A personal blog on the battle of the buldge!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Tidbits
Monday, July 30, 2007
Weekend Review
Boy was it hot this weekend!! The heat sure does help with the weight loss. You don't even have to do anything physical, I was sweating by just being outside! Instead of taking the dog for her walks in the evening after supper I decided to take her in the morning when it was still cool outside. I would like to get into the habit of doing this during the week too but I'm not a morning person and I think it would take me a very long time to get into that habit! ;) We set up our little plastic kiddie pool for the dog and changed the water in it for when friends came over and their little girl went for a swim.
Friday night we went downtown to see some friends and of course stayed out too late, we never got home till 2am! Then Saturday I had to get up fairly early to pick up my MIL too go to the Farmer's Market. Saturday was an awesome day, I'm so glad I got it off work! We met my Dad at the market and took our time walking through it, I found my hubbies sauerkraut perogies that he likes and also picked up some baby potatoes and baby carrots. After we walked around for almost an hour we went for lunch and met my SIL and niece's (which I haven't seen for a very long time), we had a good visit and 2 hours later we headed off to the car show! My Mom met us at the show and we walked around for a bit but it was so hot by that time that it was almost unbearable! My hubby was helping work at it, his station was the "buck a hit" truck, with all money being donated to the Stollery Hospital. But since it was so hot not too many people felt like swinging a sledge hammer! Saturday night we went downtown again but there wasn't too many people out, we did however get to watch a bit of the fireworks from the Exhibition and there was some kind of bar fight beside us that needed four cop cars and two ambulances too control the scene! There was also a foot chase involved, it was quite exciting!! :)
Sunday was quieter, I cleaned the house a bit and the hubbies friend came over to work in the garage. Later that night his girlfriend and kid came over and we had a BBQ, steak and my baby potatoes and carrots that I had just bought at the market with salad! It was very yummy! It was a good night except for the fact that the house was too hot to sleep in, making it a very long night. I think I tossed and turned till midnight when it finally started cooling down enough to sleep! Hopefully tonight isn't as hot and I can have a good night's sleep! ;)
Friday, July 27, 2007
TGIF
back of my car with ice packs so that we don't feel rushed to get home, we can take our time, go for lunch and the car show. Today is one of our driver's last day, our best driver's last day! We always loose the good one's, she is quiting to go work at a "doggie daycare" !! How fun does that sound!? She takes her own dog to this place and they have nap time and snack time just like a normal day care but this one is for dogs!? She is going to get paid to play with puppies all day! I think that is awesome - something I think I would like to do!? So last night I went shopping to Costco and found some gifts for her (I had to go anyway so I volunteered to buy her something), they already have Christmas stuff out at Costco!!! :o I was hoping to find a basket of some sort but they didn't have anything so I just got a set of flower pots, a vase and a calendar pack with puppies on it. All that for only $30! We are also going to be having a BBQ today for her so I brought some FF hot dogs for myself while everyone else has burgers.
You Are Not a Cheapskate |
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Wednesday weigh in!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Tuesday tidbits ...
I was mad yesterday .... I couldn't get on Facebook!! :o It's a good thing we were short staffed so I stayed fairly busy answering phones all day! Have no fear .... I already checked and it is back up running today! he he I'm so addicted, plus I was worried that all my info and stuff was floating around in web space for anyone to find!? LOL
I think I have decided that I am done trying to loose weight, I'm happy with where I'm at and I'm tired of always thinking about it. I have increased my food intake, not by much - I've added a fruit and dairy serving for the day, and I have a way bigger salad for supper then I used to. I know these are things that I shouldn't even consider as "add on's" because there is no way you are going to gain weight from eating a bigger salad and more fruit, but I still want to eat healthy. I guess we will see tomorrow just how the week went but I think I will change my goal weight too 170 and try too maintain that weight for now.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Weekend Review ...
Friday, July 20, 2007
Fun Friday !
Here are some "healthy" snack ideas that I thought you might like!
