Good day yesterday, although the event I went to last night almost put me to sleep. Jazz music and a voice like Tony Bennett's will do that to me.

I chose to have an individual pizza for lunch yesterday instead of salad - feta cheese and chicken. It was delicious, and I saved half for dinner. Drinks out with coworkers consisted of my ONE drink - a vodka paralyzer. I think I did really well considering all the opportunities to screw it up!

Even did my 10 minutes on the treadmill.

Breakfast - mocha, 1/2 bagel with plain cream cheese

AM Snack - raw carrots, celery

Lunch - chicken, rice, cooked vegetables

PM Snack - raw carrots, celery, potato thins (90 cals)

Dinner - leftovers

Treadmill - 10 minutes

Event - last hockey game of the regular season; playoffs will begin in a week or so!

brrr COLD WEATHER - we could reach lows of -60 celsius today, overnight, and tomorrow. Yikes! In -40 celsius, you could freeze within 10 minutes. I think i'll stay inside as much as possible this weekend.

Yesterday was a pretty great day, what with the whole "I can breathe through both nostrils!" discovery.

Did my 10 minutes on the treadmill with no issues!

Dinner changed because I decided to go out with friends; I had 1/2 burger and 1/2 serving fries, along with a vodka paralyzer. I saved the other part of the meal for lunch at some point this week or weekend. No evening snacking!

Not a great sleep because I think these sinus pills i'm taking are pumped up with adrenaline or something. There was no lounging around on the couch for me yesterday. I was constantly doing something, and my mind was still racing when it was time for sleep.

Feeling darn good again this morning; it's amazing how you don't know you're sick until you're not.

Breakfast - mocha, bagel with plain cream cheese

Lunch - out with coworkers; will pick maybe a chicken ceasar salad

PM Snack - raw carrots, celery

Drinks after work with coworkers (one is taking a leave of absence for awhile) - ONE drink

Dinner - leftovers or chicken, rice and cooked vegetables

Treadmill - 10 minutes

Event - some guy is playing a guitar or something this evening; going with Mom. This activity should curb my late night eating tonight, which will make me 'evening snack free' two days in a row. Awesome!

I came down with a head cold on Monday, and left work early to go home and rest. In fact, i've probably been suffering with a head cold for weeks now; this morning when I woke up and could breathe properly through both nostrils, I finally realized what i'd been missing out on for the last few weeks. It's a new day! I can breathe!

So Monday's dinner was cereal and almond milk, lots of orange juice, and then later I had some toast with peanut butter.

Tuesday was more cereal and almond milk for lunch, more orange juice, chicken and crackers as a snack, sweet potato and chili with toast for dinner, and toast with peanut butter again in the evening. I did 10 minutes on the treadmill once I was feeling better. My shins burned slightly, but I was too lazy to do anything about it.

Breakfast - mocha, bagel with plain cream cheese

Lunch - chicken, rice, cooked vegetables

PM Snack - raw carrots, celery

Dinner - chicken, rice, cooked vegetables

Treadmill - 10 minutes

Weekends are just so darn fleeting...

Went to the hockey game Friday night and hopped on the treadmill for another 5 minutes. I don't remember what I added to my menu, but I know dinner wasn't the edamame, it was something else that I can't remember.

I did a bunch of housework on Saturday morning and then relaxed for the afternoon. Got in my 5 minute treadmill walk. Had eggs for breakfast, cereal for lunch, lots of tea, and shrimp fried rice for dinner. Then I got hungry and had more eggs and more cereal.

Sunday was spent on the couch mostly. I woke up with a good amount of pain in both knees, made it hard to get around. Even though I debated whether I should walk or not, I eventually got on the treadmill for 10 minutes. My knees actually felt better after this! Woo - a discovery! Eggs for breakfast again, leftover shrimp fried rice for lunch, cereal and toast for dinner.

My eating was pretty well all over the place, but for now i'm just being aware of what i'm putting in. Later i'll start really looking at it and deciding where I need to improve on my habits.

So i'm up to 10 minutes on the treadmill now. Cool, huh?

Breakfast - coffee, black x 2

AM Snack - bagel and cream cheese from cafeteria

Lunch - sweet potato, vegan chili, tofu, quinoa, 1 slice harvest grain bread

PM Snack - raw carrots, celery, tea x 2

Dinner - going to friend's place for dinner so no clue what's cookin', might take some diet coke with me instead of having coffee late at night

Water throughout day

Added to yesterday's menu - 1 serving plain triscuit crackers. Diet coke.

I only had 1/2 a sandwich at the meeting yesterday, but followed it up at home with a can of chunky vegetable beef soup and triscuit crackers. It was quite delicious and the sodium content made me feel quite disgusting for at least two hours afterwards.

