Lesli's Live Long and Strong WISH Journal

[goldcupmom]

Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!

Hope you have an AWESOME day!

Snow at this time of year - YUCK!! But it was snowing on the mountain near my house yesterday as well.... that doesn't count, tho as it is about 16,000 ft up. Pretty, but we were in the 70's.

Keep up the great work! You are doing so good!

 

[mking624]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESLI!!!!

Have a WONDERFUL day sweetie...you most definitely deserve it!!

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Happy Birthday, Lesli!!!!!!!!!

for you!

 

[rcyannacci]

Happy Birthday!!! Do something fun for yourself today.

Sending you some from TX!

 

[Lesli54]

Yesterday was a pretty good day! Thanks for the birthday wishes.

Good news from the eye doctor. My eyesight hasn't changed so it was the cheapest visit I have ever had. Also, she recommended that I take Flax Seed Oil capsules to help my body produce tears so my contacts feel more comfortable and my eyes don't dry as quickly. Either that or a $100/mo prescription. At that price, I will try anything. If this doesn't work, I think I will consider lasix surgery before paying the Rx price. At that price, I would have surgery pd in less than 2 years. The flax seed oil is also good for reducing cholesterol and making a healthier heart.

I did about 108 oz water. Grabbed my AM snack on the way to the eye docs. Ran some errands so lunch was late and ate in stages. I treated myself to Panera. Had a 1/2 turkey sandwich, piece of french bread, and 1 bowl french onion soup. I ate the soup after I got home, closer to the PM snack time, so I skipped the snack. No one was hungry for dinner since they were still full from going out the night before. It was another fend for yourself night. I had a SO Chicken Herb Lemon Picata. It was fine, but probably should have gone for the salad. Not a bad day, until.........I ate 3/4 a bag of popcorn at 9:30pm! I convinced myself that it was birthday popcorn so it couldn't be to bad. Hadn't had any in a while, should have stuck to 1c. No more of that, time to move on.

Got some painting done and have lots more to do. Exercise? Well........

Breakfast: 1 c. grapefruit juice, 2/3 c. cream of wheat, 1 scrambled egg w/onion & moz, 1 c. milk, 1/2 c. hot tea
AM snack: carrots
Lunch: salad w/ a little ham
PM snack: yogurt
Supper: Gonna try the chicken & stir fry veggies again

Goals for day:
1. Make time for 30 min exercise. Trying some pilates
2. Paint
3. Knock of some to-do's

Gotta go, I have to get my hair cut at 9:00. Everyone have a great day! Will try to catch up with journals later this evening.

 

[Clare]

I hope your birthday was wonderful. You are doing to GREAT! Hope you get a chance for your Pilates today. Tell us what you think - I've never tried them!

 

[Lesli54]

Are you ready for this? 216! I am down 1.5 lbs. and am only 1lb. from the new clippie. Now, that is 6lbs away from reaching my goal by DD17's graduation in 11 days. That will be tough, but I should be close AND I know that there is still some water being retained, so hopefully a WOOSH will be coming along.

Yesterday was very busy. No exercise and no painting, but got a lot of other stuff done that wasn't planned for.

I had to run out the door for a DAR meeting, so my lunch plans changed. DH was going to come home for DS, but didn't and so I only had time for 1/2 ham sandwich on whole wheat and a good handful of DS's cheetos. Not much lunch, but I knew there would be food at the meeting and these older ladies go to so much trouble preparing it that you kind of feel guilty not taking something (and it is never healthy). Kind of like an afternoon tea and since there are not a lot of people, I would probably get dirty looks if I didn't partake a little. Justification? No. More like I don't want to hurt their feelings. Lucky for me, they had a half slice of cake on a plate and I took that along with less than a Tbsp of mixed nuts. Was late getting home after more errands so I just considered the cake as my PM snack. I almost caved and took the easy way out of supper, but decided that I have to keep trying. We had chicken in a teryaki/honey marinade (actaully not as bad as it could be and just enough to add a little flavor. Mixed that with stir fry veggies and placed on top of 1/2 c. rice. I took as many veggies as I could. Then I filled the other half of the plate with a fresh salad. It was so yummy. However, I did eat another handful of cheetos later and 4 crackers. I was relaxing and watching TV, wasn't keeping myself busy, so I guess some old habits crept in. Water was 120oz.!

