Sorry it's been a couple of days. Time has just been flying by. Coy's been at a confernece in Austin, so it's just been me and the girls. I sweat I have been to the grocery store every day (or it seems like it). The girla are eating alot of cereal this summer! My blood sugar and blood pressure have been dropping unexpectedly, too. Like way down . I get real dizzy and weak adn start sweating. SOOOOO, I went to the dr. and I get to go off a diabetic medicine and a blood pressur medication! He took som e blood this morning to make sure everything else is looking good as well !YAHOO! That was one of my initial goals when I started losing weight. So I am a happy camper...well, sort of! I also went to my ENT dr in Dallas. Apparantly being outside and whatever has caused my sinuses to literally swell up. SO I get to go on 3 weeks of two kinds of steroids. Going to be challenge since they make me hungry and keep me awake. But if it helps me feel better I will do it. Seriously, though, it's like here we go again and I wonder if it will ever end. I guess I just feel like whining tonight. I shouldn't. Coy's home. I love it when he's home. I guess I just need some lovin'!
I think I am going to look up some scriptures tonight to try and learn during the next 3 weeks. Any suggestions on some? I expect I will be up during all hours these next few weeks....I will try to remember to post! I should be able to keep up with my walking as well. I hope to go walking here in a bit...
~Laurie
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Should be walking
BS 106
216
Should be out walking this morning, but I am headed to Mesquite to weigh in. Don't want to weigh any more than I have to! Will definately get some walking in this evening and i plan to do lots of it while Coy is in Austin. Wish me well.....I know I've gained since the last time Iwas there....awhile ago....but I have been on prednisone, antibiotics, etc.....I know that's jsut excuses!
WAHOO!!! I had only gained 1 pound! That definately got me excited this morning! Had my cheese and an orange for breakfast. Potatoes and chicken salad for lunch. I am stuffed! We're headed to go see Toy Story 3 in a bit, so I am taking a high protein snack just in case! I stopped at teh Wal Mart in Crandall on the way home. They had watermelons for $3.88!! Yeah! Finally! I also loaded up on strawberries which were $1.38 a carton. I will slice and freeze them. They are great for slushies! Tomorrow I am cooking up some more meat and freezing it. I think I have more chicken and hamburger patties in there.
Grace gets her wisdom teeth out next Friday. I'm kind of nervous. She's never had sedation before. Her teeth have always been early. My gosh she's 13 and already done the year and half braces thing! JoGail's still not quite ready for braces. Still got some baby teeth. Her teeth are not as strong as Grace's either.
Oh and I made it! No eating out either day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Monday when we go to Dallas it shouldn't be a temptation since the apointment is at 2 (CT scan) and then 3:45. I still think it's cool i can get the CT scan done and see the dr to review them on the same day!!!
Pulling a Stacia tonight and having a late supper....the movie was good...kind of dark, though..that monkey would scare the crap out of me! I had my water adn a high protein soy snack. So I am full. I have a headache but am trudging up to the track so I can come back here and tell you I walked! I want to get at least 2 miles in. Then I'm fixing breakfast for dinner for the family....not sure what I will have...need to get some carbs in though.
216
Should be out walking this morning, but I am headed to Mesquite to weigh in. Don't want to weigh any more than I have to! Will definately get some walking in this evening and i plan to do lots of it while Coy is in Austin. Wish me well.....I know I've gained since the last time Iwas there....awhile ago....but I have been on prednisone, antibiotics, etc.....I know that's jsut excuses!
WAHOO!!! I had only gained 1 pound! That definately got me excited this morning! Had my cheese and an orange for breakfast. Potatoes and chicken salad for lunch. I am stuffed! We're headed to go see Toy Story 3 in a bit, so I am taking a high protein snack just in case! I stopped at teh Wal Mart in Crandall on the way home. They had watermelons for $3.88!! Yeah! Finally! I also loaded up on strawberries which were $1.38 a carton. I will slice and freeze them. They are great for slushies! Tomorrow I am cooking up some more meat and freezing it. I think I have more chicken and hamburger patties in there.
