Tooth Paste Works…

I have done pretty good since Saturday in regards to exercising. I managed to have completed 3 days so far of the JM 30 Day Shred. On the weekend, I added some walking on the treadmill after the session so I really worked out that lactic acid. Today, as per the usual Monday morning 4 a.m. wakeup call, it is WAY TOO EARLY, and this lazy butt could not get out of bed. So I came home after work and did it tonight. Normally I am beat at the end of the day, but not today.

I have noticed an increase in energy since I started drinking my twice daily fresh vegetable juice. BF wrinkles his nose up at each time I make it because sometimes it really doesn’t look all that appetizing. However, I think it tastes good and since it’s going into my gullet, then that’s all that really matters. I have been growing my own Wheatgrass this past week (my grow op is expanding). I started it last weekend, and as of today it is about 4 inches tall. Does not take long at all in the right conditions I guess. It took me awhile to get all the supplies that I needed because most stores have their Christmas stuff out not grow lights and trays. But I found what I needed last weekend and got my seeds soaking, and trays and lights setup. I am going to post some pictures later.

The new juicer that I got about three weeks ago is not made for Wheatgrass and quite honestly, since I’m doing this twice a day now, it would be nice to have one that keeps my vegetables alive long enough that I could possibly keep a jar in the fridge for a couple of hours so that I can incorporate more juice during the day. This one I think heats it up a bit because the juice separates and if left for a couple of hours, the taste just isn’t as good. So I ordered a new one online and it should be arriving by the end of this week. It does both veg and the grass.  I just hope that the wheatgrass stays alive that long :) I have read so much good information about this live food.

The other thing I looked into last week was getting organic vegetables delivered to my house. So I signed up and I get my first delivery this Thursday. I have it scheduled for every two weeks so will see how this goes. I have to empty my fridge a bit to make room for it all. I am going through a LOT of vegetables and I am also now starting indoor composting (too cold outside here in the winter|). I’ll soon be (hopefully tomorrow) getting some red wriggler worms to compost the vegetable pulp and the Wheatgrass mats left over from harvesting cutting. Things are no longer simple :)

And on to the title of this post…. I took Jack’s advice the other day and have made an effort to brush my teeth after my last meal of the day and I have not eaten any night time junk since. Now I know it has only been 3 nights but that is an improvement. Hopefully I can keep this up and break this really bad habit of mine. Thanks to EVERYONE for everything you suggest. Every little bit of information is helpful.

Yeah, I know – two posts in one day.

ttyl,

Sandra

Friends….

Well once again lovely Lori-Ann over at Amazon Runner has bestowed a very nice award to me. You can flip over to Ces and Her Tree’s to read why she created this award. It’s about friendship of which I have found a very lovely bunch of online people who I am proud be supportive of, and the recipient of the same support. I think this blogging world is amazing.
I would like to pass it along to the following lovely bloggers who are always there to support and help everyone. Some of you may have already gotten this award but I think you are fantastic so you are getting it again
Chris
266
Syl
Mary-Beth
Kat
Helen
Erin
Jen
Ah heck, anyone on my blogroll can just come by and grab this. I think everyone deserves it.
I Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day and is making good choices.
ttyl,
Sandra

This weeks update

Slow blogging week for me this week. I’ve spent more time trying to catch up on everyone else’s blogs rather than thinking about writing in mine. You all ROCK you know, everyone inspires me in one way or another and I just love catching up and reading how everyone is doing.

This lovely lady (266 – it’s the only name I know)  is celebrating 100 followers and Onderland with a very fantastic type of challenge. She is the same lady that I have joined up with for the Christmas Challenge and she is quite the inspiration. Go check her out.

I did OK this week and could have done better. I’ve been having an issue getting up at 4 this week. Since I started juicing I seem to be sleeping better. I don’t know if it is actually linked or not but it works for me. And so when that alarm goes off at 4, I’d rather just sleep for the next hour before I have to actually really get up. I am going to try harder this coming week.

