Disney Grannie's journal (life after Grave's Disease)
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Meme,
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I biked this morning, a little longer than usual. Plan to do some more later.
Back to my usual meals.
Cottage cheese/blueberries for breakfast.
Salad with chicken salad for lunch.
Plan on having steak, broccoli, and more salad for dinner.
Already drank lots of water. Will keep on drinking it. I did drink less water last week than usual. I've got to focus again on what I was doing well.
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I biked this morning, a little longer than usual. Plan to do some more later.
Back to my usual meals.
Cottage cheese/blueberries for breakfast.
Salad with chicken salad for lunch.
Plan on having steak, broccoli, and more salad for dinner.
Already drank lots of water. Will keep on drinking it. I did drink less water last week than usual. I've got to focus again on what I was doing well.
Whew! I won't have to send back my 5 lb clippie after all. It must be some water weight because I'm 2 pounds lighter this morning than I was yesterday. Hopefully, the same thing will happen tomorrow.
Sunday I did bike twice. Today it's raining so we're going to Lowe's and to the mall to do some shopping. At least it involves some walking.
Had 2 strips of bacon & 2 eggs for breakfast. 2 cups of lite coffee and a glass of water. Woke up with a terrible migraine but it seems to have passed after taking advil.
Sunday I did bike twice. Today it's raining so we're going to Lowe's and to the mall to do some shopping. At least it involves some walking.
Had 2 strips of bacon & 2 eggs for breakfast. 2 cups of lite coffee and a glass of water. Woke up with a terrible migraine but it seems to have passed after taking advil.
9/2
Another pound gone!! Yeah. I had chicken fingers for dinner last night. They were yummy. I cut breasts into strips, dipped in egg, and coated with parmesan cheese and fried in some olive oil. I had them with mashed cauliflower. I tried to see if I could get it to tast like mashed potatoes. It was really a stretch of the imagination but it tasted pretty good.
Today I had my usual cottage cheese and blueberries for breakfast, chicken salad and hard boiled egg for lunch, lots of water, and for dinner...DH made his famous meatballs but used parm cheese to hold together instead of bread crumbs...I think he used just a little bread crumbs. I had a nice salad and some leftover cauliflower. More water. I've been so full lately I'm not even tempted to eat after dinner.
Didn't get any exercise today. It's raining outside and couldn't ride my bike or take a walk. I HATE my treadmill. I fell off of it and got hurt about two years ago when it speeded up (mechanical problem) and threw me off. I wasn't wearing the safety string at the time and my leg got stuck under it. I couldn't get up until DS rescued me a few minutes later. How scary.
I've used it a couple of times since but still feel threatened by it. I don't enjoy it anyway so it's an excuse not to use it, I know.
Another pound gone!! Yeah. I had chicken fingers for dinner last night. They were yummy. I cut breasts into strips, dipped in egg, and coated with parmesan cheese and fried in some olive oil. I had them with mashed cauliflower. I tried to see if I could get it to tast like mashed potatoes. It was really a stretch of the imagination but it tasted pretty good.
Today I had my usual cottage cheese and blueberries for breakfast, chicken salad and hard boiled egg for lunch, lots of water, and for dinner...DH made his famous meatballs but used parm cheese to hold together instead of bread crumbs...I think he used just a little bread crumbs. I had a nice salad and some leftover cauliflower. More water. I've been so full lately I'm not even tempted to eat after dinner.
Didn't get any exercise today. It's raining outside and couldn't ride my bike or take a walk. I HATE my treadmill. I fell off of it and got hurt about two years ago when it speeded up (mechanical problem) and threw me off. I wasn't wearing the safety string at the time and my leg got stuck under it. I couldn't get up until DS rescued me a few minutes later. How scary.
I've used it a couple of times since but still feel threatened by it. I don't enjoy it anyway so it's an excuse not to use it, I know.
Thursday, Aug 3
I couldn't help but get weighed again to see if I lost the dreaded increase from last week. It is gone!! I lost another pound and am on my way to onderland.
I ate my usual yesterday and even had a few macadamias for snack. DH and I walked in drizzle for about 15 minutes. Better than nothing.
Today's my late day at work. Probably won't have time tonight for walking or biking. Looking forward to a nice weekend.
I couldn't help but get weighed again to see if I lost the dreaded increase from last week. It is gone!! I lost another pound and am on my way to onderland.
I ate my usual yesterday and even had a few macadamias for snack. DH and I walked in drizzle for about 15 minutes. Better than nothing.
Today's my late day at work. Probably won't have time tonight for walking or biking. Looking forward to a nice weekend.
