Is it Thursday? Dang.

Time sure do fly!  Not much new. Child #2 is singing at the courthouse tonight, thankfully its an indoor event. Woke up to 25 degrees, DAMN I HATE the cold. My weight is .......up....but I know why so I'm not sweating it.  Had PIZZA last night for Joe's birthday.  I had barely 1/2 a piece with no cheese so I dont know if that is even enough to classify it as "pizza". Anyhow, gotta run. Tata.

3:05 pm

Swooshing and feeling very crappy.

Ate a Cobb Salad (i'm swooshing on salad????wtf?) and suddenly I need too sleep, badly. So Imma lay down now.

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Prickly McMoodman

So I guess we had a fight last night and I didnt even realize it.  One minute everything was hunky-dorey and the next minute he's slamming doors and walking out the door.  Huh....  Uh, ok.  Seriously, I'm really good at picking up on his moody stuff but this was completely a surprise.  So he gets home around 9:30 pm (which is way past his bedtime btw) and goes straight into the bedroom and closes the door. I would have investigated sooner but I was tied up with my Stats project and had to get it done.  So by the time I go to bed, he's already asleep.  Thats pretty normal for us anyway. This morning my clock goes off at 5:50 am and I start to get up....and so does he.....uh, what the hell?  He never gets up on his days off. He's getting dressed and I'm like Are you going somewhere?  In a crabby voice he says, Go back to bed, I'll get up with Child #1.  I'm already up and I have school stuff I have to do....but thanks anyway.  Ugh. I HAVE to clear the air, him being Sulkenstein kills me.  OK, whats the matter?  We go round and round and he finally tells me.  I stood at the dishwasher while he was trying to put a cup in.  YEP, you heard right.  The mind boggles.  So anyway, we clear the air and now things are sorta ok.  It usually takes him a day to shake off his sulkiness.

I made omlettes this morning, because I'm such a good wife.  I swear I dont know how anyone could stay mad at me. Hehe.

 

Sweetie-Bo-Peetie

I swear it looks like my dog is rolling her eyes at me! HA!

Got sick last night from some stew meat and was up till midnight in some serious pain. I went to the gym this morning for a stretching class. I'm still at 145. Not much else happening. Tata.

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Health Flop.

The Health Fair!

We dropped in and I have to say, it was pretty lame.  The vendors gave away junk that only my 10 year old would want (plastic key fobs and unsharpened pencils) They did have free massages but the line was wayyyyy too long so we said screw that.  They were also hosting an "Aerobathon" which I peeked in on.  I considered going in for awhile but there were only a few people and well, I just didnt feel like it. I did however get a fitness assessment.

Body Fat = 17.7 % which is in the excellent range, actually she said it was "ideal". Imagine that!

Push Ups = 19 which is in the Fit range

Back Flexibility = 37 which is BAD. Needs work.

Blood Pressure = 100/58 which is excellent.

Resting heart rate = 68 which is excellent

Aerobic fitness = 38.6 which is excellent

My total fitness score was 74 which is Fit.

We went to the gym afterwards and I swam with the kids for an hour while Joe went to a Yoga class.

Ok, I have homework so I gotta run. Tata.

 

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Nostalgia

My Dad sent me these. They were taken in Grade 11 (i think) by a friend of mine. I have no idea what I was thinking at the time. I wish I still had that skin though!

Funny how just seeing these brings back so many memories of school and people I havent seen in years....jesus, 20 years!  I'm going to drive up to Canada this summer for a month or so and I think I'll take a trip up to Rothesay (where my high school is) and visit the old school.  Its changed alot, I can tell from the pictures in the yearly newsletter I get from them.  Unfortunately I'll miss the June reunion time but I just won't be available to get up there until July. Anyway, I'll be taking my laptop and posting lots of pictures.

Didnt weigh in today, forgot.  Got sick last night from my hamburger so my calories were low from that. Going to the Health Fair today. Tata.

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Another coldass day

For my Aunt Shirley and Uncle Dave.  Theyre staying with my Dad for a few days.

Weight this morning: 145...........5 pounds to Goal #1!

My body is alittle achy, I've been working out almost daily and even though I havent been pushing myself, I hurt.  Going to the gym this morning with Joe for some light weights and then I'm off to school. More later. Tata.

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Thursday

Weight: 146

 

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Sploink.