**Jell-O Light Strawberry Gel =5 Calories Fat 0 g, Carb 0 g,Fibre 0 g, Protein 1 g
**2 Tbsp. Cheez Whiz Spread with1 medium celery stalk= 80 Calories Fat 6 g, Carb 5 g,Fibre 1 g, Protein 4 g
**1/2 cup Post Shreddies Cereal with 1/2 cup blueberries= 120 Calories Fat 0.5 g, Carb 29 g,Fibre 4 g, Protein 3 g
**1 Kraft Light Singles Slice with 1 medium apple, sliced= 130 Calories Fat 4 g, Carb 21 g,Fibre 3 g, Protein 4 g
**2 Tbsp. Hummus with 3 Stoned Wheat Thins Crackers= 140 Calories Fat 4.5 g, Carb 22 g,Fibre 2 g, Protein 3 g
**1/2 cup Post Selects Cranberry Almond Crunch Cereal with 1/4 cup fat-free yogourt= 140 Calories Fat 1.5 g, Carb 27 g,Fibre 1 g, Protein 5 g
**2 Tbsp. Kraft Calorie-Wise Ranch Dressing with 10 baby carrots=100 Calories Fat 4.5 g, Carb 15 g,Fibre 2 g, Protein 1 g
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Weigh in Wednesday....
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Tidbits
I will be totally surprised if I do well with tomorrows weigh in, with the wedding, having a few drinks and going to for dinners I don't expect to do very well but I feel like I am more in a maintaining my weight then loosing weight stride. I think I need to find the happy medium too maintain but not loose/ gain weight!? I think it will be a little tough to find that happy point, today I brought some extra food for lunch so we will see how tomorrows weigh in goes!?
Monday, July 16, 2007
Weekend Review .....
Sunday, July 15, 2007
UPDATE !! NEW PICS :)
Friday, July 13, 2007
Happy Friday! : )
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Weigh in Wednesday!
Not too shabby, I'm OK with this loss, I guess eating raw/ cold hot dogs for lunch and supper three days in a row wasn't too bad after all! ? :P I'm starting to feel that maybe I will see a 16_ # !? I think I am going to delay my NS order again, I bought a bunch of food off of Jordanna so my cupboards are one again full and I don't really need any more NS food yet. Plus if I delay my order a few weeks I may be able to get too goal and get all my bears!! YAH ! ;)
So the last time I was at Costco I picked up a book to read, now I'm not much of a reader and the last book I read was The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy, which by the way was an awesome book and I highly recommend it (even if your not pregnant - like me) ;) Anyway, so I saw they had all the Harry Potter books there and I have always heard good reviews about these books. But I have never read any of the books, I've just seen the movies, so I thought I would give them a try and I bought book one. I must say it is quite good, easy to read and follow. I'm excited to finish it and get the rest of the collection. I am also VERY excited to see the new Harry Potter movie that is coming out today! Anyone else excited to see the movie too!? :)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
a little more rested ...
Monday, July 09, 2007
weekend review
For the most part the weekend went fairly good, no big incidences, Friday was
the best day for staying on schedule. Saturday was a little worse, with cars breaking and having to do clean up it delayed the program a little but not as bad as last night. Last night was horrible, not only did we have cars breaking - which makes for a delay too clean it up, but it rained and it rained ALOT! We had a 2 hour delay because of the rain -- good news is that we were able to finish off the "fast/ show" cars before the rain but the bad news is that the program had to be finished! So at 10:30pm we were ready to race again! We didn't finish last night till 1:00am and after I packed up the trailer and drove home it was 2:00 in the morning!!! :O I think I was the only one that did not book today off, so after 4 1/2 hours of sleep I am at work and boy am I ever tired!!!
