Julie's continual struggle (WW thread - comments VERY welcome!!)

[goldcupmom]

The reception at the Fencing club was very nice. I stuck w/ only water, but the food wasn't what she originally planned. I had 1/2 of a vietnamese spring roll - all veggies inside and a clear outer layer. 2 lg red lettuce leaves w/ a thin slice of avocado and a 1/2 strip turkey bacon inside. About 10 chips and Mango salsa - it was WONDERFUL and the caterer told me how to make it. Just mango, jalapeno, habanero and cilantro so can't be all that bad. Had about a dozen olives and then had 2 small about 1" oatmeal cookies w/ no raisins and 2 small coconut balls - not cookie-ish like macaroons, just like a ball of rolled coconut. Not TOO bad, but not real great. I'm sure the sodium is taking it's toll today.

I did OK on water yesterday, I got in my 77 oz, but not extra.

Today is Ebay, clean and then DD has fencing tourney at 3.

Tomorrow after Church she has to go for the public open house to demonstrate. I'll let DH do that one and exercise while he's gone to avoid the criticism. Ds will do school and I'll start to get organized to pack for DD and my quickie FL trip. Still no case for the Epees. Looks like we'll have to make something.

I'm hoping to squeeze in a walk today, but not too optimistic.

 

[Lesli54]

I think you did pretty well on food at the reception. It is hard when there is so much good food to try.

Hope you get your walk in and can figure out some way to transport those epees.

 

[goldcupmom]

Yesterday was LONG!!! We STOOD watching fencing from about 2:30 until about 7:30. No exercise, but standing was exhausting.

Before we left I ate, but over ate. TOM which may or may not be approaching all I wanted to do was munch. Had a roll up sandwich - then had some ruffles light chips - fairly ok, then had THREE chocolate covered biscotti. NOT OK! but 2 pts each. So I had 20 of my 22 pts before leaving home at 2:00. Had just water there and about 4 small tortilla chips with the mango salsa. Dinner DD wanted Chick Fil A so I got ONLY a char grill chicken sandwich - 5 pts. So, I was over pts by about 4 - 5, so not too bad.

Breakfast was lt oatmeal and a bit of a caramel roll I made for the kids. I stopped at one bite. They had wanted Krispy Kremes, which would have done me in. DH had to go to Home Depot, so the moment he was out the door I popped in my WATP 3 mile and made it thru. Finished turned off TV and went to the bathroom and he was on the bed watching TV by the time I got out in less than 2 min. WHEW!!

I'm not hungry today, but I really really really have the munchies. So far I haven't indulged them. I need to have lunch and think I'll use some FF cheese and make nachos with the baked chips. Maybe with lots of salsa that will cure my munchies. Not sure of dinner. If DS19 comes over I'll make something more substantial as he is having trouble affording food and eating mainly frozen 99c dinners. YUCK!!

DD is off school tomorrow so we need to find an alterations place and get her bridesmaids dress altered so we can carry it to FL. Going to hit our fav thrift store first. If there is time and the rain stops we'll try to go to the zoo. I'm not optimistic. It's supposed to rain most of the day which means I have to be home at 10:30 to take DS to work, pick him up at 2 and drop him at gymnastics. Take DD to fencing at 5, pick DS up at 7, pick DD up at 7:30. THEN I can come home and crash. I don't like DS15 riding the motorcycle, but it sure does free up my life!

 

[pearlieq]

What is up with TOM and the munchies? What possible purpose could that serve? I got get how somehow TOM coming converts into the urge to much on everything in sight! So frustrating!

Good job to you for managing as best you could. At least it will pass in a few days!

Have a great Monday!

 

[goldcupmom]

Well, today was totally unplanned and not real good.

No exercise except shopping w/ DD - which was fun, but......

We went to our fav thrift store. Bought a bunch as Monday's are 99c day. Stuff for us, a few items for ebay, some for DNiece who is expecting and some too cute to resist baby things for her.

Then to the fabric store to try to get the things to make a bag to put the 6" pvc pipe for the fencing equipment. Took FOREVER and 2 stores and I still don't have everything.

