Booey's New Lifestyle Changes, Journal

Okay, I just wrote a big post and lost it, hit a key by mistake so here I go again.

I can not believe that I have lost almost a week. Saturday was awesome, I introduced my sister to the chocolate martini and we had a ton of them. I also tried two new foods for me, ducking and cherries jubilee, I liked the duck but the cherries were too sweet for me. I will say that everyone had a great time and nobody was able to drive home because we all enjoyed our drinks way to much. My sister and her family had planned to spend the night so we got a cab to our place and my mom and her BF had to book a hotel room from the table at the restaraunt. Luckily the hotel was right around the corner.

So today is a new day.

Breakfast: shredded wheat mini with splenda, banana and milk, coffee with milk and splenda.

Lunch: diced tomatoes, couscous, raspberries and plain yogurt with splenda, a banana, lots of water.


Supper: not sure as the boys have swimming so it is a late night

Sorry I have been MIA but have had a lot going on and AF took a little vacation and is only returning today when she should have returned last Thursday - can we say stressed out. I think this happened because my thyroid levels are going wacky again, I have other symptons which point to it, I can't tolerate the cold at all, I had to have a bath a couple nights last week to just get warm and I forgot to put water in the coffee pot when I set it up on Monday night for Tuesday morning and I could have swore on my children that I did put it in. I am going to wait til my next refill on my meds and I will ask the doc to check me levels then because I don't want to waste my money on these ones, also it is not a life and death issue, I may just be a little more scatter brained til I get them leveled out.

Off to get some water, here is a cyber chocolate martini ( vodka and white chocolate liquer shaken over ice) for all those who read this.

I am going to get my butt back on the gazelle as I am down to under a 100 miles to go and I want to be at the cottage before we actually go this summer.

Okay last night we ended up having pizza because we got home late after swimming and boy did I feel gross after eating it. AF is here in full swing so that is not helping me either, it has relieved a lot of stress but I really don't feel like exercising, gonna get on the gazelle tonight tho, really need to. I am drinking my water now and things are looking pretty good for today.

Breakfast: life cereal, milk, coffee with milk and splenda
Lunch: Diced tommatoes with couscous and spices, yogurt with frozen berries and splenda, and apples

Supper: special chicken, roasted potatoes and veggies

Lots of water

Have a great day, I will be back later to check in.

Okay so I didn't make it back here last night. Had a really bad night at home. HUGE fight with DH- work related. Didn't get on the gazelle and feel like crap right now. So for supper we had special chicken but the chicken was so tough and I wasn't in the mood to eat so I didn't. Later I had PB & Banana sandwiches and some cheezies. I did have some more water.

Today is a brighter and better day. I am setting small goals, drink my water, get on the gazelle and have an okay lunch.

Breakfast: life cereal with bananas and milk, coffee with milk and splenda

Snack: yogurt and berries and splenda

Lunch: ??

Supper: probably fish

I am drinking lots of water, just filled up my 32oz cup and am going to drink at least 2 of them before I go home, maybe 3.

Off to do some work now, will be back later.

I am so glad today is better. Sorry about yesterday.

Keep up the good work Terri. You can do this!!! I know you can.

Thanks Karen. You always know what to say.

Okay things didn't turn out like they were supposed to - lunch was non-existant. Work was a PIA and I had no appetite for food other than junk. Not sure whats going on but I don't like it, I can't wait til I get my walls on Tuesday, then I will get more privacy, yahoo. Gonna run almost time to go home, I have had 64 ounces of water and will drink more at home - see ya over the weekend.

Terri

Okay the weekend was a blur again. Running around getting last minute things for Matthew. He leaves today for a week in the sun with his grandma. So I won't be around after 12pm, we are going to the airport for 1:30pm and then not sure how long we have to wait around, could be 1 hour or 2, just until they get thru the first set of customs, just incase they need us for something. Thomas is afraid that we are going to put him on the plane so he didn't want to come at first but we have reassured him that he is not going only Matthew and he seems pretty happy. My eating is out of wack, and I have a head/sinus cold so I really don't feel like eating. I am drinking my water and gotta run and fill up my glass.

