Doreen's New Way of Life (comments are welcome)

[marsh0013]

hey doe, i'm so glad you had a great day today! your menu planning really seemed to work out for you. and how wonderful that not only did you stick to a great plan, but you enjoyed it along the way . what a great feeling

hope you have another great day tomorrow

 

[Castillo Mom]

Hi Doreen! Wow, I'm impressed at how focused you are. And hey, at least you know what to expect with the D-zone and TOM which means you're more likely to be able to stay on or nearly on plan. Take care Doreen!

 

[DoeWDW]

Wrap-up from yesterday:
1. Meds & vitamins - yes! 4/4 100%
2. Water - yes! 4/4 100%
3. Food - switched the chick salad to a Subway wrap - yes! 3/4 75%
4. Exercise - was just plain lazy. I had several chances to do it and just blew it off Glad I put in some cheat days! 3/4 75%

I get to roll my bear for yesterday - YAY!

I was disappointed in myself for skipping the exercise yesterday, and that motivated me to get out of bed and do my Pilated early this morning - so my exercise for the day is finished!!

Now I'm off to wake up the kids and get us all ready to head out the door for work & school by 6:50.

It's gonna be another sunny day!

EDIT: 8 AM
I'm at work, sipping some warm and wonderful decaf mandarin orange green tea - the smell of orange is heavenly - makes me feel all sunny and warm inside!

The plan:
1. Meds & vitamins out to be taken with breakfast.
2. Water and/or decaf green tea - 5 mugs.
3. Food B = 2 string cheese (2g), L = cheeseburger (2g), S = trail mix (15g), D = ? (guess I'd better figure this out before I get home tonight )
4. Exercise - 20 minute Winsor Pilates this morning! I'm so happy that I have this finished already! Love how it works my lower abs!

My father's birthday party is tomorrow evening at Red Lobster. I want to check their website today to see what I can order that's low carb, so I can plan the rest of my meals for tomorrow.

The rest of the weekend is looking blissfully clear of plans, but rainy - a great weekend to stay inside & read! If DH doesn't bring work home, maybe I can talk the family into doing a jigsaw puzzle at the dining room table - great for chatting with my teenagers!!

Now I'm off to check on all of my WISH friends and to do some work (do I have those two things in the right order?? ).

 

[tlgoblue]

Good Morning Doreen! Sounds like you're off to a wonderful start! When I was doing SB, I went to Red Lobster and had Mahi, with veggies. It was decent and LC, but the whole thing was swimming in butter! Just be careful to stay away from those biscuits they bring! Very tempting. Have fun! Thanks for all the encouragement yesterday. I wish I could carry you around on my shoulder! Then maybe somebody could have talked me out of dinner last night. Oh well, I was only over my range by 300. I guess I did that in exercise, so not all was lost!

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[Mom of Sleepy Bashful and BabyDoc]

Ooooooooo, Doe, Red Lobster's one of my favorites. I always order grilled salmon (sometimes I order it blackened) and I order double veggie instead of potato. It also comes with another side, I usually get salad. Yummy, yummy!

Have fun! And we are a BIG puzzle family. My DH does the 1,000 piece puzzles and the kids always help him. ONe year for Christmas, I bought him on of those things that you lay your puzzle on while you are working on it and if you are not finished, you simply roll it up. It's a great big piece of felt with a cylinder that the felt rolls up around. I think it is called Roll-o-puzz, or something like that. He loves it. And that way I don't have a puzzle sitting out on the dining room table all week, just at nights.

Have a great day!

 

[lulu201]

Good morning, Doreen! It's Friday, it's Friday! A little Friday cheer chases the clouds away, doesn't it?

Girl, you are living right! Look at your stats for March! Just keep taking it day by day and you're sure to get the results you want.

Along with the Da Vinci Code (which I'm finding VERY hard to put down), I picked up a book at the library called "Thin Tastes Better" by Stephen Gullo. It's quite interesting so far--talking all about the cultural, psychological, and biological influences that surround our eating behaviors and how we have to have "food control eating plans" if we're going to maintain weight loss. If it sounds interesting to you, check your library and add it to your rainy weekend activity list! After the puzzle, of course.

WISH-sis, you know that I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers as you and yours journey through this day. Let me know what the plan is for the next walk. I'm ready!

Morning Pilates! Way to Go! Because of you, I'm on my way to the treadie!

,
Erin

 

[Strings]

Doe,

great job doing your exercise this morning. I'm almost feeling guilty, almost. It sounds like you will have a good weekend. Here's an for all the rain. We'll be joining you with rain all weekend. My dad uses the rool-o-puzzle thing. It works great. Enjoy your weekend. What book are you reading?

Beth

 

[septbride2002]

Hi Doe! Sounds like a great day and weekend planned.

Red Lobster - the last time I was there I had trouble finding low carb items but that was really only because I didn't want Salamon. I hope you are able to find something that you like. REMEMBER TO AVOID THE BISCUITS! And they are hard because they are so yummy!

~Amanda

 

[sharoncity]

Exercise already in the record book??!! You rock Doreen!! That is wonderful! You are doing so great with your March goals. Good for you!
I'm trying to soak up some of your positive attitude from this am. I'm a little down this AM, but I am truly trying to turn that around.
Your weekend plans sound divine! I will be running around as usual. A rainy day with a book would be so sinful - but wonderful! That's okay, I'm used to my crazy schedule. I'll have plenty of R&R time when my kids get older!
Have a great day today Doreen! Here's some pretend to bask in for now!
TTFN-
Sharon

 

[hlane]

Doreen,

I just wanted to stop in & say HI. I also wanted to thank you for all the inspiration you give me. DH & I had our appointment yesterday, although it was tough and by the end I was in tears I really noticed it made me & DH closer just going through that together, thank you for checking in on me. Well I hope you have a wonderful day & weekend!!