Breakfast: 1c. milk, 1 scrambled egg w/onion & moz, 2/3 c. cream of wheat, 1 c. grapefruit juice.
AM snack: carrots & celery
Lunch: Salad w/ a little ham (unless DH and I go out, but don't think we will)
PM snack: yogurt
Supper: Rotisserie chicken, green beans w/ onion, salad, and maybe jello

Goals for day:
1. Exercise
2. Paint

I have a few other things to get done as well, but those are the main things I need to do. Didn't make the rounds to the journals so I think I will do that now while I eat my breakfast.

 

[mking624]

WAY TO GO, LESLI!!!
Congratulations on the 1.5 loss...gone FOREVER!!! You're almost at your new clippie...and so close to your GOAL!

 

[Lesli54]

Yesterday was off to a slow start. I spent too much time catching up on the Dis, but really enjoyed it!

I did get a lot of painting done, too bad it takes forever to paint a window with muntons built in. And I really hate it when the woodwork around a window is so dry that it soaks up the paint and discolors it. Now, that means three coats on the windows. It's an older house, but at least it will now look much more updated, and easier to clean the woodwork. DD17 washed woodwork and stripped wallpaper and DD15 washed the glue off. This was in my stairwell and I have been ignoring it for a long time because it takes so much time. Now, I am excited that it is really coming along. It sure helps ease my mind to know that I don't have to do it all myself. DH asks if I am on schedule. I have figured the minimum I will have to do if I start running out of time, so we should be fine. He's working on the yard and hopefully the old garden in the middle of the yard will be gone before the weekend.

I painted for a good 6-7 hours and decided to count 1 1/2 as exercise. There were a lot of times that I was sitting on the floor or just standing in place. My arm got a good work out. Painting trim is much lower impact than painting walls and a ceiling. So I figured that the up and down on the ladder amounted to 1 1/2 hours. How else do you figure it? At least I was busy.

Food. AM snack was only carrots. Lunch was great, until.........DH set a bag of Wavy Lays in front of me. They used to be one of my favs, and I ate way too many. It was the salt that kept me going and I didn't even really care for the taste of the chip. I also had 3 heaping spoonfuls of peanut butter, for some reason I just wanted peanut butter. Then I had 4 vanilla wafers. Needless to say, I skipped the PM snack to help make up for what I did eat. Supper was as planned, but didn't make the jello. I managed to steer clear of the cookies offered at the Senior Awards last night. DD17 won 3 sholarships (enough for books the first year) and is an alternate on another. Wasn't hungry when I got home, but wanted something sweet. DH brought me Bunny Tracks ice cream as requested. I had 2c. of it. Much better than in the "before". Haven't had ice cream in a while and it was good, but next time I will eat it sooner than 9:30pm and a little smaller portion. The good thing is, I don't feel tempted to do it every night.

Old habits kicking in? I think it is that I am trying to ignore and put off the many things that I have to do. So, I need to focus on getting those things done and delegate!

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg w/onion & cheddar, 1 yogurt, 1 c. grapefruit juice, 2/3 c. cream of wheat (ate late, as a friend stopped by early this morning)
AM snack: carrots
Lunch: Tuna wrap
PM snack: banana and 1 c. milk
Supper: Pizza night, I will do it since we are all busy trying to get the house ready. For me, 1 salad to START then one slice pizza or two very small, but with the salad, I think I can hold to 1.

Goals:
1. Exercise
2. Paint
3. Need to take time to get some paperwork done and clean up my office.

Too long, I know. DH is working on kicking the caffeine addiction and is dragging a little. Hopefully he makes it. Gotta go read journals and paint.

 

[mking624]

Hi Lesli!

Wow, sounds like you're really busy fixing things up!! Your amrs are getting quite the toning workout done...awesome awesome!

Don't sweat over yesterday's food choicees...just face the new day and keep on going! You can do it!

 

[Lesli54]

Busy painting yesterday and still have lots more to do. I think I did about 6 hours, but only counted 1/2 hr for exercise since that was when I was trying to be a contortionist while painting a built in cabinet. I think one arm is getting smaller than the other.

