Lesli's Live Long and Strong WISH Journal

[lillygator]

Great job!!! Doesn't it feel great when someone else notices!!! That is one of the best feelings!!

Keep up the good work and that clippie will be your s very very soon!

 

[pearlieq]

So sorry I didn't make it yesterday! Glad you had a good weekend with DD18 and I'm sending for strength and patience as you deal with DD15 testing the limits. I know you and your DH will find something that works.

Congrats on being almost halfway there! What an awesome accomplishment. I'm sure you'll be very motivated to get through that last 0.5 lb and get your new clippie! Glad to hear that other people are noticing your success! Good for you!

I hope you have a wonderful day today!!!

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Leslie! So glad you had such a nice weekend with DD18. Sorry DD15 is giving you a rough time. Have been there myself, but they do grow up in time and I think at some point they respect that you can really curtail their activities.

You are doing such a great job on your weight loss! That clippie is going to look so great on you! I really do hope the second 1/2 will be a downhill easy slope for you!

Hope you have a great day!

 

[Lesli54]

Ta Da! I am finally at the 1/2 way point. 40 more lbs to go and then I will be at goal. From there, I will decide if I want to take a little more off. It felt so good to change that clippie. I haven't done that in a long time. Oh how tempting it has been to just give up, but I am still here plugging away. I know I can do this.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I worked on a variety of things, went to my DAR meeting, got my DAR pin , cleaned a large portion of my office, put away a large portion of GS. It was a good day.

I have to get out of some of these jobs with GS. They are just taking all my time. I don't mind filling in temporarily, but I don't want to fill in for the rest of my life in all these areas.

Yesterday's food:
Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/mushrooms, onions, & moz, 1/2 slice 7 grain toast w/jelly, 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 c. tea
AM Snack: yogurt
Lunch: about 1/3 - 1/2 c. cottage cheese, 2 slices ham on 1 slice 7 grain (I was running out the door to the meeting, but I figured I should at least get something healthy before digging into the desert at the meeting)
At the meeting: 1 piece of some type of "banana split" desert made with pudding and a graham cracker crust (pretty good, but not worth the calories), 5 nuts
After getting home: a few cheese crackers
Supper: HC garden veggie soup and 6-7 saltines w/ butter
Later: just over 1/2 bag micro popcorn, 1/2 cup of cheerios and milk, 1 cheese & cracker snack pack (I obviously didn't eat enough of subtenance throughout the day)

I don't have any major plans today. No reason to leave the house so to speak. So it is bookwork, exercise, and clean some more of my office. Oh, I better do the bills as well. Now watch DH will come home and want to go somewhere.

Gotta run. Everyone have a great day!

 

[lillygator]

Congrats!!! Way to go!!!!


Sounds like a great day planned...somedays I wish I didn't have to leave the house either!

 

[pearlieq]

Yay! Congrats to your on making it to the halfway point!!! What an acommplishment!!! I know how hard you've worked on this, all the times you perservered through challenges, stress, and stalls! This is a great thing!

That must feel so good! Savor it!!!

I hope you have a great day today!!!!

 

[Lesli54]

Yesterday was busy with little tasks. Didn't accomplish everything, but did get some things I hadn't planned to do done.

Talked to DD18 three times. She has been doing the physical training for ROTC and had to tell us about the concourse that she ran yesterday. At least she is having fun. Her other concerns were about getting home 2 weekends in a row for DD7's and DS's birthdays. Looks like we might celebrate them together this year.

DH finally made it under 200! He was so proud of himself. I am thrilled that he is finally doing it. About another 15 for him and he will be pretty good. Looks like I need to get moving so that I don't weigh more than him again. I really didn't like that feeling.

Yesterday's food:
Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/onion, lots of mushrooms & moz (I really love the taste of this omelet), 1/2 slice 7 grain toast w/ jelly, 1/2 grapefruit
AM snack: missed
Lunch: 1 very very sm hamburger patty, bowl of HC chicken & rice soup, 4-5 saltines w/butter
PM snack: 3 Thin Mints, 1 Tbsp PB
Supper: medium salad w/ham & 1 hot dog w/bun (I really wanted a hot dog, since I haven't had one in a while. They aren't as good as they used to be)

Water was fairly good.