DoeWDW
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Grannie, I've just read through your whole journal. I really admire the way you're sticking with it!! It is extra hard when the weight is slow to come off, but you're winning!!
Keep up the good work!! I'm in Lancaster county PA and I understand about the rain getting in the way of our exercise!! I'm crossing my fingers for a beautiful weekend of sunny and pleasant weather!
Keep up the good work!! I'm in Lancaster county PA and I understand about the rain getting in the way of our exercise!! I'm crossing my fingers for a beautiful weekend of sunny and pleasant weather!
Doreen,
Thanks for the nice words. I'm feeling better every day. I'm always full and don't miss the carbs. My biggest problem is exercising. I've always hated it (except for the walking and biking).
And the older I get, the harder it is. Maybe after losing about 20 more pounds my legs will feel better and I'll be able to do a lot more.
Thursday,
Breakfast - cottage cheese/a few strawberries. 2 cups of coffee w/cream, large glass of water
Midmorning - 2 more glasses of water
Lunch - leftover chicken fingers and a hard boiled egg. 2 more glasses of water
Diinner - a big salad with tuna and a hardboiled egg, blue cheese dressing - more water. Decaf coffee after dinner.
It's now 8:30 P.M. I'm ready to get some more water in me now.
I'm waiting until Sunday to weigh in. It'll be six weeks. Hopefully, I'll get my new clippie then. It's also the day of my DD's wedding shower. I'll have to be careful.
Thanks for the nice words. I'm feeling better every day. I'm always full and don't miss the carbs. My biggest problem is exercising. I've always hated it (except for the walking and biking).
And the older I get, the harder it is. Maybe after losing about 20 more pounds my legs will feel better and I'll be able to do a lot more.
Thursday,
Breakfast - cottage cheese/a few strawberries. 2 cups of coffee w/cream, large glass of water
Midmorning - 2 more glasses of water
Lunch - leftover chicken fingers and a hard boiled egg. 2 more glasses of water
Diinner - a big salad with tuna and a hardboiled egg, blue cheese dressing - more water. Decaf coffee after dinner.
It's now 8:30 P.M. I'm ready to get some more water in me now.
I'm waiting until Sunday to weigh in. It'll be six weeks. Hopefully, I'll get my new clippie then. It's also the day of my DD's wedding shower. I'll have to be careful.
Hello, good job this week, I bet you will get that new clippie
Have a wonderful shower, how exciting when is the big day? I read somewhere that to help not eat so much at parties you should talk alot with people, so you don't have time to put food in your mouth. I have a party tonight and I'm gonna have to really focus. Have a great sunny weekend! yeah!!!
Have a wonderful shower, how exciting when is the big day? I read somewhere that to help not eat so much at parties you should talk alot with people, so you don't have time to put food in your mouth. I have a party tonight and I'm gonna have to really focus. Have a great sunny weekend! yeah!!!
I'm going to follow your advice, MeMe, about doing a lot of talking at the shower. I told DDIL who's hosting to make sure I had something to eat. She promised.
The wedding is October 4. Another challenging day coming up. I'll make sure to talk a lot again. At least I don't have too much stress this time. This is DD's second time around and she and fiance are taking care of most of it themselves.
I'm kind of looking forward to weigh in tomorrow. I'll be disappointed (but won't give up) if I don't have my 10 pound loss by then. My goal is to have a 30-pound weight loss by Christmas (it's really a stretch for me the slow loser). That means I'll have to be extra careful through the wedding and Thanksgiving holidays. I'll need to lose about 2 pounds per week. I know most people lose more at the beginning, so it'll be difficult.
The wedding is October 4. Another challenging day coming up. I'll make sure to talk a lot again. At least I don't have too much stress this time. This is DD's second time around and she and fiance are taking care of most of it themselves.
I'm kind of looking forward to weigh in tomorrow. I'll be disappointed (but won't give up) if I don't have my 10 pound loss by then. My goal is to have a 30-pound weight loss by Christmas (it's really a stretch for me the slow loser). That means I'll have to be extra careful through the wedding and Thanksgiving holidays. I'll need to lose about 2 pounds per week. I know most people lose more at the beginning, so it'll be difficult.
Nancy,
I'm with you on the slow loss! I guess we have to try our best to not get discouraged and to stay on track!!! I have a goal to lose 25 pounds by my birthday (Dec. 6th), which I thought would be easy looking at other people's losses on Atkins, but now I'm thinking, with almost 4 weeks down and only 7 pounds gone, I have to realize it might not happen. But, what WILL happen, whether we achieve the weight goals or not is that we'll be MUCH better off than we were a year ago and we'll be healther and fitter and maybe the scale won't show it, but we're smaller too!!!
