Lesli's Live Long and Strong WISH Journal

[Lesli54]

Well, not much exercise yesterday and I was a tad snacky, but it I did manage to control it.

I spent most of the day tying up lose ends, getting my accounting program ready to begin the new year, and setting up the program for the new store. So needless to say, I sat alot.......well there was always the jumping up and down out of my chair, but I don't think that counts as exercise.

Water was a little more than 1/2 my goals and I stopped eating at 8pm....until I found myself up late with work, then I grabbed a few slices of ham, just to keep things light and settle the growling.

For lunch, I grabbed a small bag of Cheetos, then I was still hungry, but managed to salvage things by eating some ham, a banana, and milk. Go me! PM snack was a little late and I had a few pretzels. Supper was 1 large pancake and 2 slices of bacon. Then a little later I had popcorn and ALMOST at the whole bag, but managed to stop. So not bad, definitely a work in progress.

Breakfast: english muffin, 4 slices ham, 1/2 c milk, hot tea (not much breakfast food around today)
AM snack: maybe some veggies or I will skip
Lunch: Chinese buffet (this will probably be the last time DH and I get lunch together for a few months)
Supper: Not sure, it depends on how hungry I am and where I am. Normally Chinese can leave me full for the rest of the day.

Goals for today:
1. 48 oz water
2. straighten my office
3. maybe 15 min exercise

I have a meeting tonight that I can't get out of so that is throwing things off a little today since I have to leave in the late afternoon to get there and help set up. Oh well. It might be another late night.

TIme to get going. Everyone have a good day!

 

[pearlieq]

Good Morning, Lesli!

You did a great job yesterday--you ate well for the most part and when things wavered a little you caught yourself. Good for you!

Sounds like another full day today! I hope you have a great time at lunch with DH and I hope your meeting goes well!

 

[Lesli54]

Well, I was doing ok, then last night happened.

I spent the day tying up more lose ends, running to banks, ordering paint to cover the ugly red trim at the new store (hopefully we can paint the walls later this year), meeting with the girl who is going to paint our sign, and a few other things. DH and I did manage to get away for lunch, a little late, but at least we made time. Last night's meeting was ok, could have been better.

No AM snack. Lunch was Chinese and I ate 3 sm bowls (less than 1 c. ea) of egg drop soup, it was so delish. Actually that helped me keep my choices at the buffet down to a minimum and I managed to only go through once with a plate. YAY ME! Of course, I am not sure the soup is that much better for me than everything else calorie wise, but at least soup isn't heavy. Since we ate late, I thought I would be ok for the night so I decided that I would get a DQ blizzard (sm, of course) on my way home. Mistake. I ate a few cookies at the meeting, should have just gone home. But I was tired and the drive was long, so I picked up that blizzard anyway.......along with a cheeseburger. When I got home, I started scavanging for more food.......carbs will do that. I know I ate some turkey, but there was something else in there and I can't remember what.....Oh yeah, it was two grab bags of baked cheetos. Not a proud moment.

Water was horrible. But today is a new day and time to move on.

Breakfast: 2 slices 7 grain with PB&J (ok, not a great start. I am so tired and we need breakfast food!)
I am not sure what I am going to eat for the rest of the day, but I am going to try to be reasonable.

Goals for today:
1. water - more than 36 oz (yes it is decreasing)
2. Exercise - I will get this with unloading 200 cases from the truck
3. take a nap - I am really going to try

Time to get going. I have to get DS dressed and I am late getting up to the store.

Have a good day!

 

[pearlieq]

Sounds like another super busy day! Good for you for making it through the Chinese buffet unscathed! I think you did a good job controlling yourself.

You're absolutely right that it's a new day today. You may have eaten more than you would have liked last night, but it could have been a lot worse and you've stopped yourself. Time to move on! Sounds like you're going to get an awesome workout today, so I wouldn't worry too much about those calories!

Have a wonderful day today!!!

 

[Lesli54]

Oh, it was yet another very busy busy day of which I didn't take proper time to eat a good meal, other than supper. So.......you guessed it, the little that I did eat wasn't nutritional and got a little out of hand.

In a nut shell. I got lunch late and that ended up being over 1/2 bag of cheetos plus a few slices of ham. Supper was 3 slices of pizza, which I actually think I sat for about 15 min, the rest of the time I was standing as we figured out work......It was one of those bring supper in since the famiily was at the store. Then really late, around midnight when I got home, I finished off the bag of cheetos and another few slices of ham. Oh and I had a pepsi for supper. Water was ALMOST 36 oz. So not tons of eating, but bad timing, and poor food choices. That entire bag of cheetos probably contains enough calories for a few days.