My biggest problem is still exercise. I woke at 5:10 this morning and thought seriously about getting up to exercise and could have easily done so, but I didn't. The result, I felt groggier later when I finally did get up. I am not sure why I can't get motivated in this area. I know that if I just get it going for awhile that I will miss it more if I don't exercise, but getting started seems to be the hardest part.

Time to get going. Gotta fix DD7's hair for picture day.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Lesli!

Way to go on getting to the halfway point of your journey!! That is awesome!
I wish you the best luck in finding warm bodies to take up the all the extra jobs you have with the GS. As someone who has trouble saying "No" himself, I am definitely pulling for you! And if your DH does so well losing weight that you need someone to slow him down, I will send him a batch of my peanut butter brownies, they are guaranteed to add inches to the waistline! hehe Just kidding!

I hope that you have a happy & healthy Thursday!
Mike

 

[pearlieq]

Good morning!

Glad to hear yesterday was a productive day--it always feels great to get a bunch of little things done!

Way to go for your DH!!! I know what you mean about wanting to weigh less than him--I feel the same way. It's such a girly vanity thing, but I really want that as well.

Sounds like your DD18 is becoming quite buff! I hope the ROTC experience is good to her.

I know you've struggled with exercise for a long time. Is it maybe possible to combine exercise with your other routines. For example, can you keep walking to the store, library, etc.? That might be a way to sneak in some exercise and save a few pennies. Good luck with finding something that works for you.

Have a marvelous day!!!

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday was good for productivity, not so great for food. Not that I ate a lot, but some of the foods just weren't completely healthy. I have been on a chocolate hunt and actually nothing is really fitting the bill.

Wow! I actually cleaned a little more of my office, did some bookwork, very little GS, which is starting to shape up and a few simple tasks around the house. Amazing. It really felt good. I have been slowly trying to get myself in the routine that I mapped out, or at least close. It seems to be helping alot and gets better each day.

Food:
Breakast: 1 egg omelet w/mushrooms & moz, oatmeal, 1 c. milk (the mushrooms will be gone tomorrow, time to switch things up)
AM snack: 3 Thin Mints, 1 slice ham
Lunch: mashed potatos, 1/2 minute steak w/ gravy (leftovers now gone )
PM snack: 2 Thin Mints, 1 Tbsp PB, small handful of cheese crackers, 1 kudos bar
Supper: HC garden veggie soup, 1/2 grilled cheese (1 slice cheese & 1 slice 7 grain, which was actually better than any white bread grilled cheese)
Later: 1/3 c. cheerios w/milk (DS wanted some, but didn't eat it and I fell into the why waste it, not good)
Much later: too much Bunny Tracks ice cream (somehow this is not what I remember it to be, so the kids will finish it)

Ok, I ate alot. But today, I am back on track with a great breakfast. I am dressed and ready to clean up my office some more. At least, I have learned that you cannot undo, just move forward and try to make better plans. Maybe I should go buy some more chocolate soy milk.

Last treatment at the dentist is today and then I set up a whitening. After that, DH and I are going shopping in the cities and try to get everything in one trip.

I have to get going. The copier repair man is coming over in about an hour, so I need to move a few things out of the way.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[pearlieq]

Good luck on your chocolate hunt! Hopefully you will find something that works for you. Have you ever tried the Haagen Daaz chocolate sorbet bars. I think they're about 80 calories each and pack a nice punch of chocolatey goodness!

Yay for the last dentist appointment! I bet you're glad to have that almost over. I need to get in to the dentist

Hope you have a great day and manage to get everything you need on your trip into town!

 

[Lesli54]

Time to share............I just bought some new jeans and they were a size 16! The best part? They are not stretch denim!

My shorts are too big, my other pants are too big and I was beginning to walk around feeling like I was carrying a circus tent and feeling very unattractive. It is amazing how the fit of clothes can really make or break your attitude.

