I am really in the minority here. I don't drink adult beverages. The most I will have is a wine cooler if I am hanging out with friends. I have never been a big alcohol person since a half a drink leaves me with a headache the next day. SO not worth it. I also started a new medication in Oct. I am angry with the doctor since she did not tell me that the medication package says "NO ALCOHOL" . It is not a big loss for me but she still should have told me.
I am going to get on my soap box right now so if you don't want to listen please don't. We were talking about my ds's up coming wedding. It is about 15 minutes away from our house and we will not be staying at the hotel that the out of town guests are staying at. MY sil was surprised. She said isn't a wedding a great place to get drunk? I have nothing about people drinking but I do not like to see people get rip roaring drunk. I still don't understand this about some people. These are usually the people who when they find out you don't drink will ridicule you for not drinking(Just like people asking why you aren't eating something). Let me be who I am and that is a person who does not need a drink to get through a party. DONE
I don't teach today so I am running errands and getting things done. I have been to Motor Vehicle, grocery shopping and now getting ready to clean out the frig and finish putting groceries away. I have papers to grade today and I want to cut out a quilt.
Lots to do so have a happy and healthy day.
I'm with you Dona.... and obviously with MANY of you.... I don't see the point in drinking to get drunk... or even buzzed(especially not at a wedding!!)! The two large drafts I had last weekend (thanks to DH ordering me a second without asking me!) truly made me the most tipsy I've been in many, many, many years! It was NOT the most pleasant feeling! I think it hit me hard because my stomach was so empty when I drank the first one.
Also, as someone who has a family member with an addiction issue (not something I ever talk about publicly to be honest), the thought of people getting drunk because it seems like "fun" really doesn't sit well with me these days.
That being said, you all KNOW I like beer.... but that is because I honestly enjoy the taste of it...not because I want to get loaded.
@pjlla - I checked in at 15% on Sunday.
QOTD
I try to keep drinks limited to special occasions or vacation. Margaritas on the rocks and Miami Vices are my weaknesses and both are very high calorie.
Sorry I missed it! I'll update soon!
I have had a really good day today - so wanted to share - I have been good with my food - I bought a lean cuisine for lunch (because I was disorganised this morning) didn't taste all that great but given that in the past I would have just had McDonalds on a day like this that was a positive. Even when making dinner and I was starting to feel a little spacey - after exercising and it had been a while since lunch I pushed through and did not do my usual sneak some chocolate. I met the girls at the beach this morning for our paddle workout. Then I decided this afternoon to go for the first time to a free yoga class put on the staff at my base school. It was about an hour of yoga followed by a 10-15 minute relaxation. The yoga is once a week - so I am aiming to go every week. When I thought about sneaking when making dinner I just kept saying to myself - don't sabotage all your hard work today!
Don't beat yourself up too badly about the Lean Cuisine.... I ended up grabbing a WW frozen SmartOnes for my lunch today and it wasn't as bad as I was anticipating (although I'm sure the sodium was sky high). Good for you for ditching the fast food!
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I managed to get a nice 35 minute run in this morning. I am starting to really enjoy those morning runs again!! It does help when the weather is nice though...
The scale hates me. I had a really fantastic stretch of eating over the last 10 days and am rewarded by a gain of two pounds... I am quite confident that it has something to do with my body storing water (I know it does that and can feel it), but I am getting to the point where I am a bit frustrated by the number... I keep thinking if my body is retaining the water, shouldn't I then at least see a downward movement from the high number, too. I know that eating more and unhealthy stuff is not going to change a thing, so I just keep doing what I am and hope for a big woosh soon!
This is what I use carrots for. I often will get a large carrot to eat while I am making dinner. I find because those are quite a bit of work to chew they keep me buy very nicely and they do fill me up just a little bit so that I am not all out hungry and start to find snacks in the fridge while I am in the kitchen.
Enjoy the sunshine!!