Time to move on and do better. Most of yesterday was spent unloading the new order and stocking shelves. I think I was up there for about 11 hrs. But on the plus side, I think after today, we can take it a little easy as we wait for the next order.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/ cheese, 3 slices ham, hot tea

The rest of the food plan today is to try to eat sensibly no matter what time it is. This is hard since I am tired and busy, but I guess it is also more important at this time to try to be good.

Goals today:
1. 36 oz of water
2. eat sensibly

At least I got plenty of activity and exercise yesterday.

Time to get going. Everyone have a great day!

 

[pearlieq]

Look on the bright side-- you may be making some choices you wish you hadn't, but I'll bet you any money you're burning it all off and then some?

Would it be possible to pack a lunch or a few snacks to carry with you? Having some nuts, carrot sticks, or cut up fruit on hand might help you get through the busy times.

I hope you have a great day today!!!

 

[Lesli54]

The good news is that I got through the day with eating less than a whole bag of cheetos.........That is better, right?

Ok, that might be pushing it a little. Lunch was late andI wouldn't call it much. I had a LC seasme chicken, but I really only ate the chicken and left most of the noodles. For some reason they really tasted over done and the sauce tasted like it had changed so it wasn't very appealing. The afternoon snack, early evening munchies began the cheetos. When I finally got back home from the store, I had a bowl of soup. Wow, a decent meal. Then it all went downhill after I woke up from my "nap". I had 2/3 bag of popcorn, 1/4 bag of cheetos, and 2 slices of pizza. This over inflated carb thing is killing me. On the plus side, I think I really did get more than 36 oz of water in.

I didn't get up to the store until late yesterday. DS was whiny and wanted some time at home and I had some ordering to do, plus a few phone calls, so it worked out. I only got in a few hours to set shelves, but that was ok. Then I had to come home while DH and DD16 were at the game. DH was going to hurry back so that I could go back to the store, but I was so tired, that I told him not to worry about it. And then I did take a "nap" in the evening, but stayed up too late with DD16 after that. It was ok and good to spend time with her, but it doesn't help on the lack of sleep front.

Breakfast: about 1 1/2 egg omelet or less w/ cheese (DD8 and DS shared w/ me), 1 large banana, 1 c. hot tea
AM snack: none, I had breakfast late
Lunch: A salad w/ turkey, craisins, and almonds, maybe a smidge of parmesan
PM snack: yogurt
Supper: potato soup (just have to remember to thaw it out)

Goals for the day:
1. Water 64 oz. - Yes it's ambitious, but I think I am giving myself excuses as to why I am not focusing on water.
2. Stick to the plan for food
3. Straighten my office - I am getting so lost in here with one business in full swing and the other in the beginning stages. Not to mention household bills, a little GS, and a few misc.

So today, is catch up day. Off to accomplish something.

Have a good day and don't forget, we all get off the path from time to time, but the important thing is that we keep going back to the path to continue this journey.

 

[pearlieq]

Just stopping by to wish you a great day today. I'm so glad to hear you got a nap and some time with the family!!!

I think the sun might even be out! I hope you have a wonderful day and accomplish what you need to.

Drink up!

 

[Lesli54]

Finally, I had a fairly good day in terms of junk food. And it shows today. I believe that I am down another few lbs. of holiday gain. (I had my clothes on when I weighed this morning, so I had to estimate the average difference that makes, but I do know it is down) I am going to wait and see what tomorrow brings and if I am still far off from my ticker then I will change it, but if it is within a few lbs, I think I will leave it for a few more days.

Well, I didn't get as much work done in my office as I had hoped. Instead I ended up back at the store. Good thing, DH was finishing setting shelves and he started stocking them, but not knowing if I have certain items or would be getting them this week he just threw everything on. So I had some rearranging to do. DD18's boyfriend and one of the kids we employ at the grocery store carried all the extra shelving down to the basement, along with HEAVY crates of shelving extenders, brackets, pegboard, etc. Finally, all of that is out of the way. We are really starting to look like a store now. The press is chomping at the bit and finally nailed us down. They get an interview on Friday so it will make the paper just before opening and it should be front page (small town, you know), so that will be good advertising.

