Amy's Journal: Comments Welcome!

[Amy&Dan]

Thank you so much everyone! Tracy, I do know how much you understand my woes considering dh's job! Somehow I guess this will all work itself out.

This weekend has been pretty good. I have been having the hardest time posting lately. Between the server thing here and my almost dead computer (that was complete dead Friday and yesterday) posting has been a challenge! So I'll try to remember the last two days:
Friday: Protein Shake for breakfast
Lunch: BLT Salad with lowfat honey mustard from Wendy's
Dinner: Seafood salad with fat free crackers, 15 pringles, 2 chicken sausgaes, 1 small helping of fat free baked beans, 1 bite of potato salad. Resisted the angle food cake and strawberry ice cream for dessert. Drank over 100 oz. of water, 16 oz of decaf ice tea, one half of a diet coke, one Coors Light.

Saturday:
Breakfast/lunch: Hamburger Helper at 11:00 a.m.
Snack: Southbeach diet cookies, 1 chicken sausage, some chex mix.
Dinner: 2 pieces of pizza, some chips and salsa, two Coors Lights.
Have used most of my flex points now with the chips and beer (have given up giving up on those). Need to get some veggies in today very much so since I had no veggies yesterday. Did drink 80 oz. of water yesterday and 24 oz. of decaf iced tea.

Hopefully today I can have an on target day.

 

[CACruisin']

Amy, seems to be a "veggie free" weekend around here

WTG resisting angel cake. That is one of my favorites!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amy,

Just wanted to stop by with a and some for your day today. I hope that you have a wonderful week!

 

[lovinaz]

It is hard to get veggies in on the weekends. You can make up for it this week! That's great that you can count points for beer, at least you can still enjoy it in moderation without completely going off the deep end!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Okay, my computer is working again after it died again. I hate computers! Yesterday was okay, I did not exercise because I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Today I did exercise but ate like a pig. The stress of this job thing and getting ready to leave town and feeling guilty for leaving my parents alone while I am gone is making me a bit crazy. Normally I send my parents out to my brother to stay with him when we go out of town but since he and his family are meeting us in Disneyland that won't work this time. My parents insist they will be fine but I still have to worry. Its only five days and my stupid stepbrother lives in town so I guess he could possibly be bothered to care if nobody else was around to do it. Okay, rant over.

Today I ate the following: (This will be awful and shocking to normal eaters but I am posting it anyway)
Breakfast: Protein shake
Lunch: Single burger w/ cheese from Wendy's, french fries and a diet coke
Snack: Two Little Debbies (bought those "for the kids")
Dinner: Kids meal from Burger King and a handful of cheese its. Yep thats two cheeseburgers in a 12 hour period. Cattle ranchers love people like me.
Drank 64 oz. of water,
Exercise 60 minutes.
Days like this remind me of how I have gotten so fat! Now I have to pack and clean my bedroom then I am ready to leave. I should be so excited, I am seeing my little twin nieces for the first time in a year but all I can do is worry about my mom. She just started a new cancer treatment and she frequently has weird reactions to meds and chemo. So off I go to see Mickey and leave her home alone. Dan just tells me I am only gone for five days what can go terribly wrong in five days. I hate sane people, they make me feel more crazy! Thanks for reading, say a prayer that I don't unhinge between now and when the plane takes off Thursday morning!

 

[CACruisin']

at least at BK you had a kid burger. That's good! It is hard to behave when you have so many stresses going on. The silver lining is stress really burns calories! Try and enjoy your vacation. You and your family and your mom & dad will all be better for taking a break. Just breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out .... (where's a calm "yoga-y" smilie when you need one?)

 

[toystoryduo]

Amy~

Please try and enjoy your vacation....I know that you are worried about the work thing and your parents, but a few days vacation will help you relax and recharge your batteries.

Have a safe, relaxing, fun, and worry-free trip to Disneyland!

 

[lovinaz]

I know it is hard to leave your mom for 5 days, but you need that time to relax and have fun! It will allow you to regroup and get a fresh mindset to deal with your mom when you come back. DON'T FEEL GUILTY about going!

I am the same as you - a total stress eater. It's really a bad habit and I thought I had gotten over it, but obviously not... That is probably something you never get over, but at least you recognized it was a bad day. Before I bet you wouldn't have thought twice about it!

You are going to have an awesome trip!!! Say hi to Mickey for me!!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Hope you have a great, RELAXING time on vacation, Amy!

Don't Stress and NO GUILTIES!!!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Amy,

I am a little late, but congrats on getting the magnet!!! That is great. I knew you could do it!!!

Don't be too hard on your self for the burgers...at least you had a kids meal burger. Hope you are having a good time...I know it must be hard to leave your mom, but sometimes you just need a break.

Keep up the good work!