Fingers crossed for that woosh to come soon! I eat carrots all the time when I am cooking or find myself rummaging around for snacks when it isn't snack time!
We know that this wasn't a month you originally planned to host and that you stepped up to fill a gap - so thank you for that and I think your QOTDs have been very though provoking and informative. You are doing a good job linking Star Wars where you can lol to fulfil your promise of keeping SW theme.
After I read this I realised I actually had shared my woo hoo in my last post without realising it and that it is actually Wednesday night for me so my woo hoo Wednesday is almost over haha. So woohoo to me for increasing my exercise this week, making good choices today, and woohoo to the Principal at my base school for organising free yoga for his staff!
Off to bed now - have a great woohoo Wednesday everyone.
Awww.... thanks for your kind words.... I knew April would be crazy busy for me so I was hesitant to be a "substitute" coach and I was right.... it has been crazy! But I know you all understand REAL LIFE issues and are doing so great taking care of each other!
Yahoo on a extra woohoo!!
It's been a really good week - lots of woohoo's
- Knocked 3 minutes off of my initial 5k practice run. With the weather warming up, I'm interested to see how different it will be running it outside for the first time. I've been doing it on the treadmill with the incline at 2%, so hopefully that will help.
- I've lost 6 lbs since last Thursday. I can't say I've really done anything very different. If anything, I added a few calories to the diet (eating between 1,300 and 1,400) and things have been very good.
- Started a regular cardio routine. 3.1 mile run on Saturday, Rest on Sunday, 30 min elliptical on Monday/Thursday, 10% incline 30 min walks on Tuesday/Friday, and Speed runs on Wednesday. It's nice knowing what I have coming up.
- Started adding a nutritional shake to the diet. I won't have it every day, but I'll have it on days where my workout is more intense. I went with the Vega One powder that I'm mixing with a almond milk. I thought it was going to taste terrible, but it wasn't too bad. Hoping this will give me a little more energy.
- Made my own version of the Chipotle chicken bowl and it came out really good. I found the recipe for the chicken and the corn salsa that I like and made a bunch last Sunday. I take it for lunch a couple times during the week and I love it. I’m addicted to the Chipotle chicken bowl – I used to just get the burrito (with cheese and sour cream), but I find that I like the bowl better even without the cheese/sour cream.
- I have a seven workday streak going of getting over 20,000 steps in. Gotta keep it going!
WOWZA.... so many woohoos to celebrate!! And mmmmmm... Chipotle bowls!!
Today's woohoo is that after jumping through I don't even know how many hoops and follow-up calls, I FINALLY got my application for design school submitted and pending review. Only about a month after I applied but who's counting?
Now comes the waiting process
... but I'm SO HAPPY that this weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I just hope the decision comes quickly/timely. I will 100% accept if I get in but it's a huge change and I have stuff to take care of in the mean time!
Congrats on getting this far and not giving up!! Fingers crossed!
My woohoo is that my Fitbit has been getting worse and worse for me cause it's pretty old and needed to be replaced, so I rewarded my new healthy lifestyle with an Apple Watch and the UPS man just dropped it off! I am super excited and won't get anything else done today
WOW!! Super jealous here!!
I was shocked yesterday to find out that I made BETA GAMMA SIGMA after being told I didn't make honors. BGS is for the top 20% of the graduating class, while honors is the top 5%. I must be in the top 6% LOL.
The induction ceremony is the same day I leave for Nashville, so sadly I won't make it -- but I get a cool stole to wear at graduation in 37 days. YEAH!
So proud of you!! What an amazing accomplishment!!!!
Hey, friends! Sorry for being an absentee the last few days. I'm on the treadmill now and my internet is being shoddy so instead of getting some designs done, I'm going to try to catch up here!