Coooooooooold as hell. Yep, too cold to snow. I didnt weigh in this morning but Sydney did and she was up a pound. Funny thing is, she can fit in smaller pants now. I told her not to sweat it too much. We'll hit the gym tonight.

 

I have a dream............

Happy MLK Day!  To celebrate I will be going to school, the rest of the family has gone to the gym.  Thank dog Joe didnt get any overtime today or I woulda been screwed.  The kids have THREE half-days this week and he's working dayshift for 2 of them.  I hate missing that much in one week, it pisses the Profs off too. I cant help it though, and I told them that unless they want me dragging my kids to class with me (uh....NO!) that they would just have to understand.  So there.

I managed to finish my Art project and will pass it in today.  I started my Stats project (due the 31st).  Other than that I didnt get anything else done.

Went shopping yesterday and bought a shitload of workout clothes for the kids and I.  A huge WOW moment for me......I'm wearing a Medium in workout clothes. A MEDIUM. I'm wearing them now and its still hard to believe. Every time I walk past the full length mirror I catch myself looking at my ass (or lack of one) and laugh, that giddy schoolgirl "oh-my-dog" laugh. Its pathetic but funny. I'm wearing my new ensemble to school because I'm going to the gym right after (and I wanna show off at school, HA!)

The stupid snow started melting yesterday, HORAAH!  Its still plenty cold, like 18 right now.  The sun is out and no more snow is forecasted for this week so I'm happy.  Snow screws up my whole world.

Anyway, time to shove off. Tata.

Snow pictures

The above is around lunchtime.

An hour later.

Child #2 and Joe went out to play at about 5pm.

When they came in it was still snowing.

 

 

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More dang snow

What the hell. Started snowing a few hours ago and its still coming down. I'm not too worried about it sticking while its daytime, its the night I worry about.

So after helping Child #2 finish he history project, her and Joe went to the gym. Child #1 has sequestered himself in his room all day and I've been working on that damn Art project that is due this Wednesday. Good news is, I got it pretty much wrapped up, just have to glue some shit down and I'm done. I still have a Stats project but I can probably finish that off tomorrow.

I'm eating tater tots as I write. Not good for me, I know. I've been thinking about/craving tater tots for about 3 days now so I figured.....have a few and get over it. Hopefully this will curb the craving.  I had salad for brunch and some chili later on so a few tots wont kill my whole day. I went to Pool Bootcamp last night and man, my calves are killing me today. We did alot of running and kicking and underwater is harder (duh!) than just doing it out of the pool. My bathing suit is getting too big (its a size 12 that I had from wayyyyyy back) and last night I ended up having to wear my sports bra under it so that the girls didnt pop out and say hi. 

Anyway, thats about it. I'm going to turn on Food network and enjoy whats left of my tots! Tata.

Yawn.

146 this morning. 

Its early, I dont have much to say yet.

Oh No, not snow!

I dont know if you can see it in these pictures but it was snowing. Those big, fat snowflakes continued for about an hour but THANK THE DOG, nothing stuck.  Kids went to school and so did I.  Was very very cold all day and drizzled a stinky rain but at least it wasnt snow.

147 this morning and Child #2 was 105. Yay for her, thats another pound gone.

My eating today .....uh, lets just say I was experimenting.  Ate half a protein bar for breakfast and for lunch decided to try Capt. D's. Well, not the best choice but what the hell. Had the fish kids meal. It was GREEEEZZZY and so so so so tasty. I worried the whole time I was eating, I was sure I was gonna dump so bad that it might kill me. I ate 3/4 of the fish, all the fries, a hush puppy and took 2 sips of Diet Coke. I didnt die....at least not until I got home.  Not only did I dump but I slept for an hour to combat the swooshing that came with this dump. (Weird) Absolutely never going to Capt. D's again....ever. Took the rest of the day to recover and after I worked out I felt much better. Had 4 ounces of hamburger for dinner and that sat well.  Even though I ate a bad meal, my calories and whatnot were not too bad for the day.

Click totals for charts!	Totals:	258	34g	99mg	1,868mg	104g	17g	2g	44g
% of your daily value		44.59%	52.68%	32.86%	77.84%	34.52%	n/a	n/a	87.62%
		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

My actual calories were 892 but because I worked out so hard today, almost 700 of those calories were negated. Thats a good thing too because that fish was death.

Ok, Iron Chef is on so I'm outties. Tata.

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Annudder day

Child #2. Aint she smug? hehe.