We went out for beers and a hockey game last night so my 0% alcohol is now going to show numbers and I am ok with that. As long as it isn’t more than once or maybe twice a week, I’m good with that. I am in this for life, and I am going to continue to live but within limits. :) 

I am still snacking on junk at night and really need to stop that. I can do so well all day long, keeping my calories and food intake pretty clean and healthy and then before I go to bed I snack. It is a habit and not a need and one that I must work to break.  So for this week, I am going to really work on that goal. It is only hurting me in the long run so I must do something about it.

So as for my Christmas Challenge update, I’m down 3lbs. It is not bad but I know it could be much better if I just focus.Yesterday was the only day I went way over in the calories and the exercise could have been better.

 

I walked to the train all week because I figured if my lazy butt was to lazy to get out of bed to do any strength training, it needed to WALK to work. The weather has been pretty fair all week so I just dressed in layers and walked. By the time I hit the train station, I’m removing wraps…. to hot.  So as for strength training… That Shred workout last Sunday put my legs in overload for about 3 days (big baby). I really just jumped into that one and went overboard. I am going to attempt it again today and will likely push myself just as hard.

So here is to the start of a new week and a successful one.

I hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC day and making good choices.\

Sandra

NSV and my D4 Goal Status

I work in the Information Technology field and the stuff I specialize in is still mainly a “man’s world”. I attended a users group meeting this morning, where a bunch of local techie’s get together and talk about their environments and any issues they have, etc. Well this morning’s talk was quite interesting, I’m glad I attended, but I also had a bit of a NSV. At least that is what I’m trying to convince myself it was.

I had quite a few glances or darn outright looks from some of the men (the ones around my age anyway J). Normally I would have been very uncomfortable with this, mainly with thoughts of “are they looking at me because I’m a woman in a man’s world” or “are they looking at me because… well I look good (or it used to be cause I’m fat)” ?  In September of last year, I attended a conference in Vegas for this same IT technology. There were over 15,000 people there, 12,000 of which were men (I’m sure there was probably a higher number of men). No one even glanced my way. I became self conscious about it and aware of how unattractive I really was. It’s not that I wanted to flirt or whatever but it is nice if someone kind of looks your way … if you know what I mean. Then when I got back home, I saw pictures of myself taken while there and that was when I decided enough is enough. So even with only 28lbs gone, my body has changed enough (inches) that I might actually be looking OK now… or at least better.

What I struggled with this morning was the idea that maybe they were looking at me because I actually look good.  It made me self conscious in a different way and not something I am entirely comfortable with yet. I have NEVER liked being the center of attention, NEVER… and this is something I need to get over. It may be a slight contribution as to why I haven’t successfully lost the weight. Very silly I know….. but it is what it is.

It’s safer to be fat. Now I don’t  consciously think this, but I’m wondering if I had been subconsciously. In the last couple of months, I’ve been working on letting all that type of stuff go and I am pretty sure it is working because I’m slowly starting to come out of my plateau.

Above is my Goal Status as of today’s weight, yesterday’s food. I did not do any cross training yesterday as I could hardly walk from Sunday’s Day 1 of the 30 day Shred. I tend to go all out and not ease into anything so when I did the shred on Sunday, I gave it all I had. Thank goodness I used very light weights or I would have been even more sore.  I now know that when I did the ChaLean Extreme Burn Phase in June – I either didn’t give it all I had OR I’ve just lost that much strength since June. BIG mistake. I think I’ve been concentrating on the cardio too much since starting my Learn to Run program in April of which I could never complete because of my broken toe in May and then hip issues in September. I still plan on completing it using the C25K program.

Anyway, I don’t think FitDay estimates the amount of calories I burn accurately but I am not going to tweak it and let it be as it is. Yesterday since I was so sore, I only did about 2.5 miles of walking. Unfortunately I did not get up in time this morning to do day 2 of the Shred so I will be tackling that tonight. It’s only 20 minutes long so I have NO excuse to not do it. 

I’ve noticed that since I’ve started drinking fresh veggie juice twice a day, I’ve got a heck of a lot more energy at the end of the day so that no longer should be my excuse for not exercising. And since I started Juicing, my carb intake is a bit higher than normal but it is good carbs. I do however really need to pick up  on the protein. I KNOW I’m not eating enough of that. All in All, I’m doing good for this week so far.

Tuesday and Zero Alcohol folks…… I know not a big deal to some, but a big deal to me J

Hope you are having a fantastic day and making good choices.

