Frogmommy's "Time for a change" thread - comments welcome

[frogmommy]

Hi-

Amy, I'm not really down by the scale exactly. When I started trying to lose weight I realized that my plan might need to be adjusted along the way. I have a feeling I'm at one of those points now so I'm experimenting to see what works. I think the extra workout time is helping for sure. I don't seem to be able to consistantly reduce my points. I should probably be getting 22 - 27 points/day which is about where I've been ending up. I have no idea how that translates into calories though. I'm glad you said something because I was trying to go as low as 20/day and it wasn't working out.

Jane, I wish I could help you out with the decorating. I am so busy this year that I think my Thanksgiving decorating will consist of making sure the carpet is clean. We painted over the summer though. I must have had hundreds of paint samples here. Poor DH. I thought his head would explode if I asked him to compare any more samples ("which do you like better, canary or lemon parfait?") - he was at the point where he would just say yes to any question to get me to move on. We haven't had time to find curtains yet, but it's on the long list of things to do.

It's been a busy day. Everyday this week will probably be like this. One thing I'm looking forward to is Mommy's Night Out tomorrow at Unos. Boyyyy do I need this. I had a bad experience the last time I ate at Unos, but at least I'll know to avoid the salad and stick with the soup. Totally doable. Plus they have Mic Ultra for $.99.

My grandmother is here from Iowa. She's 92. I saw her just briefly today on the way to Mom's. She didn't look well, but as mom said it's probably better that Grandma's here where people are looking after her instead of by herself in her apartment.

I did 25 minutes of cardio today. The diet was ok, not great. Grandma brought some homemade cookies with her, and of course I ate one. I think they were her version of pecan sandies. By the taste of them I could tell she had used a bit of butter. So good.

Here's the food list for today -
Go Lean - 1
HR Tomato Soup - 3 (for a cup)
melted rf swiss on swb - 2
1/2 pear - .5
1 oreo - 1 (didnt know about grandmas cookies when I ate this)
baked lays - 2
FF yogurt - 2
Chicken Marsala - 3
Barella plus rotini - 3
WW eclair - 3 (still didn't know about the cookies)
Grandma's cookie - ??? at least 3 I'm guessing.
lost track of the water, though I think I'm close to 64oz if not over

 

[toystoryduo]

Stopping by to WISH you a Happy Thanksgiving! Have a great week!

 

[lovinaz]

Mmm, nothing like grandma's cookies! I bet it was worth every point!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving and don't worry about what the scale says for a couple days. Life is so much more fun that way!!

 

[Cruise04]

I had to laugh at your comment of Thanksgiving decorating. I didn't even get the turkey out to put on the table or the pumpkin that I have. So cleaning the carpet is much better than me!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Keep on
Chris

 

[frogmommy]

Hi-

I didn't post last night, and I don't remember everything I ate. I think I was ever so slightly over. I didn't workout either. My plan is to do both upper and lower body workouts tomorrow which will still take less than an hour.

So Mom took my grandmother to the doctor yesterday. They sent them on to the hospital. Turns out my DGM has double pnemonia, dehydration, and possible heart faliure. They thought that the dehydration was throwing off some of the tests for the heart faliure, so they couldn't say for sure. There is a slight possibility that she will be home by tomorrow for dinner believe it or not. We will probably have Thanksgiving on Friday, just in case. I saw her yesterday morning before she went to the doctor, and late last night after she had been admitted. There was a remarkable difference. In the morning she could barely stand or talk, and she looked gray. Last night her cheeks were pink and she talked my ear off for 2 hours. She is unbelievably resiliant for a woman of 92.

In other news, my weight has been up and down everyday, but never over 183. Today it was 181. So, I guess there is a slight chance I'll be at 180 tomorrow. If not it's ok. I'm happy with my progress.

Ty Tracy! Your family is in my thoughts.

Amy, those cookies were definetely worth whatever points they were! DGM told me that they were essentially her butter cookie recipe but made with brown sugar and crushed pecans. So good! Just so you know, I don't intend to count any points during Thanksgiving dinner. Even the diet gets a holiday!

Hey Chris- at this point I'm not even sure about the carpet. I have a 4 year old and a 1 1/2 year old. Just when I think the floor is clean one of them strikes and I have to start all over!