Grace gets her wisdom teeth out next Friday. I'm kind of nervous. She's never had sedation before. Her teeth have always been early. My gosh she's 13 and already done the year and half braces thing! JoGail's still not quite ready for braces. Still got some baby teeth. Her teeth are not as strong as Grace's either.
Oh and I made it! No eating out either day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Monday when we go to Dallas it shouldn't be a temptation since the apointment is at 2 (CT scan) and then 3:45. I still think it's cool i can get the CT scan done and see the dr to review them on the same day!!!
Pulling a Stacia tonight and having a late supper....the movie was good...kind of dark, though..that monkey would scare the crap out of me! I had my water adn a high protein soy snack. So I am full. I have a headache but am trudging up to the track so I can come back here and tell you I walked! I want to get at least 2 miles in. Then I'm fixing breakfast for dinner for the family....not sure what I will have...need to get some carbs in though.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday
BS 113
216
2.25
Going to be a different day! I actually lost a little!! Woot Woot! Puts me automatically in a better mood! The plan is to walk, come home and shower then head to Tyler for my yearly gyno visit. I am so fortunate to have jsut a gynocologist (he doesn't do OB anymore). That means minimal waiting! Anywhooo, nostopping and eating. I plan to grab an orange after walking, and take some chicken to munch on. JoGail is going with me and I am hoping to feed her at Chick Filet so I can grab some diet lemonade!!! Love that stuff!
I made it! No fast food for me today! I did have my diet lemonade at chick Filet and succummbed to some more hummus and flax seed chips.....a good alternative considering I forgot to pack anything. No snacks, nothing. After getting home I had some hamburger salad...and some squash. I worked out in the garden tonight in place of walking. I sweated ALOT! We have more zuchinni. squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and a couple of cantalope! Can't wait fo rthe watermelons and cantalope. I refuse to pay 6 dollars for a watermelon. REFUSE. For supper I made another grilled chicken and pineapple salad....just can't beat that right now for me. Tomorrow the challenges will be the weigh in....will not be pretty....and then going to the movies to see Toy Story 3. Last time we went I just had water so I know I can do it!
Coy leaves Sat going to Austin for his conference. I look foreard to it every year for time alone and I dread it every year. I never sleep good. I get off my walking schedule....excuse excuse excuse. My friend Sundee is going to drive over and walk with me.....yeah! Monday I have my ENT visit to see about possible surgery adn then Tues I have JURY DUTY! Oh I just thought about my food for that day! Maybe it will get cancelled! crossing my fingers here.....Grace only has voluntary workouts on Tues and Thurs so I nee dlots of help keeping in the routine. Gonna be hard, but not impossible to roll this big body out of bed and go walk when I don't HAVE to drive someone up there! By the way, it sure was cool this morning walking. Felt good. Not alot of folks there, so I just jammed to the ipod. (Glad I finally figured out how to work that thing a little..Did you know there's apedometer on mine????? Found it but haven't figured out how to work it yet! )
Monday one of my besties (that's what teenagers call good friends) is going ot become a grandma!!!!! Good luck Deanna! Take lots of pictures! !!!!
216
2.25
Going to be a different day! I actually lost a little!! Woot Woot! Puts me automatically in a better mood! The plan is to walk, come home and shower then head to Tyler for my yearly gyno visit. I am so fortunate to have jsut a gynocologist (he doesn't do OB anymore). That means minimal waiting! Anywhooo, nostopping and eating. I plan to grab an orange after walking, and take some chicken to munch on. JoGail is going with me and I am hoping to feed her at Chick Filet so I can grab some diet lemonade!!! Love that stuff!