Was a busy day.  Mammogrammy before school, hate it but needed it. Uneventful Art class and Dev. Psy got cancelled so I ran to the Vahl-Maht and bought me some groceries. I'm effectively using time that could have been wasted, seeeeee, how good am I? hehe. After putting away the grub (and eating half a friggin bag of Funyuns (small bag) ) I filled out passport paperwork for Child #1 and 2.  Filled out all the paperwork for the IB program we are hoping to get Child #2 into next year.  And after picking #1 off the bus we jetted to #2's school and dropped off recommendation papers to be filled out by teachers. PHEW! Ok, back home to change for gym and get ingredients for dinner poised to be cooked.  Rush back to school for #2.  Feed, change and rush everyone out the door for the gym before 5pm. Back home by 7pm. I have homework but will not attempt it tonight, I'll get up an hour earlier (4:50 am folks!) and do it then. Believe it or not, I work much better in the am than pm. 

My eating wasnt bad today (other than the evil Funyuns).  Egg whites/1 toast, salad, funyuns, and a Mandarine chicken salad for dinner. I'm under calorically by about 950. My salt was good for the day too.

***The IB program***

To find out more about this program, go here. http://www.ibo.org/myp/

The application process is pretty intense but I've been assured that its worth it.

Tata.

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Hey, I just noticed....its snowing!

147 again this morning.  I feel thinner than that though. My clothes are starting to feel big. I have this one friend at school, she's alittle overweight. Well, I wouldnt have catagorized her as being overweight when I was fat because she was way smaller than me. But I guess she could stand to lose 50-60 pounds. Anyway, ever since school has started she's been telling me I'm too thin now. (hehe, I'll never get used to the words "you" and "thin" being used in reference together to describe me) I'd just laugh and punch her in the arm and say "Yeah right" the first 100 times she said it. Okay, she did it today in front of a bunch of people that I hardly know and I really got pissed. I pulled her aside and was like OK, this has got to stop.  She got mad at me! HA! She said that if I didnt want all of the attention that I shouldnt have lost so much weight. Can you imagine? I didnt try to explain WHY I had the surgery (least of all for attention, all fat people know that the last thing you ever want is attention) I realized that this person "my friend" was using me in social situations to draw the attention away from her own weight issue.  I was like the circus act she dragged with her. Yeah, SHE had the surgery. No, SHE didnt do it the hard way.  SHE cheated and lost all that weight the easy way.  Most of the time I dont even tell people, unless they ask.  The good thing about a junior college is the turnover. Most of the people who knew me fat arent there anymore. I was hoping to start this year with everyone knowing me as "normal sized", kinda like I've always been this way. I hate for my size to be a discussion point, I just wanna get on with life you know.  So I've decided that from now on I'm avoiding "my friend" like the plague.  Screw her. 

Other than that school is going ok.  I had a stats quiz today and got a 93. Had a Lit quiz and think I aced it. I have projects to start this weekend so I'll be busy.  During the week I dont get a whole lot of studying done because of my "gym commitment".  I know i know, I wanted the gym membership and I still do.  Its just that I'm driving twice as much everyday and not getting any "me" time anymore. It can make any girl bitchy not to have "me" time dammit.

Ok, I have to go. I have dinner in the oven! Tata.

9:43 pm

Click totals for charts!	Totals:	1,176	60g	116mg	2,493mg	104g	15g	12g	83g
% of your daily value		58.81%	92.8%	38.64%	103.89%	34.79%	n/a	n/a	165.1%
		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

Grrrrrr. Damn salt. I cant help it, I la-la-loooooooove salt. But look at my friggin protein baby! YEAH! Almost 200% of what I am supposed to have! I totally rock. Hehe.

Yay! (revised) Ouch.

Weight: 147......yep, finally some movement.

I know why too. Started my period this morning. (raise a flag, start the marching band) Thank Dog.  I'm going to stick with my "only proteins" for another day or so.

Time for school. Tata.

8:00 pm

Click totals for charts!	Totals:	393	19g	6mg	490mg	39g	8g	5g	47g
% of your daily value		19.65%	29.58%	1.97%	20.4%	13.04%	n/a	n/a	93.32%
		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

Ok, let me just say, I had the best intentions today. Protein heavy, you know, jump start the old metabolism. I was fine until I actually ingested some chicken at about 12.  I ate 2 ounces during class and had to run out about 40 minutes later. Since I dont technically "throw up" I had to spit up the saliva river I produce when my body wants to throw up.  The next three hours were HELL, HURT SOOOO BAD! I managed to get home but that really didnt help. Finally at about 4 pm I felt better. Drank alittle water. Well, I dont think I need to explain why there will be NO chicken in my near future. ACK!