Got all of DD17's graduation pictures printed and cut. We had a friend of ours do them. She freelances and has a great eye. Much cheaper than going to a studio, We got about 56 4x6's (all good), the negatives, and 3 CD's w/ the pics on them, for less than it would have taken to just look at a studio. Much better deal. So yesterday afternoon, I uploaded what I wanted to Walmart's website and was able to pick them up at a local store in 1 hour! Isn't modern technology great! Of course DD17 wanted the corners on the wallets rounded so they looked like everyone else's, so we got a corner punch and did it ourselves. DH just laughed and DD17 couldn't figure out why. I said it was because I was able to make her Senior pics look just as good or better than all the others for a fraction of the cost and it just amazes him sometimes of what I can come up with. He says, I know him too well. Hey, the money saved can be spent in Europe.

BTW, DH is still trying to kick the caffeine. He has gone back a little, but still trying to keep it minimal and asked me to help him figure out a plan he can work with. Add one more thing to the list.

I did well through lunch and added some celery to my tuna wrap, which was so good, that I am going to have it today. PM snack was 3 cookies. DD15 made some for school, but returned home with some and before I knew it, I was eating them. It didn't help that I was out of bananas and milk and didn't make it to the store. There is something to be said for a well stocked kitchen. Supper was fine. I had a salad, and 2 slices of pizza, could have stopped at one as I was full. But then AFTER I had already left the table I went back and grabbed another, making that 3 slices! The reason? Hmmmm.........not a good one. I let the flavor get to me and didn't use my logic that the pizza will still taste good at another meal. Water was 104oz.

Breakfast: 1/2 c. cream of wheat (all that was left after I blew it up in the new microwave ), 1 c. grapefruit juice, 2 oz. hard cheddar, 1 yogurt. I need to get groceries, not much to choose from for breakfast.
AM snack: carrots
Lunch: Tuna wrap and celery
PM snack: banana and milk
Supper: maybe leftovers, we really need to clear out the fridge and start over. If that is the case, I will have a salad and not sure what else. Maybe stir-fry veggies w/ chicken and rice.

Goals for day:
1. Exercise besides painting. DD17 taught me a few dancer's excercises (not complex ones) and I think I will try some.
2. Paint

I signed up for Fitday.com to keep track of my calories and activities, but will journal here. Maybe it will work. Gotta go. Have a great day!

 

[Lesli54]

Where do I begin? Bad, bad food day.

Skipped the AM snack so decided to throw the carrots in with lunch. Not bad, but skipping that morning snack always gets me. You think I would learn. Right after lunch, I had 1 spoonful of PB, just craving the taste and it felt like a treat. Not bad, yet. My day was really dragging for me and the more I painted, the more I got tired and things got worse. I spotted the cookies and ate 3! Move along, I told myself. Nope, had to get another spoon of PB. Getting tired and frustrated now. Frustrated with myself that I am not sticking with my plan, tired of all the work that I have been doing, tired of 2 teens arguing about petty things, etc. By that time, I was getting cranky. Took a break. Of course, I decided that I wouldn't have my PM snack since I ate those cookies. Did that stop me? No. I grabbed some chips and ate them. Not alot, but enough. I just got the attitude of "what's the difference". Dragging some more, crankier, more frustrated. Painting some more. I managed to salvage myself for supper. Ate a salad, 1/2 c rice, chicken and stir-fry veggies. Didn't energize me enough. Painted more, dragging some more. By 10:30pm, I stopped and partially because my eating was blown and partially because I was tired, I ate some Bunny Tracks ice cream. About 1 c., maybe. That was it, I needed sleep. Water was almost 120oz.

The good and bad news? I kept track of everything on Fitday and the calories were about 1600. I burned about 3800. However, the lack of protein, increased carbs and lots of fat made my charts look horrible! Not to mention that I felt horrible, eating that way.

I did about 7 hours or more painting and counted 1 hr towards exercise as I was up and down the ladder alot and doing the contortionist thing.

Painting trim is going slow. DD17 and DD15 have helped alot by removing old wallpaper from the stairwell. I will be able to paint the walls (or they well) as high as we can reach without a scaffold, if I had to. Better have DH rig something up soon. I know we will get it done, but I am really looking forward to a break. Good thing London is around the corner.

Also did about 10 of those dancer exercises. Boy does that make you feel muscles. Will try for more today.

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg w/ onion, 1/2 slice 7 grain w/ jelly, 1 c. milk, 1 c. grapefruit juice
AM Snack: carrots
Lunch: Grilled chicken breast on bun w/onion for flavor (cookout day)
PM Snack: 1 banana and milk
Late PM Snack: 2 thin slices ham & celery (in case I am hungry since supper is so late on Sat.)
Supper: Good question. Maybe some steak, mixed veggies and a salad or fruit.