I made it! No fast food for me today! I did have my diet lemonade at chick Filet and succummbed to some more hummus and flax seed chips.....a good alternative considering I forgot to pack anything. No snacks, nothing. After getting home I had some hamburger salad...and some squash. I worked out in the garden tonight in place of walking. I sweated ALOT! We have more zuchinni. squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and a couple of cantalope! Can't wait fo rthe watermelons and cantalope. I refuse to pay 6 dollars for a watermelon. REFUSE. For supper I made another grilled chicken and pineapple salad....just can't beat that right now for me. Tomorrow the challenges will be the weigh in....will not be pretty....and then going to the movies to see Toy Story 3. Last time we went I just had water so I know I can do it!
Coy leaves Sat going to Austin for his conference. I look foreard to it every year for time alone and I dread it every year. I never sleep good. I get off my walking schedule....excuse excuse excuse. My friend Sundee is going to drive over and walk with me.....yeah! Monday I have my ENT visit to see about possible surgery adn then Tues I have JURY DUTY! Oh I just thought about my food for that day! Maybe it will get cancelled! crossing my fingers here.....Grace only has voluntary workouts on Tues and Thurs so I nee dlots of help keeping in the routine. Gonna be hard, but not impossible to roll this big body out of bed and go walk when I don't HAVE to drive someone up there! By the way, it sure was cool this morning walking. Felt good. Not alot of folks there, so I just jammed to the ipod. (Glad I finally figured out how to work that thing a little..Did you know there's apedometer on mine????? Found it but haven't figured out how to work it yet! )
Monday one of my besties (that's what teenagers call good friends) is going ot become a grandma!!!!! Good luck Deanna! Take lots of pictures! !!!!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
BS 119
217.5
2.0
Woke up in a very irritable mood. Made worse by gaining another pound! 3 pounds in 3 days! I'm hoping it's all water weight and I can get rid of it soon!
Yeah! USA advances! Of course I am interested in that because Grace is. I love seeing her smile. Her meds seem to really make a difference. She has been very faithful about taking them, too. I went to the grocery store; trying my best to shop on the outside aisles! Got a bag of oranges and some more strawberries to freeze. I also got some grapes. My find of the trip was hummus. Now I was planning on trying to make some in teh food processor, but I have no reason to now! The chickpeas in the can were very high sodium and I didn't even bother looking for tahini. BUT I found some premade, all natural with no preservatives and it was low sodium. I got the forty spice kind. Oh my.....hummus is a new favorite! I ate it with a serving (yes I counted) of pretzels. I can so see hummus and veggies being a lunch for me at least once or twice a week when school starts. Hummus tastes alot like a bean dip. The spcies in this one were perfect for me. Not to mild and not too hot. Just right! I also got 2 whole chickens to cook down and freeze the meat. I am thinking baout cooking up alot of meats for and freezing them for when shool starts. I can just grab something and go and it should thaw out by lunch time. Whatcha think? Good idea? Bad idea? Coy thinks as lon g as I eat what's in the freezer with 6 months or so. I htink it would last longer in the freezer, but I don't know for sure.
The hummus really filled me up as well. I will eat a tuna fish sanwich in a bit. I am planning on chicken for supper.
Went to church and had tuna melt for supper. DId well overall today. no extra walking, though because of church.
217.5
2.0
Woke up in a very irritable mood. Made worse by gaining another pound! 3 pounds in 3 days! I'm hoping it's all water weight and I can get rid of it soon!