Ttyl

Sandra

Charts, Charts, and More Charts

I am one of those people that need to have everything laid out for me. I have spreadsheets charting my weight loss attempts since 1998. I print them off and put them in a binder. I’m usually pretty good at keeping them up to date for a couple of months and then I fall behind. Eventually I pick it up again. I have two programs I really like for different reasons and I tend to bounce back and forth between them.

One is Diet Power – I like it because I can create recipe’s and print them off showing instructions, nutritional information, etc. It is a nice layout. I also have Fitday for the PC and I can sync it online so that I can enter stuff no matter where I am (work/home). And I really like Fitday’s reports. If I use it consistently I can create some pretty good reports and see how I am doing. The thing I don’t like about it that I seem to like the most about DP is that I can print the day entries including the calendar notes (diary) but I can’t seem to do it in Fitday. I may just be missing it somewhere in here.

So this below chart shows what I have setup for my goal for the next 5 weeks. And at a glance, I certainly did not eat enough protein yesterday and WAY too many carbs. I will be honest here and admit I made some bad carb choices yesterday and today will be much better.

And I am very proud that the alcohol total is a big fat zero :)

I have a bunch of DVD’s and since I am not organized today as for what workout I wanted to do, I put in the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I did level 1 and with 5lb weights. I hate to admit this but it kicked my butt. I think it has been TOO long since I did a cross training type workout. Your body adjusts to things like walking on a treadmill so I obviously need to kick it up a notch or 10.

After that, I walked on my TreadClimber for another 30 minutes and then stretched this tired ole body. I feel good!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic day and are making good choices. I am going to make better carb choices today than I did yesterday.

ttyl

Sandra

Christmas Challenge

Well I have done it again, I’ve joined another challenge. It is a Christmas Challenge put on by this lovely lady (266) who’s blog I found the other day thanks to Lori-Ann. There is a lovely logo over there on the right.

Normally I suck at finishing challenges but this one will be good. I think I join them more for the friendships I make than the actual challenge itself :)

So for day 1 my starting weight is not what it should be but it was actually a few pounds higher than it should have been. I will not go  into details but suffice it to say, I was a little heavier this morning due to an added weight I was carrying. I know… TMI

So my goal is not to lose 10 lbs by Christmas, but to lose 12 lbs (covering the 2 lb gain). And I will be increasing my strength training and cardio workouts.

I’m taking pictures and measurements tomorrow. I didn’t really want to do it today because, well they would have been a bit off due to the puffiness I was experiencing.

One day I might even do an Exposed blog… not sure yet.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend.

ttyl

Sandra

 

Hottie 100

Well for my Hottie 100, I kept posting it as Week # - Goals and I think I’m just going to change it to “My Weekly Contribution to my Hot 100 Goals ” because I can’t seem to keep my weeks straight or on time. I’m still under the 10 days (barely) but I am nonetheless.

 

So my weekly goals last week were:

• Establish Positive thoughts each night before I go to sleep – Pass – I do this each and every night.
• Create a meaningful list of intentions to focus on - I have my list and it is posted on my bedroom mirror and in my “good intentions” book
• Exercise the remaining of this week (11/11 – 11/15) - well I did OK last week and OK this week. I need to improve on this and kick it up a notch or two.
• Eat healthy as I can – I failed on the healthy part on the weekend but I made up for it this week. I ate good 80% of the time.

 

This week’s contribution towards achieving my year end goal:

• I think I’ve got the Positive Thought before bed thing pretty under wraps. So I am going to start something new. I’m going to thank my food for providing me with the nutrients my body needs just before I chomp on it.
• I would like to start listing my food but I think that would be boring to all of you. So my goal is to keep my calories logged somewhere and at 1600 per day. Since I’m not supposed to “count” calories, I’m going to do this for a couple of weeks so that I get the portion sizes estimated correctly then just eyeball it after. I’m a bit of a oxymoron in this case, say I’m not on a diet yet count my calories….
• Strength train 3x a week. I need to push/pull then stretch each muscle to prevent my body from seizing up .
• Walk 5x a week – I’m also going to start incorporating a little jogging in here to get back into the walk/run thing.

