Weigh Down

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

August 18, 2011 - Getting myself back on track and doing good.

2011-08-17T14:53:00.000-05:00

Today has been a good day so far with my eating and writing down what I have eaten. I have decided not to go back to Weight Watchers, but to do it on my own. Hubby is going to be my weigh-in person and we are going to keep a chart on the frig. My money is really tight right now with all the work on the house and everything getting so damn expensive. Also hubby is having surgery on his right shoulder on the 29th and our deductible is really high so I am having to cut a lot of corners. I am hoping that I can do this on my own and we will find out. I am back to writing down everything I eat and will be posting yesterdays food journal today. This was not an easy decision for me, but $12.00 a week will buy me gas for a couple of days.

I am also taking a vitamin D supplement and an Omega-3 supplement to help give me energy and hopefully make me feel better. Actually I have not started taking them yet, because I just ordered them off eBay. I hope this will make my energy pick up and I will fell like doing some things again. I went home yesterday and got my kitchen cleaned up and did some laundry. I also started to hang some of my pictures back up on the walls that we took down when I painted. So I did get a little done yesterday and got to relax some before I went to bed.

Have a great day and here is yesterdays food journal. I am using the old plan which worked better for me so I am allowing myself 28 points for now. My first weigh-in with hubby is tonight so we will see how it goes.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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Allocated : 32.0

Earned : 0.0
Remaining : 0.0

Total : 32.0

1.0 watermelon
1.0 peas
4.0 mushroom rice
3.0 cheese shredded
4.0 chili
8.0 2x Frankfurt
1.0 blueberry
1.0 watermelon
1.0 Mayo lite
1.0 white wheat bread
2.0 banana
5.0 deer sausage 4 oz

Tuesday August 16, 2011 - Blogging again...

2011-08-16T15:36:00.000-05:00

Well I am hoping to be able to start posting on a regular basis again starting with this post. I am going to start posting again on my lunch hour every day and on the weekends I will be at deer camp so I can post then also. Today was my first day back on WW and it has gone well, and I will be posting my food journal on tomorrows post for every one to see. I have come to realize that I am going to have to get my shit together and stay on WW or I am going to gain my weight back that I have lost so far. I am up 20 lbs from where I was and I can feel it in my clothes so here we go again.

I get so busy with other things going on with work and my house that I snack without really paying attention to what I am doing. I have done great today and I am going to just take it one day at a time and not look at tomorrow or next week. I can do this and I will do this even though I have gotten off track for a while. I am back on track now and hopefully I can stay there for a while.

Now for a different subject altogether. We went to the nursing home to see my hubby's grandmother yesterday cause it was her birthday and she turned 100 years old yesterday. She is doing pretty good except for starting conversations over every 5 minutes. She does not remember anything and will ask you the same questions over and over, but hey I hope I look as good as her when I get old. Here is a picture of her for every one to see. She was born in 1911 on a ranch in Oklahoma and was the only girl in 5 children. Her mother died in child birth and now she has out lived her children and 4 of her grand children. My hubby is her oldest living relative and we have had her for the last 6 years.

Have a great day.

Wednesday August 10, 2011 - I am back....

2011-08-10T14:50:00.000-05:00

Sorry that I have been gone so long, and I promise to start posting everyday for a while. It should get easier with us starting to go back to deer camp for the season and I can get online there at night. I have had a lot going on with painting my house and trying to get everything put back in place. I still do not have everything back on the walls, but I am working on it.

Now as for my eating it has been totally out of control for the last month. I quite going to Weight Watchers due to having so much going on at home. I went back last week and started over and here again I am not going to get to go tonight to weigh in. We are trying to get ready to go out of town and I have 100 things to do before I go and I have to work late tonight. I am however been back on track this last week and hope to stay that weight and start posting my food journal again.    Being honest I have gained back 20 lbs in the last 6 weeks and I realize now that I have a problem with food. I love it to much and when I am busy and tired I tend to over eat way to much. I catch myself snacking for no reason when I am tired or stressed out. I am trying to get all of this back under control before I gain to much of my weight back. The funny thing is that the one thing that stresses me out the most is my weight and I am the one that can control this.

I have started to walk again, and this is hard since I have bruised my foot. I do not know how I did this only that I worked painting one day all day bare foot and the next day my foot started to hurt. Now I can only wear my crocks and they are camo colored so you can imagine what they look like to wear to work.

I have enjoyed my pool this year and I have to go home tonight and get the leaves out of it. I will shut it down the first week of September due to us being gone all weekend.    Well I have to get back to work and I will post again tomorrow to get in the habit again. Have a great day.

Tuesday July 26, 2011 - Thank god for my Blogger followers...

2011-07-26T13:44:00.000-05:00

Thank all of you for the tough love yesterday and you are right I can do this. I am writing down all my food today and I am going home and try and finish painting my kitchen tonight. I am also going to get in the pool if it is not raining and swim for at least 30 min. I do not mind the rain if it is not lighting.

I guess I just got off track and was feeling sorry for my self and feeling fat this last couple of days. I went to the store and got some fresh fruit and veggies for snacks so if I get hungry while I am working on the house I will munch on healthy choices.

Thanks everyone for being there for me...

Monday July 25, 2011 - My eating is off the charts...

2011-07-25T15:04:00.000-05:00

I have a couple of good things to post about, and one awful binge to own up to. First thing is that the house painting is coming along good, being as it is just hubby and I doing it. We got a lot done this weekend and hope to have the main part of the house finished by Friday. We will only like the laundry room which is going to be a nightmare from hell. I am really proud of the way it is looking and I will post pictures when I get everything back together.

Now for the really ugly part.. I have been eating like there is no tomorrow and I do not know how to get it in control again. I am so busy with the painting that I tend to nibble all day to give me energy. I know I should not do this, but I am doing it. I have completely quite logging my food or exercising except for the painting and just keeping the house together through all this changing everything around. I have to get a grip people. So how about sending me some get your ass in gear girl comments. Or shape your ass up there women. I know this is my own fault and I am trying to get a hold on it. I laid out some steaks for tonight and I am going to make a nice salad so we will see how I do with that.

I am also going to start trying to get my posts in everyday like I should. So I will be posting tomorrow. Have a great night.

Wednesday July 20, 2011 - Running on empty...

2011-07-20T14:24:00.000-05:00

No post yesterday due to being so busy at work and not having Internet at home. I have been so busy at work and then going home to paint and work on my house. I am finished with the bedroom and we are moving onto the kitchen.

My eating has been crazy the last couple of days due to being so busy and not getting to walk or swim thanks to the weather. I am taking Merlin to Port Gibson for the season so I can ride during deer season again this year.

Stay healthy.