Weigh Down

Thursday March 1, 2012 - Spring is in the Air...

2012-03-01T15:36:00.000-06:00

OMG it is one gorgeous day here, with the sun shining and everything. I love this time of year when everything is blooming. I went for a walk at lunch and it was pretty nice outside, not to hot or to cold. Walking at lunch is nice, but it will not last to much longer due to the heat. I am thinking about going to the local fitness club and walking at lunch or going swimming on my lunch hour. I will have to check into how much it cost though.

I have done pretty good on my eating today and staying on track. It seems to be harder this time though then it was last summer. I know it is just me though.

Here again I have had a busy day and no time to get in a good post.

Have a great evening.

Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012 - Keeping a food journal..

2012-02-29T14:55:00.000-06:00

So far so good on staying on track, although I am not having any luck with starting my walking. I got home yesterday and time I got supper cooked and did a load of laundry it was time for my bath and a few minutes to chill out. I guess I am going to have to come in and walk first, or start my supper and make a lap and check on it. My driveway is 1150 feet long so I could walk one lap and come through the kitchen and check on supper. The best thing would be to get hubby to watch it for me. He is pretty good about helping with things lately. I am working a second job right now helping out an old boss and I do not get home till late on Wednesday night so he starts supper.

Well back to the title of my post today. I started writing down what I eat and drink again last week and so far it has really helped me see what I am eating.

Here is yesterday's menu

2 boiled eggs
1 small piece hoop cheese
diet coke

100 calorie pack almonds dry roasted
2 oz hoop cheese
diet coke

Hamburger on 80 calorie bun w/mayo and 1 slice of cheese
Sweet potato fries - 1 serving
Lite peaches

3/4c white rice w/1 tbs gravy
2 pcs deer steak fried
1 cup green beans w/1 tbs butter and onions

Sugar free jello
lite cool whip

I am not snacking in between meals or going back for seconds. I only allow my self lite snacks like almonds or a piece of string cheese and some fruit.

I will know on how I am doing when I weigh-in on my Wii this weekend.

Well I have to get back to work. Have a great afternoon.

Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012 - Long day, but stayed on track.

2012-02-28T16:02:00.000-06:00

Wow today has been a long day and I almost forgot to post on my blog. I am doing great with the portion control and I even made a Red Velvet Cake today and did not even taste it. Lunch today was a hamburger and sweet potato fries baked.

I feel better today so I am headed home to get on my wii and try and get in some walking on the treadmill.

This is a real short post, but I am trying to get back in the habit of posting. Have a great night.

Monday Feb 27, 2012 - Made it through the weekend..

2012-02-27T13:40:00.000-06:00

I am almost glad it is Monday again, in a couple of ways. I did okay with my eating on the weekend and got up and weighed in on my Wii this morning. I am still doing okay with not laying back down for the extra 30 minutes that I have each morning. Portion control is working out okay also and it helps that I am measuring everything. What I am doing is whatever the serving is on the package that is what I get. If I make it from scratch then I allow my self a 1/2 cup or a cup depending on what it is. Last night I made a pasta casserole and I had a cup of it and a large salad. I have a low cal fudge sickle or some jello with lite cool whip for a sweet something.

I watched this show on TV last night My 600 lb life and I could really relate to those people. I have parts of me that jiggle when I walk that I would rather not talk about. One of the things I hate the most about being heavy is my bra straps cutting into my shoulders. I have the good bras with the gel straps, but it takes a lot to hold them puppies up. Anyway back to the show about people who weigh over 600 lbs. I watched the one about the women who lost down to 157 lbs from 653 with surgery. She has done really well and has even had a baby. Sometimes I think man it would be great to have surgery and not be able to eat but just a little bit of food. No do not get me wrong I am all for the surgery if you can afford it, but I can not. So I am going to have to do it the hard way.

Here is my weigh in this morning and I have added a new page to my blog to keep up with them.
Have a great afternoon.

I weighed in at 275 lbs.

Friday Feb. 24, 2012 - One day at a time..