So tonight I ate some nice green salad with a light dressing and so far, belly say "Nice". My totals reflect my sickness. 

I gotta go. Tata.

Being accountable.

Totals:	711	39g	140mg	1,864mg	81g	14g	15g	59g
% of your daily value		44.55%	60.14%	46.67%	77.66%	26.84%	n/a	n/a	118.78%
		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

 

As you can see from the above, I changed tactics for today.  I know 711 calories doesnt seem like much but they were QUALITY calories.  I had Panera salad/soup for lunch and a plain hamburger for dinner and a plain hamburger for late snack.  Packing on the protein baby. Also, its keeping me away from the chips. I want chips sooooo bad.  Nope, no chips. I also drank alot of water today, yay for me.

Thats it for now. Tata.

Bloated

Oh. MY. DOG. I dont know whats going on with my insides.  My eating has been CARBO-notgoodish. I have been loading for like 4 days now, eating like a friggin refugee.  I have to be PMSing but I dont usually last this long. I'm ALWAYS hungry. Today I ate 1 piece of Ezekial bread toasted with less than 1 teaspoon of Organic peanut butter with 1 scrambled egg white.  That was fine right. K. At lunch I had 1/2 a cup of mexican chicken stew with about 9 tortilla chips and alittle salsa. Then some pumpkin seeds. Then a few PRINGLES (Ack!) Definately a "slider" food and bad bad bad. Drove to the Subway and got a veggie wrap. Once again, when I write it down it doesnt seem all that bad right. Ugh. I feel FULL. I'm trying to just drink water now but my stomach feels heavy and crampy. I have to cook dinner for Joe in an hour, blagh.

These are my totals for the day SO FAR.

Totals:	1,026	39g	26mg	898mg	131g	6g	12g	37g
% of your daily value		51.3%	59.69%	8.67%	37.42%	43.65%	n/a	n/a	74.89%
		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

No working out today, my arms are jelly from yesterdays workout.  Took Child #2 in this morning so she could get her badge for training on the machines.  They take her through everything and make up a weight schedule for her, give her a badge that she wears and she can workout on her own while I go about my business. I did some homework in the cafe while Child #1 and I waited. She was very excited when she weighed in this morning and another pound was gone. Thats 2 pounds in 1 week. Yay.

 

Blurb

I ran last night. I didnt understand why I couldnt break a sweat so I put on the heaviest sweatshirt I owned and got on the treadmill, ready to sweat. Ran for 1/2 an hour at 7.1 and got WARM....no sweat. Jumped on the Elliptical and did a half hour there......not even hot.  I think my thermostat is broken. I'm going in the sauna today to make sure I still CAN sweat.

Its windy as hell today but the temp is around 65. Its supposed to storm all day but usually that just means a few showers.

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Amount/Serving	%Daily Value**
Calories 150
Calories from Fat 20
Total Fat 2g *	3%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Trans Fat 0g	0%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 100mg	4%
Potassium 250mg	7%
Total Carbohydrate 25g	8%
Fiber 7g	29%
Soluble Fiber 5g
Insoluble Fiber 2g
Sugars 6g
Protein 9g	15%
Vitamin A	0%
Vitamin C	0%
Calcium	0%
Iron	6%

 

Pro:  It tastes OK. I mean, it isnt really creamy. How can it be with all of that fiber in it? It says truely vanilla but I can barely taste vanilla at all over the flax seed and chickory root.

Con: Of course, the whey isolate is going to kill me. I dont know how I missed that when I looked at the label. Oh well, I've cooked it up and will eat it.....maybe I wont react too severely, hehe....right.

6:30 pm

The Truly Vanilla didnt kill me. In fact, other than a few extra burps I was good until lunch.  I was in a rush so drove thru at Taco Bell and got 2 fresco soft tacos.  For dinner I had a lovely bowl of soup.

Found this little article and thought it was interesting.

Rare Gene Change Linked to Autism

By LINDA A. JOHNSON,

AP

Posted: 2008-01-10 13:47:14

Filed Under: Health News

(Jan. 9) -- A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it.