OK, I need to go do today's cardio. My plan is to come back here later and post today's food list.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

i hope that your grandmother feels better and is able to come home

have a great day

 

[frogmommy]

Hi-

Just stepping in for a minute. I'm totally off my plan at this point. Sigh. We ate at a medateranian place last night. Lots of real hummus, tabuleh (0r however it's spelled), falafel (again with the spelling) and other stuff that is technically good for you but high in fat. Today's weight was back at 183, not surprisingly. Then today we ate Thanksgiving dinner in the hospital cafeteria. BLECH. I ate a salad, some bites of cornbread dressing, and half a peice of chocolate cake. And yogurt covered pretzels. I felt like I was dining "peanuts" style. All we needed was the toast and popcorn. I came home and ate a serving of baked lays and the rest of the mozzerella and black olives from last night.

I'm not really sure how DGM is. She looks ok and acts ok, but she's coughing and her speech is a bit labored (probably from all the talking and coughing). She is still suposed to come home tomorrow. But I dunno. She IS 92 afterall. DH has a bad feeling. I'm trying not to thik about it, which may explain some of my less than stellar eating choices.

I still have to workout and clean the house. DH's family is still headed this way on Saturday. I really don't feel like doing anything.

I hope everyone is having a happy Thanksgivng.

 

[frogmommy]

Hi-

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving yesterday. We are going to my Mom's tonight for Thanksgiving pt 1. DGM won't be there. The doctor says she is improving but because of her age they want to see her situation stabilize before sending her home. That was the report as of last night anyway. I haven't talked with mom yet today so things may have changed again.

I'm not at all on plan at this point, but I'm still training to make good choices. I never did workout yesterday. I did clean 2 bathrooms however. I did a scaled back version of my lower body routine this morning and in a few minutes I'm going to do 20 minutes of cardio. I can still make up the upper body workout from Tuesday, either tomorrow or Sunday. Tomorrow is going to be another crazy day (Thanksgiving pt 2 with the inlaws), so we will see how it goes. I'm up another lb to 184 today. I think everything will be ok if I can just get through this weekend and get back on track Sunday or Monday.

This morning we took our kids to the local Xmas tree farm to tag our tree. They had a blast. The place where we go has a "Xmas train" that takes customers to different areas of the lot - DS especially loves that part. We let them run through the trees while we picked out ours. Then we went inside their barn/shop to look at all the decorations and sample some cidar and other goodies. It was a lot of fun.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

sounds like fun!!! have a great day!

 

[frogmommy]

Hi!

Ty Jen for checking in on me over the weekend.

Well, first the good news. My grandmother's condition has finally improved and stabilized enough to where she can come home. She will be staying with my DM an extra week until she is well enough to travel again. I am so thankful. I admit, I wasn't entirely sure she would be coming home at all.

Now the bad news. I have done nothing but eat crap for the last few days and the scale is reflecting it. Today I was 186. I've gained 5 lbs since last Wednesday. This time last week I wasn't sure I would make the Tgiving challenge. Now I'm not even sure I'll make either of the November challenges! I never thought I would be in this position. I feel gross, too.

I'm going to start over tomorrow. New week, new plan. Hopefully December will be much better for me than Novemeber has been.

 

[lovinaz]

That is bound to happen with all the stress you have been through! Plus 2 Thanksgivings? Yikes! I am glad to hear your grandmother is doing better.

You will get back on track today, don't worry! And that weight is mostly water and will come off quickly. Especially once you get back on track with your workouts. Hang in there, you can do it!

 

[frogmommy]

Hi

Ty Amy. I'm glad last week is over. It has taught me however that I can't deal with uncertainty. I lose it when things don't go as planned. I gotta work on that.

Today was much better food and exercise wise. I don't have point totals however - just didn't get to it today since I'm still recovering from the weekend. I did my 25 minutes of cardio. I think I may do an extra long upper body tomorrow so that I can meet my Nov. workout challenge. Anyway, this is what I ate:

Go lean - 1 pt
open faced ham and RF swiss on sprouted wheat - 3
2 wasa crackers - 1
1 whole wheat blueberry bran muffin - 1?
4 pecans - guessing 1
baked lays - 2
1 chicken fajita (tortilla was probaby 1, chicken probaby 2 or 3, cheese -2, RF sour cream - 1)
Health smart ice cream - 2?
1 glass chardonay - 2

I have a headache so I think I'm going to bed. I hope I can get a chance to read some other journals tomorrow. I've been really slack this last week.

