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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sometimes it's really hard to start blogging. What do I want to say today?

I'm still not on track with eating... but the binge-insanity is over and I'm being much more reasonable. 1 piece of cake. 1 hamburger.

Went grocery shopping & realized, when I was unpacking, that I didn't buy any crap. Guess the binge is really over. Unless I bake. Note to self: don't bake.

Skipped my workouts yesterday and today. I need to do SOMETHING. Tonight, ST. Maybe a quick walk post-Corrie St.

Do I still have time to train for this triathlon given that I'm already 5 weeks behind my previous schedule? Maybe I'll look for a race a little later in the season. Maybe I'll just train and see where I'm at when I get there.

FEF Challenge this week is to drink 10 glass/day water. That is a LOT. I can hear the sloshing in my tummy. I'm on 6/10. Need to pick up the pace.

Seems to be a trend among sparkfriends who've been here 1yr+: moving back and forth with the same 5 lbs and not going anywhere fast. So hard to keep focused effort over the long term! I know that giving up isn't the answer... but what is? It's probably different for each of us. I need to really think on it. Every time I get stuck, it means there is a lesson here I need to learn.

Ooooh, there's my Corrie St. theme song.... off to watch my soap.

  

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PCOH051610 4/28/2011 10:39AM

Since you are a Corrie fan are you also a royal wedding fan? I watched the wedding between Diana and Charles curled up in my grandmother's bed on a black and white tv.....I was lucky enough to be sent to stay with her for a week or so and it was a wonderful time. Maybe this wedding I should visit my other grandmother and watch it with her? Sorry to get off topic there. I'm glad to hear your grocery store trip was a healthy one. I bake rarely so that isn't an issue but having a husband who readily runs to the store for me is my downfall. I'm sure you can still catch up with your training. You do have such dedication. How are you enjoying your bike riding? I have to dig mine out soon to see if I can work out a bit with that. Take care of yourself. Report Inappropriate Comment

MIZCATHI 4/28/2011 8:43AM

Just keep on truckin and training! You'll know what to do as you get closer. Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 4/28/2011 5:21AM

Keep going with your training. Looking for a later tri epwill just give more reasons not to work out. You can always decide to "try" a different one at a later date, but for now you need a goal to eork towards. My .02, anyway. Report Inappropriate Comment

UNICORN212 4/27/2011 11:25PM

Yup - I am there! 16 months now, and I seem to be stuck again! Report Inappropriate Comment

LESLIES537 4/27/2011 10:41PM

After you think on it let me know what you come up with! I'm sick of playing with these same 5 lbs too!! DOH! And maybe you can count all those extra trips to the bathroom as exercise?! Shooting 2 birds with one stone there! lol Report Inappropriate Comment

SMALLERMELORIE 4/27/2011 8:35PM

Blogging is tough for me too--mainly getting started. I was also in that 5 pound cycle for so long, that is why I started the Optifast program for a jump start. Report Inappropriate Comment

LALASLAND 4/27/2011 7:45PM

*sigh* A year plus... yes. I think you're right. I think we flat-out get TIRED of regulating things, watching our points, and behaving ourselves! I think that may be why we need to PLAN to go nuts now and then, so we don't start feeling deprived, and hence, miserable. I'm thinking out loud for myself here, too, because I seem to find myself in the very same frame of mind. Ah, let's not give up, though! We've come too far, and we feel too GOOD to go back to how it USED to be! After all... we're WINNERS! Report Inappropriate Comment

KSGROTHE 4/27/2011 6:39PM

I understand the issue with getting started blogging. I think it's why I don't blog every day. Good job avoiding the junk food on your shopping trip! I hope you get your workout in tonight. Hang in there - you'll get unstuck soon! - Karen Report Inappropriate Comment

A new blog to replace the last blog

Monday, April 25, 2011

Last blog shows me whinging with PMS and allowing the beast free reign. Then I check my email and see that I have been voted Sunny Girl of the Week!

Wow! Thank you! Today, of all day's, I could use the extra support. I'm all happy.... and then....

I think of my whinging blog this morning and I think.... well that's hardly an inspirational post.... I'd rather people come and see how I pushed through once more.

I need to get a grip and remember how last month I promised myself to do better and make healthier choices.

The chocolate is long gone, but I'm going to put away the rest of the chips and go help hubby prune the apple tree and plug up the maple syrup taps with plugs made from the excess branches.

Just because the day got off to a rough start, doesn't mean it has to keep going in that direction.