Research into the causes of autism has focused on genetic causes because so many families have multiple children with the disorder. Thus far, only about 10 percent of autism cases have a known genetic cause. Boston-area researchers estimate the gene glitch they've identified accounts for another 1 percent of cases.

 

They found a segment of a chromosome which has genes linked to brain development and various developmental disorders was either missing or duplicated far more often in autistic people. The defect was inherited in some cases, but more often the result of a random genetic accident.

The results from the Autism Consortium study, released online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, confirm those of smaller studies by U.S. and Canadian research groups in the past year. The consortium verified its findings by checking two other DNA databases.

"They really did nail it," said Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, director of the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Center for Autism & Related Disorders in Baltimore, who was not involved in the research.

He predicted children newly diagnosed with autism or other developmental disorders now will be tested for this defect on chromosome 16 and that studies of many more DNA samples may reveal other autism-related gene variations.

Already, the findings are starting to be used to give some parents long-sought answers to burning questions: What caused autism in their child and how likely is it that any future children also would have autism, long known to run in families?

"We've provided very compelling evidence that this particular small stretch of the genome provides an important clue to the biological roots of autism," said lead researcher Mark J. Daly, an assistant genetics professor at Harvard Medical School and an investigator for the consortium, which includes researchers from 14 Boston-area universities and medical centers.

When the biological pathways involved are figured out, scientists can try to design drugs to target chemicals in the brain to treat autism, said Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer of the advocacy group Autism Speaks.

"I think chromosome 16 is now going to be a hotbed for autism research," said Thomas Lehner, head of the genomic research branch at the National Institute of Mental Health. "It gives us a very important lead."

Another study researcher, Dr. David Miller of Children's Hospital Boston, said the chromosome 16 variations increased the risk of autism a hundredfold. But he said the disorder must be due to a combination of genetic variations since there were cases of people who had the defect but didn't have autism.

Autism, a complex, poorly understood disorder, is characterized by repetitive behaviors and poor social interaction and communication skills. Research has mainly centered on genetic causes, and on whether it could be caused by the mercury-based preservative once used in childhood vaccines, which has been repeatedly discounted.

The number of children diagnosed with autism has risen in recent years to as many as one in 150 American children, but experts are unsure whether its prevalence really is increasing or the trend is due to a broader definition of autism.

For their study, consortium researchers scanned all 46 chromosomes from DNA samples from 1,441 children with autism or related disorders. They also scanned DNA from most of their parents and 2,800 other people, none known to have autism.

The researchers found a 25-gene segment of chromosome 16 was missing in five children with autism; none of their parents had the deletion. That shows that in some cases the genetic glitch is not inherited from the parents, but instead due to a random accident while an egg or sperm is being formed.

Another seven autistic children had a chromosome 16 duplication, but all but one had parents with the same duplication.

The researchers confirmed their findings by looking at DNA databases from Children's Hospital Boston and Iceland. The same defect was found in 1 percent of those with autism or related disorders. It was found in just seven of about 19,000 Iceland samples from people without the disorder.

*** I'm wondering if it would make any difference to find out if Child #1 or Joe or I have this marker.  I mean, the damage is done right?  I wonder if Child #2 is a carrier. Hmmmmm.

Still friggin Wednesday

Its 10:30 pm.  Had my appointment and yes, they chewed my ass. I was prepared for it so it wasnt that bad.  I officially hate their scale, it added like 9 pounds onto me. I protested and told the tech not to write that horrid number in my chart if she ever wanted to use those fingers again. Worst day for eating and drinking EVER! Drank 32 oz and had 2 eggs.  Nothing else until 3pm, when I scarfed down 3/4th of a Wendys Mandarine Chicken salad. UUURP! I had the bubbles for hours! Drank more water but, imagine this, I'm STILL hungry. Ok. I get home and pick...pick...pick.....JEZUS, I gotta get out of the house.  Syd and I go to the gym. After the gym I eat a few Baked Lays and about 1/4 of a bowl of WAYYYY too salty Subway soup. We shop. I pick up some sushi. At home I eat a veggie sushi roll. An hour passes, I want something and prowl the kitchen. I find (ACK!) crackers and put some strawberry jam on about 10 of them (theyre smallish). I need to knock myself out before I eat myself to death. I HAVE to be hormonal, this is the only time I crave food like this. Ugh.

