Good Morning!

I feel well rested heading into the workweek; I only hope it lasts until this weekend :)

I was able to make it into the city on Wednesday for the seminar, but it was a stressful drive with the road conditions as they were. Thursday was spent relaxing at home and trying to release the pent-up anxiety of the day before.

On Friday I cleaned house and did some grocery shopping with the little money I had left over in my budget. Then I went for supper with a friend and blew my budget out of the water. I've no idea how i'll make it until pay day :(

Saturday went by in a bit of a blur; I did laundry and cleaned up in the kitchen, did some cooking, and cleaned out another box that I still hadn't unpacked from my move. I now have a few things I can sell in the spring; hopefully that will bring in some extra money for when slo-pitch season starts up.

On Sunday I watched episodes of Supernatural and cuddled with Dog. Last night she took up the middle of the bed and snored the whole night through; I didn't get a whole lot of sleep and it annoyed me so much that I actually woke up angry this morning :( but I got over it quickly :)

I was going to get up early and do the Shred DVD, but it didn't end up happening. I am hoping to do it after work today. I also want to shovel the back walkway and drive; then i'll have to consider what to make for dinner.

I can't believe it's already March 28th and there is still piles and piles of snow here. I need some warmth, this cold dreary weather is sapping all of my energy.

Have a great week everyone!

Dangit, I was going to bring my camera to work with me this morning and take a couple pictures for you guys... of... I don't know; things? Like my bulletin board, my new tape roll (it's lime green) - you know, things like that. It's really outta control up in my office!!!

So today is my last day of work for the week - YAHOO! Tomorrow I head into the city for an all day seminar, then having dinner with my Dad and heading back home. With the weather the way it is, i'm really hoping I make it there and back in one piece. Then Thursday and Friday I am hoping for nice weather so that I can clean out the garage and get it ready for a garage sale that my Mom is wanting me to host for her.

Guess what kind of craziness happened yesterday? I got a new-to-me TV set! My tv is only a 17" and everyone (I mean, everyone) bugs me about getting a bigger one. I've never felt the need because, to be truthful, I watch a lot of things off my computer monitor and only use the tv as background noise more than anything. Anyways, a friend of mine said her and her hubs have an old tv just sitting in their basement not being used, so they brought it over last night. It's a 27" - WOWZERS, that really makes a difference  who knew?!

I am blessed by friends who help me to live a better and richer life. And I don't mean because they bring me bigger tv's; I mean because they are right there beside me, ready to help and give and advise with every step I take.

I hope you are as blessed as I am!!

Yesterday eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked salmon and brown rice (lunch and dinner), granola bar x 2, smoothie.

I gotta take it easy on the granola bars. Well, that shouldn't be too difficult now that they're all eaten up :)

I just read over my entry so far. Dudes, I am so freakin' boring.

Oh, how I LOOOVE Fridays!

I fully understand above is a picture of Garfield, the cat. However, this is more than likely what Dog is thinking right about now. In approximately 20 minutes, I will be taking her to get her hair cut! FINALLY! I'm sure she's been waiting for this day forever :)

Thursday:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, chicken with brown rice and veggies, kashi bar x 2, beef roast with potatoes, corn and peas, apple crumble with 1/3 cup ice cream

I truly hope the ice cream doesn't come back to bite me in the you-know-what. This is a lot of eats but I fully enjoyed :)

Exercise - what's that?

Friday Plan:

Eats - NO MEAT! Must remember. Oatmeal, coffee, water, brown rice and veggies, granola bar? banana? pasta with veggie sauce and a big salad with cucumber & dressing.

I'm having company for dinner tonight. I think with the pasta dish I will satisfy their hunger and my need to not eat meat today. The veggie sauce sounds wonderful - can't wait to taste it!

Exercise - sitting on my butt and getting my toenails done :)

I know I had more to say, but I have to take Dog to be groomed now. Perhaps i'll update later when I remember what more I had to say ;)

**Update:

I remembered what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to say that I have a head cold. I'm not sure if it's allergy-related or if it's a virus going around. Either way, it's really bugging me. So at lunchtime, I took Benedryl before starting my afternoon work. I accidentally took a nighttime capsule.

I need a nap. Even my thoughts have slowed to a crawl. Why did I do this? My afternoon is going to drag on until it drives me crazy. I can hear the darn clock ticking, no lie.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

On Wednesday:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked cod with brown rice and veggies, 2 apples, baked chicken breast and salad with cucumber & dressing, fruit smoothie.

I added some spinach to my smoothie; I think I got a full dose of veggies for the day which hardly ever happens. Yay!

Exercise - I made it to the gym. There was only one other person there when I got there, so I hurridly got changed and grabbed my favorite treadmill. 2 miles in 27 minutes including a 4 minute warm-up.

Thursday's Plan:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked chicken breast with salad and cucumber, kashi bar, baked fish with brown rice and veggies, smoothie

Exercise - Might try to fit in a shred workout today after work, depending on my mood ;)

I'm finding it difficult lately to want to exercise, which is not myself. I'm glad that my eating is as clean as it's been, but it would sure be nice to supplement with more exercise. It just makes me feel so much better when I get a workout in. I'm not sure of the reason for my exercise phobia but I really hope I get over it soon. I have faith that i'll come around soon enough :)

Happy Wednesday!

On Tuesday:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked chicken breast and salad with cucumber & dressing, baked cod with brown rice and veggies, fruit smoothie.