I think that’s good for this week. I’ve started to incorporate two glasses of freshly made vegetable juice into my daily regime and so far I like it. I’m also looking into growing my own wheatgrass so that I can squeeze it every day and have an ounce of green liquid sunshine :) I’m going to have quite the “grow op” by the time I’m done. I’m hoping that by drinking the veggie juice, my body will start getting enough of the right stuff and I’ll stop craving salty crunchy stuff (like those danged chips/popcorn). I was reading that salty cravings can be caused by adrenal issues which really means my body is stressed. I do know my Biofeedback always comes up with this as well so I think she is gearing me to repairing that along the way.

All this new stuff to give a go!

Hope you have a Fantastic Day and make good choices.
I'll be posting again today about a Christmas Challenge I joined :)

ttyl
Sandra

 

 

 

 

Emotional Eating Experience

Emotional Eating

Yesterday I was hungry and eventually it became my total focus. I couldn’t really figure out what was happening. I hadn’t changed anything in my morning routine so there was no reason for it that I could see.  Then this morning I read Gigi’s guest post on Cranky Fitness  and a freakin light bulb went off in my head.

I was upset yesterday, kind of feeling moody, down in the dumps, crabby. I wasn’t like that all day, but I certainly started the day out like that. I have a co-worker who I absolutely adore and think he is a very intelligent man. He works in Ontario, not at my location, and over the years we have become quite good friends (I’ve been with this company 21 years). When I travel to his work location, we spend quite a bit of time together. I’ve gotten to know his children quite well and absolutely love them (is daughter is a true angel). Anyway, we work on the same team, fairly high up there in terms of knowledge and recognition from leadership. There are areas he excels in, and others that I do but we really respect each other for our individual knowledge base. Anyway, this part is going to sound whinny, but he was telling me yesterday how he and another team mate attended a meeting with the leadership team about some new technology that I’m really into (it’s my special knowledge base) and I was upset that I wasn’t invited to go as well. Now our boss, is here where I work, in fact she is my friend. We were friends before she became my boss and is my learn to run partner….. My silly little feelings were hurt. It put me in a rut, and I felt sorry for myself for a couple of hours. During that time, I noted I was hungry. Very hungry and I didn’t eat any less than I normally do in the mornings. Gigi’s post turned on the light for me because of how she described the differences between emotional hunger and physical hunger. My hunger was instant, I drank water to get rid of it but even when I ate my normal snacks and lunch, which normally would have satisfied me, I was still feeling hungry. Feeling hungry from my neck up only.  HMMM…. I think I’m going to start adding these thoughts/feelings in my journal and see if I can find something to stop the emotional rollercoaster wanting food to satisfy it. How do you deal with it?

Trans Siberian Orchestra

Have any of you seen/heard this band? I had 4 tickets for last night’s show so we took Ron’s Mom and my daughter and went out to the Keg for dinner and then to the show. Well WOW, what a performance. Their light show alone made it worthwhile. The music was a bit loud for my ears but it was still very good. Christmas music with a very rock flavor. I was worried about Dorothy (she is 75) and that she would hate the show (I didn’t realize it was so Rock Music based) but she did enjoy it very much except the lights. We were on the floor, 20 rows back from the stage and their light show was very flashy. This type of light hurt her eyes as she as recently had surgery. It also hurt my eyes and gave me a headache by the end of the night, so I can imagine how much it bothered her. But what a show! I did enjoy it and would see them again (with ear plugs J).

Short one today,

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day and is making good choices.

Ttyl,

Sandra

Finishing 2009 Strong

I read Tom Venuto’s blog/website called BurnTheFatBlog. In fact, I downloaded his e-book a few years ago, long before I started to actually read his website. Didn’t start that until I started blogging in February. His post from today is about Why is finishing 2009 Strong & and starting the new year on the right foot an ABSOLUTE Must for you? He’s turned it into a contest and I am not interested in entering the contest per se but I am interested in answering the questions for myself. Here is what I have come up with.

Why is finishing 2009 STRONG an ABSOLUTE MUST for you?