I also need to work on flyers to put up around the area including outlying communities. Also, I need to work hiring employees, but I think we know who we are going to accept, so that makes it easier.

Water wasn't great, but I think I at least made 36 oz or more. Actually, after breakfast, I just didn't eat until 6pm, when I had a SMALL grab bag of cheetos. Much better. At first I wasn't hungry, then when I was, I couldn't leave the store since I had to direct things a bit. Supper was 2 sm bowls of potato soup and crackers, followed by a very small scoop of PB. That was it.

I did get exercise carrying heavy boxes of cleaners around. And the normal bending and stretching that goes along with setting a shelf.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/cheese, yogurt, 1/2 slice 7 grain w/jelly
AM snack: none
Lunch: ?
PM snack: ?
Supper: ?

DH wants to go to an auction and I have so much to do around here that I said I probably wouldn't go. I think he wanted me to since he said he wouldn't either, so I may have to change my mind, especially since he wanted to go yesterday as well and didn't. It's not that I don't like going to the auctions, they are really good and we find some wonderful antiques there, but I am really in need of time to finish setting up bookwork on the new store, plus get caught up on the old store and get ready for taxes, plus pay bills, etc. It is not like I have anyone to help me with any of those. DH doesn't do bookkeeping, it's just not his thing. We'll see what he says. If we go, we have to take the youngest ones and that is not always good at an auction.

Goal for the day:
1. Water - 64 oz
2. clean my desk & clear the daybed in my office
3. eat sensibly
4. go to bed before 11pm

Time to get going. Everyone have a great day!

 

[pearlieq]

Yay! I'm so glad you had a good day yesterday and that the holiday weight is on its was out of town. Mine is too, but I think I like your method better!

I hope you have a good day today and can work out some kind of compromise for the auction and all you need to do.

Have a great Sunday!

 

[Lesli54]

Oh, I am so tired today. I spent most of yesterday in front of the computer. It is amazing how long it can take to design and set up a template for payable checks to print. What I find even more irritating is the fact that these accounting programs offer many templates that you can use as a basis and adjust them to fit your needs, but the info they have on the templates is usually far from the real info that you really need to have on your check stubs. So after many, many hours, finally, I am able to print checks out of my new company! Then I spent more time getting bookwork started on the new business. Needless to say, my office isn't very clean, but I am at least a tad more organized and ready to go.

I am finding myself procrastinating on my sign for the store. We had an idea for the sign and a college girl is going to paint it, but it has to be done this week before she goes back to school. The problem, I am rethinking our original idea and THINK I have found some fonts I like better. However, when I ask DH for his opinion, he won't give me one. He says I will just do what I want anyway. The thing he doesn't understand is that I so stressed right now that I can no longer envision the sign. I really don't want to go with the first idea and not be happy with it, but I don't want to go with an alternative if it is going to look drab and not be noticed. I want simple, yet eye catching. Something that is not too gimicky so that we can use it for years to come and something that we will continue to want if we expand. So now I am even more stressed because DH won't lend a hand and I am getting afraid that there won't be time to get the sign done and that I will have to spend sleepless nights doing it myself. I have to make a decision today and that is stressing me more.

No one went to the auction yesterday. My best friend is telling me that I need to a little time to spend with DH, but she doesn't really understand that I can't right, I wish I could, but I can't. If she lived closer and saw what has been going into these work days and realized how much more we have to do, maybe she would understand better. As it is, I am feeling behind in my personal life and need to pay bills, desperately clean my bedroom, and get just a few things done with GS that needs to get in the mail or newspaper. I know that it will even out real soon as we are quickly approaching opening day. Calgon....take me away!

Yesterday's food wasn't too bad, minus the cheetos. No AM snack. Lunch was a bowl of HC veggie soup and crackers w/butter. I did have a smidge of PB. Then shortly before supper, I ate a grab bag of Baked cheetos (getting better) and a few regular cheetos. Supper was one taco (not hungry since I had the cheetos). Later in the evening, I had a few more cheetos, but not too bad. Water was over 36 oz, I think.

Thankfully, the scale is the same.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/cheese, 3 slices ham, hot tea
AM snack: banana & 1 c. milk
Lunch: the elusive salad
PM snack: maybe some almonds, or raisins, or cheese & crackers, or veggies
Supper: chili (better go thaw it out)

Goals for today:
1. water and lots of it
2. NO cheetos
3. Try to de-stress

I do have a short meeting tonight, but other than that I think I will just work in my office.