Yeah! USA advances! Of course I am interested in that because Grace is. I love seeing her smile. Her meds seem to really make a difference. She has been very faithful about taking them, too. I went to the grocery store; trying my best to shop on the outside aisles! Got a bag of oranges and some more strawberries to freeze. I also got some grapes. My find of the trip was hummus. Now I was planning on trying to make some in teh food processor, but I have no reason to now! The chickpeas in the can were very high sodium and I didn't even bother looking for tahini. BUT I found some premade, all natural with no preservatives and it was low sodium. I got the forty spice kind. Oh my.....hummus is a new favorite! I ate it with a serving (yes I counted) of pretzels. I can so see hummus and veggies being a lunch for me at least once or twice a week when school starts. Hummus tastes alot like a bean dip. The spcies in this one were perfect for me. Not to mild and not too hot. Just right! I also got 2 whole chickens to cook down and freeze the meat. I am thinking baout cooking up alot of meats for and freezing them for when shool starts. I can just grab something and go and it should thaw out by lunch time. Whatcha think? Good idea? Bad idea? Coy thinks as lon g as I eat what's in the freezer with 6 months or so. I htink it would last longer in the freezer, but I don't know for sure.
The hummus really filled me up as well. I will eat a tuna fish sanwich in a bit. I am planning on chicken for supper.
Went to church and had tuna melt for supper. DId well overall today. no extra walking, though because of church.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
BS 113
216.5
4.0
Well, I am up trying to get ready to walk. Don't feel like it, but going to make myself so it anyway. I am way sore...especailly my butt. I made myself go to bed last nigth when I got hungry.....yeah me! I'm eating my cheese on the way to the track! Go Protein!
WOW !! I feel so much better! Good visiting!!!!! JoGail has a friend coming over today....soooo that should be interesting. I think I am going to cook up some squash casserole (Paula Deen recipe) and then freezing some in bags for me to take to work for lunch. Making pinto beans for supper with cornbread and fried squash!
Ok doing good so far today! Had chicken and brown rice for lunch. I forget how filling that brown rice can be! I also roasted yet another squash and had that with mushrooms. I am full....and moving oh so slow! My major muscle in my backside is really really sore today. I'm guessing from the walking. No energy in me today whatsoever. WHATSOEVER. Maybe a nap is in order.....but first I have been been reading some blogs and decided to list some DayMakers....you know those little things that make your day....here's few...
A full tummy laying on the couch waiting to take a nap............
Girls playing together without fussing
Free Squash from Renee!
Not having to figure out and cook lunch for the girls....free breakfast and lunch ends next Thurs :( air conditioning that works !
a husband that will encourage me to get up and walk when he comes in at 5:00 (I'll probably still be on the couch! )
a laptop that works
4:02 just woke up from a nap....you know th ekind where you sleep soooo sound.....this is the second day in a row for that......oh man it feels good and gives me energy for later today! I am planning on walking with Coy and then again at 8 with some friends from church! Cross your fingers and wich me luck! I've done good on the eating today. Much better than yesterday and I can feel the difference. My suqash casserole is baked all I have to do is divide it up into baggies and freeze it.
7:38 Getting to hit the track again. Had 4 of the most awesome fried squash tonight for supper! Thanks to free squash from Renee! I also had a hamburger patty on the 100% wheat sandwich thins bread. Yes there was a piece of cheese thrown in for good measure, too. Working on that. Not many snacks today....lunch filled me up. Oh but I did have some strawberries from teh freezer around 4:30. Tomorrow I plan to get back on the supplements and see how I feel. Still kind of leery after Sunday. Dont' know if they are to blame or not.
8:57 Been back a while from walking....compelted 4 miles today! !!! There was quite a few people at the track but noone I knew, so I walked and jammed to the ipod. Bugs weren't too bad. I could feel them but not too terribly bad. Now to just have water before I go to bed. I have no idea what to expect when I weigh in on Friday morning. No idea. I guess I will get some idea when I weigh at the gyno on Thurs. I have made a promise to myself not to eat out when I go to the dr either Thurs or Mon afternoon. There's no reason for me to. Period. Gyno is Thurs at 10:30 and ENT is Mon at 2:30. Keep me accountable, folks!
I need to go to the grocery store sometime. Sometime. Don't want to. Definately don't want to go to wal-mart...oh yeah I forgot to tell you I went to the dollar store today and didn't buy any cheat foods!! WAHOO!!