2012-02-24T09:08:00.000-06:00

Well I am doing okay so far, but I am only in day two of my starting over again program. I have gotten some good comments though and I appreciate all the support. I am trying a new site call Nutrimirror.com that was recommend to me by Debbie over at The Path Traveled. I think I am going to like it very much, especially if I can get it to work on my phone.

I did really well with my eating yesterday and portion control seems to be the way I am going to go for now. I have started my walking back and doing other things that I had gotten lazy about. I have a bad habit of laying back down in the mornings after hubby leaves for a few minutes and it seems to make me lazier. So this morning I stayed up and cleaned my kitchen. I seem to have more energy this morning so that is the game plan from now on. I hope to get my house in some kind of order this weekend and get some shopping done.

Oh yea and besides portion control I am going to try and stay around 1500 calories a day more or less. I am going to give this at least a couple of months to see if it works and I hope it does. I dusted off the old treadmill yesterday and got it where I can use it again. I am going to do a 5k at the end of March so I have a lot of walking to do between now and then. I figured it would give me something to work toward and maybe if I have a goal I will stick with the walking again.

Lunch today is homemade lasagna at work, but I am going to do portion control and have a lot of salad and a small piece of lasagna. I learned a trick with my salad dressing to make it go further also. I take low calorie dressing about 2 tbs and mix red wine vinager with it. It is good and it goes further on my salad.

Well I will will not get to post this weekend so have a great weekend and stay healthy.

Thursday, Feb 23, 2011 - I have got to get a hold on my eating...

2012-02-23T15:59:00.000-06:00

Lord help me I have to get a hold on my eating. You would think that I would have learned by now and could actually control my eating. I think my middle sister was born with all the will power in my family, cause she can go all day and not eat but one piece of toast. If she so much as gains an ounce she is on the treadmill for 12 hours.

I can blame it on a lot of things lately, working to many hours and eating like a horse when I walk through the door at home. Oh and it does not help that we cook lunch at work everyday either. I am dealing with something homemade everyday. Today it was turtle cookies, which are to die for, but I did not eat one. I am trying to get better and I have started today just taking it one day at a time. Maybe if I blog more often and keep my mind busy it will help.

I did dust off my treadmill last night and I hooked my wii backup so I can start using it again, so maybe I can just take it one day at a time. Oh hell for me it will be one hour at a time and work up from there.

I need hugs people.... and a swift kick in the old backside....

Friday Feb 3rd, 2012 - Ready for the Weekend

2012-02-03T13:17:00.000-06:00

I am glad it is Friday and I hope to get my house in order after being gone for the last 6 months every weekend. That is the only thing I really hate about going to deer camp is no time to do house work at home during the week. Oh well shit happens.

I have done well on my eating the last couple of days and hope for a good weigh-in Sunday on the Wii. I hope to get in 30 minutes tonight on it and maybe some walking on the treadmill tomorrow or outside if some of this damn rain will stop. I know that exercise is the key to losing weight along with diet so I am going to try and get at least 30 minutes a day to start with. No walking at lunch today due to the rain so I hope to get on the treadmill tonight. We are going to have our grandson Zack tonight so we will have to see.

Couple of new things for everyone to check out that I have going on right now. One of the guys where I work has wiener dogs and one of them just had puppies. Well one of the puppies was really little and it would not suck so we are feeding it with a little bitty bottle every two hours and keeping it on a heating pad at work. So far we are into day 5 and it is doing okay. We have it on a heating pad to stay warm. Here is a picture of our little girl.

She is about 3-1/2 inches long and doing great.

I am on a roll today with a lot going on. I just got a new book that I am starting to read by Dr. Joel Fuhrman "Eat to Live". Several people have read it and lost 40 to 50 lbs in 4 months so I am interested in what it has to say.

So I will let you know how I like it on Monday. I hope to get to read some of it tonight, but having my grandson might slow me down on the reading.

Have a great weekend and hey give me some ideas for a name for the puppy.

Thursday Feb. 2nd 2012 - One Hell of a weekend...

