GoCyndi

So I am very proud of myself!  I had a great weekend!  My husband returned home from the Army.  YEAH!  We made good food choices and just relaxed.  The funny part is last night when I was crawling in bed, I felt really tired.  I realized that I had not moved all day.  I had sat instead.  AND I FELT IT!  This morning I had my good dr. prescribed healthy breakfast, went to my son’s swimming lessons then had a great hour long workout at the gym.  Now I have brown rice cooking on the stove so it is ready for lunch and I am having my morning snack, a little later than normal but that is ok.  Cottage cheese and strawberries!  YEAH!  I stepped on the scale this morning and I think I may hit a new low # on Thursday (my weigh in day) if I continue the good work!!!  I am excited.  Life is good, family, health and fun!

I hope you are all doing as well!!!  More later….

so, 2 1/2 weeks, 1 heel spur, strep throat, a surprise visit from the army husband later…I am back.  I went back to the gym on Monday like I had never missed a day.  I met with a nutricianist yesterday, so she didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know.  but I am at least now eating with a plan again.  I went to the gym for some lower body work with my trainer this morning.  It was actually enjoyable.  Strange.  He wants me to try the water aerobics class.  it looks like fun.  maybe on Friday I will try it.

 So I am having my scheduled 10am snack of an apple and milk.  Had a good breakfast, oatmeal, and egg, cherries and coffee. This is a lifestyle change right?  One meal at a time.

 OOHH, I bought a new scale.  My old one wasn’t registering anymore.  It may have just needed new batteries, but it was about 6 years old and making a not so nice cracking sound when I stepped on it.  So I bought a new one.  It is GREAT!  It is called Thinner.  I bought it at bed, bath and beyond for about $40 plus my 20% off coupon.  No bells and whistles, but really easy to use and it has a 400 lbs limit.  If you need one, I would recommend it.  So I am still under my original weight, haven’t lost anymore, but I haven’t gained it back either.  I say I am doing ok.  Today I feel at a good place with my new plan.  Maybe it is the endorphines from exercise, maybe it is because my husband is coming hom for 7 weeks on Saturday, but maybe it is because I actually know that I am ready to do this now.  Not for anyone but me.  AND I am not in a rush, healthy, no stress…just get up off of my *** and do it.  Yeah me.  I missed this blog.  I am glad I am back.  Here is to maybe being able to go on a ride at the state fair in January!!!!  I have strange goals…

 BYE and good luck to all of you!

So ever have a week that is so crazy that you feel like you didn’t do anything at all and are right where you started 7 days ago?  Well that is me.  So my eating habits have been shot this week.  I haven’t been to the gym because the pain in my foot was so bad my doctor didn’t want me to exercise until we got my x-rays back.  My husband who is gone on military training is coming home for a 36 hour window tomorrow night rather unexpectedly.  It is nice, but it is going to be really hard on my son.  We have had drama with some friends, I helped another friend move into a new house a month before she thought she had too…

 CRAZY!!!  BUT, I got my blood work back and everything looks great EXCEPT, I have a B-12 deficiency.  This is a reult of my Hypo thyroidism and my PCOS.  My doctor said, well no wonder you haven’t been able to loose any weight.  My body is not absorbing the vitamin which is needed for correct metabolism.  I am taking that as a sign of hope for the future.  She gave me a shot of B-12 today and I will have a daily vitamin that I place under my tongue.  It will go straight into my blood stream that way.

 I also learned that I have a heel spur.  Annoying, painful, but curable and I can go to the gym!!!  ANYWAY!  So I will probably not be logged on while my husband is home, but I am going to take this new wave of positive information and run with it.  I am not going to look at this last week as bad, I just didn’t expect to plateau quite so soon!!  HA HA!  Good luck everyone!

So the last two days have been VERY stressful.  Really, probably uneededly.  However I have not handled them very well in the food department.  Let me tell you, my body is liking the healthy eating.  I have been helping a friend move to a new house, rather unexpectedly.  So today after packing boxes, on the way to get my son, instead of waiting to get home to eat I reverted to the old drive through.  I FEEL TERRIBLE.  Not guilty, but nauseous!!!  I am still going to weigh in tomorrow, but I am not expecting great results.  I need to plan out my meals better.  I have not be doing this long enough to wing it apparently.  Sigh… oh well.