QOTD Monday - Sleep. Sleep. Oh, sweet sleep. I don't get enough of it. I love sleep. I've always loved sleep. My parents used to give me a really hard time about it, because I've always been a night owl, and always been able to sleep for 10-12 hours, so on breaks and weekends I would sleep all day and not be an "active participant in the family". Completely unintentional. Then it got to the point in college where I could pull all-nighters and thrive on 1-2 hours a night. Most recently I haven't been getting enough, by my estimation AND my Fitbit's - which I'm still not sure is entirely accurate. I've always moved in my sleep, and I think it's counting that as being awake/restless. Plus I sleep in the same bed as DH and DPup, and I KNOW they both move all night. But either way, I need to be getting more sleep. I do notice an increase in weight loss and energy when I sleep more.
QOTD Tuesday - I don't really drink. When I do, it's a special (rare) occasion and I go crazy, not even gonna lie. I just can't justify the cost and calories to have a drink casually. Last time I drank was my birthday in January, and before that was in Disney (though that was casual because $$$ and so much walking and so much to try) and before that was my do-over bachelorette party the week before my wedding. I had a few drinks at the wedding but they were super spaced out. My family really frowns on drinking more than one drink so I felt like all eyes were on me all night - and not in a good way. My first bachelorette party I was the DD because everyone else wanted to get drunk. I didn't have a single drop of anything. I actually ended up leaving early and coming home alone. I felt really guilty, but at the same time I wasn't having a good time and didn't feel like anyone was there because it was my bachelorette party, they were just there because it was an excuse to drink. Sigh. Of course, they all gave me a hard time about not drinking anything... but none of them wanted to stop drinking so they could drive.
QOTD Wednesday - Woohoos!
- I had absolutely ZERO desire/energy/drive/motivation to get on the treadmill today... but here I am. It's probably my suckiest treadmill walk yet, but I'm still doing it. Not sure how long I'll go before I throw in the towel, but I'm doing my best. I slept awfully last night. I clench my jaw really badly when I'm stressed, and I've been really feeling it the last couple of days. Yesterday it hurt a ton and gave me an awful migraine. I woke up this morning and couldn't open my mouth. It's only happened twice before - the first time was as we were getting ready for the Halloween party on our honeymoon. It was terrifying. I thought we were going to have to go to the ER instead, but it eventually loosened up. So, it's loosened up again now but I didn't sleep worth a darn last night because of it. Definitely feeling it today.
- Had a BIG break down Sunday night/Monday morning to DH about stress and money and my shop and my weight and guilt and everything. It felt good to cry and put it all out there, and now he knows exactly what's going on and will hopefully help me stay on track better.
- I weighed yesterday morning and was at 216 - that's down from the 219 at the beginning of the month (and down from the 225 that popped up last Wednesday afternoon, but we're going to ignore that because it was a fluke)... even better, I was still at 216 when I weighed this morning.
- Monday I got 21,528 steps (almost 9 miles). Yesterday I got 13,510 steps (almost 6 miles). So far today I'm at 5,100 steps (a little over 2 miles) and while I'm aware of the downward trend so far this week, I'm at least getting up and doing something instead of sitting on the couch and calling it a wash.
- We stocked up on groceries Sunday morning, and I can't even tell you how nice it is to be excited to go to the grocery store. "I'm in love with Sprouts" does not even begin to cover how DH and I feel about this grocery store. We've been shopping at Kroger and it's always awful. The produce and meat suck, everything is expensive, the employees are rude, the customers are even more rude... And we always end up frustrated and spending way too much money and buying so much crap we don't need to be eating. Sprouts doesn't carry the junk food we would normally buy at Kroger, and we don't even miss it. The produce is always fresh and green and good and not wilting or rotten. They carry so many different varieties of proteins and the chicken isn't mainly fat and doesn't cost $4/lb... We spent $80 for 2 weeks worth of food for the both of us, when we ordinarily spend $150 at Kroger for the same amount. And even that $80 was because we got a couple of vitamins and supplements which were $10 each but will last a month. So much love.
- Because of my low-ball goal of 30 minutes of walking 3 times a week, I'm already at 100% for this week!