I did another 5 minute walk last night. I felt a little burning in my shins (yes, after just 5 minutes), so I took a bath soon after and then massaged my legs. Seems to have done the trick for now. If it happens again tonight maybe i'll try icing it this time.

Breakfast - free Tim Horton's Latte (yuck, had to add coffee to it), 1/2 multigrain bagel with plain cream cheese.

AM Snack - 1/2 multigrain bagel with plain cream cheese, tea

Lunch - chicken, rice, cooked vegetables

PM Snack - raw carrots and celery, tea

Dinner - there's a package of edamame burning a hole in my freezer

I went on the treadmill for 5 minutes last night. I chose this for a baseline, since I was doing absolutely nothing at all. Worked ok. Might have been able to baseline 10 minutes, but whatever. Nice and easy to start, right?

Added to yesterday's menu - toasted grain bread after work, with butter and peanut butter (x4), bite-sized piece of pizza bread and coffee with creamer (x2) at baby shower, toasted grain bread with butter and peanut butter (x2) late at night. Diet coke.

Breakfast - coffee, hot chocolate, 1/2 grain bagel, plain cream cheese, another coffee

AM Snack - tea, 1/2 grain bagel, plain cream cheese, another tea

Lunch - tea, sweet potato, vegan chili, wild rice, tofu

PM Snack - raw carrots and celery, water with crystal light

Dinner - will be during a meeting, soup and sandwich probably

I think I need to start going home for my lunch break again. I feel like i'm angry all the time at work, and maybe it's simply because i'm spending far too much time there without taking proper breaks.

I know it has been awhile; I have been conquering some demons, as well as allowing some demons to conquer me.

I had my physio appointment yesterday, and it looks like I will be starting from scratch. I'll be starting with being 'conscious' of how i'm moving my body and when I might be using some parts to compensate for the weakness, or 'apparent' weakness, in other parts. The therapist asked that I basically do nothing out of the ordinary for the next couple of weeks.

For me, 'ordinary' has pretty much been 'nothing'. Winter has taken its toll on me, and i've been battling depression for months now. I had the bugger beaten, and then winter didn't want to ever end. I guess I lost that fight. Not that I truly blame the weather; I know that it's a mental war I need to wage with myself. Just not today. And probably not tomorrow either.

Anyways, pooh on that. I have issues, but i'm working on it.

In the meantime, my eating has been 70% healthy and the good news is that my nails are strong and my hair is healthy. The other 30% unhealthy eating has caused weight gain and some acne. BTW, the acne makes me feel like a teenager again. Awesome.

Whew. Being honest like this is really exhausting.

Breakfast - coffee/hot chocolate, 2 slices grain toast with butter

AM Snack - apple, 7 plain triscuit crackers

Lunch - grilled chicken breast, plain white rice, cooked veggies, sauce

PM Snack - 20 BBQ rice crackers (1 serving, 90 cals)

Dinner - sweet potato, vegan chili, 2 slices grain toast with butter

Baby Shower event - cake pop, will try for water instead of coffee, I don't know what other foods will be staring me in the face

Ready for the work week; smoothies for breakfast, chicken salads for lunch (with soup if still hungry), oatmeal or carrots and dip for snacks, rice and cooked veggies with a meat for dinner. Done and done. And stay away from the holiday baking!

I have my first physio appointment for my knee and my shin splints coming up early next month, so this week I want to start up the treadmill again and start doing some easy peasy walks.

I have hope that my physiotherapist will manage to work a miracle and get me back into running.

A friend is biking for an MS event this summer; I think she has to bike around 40K. I told her to let me know when she wants to start training and I will do the training with her.

I am done being a slug; it is not my true nature and I think it might be turning me into a big fat grump.

Hope everyone had a great holiday season! I am back to work after two weeks off, and already (about 2 hours into my day) I feel like I need a nap LOL.

It is so cold here; we are going through a cold spell right now. Hopefully it breaks sometime this week. This morning it was -48 degrees (celsius) with the windchill. That's -54 degrees fahrenheit. I'm telling 'ya, this sh*t is bananas. B.A.N.A.N.A.S.

I've been very lazy while at home; hopefully this week i'll get back into the daily grind.

Hope 2014 brings everyone their dreams and wishes!

Hi peeps.

I'm still plugging away and thought i'd drop in and say 'HI!' to everyone. 

I may get to see my chew-bear, a black lab X and I got together. I haven't seen him since I broke up with X and moved out, which was in 2009. I am a little scared he won't remember me; it's been a long time!

My knee has been getting worse, and so I finally went to the doctor and got him to refer me to a physiotherapist. That should start up sometime in February; the wait list is long.

Until then i'll continue to do my best with eating. I am still on track and I can tell that i've lost more pounds for sure but I haven't checked the scale in a couple of weeks so I don't know where i'm at right now.

If I don't make it back here until the new year - Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!!