.
Thank you! Its been a rough week, but I am handling it well, taking it one day at a time, and my children keep my spirits up, so I'm not super down, just a little disgruntled. Had another one of those sandwiches today, added tomato and lettuce, yum. That bread is awesome, I think it is making all the difference!
Some, my other car was supposed to be done yesterday. I didn't have a way to work. Total time it took to rebuild my transmission (6 MONTHS), seriously, a two week job? Seriously. So he told me a couple weeks ago that he was going to try and keep the price low, but it was still $1800. I had the money before, when I thought my car was going to be done. Had it up until 3 weeks ago when I had an emergency and had to use it, but he was supposed to discount it, because it was taking him so long. Long story short, he had already told someone else I knew that he messed up something and had to order and pay for the parts, so basically, he's not making much of a profit off my car, and doesn't want to come down. Claimed it was 1900 before, and he usually charges $2000. I have quality car, so I didn't want to buy a used transmission and get someone on the side to put it in, but now I'm thinking maybe I should have. So I got him to come off another hundred, but he wanted all the money when I pick up the car. I told him, I didn't have it all, and could I pay him most of it, then work on a payment plan with him. He said he would get screwed. Long story short, I let him know that I have been patient with him, I understood he wanted to be paid, but I also have been paying insurance for my vehicle for the last 6 months, driving another vehicle that just broke down, and didn't have any air conditioning with two children. I mentioned signing a promissary note with a lawyer, then all of a sudden, the tone changed. He said it would give it a thought, and call me back that afternoon. When he called back, he agreed. It's funny how when mentioning getting a lawyer involved got me what I asked for. I thought he was probably thinking about how bad it would look that it took him six months to fix my car, and then maybe it would go further into his pockets. I had thought about it before, but I desperately need my car and cannot have this put on hold any longer. I think maybe he's been down this road before, or something similar. If he didn't know how to fix my car, he should have left it alone and informed me, and I wouldn't be going through this right now. It is supposed to be a lifetime warranty on his business and rebuilding transmissions, so we'll see. Shady people man.
Verobc1
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Wow 6 month to fix a car???? You are one patient person!!!! At least you got what you wanted....I hate having to use the old let's get lawyers involved to get what you want but really if you had to wait 6mo for the car he should be happy he is getting payed at all.
Yea, you're telling me, here it is Tuesday and my car isn't finished. I'm thinking about paying him what I told him and telling him to take me to court for the rest because those expenses went into extra transportation. I hate get overs.
Verobc1
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I feel for you, car are so usefull but when they start going wrong they are so much trouble plus it's hard to trust mechanic. I had my van fixed last november cause it wouldn't start anymore so I call the garage that is practically across the street from me and they wanna charge me 30$ to tow my car. What you are basically crosing the freaking street you a hole lol so my hubby and I call a few people and we decide to push the car, a few days later they call me because the van needs a new gas pump so we have them use a used part and they fix it for a still large sum when i pick up the car they tell me I have to change the gas filler neck as well cause it's rusted through, come on if you had told me that the van is 97 I would have put the moeny toward a younger vehicul you know!!!!! I hope you get you car back soon! How is the weight loss going with all this stress?
Thankfully, I have not gained anything. I just recently had my hair braided and there is like 10 packes of synthetic hair, which really weighs me down, so that is showing a 2 pound difference on the scale, so until I take this mess out of my hair, that is what it is.
On the plus side of things, yesterday I noticed that my jeans kept having to be pulled up onto my hips because they were slipping. I looked in the mirror and my hips seem to be slimmer. I wasn't sure so I looked in another mirror and thought the same, I even noticed in my shadow when I took a walk last night. On that note, I plan to measure myself tonight to see. My last time measuring myself was back in the beginning of May, so I think that I may have lost some inches which is something I haven't been paying attention to, only pounds, so I will update on how that goes.
Verobc1
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Good to hear you are seeing a difference. I was looking at myself in the miror at work (don't have a full lenght at home) and my god the pants that where so tight on me in January ( I had to undo them to sit down) are now looking baggy and not to good on me so even if my weight doesn't go down as much I want it too at least I can see the difference! Can't wait to see the update!
jjjay
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I've got to a point where clothes seems a much better measure of losing weight than the scales - I mean like I have lost only 5lbs in the last month, but all of my trousers and jeans look like clown pants!
Sorry to hear that you are having so many probs with your car Njoyable - I've been there and it sucks!
Sorry to hear that you are having so many probs with your car Njoyable - I've been there and it sucks!
juni
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That is why they say scales is not a good measure of how much you are losing. Let the zipper in your pants do all the talking about how many inches you have lost. LOL! This is really fantastic, hun. Sorry to hear about your car troubles, I hope you will figure them out soon. Have a wonderful week.
UPDATE:
1.5 inch loss!!!! (Hips)
My car is finally finished and I will be picking it up today!
I have V.I.P. tickets to the Ciroc party!
I am having a good day so far!
B- Cracked pepper turkey, pepper jack cheese, tomato, mustard, a little relish on whole grain wheat. Half of a sandwich
S- apple/orange
L- The other half of the sandwich from breakfast
S- cucumber slices and grapes
D- Baked Salmon, steamed asparagus and onions, brown rice
1.5 inch loss!!!! (Hips)
My car is finally finished and I will be picking it up today!
I have V.I.P. tickets to the Ciroc party!
I am having a good day so far!