2012-02-02T14:55:00.001-06:00

Honestly I am trying to get back to posting everyday or at least during the week since I have no internet service at home. I have had a weekend from hell let me tell you. I caught a cold last week and I am trying to get over that so I stayed home from Deer Camp this weekend to curl up with the remote and relax. Well come Saturday morning I discovered that there is not a whole lot to eat at the house so I get up and go to the grocery store. The trouble starts when I get home and get everything put away and decide that I would feel better with a hot bath. So we have one of those shower heads that you can take down and spray your self with so I started to rinse out the tub and the end blows off the shower head. Now this metal hose is flipping around like a snake spraying water every damn where. I finally get the water turned off to a drowned bathroom, so much for resting. I get the bathroom dry and go to the laundry room to put all the wet stuff in the dryer and the light blows. I change the bulbs out, but nope it is the light. So I now have a lamp from the bedroom sitting on top of my dryer so I can see. Next time I will just go to deer camp and be sick there. lol

Well I finally got my wii up and running and started over using it yesterday. I walked a mile at lunch today and I am going to try and do that every day. Sunday is my official weigh day so I will be putting the weigh-in up again then. I can tell that I have not walked much it wore me out just walking that mile, but I can at least walk without my foot hurting.

Well back to work. Here are the pics off of my first weigh in on my Wii with my starting over program.

Monday January 23, 2012 - Great weekend and back on track.

2012-01-23T15:27:00.000-06:00

Yes I had a great weekend with my eating and staying on track. I also got in some walking yesterday before I went home from Deer camp. Today has been great so far and I brought all my snacks with me today so that I would not get into the cookies at work. I had a 210 calorie breakfast sandwich from Kroger which even though it was microwaved it was pretty good. I am terrible on breakfast since it has to be something that I can eat on the way to work. Tomorrow I am going to to do peanut butter and toast to break up the breakfast sandwich thing.

I downloaded an app for my phone that I really like to keep up with what I eat and how many calories. It even keeps up with my weight and a food journal. I also am keeping a hand written food journal for when I can not get a signal on my phone.

I am going to start over on my Wii tonight and take a picture of my weight and post it on my blog tomorrow. So be looking for my new beginning weight. I am going to weigh in on each Monday night on my Wii and post it on my blog.

Well I am going to go and read some blogs.. Have a nice afternoon.

Friday January 20, 2012 - Counting those calories..

2012-01-20T19:45:00.000-06:00

Well I am off to a good start counting my calories and I have been doing a lot of Internet searches on low calories diets. It seems that they are recommend for people who have a BMI over 30 which of course I do.   I am trying to stay around or between 1000 or 1200 a day. Although I did ready that I could go as low as 800 if I keep it healthy. I am going to the grocery store tomorrow and get some fresh fruit and veggies. I am also working on my portion control. We had chicken spaghetti at work today and I had just a cup of it and a large salad with the dressing on the side. I am drinking water and sprite zero's and I love them.   I had a salad with some grilled chicken in it for supper.   I wish I had some sugar free ice cream, but for tonight I will just have to do with out any thing sweet. I will for sure have some fruit in the house tomorrow though.

I have been checking out websites that help you with diets and I like Spark people and they seem to have a lot of users and people who have done great using it.   I have walked the last couple of days for 15 minutes a couple of times a day. I am hoping to work up to walking an hour a day, but just break it up into short walks each time. For me to get a whole hour to walk at one time is just not happening now, but I can do 15 minutes here and there at different times.    I miss walking and would like to be able to walk in a 5K by this spring.

It is funny how hard you work to loose weight and in a blink of an eye you gain it all back. It seems like it took me forever to lose 50 lbs, but only a couple of days to put it back on again. I have no one to blame for this but myself and now I have to fight the battle all over again. I have noticed that I am getting stiff when I sit for long periods of times and I know this is because I have not been getting enough exercise like I should. So the walking is helping and I have notice the last couple of days since I have been walking that I am not as stiff.

I am back to writing down what I eat every day and I am going to look for an app for my phone to keep up with it so I can post it on my blog.   Well it is getting late and my battery is about to go on my lap top so have a great day.

January 18, 2011 - On the move again.