Those funyons were calling my name, though.....
USA plays tomorrow in the World Cup....yeppers, that means more vuvselas buzzing from the tv. Never would have dreamed that I would even know what one of those things are! Of course, JoGail wants one for football games.....nope, not happening!
Drank all my water plus some today. I am drinking alot while I walk and when I finish. That's good, right?
Still thinking about what to do with supplements tomorrow.....any ideas or thoughts?
216.5
4.0
Well, I am up trying to get ready to walk. Don't feel like it, but going to make myself so it anyway. I am way sore...especailly my butt. I made myself go to bed last nigth when I got hungry.....yeah me! I'm eating my cheese on the way to the track! Go Protein!
WOW !! I feel so much better! Good visiting!!!!! JoGail has a friend coming over today....soooo that should be interesting. I think I am going to cook up some squash casserole (Paula Deen recipe) and then freezing some in bags for me to take to work for lunch. Making pinto beans for supper with cornbread and fried squash!
Ok doing good so far today! Had chicken and brown rice for lunch. I forget how filling that brown rice can be! I also roasted yet another squash and had that with mushrooms. I am full....and moving oh so slow! My major muscle in my backside is really really sore today. I'm guessing from the walking. No energy in me today whatsoever. WHATSOEVER. Maybe a nap is in order.....but first I have been been reading some blogs and decided to list some DayMakers....you know those little things that make your day....here's few...
A full tummy laying on the couch waiting to take a nap............
Girls playing together without fussing
Free Squash from Renee!
Not having to figure out and cook lunch for the girls....free breakfast and lunch ends next Thurs :( air conditioning that works !
a husband that will encourage me to get up and walk when he comes in at 5:00 (I'll probably still be on the couch! )
a laptop that works
4:02 just woke up from a nap....you know th ekind where you sleep soooo sound.....this is the second day in a row for that......oh man it feels good and gives me energy for later today! I am planning on walking with Coy and then again at 8 with some friends from church! Cross your fingers and wich me luck! I've done good on the eating today. Much better than yesterday and I can feel the difference. My suqash casserole is baked all I have to do is divide it up into baggies and freeze it.
7:38 Getting to hit the track again. Had 4 of the most awesome fried squash tonight for supper! Thanks to free squash from Renee! I also had a hamburger patty on the 100% wheat sandwich thins bread. Yes there was a piece of cheese thrown in for good measure, too. Working on that. Not many snacks today....lunch filled me up. Oh but I did have some strawberries from teh freezer around 4:30. Tomorrow I plan to get back on the supplements and see how I feel. Still kind of leery after Sunday. Dont' know if they are to blame or not.
8:57 Been back a while from walking....compelted 4 miles today! !!! There was quite a few people at the track but noone I knew, so I walked and jammed to the ipod. Bugs weren't too bad. I could feel them but not too terribly bad. Now to just have water before I go to bed. I have no idea what to expect when I weigh in on Friday morning. No idea. I guess I will get some idea when I weigh at the gyno on Thurs. I have made a promise to myself not to eat out when I go to the dr either Thurs or Mon afternoon. There's no reason for me to. Period. Gyno is Thurs at 10:30 and ENT is Mon at 2:30. Keep me accountable, folks!
I need to go to the grocery store sometime. Sometime. Don't want to. Definately don't want to go to wal-mart...oh yeah I forgot to tell you I went to the dollar store today and didn't buy any cheat foods!! WAHOO!!
Those funyons were calling my name, though.....
USA plays tomorrow in the World Cup....yeppers, that means more vuvselas buzzing from the tv. Never would have dreamed that I would even know what one of those things are! Of course, JoGail wants one for football games.....nope, not happening!
Drank all my water plus some today. I am drinking alot while I walk and when I finish. That's good, right?
Still thinking about what to do with supplements tomorrow.....any ideas or thoughts?