Gotta go, everyone have a wonderful day!

 

[Lesli54]

Actually, I had a pretty good day yesterday and so far this morning is great as well.

I did manage to get alot done in my office with bookwork, still much to go. Plus, I was able to make time for catching up on the household bills. In fact this morning, I have cleaned up a good portion of my office, looked over notes for a conference call today, cleaned part of the kitchen, pulled old phone books and calendars and other items to go to the new store, began gathering info for tonight's meeting, have DH's suit pulled to drop off at the dry cleaners. What else? I am telling you the makes a world of difference. Oh, and I have almost 24 oz of water down already.

So yesterday was productive, but unfortunately the library board meeting was not. After the new store is under way, we need to address that.

Food wasn't too bad either. The AM snack and lunch were as planned, even though lunch was a bit late. I did grab a few handfuls of cheetos in between without realizing, then stopped. DS had some for lunch and I had the last handful and they are now gone. I am not bringing them back no matter what. Supper was a bowl of chili. Then really late, I was paying bills and got really really hungry, so I had a bowl of basic 4. Water was so so.

I must say that I really needed time away from the new business yesterday. It was nice to focus on "normal" activities for a change and I really think that helped the stress level alot.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/ cheese (finally, not too much), 3 slices ham, hot tea
AM snack: not hungry
Lunch: not sure, I have to eat either early or late due to the conf call
PM snack: fruit & nut bar
Supper: chicken, veggies, pasta

Goals for today:
1. water
2. take thing at a time and get it dealt with, put away, or pitched
3. No cheetos - they are gone, don't buy them

Time to get going. There is still much to accomplish. It's a great day. The card guy is coming to set those up, I need to meet with the girl painting the signs, I need to get paint supplies, have some meetings, run some errands, more bookwork, set some more shelves. Today is endless.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Lesli54]

So much was accomplished yesterday and today is off to a much slower start. I knew I should have run to get paint last night because I just can't seem to get going this morning.

The good news is that I didn't buy cheetos, the bad news is that I bought ice cream.

Lunch was late due to the lenghty conf call. So I had 1/2 PB sandwich and some chips. After running errands and waiting forever for the card guy to set the cards, I picked up a candy bar to eat. Supper was late and when I got home from my meeting, I was starving. So I ate 1 1/2 crescent rolls, a few bites of minute steak, a Marie Calendar's chicken pot pie, some more crescent roll. Basically anything not attached. Then I topped it off with Bunny Tracks ice cream. Water was better. Then late last night it was a bowl of basic 4. The good news is that after all that, the scale didn't go up.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/ cheese, 3 slices ham, 1 c grapefruit juice
AM snack: 1 bowl of basic 4
Lunch: ? probably grab something in the cities
PM snack: banana
Supper: ?

Goals for today:
1. water
2. wake up
3. Get some stuff at the new store done. Painting, moving office furniture, etc.
4. get some more work done at home.

I hope you all have a good day!

 

[pearlieq]

Hey! A Cheeto free day! Good for you!

I'm sorry to hear that the stress is amping up a little, but it sounds like you're managing to keep all the plates spinning. I understand what you mean about you're best friend's advice. I'm sure she's right, and it's easy to say when you're miles away and not rolled up in the situation. You WILL get through this, though. I know you can!

Have a wonderful day!

 

[Lesli54]

I am so tired. In someways, I can't wait for the store to open and in others it is coming too soon.

Food was ok yesterday for the most part, at least I mean I didn't over eat. Lunch was Qtr lbr w/cheese, fries, ice tea. The PM snack was 2 reese's pb cups that I inhaled w/o realizing. By the time supper rolled around, no one was really hungry. I had a bowl of basic 4. Actually, I think everyone had a bowl of cereal. Then about 11:15pm, I ate a large bowl of Bunny tracks ice cream. I was tired, had just come back from the store and it sounded good. Don't know why I think I need to try and stay up later. I should have just gone to bed. Water was horrible.

Most of the day was spent running errands, so I didn't accomplish much else. Although, I did get the old decal off the sign, clean it up, and put primer on. Hopefully, it is ready to go this morning. Supposedly, the girl painting the sign will be there today. I was really hoping that she would do the prep work as well, since I really didn't have time, but it didn't happen. With luck, she can get it done tomorrow and we can get it hung Sunday or the first of the week.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/ cheese, 1 c grapefruit juice
AM snack: banana
Lunch: chicken salad on salad
PM snack: fruit and nut bar
Supper: ?