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Heather! How are you doing? I am so glad to read that your grandma is doing better. How sweet of her to bake cookies for you guys when she certainly must have already been feeling under the weather when she baked.
I can definitely relate to the Thanksgiving eat everything in sight after effects. Glad to hear that you have everything under control again and you are getting back on track. Don't worry -- you'll see 181 again very soon!
Have a great day. I hope you get some time to yourself to make some good food and to get in the workout you are looking forward to.
BTW -- your account of the Christmas tree farm was inspiring. I am going to try to talk my family into doing that this weekend. I hope you have a peaceful week to look forward to!

 

[Jane E.]

Heather I'm glad that your grandmother is feeling better. Its scary at that age when they get ill. You must be feeling much better.

I've been having a hard time with my eating the past couple of weeks too. I think its more stress than anything else - but I've got to get back on program!

 

[eeyore25]

HI Heather,

I am so glad that your grandmother is doing much better. Great news!
Don't be too hard on yourself for what happened last week. You did have a lot of stress and having to do two Thanksgiving's....that has to be hard!

You are doing a good job. Keep up the good work and I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!

 

[frogmommy]

Hi-

Ty Cam, Jane, and Jamie. I am so glad DGM is better. It was pretty scarey for awhile. She is such a tough cookie. Nothing stops her, which probably contributed to her getting so sick. She told me that she volunteered nearly everyday the week before she came down. Then the Saturday before she came she spent the morning at a church bizzare and the afternoon playing bridge with friends. She said she knew she was sick when she came home from the game because she went straight to bed, but it was OK because she won the pot (a whole dollar!).

Cam, the tree farm really was so much fun and the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for the season. One of the nicest things was that it was all free. There's not much that the whole family can enjoy these days that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Plus, I know it's one of those things that will go in my kids' memory banks. I like that.

I'm doing better today about my plan. I woke up feeling headachy and cranky but somehow I've managed to work through it. I still haven't done a great job recording points but I think I'm in the right ballpark. I put in a 50 minute workout today so I will at least make my Nov exercise challenge!!! I did both upper and lower body workouts, so now I'm caught up.

I didn't think I was going to get the workout in though. My DHs OCD kicked in tonight when he decided he had to have a new cell phone RIGHT NOW. So we all got dragged to the mall. Which is why I'm not reading other journals tonight as planned. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow.

So this is what I ate-
3 WW blueberry muffins - 3
progresso low fat chicken soup - not sure, guessing 2.5
1 wasa cracker - .5
2 PB crackers - 2
1 bite of cookie - 1??
baked lays - 2
grilled chicken sandwich from chickfila with sauce - need to check, but I think 6-7 for the sandwich and another 1-2 for the sauce.
WW desert - 3
64+ oz water

Still holding at 184, which is not bad considering.

 

[lovinaz]

Why oh why does it take so long to get back on track after a de-railing like Thanksgiving? Don't you wish we could just flip a switch and get on with it?!?

You are doing really good though, every day gets better and better! Great job getting that exercise in to make the goal. That is why the challenges are so motivating - no one wants to post that they didn't make it!!

 

[frogmommy]

Hi-

Amy I know what you mean. It does seem to be taking a long time to get back in the swing of things. Ah well, as of tomorrow November will be behind me.

I did 25 minutes of cardio, so I just barely met the challenge. Yay me! Diet was ok today. Feel like I'm floating with all the water I'm drinking. No change on the scale though. Maybe tomorrow will show something. Otherwise I guess I'm 4/5 for the month. Technically I regained a lb, but I'm not backtracking.

I've been fighting a cold or something since Saturday. I took an antihistamine not too long ago, so I'm going to skip journals again for sleep. I feel like a slug.

Today I ate:
Go Lean - 1
RF CC and olives on swb - 3
WW muffin - 1
2 crackers with Lt CC and olives (Mom fixed) - 3
bud lite - 2
grilled chicken on pita - not sure. Prolly around 9
salad with vinegar - 0
bite of cookie - 1
HS ice cream - 2
FF yogurt - 2
64+ oz water

 

[lovinaz]

Great job meeting your exercise goal! And you just about made the weight challenge too! That is awesome!

Today starts a new month, here is the extra motivation you need! You can do it!

 

[gradtchr]

WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO for reaching your challenge for November. Awesome job!!!! I'm having trouble getting back on track after thanksgiving too but it's coming.