Thanks for being SO honest here!! And for sharing so many woohoos.... even the tough ones, like the breakdown... but how about thinking of it as a BREAK THROUGH instead?!!
My woohoo is that I totally blew my points for the day on breakfast! I had an iced chai and thought to get a morning bun as well, thinking how many points could it be, just bread with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on it ( yes it was the sparkling sugar that caught my eye). Come to find out, after I consumed it, it's like 308 points. I'm throwing point management out the window for the rest of the day and am having a significant chunk of protien for lunch, as increased protien should help with the sugar cravings.
Other than that, when I got back to work Monday and checked in with my Boss, what he came up with while I was gone was to shift people/jobs around and go to a different support model. So I am still going to manage the team I originally had and the extra folks who had been added are reporting elsewhere. Plus we just got our annual pay increases and it was a solid raise... Instead of the pay cut I was anticipating moving backwards!
Congrats on the pay raise!! And good for you for at least TRYING to track the sweet roll!!
I am struggling for a WooHoo today. Not a bad day or week, just nothing I am thrilled about. I guess I will have to go with the fact I got out for my run today. A little over 4 miles, and a walk afterwards of another mile. I was sick on my long run day Sunday (stomach bug) and then yesterday my son was home sick, so no run. So I am glad I got it in. My knee hurt a bit though, forcing me to walk for a quarter mile or so, I guess that's why I am not feeling overly excited about it.
Oh no!! Hope you are feeling better by now.
I haven't figured that out yet and I'm not sure it's possible, but if it is, I will let you know, cause that was one thing I was kinda bummed about too!
Well, wouldn't you know, I opened the box, went to pair it with my phone...and no internet. Called internet company and I am part of an outage d/t a problem with my tower. On top of that, they said I had another connection problem that they'd have to send a tech out tomorrow to fix. So I fumed all day and folded laundry, cleaned the house, etc. About 3pm I had a ring at my doorbell. The service manager for our area stopped by to get me up and running again. Apparently, he knows who all has his internet and since the tower was down he was stopping by people's houses to get it back up and running. (Small towns have some benefits!) I could have kissed him! So it's paired now and running and I have some cool new wireless earbuds I synced with it too and I will try these both at the gym tonight! From what I have played around with it, I REALLY LIKE IT but I haven't figured out how to do everything yet! I'll keep you posted!
Glad you got some personal service and got your internet fixed! Do NOT tell me any more about your fancy new watch.... I'm already jealous enough!!
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Hey all.... for ONCE I made it on twice in a day!! I've been reading and typing replies between eating dinner and taking 24/7 chat calls.... but it has been a busy, busy evening and technical glitches it making it a tough one.
So many great woohoos today from so many of you!! Glad that we had SO MUCH to celebrate as a collective!
Hey, I didn't share my woohoo.... so here goes. Last night I got home after working both jobs (12 hour day) and I was STARVING. I often try to leave myself something in the fridge easy to grab, but I hadn't yesterday. I had left a crockpot of meatballs and sauce for my men. Apparently the crockpot overcooked the meatballs and they were burned and so DH brought home a HUGE pizza from the market. I came home from working TWO JOBS with a TOTALLY EMPTY BELLY and was greeted by a HUGE HOT PIZZA! So you know what I did?? I did NOT eat the pizza!!! I was so proud of myself! I cooked two veggie burgers and ate them with baby spinach and pickles on low carb flat bread. And they were delicious (and yes, I had ONE bite of DS's slice of pizza). I'm sure you all know how VERY EASY it would have been to justify eating "just one" [huge] slice of that pizza at 8pm after a long day. So woohoo to me!!
Off to finish my shift.... things are getting busier and I no longer have the brain power to multi-task very well! TTY tomorrow......P
But I'm going to let it roll off my shoulders because I'm human and some days you just don't eat well. All that matters is that you dust yourself off and start again the next day! Today and tomorrow are going to be rough for me because I have two celebration lunches. I'm going to have to figure out what my "healthy" choices are. 