  

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SGTSUNNY 4/26/2011 10:47AM

What a well timed reward! Glad you are feeling better and are not letting the PMS influence you to be bad! You are strong and in control! Report Inappropriate Comment

MARCH_ 4/26/2011 9:14AM

We're all in this together. Each day, each hour really, a new beginning. Thank you for your inspiration! Report Inappropriate Comment

PCOH051610 4/26/2011 6:08AM

You deserve every bit of Sunny Girl of the week status that you have been bestowed with. The most inspirational of my friends are those that admit they have ups and downs along their journeys because they keep this real. Glad you got outside and put the chips away for another day! Report Inappropriate Comment

FITBARB2 4/25/2011 9:44PM

I think you rock!!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LIBBYFITZ 4/25/2011 8:08PM

You are a fighter! You can and will do it! Report Inappropriate Comment

THISYEARSMODEL 4/25/2011 4:06PM

Congrats on your award! But here's the thing: were those feeling real? Then why deny them? There's absolutely nothing wrong with being real about your feelings, and blogging them out instead of stuffing them down with food. People are most inspired by people who are real with them, because it lets them know everyone has issues and that they can overcome them. Report Inappropriate Comment

LALASLAND 4/25/2011 4:03PM

Way to go for turning it around! Report Inappropriate Comment

POSITIVE-FORCE 4/25/2011 3:53PM

Great Job pushing forward!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LESLIES537 4/25/2011 3:49PM

Amen to that!! Congrats on your well deserved award!! Report Inappropriate Comment

PRETTYPITHY 4/25/2011 3:43PM

It is that kind of thinking that earns you SGOTW! Report Inappropriate Comment

MISSROCKABILLY 4/25/2011 3:35PM

Great attitude! Report Inappropriate Comment

Bad, bad girl.

Monday, April 25, 2011

I'm cranky & sarcastic & could fillet you with words if you come too close.

I'm defiant & stubborn and I'm refusing to eat breakfast within an hour of waking or drink water instead of coffee.

I might skip my workout too.

Last night, I had 2 bowls of icecream with chocolate sauce and I wish I'd remembered that there was pretzels in the cupboard because I would have crunched them up and used them like sprinkles.

I did not track it. I have no intention of ever tracking it. I'm not going to track the dill pickle chips I plan on eating later either.

I'd make myself a bowl of icecream/chocolate/pretzels right now... but that would count as breakfast and all my tantruming self is "eating" right now is coffee.

Hubby seems to be making himself scarce.

PMS ALERT

  

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PCOH051610 4/26/2011 6:06AM

Hopefully this has passed somewhat but it is great that you can be completely honest with us! I think more of us understand than you realize! Report Inappropriate Comment

TODAYIAM 4/26/2011 12:29AM

Hang in there!! it'll all be ok! Report Inappropriate Comment

FITBARB2 4/25/2011 9:41PM

Hugs.... but from far away. Report Inappropriate Comment

LESLIES537 4/25/2011 2:52PM

step away from the lol! Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 4/25/2011 1:51PM

Hubby is a smart man. Really, it will pass, just like every month! Report Inappropriate Comment

FRECKS96 4/25/2011 12:25PM

UGH! Good luck getting through it. Report Inappropriate Comment

KANSASROSE67 4/25/2011 11:54AM

LOL! Hang in there...this too shall pass. Report Inappropriate Comment

HOLLYS_NEW_LIFE 4/25/2011 11:26AM

Too much! I hear ya sister, PMS has been creeping around my house too. It took everything I had NOT to eat all the kids Easter candy! Hang in there, it will pass! Report Inappropriate Comment

LALASLAND 4/25/2011 11:11AM

Oh, NO! Comment edited on: 4/25/2011 11:12:12 AM Report Inappropriate Comment

MIZCATHI 4/25/2011 10:32AM

I was a monster with PMS, especially in my 40's. It's a distant dream (or nightmare) in my 50's. Report Inappropriate Comment

KESHIAG 4/25/2011 10:26AM

O lord lol Girl you best to get it together lol Report Inappropriate Comment

Made Great Choices Today

Saturday, April 23, 2011

It could have been bad. My lovely FiL's 76th birthday party. A family dinner with cake.

Here it is, end of the night, and I have 200+calories available still in the range. I even got in a bonus workout today - even though it was raining, raining, raining. I'm proud of the choices I made today.

It started first with the workout. SiL, who is staying with my in-laws for the weekend, asked if I wanted to go for a walk in the morning. This morning, one hubby talking to another, what was me saying a tenative "is she sure she's up to this? aka it looks really wet out there" was translated into "how committed are you?" - which is more like a challenge, than an escape route - to which her reply of "only if she REALLY wants to" got translated as "yup, she wants to go." When we realized, 1k out and dripping wet how we'd been duped, we had a good laugh.... and walked another 4.5k before we were done. The distance goes quickly when you're yakking & we were moving at a good clip.

SiL also turned out to be a great ally in turning dinner into a healthy affair. We the 2 couples sat down to discuss the menu, hubby asked "what do we want" & I piped up "something healthy & tasty"... and to my pleasure, everyone agreed. We ended up having a tasty chicken/rice dish.

For dessert, I decided 2 kinds were in order: the traditional rick chocolate cake & a low-cal banana cheesecake cup. People ended up eating more of the cheesecake than the chocolate.

Good time had by all & I still respect myself at the end of the day.