Okay I have lost another 2 days. I am really in shape or mood to do anything relating to my eating habits or exercise. We went to Boston Pizza last night after Thomas's swimming lesson and I had an amazing chipotle chicken and bacon salad. Tonight we have parent teacher interviews for school so I am thinking we will have pasta once we get home after 7pm as we have leftover meat sauce. I am at work drinking my water, I had oatmeal with yogurt and fruit for breakie, and a lean cuisine for lunch along with a lunchable stacker and some nuts and dates. Gonna try and get on the gazelle tonight before survivor comes on or I might try and move the gazelle and put it infront of the tv. I also need to try my new richard simmons dvd again, maybe when Thomas is sleeping and I am alone. Okay that is it for today. Chug a lug.

Sounds like you are doing great Terri. Keep up the great work.

I say move the gazelle in front of the tv . I love getting on the treadmill and catching up on my shows and sometimes I find that I go longer not even realizing it because time seems to go so much faster when you are preoccupied .

That should have read " I am really in NO shape or mood..." sorry for the confusion if there was any.


Thanks Karen for the encouragement.

That should have read " I am really in NO shape or mood..." sorry for the confusion if there was any.


Thanks Karen for the encouragement.

I was confused. I couldn't decide if you were or weren't because you listed lots of healthy foods later in the thread.

I thought that was why you responded the way you did. I am just feeling blah these days.

Well you are doing great because you are picking "some" good food choices, right? Better than none at all. You are also trying to plan to get on the gazelle and that's a step forward too. So even if you aren't in the mood to do good I still think you are trying .

Thanks for all your support Karen. I have let my journal go to long without adding to it so here I am.

The last 2 days have been okay. Matthew came home from his vacation and really hasn't said too much about what he did. I think once we get the pictures from my mom that he will open up and really tell us about his trip, they usually help to jog his memory and he will elaborate more about what he did. He did say he had a great time swimming with the dolphins and even was pushed to shore by two of them while holding their fins, he thought that was neat. I told him that he is very lucky and that one of my dreams/wishes is to swim with the dolphins someday. He felt bad then, but I told him it was okay.

Food choices are getting better, but I am not very consistent. I did get on the gazelle the last two days and have added two more miles to my total. I am at work now chugging my water and waiting for lunch time.

Today's food:

Breakie: oatmeal (not the instant one), coffee with milk and splenda, a banana

Lunch: tuna in pita pockets, rice crispie square and water

Not sure about supper as we promised the boys a trip to Woody Wood Chucks (like Chuck E Cheese), so we may get something there.

This past weekend Thomas thought he had died and gone to heaven because on Saturday he got to go to both the zoo and to Chuck E Cheese, then on Sunday we took him down to the beach here and he got to run around in the muck. Oh well off to fill up my water.

Congrats to all those losing and all those winning the battle of the scale.

Terri

Okay, went MIA again and I am not really in the best moods or place today. But I wanted to come here and vent a little. I think that I work with complete morons some days. They really don't have a mind for themselves and ask me to do the simplest things they could do for themselves. I am struggling with my excerise part of this journey but I am making good choices thru the day in terms of meals. I have to stop the snacking. I recently discovered the most fabulous tasting chocolate bar, the Three Muskateer. They have been around forever but I never tried one, I had one the other day and now I can't get enough of them. They are at work in our vending machine so I am only really tempted at work. I am drinking my water and eating balanced meals.

Today:

Breakfast - oatmeal with milk, coffee with milk and splenda

Lunch: salad with ff dressing, lean cuisine (6pt) sweet and sour chicken, fruit cockatil, and a banana,

Snack: ff/sf plain yogurt with frozen berries and splenda

Drinking all my water and then some.

Thanks for letting me whine/vent, hopefully this dark cloud will lift away from me soon. Take care.