2012-01-18T15:45:00.000-06:00

Well I came to a couple of conclusions last night with myself and this is where I am at. I have decided no to continue Weight Watchers, but to go in on my own. I am going to try portion control and cutting back on sweets or at least do sugar free sweets for a while. I am going home to walk tonight on my treadmill for 15 min a night for the first week just to get back in the groove of it and then next week I am going to increase it to 20 min a night and so on. I am going to try and do this twice a day to get in 30 min each day.

Today is my first day of writing down what I eat and my exercise so I will post it tomorrow for everyone to see. I love Weight Watchers do not get me wrong, but right now I really can not afford to do it. So I have to try the budget plan and see how I do. So any feedback on a total calorie intake would be great. I have not counted calories in a while so I need help people.

Have a great day..

January 17, 2011 - Trying to get back in the groove.

2012-01-17T14:31:00.000-06:00

I would like to thank everyone for their comments on yesterdays post. I am going to try and post every day again for awhile and see if I can get back on track. I go back to my WW meeting tomorrow night for the first time in 3 weeks and I will face the music and get back on track. I have to do this because I would like to feel like I did last summer when I had the weight off. So time to get moving and stop feeling sorry for myself.

Sorry for the short post, but I forgot to do it at lunch because of a meeting. I will do better tomorrow. Have a good day.

Monday January 16, 2012 - Total loss of control..

2012-01-16T13:14:00.000-06:00

Well I have not stuck to my resolution to post everyday, and I can blame that on several things. One I have no Internet at home, two I am lazy or just willing to take the time. Well number three is the winner with the fact that I have lost all control over my eating and can not seem to get back on track. I have got to get a grip and start walking again and do something to get my weight back under control. I do not have any energy again and my clothes do not fit like I would like them. I lay in bed every night and tell myself that tomorrow is the day that I am going to walk at lunch and stay within my points. I rejoined Weight Watchers before Christmas and I did good my first week, but then through the holidays I blew it. Now I have not been in two weeks. I am going back this week and face the music and just start over again.

I am hoping that posting on my blog again will motivate me to get back on track and back to my exercise and walking. I really do miss my blog and being busy at work is not excuse, cause I could work on it after lunch or first thing in the morning.

Lets hope today is a good day on my eating and I will try and get some exercise in this afternoon. Have a great day.

Tuesday December 27, 2011 - Ready for the New Year.

2011-12-27T14:16:00.000-06:00

I am honestly trying to get back in the groove of posting everyday. It is hard when you do not have internet at home and I have to do it at work. I am going to try and make time at lunch to post my food journal and work on my blog before I go back to work. I had a great last couple of weigh-in's at WW and I have lost 5 lbs in the last two weeks. Well that is until I ate like a crazy person this weekend. We went to our son's house on Saturday night and my daughter in-law had a great supper cook and then we went to my mothers house on Sunday night and there was all kinds of food there. I have gained 3lbs this week and it is my own fault.

We are getting a new instructor at WW after the first of the year and I do not know if I am going to like it or not. I am so use to Mary and she is so funny and has a great personality and all.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I will post my food journal tomorrow and try and get at least a short post in everyday.

Happy New Year...

Wednesday December 14, 2011 - It's weigh-in night again.

2011-12-14T15:42:00.000-06:00

Okay I am ready to weight in tonight and see how I did my first week back on WW. I am hoping for 3 or 4 lbs but I will take anything. I am liking the new Points plus program better this time than when I changed over from the points program to it last time. I have eaten good yesterday and today so far and hubby is making deer burgers with chili on them for supper.

How is everyone doing with their Christmas shopping? I am done for the first time in years I do not have to run out this weekend and try and find gifts. We are going to our son's house on Christmas Eve and my mothers on Christmas day night. I do dread all of the food though and I am not looking forward to facing all of the deserts that will be there. I am going to make me some homemade sherbet to take with me though and put some lite cool whip on top of it. I brought me a Yonnana maker and I love it. If you do not know what this is please google it and check it out. You can make fresh sherbet from frozen fresh fruit. I put a little lite cool whip on mine and sometimes a 1/2 pack of sweet-n- low. It is wonderful and healthy.