Monday, June 21, 2010
It' s me again...
Well, I made a grilled pineapple salad for supper and cut up a squash and broiled it with salt free seasoning on it. It was good! So I guess that's it for tonight. I might try a little cottage cheese adn jello (supplement) before I go to bed. I just need al ittle something sweet.
I am tired. As in exhausted. I know it's from all the walking though!
I am tired. As in exhausted. I know it's from all the walking though!
Welcome
Welcome.....I guess...I decided to try this to write down some of my thoughts as I continue on my journey..maybe this will help get me back on track for good and give me a place to lay out my thoughts and quit talking to myself so much! (Yeah, right!:))
6.21.2010
BS 101
215.5
3.47
10X7.18
I started off really well today..had cheese and water before I walked 2.25 miles at the track. I love walking at the track in the mornings. Get sme going and I get to visit with peope I rarely get to spend time with. On a positive note, I couldn't even keep up with Kim and Renee last year. They were literally walking circles around me but I am hanging with them so far this summer! Anyways, I started off well....then went to Athens.......for some reason everytime I go to Athens I feel like I have to sneak something in. So.....I had two long jon silver's chicken planks...I know I know I have regretted since. ...I cam home had some mushrooms...love, love love those and took a nap. Oh and I drank water all morning! All morning!!!! Then I had some strawberries for a snack this afternoon. So it's on to supper. I am thinking grilled chicken and pineapple salad maybe and some squash from Renee...man did she load me up! I got a WHOLE sack full! PLanning on frying some tomorrow for supper...pinto beans, cornbread, and fried squash! I love the sound of it and may sneak some beans in tomorrow night. I will definately squeak some fried squash in...I just can't pass it up! I will have to plan accordingly tomorrow....I am planning on weighin in Mesquite Friday morning. Oh and i haven't doen supplements or even thermo boost today. After yesterday I am really leary. My blood sugar dropped really low at Sunday School. I mean really low and I didn't even realize what was happening. I got downstairs and they got me to the kitchen and they got some sugar in me. There are parts that I really don't remember. I don't know if it has ever really done that. I am guessing it's because of the walking. My mood has been pretty stable. Of course after the last couple of weeks that a blessing, too! OK I have to go eat....even thought I'm not hungry.....
6.21.2010
BS 101
215.5
3.47
10X7.18
I started off really well today..had cheese and water before I walked 2.25 miles at the track. I love walking at the track in the mornings. Get sme going and I get to visit with peope I rarely get to spend time with. On a positive note, I couldn't even keep up with Kim and Renee last year. They were literally walking circles around me but I am hanging with them so far this summer! Anyways, I started off well....then went to Athens.......for some reason everytime I go to Athens I feel like I have to sneak something in. So.....I had two long jon silver's chicken planks...I know I know I have regretted since. ...I cam home had some mushrooms...love, love love those and took a nap. Oh and I drank water all morning! All morning!!!! Then I had some strawberries for a snack this afternoon. So it's on to supper. I am thinking grilled chicken and pineapple salad maybe and some squash from Renee...man did she load me up! I got a WHOLE sack full! PLanning on frying some tomorrow for supper...pinto beans, cornbread, and fried squash! I love the sound of it and may sneak some beans in tomorrow night. I will definately squeak some fried squash in...I just can't pass it up! I will have to plan accordingly tomorrow....I am planning on weighin in Mesquite Friday morning. Oh and i haven't doen supplements or even thermo boost today. After yesterday I am really leary. My blood sugar dropped really low at Sunday School. I mean really low and I didn't even realize what was happening. I got downstairs and they got me to the kitchen and they got some sugar in me. There are parts that I really don't remember. I don't know if it has ever really done that. I am guessing it's because of the walking. My mood has been pretty stable. Of course after the last couple of weeks that a blessing, too! OK I have to go eat....even thought I'm not hungry.....
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