Off to Burlington coat factory to look for some shoes for DD for fencing - nothing, but I got a great purse for travel and some satin pillow covers that zip.

Stopped at the coffee shop for breakfast - scone & coffee 6 pts. Lunch was Subway, 6" sub, baked chips plain tea - 8 pts. So far so good.

Then we ran home, took her bridesmaid dress to be altered - we'll be able to take it when we go next week and leave it - , ran to Goodwill - more baby & maternity stuff and a few books. Had to get dinner on the way to the hardware store to meet DH to get the pipe, etc. Stopped at Sonic. #2 burger - 11 pts. so at 19 for the day at diet sprite. It's really unusual here for places to have anything diet that's caffeine free. - I've been decaf since 1995 - went cold turkey from 2 pots coffee + sodas each day. Now just decaf and chocolate.

Finally home to sort the stuff I bought, no time to ebay or exercise today. DS home & I had to fix him dinner.

Had a choc covered mini biscotti - 2 pts. So I'm under points by one. Grabbed 4 almonds on the way to Dis.

Water wasn't good - just one 32 oz glass, but have had other liquids, so probably not horrid.


Tomorrow I WILL exercise and I WILL do my 3 mile.

I'm exhausted so off to bed.....

 

[Lesli54]

WHEW! I think your days just wore me out! Lots of running for everyone. A mom's job is never done.

Isn't it a wonder that we ever have time to lose weight?

Your doing great hanging in there when there is so much to do. Another plus? You definitely sound a lot less stressed than you did when you first began journaling. Keep up the good work.

 

[goldcupmom]

Yesterday was a bit calmer here. DH is almost finished with the 'tube' part of the epee case, so now I need to get with my friend and construct the case to go over it. DD picked out some heavy black denim so it ought to work well. Just need to figure out how to close the cover flap. Maybe this weekend.

Today is liquid day for me. Hopefully it will help the scale to move. It's stuck right about where it was last week, but with the unpredictable TOM , that is probably contributing, but who knows. I sure have the munchies.....

I started packing for the quick FL trip last night. I've been picking up maternity clothes and some baby stuff for my niece and it filled a whole large suitcase. I was stunned. I know she can use it tho and she is a TINY girl - very hard to find XS maternity clothes. She is tall and blonde and thin. Actually auditioned to be Barbie at DW quite a few years ago and then turned it down because she didn't want people looking at her. She does look like a Barbie doll. Too funny. But she is REALLY blonde - in HS she had to go pick up an RX and they asked for her Insurance Card. She gave them her car insurance card and asked them why they would need that, did the medicine affect driving? True story! She's getting better.....

Enough babbling. Off to Walmart .....

Have a good day all!!

 

[mking624]

Ooooh packing for FL! That always makes me happy!

Have a great day today!! Sending over some PD for that scale to move!

 

[pearlieq]

Packing sounds like so much fun!!!

I hope the building of the epee case goes well--I applaud your ingenuity!

 

[goldcupmom]

So far so good today. I ran to Walmart for Dog food and got a KEVA berry berry good smoothie on the way home for Breakfast - 4 pts. had a Kashi shake 4 pts and my revival soy shake 2 pts, so I have 10 pts to go. When I take DD to DH so he can take her to fencing I'll stop and get another Keva for dinner. and I can still have another Kashi and something small. Last week I had 1 lt bread w/ RF peanut butter and it really held me overnight and until after WI.

I managed to get my 2 mi WATP done, but today is mailing day for Ebay, so time is short. I only mail once a week, so it is time consuming to dig everything out of containers, package and mail, but every little bit helps.

 

[goldcupmom]

WI in this morning was Ok - down 1 lb. Not what I was hoping for, but at least it is in the right direction. After WW came home, had 2 lt bread 2 turkey - 2 pts and ran with DS15 to Eye place to look at sunglasses. Since he's employed he wants to by Oakley's. The MSRP on the pair he wants is $170 - our place sells them for $305........OUCH!!!! Guess he'll order them off line where we found $126.

Then he forgot his backpack with his work shoes (he rides a cycle so wears cycle boots- looks like a stormtrooper) so I had to follow him down to work to give it to him. So I did my grocery shopping down there. Just got home and having lunch of FF cottage cheese with Baked Lays to dip in it. either 5 or 7 points depending on how many chips I eat. It is really yummy! Definitely something I would not have thought to do pre-WW.

