Amy's Journal: Comments Welcome!

[SunFloridaDisney]

Just wanted to stop in with a .

Sounds like lots of stuff going on for you. Hang in there and things will work out eventually!

I can commiserate on the car problems, we've had that here as well, I have my two older kids, who have to get to their jobs, and myself, all sharing one car right now.

Keep on!

 

[lovinaz]

Way to go racking up those exercise minutes! That pasta sounds yummy, I'll have to make it! DD won't eat shrimp, DS loves it. DS freaked everyone out on vacation because everytime we went out to eat he ordered a Caesar salad. No one could believe it! Maybe that is why he is 4'10" and only weighs 78 lbs...

Sounds like things are calming down for you. I'm so glad to hear that! You can take all your frustrations out when you exercise.

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amy~

You did a great job getting your exercise in yesterday! Keep up the good work and that 800 minutes is YOURS!

Your dinner from last night sounds really yummy! Do you have any leftovers you can send my way?

Take good care of you, Amy!

 

[CACruisin']

Glad you are feelling more in control today. Your pasta sounds great. I'll have to try that.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks everyone, that pasta was good. I get the Barilla Plus pasta, it has whole wheat and protein so its much better than regular pasta. My kids really liked it. Amy, my son also order's a caesar salad at most places, he's about 4'10" and 73 pounds! He really takes after me huh?

Yesterday was okay, I was really missing Lacey. I never realized how much companionship that dog gave me until she was gone. During the day she would always seek me out, give me a kiss and it was like she was almost checking up on me. So I was feeling blue so I decided to clean like an insane woman. I scrubbed, dusted, mopped, vacumed all day long. You'd think the mother in law was coming soon. I also worked out for 45 minutes. Then we went out to dinner with my parents. This was supposed to be our anniversary outing, they had talked about keeping Matthew and Maria but I could tell they weren't up for that so I just suggested we all go out. So we went for Mexican. What an experience! They had this canned salsa music playing very loudly, there was a speaker above our table, I couldn't hear myself think. We all had to scream to be heard, my stepdad is practically deaf so that was fun. He would get up, come around to my side of the table and say "come again". Up and down, all night. Then my mother immediately starts screaming, "have you seen my jeans"? I told her "yeah, they're on your body". Well not not these jeans my other jeans. She has lost them, she probably threw them out, who knows. She won't let this go all night, she is convinced I know where they are. My stepdad meanwhile entertains our meal with his saga of constipation. I love the way they just talk about totally different things at the same time and since we are all screaming to be heard it was even more fun. After about 30 minutes of constipation tales I couldn't even finish my dinner, now that is unusual and I guess my newest diet tactic. I'll just talk to him while I eat, he can relate his bm status and I can lose my appetite. I could see this couple at the next table sort of smiling through this whole conversation. I don't know when my parents suddenly turned so old. Reminds me of grandpa talking about his prostate by the hour. Then somehow they thought we were picking up the tab which was fine but suddenly my little romantic anniversary dinner turned into something quite different. We ended the evening with my going into the store to buy my dad laxatives, went back to their house and chatted awhile and then came home. Happy 14th to us!

Food yesterday:
Breakfast: Kashi w/ skim milk
Lunch: Spinache wrap with grilled chicken, romaine, 2% cheese. Really high in points because that dumb wrap was 4 pts by itself. Gotta check those labels before I eat!
Snack: tangerine
Dinner: half a chicken burrito and about half a chicken taco, chips and salsa and two glasses of iced tea.
Drank 120 oz. of water
Walked 45 minutes on the treadmill and I am counting another 30 for scrubbing down the whole house and lugging up about 10 loads worth of laundry plus organizing my basement. So 75 total minutes yesterday.

Thanks everyone, hope you all have nice weekends!

 

[CACruisin']

First, Happy Anniversary!!
Sorry you had such a day missing Lacey and having quite the anniversary dinner/evening. Maybe you and DH can try again for a romantic dinner for 2 this weekend?

You are a cleaning mad woman and you exercised on top of it all - wanna come clean my house? It really needs it!

 

[lovinaz]

OMG I was CRACKING UP reading about your "anniversary" dinner!!!! At least you are keeping a good sense of humor about it!

Sorry to hear you were missing your Lacey. Great job cleaning instead of eating those emotions away!

I got these Low Carb Wheat Tortillas (La Tortilla Factory brand) that are only 50 cal and 8g of fiber each. I love it because I can have 2 and still have less calories than a regular wheat tortilla. You might want to check them out and have 2 mini wraps instead of 1 big one.

You are doing awesome on your exercising this month, keep it up!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks guys. Amy, I am telling you, if I didn't laugh I'd go crazy. And the good news of my day, the laxatives I bought last night worked. Bless his heart he's 81 and has been miserable. Today has been a food nightmare. I am posting it now while I have the courage to report my deviant food behavior to the whole world.

