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25 June 2007

I've decided that I am going to the grocery store to get some food. I was looking through my WW recipes on my computer to see what I would need to add to my grocery list and came across this recipe, which I forgot that I have... I hope everyone enjoys it.

Bran Muffins
( 1 point each if you are only eating 1 or 2, but if you eat more than that you better count them as 2 - as per my WW leader )
she continues to say "how many are you eating?"
Me, "one".
"okay - then you can count them as one. But as soon as everyone hears they're only one they start eating them like crazy. And then that's all they're eating, so I don't tell that to everyone."

I only made 3 1/2 dozen so I had to count them as two anyway.

2 cups whole wheat flour 2 eggs & 2 egg whites
3 cups white flour 1 cup applesauce
5 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup molasses
1 tsp salt 1 quart 1% buttermilk
1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 1/2 cups water
3 cups natural bran
3 cups all bran cereal (not flakes)
2 cups raisins

Set oven to 375
mix all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl
beat eggs and liquids together in a separate bowl
make a well in middle of dry stuff
add liquids to well and mix thoroughly
let batter sit for 5 min then fill muffin tins 2/3 full
bake for 17-20 min
makes approx 5 dozen
freeze and use as needed

*use 2 cups dates in place of raisins
*omit apple sauce and molasses add one small tin of pumpkin, add pumpkin pie spice to pumpkin
*add 4 mashed bananas in place of applesauce & molasses

Fill large muffin tins 2/3 full. You should get about 5 dozen. It shouldn't matter what size muffin tin, just as long as you get about 60.

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24 June 2007

I have to tell you, sitting around doing nothing because you're in physical pain is really depressing. I also have to tell you that it also gives a person A LOT of time to ponder and organize their life.

Since falling down the stairs and hurting myself I haven't been able to get to the grocery store, which means that I have to make due with what's in the house (thankfully it's LOW points but I'm running out of veggies) and that got me to thinking about people who don't have ANYTHING to eat. Which kind of got me to thinking about how I have abused food up until this point in my life.

But once I got past those negative thoughts (because I can only do better than what I know, and NOW I know better)I was remembering a another time in my life when I was dedicated to losing the weight and was willing to do whatever it took to get it off and that meant getting up at 5am in the morning to power walk for 1 hour, up a hill (this is true), both ways (this is not), in the snow (and neither is this) LOL.

It sounds so crazy, but can I say the weight MELTED off my body, it was a great de-stresser for the day (so I didn't over eat or make crazy choices because I was freaking out because I thought I was hungry) and it gave me time by myself. Which, when your going to school, working full time, homework, daily household duties and whatever else goes on in our busy lives - some "time" my yourself is precious. I'm sure we can all agree. :)

The moment though... that I REALLY remembered is on one of those morning walks, I was having a hard time. Getting up, getting out the door, power walking up that hill and JUST being there. GAWD! How I didn't want to be there. I had every excuse in the book. It was cold, it was dark, I was tired, my body hurt, the sky was blue, I had to pee, the pavement was the wrong colour.

And just as I was pausing at the bottom of the hill, catching my breath and about to turn around to go home and back into my warm bed... out of the side of my vision I saw someone.

A man.

In a wheel chair.

Pushing himself up the hill.

He raised an arm (one of the arms he was using to push his wheels to his wheel chair up the hill) and waved to me.

In that one moment, that one wave, I hated him and loved him all at once. He made me think of my dedication, he made me think of my conviction, he made me decide whether I was in it to win for me or if I was just going through the motions and later I could say out loud to people who looked at me slightly crooked; that yes, I had tried going on a diet/life style change and it just didn't work. I did everything they told me to do and I guess it just be my genes.

The man in the wheel chair challenged me to challenge myself.

And as I lay here in my house, in pain, I think of THAT wheelchair man. And let me tell you, when I get better and can get to those aerobics classes... boy, I am going to do some damage (in a good, safe way, that doesn't include bringing laundry up the stairs lol). Use it or lose it!! Right!!?? :)

What's you inspirational moment/moments? Who's your wheelchair man?

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23 June 2007

So, at the beginning of the week I fell down a set of stairs (while carrying up laundry and the baskets, I was carrying TWO on top of each other, fell back on top of me) and REALLY screwed up my back. I've been basically eating painkillers and sleeping, although my pee is clear so I know at least I am getting my water in (was that too much information? lol).

I've been keeping my hands busy with bead work so I don't make any unnecessary trips to the fridge (although I don't know if I could if I wanted to, the pain is crazy) because I am home and bored.

But while laying around I have been watching "some tv" (understand WAY TOO MUCH) and saw Rhianna on an interview saying that she just had her legs insured for some insane amount of money and it got me to thinking.

Although I am focused on losing weight, a lot of times I find myself beating myself up about what I did wrong, how the weight loss isn't going quick enough (and wishing I would catch a ring worm), and how I just won't match up to the "other people." You know, the "other people" who aren't ME struggling to loss weight.

So, I thought to myself, "If I could insure a part of my body what part would it be?" I had a hard time with this.. at first I thought, my smile. And then though better of it, although my smile is FABULOUS I am not JUST my smile. I am also my eyes, gawd, I have GREAT eyes. If I had a dollar for every time someone said they could look into my eyes for days I would have enough money to hire someone to lose the weight for me. lol

And then I thought, I am not just a girl who has-a-great-smile, there MUST be something on my body worth insuring. And then I looked down and around trying to find something, I pulled out a mirror, and took a REALLY good look. I thought, my calves are awesome look how great my calves are, wait are those my tiny little ankles?, I never noticed how great my skin was before, wow my arms are so skinny... that company who insured Rhianna is going to need a lot of money, cuz I got a lot of things on my body to insure.

What would you insure?

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22 June 2007

So, I got up last night after I had this "crazy dream" about me losing ALL the weight that I have set out to loose. I looked amazing. Gawd! I really looked great. :)
In the dream people were asking me how I did it and I said "www.fatsecret.com along side Weight Watchers and of course with the support and love of all of my buddies; I wouldn't have been able to do it with out them." Which I thought was funny because I haven't been on FS for months and the ONE buddy I have hasn't signed back on since we last spoke. So... really, I'm buddy less.
So, I got out of bed and signed onto the site.
I finished filling in my profile and was honest and vulnerable because you can't get help and support unless you specify what you need.
So, here I am the next morning, ready and ripp'in to go. I'm just about to eat my breakfast and thought that I would put in a journal entry.

Breakfast
3/4 cup Kashi Good friends cinna-rasin crunch cereal (3 points)
1 cup blue berries (1 point)
1/2 skim milk (2 points)

total= 6 points

Not a bad breakfast if I do say so myself

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30 April 2007

Weigh-in: 305.0 lb

lost so far: 0 lb

still to go: 120.0 lb

Diet followed N/A

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