I started to “seriously” tackle my weight problem in September 2008 (again). It obviously wasn’t serious enough because I’ve only managed to lose 25lbs in almost 14 months. I no longer want to give this a half assed attempt. I MUST get serious and do something today. I MUST regain control of my body and my life. I want to start living my life to its fullest. This isn’t something that I want to wait until January 1^st, 2010 to start the year again, to try to do this again, to get serious again. I MUST do this now and I want to finish what I started. No more wasting time. I am STRONG and I am in CONTROL.

Why is starting 2010 on the right foot a TOTAL MUST for you?

Each day, I am getting a little older, making this weight loss journey just that little bit harder the longer I wait. The stronger, more fit my body is, the easier the weight will come off and stay off. I will always have to maintain it by being fit & healthy but once I’m there, I’ll have it under control. I want to be healthy, fit and strong. I WILL take care of this body that is housing my spirit and soul. It deserves the best!

What are the REASONS WHY you want to be in better shape the first week in January 2010 than you are today?

Because I need to get in shape now, not wait 45 days (or whatever it is). Why procrastinate? Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? I can make pretty good improvements in all facets of my life before Dec 31^st, and I plan on doing just that. I am no longer trying, I am going to DO. I MUST start living life for ME and being in shape is important. It’s time to get my grove on …… What the heck am I waiting for????

And, why MUST you do this now instead of being a procrastinator and waiting until January to make a New Year’s “resolution?”

I don’t do “resolutions”, this is a life style!

I AM in CONTROL!

So there you have it. I probably will update this a bit over the next few days so that I have what I want written out, then I’m going to print it and post it in my room, on my treadmill, wherever I want to review my goals…. Cause really, that’s what this list is.

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day and makes good choices.

I know I am.

Sandra

An Award and Weekend Update

Well lovely Lori-Ann at Amazon Runner presented me with a lovely award. Thank you very much!

Here are the details:

• Each recipient must pass the award on to five other deserving bloggers.
• Each Superior Scribbler must link back to the author and the name of the blog from whom they received the award.
• Each Superior Scribbler must display the award on his or her blog, and link to this Blog Award post, which explains the award.
• Each blogger who wins the Superior Scribbler award must visit the page noted above and add his or her name to the Mr Linky List. That way, the originator of the award will be able to keep track of everyone who receives it.
• And finally, each superior scribbler must post these rules on his or her blog.

 The following are my five recipients:
Chris at A Deliberate Life - this lady seems to blog just what I need to read at the right time.
Helen at Doing a 180 - She has gone through some tough stuff lately and is still hanging in there.
Steve at LogMyLoss - no matter how busy this man gets he seems to always find time to comment and encourage.
Erin at Losin It ! - I've always enjoyed her posts and she inspires me to try harder ** Actually everyone I read does this as well.
Jenn at Watch My Butt Shrink - again, I've enjoyed reading her posts and how she triumps through things.

So for my regularly scheduled post
I didn't do so good on the food front this weekend. Since we were out of town, and staying in a hotel, I ate whatever was available to me at the time I could eat it. Which included an A&W burger but with a side salad, and a couple pieces of Pizza on Saturday. And Sunday wasn't much better. BUT I didn't gain any weight because I think I walked it all off during the two day hunt. Yesterday I took the day off work so that I could get some laundry done (yes I took a day OFF to do laundry), and walked for an hour on my treadmill. So even though my entire weekend was messed up in food, I'm back on track today. But it always is easier to get back to routine once I'm back at work... now if only I could keep it up on the weekends.

Folks, I must stop drinking and I'm having a hard time with it. I'm a social drinker so when we are out with friends (like after the hunting on Saturday night, and Sunday night at a concert show but held in a bar), I drink beer. This is not helping my cause at all.
These empty calories are throwing my daily count out through the roof. Thank goodness it is not a daily occurence or I would have other issues to deal with (like membership at an AAA). I need to get with the show and just say NO!!!

Hope all of you are having a FANTASTIC day and making good choices. I know I'm going to today.

Sandra

100th Post

I’ve been bloggin since February and I’m finally on my 100th post. I didn’t chatter too much at first because I truly didn’t understand this blogging concept. Over the months I have come to know an entire world of absolutely fantastic and wonderful people. I am so glad I discovered this community. I remember getting my very first follower. I wasn’t sure if I should be afraid or what, I didn’t think anyone would be interested in anything I had to say.  And now… Wow, I feel like a part of a family – thank you to each and everyone of you that reads my “stuff”.

