My friend said he had a dream about me. It was probably dirty,so I said "Was it a dream where I get into the best shape of my life, buy a jeep, go on the pct trip, start having awesome adventures, buy a place somewhere green and start a foster family?"
Feels a million miles away right now. Having a hard time staying focused on tasks. Super tired all the time... I need to have more fun. Give myself a boost. And a hot guy to huggle.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
I need an infusion of happy. Can someone pass me some?
I've got a case of "fix my life" burnout... Where I know what I need to do but it all takes me so freaking long to do it, I am losing energy and momentum.
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I'm not sure this is helping... but I am definitely in a better mood. You too can have some tough-sounding black guys tell you to get off your ass.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1FhamVtJlNqaekPnwxQpbk
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
... and I guess from a workout I will be doing in the rain in a Venice park with tons of dog poop... because I cannot have my old boss think I am an even bigger wimp than he already does, lol.
Grrr... Let's get all the Diet Diaries folks to do some super discount all inclusive resort vacation over the Thanksgiving holidays. Every time we break our diets we throw into the general activity pool. Maybe enough for us all to go hangliding, lol.
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Ok. Starting over again. I didn't mean to go ff the rails on the diet over the weekend, but I was so run down and hungry I just ate what was there. Lastnight I had half a roll at dinner and two things of cup of noodles from my camping box. This morning I forgot to get the kale bowl at mc donalds and had an egg mcmuffin meal instead. Oops.
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Went to buy some of the supplements in the program and after I put in the address for delivery, I got the State of California warning about birth defects. Yikes!
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
Egg McMuffin is still small...don't worry...you are ok...The Cup Noodles, one, has same calories as the egg Mcmuffin i bet you...
either way, happy that you are content to start over...that is the only way so i'm happy that you are happy and working on your goals.
NEVER GIVE UP! xoxo
Ok... first week on the diet, got a little derailed... Had a bad run in with a coworker and stress ate a pice of roll, a piece of pita bread, and a cup of noodles last night. More about that later.
Also, the stuff from Trader Joes, even though it follows the plan.. I'd have to be a football player to consume all of that!!!! Barely through 2 days of the meals in 4 days. I feel a little better about my spend though.
I need to plan some grab and go breakfasts to eat in the car without heating them up.
Got 2 hours of sleep last night, didn't do homework but I did make it to class on time.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
That's so good it's taking you extra long to consume the food...that's savings, right!?
Have you tried the Rose flavored Kombucha!??!! it's the one by Synergy = AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got home a little before midnight, stayed up till 2AM setting up meals last night... Mostly due to interruptions. Next time I do this I'm using a stopwatch and clocking how long this actually takes me without distractions.
4 days of food was super pricey. I've been trying to do meals on $7 a day and hovering around 10, but this was over 17 before delivery... largely due to buying 2 prepared salads a day. I'm shooting for 4 days because I end up eating out a couple of meals a week and then I just move the prepacked stuff over to the 5th day.
Still need to do the nutritional information and photos to go with it. Looking forward to making this a gift.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
I spend so much of my free time on weekends food shopping, too. I must explore and rethinking this option. thank you very much for bringing this to my attention!
Ow. Just Ow. OMG.
Did my second workout with the boot camp last night. It was insane. I have no idea how my body kept moving the whole time... must be the "herd" thing. I just about cried walking up the parking ramp... The guy at reception was like "Are you ok?" All I could say was "Squats, so many squats." He just laughed his ass off. I got two cups of coffee at the same time this morning so I wouldn't have to stand up to walk back for the second cup.
Cleaned out the fridge when I got home after the workout. I was in so much pain but weirdly active. I took all my remaining prepped meals and put them in my dad's section of the fridge, which made him obnoxiously happy. They were all grain-based which isn't the menu plan for the bootcamp. I even cooked dinner and took my dog on a run, which shocked her. I never run when I walk her.
