Finally lost some weight!

Canada Day was good; I went to the beach with a friend and we literally boiled in the hot sun.  When we got home we were met by a spectacular thunderstorm that raged on and on for about two hours.  I went to our town's fireworks display and stood in the pouring rain with my tiny umbrella watching the fireworks.  I was soaked through to the bone and was freaking out because I was sure I was standing in tall grass and MUST have about a MILLION woodticks crawling up my LEGS.  I was a tired girl by this time!

Positive - Got some much needed vitamin D.

Negative - It stopped raining for a whole 36 hours.  Maybe I should look at it as a positive though.  At least we got some sun.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - black coffee, yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, nectarine, bran buds

Lunch - hamburger wraps, sprouts, bell pepper, two perogies

Snack - celery and peanut butter

Dinner - chicken, vegetables, rice

Exercise - slo-pitch (I think)

Other - Nothing.  A Good Book.  Sleep.  All good choices.

I didn't end up needing any snacks last night.  In fact, I was in bed by 9:30pm.  I ate dinner quickly, then cut the lawn, then took the lawnmower to Mom's to cut hers as well, so I didn't get back home until well after 7pm.  I'm looking after a friend's dog for a while as well, so it was a mess of trying to get both of 'em fed and bathroom'd out.  I was exhaustered!

Positive - I have so much fruit in the house, it will be a miracle if I manage to eat it all before it goes bad!!!  That's a positive because there's so much of it in the house.  Here's another one:  I got a plate of food from Mom for cutting her lawn; hamburger meat and perogies.  At the time, I didn't think this was very positive (aka not very healthy), but i've taken ONE of her meals and split it up into THREE by adding some of the veggies left in the house!

Negative - I forgot how difficult it is to take care of two dogs.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - black coffee, yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, bran buds

Snack - mango

Lunch - hamburger wrap, sprouts, bell peppers, two perogies

Snack - celery and peanut butter, mango

Dinner - chicken and veggies, brown rice

Exercise - walking (no slo-pitch, but doing a fundraiser tonight - lots of walking)

Other - Dog #2 is having a sleep-over somewhere else tonight.  I'm thinking about calling it an early one in order to get up early tomorrow for CANADA DAY!!

So the depo-provera shot is wearing offffffffffffff.  Urghhhhhhhhhhh.

In July I have to switch to the pill, and then in August I can take the shot again.  The break is supposed to help my body stay in balance, blah blah blah.  I am tempted to just get the shot again.  The PAIN!  The paaaaaiiiiiinnnn.  No wonder i'm calling myself a moody bastard.  It's because I AM one!!!  Ridiculous.

Positive - It is not raining.  I think the skies have been dry for around 48 hours now.

Negative - That's probably obvious from my rant above.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - Mocha, chocolate muffin (what can I say? I gave in.)

Lunch - chicken and vegetables.

Snack - celery with peanut butter.

Dinner - chicken and vegetables.

Snack - I can guarantee this won't be enough food for me today.  snacks left in fridge:  nectarine, strawberries, blueberries, mango... it might be a fruit salad. No Junk Food!

Exercise - I have to mow the lawn at my house and at Mom's today.

Other - I will continue to read the book I started, a romance novel about vampires.  Yes, i'm a tad bit geeky and loserish.

On Saturday morning, I weighed in at 164.5, but today I am back at 165.5.  Too bad.  I had a bad day yesterday, major hangover and I did nothing except eat.  All good things, but I ate a lot of it.  Must learn not to stay out so late.

Positive - It isn't raining today.  Actually, this week it's supposed to be incredibly hot.  Must learn to sit out on deck more often this week.  With Good Book.

Negative - Oh, EVERYTHING, as usual!  I went out Saturday night and suffice to say perhaps I need to be a little more patient until someone appears to be interesting enough to pursue.  Yikes, it's pretty stale in this town.  I still had fun with my girls though.  Must learn that not having boyfriend doesn't mean not worthy of having boyfriend.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - black coffee, fruit salad (nectarine, strawberries, blueberries)

Lunch - chicken and mushrooms

Snack - raw mushrooms and some lite ranch dressing

Dinner - chicken, mushrooms and rice

Exercise - no slo-pitch today, will plan to weed garden and try to fit in one more activity.  It may be "vacuum".

Other - waxing legs tonight.  finally. Must learn to do more often when in pursuit of opposite sex.

So yeterday was a hungry day apparently.  I managed to make it home without hitting up the vending machine, but geez did I come close and that makes me not happy today.

Instead I ate my dinner, then had 10 crackers with peanut butter, then had my regular celery with peanut butter snack.  Oh well.

I woke up with a headache today and I can't get it to go away, even with lots of advil.  I'm assuming it's because of my toothache so I think the faster I get that tooth pulled, the happier i'll be.  I've been a complete moody bastard lately.

Positive - The sun is shining.  For now.

Negative - I have a headache and it's promoted me from throwing a pen to being dark and frowny and purely miserable.  I don't like anything right now.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - black coffee, yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, bran buds - DONE

Lunch - beef wraps with lettuce, bean sprouts, bell pepper and shredded cheese

Snack - peach, celery and peanut butter

Dinner - pot roast with vegetables and rice

Exercise - I dunno, i'll wait and see how My Mood and The Headache progresses.

Gotta record the bad days; they make the good ones look even better.

I stayed true to my word and did not venture out yesterday evening.  I was called to share supper with friends, but declined this as well because I was tired.  So instead I took an early nap and didn't wake up until 10:30pm!!  Yikes!  I kept myself awake until 12am, then tried to go back to sleep but of course that didn't work out well.  I flitted from being half-asleep to totally awake all night long.  It was horrible.  And this is probably why I feel incredibly restless and destructive today.  These emotions are absolutely coursing through my veins.  Any time now, i'm going to throw my pen at someone's eye.  I'm not saying i'll hit the target, but the pen just might get thrown.  Perhaps it would have been a better idea to stay at home today...

