Had to go for my mammogram this morning. In our area we go to a mobile unit that goes around to rural areas. Since the appointment time was good for taking the hourly bus I was dropped off in front of the hospital and afterwards I walked to the gym which is only 3/4 of a mile. Good warmup before the gym.
Been watching CNN here about those devastating tornaoes! 
No gym tomorrow as we're taking a day trip to Oban - a nice town on the west coast. Our (Ugandan) daughter is enjoying her volunteering on the island very much. She's going to take the ferry over to Oban and we'll meet up for lunch as it's her first day off. I am about to bake some oatmeal raisin cookies to take to her to share with roommates, and it's going to be a HUGE challenge not to do a taste test. Non vegan as it has eggs, has sugar, and has too many calories!
Workout at gym:
Workout at home (lower body):
Menu:
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today - 31.6 lbs lost so far, only 5.4 lbs to go!
Restarting at Day 1 vegan diet. Didn't weigh myself this morning but will do so tomorrow.
I'm taking a B complex now even though B vitamins are added to the soy milk, etc. Just want to be sure. Hubby is doing this with me but he eats Marmite which is loaded with B vitamins. I hate it!
Workout at home:
Progress as of today - 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Ooops! 
Started out for the funeral early this morning with good intentions. Had my usual porridge breakfast, packed some oatcakes w/pb and weighed out some dried fruit/seed/cashew mix.
The gathering after the service was in a pub and was a sit down catered meal. I refused a beer and had some black tea and a glass of water. Then the server brought us all bowls of soup. Took a spoonful and could taste some kind of meat broth. A few more spoonfuls and I realized it was lamb. Gave away the rest of the bowl and had my oatcakes w/pb. Then the server came around with our meals - plates of steak pie, chips (fries) and peas. I ate the chips and peas and was going to give away the pie or just leave it, but I kept looking at that luscious golden, flaky crust and those big chunks of steak.....and I ate it!! 
Things were getting to a party atmosphere so also had a couple of beers.
So, Day 3 of vegan down the tubes. Calories not too great either.
But, tomorrow is another day and I'll be back to my very healthy vegan diet and my workouts.
Progress as of today - 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Internet is back up here! 
Wish we had a choice of which provider we use, but our area is stuck with only one.
Daughter is settling in at her volunteer position on the island. She enjoys her job and her housemates and roommates. As before when she spent a week at the community as a participant, they often serve soup which she doesn't like. Soup is never part of the menu in Uganda. They find it difficult to view soup as a main course. Often when hubby and I lived there and someone would stop by our house when having soup for dinner, we'd be asked where the real food was!
Tomorrow we are going to a funeral - husband's uncle by marriage. I don't think I've ever met him. The buffet afterwards will be a challenge - no vegan options I'm sure - and it will be loaded with sweets which I've cut as well. I'm going to pack a couple of oatcakes w/pb so I don't starve.
Workout at gym:
Workout at home (upper body):
My internet is down and it is far too difficult to post here using my android. Hope to catch up in a couple of days.
Progress as of today - 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Been gone for two days. We've taken our daughter to the island for the beginning of her 14-week volunteering. It's such a gorgeous island but it was SO windy, which is common. Forecast was for rain both days but it was sunny the entire time! She was a bit nervous and also very sad to see us leave. She'll be the only African there during her stay as they find it very difficult to get sponsorship for Africans (risk for remaining illegally). There will be other non-British/Americans there as well though. Three years ago she came to stay with us for nearly 3 months during university break, so the UK is not totally new to her. I did notice another cultural difference when she met with her 'boss'. She held out her wrist to be shaken instead of her hand. This is common for women in Uganda, especially if your hands are not clean. So I pointed this out to her and we practiced shaking hands. Hubby says she'll figure all this out herself. Here's a shot of her on one of the beautiful beaches:
Workout:
Workout at home (lower body):
Going to work out 6 days a week, with a light workout on the 7th day. Funeral of husband's uncle on Saturday and I guess I'd better bring some oatcakes w/pb as the buffet will not have any vegan/sugarless foods.
Not very energetic today. Maybe all that excess food is weighing me down. Taking daughter to the island tomorrow and we'll spend the night there. Wednesday morning we'll walk her down to the community where she'll spend the next 14 weeks. She gets one day off a week, so before we go to the US we'll go to the town where the ferries dock (Oban) and she can meet us for an afternoon. When we come back from the US we'll go to the island for an overnight stay on one of her days off. I hope she remembers everything we told her - speak louder (whispering is not considered respectful here like in Uganda!), speak a bit slower, don't use eyebrow or chin movements to indicate yes or no as people here won't understand them. Don't use 'short call' 'long call' to refer to going to the bathroom as no one will understand. She was surprised when I told her those phrases aren't used here.
Workout at gym:
Happy Mother's Day! 
Nice dinner last night. Too much meat but we ate it all except for one pork chop. So today is leftovers - beans & sausages and whatever meat we need to get rid of. Taking daughter to island Tuesday and when we come back we are meat-free, at least until we go to the US. Technically we will not be vegan as the definition means you don't use any animal products whatsoever. So our diet will be 'plant-based'. And sugar will be minimal. No artificial sugar at all. No processed food.
Workout at home:
Did the 7 minute arm video yesterday but didn't have time for any more as I was busy cleaning, making bread, etc. So will finish upper body today and also do lower body.
Menu:
B: porridge/cinnamon/raspberries/soy milk, tea w/milk
L: grilled cheese, plain yogurt w/strawberries (my grocery store has a knack of running out or discontinuing products just as I decided I want them! No soy yogurt the last two trips!
D: bean & sausage casserole, rice, salad ??
There is some apple pie someone has to eat, and the onion bread our friend's brought.....
Total unknown
Progress as of today - 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today - 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
I have a weakness for cupcakes. Couldn't bake any w/o eating at least 2!
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It sounds like you have a fun day planned with daughter tomorrow. I'm happy to hear she's enjoying her volunteer work!
Thanks! She's already met a Ugandan who came for retreat. The woman has lived in Scotland for about 10 years. Nice for her as she is the only African volunteer this summer.
Horn_Of_Plenty on 05/21/2013:
Yeah, real sad to hear about all that destruction. Thanks for the positive words on my entry ;-)
Puddles on 05/21/2013:
Have a great time with your daughter. Do not test out the cookies. LOL Only cars you test drive not cookies. I am sure they will be good. LOL Have a great day Annie.
LOL. They are all bagged up now and I'm just ignoring them. :)
getmebackto150 on 05/21/2013:
Agghhh baking cookies and not tasting sure is a HUGE challenge... Good luck!!! Have a good day:)
skinnygrlwithin on 05/21/2013:
Oatmeal raisin cookies... I dunno if I could resist!!! You can do it. Have a good time with your daughter.
Thanks!
hollybelle on 05/21/2013:
Walking to gym is great! I would walk to work each day if I didn't need my car so much of the day - and I never know when, usually. I may give it a go, though - I have really been thinking about how to sneak in exercise!
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