Terri

If it makes you feel any better, Three Musketeers are supposed to be lower in fat than a lot of candy bars! Hang in there, sorry you're having a rough day

Thanks, that is what I read about the bars too so they aren't as bad as my alltime fav. the Wunderbar.

Ooooh I LOVE 3M and just about any other candy bar. My weak one is Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

Just keep trying Terri. You'll get there. I know you will. I've been worried about you lately so you have to get out of this funk and stop worrying me. Get on that gazelle and show it who's the boss!

Thanks Karen, I am really not sure where this latest funk came from, it had looked like at one point I was well on my way but I think my body is outta wack (thyroid) not sure. Just gonna keep on plugging and chugging away. Thanks again.

Terri

Well today wasn't too bad, did have 1 bar and regular lunch and breakie. Getting ready to have supper soon. I managed to get in half of my new Richard Simmons DVD before Thomas started screaming for chocolate of all things. So I tried to reason with him to wait, didn't work. I had to stop and never did start it back up again, oh well maybe tommorow. Gotta run. Will check in later.

Terri

Okay, so I never did get back to my workout or back here. The weekend was okay, I was home with the boys alone for the most part DH worked both days til after 2pm and that can really ruin my plans to do anything with them or anything for me. We did go for a 1 hour walk and will never do that again near a busy road again, can you just say my blood pressure still hasn't got back to normal. I am trying to reign in my eating - am getting my water in but that is about it.

I am going to try and get either on the gazelle tonight or try the video again.
I'll check back in either later or tommorow.

You can do this Terri!

Thank you Karen.

I never did get back here or on the gazelle again. I tried to go to bed but DH snored so bad I never got to sleep til after 11. I don't know why I just didn't get up and work out, oh well will try again tonight. Today is a beautiful sun shining kind of day. The weather outside is beautiful and I am going to try and bring some of that sunshine in to work. So I am going to start today as day 1 and move forward. So for this week I am allowed 35 flex points starting this morning and I am going to eat on the CORE program, that being said:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with skim milk, coffee with splenda and skim milk
snack: banana
Lunch: left over stew (all core), chickpeas, banana, yogurt with berries and splenda,

Snack not sure
Supper: fish and baked potatoe.

Off now to finish my breakie and get some work done, then gonna start on my water, I got in two litres yesterday and am going to do it again today.

I am also gonna try my darndest to get some activity in of somekind. Just wish AF would show up and go away real quick, I feel real blah.

((HUGS)) I feel for you on the snoring thing. Same thing goes on around here. Also hugs on AF. She's visiting me now and I feel REALLY blah and want her to go away.

Your post shows how great of an attitude you have today Terri. Don't look back, only look forward and keep that attitude with you. It can only serve you well.

Thanks Karen, things didn't go as planned last night. DH was in a very bad mood and it felt like I was invisible to him when he walked in the door. He walked past me and said hello to the boys and went about what he wanted done. He didn't even want dinner so I changed plans, put on my workout clothes and told the boys I was going to workout and they could wait til I was done if they wanted anything. So I got on the gazelle and did 1.7 miles and really pushed myself thru quite a bit of it, worked up a good sweat. After I finished I went in and DH and I had a real good talk, figured out a few things and even made up later. so I got in lots of activity points last night. Before that, I made dinner of a salad and had a tuna sandwich on the new white wonderbread that has the same NI as wholewheat,and only uses 3pts for 2 slices -yummy. Then I mad some popcorn and added seasoning salt and had that before my other activity. All said and done it was a good night.

Today is day 2 of week 1.
Breakfast: Shredded wheat cereal, 1cup skim milk and splenda, coffee with milk and splenda

Lunch: salad with leftover pork chop, yogurt (plain ff/sf) with splenda and frozen berries, water

Snacks: bananas, roasted chickpeas and popcorn if I get real hungry or may leave it here for another day

Supper I think I am going to try that fish tonight

That is all for my day, will be back to check in later.