Goals for day:
1. Exercise besides painting
2. Paint (did you guess?)
3. Help DH w/ a little gardening

Good news and bad! I saw 214.5 flicker on the scale twice and got a glimpse of 213, but it settled on 216. Anyway, it seems that every time that happens, I have that number within two days, if I am good. Let's see if it holds true.

I need to be good after the next few days. I know I am dragging because of the bad foods I have eaten and I know that when I am tired, I make poor choices. So today, if I get tired, then I will take a much deserved rest. Maybe not a nap, but time to myself, visit the DIS, or just veg out for a few.

Gotta go, it is almost time for the cookout.

 

[Lesli54]

I want chocolate! I am trying to convince myself that if I stay busy, it will pass. I wanted to get some at the store and considered Milky Way poppables, but I am afraid that I wouldn't stop at a few and DD17 said she doesn't like them so she couldn't finish them for me. Oh well. Maybe, I should make some sugar free chocolate pudding. That wouldn't be so bad.

Time to get busy and STAY AWAY from the Bunny Tracks.

 

[Lesli54]

Yesterday wasn't too bad, although my calories were up a little more than I would have liked, I did burn about 2 1/2 times that.

The scale is still holding and I keep telling myself that it will change soon. I know I wasn't going to weigh every day, but it seems to help keep me focused at the moment. At this rate though, I am not going to make my goal by next week. It would be nice to have 4 more lbs off and be close to goal. I think I can do it, but don't know. That means I will have to go back into salad mode and continue moving. Gonna try.

I stayed OP for food the entire day, with the exception of the spoonful of Bunny Tracks that I ate during the afternoon. Actually, it was all I needed to stop the chocolate craving I was having and after that I was fine. Supper didn't happen until almost 9:00. I had a nice size steak which I was craving and it was every bit worh it along with a small salad. Not bad, the steak could have been smaller, but it was too heavy for that time of night. However, I didn't go to bed until midnight so that probably helped some. About 10:30, I did get another spoonful of Bunny Tracks. Just felt snacky and should have gone to bed, but trying to prepare for graduation and was watching a movie with DD15 will putting pictures together. Almost 120 oz water.

Lots of painting and I counted 30 minutes as exercise while I was up and down off the floor alot. I have decided that painting ends today. I will have all the trim in the dining room done and don't want to make myself crazy doing the living room. Although the trim there would go faster since I don't have extra doors and built-in cabinets to contend with. I want to change the color of the living room, so it will all wait until later. Also leaving the stairwell unpainted. It looks so much better just having the old wallpaper off that I don't mind it is not finished. All my guests understand our house is a work in progress and will flip just to see the dining room. The summer's task (when not vacationing) is to finish painting in all the rooms including trim, finish building our basement bathroom and paint the outside of the house. That should keep me moving and losing.

Did 10 of those dancer exercises. They make you feel muscles alright.

Breakfast: 2 thin slices ham, 3/4 banana, 1/2 c. hot tea, 1/2 slice 7 grain toast w/ jelly, 1 yogurt
AM snack: Probably won't have since I ate late and I am just too full from last night. We all slept in late, must be all the hard work. I know skipping this usually gets me in trouble, but I will try my best, just can't eat right now.
Lunch: salad w/ham
PM snack: 1 c. milk, carrots or apple
Supper: Tacos or taco salad. The warmer it gets the lighter we eat and I am tired of chicken.

Goals for day:
1. Finish painting
2. Put dining room back together
3. Begin deep cleaning rooms used for graduation (mostly DD's)
4. Work on party food plans
5. Work on London trip itinerary (trying to decide if I should do Paris one day or stay one night, there are a few "must sees" that I think DD17 should see and I wouldn't mind seeing again, but don't know if there is enough time with one day.)
6. Exercise

Well, I better get going. Time to move, drink water, and lose. The rest of my week is a salad, veggies, fruit, and light meals.

Oh yeah, you want to know what will make you buy some more of the smaller clothes? Getting paint on the only jeans that fit you decently. I refuse to put on a larger size (not all have made it out of the house, but are packed) and the other jeans I have are too small, yet. Thankfully, I have plenty of shorts, but I do need to shop for London as I think it will be a little cool for shorts.

Have a great day!

 

[rcyannacci]

Sounds like you and I are both fighting with sugar this weekend! It must be hard limiting yourself with sugar in the house- I made my DH take all his snacks to work so I wouldn't see them!