Goals for today:
1. at least 36 oz water
2. try to stay sane, feeling very pressured
3. get some sleep

I am supposed to go to another GS fund raising meeting that is almost 1 1/2 hrs away. Mind you when I signed for this, I was told that I would only have to be there a few times during the yr because I didn't have the extra time to commit full time. Now, I am up there every week and this is a bad time to do this. It's important, but our lively hood is more important right now. Unfortunately, they are not understanding that I don't have the time and won't for another few months. All I want is to take a back seat at the moment and we were supposed to have other members on our team in order for people to carry on there daily lives and not get burned out by being there full time. Well, I am at burn out stage. It is so bad that I think if I go to the meeting, that I will tell them I quit everything! I tried to tell them last week that meeting today wasn't good for me and that I couldn't commit to the next two meetings this month, but they don't listen and to repeat it all, I just think it won't go well and I will just drop everything. All I want and NEED is a break, I am volunteer after all. Maybe I should see if I can get out of it, since I really really need to be here. Wish me luck.

DD18 comes home tomorrow and my mom and brother are coming down for the weekend as well. Luckily they have to go by OHare, so they will pick up DD18. I can't wait to see her, but it is sad that she will be leaving again on Sunday to go back to school. They grow up.

Time to get going. There is so much to do and I have a dentist appt this morning as well.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Lesli54]

The Cheeto ban didn't last long. But at least it was only one small grab bag.

I got so stressed yesterday, then I decided to call off going to the GS fundraising meeting and to let them know that I won't be at any until maybe Feb or Mar. I know it wasn't well received which has been bothering me all night, even though they know the situation and I told them I am under alot of stress and pressure right now. Really, I was afraid that if I went and I had to actually see that my backing off for a short time was not well received then I KNEW I would quit everything except for leading a troop and even that was a tad iffy. It's not what I wanted, but sometimes they don't understand that volunteers are exactly that....volunteers and that we sometimes have to let things go. If they would be more understanding during those times, then they would retain more, but they make you feel guilty as they did last week and I just couldn't deal with that yesterday. Does that make me a bad person? Also, the last time I drove up, I was very tired and yesterday was worse so I was a bit afraid that I would be endangering myself. Needless to say, this has bothered me all day yesterday and all night. On the one hand, I am glad that I backed off, it eases the pressure, but on the other hand, I really don't want my name going around as one who just doesn't care anymore which isn't true. I am thinking about calling my director and explaining things to her so that when she goes up to Council she is already aware of what happened. She at least understands what extra I have going on right now and that business has to be the focus.

You would think that with the nap and the little physical activity that I did yesterday that I would be well rested today, but I am not and I feel like I could sleep for 2 days.

To top it off, I mixed up the dentist appt and thought it was yesterday when it is today. Then I mixed up when DD18 comes home. I thought it was today and it is really tomorrow. DH is beginning to get really worried about me know since both of those things are out of character.

Things this week have just gone downhill. My order that was supposed to be here today isn't an I don't know when it will show, which is probably going to put us back another week. The primer on the sign wasn't dry yesterday so it couldn't get painted, hopefully that will change today. DD18's college books still aren't here yet. We ordered used through Amazon and we only have 1, still waiting on 5. My house is a mess and I need to find time today to clean before my mom gets here. Putting up a chores list for the family hasn't helped one bit, it still mainly falls upon me and it scares me to think what it will be like when I am working out of the home all the time.

Yes, today, I complain to much.

Food started out good yesterday. AM snack was banana and milk. Then a sm bag of cheetos. Lunch was chicken salad on crackers, then ice cream. I think I had chips. supper was lazagna, 2 garlic cheese breads, and salad. That was followed by ice cream and popcorn. Water was almost non exitent.

I guess we will try again today.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/cheese, 7 grain toast w/jelly, 1 c hot tea
I think I will just try to eat reasonably for the rest of the day, I am too tired to plan

Goals for the day:
1. water
2. clean my house
3. work at the store

Breakfast is over and I really need to face the day. Everyone have a great weekend.

 

[Jane E.]

Lesli, you sure sound busy. You've got a lot of responsibilities. Hang in there, things will get better! I noticed from your signature that you stayed at the Yacht Club. How did you like it? Last time we went we stayed at BWI and had a great time, but I'd love to try YC next time. Have a great weekend!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Lesli,

Just stopping by to send you some good vibes! Sorry to hear about all of your stress of late! I hope that you have some smooth sailing this week!