DD is at DH work today for Take your kid to work day so I won't have to do the school run. Hopefully will get in at least my 2 mi WATP.

Talked to Dsis this morning while I was in the grocery and she is Really depressed and scared about the Chemo. Trying to put on a brave front about losing her hair, but not doing a good job. She won't lose it in front of her girls, but she sure did with me. I'm glad. She needs to cry about it and not keep everything bottled inside.

TTNW - By now DSis will be done with her first Chemo (Wed at noon). I will be finishing up at the Spa - I still have a Gift Cert from my Birthday last July for a facial and pedicure and decided I finally had time to use it. DD and I will have to finish packing and organizing because one week from tomorrow we head to FL! Yippee!!

 

[Lesli54]

Oh no! Another TTNW game going on! I'm definitely going to need to set aside some time for the journals now.

Sounds like you are doing pretty good and congrats on the 1lb.! That means that the dress is just a little looser. Keep it up and you will make it.

As for the epee case. If you are real good with zippers and could find one long enough (probably not on such short notice), then you could try that. But I opt for using velcro. You can get a wide strip and then just sew it all the way across the length of the flap. It works great. Of course that is if you are only trying to get it closed. If you are needing some type of locking mechanism on the flap, then I would get some large grommets (big enough to slip a lock through and easy to put on). Put a grommet on each side of the flap to form reinforced holes in the fabric and that's it. You can now slip a lock and secure.

Sending prayers and for you to have the strength you need to see your sister through this time.

 

[goldcupmom]

It decided to get really windy here in NM so DS15 couldn't ride his cycle to gym. After I went grocery shopping I had just under 1 hour to get everything unloaded, taken care of , eat lunch and get back to pick him up after work to take to gym. With gas prices, I hung around, did some errands and then picked DD up at DH work, stopped to see a friends 4 wk old puppy, bought crickets for the lizards and FINALLy got home to fix dinner.

No exercise, just about half my water so far. Had the MOST WONDERFUL scone - I'm sure it was terrible for me.....Cocoa walnut. Then had cheese nuggets for dinner. Not a healthful day, but a yummy one.

Tomorrow I must do my 3 mile WATP and maybe more.

I''m not too optimistic that I'll be able to lose 2 lbs next week as I wanted, but I sure am gonna try.

Basically the Epee case is a 46" x 6 " tube of PVC pipe with pipe cap permanently attached at one end and with a rope handle at the other. I think the case will just be a round tube with some nylon strap the length for shoulder carrying and a smaller nylon handle attached. The 'cap' will likely be a beanie type lid with velcro to hold it on. Can't lock it on the airplane. I thought about using the plastic things that you press and hook kind of like a belt, but don't think plastic is a good idea. Maybe put a drawstring type with some small metal grommets. Still thinking it through..... That will likely be the Sunday afternoon project.

 

[goldcupmom]

This a.m. I had the other scone I bought - this one blueberry and not as good as the mocha. I think I'm just in chocolate craving mode.

Today and this weekend are catch up days and get the fencing bag done. I'm still procrastinating.

I have to make DD pack for the trip this weekend or I'll end up having to do laundry Thurs night. She has 2 closets full of clothes and can never find anything to wear. Very high maintenance!!

Tomorrow is 'Bark in the Park' a few blocks from our house to benefit the humane society. DD and I will go and take Mia - just have to decide what Mia needs to wear. LOL!!