I mean, I re-read that paragraph and to me it seems like alot of food but in reality it probably is under 1300 calories. And none of it was really THAT bad, crackers the exception, so it wasnt like I was mainlining Snickers bars. Hehe, if I had one I may consider it though.  I logged everything on The Plate so I'm being accountable.

Joes interview went well.  They all have a very good opinion of him.  I guess its a wait and see now.  He's still full of stress and has to work tomorrow.  He wanders out here and says I cant sleep. Hmmmm. Well, you NEED to sleep so I guess its the Nyquil for you bud. (picture the shaking of the head and the stamping of the feet, all we're missing is the "Aww Mom Do I hafta?!")  I dose him and send him back to bed. Fingers crossed.

Ok, I need to sleep too. Tata.

Pictures are COOL!

Joe has a big day today.  The plant called him in for an interview.  He applied for a supervisory job within the plant and we're hoping he gets it.  It would mean he would go from hourly work to a salaried position (YAY, more money), in fact probably starting at about 2X what he's making now per year.  We are hopeful but cautious because he has yet to finish the operator training program he is in. I'll let you know what happens.

The Happy Couple.

Another 6:30 am sunrise.

At the gym last night I tried the "Fit Funk" class. I mean, I have rhythm, so I thought hey it might be cool right.  There were probably about 20 other people in the class and the music was really good. BUT. The class itsself was not in any way fun. It was more like 45 minutes of school. She would run through 5 or 6 movements strung together at such a fast pace that I couldnt keep up.  In fact most of the class was dumbfounded and just ended up improvising.  I didnt sweat and found that by the half-hour mark I was actually chilly.  I left before the "cool down" (what are we cooling down from?) and will not be taking that again. 

Today I have my GBS appointment. I will have to miss my Dev. Psych class and that irks me because I love that class. Anyhow, I gotta jet. Tata.

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Big Boy!

Pictures of my Big Boy.  My Mom sewed him a cover while she was here, isnt he handsome???!!!

He got his own little corner in the kitchen until Joe builds me a permanent home for him.

Weight was 149 this morning.  I'm not discouraged yet. I know that I'm starting my cycle and I wont lose any more until about a week after I finish it. It sucks but thats just how this old broken body works.  My hip measurement changed to 41, which is great. Ideally I'd still like to get 5 more inches off of that area. I havent bought any 6's yet and probably wont until the 8's are noticably falling off.

Another haggard moment but hey, its 5:30 am ferchrissake.

Gah. I need some sun.  My hair is still dropping out by the handful.  I've been told that it should stop in the next couple of months. Shit, I hope so or I could end up needing a friggin wig. 

Ok, enough for now. I have to go wake up the house, must be nice to sleep in huh.  Tata.

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Sunday

Yesterdays gym trip went swimmingly, HA! Child #2 and I swam as Child #1 sat poolside.  After the swimming we all went upstairs and did the elliptical for 30 minutes, even Child #1 (he did very well).

Today, after hauling the trash, we headed to the gym.  We all went swimming today and it went really well.  They both swam for an hour and then we dried off and hit the gym.  We stayed another hour and then I had had it and said, Cmon we gotta go guys.  My calves are keeling me! Tomorrow is Joes first day off and he's proclaimed that he will be joining us. I'm hoping so.

I start school tomorrow as well. I dont know if its a YAY moment yet.  I have some trepidation about returning because of my horrid showing last term.  Oh, I know I'll do better this semester.....hell, I couldnt do much worse.  So I have Art and Dev. Psych starting at 11:00 am......thank dog my classes start later this time.

Didnt weigh this morning.  Ate oatmeal for breakfast, 1 fresco soft taco &green salad for lunch and ugh...some Fritos (shouldnt have, they made me so sick) and finally half of an avacado with some dressing.  If my stomach calms down I may have some seeds.  I have an appointment with my GBS guy this week.  I've been a very bad girl and have put off my appointment till almost 6 months out, I'm sure I'll get an ass chewing because of it.  I had some blood work done and sent to his office already so I can skip that wonderful trip to the lab.  Why does it make me so nervous to think of this appointment?  I mean I'm doing "fine" I guess. No big issues. I can eat most of the time. I havent lost TOO much weight (althought one of my "weight loss friends" noted today that she thinks I've lost my weight too fast because I'm cheating.........CHEATING? How do you cheat? Oh you mean not eating when I'm SICK? I hate stupid people, i swear.) Btw, screw you chick.....jealousy is a bitch huh?.  I've been between 148 and 151 for quite awhile now, I dont call that quick.  The last 15 pounds will be the hardest.....which is why I'm finally exercising.  Anyway, I'm done.....Iron Chef is on! Tata!

