Veronique's Diary

njoyabl said:
Hey there. I like that sprinkler idea that they have, more sanitary for the kids rather than swimming in a public pool. Your meals sound great, and it sucks that you can't walk because it is raining. It is sunny over here. I need to go back in your diary and catch up on your weekend, so I'll be back later!

Edit: It sounds like you had a fun weekend! I see you made a trip to McDonald's too. So did I, a few times! Oh well, new week, same feet, get sleek. You'll do fine, you always do.
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Thankyou!!!

I don't even like Mc Donalds, even their salads make me feel blah, but the hubby and the kids (one of em 16 mo old doesn't get a vote) vote against me! Next time I will be prepared with a salad or someting!
 
Hi hi hi, good decision to add more activity to your daily routine. I am doing the same.

Sucks about the rain.I so know what a bummer it can be. But like you said, with all the forest fires, it is a good thing that its raining.

Does your work have indoor stairs? You can go up and down the stairs (natural stairmaster) during your lunch break if you like some activity. I go up and down the stairs a lot at my work. Its a good way to keep moving.

Hope the rain stops tomorrow during lunch-time so you can go out.
 
juni said:
Hi hi hi, good decision to add more activity to your daily routine. I am doing the same.

Sucks about the rain.I so know what a bummer it can be. But like you said, with all the forest fires, it is a good thing that its raining.

Does your work have indoor stairs? You can go up and down the stairs (natural stairmaster) during your lunch break if you like some activity. I go up and down the stairs a lot at my work. Its a good way to keep moving.

Hope the rain stops tomorrow during lunch-time so you can go out.
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The sun came out so I was able to do my walk!!! Now I am feeling awake and refreshed, We have in door stairs but there are way to many people going up and down so I don't want to exercise there! I just wish there was a nice way for me to tell my co worker that I want to go alone on the walks at least twice a week, I enjoye walking with her but she basically wants to stroll and vent wich is nice but fitness wise I need to do more then stroll you know!

I was more active at the begining of the year and had better results, then I got bored I can't run up and down stairs I just get bored. I have workout dvd's but no player I just want to buy a cheap one for now so I can get started. At Christmas time I almost bought the Wii fit but bought your shape instead big mistake.....Your Shape is not made for beginers,,,,and everytime I can't finish a workout I feel bad and don't want to do it anymore! Mabe I just need to kick myself in the behind more, light a fire under me lol!!!!
 
June 02 2010

Good Morning!
The sun is out and shinning and I plan on waking up at some point before lunch lol! So last nights meal turned out to be greasy and not very healthy. When I arrived at my in laws to pick up the kids my mother in law said come in I have diner all ready (now for those of you that have been reading my diary you know that is not a sentence I like to hear) So I didn't want to be impolite so I go up to the stove and on a plate I see breaded stuffed chicken breast. I don't know how many points they are I had 13pts left so hopefully that was there value I ate as little of the breading as possible but there was more breading then chicken on those. She knows I am trying to lose weight but I also think she know nothing about nutrition and she is so used to my father in law going on these hardcore diets for about a couple of weeks and then he goes back to his normal eating habits so she is probably thinking I am doing the same...but I am so not, I enjoye the good food and I don't mind the smaller portions and I do allow myself junk when I crave it just in moderation. I told her I had my diner all planed out for tonight so hopefully she gets it, she means well she keep telling I am doing great and wow your clothes are looking to big and she tells her husband he should follow my "diet"(she doesn't get the new lifestyle thing). Oh well today is a new day and I get to go for a real walk at lunch time! My co worker as a job interview, I will miss her if she gets the new job but I am so hoping for her this place isn't a good atmosphere and she is going throught a lot! Last night I decided to put on my head phones and I danced for an hour and a half with out stoping more then a few second to drink water once in a while! That was great! Just got my pill of pick list to invoice so here how today is gonna look foodwise!

Breakfast
activia yogourt 2pts
1/3 cup of granola 2pts
1 cup of mixed strawberries and blueberries 1pts
Coffee 2pts
total of 7pts

Lunch
Salad (same as yesterday)
1 cup of mixed beans (red kidney, chick peas, black eyed peas) 4pts
2tbsp of dressing 1pts
total of 5 pts

snack
green apple 1pts

total of 13 pts
Wich means I have 10 pts left for diner. Again I think I am doing this wrong I usually have barely any points left for diner I don't know what is happening these days! I will have a 45 min walk (rapid walking) at lunch and will drink over 100oz of water already drank over 40oz! I may dance again tonight I thinking of not turning my tv on much this summer try to move more see how that works out...I will not be a slave to the idiot box lol just kidding I love TV but summer time nothing is really on!
Have a great day people!
 
