Snow...we we're supposed to get snow today, but guess the snow didn't listen. We have more than 4 inches of snow and its still snowing. The car and driveway are covered again. Glad i didn't try to work as i would not have been able to get down my driveway and would have just hated it if i made my girls drive in and then i couldn't get there. Our driveway is a steep incline and it has to be clear or you just slide down picking up speed. My friend decided to work and called to say a pickup truck almost came through their window when he couldn't stop.....came up on the sidewalk and just barely missed. I've already had a car come through a window at work in the past....don't need it again.
I'm so glad i had decided to add frozen vegetables to my diet, it has allowed me to have plenty of healthful things to make. Knowing what the weather was going to be like all week i spread out the fresh vegies so we still have a little left.
The knee's less sore today so will try to exercise some.
Sent my weight to Allan to start phase 5, we want to go to Dallas for presidents weekend but i need to look at the new diet....i know that i can keep to 1200 cal if i avoid alcohol and pick where we eat, but can i meet the limitations on what i need to eat will be the question. Salad and steak, salad and fish, salad and chicken...fresh fruit, eggs, wheat toast and bars i take with me...plus bottled water. No Mexican, No French, No Italian. I'll look Sunday and then decide.(we would leave fri and rtn mon.....3 dinners out, 3bks/lunches and snacks) The good part is that i get to shop at Central Market before coming home...so some different foods that i can get there...rapine, colored cauliflower, fish.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The good, The bad, & The Biggest Loser
Yesterday was a weird day. I was feeling really good as i had walked, done the current exercises...who knew i could still do jumping jacks(not quite like when i was 16 but still I'm jumping some) and then did the ex from the 1st week. Being at home i started drinking water and crystal light early and got plenty of water down and the food was good. No thoughts even about making brownies or a cake which is a common snowed in activity. We listened to the TV about the weather and i played some games on facebook. Watched TBL and wondered why the twins had bothered to apply for and take up space when they didn't want to be away from home. To gain 9 lbs one week and 6 the next just eating a lot of salt and drinking liquid before weigh in wont do it....they had to have eaten a ton extra since they were exercising. Trying and not succeeding is one thing but not trying....I thought they should have let others gotten their slots(twins, cops, dead son and estranged son....good back story for a reality show)......of course someone has to leave and the others were probably glad they were around for that. So i come to read some blogs ...and...
The bad. Allan is stopping phase 4. I had been worried that something was going on in the morning and apparently some people went after him for saying what he had told us he would do when we signed up. No one held my hand and made me send an email asking to do this.....and i knew that by doing it i was putting myself out in public to be patted on the back or called out, harassed or dropped.
I knew that there were somethings i could not eat, and doing the exercises meant starting slow and working up to getting them, and was hoping that i wouldn't be weeded out. But just like this is public, and what i write is open to view, by choosing to enter an open public group what is said to me is open to public comment. Just like the twins why bother to sign up for something and then complain when what it is happens. Just like TBL isn't right for everyone neither is Allan......but what he does is open and we know what we are getting into.
The good again, maybe. Allan is setting up a phase 5. It will be 1200 cal choosing from the choices and exercise. If he lets me i will join. I will try my darnest to do all the exercises and I will plan my meals using that as my guide.
And a funny thing. Last night i fell out of bed. I don't know what i was dreaming about but i think i rolled over and off the bed bruising my knee and striking my elbow on the nightstand. At least having lost some weight i was able to untangle the blanket and get myself up as Ron wouldn't wake up.
The bad. Allan is stopping phase 4. I had been worried that something was going on in the morning and apparently some people went after him for saying what he had told us he would do when we signed up. No one held my hand and made me send an email asking to do this.....and i knew that by doing it i was putting myself out in public to be patted on the back or called out, harassed or dropped.