Good luck getting through the celebrations, it's not easy, but remember, you're working too hard to let one day ruin it for you! If you slip, just brush yourself off, it's not going to set you back months...just a day or so! You'll be fine!!!
Have a great weekend!
Karen
I'm with you on the slow loss! I guess we have to try our best to not get discouraged and to stay on track!!! I have a goal to lose 25 pounds by my birthday (Dec. 6th), which I thought would be easy looking at other people's losses on Atkins, but now I'm thinking, with almost 4 weeks down and only 7 pounds gone, I have to realize it might not happen. But, what WILL happen, whether we achieve the weight goals or not is that we'll be MUCH better off than we were a year ago and we'll be healther and fitter and maybe the scale won't show it, but we're smaller too!!!
Good luck getting through the celebrations, it's not easy, but remember, you're working too hard to let one day ruin it for you! If you slip, just brush yourself off, it's not going to set you back months...just a day or so! You'll be fine!!!
Have a great weekend!
Karen
DoeWDW
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So, Nancy, how did weigh-in go? I'm sending pixie dust your way for a happy reading on the scale!! You're doing so well - keep up the good work and the pounds will go away. Don't forget to take measurements - sometimes you're losing inches even when the scale isn't moving. It's one of the strange truths of eating low-carb! I bet your clothes are fitting better!
Hi Doreen,
The weigh in went well. I lost another pound so I reached my 10 pound loss. I'm not changing my clippie yet, though, because I just returned from my daughter's bridal shower. I was running around like a nut most of the time and had very little to eat (two chicken wings without sauce and a few pieces of cheese) but I drank two glasses of white wine. I'll have a light dinner. Usually when I eat this way (not enough veggies or protein and not enough water) I tend to gain a pound or two. So I'll weigh in again tomorrow to see what the damage is.
I haven't taken any measurements. My clothes seem a little looser.
Thanks for the encouragement.
The weigh in went well. I lost another pound so I reached my 10 pound loss. I'm not changing my clippie yet, though, because I just returned from my daughter's bridal shower. I was running around like a nut most of the time and had very little to eat (two chicken wings without sauce and a few pieces of cheese) but I drank two glasses of white wine. I'll have a light dinner. Usually when I eat this way (not enough veggies or protein and not enough water) I tend to gain a pound or two. So I'll weigh in again tomorrow to see what the damage is.
I haven't taken any measurements. My clothes seem a little looser.
Thanks for the encouragement.
Monday, Sept 8
My weight seems to have held up after the shower. I don't think I gained. I'll check again tomorrow.
Breakfast - cottage cheese w/3 strawberries, 2 cups of lite coffee w/half and half. 10 oz water
Midmorning - 2 more glasses of water
Lunch - 4 slices turkey, 4 slices cheese rolled up. 2 glasses of water.
Dinner - chicken salad, hard boiled egg, asparagus - another glass of water, 1 cup decaf w/half and half
More water after dinner. No wonder I'm in the bathroom at 5 A.M.
Went for a bike ride after dinner.
Felt great today. Knees didn't ache at all.
My weight seems to have held up after the shower. I don't think I gained. I'll check again tomorrow.
Breakfast - cottage cheese w/3 strawberries, 2 cups of lite coffee w/half and half. 10 oz water
Midmorning - 2 more glasses of water
Lunch - 4 slices turkey, 4 slices cheese rolled up. 2 glasses of water.
Dinner - chicken salad, hard boiled egg, asparagus - another glass of water, 1 cup decaf w/half and half
More water after dinner. No wonder I'm in the bathroom at 5 A.M.
Went for a bike ride after dinner.
Felt great today. Knees didn't ache at all.
Thanks to all of you I now have my 10 pound clippie. I was able to keep the weight steady this past weekend despite the shower and having a few of my DDIL's stuffed cabbages. I figured they'd be O.K. (cabbage, ground meat, and a few grains of rice, right?). Well, I asked her for the recipe today and she told me she cooked them in tomato soup with added sugar, brown sugar, lemon juice, etc. No wonder they tasted so good!! It's the first taste of sugar I had in over 6 weeks, so I cheated even though I didn't know it at the time. I wonder how many carbs they have?
Just got back from my daily bike ride. What a beautiful evening. I'm doing it in half the time now, so I'm probably going to try it twice around the next time.
Just got back from my daily bike ride. What a beautiful evening. I'm doing it in half the time now, so I'm probably going to try it twice around the next time.