Positive - I stayed right on track with my eating yesterday, even though I didn't get the exercise in.

Negative - Maybe i'm going through Junk Food Withdrawal.  If so, a quick shout out to all DD'ers - DON'T DO IT!  DON'T TURN TO JUNK FOOD!  THE WITHDRAWAL SUCKS!

Plan for today:

Breakfast - black coffee, yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, peach - DONE

Lunch - beef wraps with lettuce, bean sprouts, bell pepper & shredded cheese - DONE

Snack - celery & peanut butter yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, bran buds - DONE

Dinner - I might bake the chicken today, with the leftover sauce and veggies from the pot roast.  And rice.  And mushrooms yummy. - nope, had the regular pot roast with veggies and rice.  lazy bum.

Exercise - slo-pitch was cancelled; no exercise because I fell asleep again on the couch.

Other - I think it's going to rain again and we won't be able to play ball tonight, so I will once again try to get a shred session in.

HELP!!!  I have an hour and a half left of work (ok, now an hour and fifteen minutes since I was so rudely interrupted by my boss) and i'm STARVING!!!

Here's the clincher - I don't know if i'm actually STARVING, or if i'm simply really, REALLY bored.  I'm trying hard to push the feeling away.  I've had so much water today that I literally feel like i'm drowning in my own body.

I can't believe I picked THIS day, of ALL days, to leave my afternoon snack at home in an INSANE effort to save it for later!!!  ARGHHHHH!  Do you hear me?!

must. stay. calm.

I tried to get up early this morning to go for a run.  When I awoke at 5:30am, it was thundering and bushels of rain were falling down on the earth.  It was a mite depressing.  I was going to go anyways, but was fearful that lightening would strike me dead before I could put all my affairs in order.  Instead, I lay in bed listening to the stormy weather, wishing I was somewhere sunny.

Positive - I'm feeling better than I was this morning.  It's still raining, but whateva'.

Negative - The bloody rain can go you know where.  I'm about to get into it with Mother Nature.  In a neighboring city, it's hailing - I sure hope it doesn't come this way.  I guess running is OUT.  Silly, silly rain.

Plan for today:

Breakfast – black coffee, yogurt, strawberries, blueberries - DONE

Lunch – beef wraps with bell pepper, lettuce, bean sprouts and shredded cheese - DONE

Snack – celery and peanut butter, peach, yogurt, strawberries, blueberries - DONE

Dinner – pot roast with vegetables and rice - DONE

Exercise - I will try to get a shred session in today, but i'm feeling slightly lethargic due to the unseemly amount of water on the ground.

Other - yes, curling up with a good book might be the only plan for the evening.

Well, I am not dropping any weight, so this week is Entitled "Fresh Week".  Brought to you by the letter F and the numbers 1, 3 and 8.

Fresh Week is so-named due to the fact that...well...a) I went for groceries yesterday and filled the fridge with fresh food again, and b) I bought a whole lotta fresh fruit and a whole lotta fresh vegetables.  Oh yeah.  It's Fresh Week alright.  I even stopped myself from buying canned vegetables, which I usually buy a lot of.

I made a pot roast in the slow cooker, and separated it all out into containers for lunches and dinners this week.  Beef, baby potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, celery.  Lunches will be wraps with beef, lettuce, cheese, and bell peppers.  Dinners will be the roast with all the vegetables, and brown rice.

I even have leftover sauce that I used for the roast.  I will use this to bake some chicken for fajitas.

Positive - I'm ready for this week.

Negative - Saw X this morning and it ruined my mood a little.  Oh well.  Ignored him.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, bran buds, AND a peach, AND black coffee - DONE

Lunch - beef wrap, lettuce, bell pepper and shredded cheese X 2 - DONE, also added bean sprouts

Snack - celery with peanut butter - DONE, also added the peach from this morning

Dinner - pot roast with vegetables and rice - DONE, and snuck in an iced mocha later on with a friend

Exercise - slo-pitch - DONE

Other - I have plenty of choices if I feel the need to snack this evening.  I will try my best not to, by drinking lots and lots of water.  This may not be my come-back week, but then again - it just might be.

Positive - I got the grass cut and some weeds pulled.

Negative - I used a crappy lawnmower (i don't have one so I had to borrow from a friend) and my lawn looks horrible now.  I also have water blisters all over my hands.  But I slept well.

Plan for today:

Breakfast - black coffee - DONE

Lunch - 2 wraps with rice and spinach - DONE

Snack - yogurt, bran buds

Dinner - 2 wraps with rice and spinach

Exercise - slo-pitch

Other - fret about the state of my lawn.

I have Thursday and Friday off work - woohoo!  Although we are going to get more rain, I have plenty to keep me busy inside the house.

I didn't get out to run last night because of the whole Lawnmower Incident.  I tried to borrow one from a friend and they couldn't find theirs (bizarre, huh?!), so then I tracked down someone else who dropped theirs off for me to use.  Wow, do I have blisters.  It took me over 2 hours to finish the job, and by that point I was so incredibly angry with myself for totally ruining my lawn that I just had no more pride left in me to allow people to watch me trot like a freakin' turkey down the road.  When I finally got back inside the house, I went to the bathroom mirror and realized I needed to calm down as my face was beet red - and not because of the sun.  So I read a little and then went to bed.  I sure hope the rest of the week goes a little more smoothly!