My ff activia yogurt added to the calories in the 1/3 cup of bran buds works out to be 2 points and with the berries 3 points total. Try taking the calories in the yogurt and adding them to the calories in the granola and maybe you will get a different points value - for me the yogurt by itself is just over 2 points and the bran buds are just under 1 so added together is only 2 - my leader told me if you are eating them together it's more accurate to do it this way. Just like the curves bars if you have 1 it's only 1 point but if you have two it's actually 3 points - but you would have to eat them both at the same time for it to work that way.
I'm not sure if we have talked about it but 2 points for coffee seems like a lot to me since it's not really filling you up - have you tried green tea for the caffine and then it would be 0 points? I know you really like the coffee though. Maybe switch the granola to something less points wise - 2 points for only 1/3 cup seems like a lot too.
Also are you using your 35 flex points? Some people like to split them up throughout the week or save them for weekends like I do. If you aren't using them all on weekends you can use some of them during the week. I try to not use my activity points but I always use the 35 points on the weekends.
Nice work on the dancing! I bet you burned a good amount of calories! Hopefully the weather will stay nice for your walk -it's getting nicer here too.
 
chubbygirl said:
My ff activia yogurt added to the calories in the 1/3 cup of bran buds works out to be 2 points and with the berries 3 points total. Try taking the calories in the yogurt and adding them to the calories in the granola and maybe you will get a different points value - for me the yogurt by itself is just over 2 points and the bran buds are just under 1 so added together is only 2 - my leader told me if you are eating them together it's more accurate to do it this way. Just like the curves bars if you have 1 it's only 1 point but if you have two it's actually 3 points - but you would have to eat them both at the same time for it to work that way.
I'm not sure if we have talked about it but 2 points for coffee seems like a lot to me since it's not really filling you up - have you tried green tea for the caffine and then it would be 0 points? I know you really like the coffee though. Maybe switch the granola to something less points wise - 2 points for only 1/3 cup seems like a lot too.
Also are you using your 35 flex points? Some people like to split them up throughout the week or save them for weekends like I do. If you aren't using them all on weekends you can use some of them during the week. I try to not use my activity points but I always use the 35 points on the weekends.
Nice work on the dancing! I bet you burned a good amount of calories! Hopefully the weather will stay nice for your walk -it's getting nicer here too.
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I am eating the regular Activia since my kids eat it too. That is only 2 points.
Once I finish my box of granola I will be switching to all brand buds they don't have those where I usually do my grocerie shopping but I found a store nearby that carry those.
I never count the activity points I don't know why I just never did!
I try not to touch those 35 Flex point at all but usually on the weekend I do and on rare occassion I use some during the week, but as a rule I prefer not to use them. I will try adding the things I eat together to see the point value! I was just wondering if I was doing the point thing right cause for the last two days I have had lots of points left for diner I usually only have 3-5 and yesterday I had 13 and the today 10 and I am not really eating differently so I am wondering if I am forgeting a step! I am really trying to cut out my coffee or at least start to drink it black I used to drink lots of it and 3sug and 3 creams, and I am down to 1 coffee a day and 1 cream 1 surgar so eventually I will cut it out almost comepletely but I don't want head achs so I am doing it gradually! I am supposed to only have 3 this week (not counting the weekend) and I have already had those so I guess tea it is for the next 2 days! Thank you for your inputs very helpfull!
 
Wow, that points system sounds really confusing to me. I'm sure you were probably okay with your dinner the other night, 13 points sound like alot, but again, it's confusing. But the dinner did sound good. Have a great dance today.
 
njoyabl said:
Wow, that points system sounds really confusing to me. I'm sure you were probably okay with your dinner the other night, 13 points sound like alot, but again, it's confusing. But the dinner did sound good. Have a great dance today.
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Thank you! I had forgotten how much I enjoy dancing! The points are not that confunsing lol most of the time. They just look at calories, fibers and fat grams in foods and that gives them a point value. I am just confused cause I didn't really change what I ate and I have more points left at the end of the day......I will have to go back and read last weeks to see if I either over calculated or just didn't notice a difference in my menu!
 
Dancing sounds like a lot of fun. Did your kids join you? :) I dance with my nieces whenever I babysit them, and they LOVE it. They wait for their aunt to come home so they can listen to 'cool' (read popular) songs like umbrella and lady gaga (not the best choice for kids, i know, but they are all dancy). Miss doing that with the little ones.
 
juni said:
Dancing sounds like a lot of fun. Did your kids join you? :) I dance with my nieces whenever I babysit them, and they LOVE it. They wait for their aunt to come home so they can listen to 'cool' (read popular) songs like umbrella and lady gaga (not the best choice for kids, i know, but they are all dancy). Miss doing that with the little ones.
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We do that on weekend lol my daughter never really listen to kids music she mostly listen to what we are...at about 8 or 9 months she loved Avril Lavignes's Girlfriend she would dance while sitting and would be hand clapping and all happy just for that one song....other she would still dance just not as into it lol! My son like to clap his hands when any music plays!
Last night both kids where asleep so I was alone in my living room rocking out lol! As soon as I get a DVD player I can restart Hip hop abs I just love dancing....but I want to do the P90X too hmmm where to start?
 