Well I have to finish up a few things at work so I better get to them. Here is yesterdays food journal.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011Morning

1 large whole hard-boiled egg(s) 2
1 piece(s) string cheese 1
1 bagel(s) Plain thin sliced bagels 3
1 Tbsp creamy peanut butter 3
Subtotal 9

Midday
2 Tbsp Fat Free Thousand Island Salad Dressing 1
1 cup(s) mixed greens 0
1 Taco Casserole 7
Subtotal 8

Evening
2 Tbsp Light Done Right Thousand Island Salad Dressing 2
1 fillet(s) cooked farm-raised catfish 5
1 cup(s) mixed greens 0
Subtotal 7

Anytime
1 small fresh apple(s) 0
1 cup(s) fresh watermelon 0
1 item(s) Giant Fudge Bars 3
Subtotal 3
Food PointsPlus values total used 27

Food PointsPlus values remaining 9

Tuesday December 13th, 2011 Week 1

2011-12-13T15:17:00.000-06:00

So far I am falling right back into tracking my food and measuring what I eat. I have also switched to whole wheat everything or at least what I can get in it. You would think I learned my lesson the first time around with my weight. I found out it was a lot easier to put back on then it is to take it off. I am having to really fight with myself this time to accomplish it and I sure picked a hell of a time to go on a diet right at Christmas. Oh well I guess there is never an easy time to try and lose weight.
Supper tonight is going to be baked fish and a baked potato with a green salad. I am back on water pretty much all the time. I do light the Sprite Zero's though instead of a diet coke.

I hope to start my walking back this weekend if my foot lets me. My foot is one of the medical problems that I mention yesterday that I have had. It seems that I got Plantar F. in my left foot. I cannot even spell the last part of it, but what happen is that I stretched the tendon that runs from my heal to my toes and at night when I am asleep it tightens up and when I try and walk on it first thing in the morning it hurts like hell. So I have to stretch it and rub it. No more going bare foot for me anytime soon. It is getting better thanks to pain patches and meds so my doctor thinks I can start my walking back this weekend. He told me to take it 15 minutes at a time and see how it feels. So keep your fingers crossed cause I miss walking.

Well I have to get back to work so have a nice day and here is yesterday's food journal.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Morning

1 Tbsp creamy peanut butter 3

Waffles Whole Wheat - Quick-added food 5

Subtotal 8

Midday

1 cup(s) mixed greens 0

2 Tbsp Light Done Right Thousand Island Salad Dressing 2

1 Taco Casserole 7

Subtotal 9

Evening

Rice & Veggies Steamed - Quick-added food 5

4 oz cooked lean boneless pork chop 5

1 1/2 cup(s) Select® Baby sweet peas 4

Subtotal 14

Anytime

1 large tangerine(s) 0

1 1/4 cup(s) fresh cherry tomato(es) 0

1 piece(s) string cheese 1

2 large whole hard-boiled egg(s) 4

1 item(s) Giant Fudge Bars 3

Subtotal 8

Food PointsPlus values total used 39

Food PointsPlus values remaining 0

Honey I am home....

2011-12-12T15:00:00.000-06:00

Good lord I can not believe it has been over three months since I blogged. I have had a lot going on at home and I guess I just had to let something slide. I am sorry that it was my blog though and along with the blog went my weight. I have gained back 40 lbs of what I had lost and now I am starting over again. It seems that food and I have a love hate relationship. I hate that I eat so much, but I do love food so I am back to the drawing board once again. I am going back to my old faithful Weight Watchers. I rejoined last Wednesday and will have my first weight in this week. So far so good and I hope am hoping to get back on track with it.

We have had a couple of hard months, with hubby having no work and then when he does go back to work he hurts his shoulder and has to have surgery and is off another 10 weeks. He is back to work now and we are working to get caught up on everything before Christmas. I also ended up having to have a couple of medical things done so we have some medical bills that we have to pay. Okay enough of the sob story and on to life.

I weighed in last Wednesday at 276,2 lbs and I hope to have lost at least 3 lbs this week so turn in to see how I did. I am also going to get back in the habit of blogging everyday again starting today. I will also be posting my food journals starting tomorrow.