  

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WATCH_HER_GO 4/25/2011 9:38AM

Good for you! Report Inappropriate Comment

LIBBYFITZ 4/25/2011 12:35AM

You are definitley in control! Well done! Report Inappropriate Comment

MARCH_ 4/24/2011 8:13PM

Holidays with family can be a food "challenge," and you totally rocked it! We are teaching the next generation new ways. Thing s will get better. Report Inappropriate Comment

LOTUSFLOWER 4/24/2011 2:07PM

That's great!!! So you had a rain/wet workout too :) You've inspired me to do well tonight at Easter dinner. Keep up the great work! Report Inappropriate Comment

SGTSUNNY 4/24/2011 2:04PM

Great job! When you do good like that on a celebration or outing, it is empowering! Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 4/24/2011 11:45AM

That's truly awesome! Congratulations on such sweet success. Report Inappropriate Comment

HYDROQUEEN 4/24/2011 9:54AM

A truly triumphant day! Well played! Report Inappropriate Comment

HOLLYS_NEW_LIFE 4/24/2011 7:36AM

Well done! Congrats on those great choices! Report Inappropriate Comment

FRECKS96 4/24/2011 7:14AM

Awesome! It's so nice when everyone is on the same page. Glad you enjoyed the celebration. Report Inappropriate Comment

SHEILA1505 4/24/2011 5:57AM

What a great family get-together and keeping to the plan Hugs Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 4/24/2011 5:44AM

Very impressed! Report Inappropriate Comment

TWO-TOO-MUCH 4/24/2011 12:19AM

That's the very best thing about sticking to your eating plan -- that sense of satisfaction and empowerment you have at the end of the day. Well done! Report Inappropriate Comment

LALASLAND 4/24/2011 12:18AM

I sure love it that you did so great today! That's wonderful!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

MERRYMARY42 4/24/2011 12:12AM

That is always nice when you have a celebration and still keep everything in range. I know how hard it is sometimes just to keep motivated. Report Inappropriate Comment

UNICORN212 4/24/2011 12:11AM

LOL - And I think your body respects you, too! Report Inappropriate Comment

Snow pics & daily update with clean eating

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Today's exercise was - again - snow shoeing. I enjoy it & it's a great calorie burner, especially because of all the hills. I'm a glass 1/2 full kind of girl at heart.

So here are a couple of pictures for those of you in hotter climates to look and and dream of a crisp 5C & playing in the snow.



This one is at our community field. We still have old-fashioned field days here with games and races and food. Gives you an idea of how deep the snow really is.



Here is a beaver-made lake, almost thawed out.

I'm still following the clean eating and really enjoying the food. Tried another recipe today: Lemon Grilled Chicken & Bulgar. I'd give it 5 stars , but hubby says only 3.5 Not cheesy/meaty enough for him. lol It was my first time trying bulgar. I like it more than the brown rice I regularly eat, so I think bulgar is going to be a new staple. Lesson here: don't be afraid to try new things!

  

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LINDAKAY228 4/22/2011 4:06PM

Sorry, but I'll take our current 75 degree temps even with the winds LOL. It looks beautiful there but I'm enjoying spring. However when it's up in the 90's y0ur snow will be more tempting! Report Inappropriate Comment

SGTSUNNY 4/22/2011 12:40PM

Great job getting burning those calories, I have heard you burn more in the cold then the heat. At least that is my excuse for the slow loss, it is always warm here. Good job trying new eating clean recipes, I am going to join you. Will be planning some new meals / recipes for next week. Report Inappropriate Comment

OFFDREA 4/22/2011 12:16PM

That is a lot of snow!!! I need to definitely try bulgar. Brown basmati has been my staple but I would like to try something new. Report Inappropriate Comment

LALASLAND 4/22/2011 11:46AM

OH! MY! GOODNESS! I cannot BELIEVE how snowy and cold that looks! It is going to be 90 degrees here in West Texas today! I do miss the snow, but I think I might be tired of it by now, were I living there. I just LOVE the way you get out in it with D-O-G and PLAY! Report Inappropriate Comment

LESLIES537 4/22/2011 9:49AM

Wow, that's a lot of snow!!! Cool pictures! Report Inappropriate Comment

SMALLERMELORIE 4/22/2011 9:24AM

The snow is beautiful. Snowshoeing burns a boatload of calories I would imagine. Report Inappropriate Comment

HOLLYS_NEW_LIFE 4/22/2011 7:25AM

I love trying new foods! I've been complaining about the crappy weather around here, guess I have NO right after seeing your pics. Is Spring EVER coming? Report Inappropriate Comment

FRECKS96 4/22/2011 6:40AM

Lovely pics but I don't blame you for being tired of it. I've been wanting to try bulgar, but I'd need to get it past my less than adventurous husband. Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 4/22/2011 5:23AM

Ugh! Now that would just depress me - the snow, that is - sorry! Report Inappropriate Comment

MSKITYOCAT 4/21/2011 10:23PM

It was 94 here yesterday. No one is ever happy. LOL Blessings on your day. Happy Good Friday Report Inappropriate Comment