I knew that there were somethings i could not eat, and doing the exercises meant starting slow and working up to getting them, and was hoping that i wouldn't be weeded out. But just like this is public, and what i write is open to view, by choosing to enter an open public group what is said to me is open to public comment. Just like the twins why bother to sign up for something and then complain when what it is happens. Just like TBL isn't right for everyone neither is Allan......but what he does is open and we know what we are getting into.
The good again, maybe. Allan is setting up a phase 5. It will be 1200 cal choosing from the choices and exercise. If he lets me i will join. I will try my darnest to do all the exercises and I will plan my meals using that as my guide.
And a funny thing. Last night i fell out of bed. I don't know what i was dreaming about but i think i rolled over and off the bed bruising my knee and striking my elbow on the nightstand. At least having lost some weight i was able to untangle the blanket and get myself up as Ron wouldn't wake up.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Snow and Exercise
As promised we have snow today. It started with hail last night and then the snow started about 3am. We had at least 9 in about an hour ago between band and it is now snowing again...they say this is the last band. The problem is the wind...gust to 60 miles and near my door is a drift above 2 feet. The birds have been making good use of our feeder. The wind chills are below zero...minus 18 right now....cant shovel yet because it will just blow back...may be tomorrow before we can shovel. therefore i plan to work on my exercise indoor. Have already started with some of the things while i watch the weather info.
The black bean chili i started on Sun is back in crock pot and will probably be lunch and dinner today.... I decided not to add any more beans...about 1000cal of beans in a good size pot along with lots of vegetables and too much liquid for chili.....but I've decided with more liquid it can be soup for one meal and with more of the junk over some brown rice it will be the other. Will add a salad and then fruit and maybe peanut butter or string cheese for a snack. Ive also got the jello pudding and will make some jello.
I kept my cal low the last 2 days using premade and carefully weighed/measured foods as i had to estimate Sats dinner and the cal counts i found varied so much. Having eaten sushi at various places i understand why....some places give a large hunk of rice with just a little fish, not so at my favorite place in Oklahoma City...large slices of fish with a tiny rice oblong underneath the middle that doesn't come close to reaching the ends of the fish. I also did sashimi for the yellowtail with just 2 pieces of salmon and 2 pieces of mackerel. My cal and fat were in my california roll but i gave part of that to Ron and didn't eat all the rice under the sushi. Next time may order some to go so i can weigh and measure it..but it was 70 degrees and we still had shopping to do so it wouldn't have been eatable by time we got home. Crazy 70+ on Sat no coats and so pretty out, windchill of -20 temp of 7 today and going out is dangerous.
Time to go do another set of ex
The black bean chili i started on Sun is back in crock pot and will probably be lunch and dinner today.... I decided not to add any more beans...about 1000cal of beans in a good size pot along with lots of vegetables and too much liquid for chili.....but I've decided with more liquid it can be soup for one meal and with more of the junk over some brown rice it will be the other. Will add a salad and then fruit and maybe peanut butter or string cheese for a snack. Ive also got the jello pudding and will make some jello.
I kept my cal low the last 2 days using premade and carefully weighed/measured foods as i had to estimate Sats dinner and the cal counts i found varied so much. Having eaten sushi at various places i understand why....some places give a large hunk of rice with just a little fish, not so at my favorite place in Oklahoma City...large slices of fish with a tiny rice oblong underneath the middle that doesn't come close to reaching the ends of the fish. I also did sashimi for the yellowtail with just 2 pieces of salmon and 2 pieces of mackerel. My cal and fat were in my california roll but i gave part of that to Ron and didn't eat all the rice under the sushi. Next time may order some to go so i can weigh and measure it..but it was 70 degrees and we still had shopping to do so it wouldn't have been eatable by time we got home. Crazy 70+ on Sat no coats and so pretty out, windchill of -20 temp of 7 today and going out is dangerous.
