Monday

Monday, November 10, 2008

I have been having trouble getting around the web site.All of a sudden it takes forever for pages to open and I have to log in constantly.Very frustrating.
I tried the purple striped eggplant and it was good. I just sliced it and dipped it in water then in a few bread crumbs. I put some on my stove top grill and some in oven.I liked the ones in oven best.And they are very low in calories so I will try them again.In fact they had another strange looking one that I might try. I am going to try the purple potatoes tonight. The color kinda turns me off but I will give them a try.
Nothing new.Trying to get better focused on my goal to lose.Have been faltering some the last few days.It does not get easier for me as time goes by.It gets harder and this is a dangerous time for me. So I am kicking myself in butt and hopefully I won't screw up.

  

New Veggie

Sunday, November 09, 2008

I got this yesterday and man working in produce department didn't know anything about it.It is in the eggplant family. I will give it a try.Am not sure how I am going to cook it. I am curious as to what it will look like when I slice it.
Nothing much going on today.Just a quiet day. I am half-way finished with my Stephen King book Eye of the dragon. It isn't a horror book.It is a fantasy book he wrote for his daughter.Has kings and bad wizard. I don't read horror books and do not go to horror movies.I have never been able to understand what is entertaining about being scared to death.Maybe because I am a coward at heart or maybe because I have had a few times in my life when I have been terrified for real. Trust me.There is no joy in that.
I just saw on TV where they are going to have a special on the Jonestown suicides. That is another thing that amazes.How one man could get 1100 people to willingly poison themselves and all of their children. They actually practiced doing it before they did it. The will to live is so strong and the instinct to protect our children is so strong. Some of you younger people may not remember this insident.It happened in1978. I will not watch the special as I find it very disturbing.
On a brighter note. I updated my Christmas Challenge Tree.I now have 17 ornaments on it. I keep it right on my refridgerator door to remind me.It is a good incentive for me.
Ok that's it for me. Later Gator

  

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MIMZY08 11/10/2008 8:29PM

Wow! 17 ornaments! That is awesome! Report Inappropriate Comment

Saturday

Saturday, November 08, 2008

This guy comes every morning and jumps into bamboo tree.I am only guessing he is looking for bird eggs as birds are always hiding in tree.That is reason hawk comes to back yard so much.
Today is grocery day.My big outing for the week. They will have all the candy reduced and I will have to put blinders on as I go by display. That is worse part of holiday's for me.Every where you go.Candy,candy and more candy.
Nothing exciting going on.Same old same. I did make myself a cup of decaf coffee this morning.I rarely drink coffee anymore.

  

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FEISTYMAMA 11/8/2008 9:31AM

MMMM, candy sounds good right about now. I'm feeling deprived today. Last weekend we went to Target and my husband wanted to go down the Halloween candy aisle to see what was on sale. Like an idiot I agreed to go with him. I kept telling myself I just wanted to look. When we turned down the aisle, all the candy was gone!!! The shelves were empty! I was relieved. When I go to the grocery store I don't even go down those aisles. It's pure torture! Report Inappropriate Comment

Weigh in day

Friday, November 07, 2008

After all my whining yesterday I had a 2# loss and am very happy. It was what I ate and not how much.
Almost all my new pans I bought as my reward came yesterday. I still have an 8" skillet coming. The large 12" skillet is very nice but wasn't so pleased with pan set. But after I thought about it I was ok.The pan set is very light and didn't like that at first.But after I thought about it I changed my mind.Some days my hands hurt very bad and it will be much easier to use this lighter pans. I have always believed you get what you pay for and these were cheap. i put my old ones in a box but haven't got rid of them.We will wait til I have used these awhile. I will make some soup in them later today.
It is a beautiful sunny day today.I was getting tired of dreary cloudy days. Looking forward to a better week coming up.

  

Somewhat frustrated

Thursday, November 06, 2008

My weight is up and it is frustrating because I didn't eat a lot of Halloween candy.And have not been in a nice restaurant in 12 weeks. I am starting that deprived feeling.You all know what I mean.When you give up the good stuff you love for the sake of losing and you gain. I have eat more canned soup than normal and have been above 1500 cal a few days.But never go over 2000 cal so I shouldn't have a gain. I am hoping it is just fluid which is a possibility. I have been wearing my wedding ring and for some reason I took it off before I went to bed.Good thing I did as hands are a little swollen this morning.Another sign of fluid. I am not looking forward to weighing in tomorrow. I have only had 1 small gain in 12 weeks so I can survive another small gain. I am just afraid it won't be a small one.
The 2 books and 1 video I ordered for hubby to give me should arrive today. I don't get them until I lose another 20#.That may be awhile. Two of pans I ordered should be here also but set hasn't been sent yet. That is what I bought myself for losing 40#. I need to clean out old lids and some of old pans I don't use. I don't have many as I got rid of a bunch some time ago. I actually only have 3 pots and 2 skillets.I do also have 2 iron skillets but only use the larger one to bake in. At least I no longer reward myself with food.
The hawk was in back yard yesterday but wasn't able to get camera on him fast enough.He dove into bamboo tree which is always full of birds.He will be back. I would like to get one good picture of him. I got a couple before but they weren't too good.
I took a piece of deer meat out last night.Hubby's boss always gives us some from time to time.Usually at end of year when it is time to hunt again. I never looked to see what was in it and there isn't much.Most is marked sausage which I will use for chili and something wrapped in a corn husk which I have no idea what it is.
Well I better get my shower and fix breakfast. Hubby brought me home a big bag of tomatoes yesterday.I have been eating a lot of tomato as they are low in calories.

  

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SHIRLEYX 11/6/2008 10:43AM

If you have been eating a lot of canned soup, then you might have too much sodium. It sounds counter-intuitive, but more water will help flush out the excess sodium and get things back to normal. Again with the fresh tomatoes, make sure you don't put too much salt on them. Good luck and hang in there. Report Inappropriate Comment