Now for a short rant.........WHY, oh WHY is EVERYTHING made of stretch denim now-a-days? It just doesn't make sense to me. I knew that I needed a size 16 and I figured I could go in and I would be out real quick. NOT! (although it still didn't take as long as in the past) Anyway, every pair of jeans I picked up was stretch. Now some people may like it, but I don't. The material is too thin and if you need a good pair of jeans, I am afraid that the stretch denim will rip through much easier. Also, you can never get a real good fit because certain areas are either too loose and other areas stretch just enough that little "bulges" aren't held in as they should be. If I wanted everyone to see every little misshapen bulge then I would walk around naked and trust me, I don't want to do that. What ever happened to a good quality pair of jeans that give you a good shape? I am losing weight here, I don't want to look like a potato with stick legs, I want to "show off" (within reason) the shape that is emerging after all these years! Finally after much searching and more than one store, I found ONLY 2 different styles that are not stretch denim and they were both at Penney's. One was a Levi pair and the other was a St. Johns Bay pair. I am happy and now know where to look, but it is sad that we have made clothing so overly comfy that people don't realize they are getting oversize. I mean in all honesty, I probably could have but on a size 14 stretch, but that wouldn't be a pretty sight, although you see many doing it. WHY things need to stretch when you are that size is beyond me. Sad, sad, sad.

Enough of the rant, thanks for listening.

But today is a good day! I hardly recognize myself in the mirror, but it is a good day!

 

[Mykelogan]

But today is a good day! I hardly recognize myself in the mirror, but it is a good day!

Hahaha! Today is an awesome day for you Lesli! Congrats on the new jeans and on not recognizing yourself!!! I had one of those moments today when I was walking all over campus to different meetings, I was early for one so I sat outside listening to my iPod and thought "I have walked around campus more today than I have the entire last year!!" Felt great!

I hope that you have a happy & healthy night!
Mike

 

[Cruise04]

Congrats on the new pants. I know what you mean about the circus tent feeling - funny way to describe it but it's true. My butt in my pants, shorts, etc feel like it's down to my knees - it's just hanging. VERY unattractive and I haven't lost 40 pounds yet like you missy!!!!! GOOD JOB!

And you would have been proud of me at our SU meeting last night Lesli - I sat on my hands and said I'm not gonna say I'll do it if no one else will and I didn't. I told people what some of the duties of the jobs that are available are that I've done to try and persuade them and had some new people join the ranks and want to step up to do some stuff - one being our delegate for our annual meeting in January - I was like WHOOHOOO!!!!!

Keep up the good work!!!!
Keep on
Chris

 

[Lesli54]

Yesterday was great for lifting the spirits, but the food wasn't all good.

The dentist is done! He even mentioned that I should be glad that my teeth aren't as bad as my DH's. Oh, I am. Especially when all I needed was a real good cleaning and a couple "small" fillings. Poor DH's family has bad luck with teeth. I told DH that I was going to whiten my teeth now and in a month, he won't recognize me. He says he doesn't recognize me now half the time. Not all bad, as he is being reminded more of what I looked like when we where dating.

I think we got all of our errands out of the way for a few weeks. I will need to go get birthday presents next week and whatever else we put on the list, but for now we are done.

AND, my office is a little cleaner yet. It's shaping up pretty good.

Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/mushrooms & moz, 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 slice 7 grain w/jelly, 1 c. milk
AM snack: none (kind of hard to eat when your at the dentist)
Lunch: Martha's Vineyard salad & 1/2 roast beef sandwich (could have done w/o the sandwich)
PM snack: 1 kudos, cheese crackers
Supper: cheeseburger w/lettuce, 1 fry, 1c french onion soup with TONS of cheese
Later: 1 bite coconut cream pie (it was good), a few bites cherry pie (not so good)
Much later: too much Bunny Tracks ice cream (I wasn't hungry for this, just munchy, time to rethink what is happening here)

We had gift certificates for a new restaurant in town and so we went. Needless to say, we will not be going back. The service was extremely slow. They had more hostesses than waitresses. The waitress forgot to take down drinks so we drank water, 1/2 way through the meal we asked about the drinks and she said that she didn't write them down and just assumed we wanted water. OK. The tables were the 4 foot long and narrow utility tables, so not much room to put your food. The food? It was mediocre at best. The only good part that we could agree on was the coconut cream pie. DH wanted to give the gift certificates away since he didn't plan to go to this restaurant, but since they were given by an employee who will ask us later about how we liked our meal, I convinced him that we needed to go. I am hoping that we don't get any more gift certificates to this place.

Today is busy. I have things to get in the mail, scan some picture, and then I am headed to my grandma's house. I have a family book that a cousin wants back BEFORE the reunion next Sunday, so I have to run it over an hour away. If they would just make copies for everyone in the family, we could all have our own books. So, I am going to visit my gran while running this errand.