B- Cracked pepper turkey, pepper jack cheese, tomato, mustard, a little relish on whole grain wheat. Half of a sandwich
S- apple/orange
L- The other half of the sandwich from breakfast
S- cucumber slices and grapes
D- Baked Salmon, steamed asparagus and onions, brown rice
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Verobc1
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Whoo Hoo!!! You are on a roll today!!! Glad to hear things are looking up for you!!!!! Great menu today!
chubbygirl
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Hope today is as good as yesterday!! 1.5 inches is awesome!! Keep it up! Have an awesome healthy weekend!!
Hey Lisa, today is pretty good. I got some bad news yesterday in the late afternoon, managed to get over it and have a great night, and now today I have good news about the bad news, so I win!
Hey Juni, thanks, I was really hoping that my eyes weren't playing tricks on me, and turns out they weren't. I'm feeling much healthier these days, even though I had some McDonald's this week because my friend wanted me to stop by there, but I've managed to see a 2 pound drop on the scale. I don't want to quite document that yet, because I have a heavy head from braids in my hair and added extensions, and I have very thick hair so to add extra actually doubles that up, but at least I cute. I've had them since last friday and I weighed myself, and this morning I was down 2 pounds from that number, so when I take my hair out, I should really see the difference.
My plans this weekend are to take a morning walk on both saturday and sunday before the sun really breaks. I have been looking for the couch to 5K program on alibris and amazon, and just trying to get the best price. I will probably use alibris because I can use paypal, and not have to give my credit card number, I need that safetynet.
Tonight, I am really tempted to eat some crabs. I live on the eastern shore of maryland and we are the home of the maryland blue crabs, so they are very abundant here. I'm thinking of actually going crabbing, it is really fun and my son loves it. I have been feeling lighter for the last week and am really enjoying my burst of energy, and self confidence, so that is motivation to for me to continue to eat clean, and expect decent progress. My stress is down, and my complexion is bright, so I can say even with some of the things that are still a burden are becoming easier to handle and sort out. It is crazy the difference in emotions and your mental state of mind when you are relaxed and okay with the things going on around you. You think better, able to sort things out and come to conclusions/ solutions that are acceptable.
This is where I am at today, and I feel that spark of self worth that has caused me to wake up early and change up my hair style, put on one of my new cute outfits and come into a place that I have been working for the last 6 years with dissatisfaction, and smile and enjoy my day. Oh yeah, one of my co-workers commented on how I'm slimming down, and I am wearing white today so that is awesome!
B- 2 large strawberries, whole wheat sandwich w/ ham, american cheese, lil mayo, tomato. (half of sandwich) very filling
L- The other half of my sandwich and a large navel orange that makes me way too full to finish.
I haven't eaten a snack yet because I just feel full. Maybe it is eating the whole wheat and the fruit together, but I never even thought about a bite until lunch time, and that is just because lunch is routine.
D- Has not been decided but am hoping on some crabs, I have shrimp, so steam some of those, and just have a seafood night with some vegetable stir fry, and maybe some non-fat yogurt for snack.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for being my WLF buddies!
Hey Juni, thanks, I was really hoping that my eyes weren't playing tricks on me, and turns out they weren't. I'm feeling much healthier these days, even though I had some McDonald's this week because my friend wanted me to stop by there, but I've managed to see a 2 pound drop on the scale. I don't want to quite document that yet, because I have a heavy head from braids in my hair and added extensions, and I have very thick hair so to add extra actually doubles that up, but at least I cute. I've had them since last friday and I weighed myself, and this morning I was down 2 pounds from that number, so when I take my hair out, I should really see the difference.
My plans this weekend are to take a morning walk on both saturday and sunday before the sun really breaks. I have been looking for the couch to 5K program on alibris and amazon, and just trying to get the best price. I will probably use alibris because I can use paypal, and not have to give my credit card number, I need that safetynet.
Tonight, I am really tempted to eat some crabs. I live on the eastern shore of maryland and we are the home of the maryland blue crabs, so they are very abundant here. I'm thinking of actually going crabbing, it is really fun and my son loves it. I have been feeling lighter for the last week and am really enjoying my burst of energy, and self confidence, so that is motivation to for me to continue to eat clean, and expect decent progress. My stress is down, and my complexion is bright, so I can say even with some of the things that are still a burden are becoming easier to handle and sort out. It is crazy the difference in emotions and your mental state of mind when you are relaxed and okay with the things going on around you. You think better, able to sort things out and come to conclusions/ solutions that are acceptable.
This is where I am at today, and I feel that spark of self worth that has caused me to wake up early and change up my hair style, put on one of my new cute outfits and come into a place that I have been working for the last 6 years with dissatisfaction, and smile and enjoy my day. Oh yeah, one of my co-workers commented on how I'm slimming down, and I am wearing white today so that is awesome!
B- 2 large strawberries, whole wheat sandwich w/ ham, american cheese, lil mayo, tomato. (half of sandwich) very filling
L- The other half of my sandwich and a large navel orange that makes me way too full to finish.
I haven't eaten a snack yet because I just feel full. Maybe it is eating the whole wheat and the fruit together, but I never even thought about a bite until lunch time, and that is just because lunch is routine.
D- Has not been decided but am hoping on some crabs, I have shrimp, so steam some of those, and just have a seafood night with some vegetable stir fry, and maybe some non-fat yogurt for snack.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for being my WLF buddies!