TTNW I will be very anxious for DH to tell me when he will get home so I can load the van. Of course I will be making MANY lists and leaving them all over so DH and DS15 will have a clue what to do with the animals and other things. We will pick DD up at school at 3:05 and head straight for the airport. Might have to stop somewhere and get food to take on the plane. With any luck she won't be agitated about having to change clothes in the airport (or she'll just have to fly in her school clothes). I will try to run to the market in the morning to get a large fresh fruit cup for us to share as part of dinner on the plane. We'll land at MCO about 11 and Dsis and her 2 daughters will be there to meet us. DSis will be crying, of course.....she always does... over EVERYTHING!! We'll gather luggage and hit the bathroom AT LEAST twice before leaving to drive the hour to Lakeland - what with 2 over 40 and a pregnant one, bathroom breaks are essential! With any luck at least one of them will remember where on the ramp they parked. Last year we walked around for the better part of an hour looking for the car. Hopefully our flight won't be crowded and DD and I can have an empty seat between us. She likes window, I like aisle. Last year from El Paso to Orlando I ended up in the middle next to a 'cowboy' who slept the whole way - most of it leaning on me. I tried numerous times to wake him so I could go to the bathroom with no success. I was IN PAIN by the time we landed as it is a 3.5 hour flight. NEVER AGAIN!!!
Sleep will be almost non-existant. DSis is a night owl just like our dad was. I'm a morning person, so I'll definitely be sleep deprived. But, it will be good for her to have fun and forget for a while.

 

[Lesli54]

You sure do sound busy!

The drawstring idea sounds good. I wonder could you use metal clips like on the end of a dog leash, instead of plastic?

Your flight next to the cowboy sounded like torture! Hopefully this time will be better. I never get much sleep when around family either, but it is fun to visit.

Have a great day and hopefully today will be a better eating day!

 

[goldcupmom]

Today hasn't been a great food day! I did get my 3 mi WATP done, tho, but reluctantly.

I've not been sleeping well and it caught up with me today. That plus my heart doing it's flip-flop-skip-hop tells me that TOM must be approaching, but very erratically so. Gee, the 40's are wonderful!!

So, I ate breakfast, did ebay, and when DS went to work, I ate lunch - FF cottage cheese and baked lays while lying in bed reading a book. Then the salty chips had me craving sweets - I made the mistake of opening the pkg of chocolate peanut butter oreos. My fav combo. I actually survived my 1st year of college eating Chocolate ice cream with peanut butter on it for most of 2 meals a day. Addictive! Then took a nap. Nap good, food not so great.

I had cf diet pepsi when I got up, got DD at school and came home. I forced myself to to my WATP even tho I really didn't want to. She did it, too, while eating a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream and complaining that it wasn't really exercise. I could have killed her!!

I need to clean out my freezer as DS15 is selling frozen food from RedWheel for Gymnastics, so dinner was an assortment of 'finger foods'. I had 1/2 a big pretzel with mustard and about a tsp of reduced fat cheese, 3 little round buffalo chicken things and 2 boneless buffalo chicken about 2" fake wings. Also had a cf diet rootbeer.

So, I'm 8 points over and I'm DYING to have some ice cream. I bought sugar free, fat free chocolate brownie and it's calling my name. I'm trying real hard NOT to answer as I know if I open the plastic on the container, I will EAT and EAT and EAT.

I've had only about 1/2 of my water, so I'm working on that.

I really wish they'd sell things like Baked Lays at Sam's in the small bags like they do all the other chips. Once I open the bag, I have a hard time stopping. The ice cream, too. They make regular ice cream in flavors in individual cups, why not the SF, FF stuff?

DD is trying to pack and driving me NUTS. She owns like 6 swimsuits (we have a hot tub - and I buy them new for about $2 at thrift stores) and insists on wearing the top to one, a different bottom and yet another swim top over the first one which has sleeves in it. UGH!!! And IF we get to a pool or beach, she needs to not get a "farmer" tan as the dress she is wearing in the wedding in July is strapless and since all the other bridesmaids are from FL, she will look really funny being so White and then with a farmer tan. Oh well. I imagine my DNiece will just plaster her with tan in a bottle.

Ok....I can tell I'm tired, I'm rambling.

Time to go do laundry and NOT open the freezer in my laundry room. Let the battle begin......

 

[goldcupmom]

Well, I won the ice cream battle, but today seems like it's not going to be an easy one. I'm trying to organize and just realized I can't find the manual to my new digital camera - I've never read it and am VERY VERY technology illiterate. Haven't used the camera yet b/c I haven't had time to read it. UGH!!!! It's either somewhere here, but I can't imagine where, or on the plane we took to/from Houston or in the hotel in Houston - either place and it's gone. STRESS!!!!!!!!!! This kind of thing DRIVES me NUTS!!!!