Holly

 

[vald1977]

Hi Doreen,
Staying in and reading and working on puzzles sounds like a great weekend plan. I love rainy days where you don't have to be anywhere . I wanted to ask you about Winsor Pilates. What is it exactly ? Do you need a Pilates machine for it? Hope you have a wonderful day !

 

[DoeWDW]

I'm on a roll today!!
1. Meds & vitamins taken.
2. 4 mugs water & 1 mug decaf green tea finished.
3. B = cheese (2g), Splenda for tea (1g), L = trail mix (15g) - just haven't been hungry for my cheeseburger. D will be ?? (it's still a mystery to me!) but I have 47g carbs left.
4. Winsor Pilates finished.

I've met all my goals except for my food tonight and I'm quite sure I'll be meeting that goal too! I haven't eaten much today but I FEEL full (must be all this water!) so I'm not going to worry about it.

Thanks for the info concerning puzzles! I'll have to try to find a roll-o-puzz or something similar!

Also, thanks for all the great ideas about Red Lobster! After looking at their online menu, I may have to declare tomorrow night's dinner as one of my cheats for the month - so many yummy things. I'm leaning toward the Aztec Chicken and splitting a dessert with DH. If I decide to have a biscuit, I'll split it with DH - their biscuits are so evil that I may just skip it altogether. We'll see how I feel when I get there. I don't want to have too many carbs even if it's a cheat - I don't want to have to kick the carb cravings all over again.

Also, Erin, thanks for the book info - I'll be checking into that one!

Beth, I've got the latest Reader's Digest, Suze Orman's "9 Steps to Financial Freedom", an R.L. Stine book my kids are reading, and a so-so book titled "Hitler's Pope" going at the moment, but I'm due for another visit to the library tomorrow morning - never know what I might find! Can you tell I like to read??

All goals met except for watching my 47g carbs for the evening - I'm feeling pretty good about this!!

 

[wovenwonder]

OMG Red Lobster has been one of my FAVORITE low carb stops! I usually get the 'Ultimate Feast'. It has crab legs w/drawn butter, shrimp scampi and I ask to have the fried shrimp substituted with grilled shrimp. I get the salad w/baby shrimp and have the veggies instead of the potatoe. Skip the biscuits.

YUMMY!

 

[DoeWDW]

I left work with 47g carbs to play with tonight. I was really hungry when I got home and a PBJ sounded SOOOO good! I made one with low-carb bread - 30g for the whole sandwich. Then I had 2 Dove promises (7g). That means I only have 10g left. I'm just posting here to reinforce to myself that I must be careful tonight. I have plenty of legal treats like sf jello & whipped cream, string cheese, etc. so there's NO REASON for me to go over the 10g I have left.

I WILL have a 60g day!

There! Now that I've put it in writing, I feel like I can do this!

 

[luvmy2sams]

You can do it, Doe! You've written it down, and we'll all know if you come back and edit it out! Just kidding...I know you'll stick to it, and you'll feel amazing for sticking with your goal.

Sounds like you have a perfect weekend planned out. I think that reading books under the covers while it rains and eating at Red Lobster are in my top ten list of favorite things.

Congratulations on getting the exercise in first thing this morning! That seems to be a big obstacle for me, as well. I'm proud of you!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy it!

~Angela

 

[R_Judy]

Hi Doe,
You did it right??? I know you did. Have a super terrific weekend.

 

[lulu201]

Good morning, Doreen. It's rainy here in PA, but we're going to be sunny today, aren't we? We've got our books and you've got a puzzle--what more could anyone want?

In that last pm I sent, I should've said that we'll be in WDW from Thurs.-Monday when we go for the half-marathon, not Thurs.-Sunday. Are you going to be there then, too? Should I contact Kamy?

How did last night's dinner go?

Don't forget to take your vitamins today--sometimes it's hard to remember on Saturdays when the routine changes.


dear WISH-sis,
Erin

 

[DoeWDW]

Yes, gang, I DID IT!!!

I was feeling a little weak last night, and I KNEW that if I wrote it down in my journal, I'd stick to my goal better - IT WORKED!!

I still need to roll my bear - will do that as soon as I finish this entry.

It's well after 9 AM. I slept until 8:30! Guess I was tired. Then I got up and did my Pilates. I also wrote all the exercises down so that I can do the workout even if both TVs are in use - I've been wanting to do this for a while so I'm happy that I finally did it.

I was not going to allow myself to DIS until I got my Pilates in - that worked well, since I'm addicted to the DIS & these journals!

I haven't done anything else yet, but today will be on track - a visit to the library this morning for more books, out to dinner this evening, a little cleaning & laundry in between, maybe some errands. It sounds like a lot, but we'll be moving at a relaxed pace today so it will be fun.

Later!

 

[luvmy2sams]

Good job, Doe! I knew you could do it!

You're already done with your exercise, too. I'm very proud of you! You're putting me to shame as I sit here after 11am, and I'm still in my PJ's.

Have a wonderful weekend! Give yourself a big pat on the back for a job well done!

~Angela

 

[sharoncity]

Dooorrrreeeennnnn - you're putting me to shame!! Two days in a row and exercised first thing?! I am pitiful - its 2:30 PM and I STILL haven't exercised. Gotta get that done, otherwise reaching my goal for this week will be rather tough!
You did great yesterday - way to hold off on that snack craving! Mind over matter, we CAN do this!!
Have a wonderful dinner tonight - relax and enjoy it. DH and I are also going out tonight - I'm looking forward to it!
Have a great day!
TTFN-
Sharon