Have a great day.

Tuesday Sept. 13, 2011 - One sick puppy...

2011-09-13T14:57:00.000-05:00

Well all my efforts to post every day went out the window this weekend due to me being sick. I got some kind of stomach virus and could hardley hold my head up. I missed work yesterday because of it and I am having to play catch up today. The best thing is that I have lost 1 lb this week one way or the other so that is good.

I have decided to go back to Weight Watchers for more than one reason. I miss the meetings and having somebody to bounce my food problems off of and for the other reason it works. So I am going back tomorrow night and do it again. Now if my life will just calm down some and let me get on an even flow I will be alright. I need the structure of WW, cause I am one of those people who need guide lines to go by I guess. So starting tomorrow night I will be back on the program.

I am walking again and I am loving it. We have a thrift store that is .7 miles from our shop and I am going to try and start walking to it on my lunch hour with Freckles my dog. She will keep me company and keep unwanted people from messing with me if you get my drift. I stopped by there on my way back from the bank and they have all kind of neat stuff. So as soon as it starts to stay a little cooler I am going to try and walk to it a couple of times a week. Right now I am walking up and down my driveway and on my treadmill again. Walking on the treadmill was okay while I had a TV in the room, but lighting got my extra TV a couple of weeks ago and I have not replaced it so I am just listening to music while I walk for now.

We are catching up on some of our bills due to hubby having surgery and that is helping. We had an accident policy and a short term disability policy that I forgot all about so that will come in handy.

Have a great day and I will do my best to post tomorrow.

Wednesday Sept 7, 2011 - Walking again...

2011-09-07T15:38:00.000-05:00

I went walking at lunch today and it felt good, and not problems out of my foot. I walked for 30 min since it was so nice outside and really enjoyed it. I am also happy to report that we had Chicken Spaghetti for lunch today and I only had 1 cup and that was enough. I have to say that I miss Weight Watchers and I have thought about going back, but money is really tight right now with hubby off work for a month with his shoulder.

Really short post today since I am so busy at work and it is almost 4:00 and time to go home.

Here is yesterdays food journal.

Bagel Thin with 1 tbs peanut butter
1 WW String cheese
1 cup water melon
Grilled 4 oz Pork Chop
1/2 cup Potato Salad
Sprite Zero ( I love these)
1 cup grapes
1/2 Taco bake ( This is two tortilla shells with meat, beans and cheese)
1 cup lettuce & tomato's
WW fudge bar

Walked for 30 min up and down my driveway.

Tuesday Sept 6, 2011 - So far so good..

2011-09-06T14:49:00.000-05:00

First off I want to thank everyone who posted on Sunday's blog for their support, second thing is that I have done pretty good on my eating for the last couple of days. I am trying portion control and it seems to be working out okay. We will know when I step on the scales on Sunday again. I have also started my walking back as of yesterday and it went okay even with a sore foot. My foot doctor says that I will never be able to go bare foot again, so I have a pair of Crocs that I keep and wear them around the house like house shoes.

I walked for 30 min up and down my driveway yesterday when the rain quit for a while. It was one wet weekend here though and not much chance to get outside. I plan on walking this afternoon though for at least 30 min or more until I build back up to walking for an hour. I am going to sign up of a 5k tomorrow to give me something to train for and I will post the date then.

Yesterdays food choices are below and I think I did pretty good.

1 - small biscuit with deer sausage and scrambled egg
1 cup water melon
1 cup grapes
1 cup beef stew and 6 crackers
1 pear
1 cup water melon
1 cup Jambalaya with chicken
1 WW fudge bar

As you can see I am using portion control and I hope with the walking to start losing weight again.
Have a great day and I am off to read some posts.

Sept. 4th 2011 - Starting Over...

