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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Okay, I made it....work today, then came home and sis was bleeding all over from getting her cumadin (sp?) test. Rebandaged her arm, took her on an errand and then she decided we should eat at Chili's tonight (she saw a commercial). Okay, not that I mind eating out, but I already had my meal planned for tonight and you all know how I am about changes in my plans by now.....
I am getting better though, because after she got pouty, I realized how lonely she must be and decided if it would cheer her up, that I could find something there. At least they have SOME "guiltless grill choices" and I could always take some home. So we got there and I orderd the Santa Fe Chicken wrap (guiltless style-no cheese and low fat ranch) w/veggies and sis ordered the Quesadilla explosion salad. Boy was SHE shocked when I told her that it had 1400 cals and 88 grams of fat. I did eat 1/2 of one southwestere eggroll - no dressing and all my veggies and 1/2 of the wrap. Total cals. around 450 - t0tal fat ariund 20 grams, well below my high end total, but probably not llow enough for me to break into the 140's tomorrow.
What upset me the most was after going to the bother of order the healkthy choices, the waiter asked "fries or vegetables" - really he did!!! NEW!!! Guiltless fries I guess?!?!? AND when my food came out, there was shredded cheese spilling out of my wrap, I never even bothered to check on the dressing, just set it to the side when they brought the new wrap out - there were lumps in the dressing however, so I assume it was blue cheese, not low fat ranch.
So much for a healthy menu. But I now have all the fat food I need for the next two to three days.
I got some stretching in when I got home, but the motivation is just not there. It is just now 9PM and I'm going to bed. I guess I could sleep in, but I really just want to get some rest tonight. I can feel myself getting aggrevated when Internet Explorer quits or the computer starts to drag, so, maybe it's best to just call it a night and do a little reading and get to sleep early.
Will try to catch up with you all tomorrow. KEEP SPARKING!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
It has been a crazy stretch, but today I actually had a hour to get (some) Sparking done....of course, not enough in my book, and I was BAD and blew off fitness all together. By the time I got home, it was dark and to late to run and I still needed to eat, yada, yada, yada. Truth be told, it's strength training day and I didn't want to hit the basement...ST is boring.
Then while sparking, I ogt the idea from someont to use the time when tapes are forwarding and rewinding to do some sprints on the treadmill to cut some time off my runs...WOOHOO!!! GREAT IDEA!!! I think that's just what I needed to reinspire me.
But, tonight, it is 10PM and I have to be up at five. Need to call both running buddies and see if they are up for tomorrow night or Thursday - and Sunday afternoon. Yeah, now THAT excites me. That and the thought of being off work on Thursday. Plus my sis, has appts Thursday morning, so I'll have a little quiet time around here to start my day off.
 
Monday, April 12, 2010
Streak maintenance, that's what this blog is all abouot. Life is good, busy, but good. It is 9:15PM, and aside from 1:45 mins between work and going to church for leader training, I have been gone since 6:30 this morning. I don't think I could have packed one more thing into this day and I'm feelling a bit tired. The cat kept me up last night so I only got about 6 - 6 /2 hrs sleep and I have a busy day tomorrow. I don't remember if I've ever gone to bed with less than 30 spark points before, but I am tonight.
Hope everyone is having a Sparktastic week. My upside to this is.....hmmmm...
I'm off at 4 on Wed and all day on Thursday. There, found something, now bed.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Streak maintenance, that's what this blog is all abouot. Life is good, busy, but good. It is 9:15PM, and aside from 1:45 mins between work and going to church for leader training, I have been gone since 6:30 this morning. I don't think I could have packed one more thing into this day and I'm feelling a bit tired. The cat kept me up last night so I only got about 6 - 6 /2 hrs sleep and I have a busy day tomorrow. I don't remember if I've ever gone to bed with less than 30 spark points before, but I am tonight.
Hope everyone is having a Sparktastic week. My upside to this is.....hmmmm...
I'm off at 4 on Wed and all day on Thursday. There, found something, now bed.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
One hundred days....sparking really has become a way of life. Some days I do better than others and some THINGS I am stronger at than others, but I keep trying. I finally saw the numbers on the scale move today, and that was a relief. As of this am, I am finally at 150.....waiting eagerly to dip below that mark, but any movement at this point is a good thing.
Church today was marvelous, we had a guest preacher from Sierra Leone and he spoke about success and failure...and on the way home I listened to another speaker, on failure and success.....and then read a very poignant e-mail from a friend on overcoming failure and what it means to be successful. What all of these boiled down to is that failure is mearly a transit point on the road to success. Basically, you can't fail if you don't quit. Success is continuing to stay on the right track....until you reach the destination. So, I'll keep on keeping on.
Sometimes stronger than others, but with you, my dear spark friends, I know that this journey will be a wonderful growing and learning experience.
Got quite a bit done, of course not everything I wanted to, but I think I'm pretty well prepared for the week. Had a LOT of grocery shopping to do - four stores and got a couople of extra meals made and even some tracking done for later in the week.
I also met a couple of people who are signed up to run the same 5K as me in May. Both say they are willing to train together and they both use a running path that has some small grades and is marked and quite picturesque they tell me. The plan is for us to meet up this week and do some training together. I have not yet had anyone follow through, so I'm not getting my hopes up. I have a run scheduled for tomorrow and it is going to be tough to get it in as I get off work at 4 and then have to leave at 6 to go to training for group leaders for my church. Somewhere in there I need to eat.
But, for now, it is 10PM and I am up at 5AM so it is a little past my bedtime...trying to get better about getting my rest every night.
Love to and much gratitude for all of you, spark friends....I am so glad I found you and have you in my life!
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Member Comments About This Blog Post:
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on your your weight loss and reaching 150 pounds!! That is 
!! I hope your new running partners follow through this time. I loved the information on success and failure! Keep rockin it! Remember to take time for you in your hectic schedule! 
Some waiters are clueless! Get some much needed rest 
one busy, dedicated woman!! 