Happy Monday

 

[Amy&Dan]

Well we had a great trip but its nice in some ways to be home. I ate like a pig most of the time. I did obviously do a lot of walking. I added a total of 60 minutes for each day there plus another 40 since twice I swam in the pool with all four of the kids (my nieces were with us) which meant I swam while they all clung to me (I was called Mommy Cruise Ship, they were "riding" me). So I added a total of 400 minutes to my June Exercise Challenge. I hope thats okay? Dan and I took turns going from Disneyland to DCA getting fastpasses which is a long walk plus we walked all day, every day. Our last day we logged in 15 park hours total. So I think that was fair, I hope so. I had thought I would get up early each day and take a 30 minute power walk up DTD but since we got to the park each day at 7:00 and stayed until between 10 and midnight I didn't feel like getting up early. I got on the scale today and it shows I am up 9 pounds. I know a lot of it is water but I also know I ate way too much. So I need to hit it this week, I weigh in next Wednesday (got in too late yesterday to make my WW meeting). My brother and sister in law noticed I had lost weight so that was nice.

Today I have had:
Balance Bar and 48 oz. of water. I am not that hungry. We are taking my mom out to dinner tonight to celebrate her birthday. We are going to a steakhouse, I am hoping to order grilled chicken and a salad and maybe a baked potato. We shall see. I need to catch up on journals tomorrow, thanks for all the support, its good to be back home and online with my WISH buddies!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amy,
Back! I am so glad to hear that you had a great time in Disneyland! That is great that your brother and sister in law noticed that you have lost weight! I bet that made you feel great!

Please don't worry too much about the weight gain... I bet most of it is water weight and will melt right off.

Have a great weekend!

 

[lovinaz]

Welcome back! I think that is a fair amount to count for the exercise challenge.

Don't worry about those 9lbs. That always happens on vacations and it will come off pretty quickly. I bet most of those lbs will be gone by your Wednesday weigh-in.

Sounds like you had a great time! Gotta love those Fast Passes!

 

[CACruisin']

Amy, welcome back! I am so glad you had such a great trip. You did a lot of walking being in the park that long everyday! I am impressed.

It's great your family noticed that you had lost weight! The vacation pounds will come off quickly now that you are back home. Drinking lots of water will help too.

Have a nice time at your mom's birthday dinner.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks everybody. Oh my, I am struggling, struggling, struggling. I just cannot get back into the groove, haven't exercised one time since I got home and have just been eating all the wrong things. All I can say is that at least tomorrow is a new week, new start and hopefully I can get back on track. When I returned from WDW I immediately got back on my program but this time I just can't seem to do that. Today I had the whole family over for my mom's 71st birthday party and now I am throwing out leftovers right and left. I did go to the grocery store to load up on the healthy stuff I NEED to be eating so that should help too. Thanks for the support, hopefully I will have a better report tomorrow!

 

[lovinaz]

That is a great first start - getting rid of the leftovers and getting some healthy groceries in the house! It is really hard to get back into a good routine. It's way more fun to just eat whatever you want and not work out. But then that is how you got overweight to begin with, so you don't want to follow that path again!

It is a new week and I know you can get back into the swing of things!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy. Its truly amazing how quickly my old habits cana come right back. Although in all truth, I have not even been coming close to how "bad" I used to be able to be! I still get full way sooner and I haven't been cleaning my plate and eating the kids food to boot so that is something. But I can just tell that if I don't get a handle on this pretty quick, I could be right where I used to be in nothing flat. I did walk for 20 minutes last night, took the dog out right after I posted and that made me feel better because at least it was something. Today I feel better so we shall see. Hoping to catch up on laundry today, exercise and eat right. Big order but I know I can do it. I am taking ds to a movie today just him and me and I already told him don't let me eat the popcorn!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Yesterday was better. I got my water in (100 oz) and ate less but still sort of grazed and ate some things I shouldn't have. Like some ice cream I eventually threw out. Still, it was a vast improvement. I didn't exercise, I literally spent the whole day doing laundry, getting organized and cleaning. I have company coming in this weekend for the 4th. More eating in a large crowd, the last thing I need! Summer is so hard for me. I am ready to go to WW tomorrow, I think that will help motivate me to get back on track in earnest. Today I need to exerise big time, I am probably not going to meet the challenge but I need to try.

 

[lovinaz]

I am in the same boat as you for the exercise challenge. I am going to fall just short unless I really pick up the pace and make up some time. But OH WELL if you don't make it, you still exercised a lot!

Did you avoid the popcorn at the movies? What did you see? That is great that your bad days are "good" days compared to what they used to be! That is a huge accomplishment!

 

[CACruisin']

Amy, sounds like you are getting back on track. Healthy and Company don't seem to go together very well, but I'm sure you'll make some good choices and then get right back on track after you are back to your routine!

Good for you taking the dog out for a walk. You are right - it is something and it all counts!