2011-09-04T10:28:00.000-05:00

This is my starting over blog post and I do mean starting over. I am ashamed to say that over the last 4 months that I have gained back 30 lbs. I can blame it on a lot of things, changing jobs, trouble with my foot or all that we have had going on at home. Well that is all bull shit and I know it, cause the blame is totally on me. I have been eating out of control and it stops today. I can feel my self getting fat and when I went to the grocery store and brought a 10 lb bag of potato's I was thinking as I put in in the cart that I have but three of them back on my body. Why I did this I do not know, stupid, compulsive eating or just a death wish, but it is done and now I have to undo the damage. So I can make all the promises and say I am going to do this or do that, but I know it is up to me to get this under control. So I am taking it one day at a time and look at it one day at a time. I figure that is all I can do at this point, so today is my first day of a new start. I weighed this morning and I weigh 260 lbs and I will go from here. Sunday morning is my weigh in day and I will try and post this on my blog on Sunday.

Now on to the fact that I have not been blogging like I should and why. I have been super busy at work and hubby had surgery on his shoulder this week, but that is no excuse. The real reason is that I was ashamed of having gain weight back and did not know how to post about it. Well I guess the best thing is just to be honest about it and go from here. I wish I had the will power of my sister who can go all day and not eat anything if she gains a pound. I can not do this for a couple of reasons, the main one is that I love food, the way it smells and the taste. So for me I have to find something that I can live with and learn to eat that way. I read all kinds of articles that say do this and do that or I lost weight this way or that way. What it comes down to for me is just to learn portion control and go from there. So my new weight loss plan is just to get some kind of control and I will still be counting points sort of, but I will be posting my food log every day.

My next subject is about my blog and I will try and blog everyday and make time for it. So look to see posts from me again. I will not be posting tomorrow, cause I have not Internet connection at home so it will be Monday. I want to thank all my followers for staying and I will post again on Tuesday. Have a great day.

Wednesday August 24, 2011 - Dieting on a budget...

2011-08-24T16:10:00.000-05:00

Well I set down at lunch and wrote out my grocery list and then re-wrote it several times. We are on such a budget right now that I am having to really look at what I am buying. I love fresh fruits and veggies and they can get expensive. I am trying to buy groceries at Kroger, and they are kind of high anyway. The reason I am changing from Walmart to Kroger is that I tend to buy things other than groceries when I got to Walmart so I am taking away that choice. On the other hand you can really get some bargains at Kroger and there is the 10 cents off on gas. You would think that I could feed two people easy off of $150.00 a week, but you throw in lunch and snacks and it takes some juggling.

I did manage to log my food in my phone yesterday and I did okay. I am having gumbo tonight and I can have a whole cup with a few crackers and that is a lot of Gumbo. Supper is my hardest meal, because of having to feed hubby and he is a meat and potatoes guy.

Do you ever have days that you just feel fatter than other days. I am having one of those days today, and I do not like it. I was in Kroger and walked by the freezer section, you know where you can see yourself in the glass and I looked fatter. I feel really frumpy today for some reason and it just may be the way I am dressed. The one thing I know is that I have got a grip back on my dieting and I will step on those scales in the morning and see how I have done. That is one thing that you can not hide from is the scales they are honest and will tell how you have been doing this week. Now me sometimes I would like to take a hammer to them. lol..

Have a great day bloggers...

Wednesday August 24, 2011

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Allocated : 28.0
Remaining: 0.0
Total : 28.0

2.0 2x ww fudge bar
0.0 green beans
3.0 chicken grilled 3 oz
6.0 3x Taco shell 1 medium (13g)
2.0 cheese shredded
0.0 lettuce

5.0 venison

1.0 tomato
2.0 egg boiled

1.0 grapes

1.0 watermelon

1.0 cantaloupes

2.0 whole wheat bread
1.0 Mayo w/ olive oil

1.0 Banana(s) 1 large (136g)

Tuesday August 23, 2011 - No more foot pain...

2011-08-23T15:18:00.000-05:00

I went to the foot doctor today and she gave me a shot between my toes and some meds to take for the next 7 days. I have to exercise it before I get up in the morning and while I am sitting at my desk every day before I get up to do anything. It already feels better after the shot and I hope it just keeps getting better. I am so looking forward to starting up my walking again and she feels that I can do this in a couple of weeks. I am so excited.