Breakfast was good - 1/2 c egg beaters w/cheese/chives & 2 low carb whole wheat mission tortillas. Hadn't tried them but only 1 pt each and 8 g Fiber. They were GOOD!! Added 1/6 C ff mozzarella (out of cheddar). The one I put salsa on was better. So 2 burritos, 4 pts.

Off to exercise while DH is at work for a couple of hours.

 

[pearlieq]

Congrats on winning the ice cream battle. I know sometimes it feels like you fight for every minute!

Your breakfast sounds so yummy--I love those mission tortillas! They're so tasty and all that fiber is great.

Good job getting your exercise done, even if you didn't really want to. Keep up the good work!

You can do it!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Today has been a good day - except for the camera thing - but I'm exhausted! I did the WATP and then DD and I took Mia to Bark in the Park. I decided I didn't want to mess with parking so we walked. About a mile each way and home is all up hill.

Lunch was a roll up - 15 more fibers and only 4 pts, plus a WW 2 pt choc mint bar. DD fixed Mac & chz w/ ham & peas for dinner so I had a LC mac & cheese with some salsa and some turkey. only 7 pts total.

They all went to see Hitchikers Guide movie and I had a No pudge bar (in the bathtub with a book Now I'm catching up on computer and having a cup of the ice cream I wanted last night. 10 fibers and only 2 pts for a cup. Once I finish Dis I need to do ebay . And I still have 1.5 pts left (I don't eat my exercise pts).

Despite it all my scale has gone WAY up - SEVEN pounds over where I was Thurs morning. It HAS to be water, but it is very depressing and now is when I get tempted to say 'oh well' and eat everything in sight. I MUST NOT!!!

Edit: I'm sitting here having a cup of decaf and finishing ebay and just realized I forgot all about TTNW. I really will be with my DSis this time next week. We will get up early and hit garage sales - her favorite pastime. Then her 2 grown girls and my DD will go out to breakfast at Denny's(I have $50 in Gift Certs I bought for a gym trip and didn't use). After that we'll probably take a nap and just hang out. In the evening we are planning a surprise Bday party for Dsis. Her day is the 15th, but we will convince her that my DD needs to at least swim in a pool while in FL so we will go out to her younger DD's house and have a surprise party. I'm hoping my Bro from near Ft Myers/Naples can make it up, too. Dsis will of course cry - a lot! And if (no WHEN) she does, so will I. We'll have a cook out and I called the Baskin Robbins in Lakeland and ordered her a sugar free ice cream cake - she's diabetic. When DNiece gets too tired (she's expecting) we'll all leave and head back to DSis's where DSis and I will stay up and talk most of the night. I'll probably be having a cup of decaf about now even tho it will be almost 11:30 p.m. in FL. When we just can't stay awake any more, we'll reluctantly go to bed.

 

[goldcupmom]

I am SO BUMMED about the scale. This a.m. I'm up 3.5 lbs from where I was Thurs Morning, and I've stayed OP, exercised and done well. But.....given the mood I was in yesterday, plus teary, I'm guessing MAYBE TOM is coming. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

I was really trying hard to get that last 2 lbs off before I go to my DSis this Friday, but I just can't envision it happening now. I'm so depressed, but this too shall pass. I'm NOT going to let it make me quit.

Breakfast was 1/2 c egg beaters (1), 1 sm sausage (1), 1 mission tortilla (1) 1/4 c obrien potatoes & 1/6 C ff chz (1). I told everyone they're on their own for lunch as breakfast was at 10:15. Dinner DH is going to grill. I'll have FF hot dogs, melon and corn on the cob. I want to save some points for Ice Cream. It was really yummy.

Off to WalMart to buy those Hot Dogs, then home to clean, ebay and PACK!!!

TTNW: I'll be up early as I always am, probably have coffee with my BIL. Morning will be spent chatting and getting DD ready for her fencing competition. We'll be busy with that from about 12 - 5, so not sure what else will go on - especially since it's mother's day. I'm sure we will stay up WAY too late again talking as Monday we have to leave for home.