So I don't think they can plan on having me back there to work a National event ever again! I didn't even have enough time to run back to the trailer and warm up hot dogs, I had to eat them raw/ cold!!! We brought burgers out with us for dinner but never had time to cook them so Fat Free hot dogs was my lunch AND dinner!! I'm so sick of hot dogs and don't think I'll ever eat another raw/ cold wiener EVER! :P I didn't get to drink half the water I should have because I was worried I would take too many pee breaks. I feel hung over today maybe it's the lack of sleep or maybe I'm dehydrated, what ever it is I feel like crap! :( Early to bed tonight!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Weigh in Wednesday
I am quite happy with this weeks weigh in, not only was I able to loose the 1.4lbs I gained last week but I also lost 0.6 more ounces! And those ounces add up! ;) I believe that Canada Day helped me loose my weight, I was home all day by myself and it was so nice out that I took the dog for her walk early and then after supper we walked to the field that the fireworks were going off at so by the end of the day I had logged 13,316 steps!! That's the most steps I have ever done!! I had more "aerobic" steps then I normally have for the entire day! I have also upped my water intake by what feels like a ton! I really enjoy Crystal Light and have been buying the ones too make pitchers of juice and usually drink one of those a day plus about a litre at work! My scale this morning said my bf% was 29.7%, which I think is still a little high considering my BMI is 26.8 but I have not been doing any type of muscle building activity and probably should have. I only have 11lbs to go till I'm at goal, I still can't believe that I am the weight I am or the size I am!? I know it sounds funny and you probably don't really believe me but I still have that "fat" mentality, I honestly can't see the change? I still look at the plus models in flyer's to see what looks nice and I still look for sales at Addition Elle!? I think I need to take pics again, I'm down another 12lbs since the last time I took pics so maybe it will make me see the difference?
20 - Commitment Losing 20 lbs. proves you have the commitment you need to succeed, but a little inspiration from Commitment couldn't hurt
30 - Community Community Bear says take advantage of the support systems around you. Wheather in a chat room or living room, don't be shy about your goals
40 - Determination You said you would do it and you did! That's 40 lbs. down and your very own Determination Bear to boot
50 - Encouragement Wow! Losing 50 lbs. is a great accomplishment. Encouragement Bear hopes you will help other people reach their weight loss goals
60 - Focus You set your mind to it and you stuck to your meal plan.Focus Bear wants to be the fuzzy little reminder that helps you lose more weight
70 - Willpower Just in case you need a little extra help.Willpower Bear is here to keep you on track until you reach your goal
80 - Workout (Female) Workout Bear is always on the go. She's the perfect walking partner, even on the rainiest of days
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Weekend review
I finished all my painting that I wanted to get done and almost ran out of paint. The garage doors look 100 times better being white and the fence looks almost new again! Now if only our lawyer would hurry up and settle the shed issue we could side our garage and have it match the house! I weeded my garden and got a grocery bag full of weeds!! But it looks good now! I also got most of my cleaning done and only have the floors left to wash.
The hubby did end up working out at the track all weekend and I guess there was very little excitement. The only thing he told me was that the lady they had doing my job was horrible! She spend more time gabbing then she did working which caused lots of mistakes. Apparently I'm not allowed to have anymore days off! he he It kinda makes me feel good that this other lady messed up so bad but then I feel a little guilty cause it made the track look bad, like they hired this idiot that doesn't know what she is doing!? I guess the drag manager was apologizing to all the bikers saying that this lady wasn't the usual tower person and that she had to give me a day off! I feel more like an asset now, maybe next year I can get a raise! ;)
I had a near death experience on Friday!! No kidding!! I have never been more scared then I was at that moment! Friday after work I headed to the track for the Street Legal races and being the Friday of a long weekend the traffic was a little more congested then usual. In order to get to the track you have to turn left off the highway which sometimes requires you to stop on the highway until it is clear to turn. Well, this is what happened on Friday, I had to stop on the highway ... wait for on coming traffic to clear ... so I could turn onto the facility. Well as I'm sitting there waiting I glance in my rear view mirror and see this truck behind me that is not slowing down, he's not stopping!!! So I pumped my brakes in hopes that maybe he sees my lights flashing but he still seems to be traveling way too fast! I inch my way onto on coming traffic (crossing the center line) and at last minute this idiot swerves around me!! I swear I felt my car rock back and forth as he passed me!! I almost peed my pants! I guess I looked as white as a ghost when I pulled up! I was so scared, It just keeps playing over in my head. I hate that feeling, thankfully the guy went around me but It was close! soooo scary!