I bought a new toy this weekend. It is going to end up allowing me more access to this world and allow me to share more of mine. It’s a HP Netbook which isn’t a laptop per se but like one. Smaller, but larger than an iTouch or Blackberry.Basically I can read my email and search the web from anywhere I can get internet access. Including my bed :) oh how sad is that …..

Currently I am sitting in a hotel room at the end of a day watching Ron and Katie hunt for pheasant. I got to watch my little girl work today. It was interesting and a nice day to do it.

She was a thirsty girl. And YES I was wearing florescent orange too.

And my new toy allows me to get my photos from my camera card right away… yeah!

 

The walk today was challenging for my hip as the ground was very uneven, full of holes and we walked slow. I ache tonight and I hope it doesn't turn into anything like a flare up. When I get back next week, I am going to make an appointment with the therapist that can teach me to strengthen the supporting hip muscles. I think it is time…..

I hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC weekend and are making excellent choices, I know mine could be better……

Sandra

hmmmm... munchies

When I went for my walk today, I noticed a pretty cool looking light post banner. It was across the 10th street bridge and each of the posts had one of these banners (both sides of the road). They look to be all hand made from recycled material and look like the rag rugs my GrandMother used to make for us. I still have one in my trailer. I love seeing this type of stuff in my city... makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

 My walk must have done me some good yesterday because my hip didn't hurt as much last night. Movement is certainly a key for me. I enjoyed the walk as well. Even though it was on the treadmill, I just selected some inspirational stuff to listen to this time and just zoned out. Normally I listen to music, but not yesterday. I felt pretty good all day long.


My food has been pretty good but I messed up a couple of times yesterday. BF and Katie came home and he dug out the bowl of Halloween chocolate bars. I hid them when he left so that I wouldn't see them. I don't normally like chocolate except once a month, and that happens to be right now. So last night, I had two PB and choc cups. Two, can you believe it!! Man, where's the willpower when you need it.


I got on the scale this morning because I have an appointment with Sharon and her biofeedback machine this afternoon and she likes to monitor how much I weigh. She can do caliper tests and although I don't think I'm getting one this afternoon, she still tracks the wt regardless. I'm down 8lbs without really trying since I did my emotional release a couple of weeks ago (and yah, I was sick in the middle of it). But I also have NOT been 100% on plan with some junk (chips) and beer mixed in with it all. I keep saying to myself "Imagine what you could do if you were 100% on plan".

So why don't I do 100%.... I don't know. It seems like as soon as I think I have to be 100% on plan, I get stupid cravings (for chips - like Doritos) or I get hungry - like I'm starving. It's all mental I know and I really need to work on that mental aspect of it all. So lately, I've just been trying to focus on relaxing, doing the best that I can, improve on that even more, and let it all go. If I focus on what I'm not doing right, I just keep on doing it wrong. If I focus on letting it all go, enjoying myself, and relaxing. I'm not hungry... nor do I crave chips (much).

Now how dumb is that :)

Why do I crave those crunchy salty chips/popcorn all the time anyway? Anyone else have this issue?

Hope today you are having a FANTASTIC day and are making good choices.

Sandra

My Little Grow Op :)

I wanted one of these last year for Christmas and they couldn't find one for me. Then I promptly forgot about it and saw one again the other day at our local Canadian Tire. So I got one with the Herb Garden package.

It has Oregano, Chives, Thyme, Mint, Basil and Dill. I can't wait until these little suckers grow up :)

 

 

 

 

Aren't those chives cute :)

This is after a 11 days in this little machine. I started them on November 1st.

 

This is my tray of salad sprouts, ready to eat. Actually they were ready a couple of days ago but I've been feeling so yucky that I just didn't want a salad. Can't taste much anyway so what's the use :)

 

But the other night, I grabbed a bunch of them and threw them in this little machine and added them to my veggie juice.

 

I had an older one from years ago and I found I was wasting a ton of vegetables so I went out shopping again and picked this one up. It's not like those hundreds of dollar juicers and if I juice more often than once a day, I might invest in a larger one, but for now, I like this one just fine.