I forgot how yummy those smoothies are - just the thing :)

Exercise - I didn't do anything in regards to exercise because I wanted to get to sleep early so that I could wake up for a morning workout. I went to bed around 9pm.

I woke up this morning at 4:30am and groaned out loud. Half an hour later, I woke up again and tossed and turned until the alarm went off at 5:30 and groaned out loud again. Dog came into the room and looked at me with her head cocked to the side. I imagined her asking me so... are you getting up? or what? huh? huh?

I did not get up. Groan. Mornings are so hard for me. I had everything ready for me to go to the gym, but I just couldn't get my pansy butt out of bed.

Wednesday's Plan:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked cod with brown rice and veggies, apples, baked chicken breast with salad and cucumber, kashi bar? smoothie?

Exercise - I either need to workout after work today or try again tomorrow morning. I brought my workout clothes with me to work, so I truly hope I have the energy and motivation to go straight to the gym at 4:30pm.

On the up side, my eating has been very good over the last few days; weeks even. I'm pleased about that, now I just need the extra exercise to boost my metabolism so I can start losing some weight! I might consider starting Shred over again if I increasingly find myself unable to get up early enough in the morning. I only need half an hour at home, so I would only need to wake up at 6:30am.

The weather is beautiful here these days, we're starting to see consistent temperatures above zero celsius; i'm scared that the snow will melt too quickly and bring flooding into my basement :( as it is, I can barely drive my car through the streets and alleys because there's so much... mush. Gotta love spring!

On Monday:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked cod and salad with cucumber, peppers & dressing, one piece gum, kashi bar, baked chicken breast and salad with cucumber & dressing, sugary dessert.

I had the sugary dessert because I was slowly going insane at the prospect of no bread for 34 more days. But the positive is that I finished it all (is that really positive?) and there's no more in the house. I think I did fairly well yesterday.

Exercise - nada. I was late leaving work yesterday and then had to run around doing errands; I made it home more than an hour later than usual. By the time I fixed myself dinner and cleaned up the kitchen, I only had enough energy to turn on the tv. And there were some new episodes of "Intervention" and "Heavy" that took up the rest of my night. Oops.

Tuesday's Plan:

Eats - oatmeal, coffee, water, baked chicken breast and salad with cucumber & dressing, apples, baked fish with rice, steamed broccoli and veggies, snack? kashi bar?

Exercise - prepare for Wednesday morning workout. if nice, maybe take Dog for a walk?

Above all... BIG SMILES!!! Come on, smile for me. You know you want to.

Saturday I indulged in my favorite drink - a mocha (see entry below), and decided not to run because I would be attending a three hour Zumba class in the evening.

And boy, was it ever a long class! But intensely satisfying to be able to make it through - by the end of the three hours, only half of the class remained. A fitness centre from out of town put on the class in hopes of enticing us to drive half an hour to attend on a regular basis, but I won't be going out of my way to attend the class out of town even as much as I enjoyed it; it just isn't feasible for me right now. Hopefully they'll decide to offer some classes in the town I live in; that would be nice. I put my name on the list if they do decide to offer it here.

Anyways, on Sunday I was pretty stiff and sore. Eventually I got on the treadmill and tried to walk out the stiffness, but that didn't really work because it just made me want to run ;) So I threw on my outdoor runners and went for a jog with Dog. I really hate running with Dog when she has to be on-leash. I almost tripped over her numerous times, and we had to keep stopping so that she could smell all the markings left by other dogs. We ended up only making it 1.25 miles, but whatever. It was beautiful outside with only a slight cold wind, and I really enjoyed being out there. This morning my calves are killing me. I forgot to stretch after jogging yesterday, so i'm sure that's why my calves hurt so much.

Eats on the weekend: mocha, water, kashi bars, spaghetti, veggies, jumbo shrimp, baked cod, baked chicken breast, salad, yogurt, fruit.

Today I think I might do my ab routine since I haven't since Wednesday, and do some stretching and maybe roll out my calves. 

I must say that i'm really very much enjoying this time of the year where i've got nowhere I need to be and the evenings and weekends are mine to do with what I please. I have a few phone calls to make tonight and some letters to write - some catching up to do with those whom I haven't been keeping in contact with. Now I have the time, better make the most of it!!

Damn all these rules I made for myself.

I forgot my "No Meat Friday" rule and ate some meatballs for dinner yesterday at a friend's place. I did remember not to have any bread (which was there) or chocolate (which was dessert).

When I remembered this morning I thought i'd not let myself have a mocha on the weekend to make up for it, but then I checked in my wallet and I have a slip to get a free mocha that i've had in there for awhile... the choice was disturbingly easy...

So I decided to make a $5 donation to my Church in leiu of. And try to remember next Friday that it's not okay to eat meatballs just because they're there.

Today I intentionally left my oatmeal in the microwave too long so that the blueberries would all POP. I am such a child.

It's my last day of work for the week! Sing it with me: na-na-na, goodbye workweek!

So No Meat Wednesday went pretty well, although I could probably eat ten pounds of rice and not feel full from it. I had the following eats: oatmeal, coffee, water, kashi bars, whole wheat rice, peppers, salad, creamed corn. Not very imaginative.

I went to bed around 9pm; it was a huge struggle to stay awake until then :) but I managed it. Of course, I woke up at 5:30am again this morning, but kept pressing the snooze button until 6:30am.

Oatmeal and coffee are now in my tummy; lunch is rice and creamed corn; dinner will be a big salad with peppers and some baked fish.

Ouch, my ears are ringing. Someone must be thinking about me ;)