Got the breakdown from the delivery service today... They posted a refund for the difference between what I was billed and my total. I signed up with a 30 day free trial, so after this month I will be charged $19.99/mo for the service if I keep going. Here is what it cost me:
Groceries from Trader Joe's - $129.53 (No markup)
10% of bill as Service Fee - $12.95
Flat Delivery Charge - $12.00
Gratuity - $18.00 (I should have added another 1.35 to make it 18% but I did the math wrong in my head)
1/4 of subscription fee, if you assume I get 1 grocery delivery a week= $5.00 (waived in 30 day trial)
So the total additional cost for using delivery was $47.95... But really $49.30 if I had done the math right. Interestingly, one of their competitors that will do a Costco run for you runs about the same without a monthly fee but doesn't offer Trader Joes.
Not terribly cost effective over the long term... Or really this week even... But for just getting setup and started and not tempted off track... a good experiment.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
Many times i really do workouts that use up like ALL of my energy - i come home and head straight for the couch LOL...sometimes it's good and i sleep SO WELL also.
That's a HIGH cost for delivery, approx $50...it sounds NOT REASONABLE to me as I could never afford such a high markup / additional fee. I agree with you that it's completely not cost effective but maybe if those stores had something you love that can last a long time (like a special ice cream i like thats not available everywhere), it could be worth it as a gift to yourself if you place a huge order...otherwise, yeah i agree with ya! too much dinero!
I’m a little sleep deprived and this morning I lost in sequence my id badge, car keys, wallet and phone. The trackers I bought as part of my hot mess project located them in seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is an end in sight!
Also... The delivery lady was super nice and it was really easy to get a delivery done. I just waited down in the parking lot and she drove right in and followed me down to my car. I got everything into the cooler... It barely fit! I am super glad I deleted all the extra refrigerated items... only the lunch I was planning on eating today didn't fit. I added a little cash to bring the standard tip up to 15%. I am looking forward to checking stuff off my list and then seeing how I was billed for it.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
Glad the delivery worked out as well! Sounds like a productive day for you, Happy!
great idea: everytime you buy something, you put away cash in a fund and once a year buy stock in that company for the same amount. Like a bulk purchase on scottrade.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
This is awesome... Gauge Girl goes shopping at Target and picks products for the week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlabMocms-4
I however did Trader Joes online tonight through a delivery service... Trying to avoid impulse shopping and get time back for homework... But I ended up building my list obsessively all night instead.
Kind of scared about it because a charge came through for $195 when I thought with fees it would be about $120... But I hope it is just that some of the items didn't have prices so they added some padding. $120 is still pretty high when you consider that it only makes 4 days of meals, but maybe I miscounted on the servings and actually have a week of food with some portions frozen. It also gets pricey because there's no cheap carb fillers like bread and pasta or dairy for protein... It might also be more than I would normally buy in a single trip. I may end up keeping this shopping trip in the cooler all week... Augh.
Produce is much cheaper at Sprouts and normally I coupon. Buying it all at once means I'm going to be stuck eating pretty much the same thing every day for a week. It would be better if my mom would partner up with me and do meal prep with me, as I could set up meals for everyone,.. but she doesn't want to do that. Very frustrating. My dad would very much like it if someone just made him meals he could stick in the microwave but he won't give up filling the freezer with lean cuisine, which I would need to do meal prep.
And so the cycle goes.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
Oh man... my favorite little diet meal pickup place "My Fit Foods" is out of business. They closed and left a lot of people who prepaid for meals to get the discount high and dry. No easy button this week :-(
BUT!!!! I found this video on 5 min meal prep from Trader Joes from a video blogger on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EIHRQkX05g
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/254242341441608994/
http://gaugegirltraining.com/
Probably high in sodium but yum.
Progress as of today: 61.8 lbs lost so far, only 66.2 lbs to go!
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I feel you. Been feeling the exact same way as you.
Pretty bored although doing fun things but craving a man and the emotional connection of a man that i personally connect with on both that emotional and physical level...haven't found it yet. And really nervous thinking it doesn't exist for me out there...but know it'll come with patience.
Stay happy and always hold your head up! I've been reminding myself of this too...also, be sure to TRY to sleep when you can at least on weekends more. Let your body rest.
Yeah, I couldn't sleep last night so I trolled FarmersOnly... Found a nice guy I was super interested in until he was all "and my divorce will be final soon, just a formality". Am I being too rigid? I feel like you don't touch the married ones till the ink is dry.
Horn_Of_Plenty on 03/21/2017:
i agree, do not touch ... there's more fish in the large sea!