Wednesday, Sept 10
Went to the dentist for cleaning; went into work late. My meals were a couple of hours off. Don't like to go off schedule. I didn't get dinner until 7:15.
Breakfast - cottage cheese, strawberries, coffee, water
Lunch - chicken salad. A couple of glasses of water
Dinner - bacon, egg, & cheese omelet. More Water.
Snack - A few nuts, sugar free jello with a little whipped cream
More water.
I did go for a bike ride before dinner.
My knees are feeling a lot better. Just that small amount of weight loss seems to have done some good, unless it is the fact that there hasn't been any rain. Rainy days make them worse.
My clothes seem a little looser. No big size change yet. I bought a new shirt and it was my usual size. I really hoped to lose it in my breasts since that's where I always gain weight but it seems to have come off in my waist.
Went to the dentist for cleaning; went into work late. My meals were a couple of hours off. Don't like to go off schedule. I didn't get dinner until 7:15.
Breakfast - cottage cheese, strawberries, coffee, water
Lunch - chicken salad. A couple of glasses of water
Dinner - bacon, egg, & cheese omelet. More Water.
Snack - A few nuts, sugar free jello with a little whipped cream
More water.
I did go for a bike ride before dinner.
My knees are feeling a lot better. Just that small amount of weight loss seems to have done some good, unless it is the fact that there hasn't been any rain. Rainy days make them worse.
My clothes seem a little looser. No big size change yet. I bought a new shirt and it was my usual size. I really hoped to lose it in my breasts since that's where I always gain weight but it seems to have come off in my waist.
Friday, Sept 12
Worked all day and came home a little tired. The weather is starting to get dreary looking. It'll be raining soon.
Breakfast - cottage cheese/strawberries, coffee, water
Lunch - 2 hard boiled eggs, sugar-free jello cup
2 bottles of water
Dinner - flounder, broccoli, 2 glasses of water.
The flounder was great! I dipped it in egg, coated with parmesan cheese, and sauted in olive oil. DH and I liked it a lot better than when I use bread crumbs or other coatings. It came out golden and flaky. Yum!
Didn't get any exercise in today except for running up and down the stairs a few times. I'm planning on watching Dr. Phil soon so I'll just be a couch potato tonight.
Today I fit into a pair of khakis I haven't worn in quite a while. It felt really good. I don't think I lost any weight this week, but I might have lost some inches. I haven't been measuring.
Worked all day and came home a little tired. The weather is starting to get dreary looking. It'll be raining soon.
Breakfast - cottage cheese/strawberries, coffee, water
Lunch - 2 hard boiled eggs, sugar-free jello cup
2 bottles of water
Dinner - flounder, broccoli, 2 glasses of water.
The flounder was great! I dipped it in egg, coated with parmesan cheese, and sauted in olive oil. DH and I liked it a lot better than when I use bread crumbs or other coatings. It came out golden and flaky. Yum!
Didn't get any exercise in today except for running up and down the stairs a few times. I'm planning on watching Dr. Phil soon so I'll just be a couch potato tonight.
Today I fit into a pair of khakis I haven't worn in quite a while. It felt really good. I don't think I lost any weight this week, but I might have lost some inches. I haven't been measuring.
Saturday Sept 13
Lots of rain this morning.
We're supposed to go to DD's house to watch the air show from her back yard. She lives close to the base where it's being held. Hopefully, it'll clear up by this afternoon.
DH is making his famous meatballs and I'll be making deviled eggs. She's expecting LOTS of people if the weather cooperates.
Had bacon & eggs for breakfast. I think I lost 1 pound this week. Official weigh in tomorrow. It's been slow but I'm fitting into a lot of my clothes from a couple of years ago.
That feels good and makes it all worthwhile. I watched Dr. Phil on TV last night for his special. It all made a lot of sense. It's about making smart choices and taking care of yourself. I'm going to try following his inspirational words.
Lots of rain this morning.
We're supposed to go to DD's house to watch the air show from her back yard. She lives close to the base where it's being held. Hopefully, it'll clear up by this afternoon.
DH is making his famous meatballs and I'll be making deviled eggs. She's expecting LOTS of people if the weather cooperates.
Had bacon & eggs for breakfast. I think I lost 1 pound this week. Official weigh in tomorrow. It's been slow but I'm fitting into a lot of my clothes from a couple of years ago.
That feels good and makes it all worthwhile. I watched Dr. Phil on TV last night for his special. It all made a lot of sense. It's about making smart choices and taking care of yourself. I'm going to try following his inspirational words.
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