 

I'm home today as this day is a Stat holiday for us where I live. I'm feeling better so I'm going to go walk on my treadmill for an hour. Since my nose is still plugged I'm not sure just how fast I'm going to walk but I've got to do something. From laying around so much last week and weekend, and with no walking, my HIP is really sore at night and I know movement helps alleviate the pain quite a bit.

Then I'm going to spend the day cleaning my house that never got done on the weekend cause my butt was stuck to the couch. BF and Katie get home tonight so I'm going to enjoy my alone time while I can.

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day and make excellent choices!

Keep the mood positive.

ttyl

Sandra

Hot100 Update

Week 6 – Updates

• Establish Positive thoughts each night before I go to sleep (from Gabriel Book) – absolutely did this every night even when I was really feeling YUCK
• Eat 1800 calories a day – NOPE – failed for that week and will again for this week.
• Exercise 6x this week – Again NOPE – failed both weeks 3 walks last week, and seeing as I’m two days into this week and I’m probably going to try walking starting again tomorrow (4x).

Week 8 – Goals (missed last week)

• Establish Positive thoughts each night before I go to sleep
• Create a meaningful list of intentions to focus on
• Exercise the remaining of this week (11/11 – 11/15)
• Eat healthy as I can

We are almost half way through the Hot100 and I plan on making the other half much better.

In meeting my 5 goals of my actual Hot100 (listed over there on the right), I’d say I have done the 80/20 rule on the last 3 bullet points. I highly doubt I will accomplish the last bullet by the end of the year but I am going to do the best that I can and get to wherever I get. But bullet 3 & 4 – I’m going to focus on making it 95/5 for the rest of the year. Bullets 1 & 2 are a no-brainer for me so I’m not worried about them.

I hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC day and make good choices

Sandra

Colds and Frumpy Clothes

So this a$$ backwards cold is now in my head. I can’t breathe but I came to work anyway. And working in an office building equals really poor air quality which equals stuffed up sinuses.  I went for a short walk in the cold air about mid morning to buy some lotion Kleenex and my chest hurt for about an hour afterwards… won’t be doing that again.  I think I’m too late for the lotion too – ouch my nose is getting tender. All in all I am feeling better though and am being very very careful to not infect anyone else should I be contagious…. Good old hand sanitizer comes in handy sometimes.

So even though I am not hungry in the slightest, I am trying to eat something every couple of hours. I calculated what I ate yesterday and it came to under 1000 calories and that included a can of pop. I don’t drink pop normally but when my chest and throat hurt, that fuzz kind of feels good, so I drank the sugar. AND I had my very first 80 calorie peanut butter cup piece of Halloween candy. A week later, but only ONE. The BF pulled out the box just as I was going to bed and I grabbed one and scarfed it down. But not until I had looked at how many calories were in the teensy weensy little piece of chocolate and PB. Not worth it really, equaled the same as my yummy apples.

I’ve decided to drag out the ole juicer and start juicing again. I think it will help with me being able to digest my nutrients a bit better and I’ll get lots of veggies and fruit in a day. I’ve been drinking a fruit concoction early morning for the last 2 weeks and will now be adding the glass of vegetable juice when I get home from work. It will help slow down that munchy craze I can sometimes get into when I get home and am looking for something to fill the gullet. This will allow me to sip it while preparing my dinner and not looking for something to snack on prior. I had made some trial runs yesterday and gave a couple of one ounce shots to the BF for him to taste, and I’m 100% sure it will not be something he partakes in. He said to me last week he wants to get on board with me and start eating healthier so if I make it, he will try it…. I’m thinking this one won’t work.

And I’m single again for a couple of days while the pup and BF go back out hunting. Can’t say I’m going to mind the solitude. I kind of need it right now and won’t feel like I need to prepare him dinner when I’m not feeling 100% yet – this way I can eat what I want and not worry about him. Funny thing is, Uncle T is about to visit again… hmmmm… I do now think it is no longer a coincidence J (not that I get nasty or anything like that).