Daily Plate

	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
This week: Click totals for charts!	-427	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
This month:	1,823	115g	616mg	2,822mg	176g	36g	22g	134g

 

I started using The Daily Plate instead of Fitday.  The Plate is easier for looking up foods.  Itt does, however, give you a daily number of calories you can have based on height/weight/amount of weight you want to lose.  It tracks your exercise and adjusts your allowed daily calories accordingly. So far I've been under my allowable number every day. My salt has been high, my protein has been low and I'll be working on that.

Today we go to the gym for swimming.  It will be our first time and I'll be joining Child #2 if at all possible.  I dont know if Child #1 will sit by the pool and just watch or ......fool me and jump in fully clothed when I'm least expecting it.  I'll let you know how it goes.

 

The Gym!

 

Last night. Child #1 and I sat in the cafe in our new gym.

On Thursday I let Joe know that I was going to sign Child #2 and I up at the gym. (It sounds like a threat when I say it because I know he's just wishing this issue would Go Away)  I was very surprised when he said "I wanna go look at this place."  Hmmmmm, could he be considering it?  Well, I cant go today he says so lets go in the morning tomorrow.  I'm intrigued and say OK.  Friday morning after dislodging the kids we head over to the gym.  I knew this would be difficult for him (it involves money) and so I whispered to the salesperson that we needed to put on a good show so the old man was impressed.  We took the tour and I could see the wheels in Joe's brain turning.  Once the tour was over I looked at him and he nodded.....it was a sad nod but a nod nonetheless. We went into the business office and began with the paperwork (i swear its alot like buying a damn car) and I gave him one more time to back out when the salesperson stepped out for something.  You sure?  Another sad nod. I swear, he's more of a drama queen than I am.  So now we have a 3 year commitment to the gym, yipee.  The kids and I went last night and I'm so in love with this place already.  You check your kid in and LEAVE them......whats better than that?  I actually sat in the cafe and watched what the kids did, just to be sure she assimilated.  She LOVED it.  They played dodge ball, kick ball, running drills and did some circuit training.  All of the kids she played with were 9-13 and she even made a few friends her first night.  We'll be going on a daily basis and her activities will vary thoughout the week.  I'm going this morning, BY MYSELF (yay), to an aerobics class and will probably hang out there afterwards and try out some of the bajillionty pieces of equipment they have.  Joe is working nights for the next 4 days so he wont be able to visit the gym until next week. 

I also bought my books for this semester, $270, and thats used books.  I'm looking forward to Monday and have resolved to bring my GPA back to where it should be. 

Ok, well, time to get moving. Tata.

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No place like home.

Weight: 148

Joe arrived home last night. After about 20 minutes of loving tenderness we started bickering.  Normal for us. Today will be better.

Going to join the gym today and now that he's had time to think about it, Joe thinks he wants to join too.  I'm very glad, I think he'll be more motivated to work out if we all are in it together.  I'm tweaking out the menu again too, we'll be eating alot of salad from now on. 

Its a New Year and I'm already bored.

Probably my favorite picture from Giftmas morning.  Neither one of them was expecting full stockings and I thought my mom was gonna burst. Great moment.

Joe is coming home today.  I'm glad and kinda sad too. Its so nice to have the house/schedule to myself sometimes.  I never have to commitee or confer with anyone to get things done, I just do them.  Its left over from our Navy days when he would be absent for months on end.  I miss him though.

We went to bed early last night, Syd crawled in with me and we were both beat so I turned off the TV around 10 pm and we snoozed.  Until BAM! At about midnight there were rounds of gunfire from my surrounding neighbors and then a volley of fireworks.  I stood at the window to make sure no one was setting my yard on fire then dragged my ass back to bed 15 minutes later.  We awoke this morning to the phone, an automated service decided to give us a call at 7 am, friggin telemarketing.

Well, thats about it.  I weighed in at 150 again (Boooo) but I know it will fluctuate so I'm not sweatin it.  Drinkin water and eating alot of organics so I know it will come off.  Chicken curry tonight and a shredded pork loin tomorrow because my husband is a meat-o-vour, hehe.

Tata.

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