Tomorrow is weigh in day with hubby and I am looking forward to it. I should show at least a 2 lb weight loss, but I will wait and see. I have been doing okay on my eating and staying away from sweets for the last few days. I am going to have to get me some Weight Watchers fudge bars when I go to the grocery store this week. I am really into fresh fruit right now and since I am out at home until grocery day it is a bitch to say the least. I was hoping to go by and pickup a few things today, but it did not happen.

Super tonight is some grilled pork chops with steamed veggie rice. I love this rice and I get it at Kroger, and it has veggies in it. You just pop it in the microwave for 3 minutes and you have mixed rice. So supper tonight is going to be easy to fix. I really like easy since I have gotten older. When I was younger I really enjoyed cooking and coming up with different things to cook from scratch. Now I just look for the fastest easiest way to get something for him to eat. We do grill a lot and that helps, but it would be nice to have some fresh veggies cooked once in a while.

I will be getting my phone back today and I will try to remember to download my food journal from it tonight and do a short post just to get it out there. Have a great day.

Saturday August 20, 2011 - First Weekend at Deer Camp..

2011-08-20T20:59:00.000-05:00

Well our season has started at Deer Camp and so far it has been a total nightmare. We have a mouse problem for the first thing and I had to go and get mouse traps today. I have already caught 4 so they are awful this year. It is almost impossible to keep them out of a trailer and really hard when you are not hear for months at a time. Second thing hubby and one of the guys from deer camp backed his truck in a hole and broke the drive shaft on it. They had to pull it out with the tractor this morning. So hubby, me, both dogs and our grandson are going home in my Honda Civic in the morning. It is going to be crowded to say the least.

I have done okay on my eating today so far and I hope to start my walking again as soon as I go to the foot doctor. It has been hurting pretty bad today since I left my crocks at home. I hope to start training for another 5k as soon as it cools off some. I hope to walk in my first one sometime in September or the first of October.

I went to Walmart today and got me some Sprite Zeros and they are pretty good. I am going to try them for a while and see how I do. I like the Coke Zero pretty good, but the Sprites will be better since they are clear. Breakfast this morning was a scrambled egg and one homemade biscuit with sugar free syrup. Lunch was a turkey sandwich and some lite chips. I am going to have me a Popsicle before I go to bed. I am just waiting on my grandson to go to bed.

Have a good night and I will try and get a blog in before I go home.

Thursday August 18, 2011- Weighed in this morning.. OMG...

2011-08-18T15:44:00.000-05:00

Well I weighed in this morning in front of hubby and OMG I am back up to 256 lbs. I wanted to just slap me silly or stuff a sock in my mouth or something. It is so easy to gain it back and so damn hard to take it off. How could I do this to myself again, when I have done so good. Well you can bet I am back on track and hope to start my walking back next week. I have an appointment with a foot doctor Tuesday due to pain in my heel when I walk. I have a pad in my shoe right now and it seems to help some, but it hurts like hell to walk to much.

I had a great lunch today of tuna fish and lite chips. I am trying Coke Zero and I like it better than diet coke. It does not have the after taste that you get with the diet cokes. I tried giving them up altogether, but I was on the verge of killing hubby so he went and brought me a 12 pack. I think they put crack in them or something or maybe it is the fact that I have been on cokes since before I could walk. My whole family are diet coke nuts.

I would like to discuss the price of food since I just had a stroke at the grocery store. A can of coffee just cost me $10.00, and I like to have fell out. The yogurt that I just brought hubby last week went up 18 cents and, meat is unreal. Hubby has got to get on the ball and kill us a deer so I can get some burger made. I have not had to buy hamburger in so long that it blew my mind how much it cost. Chicken is also expensive so I have been giving hubby's chickens a second look. I think I am making the rooster nervous looking at him and thinking about making dumplings out of him. lol...

Have a great day and here is yesterdays food journal.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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Allocated : 28

Earned : 0.0

Remaining :9

Total : 19.0

6.0 tuna casserole 1 cup
1.0 white wheat bread
8.0 gumbo 1-1/2 cups
1.0 watermelon 1 cup
0.0 Cola, diet 1 can (330ml)
1.0 Mayo w/ olive oil
2.0 egg scrambled