Working on it

SUCCESS!  I was down this week and I can't believe it.  I had ZERO veggies this weekend but I did work out.  It must have been all the sweating...it was 99 degrees yesterday and same today!

I'm swamped this week and will check in another day...TTFN (216)

Stress...the story of my life

Works is NUTS!  I'll be glad when these next few weeks are over!  I'm SWAMPED with open enrollment coming up!!!  Food and exercise have been OK.  Food has been better than exercise but I haven't missed more than one day yet...I won't be able to do any tonight b/c I have about 3 hours worth of work ahead of me but tomorrow is a certainty!  Our community pool opens tomorrow...we are members for this first time and the boys are SO EXCITED!  I can't wait to see Livie in the water and with temps near 90, I'm sure we'll all be in the water at some point this weekend :)

That's all I got for now...TTFN - Happy Memorial Day Weekend (in case I don't get to check in again)

Comparison...

Holy Crap!  I just did a comparison of photos of myself.  The picture on the right is from March 1, 2011.  The picture on the left is from today, May 25, 2011 (approximately 3 months)

I thought this would be worth it's own post!!!!
YAY me!

My baby!

My Baby, Dominic, is graduating from Pre-K today.  I am headed to his preschool for the ceremony around 11a today.  That will make it for a nutzo day and God knows what I'm going to do for lunch.  I packed a salad and my GM.  Bfast will be my oatmeal with apples and a few nuts.

Speaking of nuts...I went CRAZY on the can of mixed nuts I purchased to put in my oatmeal yesterday.  As a result when I got home I wasn't hungry at all.  I ate half a taco and I decided I needed some veggies so I had a 2nd GM.  Also, I didn't go to Aerobics last night.  I hate admitting that but I didn't.  Something is wrong with my back.  I decided I was going to rest it last night and although it feels a little better today...it definitely isn't perfect.  Tonight I have to bake a pretty intricate cake for Grace's Birthday, a VI Vienna Cake.  We'll see how that works out.

If time allows I plan to walk with the ladies in the neighborhood, but we'll see!  The boys are going to an Orioles Game tonight so it is just Livie and me!  I'm going make my chicken marinara for us and the boys to eat before they head downtown. 

Below is a pic of me today (in an effort to document my progress):

Well I guess that's about it...TTFN :)

New Running Buddy

Running with La is great b/c I am extremely challenged but...I don't feel very good about myself afterwards (nothing to do with her, all me).  Last night we got a break in the storms long enough for Terri (neighbor/friend) and I to hit the road for a quick walk in our "hood".  The sun even ended up coming out.  I asked her 1/2 mile in if she wanted to try to run.  We DID!  We totaled a little over 2 miles and it was GREAT!  We ran for shorter periods of time than I normally run but we did it more frequently.  I really had fun and we talked and it made the time fly by!!!  I'm thrilled!  Yesterday I was BACK on TRACK!  I'm happy with the way I feel and I'm really excited about having someone to run with!  I think I'll hold off on weighing in until next week b/c of my rotten weekend.

I'm working on becoming a Diet Survivor.  This book is going to make a huge impact on my philosophy and hopefully on my relationship with myself.  I'm VERY hard on myself and I'm pretty sure this past weekend I decided to sabotage my goals by eating the way I did.  I'm over it and moving on...

Today I'm back to my GM and Vita Muffin Tops (YUM) with some left over Chinese (beef/broccoli) for lunch.  Dinner tonight will be Tacos :)

TTFN

That is the end of that!!!

Beginning last week I started a downward slope that started with not packing lunch and ended with eating out WAY TOO MUCH!  My exercise was pitiful and I ate like crap!  That is the end of that!!! 

I'm back on track starting today.  I've packed and I'm walking at lunch as well as tonight on the trail with my girls.  Tomorrow is aerobics and Wednesday will be a little nuts so I'll have to make sure I walk on the treadmill.  I am also back to my vitamuffin tops.  The double chocolate ones are amazing and they are only 100 calories and packed with Fiber.  This will be my breakfast and for lunch I've packed a lean cuisine and a salad.  Snacks are triscuits and cheese and an apple.  Dinner tonight is a question mark??  I want to roast some chicken with tomatoes but I'm not sure it will be thawed enough.

Just because I have to document it somewhere...the trouble for this week started with Wednesday.  Grace and I got Indian food (ate too much) for lunch.  Thursday I ate out at Poulet and got General Tso chicken (bleck).  Friday night we ate at a local seafood restaurant and I got a crabcake YUM and ate TOO MUCH of the home made rolls.  Saturday I had sushi for lunch and dinner was a few french fries (yuck).  Yesterday we went to a baby shower and I ate a huge plate of all kinds of food then I started stuffing cream puffs in my mouth like they were grapes!  WTH?!?!  I don't know what I was thinking.  Dinner last night we ordered some chinese food and I ate and ate and ate.  We had left over Lo Mein so I decided at 8p to kill the rest of that.  ICK!  I don't know what I was thinking.  I never eat at night and I wasn't even hungry.  Oh well, I've made my bed and I'll lie in it!  I did run/walk on Saturday night but nada yesterday.  You know what?!?  After reading about my food weekend, I didn't do so badly but I do feel rotten and I did eat too much and as a result, gained weight.  Good thing is that is over!  Time to move on!!!

I'm also trying to get through Diet Suvivors Handbook.  I know it will help me so much.  I just can't find the time to read it.  I'll work on it this week!!!

Back to it - TTFN (221)

Driving

Last night's plan for dinner and walking was a bust!  We took DJ's sister's car back to her in Bowie.  SO FAR!  Actually it only took us about an hour and a half.  Then we ate at a BBQ place.  I got a pulled turkey sandwich that was sub par.  The turkey was tough.  I only ate about half of it.  The side dish I chose was a black bean and roasted corn salad.  It was pretty good and very low in calories!  I was also planning to walk with the ladies in my neighborhood last night but that didn't happen b/c we didn't get home until after 8:30p :(

All in all we had a great night...my plans for a healthy evening just went down the tubes.  Good thing I'm a roll with the punches kinda gal :) 

I finally got chosen to participate in a McCormick's taste test.  Today I will earn $50 for 45 minutes and we're testing bullion...should be interesting.  I'm going with Grace :)  I have NO clue what will be for lunch.  Dinner tonight will be pasta and I'll pick up a salad. 

Time to get to work...swamped!!!!