Breakfast: Reeses puffs cereal.
Snack, two snack sized bags of bugles
Lunch: Quarter Pounder with Cheese, medium fry and one medium coke.

80 oz of water thus far. Now I am going to go work out. What gets into me with my food sometimes ? I have been craving McDonald's for weeks and today was the day I guess. It really didn't taste that good but I ate it all up anyway. What a pig I am! Off to workout if I can move.

Edited: I did walk 30 minutes on the treadmill, I was actually wanting to do more but I needed to get ready for church. I might take a walk later tonight when it cools off, its still 94 degrees outside right now. Thanks all!

 

[CACruisin']

Wow, when you go off the deep end, you do it right! I love bugles.

At least you are drinking lots of water and got exercise in. Good for you and you'll get right back on track tomorrow. Keep drinking lots and lots of water to flush out all that salt.

Glad your great dinner story had a happy ending for your stepdad

Have a great rest of the weekend.

 

[lovinaz]

Mmmm, I love Reeses Puffs! I always grab a couple from the kids' bowls when they eat them... Now you got that pesky McDonalds craving out of your system. Next time you get a craving, remember that it wasn't as good as you were hoping and if that doesn't do the trick, maybe order a kid's meal or something. That way you can indulge without feeling as guilty.

You did great by still working out! I would have just given up completely and blown the whole day. But you didn't!

Glad everything worked out for your stepdad. I hope you weren't eating when he called to tell you the good news!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Oh yeah Anna, when I go on an eating binge, I do it in a BIG way! At least the bugles were in these pre packaged 3/4 oz. sample size bags.

Amy: I had never had Reeses Puffs. I let Maria pick out some "junk" cereal this week, she had to start back to school but big brother didn't, so to ease the pain of her getting up early to get to school, I let her pick it out. Sorry I did that because those things are really tasty! And I did get the McD's out of my system, I should have done the kids meal but of course I wanted the larger size fries. And I am glad I exercised, that is the difference between now and yesteryear. I still have my moments when I overeat and still have a binge occasionally (but not 5-6 times a week anymore thank God), but I get back on and I still exericise and drink my water. I know I am always gonna have these issues and cravings but how I get back on afterwards is the key and how infrequently it happens is much better.

Today was better. I did eat too much popcorn and Reeses Pieces at the movie but had Diet Pepsi. Its TOM which probably explains yesteday's and today's salt craving. Its been about 3 months (very irregular now that I am 40) and it didn't even dawn on me yesterday that was coming and causing me to crave beef to the point I was about ready to go out and kill a cow to get some. I think I also had the thing yesterday because my vet sent me this lovely card. It had a poem about dog's going to dog heaven and that someday, we'd meet again and be together for eternity. Add to that sweet but really sad writing, they had put in some of Lacey's fur and her paw print. As soon as I opened that and read it, I dispatched Dan to McDonald's pronto. I thought it was a really nice gesture, we have a bit of Lacey to always keep with us now.

Today:
Breakfast: Vanilla Protein Shake
Snack: Brownie (made those for the kids confirmation class, darn it I should have volunteered to bring fruit instead)
Lunch: Popcorn, three handfuls of Reeses Pieces, Diet Pepsi
Dinner: Hamburger Patty (90% lean), 2% milk cheese slice, 2 cups romaine lettuce, 1TB lowfat ranch dressing, 1 tangerine.
140 oz. of water today. I really hit that hard, I worked out for over 60 minutes, its 104 here and I need to flush the salt.

Walked: 60 minutes on the treadmill and another 15 minutes outside.

Thanks everyone, hope you all had a nice weekend!

 

[CACruisin']

How very thoughtful of your vet.

Great job getting right back on track. Glad you got the binge out of your system now. Sorry DD has to go back to school already. I thought we were bad starting in the middle of August.

Have a great day!

 

[lovinaz]

What a great thing for your vet to do!

What a bummer that the kids are not on the same school schedule, what a pain! What are the school districts thinking (or not)?

I am glad you are aware of your new habits compared to your old ones. I am just like you - I used to binge all the time, now it's a rare occasion and I am less prone to ruin the whole day just because of 1 bad meal. You are making some permanent changes and that is wonderful!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi all! Today was okay, TMI, but TOM is a PIA! Since I only do this about every 3 months now it feels worse somehow. I had no energy whatsoever, it was 100 outside AGAIN. I stayed in and cleaned out the basement, my husband's aunt, Eileen, will be coming in on the 3rd for the kids' confirmation at church. I cannot wait to see her, she is really one of my most favorite people and I love her to death, so no way can I put her in our junky basement without some major rehaul! So I got a really good start on that today, made phone calls that I have been putting off for weeks and that was it. I did not exercise, I took a break because I was feeling like crap to be honest. Food was pretty good except for those stupid brownies.

