Six Pounds Down and Trying To Maintain

Friday, May 17, 2013

Well Ilost six pounds now and i am at 110. Now i just need to maintain my weight and tone more. It seems it is an up and down cycle now. One week i go down and the next week I go up. I do not want to lose anymore I want to stay between 110 and 115. My arm is still a problem. Yesterday did not help when I went to the vets office for pills for the dog I stopped at the grocery store first to get a few items. I should of did that on the way back instead. I had a paper bag of groceries plus a small plastic bag. My arms were killing me from carrying that bag all the way home. I had to stop 3 times to rest my arms. I trained last night and the stop watch said I was slower than before. I think it is running too fast. There is no way i was slowe; I was pushing myself. My back hurt on the way back and my leg ached during the night. Feel like I am falling apart. I want to tone my arms more but they do not always want to cooperate with being sore all the time.

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Birthday Today and New Class

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Today was my birthday and i turned 56. My frined took me out for dinner tonight and i saw some people who i had not seen for a while. The mother used to be in our writers group before. She was there along withb her husband and their two children. I had seafood alfredo, salad, and garlic bread. i only ate half of the alfredo; they put too much butter in it. It was swimming on the plate. The waitress gave me a fre piece of pie which i took home. I am in Environmental Science now. Hope to keep my grades up in this course too as well as learn from it. Weather was very nice today; cool in the morning but around 12 or so it warmed up. Will see if i lost that last pound tomorrow.

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Tick Season and Missing papers and 3 Pounds Lost

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

It is wood tick season again around here and i already got one that landed on my butt. I put stuff on to smother it and pulled it out yesterday. I like the warm weather but hate the ticks, flies, and mosquitoes that come with it. Wonder why God created them anyway; or was it just to feed the birds with? I am looking all over the place for the papers from my bank accounts having to do with the CD's I have, the case worker for food stamps needs it. i lost 3 pounds this week and now i am at 116.4 only one to go to get back to maintenance

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New Challenge This Week and Out of my Comfort Zone

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

The challenge is different this week. This week we have to focus on our eating more and watch our portion sizes. Also focus in on if we eat when we are not hungry or eat too much of something or too much when we go out or too little. Oh this one will be hard! i am always snacking just because i can, not because i am hungry. And I overeat sometimes in calorie amount when i go out. It is so hard at times a lot of places serve fattening foods like fast food places or small diners. It is a hassle sometimes trying to look up things ahead of time and figure out the calories, fat carbs, and sodium in it. Most of the time when i do my shopping once a week I buy something at Walmart to eat or bring something from home. Yesterday I brought a sandwich that had some chicken in it along. Then i bought the apple snacker pack that had apples, grapes and cheese in, and the snack packs that had celery with peanut butter and raisins and the carrot and ranch dip one. I only ate the celery and carrots mostly and threw out the rest cause of calories. It is less money than buying their subs or salads.
I have trouble with chocolate sometimes too eating it as a snack. And other times i have to eat extra snacks when my calories or protein is low. This week at church i will be going out of my usual comfort range and singing instead of reading a poem. Though i probably will be writing a poem for Mother's Day as well. A little nervous about it but God impressed upon me that i need to do this for the family at church who lost someone to comfort them and the rest of the body with the words of the song. My daughter said she would sing it with me as well.
It comforted me after i lost my husband.

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Emotional Weekend and Class

Monday, May 06, 2013

It was a very emotional weekend with the passing away of someone from our church. We went to the wake and the funeral and both times there was a line of people when we got there. People from our church past and present, people from the camp i go to, friends, relatives and anyone that had been touched by him cam in the. And the church was packed and some of us sat in the lobby. His son, daughter-in-law and grandson came to church on Sunday; after leaving the church a few months back. They were touched by us and others who showed up twice in a row. They did not feel close to anyone in the church they had been attending; except for a few people who had also left before. I am so glad they are back, my heart grieves for them. I went to bed after 1 last night again and had no exercise at all either. Then i cried for a half hour before going to sleep. Don't know if it's delayed grief or menopause or both. Weather is nice today and took the dog for a walk earlier. No classes until the 13th now.

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