So I did not do so well with the brownies in the house today. However I really enjoyed them and they got me through some really uncomfortable jobs today. Sometimes being a grown up SUCKS!!! So I will not beat myself up I will just workout a little harder tomorrow. I also really miss my husband who is currently deployed on military training. Considering how bad it could have been today, I am happy I made it through with only having a couple of brownies and not the whole box. Been there before!!!! Time for some much needed sleep. Good night to my wonderful support friends! Thanks for listening.

So I decided I need to start taking the extra 3 minutes it takes to make some really nice creations that I think I will enjoy in the kitchen.  Yesterday I wanted a turkey melt.  OH NO you say…Well I took a look at a turkey melt.  It is really the combination and texture that I like, SOOO I sauteed in Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) fresh onion, sliced mushroom and spinach.  Then I added chopped up deli turkey, about 1/4 cup(maybe) of part skim low fat shredded mozzarella cheese and I made a sauce.  I used about 1/2 tsp of mayo and 1/2 tsp of ketchup and mixed it together with water.  I stirred all of that together in my skillet, toasted 1 slice of whole grain bread.  AND FEASTED!!!!  It was wonderful!!!

 SOOO, today I decided to take a new avenue on the same.  This time I am making a chicken and veggie quesadilla.  I included, sliced mushrooms, spinach, onion, chopped up baked chicken (leftovers!), a little crumbled feta and mozz. cheeses.  I put it all in a whole grain tortilla and it is baking in the oven right now!!  In fact I need to go get lunch.  YEAH!!!!  I will let you know how it was….

So, does anyone ever just think, I AM NEVER GOING TO GET THERE!!!!  I am doing well, not perfect, but well.  I know that I just started and my first goal is very realistic, but my goodness…Sometimes, ok a lot of times, it is just SO OVERWHELMING.  I know babysteps, but this is hard.  I was hoping to have a girl friend come over tonignt, but both of our husbands are out of town and we can’t leave the kids…  I know I should clean house, do the dishes, work on one of my 101+ projects I need to finish, but I just can’t seem to find the motivation tonight.  I was putting away the groceries earlier this evening and I turned around and caught a glimps of my backside.  I thought, REALLY, I shouldn’t be able to see that from here.  I hope this weeks weigh-in which isn’t until Thursday, is at least a good one.  I need positive re-inforcement.  Which of course I am enjoying this group.  I wish there was a chat function.  Well my son is finding every excuse not to be in bed tonight…Got to go rangle a toddler!  Thanks for listening…

So I had a good day back as I said earlier.  I did have a dark chocolate and natural peanut butter indulgence after lunch, but it wasn’t too bad.  I had a stressful afternoon.  Sometimes the US Army really frustrates me.  It is hard to be an army wife.  So instead of eating my stress away, I picked up my son from school and went back to the gym.  I did 10 laps in the pool and then soaked in the spa for 15 min.  I was then in the right fram of mind to go grocery shopping.  We had baked chicken and sweet potatoe for dinner with a glass of 2% milk topped off with a little chocolate powder… mmmm.  I find that this really helps with the chocolate cravings.  I need to drink the milk, and it doesn’t take much of the poweder to flavor the milk.

 OH I need support!!  My son wants to bake chocolate brownies next.  We are going to, that is why I had the choc. milk.  I figured maybe it would help.  Wish me luck!!!  Tonight, I will be ok.  It is tomorrow that I am worried about!  I work at home!!  YIKES.

So we made it through the 4th of July weekend.  I did ok on Sat.  I did make some party allowance, however I did not eat like I would have in the past.  I did not consume any alcohol, of course I was driving and had my son, so that helped.  However I did have hotdogs, chips and dessert, however not a crazy amount.  So I feel good about it.  Yesterday however I did not do so well.  It is not that I over did it or anything, I just found myself not planning ahead, so I did a lot of grabbing and going as I was cleaning.  Not my best.  Oh well, it happens.  I should have gotten on this website and blogged, I think it would have helped. 

 Today however, I had a good breakfast.  I worked out in the gym for an hour and a half.  I hope I don’t have to pick up anything heavy today, because my arms are shot!!!  I had homemade dill pickles for a snack, strange, but it was good!  Now I am going to go have lunch.  I need to go to the grocery store today.  I think I am going to make some jello or something that I can have that is sweet but not bad…

 Good luck today everyone!!!

So one week down and the next one started.  I had a great breakfast this morning and then had 2 hours in the gym!  Of course, I don’t really think I will be able to spend 2 hours a day in the gym all the time, but it was nice.  My son enjoyed the kids care they had, so that helped.  I had a good lunch after my work out.  Now hers to hope that I survive all of the forth of July parties succesfully!