Everyone take care and have a good weekend.

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Lesli!

Glad you had a nice day yesterday, especially the good news at the dentist! Sorry that the restuarant turned out to be a bust, poor food & poor service = no repeat business! hehe!

I hope that you had a nice visit with your gran during your trek with the book! Have a great Sunday!
Mike

 

[pearlieq]

Glad you found jeans you liked. I'm personally a big fan of a little lycra--I can't stand thick, stiff jeans! I do hear you about the paper-thin ones--they don't flatter anyone and won't stand up to anything!

Sorry for your bummer meal at the restaurant--nothing more frustrating!

I hope you had a great day today!!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Half Way! That is so AWESOME, Lesli!

And I hear you about the stretch jeans. NOT my cup of tea!

Hope you are having a good Sunday.

 

[Lesli54]

Yesterday was strange and not a good food day. Very bad for water and actually, I felt a bit bored.

My gran didn't want me to come down with the gas being so high and the fact that I willl see her in a week at the reunion. She doesn't think the cousin will really update that book and could surely have waited until I see her again. So she told me to stick the book in the mail as it was cheaper than gas, so I did. Then I emailed the cousin to let her know the book should arrive about the first of the week. I guess I was expecting a reply to the email, like a thank you or a "I'll keep my eye out for it" or something. But nothing. Figures. I just keep telling myself that I just need to get the rest of the family books copied and then I will have plenty of info that I can pass on to my children after I verify things (why re-create the wheel if you don't have to). I may need my Gran's help in securing the other books as they do belong to the "entire" family and this cousin is only the "keeper" of the info (although she feels differently). I love working with family members when they are trying to perserve the family history, but I hate working with familiy members who believe that they are the only ones who should access the family history and then only keep updates on their immediate family. A pet peve. Sorry for ranting. Guess it is the genealogist in me.

So, I got a lot of things into the mail yesterday. Walked through the very very sad car show here in town. Cleaned up muddy kids, who decided to make a new mud puddle along the sidewalk. Spent alot of time cleaning up my emails which I have ignored way too long. How does that get out of hand? Well at least I can now better see who needs what. Spent time reading online about some great new changes that will be hitting the genealogy research world. Let's say, I was productive, but I didn't exert much energy.

Food yesterday:
Breakfast: 1 egg omelet w/sauteed mushrooms & moz, 1/2 grapefruit, 1 c. milk, 1/2 slice 7 grain toast w/jelly
AM snack: missed
Lunch: 1 very large brat w/bun. (It tasted like a breakfast sausage and wasn't very good, but I guess it is a donation to the Christian Atletes group in town. I just should have thrown most away and not eaten it all)
Afternoon: 3/4 c. chocolate soy milk (that really cut the chocolate craving, I need to remember that), then later some PB, some cheese crackers, some cinnamon teddy grahams, some more PB, some more choc soy milk, and I think there was something else, but I don't remember.
Supper: 1 1/2 slices pizza to start. I was full and satisfied. Very amazing.
Later: I went back for another full slice of pizza. Not hungry, just bored. Then I went for some Bunny Tracks ice cream (a smaller bowl this time)

No wonder the scale is up a little. That and TOM, but I know that I can get past this. Part of the problem is that we have too many "easy" snacks in the house for school. The boredom part yesterday probably was from the fact that it was just me and the 2 youngest ones and the plans I had for the day fell through so I really wasn't prepared for anything else. Not that I don't have things to do around here, but I had myself psyched out to take a break from GS and my office. This was a huge accomplishment for me and then I found that everything I was breaking from was staring at me anyway. Maybe next time "relaxing plans" fall through, I will just curle up w/ the kids and a movie or sort through some pictures. Much better than finding food.

Well I better get going. I want to use part of the day to get caught up or ahead on a few things. DH is working, but DD15 is home, so that should help.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[pearlieq]

Good evening!

Sorry to hear yesterday was a struggle--boredom is a killer! I must admit, I can't picture you bored. I'm so used to reading your entries and feeling like I need a nap to ever imagine you bored! I think doing something with the kids or sorting through photos are both great ideas!

Glad to hear the chocolate soy milk is working for you. I will definitely have to check that out--it sounds really yummy!

Have a great rest of your Sunday and I will "see" you in the morning!