Mike

 

[Lesli54]

I honestly don't remember how Friday went. I know that I didn't do too bad in terms of food.

Went to the dentist and things are looking pretty good. I quickly put the background color on the sign so that it could dry. Did some errands, did alot of housework trying to get out home into shape for company. It's not great, but it is much better. My mom and one of my brothers came down for the weekend, which was really nice. I can't remember what I ate for lunch but I do know it was light since I was very busy, but I do know that I had 3 slices of Pizza Hut pizza and pepsi for supper. Late, very late, I had some ice cream w/ my mom as we talked and caught up on things. Yes, I could have chosen better, but I didn't.

Saturday. Breakfast was 1 slice 7 grain toast w/PB & J. Then my mom and I went up to work on the new store. She has alot of merchandising under her belt so she was able to make some suggestions and help me rework a few areas. I am hope she can come back soon after we open to help me rework things as we see how it moves. Actually, I am still hoping that her and my aunt just move down here. My aunt doesn't like change and is finding every reason not to move back. Lunch was really late around 3pm, I think. We drove through McD's on the way to pick up DD18 from the airport. I had a qtr lbr w/cheese, fries, and ice tea. Fortunately, we had great timing and amazingly, I didn't take my "ritual" 3 trips around OHare before finally figuring out how to get into the parking garage. I did it the first time around, however, I did miss the turn coming out of OHare and ended up on 294 rather than 290, which was ok, but I really hate 294. Oh well. We were just going up to baggage claim when DD18 called to say that she was already there. Wow! No delays, of course waiting for your bags to come through is another story. Supper was a piece of French bread pizza. And there were some other nibbles here and there.

Later in the evening, my mom, brother, DH and I went to the riverboat. I lost a little more than I had wanted, but I gamble about once every two years, so it really wasn't too bad. Money, I like it too much, so I plan what I am willing to lose (which is very little compared to most) and just have a good time with the company I keep. We were out until really really late. Unusual for DH and I, but it was also nice to get out.

This morning, I was tired. Breakfast was 1 slice 7 grain w/PB& J. The rest of the day has been horrible. No set plans for food and no set times. I have grazed all day. I've had cheetos, ham, popcorn, ice cream, another slice toast and PB&J, and maybe something else. Earlier, I couldn't figure out what I wanted and actually opted for a nice cup of hot tea in the middle of the afternoon. It was a great solution and helped relax me as well. I also tried a cup of hot cider, but the sweetness of the apple is making me crave something else. Stick with the tea.

I saw my mom and brother off. DD18 went back to college. Her boyfriend came home to take her down. I was going to, but I think they were missing each other. DD8 and I went up to the new store to set some more inventory. She really liked helping me. Oh, my sign is done. The girl came this afternoon and finished it. I am so happy and it looks pretty good. Now lets hope for good weather this week so we can rehang it.

Oh we did push the opening back one more week and that will be the last time we do that. DH won't be short staffed any more by then either which will make a big difference. Things were a bit screwed up last week, but that is ok and I think it was God's way of saying slow down, take a breath, and regroup.

Well, I better get going. Everyone have a wonderful week this week.

 

[Lesli54]

Today is starting out much better although a bit late. I was up way to late last night working. But at least I feel rested today.

Oh and I did have popcorn and cheese and crackers late last night.

So time to get off this lousy eating and actually today is starting out much better.

Breakfast: 1 egg over easy, banana, 1/2 slice 7 grain w/jelly, 1 c hot tea, 1 c milk
AM snack: I will miss that since I am off to a late start
Lunch: tuna wrap and veggies
PM snack: yogurt
Supper: broccoli chicken ring and salad

I am going to stick with this plan today for a couple of reason. 1) I find that I am not making time to eat healthy and will use many excuses to that cause. Really it only takes a few minutes more and it is a way to reduce stress when you break away from the routine to prepare a good meal. 2) I (and the family) are really getting tired of not eating "real" food. We are all at the point where nothing sounds good anymore and I need to break that up.

Goals for the day:
1. water 64 oz - I know I can do this
2. Lots of bookwork
3. No eating after 7:30pm - drink herbal tea if I think I am hungry

Well, I am off to get things done today. I think today is going to be a very productive day. Everyone have a great day and make sure you drink plenty of water.