Exercise has still been null and void but I’m OK with that. It takes too much effort just to walk a couple of blocks so I can’t expect my body to heal thyself and work on expending calories at the same time. My caloric intake allows for this right now anyway so I’m not feeling in the slightest bit guilty.

So… yesterday I had a kind of revelation or whatever you want to call it. You know when you don’t feel good, you put on the sweats pants and big ole sweatshirt because it’s comfy and warm. Well I had that exact attire on, hair pulled up in a pony tail, face was washed and clean but I still felt “YUCK”. Went to the store with the BF and his son to pick out a present for a  birthday gift for the boy to attend a party in the community. Well, all I did was feel crappy about myself the entire time. I saw all kinds of nice looking ladies, still dressed casually, but looking OH SO MUCH better than I did at that moment. I felt like a frump. Had to really slap myself around a bit mentally to let that go as it is a very bad habit I have of comparing myself to others and it is something I need to let go really bad. Really bad. So how do I fix that… when I go out, even to the Wally World to pick out a present, I’ve got to dress a bit nicer – change out of the extra large sweatshirt and put something more attractive on… it’s a personal thing and to feel good, I have to look good. So having physically feeling bad, and visually looking frumpy, I felt even worse. I MUST stop comparing myself to others.

Not a good thing when you are to only think positive thoughts….

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC DAY and is making good choices.

Ttyl

Sandra

What a Week!

Well all I can say is it sucked. Mon/Tuesday were fine, then starting Wednesday I started to not feel so good. It isn't the flu but was a cold but started in my chest. The beginning sensation was difficulty in swallowing, then a heaviness in my upper lungs, then yesterday turned into a cough that hurt like the dickens. I've just had NO energy and all I have done is sleep for the last two days. Now my body HURTS!!! OH my achin back..... :)

Food has been non-existent and what I have wanted is Lipton Chicken noodle soup and it is so full of salt but oh so good when you don't feel good. Other than the one time soup deal, when I eat, it has been healthy. I just need to get better then I'll get back on the plan.

Exercise - well I walked Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday but nothing since and that's OK. I'll catch up when my body say's it is OK to start up again. I do feel much better right now (but I just woke up from a 3 hour nap) so I'm hoping I'll be even better tomorrow. I never nap unless I am sick so I certainly can tell what's up.

I've not had a chance or energy to read any blogs or comment so I have a LOT of catching up to do.

I hope everyone is doing great and I'll be back to my normal schedule next week!

Have a FANTASTIC day!!

Sandra

Time change is my friend....

Yup, I like it… have always liked it when we went back an hour in the fall. I have always naturally woken up at 5:00 a.m. and now that 4:00 a.m., is Saturday’s 5:00 a.m., I’m a happy early morning exerciser. No problems getting up today, felt more refreshed than I have been on a Monday morning… in a long time. I’m finding my exercising needs to be vamped up a bit because what used to raise my heart rate (before the learning to run), no longer does and so I  need to kick it up a notch or two. I need to push my limits without pushing my hip but I need to raise the effort. Honestly, it’s a nice feeling to be aerobically in better shape than I have been in a very long time. I’m also going to start the strength training this week – planning on three sessions. 

My food sucked on the weekend. Again, I didn’t eat enough. I get busy and if we are out, then it’s really not good. Saturday I had a piece of WW toast with PB, and then didn’t eat anything again until dinner which consisted of Chinese food. I’ll be trying to get that sodium out of my body for a couple of days. But we were busy with moving, unloading and winterizing the trailer, that I just didn’t have the energy to cook anything… so we ordered out. Easier on me, but harder at the same time. This place doesn’t use MSG but I know it’s still pretty fattening.

NO candy either. We have it at home but I’m not in the least interested in it (maybe next week when good ole uncle T shows up). Very few children stopped by on Saturday…..They say it is because parents are afraid the children will get the H1N1 flu … people here are just getting plain duh about this flu here in this city !!!

I also weighed and measured on Sunday  but there wasn’t much of a change to be even remotely happy about. My own fault, no one by me to blame… but there was no upward motion (in fact lost a bit in my upper back area) so I’m still happy… considering what Sept/October were like. Now I’ve just got to make Nov/December that much more to make up for it.

Hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC day and making good choices.

Ttyl

Sandra