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20 February 2011

Okay, up this morning after about 6 hours sleep. I'm a little sore after yesterday's pump/Swiss ball workout, which I like. I wasn't sore yesterday, so ahem, this was a bit of a surprise. Went to church like a good girl and listened to the sermon, which was great. Afterwards, on our way home, hubby stopped at Hodel's (buffet style restaurant) for lunch. Oh, how sweet. I really wasn't expecting that. But a buffet??? ~sigh~ Okay. I'll go inside and once our server takes care of us, I'll do a reconnaissance of the buffet and see what looks to be healthy and stick to that. As it turns out, not a lot of it was healthy. LOTS of breads, pastries, cakey type things, and rolls (cinnamon and otherwise) ~another sigh~ Okay. I see what I have to deal with here.

First stop: salad bar. Load up on the greens with some colorful veggies, lean protein, and since there was no- I mean absoLUtely no- lo cal dressing, I debated about what I wanted. Not really into the sweet dressings. I prefer vinegar-y ones. None of those (Wait- WHAT??? No Italian dressings?? You ask agog. Nope. Not even that.) Okay, not feeling the bleu cheese, which I normally dig. Ah, wth. I'll go with ranch. I have less than a half of a ladleful which I'm guestimating at 1T. (You know how big a real 1T is, right? Pretty big.) Okay, get a half a cup of oj add 1/4c blueberries to it so it's not so much empty calories (oh, crap I know what I forgot to add to my journal!) and I'm set. Alrighty then, more than 20 mins later, time for another trip. Hm, rule of two. Okay which two items do I wanna plop on my plate for my next trip that won't kill my waist. Lean roast beef! A wheat roll! Yum!

I'm drinking scads of water as I'm eating yapping with my hubby (who, by the way, was eating all the things I would have scarfed on but now am trying to avoid like the plague) and while we're talking (I took two small bites of my roll as I really wasn't impressed w/ it. Too sweet. So didn't include it in my journal on purpose) I realized I wasn't hungry any more! Wow. But I really am needing more protein in my diet. I ate as much of the roast beef as I could but finally had to push my plate away as I didn't want to feel uncomfortably full. I was so happy! I realized I could go to a buffet and eat a fairly healthy selection, get full on less calories if I followed a few "dieting" tips such as the "rule of two" and eat your "fresh" veggies FIRST!

Also, (thank you, Les, from the bottom of my heart), I had coffee brewed w/ cayenne and was impressed! Nice morning jolt and really didn't feel hungry at all until lunch which I still didn't feel all that hungry to begin with! I am still in the process of reading his journal and wanna start on k8yk's next. These two are really inspirational (sorry, Les, I know you hate when people say that...) and informative. I have a feeling I'm going to be very dependent on their journeys as I make it through my own. Thanks, you two, for letting myself and others know that what we deem impossible is only that way if we allow ourselves to think it's that way! Also, that this journey should NOT be taken half-heartedly as I have done these past two months. It's time to step up to the plate and get serious about the game!

I have also changed my goal weight. I'm gonna do this in small increments so it'll be easier than thinking of the whole 80#. That, to me, seems very daunting. So my goal is five pounds at a time. Doable. Very doable.

19 February 2011

Alrighty then! Major breakthrough on myself. Last night, I'd just finished watching a tv show, I was still very satisfied w/ supper but I wanted popcorn so badly! I kept asking myself "why do I want that popcorn so much. I'm not hungry. I'm actually still pretty full!" Then it dawned on me. My hands weren't busy so I was bored. Bored, bored, BORED!!!!!

Not really a mind blowing revelation, but there you have it.

I am going to storage today and I am getting out my crochet stuff and if I insist on watching Dr Who I'll be prepared to keep my hands too busy to keep my mouth busy!

It's time to get ready for the gym. I have a running appointment with my stepdaughter and a Swiss ball fitness class on Saturday mornings! I hurt so good when it's all done! :-D

I feel pretty good about today. I haven't eaten a whole lot, wasn't really hungry. I actually had to make myself eat lunch today! Didn't even want any supper. As for the exercise it went well! There was a lotta pump w/ the Swiss ball workout and I thought I'd be sorer than I am now. Maybe it's because we do so much stretching during the class. After lunch I walked to my stepdaughter's house which is about three miles away. Not a great distance, but it felt good to be out walking again. I haven't really walked a lot since Iowa. The traffic is just horrendous, too much, too fast, and just plain crazy. No wonder there aren't too many people walking more here in CA. It's just too dangerous. Nothing like a little excitement during one's walk to keep things challenging! :-) I enjoyed it regardless.

Discovered that planks are a no-no while my cervical discs are outa whack. I'ma feelin' it, and it's giving me a grade A headache. Oh, well. I need to go to bed shortly anyhoos because I am one tired little(?) lady!

I am grateful for:

Children and stepchildren who love me.
A husband who adores me but still sees my faults and calls me on them when needed but most importantly in his own words: doesn't see the fat, but the woman he fell in love with.
An articulate body that doesn't give me that much grief (except when I do stupid things)
The ability to buy groceries that are healthful.
A roof over my head even if it belongs to a major asshole.
Most importantly I'm grateful for the good health that myself and my family have as a whole.

Good night fat secret land! Sweet dreams!

18 February 2011

Oh, my. I have been indulging in way too many calories. While the food was healthy and wholesome, it was too quanititative. I am so hungry all the time! It hasn't helped that I haven't been exercising as regularly as I should, but I'll start back again tomorrow.

I have been watching my eating habits and they are all over the place! It starts out great during the day, but then evening comes and even though I've kept eating during regular intervals I am ravenous as a starved pig!

I'm thinking maybe I need to eat more protein. I have plenty of fiber so that's not a problem. I don't know WHAT my problem is, short of seeing a psychologist I don't know what else to do. Eh, I honestly think that lack of exercise is the culprit. I notice that when I exercise each and every day I feel so much better and DO so much better concerning matters of the kitchen! :) I'll keep watching myself and see what I can change for the better.

I know I need to cut down on the nuts, avocados and other things that make me a verrrry happy camper... :) I'm going to go back to my calender and see what else needs to chopped out. The huge salads aren't so bad, it's what I put into them (the avos, olive oil, cheese, etc) so there is one way I can cut back.

I have to have my popcorn, though. Jolly Time says that five cups is about 110 cals, so I can get by on 10 cups! Is it so bad to eat it at night after my dinner? Hmmm, I wonder...

17 February 2011

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