I misunderstood because I thought you were saying 10 isn't very many but I get it now, lol!! I know I eat big dinners so I usually like to have 12 or so left for dinner too. I also don't try to use the 35 points but it always happens, lol - good thing they are there for those occasions!
 
chubbygirl said:
I misunderstood because I thought you were saying 10 isn't very many but I get it now, lol!! I know I eat big dinners so I usually like to have 12 or so left for dinner too. I also don't try to use the 35 points but it always happens, lol - good thing they are there for those occasions!
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I eat later during the evening so I don't like having a big dinner! I find that 13 or 10 pts is so hard to meet when I have my regular diner! I like the 35 flex pts that way if I do go overboard I don't feel bad about it!
 
June 3rd 2010

Happy Thursday!

I can't wait for the weekend! I did good this week foodwise and I had one great walk a couple of so so one and 2 night of dancing, last night I was less into it but I did 1hour so that is still good. I am gonna have to go buy a new bra soon mine is getting to big (very good news!!) but I hate shopping for a freaking bra, I have been loosing weight so the band size goes down faster then the cup size and I find it hard to find one that fits well for the price I am willing to pay! I measure myself and then go to the store and try on the size the cups never fit well, and I usually have to go to a bigger cup size, and this is the part that pisses me off why do they make the bigger cup size wider I need one that is deeper not one that will flatten my breat you know! I hate shopping for bras! end of Rant!

Breakfast
activia yogourt 2pts
1/3 cup of granola 2pts
1 cup of mixed strawberries and blueberries 1pts
Coffee 2pts
total of 7pts

Lunch
Salad (same as yesterday)
11/2 cup of mixed beans (red kidney, chick peas, black eyed peas) 5pts
2tbsp of dressing 1pts
total of 6 pts

snack
a banana 1pts (small one)
for a total of 14 pts
wich leaves me with 9pts for diner...I am having a salad probably with chicken, hubby wanted to make hot dogs (cmon what is with him and all the junk) but I told him no and that if he made any not make any for me buy the beef weiners I don't eat those! I am trying to go for more natural foods, I feel better when I eat as less processed food as possible.
 
My day is so dreadfully boring, I want to call in sick tommorow but I won't I need the money, I sent resumes out cmon employers call me......I am on here cause I am craving surgar like mad today I think it's because I have nothing to do.......I wish they would just cut my position and give me a good package! After 7 years it shouldn't be too bas a girl got 3000$ after being fired and she worked here not even 2 years so I am kind of hoping at some point they will realize they don't actually need someone in this position! A machine could do the job! A billingual 5yrs old could! I should by a nintendo DS....I never have been into video games but really I need something to occupy my head before I go mad/ I think my hubby may have a ds I dhould buy brain age or some game like that, so I don't end up eating to kill the time
 
I am right with you. Work is soo slow and boring right now, all I can think about is how much I want some candy or something! I bring my iPod touch to work with me so I can stay occupied but it only holds a charge for so long and it gets boring after a while. Your eating looks really good, I definitely have to work on mine. Good luck with the bra search lol I hate bra shopping! It's so hard to find a good one. When I do find one that fits good, I get it in a few other colors and I'm set :)
 
Good news about the bra- means you are losing! I can't wait for mine to go down. So far they have decided to stay put, but I hope as I lose some weight those babies decide they become smaller too.

And I love that you are soo assertive with hubby about the kind of food you want to eat. It is the kind of assertiveness I want to have too.

You are doing so well, Vernonique. Have a wonderful weekend. Talk to you on Monday.
 
skkroll said:
I am right with you. Work is soo slow and boring right now, all I can think about is how much I want some candy or something! I bring my iPod touch to work with me so I can stay occupied but it only holds a charge for so long and it gets boring after a while. Your eating looks really good, I definitely have to work on mine. Good luck with the bra search lol I hate bra shopping! It's so hard to find a good one. When I do find one that fits good, I get it in a few other colors and I'm set :)
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I am glad to see I am not the only one that hates the bra shopping! Usually when I get around to shopping for one I only have enough money in the budget for one sometimes 2 especially now that I am in the process of loosing weight I am not planing for the next one to fit long!!!!