Time to go do another set of ex
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Cooking
Its Sun and we stayed in all day. I had work to do and wanted to catch up some on the computer. May have been over on cal last night so even though i was fine for the week i thought that i would try to watch a bit extra today. Ended up deciding to avoid meat and had a morning star Asian style patty for dinner with my homemade vinegar slaw. Put it on a toasted thin with a drop of mayo and it smelled a bit funny but tasted really good. Was inspired by one of the blogs this morning to start some chili..so started some black bean chili for tues when we may be snowed in....right now it is too soupy for chili but we got 2 more cans of black beans that i will add...the spices tasted good but will have to re taste after it sits. I also roasted a cauliflower(which i love) and made kale chips(which i still don't like)...prob last time i make these unless someone else wants them. Also made a big bowl of mixed berries with just a bit of orange and banana that i measured out for my fruit today. I used to make quite a few vegetarian things but most of them are not low-cal...but there is no reason i can't fit some meatless days into the plan.
My leg felt better today so i started by walking...then used my 2 steps and then did the wall sits...still cant hold it long enough but at least i can go down and up. I decided to cont with the squats and lunges as they seem to be strengthening the muscles around my knee and just not doing them for a few days they were harder to do. May be able to start walking a little longer soon..i hope so as i really miss walking.
Got a new toaster oven yesterday, but its still in the box...hopefully will get it out this week and got a few fun things to use up the gift card...it was fun to walk out with a bunch of stuff and to have paid 2 dollars.....Glad i was able to talk D into giving me a card i could use for 2 years. I have 5 or 6 or maybe more from the clothing store that told me she didn't have anything in my size and it was now too much trouble to special order things in my size. I wanted to call the owner and tell her what happened but i was sure it would get back to the manager(miss rude) and end up being more trouble so i just left and finally convinced D not to buy me gift card there...hes friends with the owner but he finally let it drop. The previous manager was willing to order things for me and i shopped there at that time...i stopped when this one took over as i didn't get along with her from the get-go. Maybe in a year or two i will fit in their clothes again but i'm not sure i want to give them my business and i hope i can make use of some of the old stuff in my closet.
I'm very happy with the way this phase is going for me, but i know Allen is disappointed in us. I've been trying to hit the combination of protein, carb, vegies that i need and keep the cal to 300 or less per meal and then 150 for 1-2 snacks...Ive tried to copy some of the meals more closely by upping the protein and skipping the milk. Wonder how this week will go with sub of beans for meat some days...guess i'll know next Sun.
My leg felt better today so i started by walking...then used my 2 steps and then did the wall sits...still cant hold it long enough but at least i can go down and up. I decided to cont with the squats and lunges as they seem to be strengthening the muscles around my knee and just not doing them for a few days they were harder to do. May be able to start walking a little longer soon..i hope so as i really miss walking.
Got a new toaster oven yesterday, but its still in the box...hopefully will get it out this week and got a few fun things to use up the gift card...it was fun to walk out with a bunch of stuff and to have paid 2 dollars.....Glad i was able to talk D into giving me a card i could use for 2 years. I have 5 or 6 or maybe more from the clothing store that told me she didn't have anything in my size and it was now too much trouble to special order things in my size. I wanted to call the owner and tell her what happened but i was sure it would get back to the manager(miss rude) and end up being more trouble so i just left and finally convinced D not to buy me gift card there...hes friends with the owner but he finally let it drop. The previous manager was willing to order things for me and i shopped there at that time...i stopped when this one took over as i didn't get along with her from the get-go. Maybe in a year or two i will fit in their clothes again but i'm not sure i want to give them my business and i hope i can make use of some of the old stuff in my closet.
I'm very happy with the way this phase is going for me, but i know Allen is disappointed in us. I've been trying to hit the combination of protein, carb, vegies that i need and keep the cal to 300 or less per meal and then 150 for 1-2 snacks...Ive tried to copy some of the meals more closely by upping the protein and skipping the milk. Wonder how this week will go with sub of beans for meat some days...guess i'll know next Sun.
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