Great work with all the painting. Painting is one of my favorite types of activities because you can really see what you've accomplished. I was a scenic painter for a theatre one summer, and by the fall I had to buy a bunch of new clothes to replace my paint-covered ones. BTW- last week, Lane Bryant had some jeans on sale for $10! Might be worth looking before your London trip.

 

[Lesli54]

I love to paint, but it sure takes up alot of time in your day. It would be great if I could find time to do some "artistic" painting and not just painting walls or woodwork.

I will definitely check out Lane Bryant. I've never shopped there much, but I want clothes that "look" good as well as fit. Just a few, as this will be temporary, but it should at least get me through London.

 

[pearlieq]

Hi!

Thanks for being my window to the world last week! It was nice to hear about what was going on at home.

Sounds like you've had a very busy week--I bet the house looks great!

Glad to hear you've signed up for Fitday--it's such a big help! It's a big reality check--you think you're eating lightly until you see the hard numbers. It's really changed how I eat.

I hope you're having a great Sunday! Your upcoming trip sounds like so much fun--enjoy the planning!

 

[mking624]

Hi Lesli!

I've never gone shopping at Lane Bryant, but they do have some really nice things. You definitely should go there!! Have a fabulous day, my friend!

 

[Lesli54]

Great news! Drum roll please..........214! I lost another 2 lbs. and have only 4 to go to hit my original goal! Not to mention the new clippie. It would be great if I could get off another couple before Sunday. I won't be at goal by graduation, but sooooooo close and I am happy with that. It didn't seem possible that I would get this far. I did see the flicker of 211 on the scale so I know that it is not too far away.

I never did decide on a mini-goal reward. So had to think of one this morning. For the third set of 5 lbs gone (which I just accomplished), I am going to buy myself a very nice hat in London. I love brimmed hats and would like to have a good one. The are so hard to find in the US. This is not considered clothing to me, as I have so few, so it is my reward. And I can wear it in WDW!

Next mini goal: A pedicure and manicure down at SSR when we are in WDW! Only 4 lbs. away from this goal. That leaves me with 12 more mini goals to come up with by the time I make 150. I may run out of ideas.

Yesterday. Alot of painting. Didn't get all the dining room back together, most should be there today. Just a few touch ups left and very little painting. DD15 & DD17 did an awesome job at deep cleaning the kitchen and living room. A couple of things left in those rooms, but they are looking great. Did a little party food planning, didn't get time to think about London. No exercise aside from the painting, of which I only counted 1/2 hour when I was up and down off the floor alot.

Food was as planned with the exception that I missed the PM snack as well. I worked right through and didn't even realize. Supper was a large taco salad w/ 1/2 c. taco meat, 18 sm Tostito chips (less than 1 serving) and 1 Tbsp sour cream. I dipped a couple of chips in some nacho sauce, but just the edges and it was a dip, not a scoop. Calories were about 950 and I burned 4500.

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg w/onion, 1 c. hot tea, 1 c. milk, 1/2 slice 7 grain w/jelly, 2 thin slices ham, 1/2 large banana.
AM snack: veggies
Lunch: Salad w/ham or a sprinkle of taco meat
PM snack: yogurt
Supper: Cookout leftovers. I don't now what I will have from this, maybe a grilled chicken on top of a salad.

Goals for day:
1. Finish dining room
2. Exercise
3. Catch up on bookwork
4. London planning
5. Shopping for some new clothes
6. Work on pictures some more for Sunday

Did I tell you what I realized too late? I asked for semi-gloss paint for the trim and satin for the walls. The guy at the store gave me satin for both! Satin can dry without a sheen if brushed on the wrong direction and it is not as easy to clean as semi-gloss. Too late, I noticed after I opened and the paint and used more than 1/2. Oh well. I have a lot more trim in this house, so I will correct this for next time.

Gotta go finish the dining room. Catch up with all of you later!

 

[pearlieq]

Congrats on 2 more lbs down!!! That 15lb clippie looks great on you!!!

Enjoy your new hat and your mani/pedi at SSR. My husband took by bro over there last week and said it was looking really nice. I'm looking forward to staying there myself--with a car, it's a really good location.

Sounds like the house is going to look really spiffy for DD's graduation party! Good luck with the painting--glad you realized the trim paint problem before it was too late!

Have a wonderful Monday!!!