Breakfast: Balance Bar
Lunch: Weight Watchers chicken enchilada meal and two stupid brownies. They are gone thank goodness. I made them lowfat but they still have way too many carbs and calories.
Snack: 6 oz. skim milk
Dinner: Burrito Bowl: chicken, rice, lettuce, fresh salsa, cheese and 1/4 cup guac. No tortilla and I didn't finish all the rice. 4 bites of dd's cheeseburger, 10 fries and a Mr. Pibb. I hate TOM it makes me crazy for caffeine and meat and salt. Just what I need two days before weigh in. Drank 100 oz. of water.

Amy and Anna: my district puts most elementary schools on year round, but middle and high schools are on traditional. So for the next two years my children will some time off together but also some time off separately. Its sort of nice because it will give me some time to spend with them individually.

 

[lovinaz]

Sorry to hear you are having such problems with TOM. I remember my mom having terrible problems like you've described and she ended up having a hysterectomy because she had a bunch of fibroids in the lining of the uterus. She was pretty close to "the change" too, which of course made it even worse... Hang in there, at least you know the misery is only temporary!

Keep drinking water to flush out all the extra salt you've been eating. I think you'll be fine for your weigh-in!

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

I can sooo relate to the TOM aggravation!

I have one every now and then, never know when it's going to show up!!

Right now I'm hoping it doesn't make an appearance while I'm on my weekend trip Thurs. - Sun. That would NOT be fun.

Have fun with your aunt's visit.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy and Kate. Yeah the whole TOM thing is a drag but what what else is new? We women get all the fun stuff. I know I don't have anything going on, my doctor thought I was going through the early stages of menopause but then things kicked up again. Now it just happens every three months and it always surprises me somehow. I guess at 41 I am still young to be "changing" so I should just get reused to the idea of having this. I was kind of all set not to though!

Today was good with food.

Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup skim milk. Also had 1 teaspoon of peanut butter a couple of hours later.
Lunch: 2 cups romaine with a WW frozen meal, 1/2 cup salsa
Snack: 1 small can of white tuna packed in H2O.
Dinner: 2 cups Romaine, 5 low fat, natural, chicken nuggets, 2 TB 2% cheese, 2TB low fat ranch. 3/4 cup mac and cheese (really should have skipped that), tangerine.
Snack: Skinny Cow

So food was better except for that mac and cheese. Walked 45 minutes on the treadmill and drank 100 oz. of water, and one diet dr. pepper.

I think I am not weighing tomorrow as I need to take my son to the dentist. DH was supposed to do it but he has a meeting (he thinks, waiting for some guy to call him back). With TOM and my salt maybe my son's appt. did me a favor! I had a better week in the past seven days. Some problems, esp. Saturday but feel on track again. Just gotta keep plugging away, still at least 60 pounds to go, heaven help me!

 

[lovinaz]

Your food looks great yesterday! Don't worry about the mac-n-cheese, at least you didn't go overboard with it AND you worked out!

Bummer you can't weigh in, but I don't think you would have been as disappointed as you think. And you are doing it slowly but surely, so don't get discouraged! That 60lbs will come off before you realize it. You've come so far already, keep it up!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy, I know I have come along way, I think I am just disappointed that there is no way I can make my 40 pound goal by the cruise (September 2). Oh well, maybe I can get to 35 IF I CAN LOSE THIS DARN WATER WEIGHT!!! Why is it that when I need to avoid it the most, salt tastes the best? Although I did better with that the past few days and I was still up over 5 pounds this morning (on my scale). So I ate salty stuff today because to heck with it. Bad attitude. So discouraging! I knew I was bloated, my wedding ring was tight and I just feel yucky. Its also very hot here so that doesn't help.

Breakfast: Chocolate Oatmeal
Lunch: Burger King kids meal with a diet coke. Out running errands with my son and we stopped there. Just what I needed, at least it was a kids meal.
Snack: fat free pudding, about 1/3 of a can of lowfat pringles.
Dinner: 2 cups steamed broccoli with lowfat cheese sauce, 1 cup hamburger helper (made with ground 99% fat free turkey).
Snack: Fat free pudding, AGAIN.
120 oz of water, 2 diet cokes.

Exercised: 30 minutes on the treadmill. Doing good with the exercise but still not even halfway there and there are only 11 days left this month, yikes!

Need to do better with my food, plain and simple. Missed weigh in for the dentist appt., oh well. I weighed at home and almost threw my scale out the window. Thank you female me for holding water like a sponge this week.

 

[toystoryduo]

Amy,

I think that TOM is so aggravating at times! I know that for me, I have become extremely emotional the week after TOM and that has been so hard. I hope that you are feeling better and that some of that water weight is floating away from you.

How are you doing, Amy? Any updates on Dan's job situation? I am keeping you and Dan and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

Take care!