I spent the day online sending out my resumer for different jobs, I would like to get away from reception and phones if that is possible something like mailroom I did that here while someone was on sick leave and I loved that I got to move around a lot I lost 15lb doing that job cause of all the carrying and walking, I am way more active then I was a couple years ago I think that is why I hate my job! I am not even aloud to have my Ipod, with the old boss I was aloud to have a newspaper or books not the new ass!
 
juni said:
Good news about the bra- means you are losing! I can't wait for mine to go down. So far they have decided to stay put, but I hope as I lose some weight those babies decide they become smaller too.

And I love that you are soo assertive with hubby about the kind of food you want to eat. It is the kind of assertiveness I want to have too.

You are doing so well, Vernonique. Have a wonderful weekend. Talk to you on Monday.
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I love the fact that the bra size is going down I just wish I could shrink my bra to and skip the shopping part lol!!! If only it was that easy! My husband like my daughter are pushy people so I don't actually have a choice I have to be assertive if I want anything for myself if not they are gonna walk all over me! You have to work at being assertive I used to be what people call a doormat........I think that was one of the factor leading to my gaining weight I never stood up for myself and when I was unhappy I would stuff myself with food!

Thank you I hope you have a wonderfull weekend too!
 
Verobc said:
You have to work at being assertive I used to be what people call a doormat........I think that was one of the factor leading to my gaining weight I never stood up for myself and when I was unhappy I would stuff myself with food!
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That is totally what I used to do too! It's still hard sometimes for me to be assertive because I feel like I'm being bossy or pushy but in reality I'm just standing up for myself.
I have so many B38 bras because that was what I was for sooo long - I even had those attachments because the 38's wouldn't fit. Even now I only try on the 36's and wear them on the tightest strap - I never even thought to try on a 34! Now I'm an A and I only have 3 that sort of fit - they were on sale at Zellers for $10 each so they aren't really nice ones like I used to own from La Senza or anything. I would like to get fitted and told what I should be wearing.
Have a great weekend Veronique - oh how'd the weigh-in go this morning?
 
June 04 2010

Ok so this morning I got up on time!!!!!! Drum Rollllll Please! 174.2lb Whoo hoo! In 2 more lb I will be at the 20lb loss wich mean 40lb to go. 1/3 of the way to my goal!!!! I really have to step up the exercise cause if I can lose close to 2lb with only one good walk and 2 strolls imagine what I can do if I eat well and bring on the exercise!!!! I feel my motivation picking up again...hopefully my workday won't take it out on me! In other news I am exausted, I got to do something about my daughter sleeping habits, I know I complain a lot about this,,,,it's just so unusuall for her, for god's sake she slept from 6 pm -10pm and then sleep again till 6 am the next morning starting when she was 5 days old. She is 3 she isn't supposed to wake up every hour, and when she sleeps elsewhere she doesn't do it, just with me, wich makes me think I am doing something wrong, lately I have no patience and I snap at her all the time I often have to leave the room she is in just to chill for second it's crazy. Starting next week the only desert she is aloud to have is fruit, she will only be aloud fruits, vegies, and meat, and dairy (as in Yogourt and soy milk) I am cutting off processed crap, I am sure my in laws are feeding the kids all sorts of crap, and my hubby too so no more! I talked it over to my hubby and when we are on holidays and special occasion she can have treats, we will see if that is gonna help. I am also gonna be stricker she is a screamer wheather she is happy or unhappy now she gets a warning and then if she keeps screaming then time out (super nanny style lol)
I have to take controle now, not later you know! I am a bit disapointed, tonight I am bringing the kids over to my sister's (hubby has an appointment on Sat morning at 8 am and no kids are aloud and I need to be there to sign for him if he doesn't understand the DR) I was thinking ok I got one evening with no kids, no hubby, I should try to go out and do something fun, my best friend says she is too tired on friday and suggested we bring the kids to the park on sat afternoon,....doesn't she get that I need no kid time, I never have that unless I am at work! Another of my friends is a newly wed and she has her own friends we hardly ever talk, Others are in new relationship and only do stuff that includ the boy friend.....wich leaves me on my own, so I will just bring the kids to my sisters and go back home. I need to find new friends, I still want to keep the other ones, I just wished that on my one night out I could do something fun you know! I guess I will just stay home blast the music and clean the house for change!

Breakfast
oatmeal, banana, pb 8pts
coffee 2pts

lunch
I fell asleep watching tv last night so no salad I will try to find something healthy and lite...will update later!

Diner
I may not have one ( I have to bring the kids over to my sisters so I may have only a protein shake and then a salad during my very fun evening!)

Have a nice weekend!
 
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