Progress

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Today, Thursday, is day 4 of this new way of eating.  Though to be honest, other than no grains or fruit (for first two weeks only), I realized I’ve not really changed my method of eating too much.  And, after the first day – I’ve quit craving certain foods.  But I do wish I could eat one of the super fresh peaches, melons or pears that came in my CSA box today!! 🙁

The 2nd day of the diet, I got my period – which explained some of the stress I was experiencing just before the change.   It might also have something to do with the weigh loss I experienced.  In fact, I keep weighing myself just to see if it’s for real.  I hesitate to share about this for SO many reasons…but mainly because I never lose weight.  Seriously….weight watchers, the last time we did atkins, mcdougall (sp?),  that expensive but nasty diet we tried in PDX (blech!!)….I never lose!   The last time I remember losing weight was in 1988.  sigh.  That’s over 20 years of feeling like a failure.

In the past 3 days, I’ve lost 10 lbs!  No, seriously!!

Check it out! I have a long way to go – and maybe my goal is unrealistic – it’s 20 lbs less than I weighed when I got married but it is a goal!

But my first goal is to be down 50 lbs before our vaction in Fall 2010 to VA & Washington DC…but I’m so encouraged I’m thinking I might get there before that date!!  😀

No Lying Meme

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I found this on Ruth‘s Facebook page – and decided to give it a try!  Can you answer these without fibbing?

1 What’s the last thing you put in your mouth? water
2 Have you ever kissed anyone named Matthew? no
3 Where was your profile picture taken? (on Facebook) At Starbucks on Knit in Public day
4 Who was the last person you rode in a car with under the age of 20? J1
5 Can you play guitar hero? No, but I’ve watched
6 Last time you walked further than a block? Does the treadmill count?  If so, yesterday.  If not, then Monday night after dinner Eric and I took Sissy for a walk.
7 Name someone that made you laugh today? Just woke up
8 How late did you stay up last night and why? 10ish – I was reading Trina‘s South Beach cookbook
9 If you could move somewhere else, would you? Nope, been there, done that.
10 Ever been kissed under fireworks? Yep – in fact, my first kiss was on the 4th of July
11 Do you believe ex’s can be friends? It is possible.
12 Do you like calling or texting better? Calling
13 How do you feel about Diet Dr Pepper? Yum!
14 When was the last time you cried really hard? Yesterday at J1’s therapy session
15 Where is your biological father right now? In Oregon – feeding the fishes! (he’s helping out at a Fish Hatchery)
16 Where are you at right now? home
17 What bed did you sleep in last night? my own
18 What was the last thing someone bought for you? Hubs bought some s/f popsicles
19 Who took your profile picture? Ruth
20 Who was the last person you took a picture of? Hubs I think
21 Was yesterday better than today? today has barely started
22 Can you live a day without TV? Yes
23 Are you a bad influence? No
24 What items could you not go without during the day? My family
25 Would you share a drink with a stranger? I guess so if the circumstances were right.
26 Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? J1 when he had his surgery
27 What does the last text message in your inbox say? “Ok…I should go to bed….head is killing me. I’m making roasted chickpeas tomorrow! :)”
28 What are you wearing? Pjs
30 If we were to look in your inbox, what would we find? emails for work
31 Has anyone ever called you perfect before? Only to try and hurt me
32 What song is stuck in your head? I’ve got nothing – tea hasn’t really kick started my brain yet
33 Someone knocks on your window at 2 am, who do you want it to be? A confused neighbor…but I’d rather it never, ever happen.
34 Who was your last missed call on your cell phone? Hubs
35 Can you handle the truth? Sometimes
36 What was the last book you read? South Beach Diet
37 Is there something you always wear? my wedding ring and my Josh earrings
38 Have you ever crawled through a window? Yes as a kid (we crawled out the window and onto the roof…I only did it once or twice)
39 What’s something that can always make you feel better? starting a new knitting project, having my Hubs compliment me on something I do for him
40 What do you want right now? just 30 more min before the kids wake up
41 Look behind you, what do you see? Hubs
42 Have you ever worked in a food place? Baskin Robbins & Der Wienerschnietzel (sp?)
43 Could you answer all of these questions honestly? Yes – they weren’t too hard.

Let me know if you answer these questions too!

Another day

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Well, my day got a bit harder after I posted yesterday.  The cookie jar was calling me and I don’t even like those cookies!  LOL  I kept swigging water when I had an urge to cheat!  And, I was victorious!

Really, this way of eating is not too hard.  But the salads are really upsetting my stomach.  :(  But I’ve always had a bit of a wimpy tummy when it comes to lettuce. I think I’ll have a spinach salad instead today at lunch.  See if that helps.

This morning, Eric’s blood sugar was about 1/2 of what it’s been lately so that was a huge blessing!!

As Dad commented, this is a lifestyle change…just going along with the other changes we’ve been making for the last 6 mos or so.

Got on the scale today – and that was depressing.  I gained 12 lbs in last year.  I’m not going to obsess over the scale because it’s never been my friend.   I want to get my measurements and go by that instead.

Well, bills, work and knitting are calling me.  Sadly I don’t think I’ll have time for knitting (play) once the work is done!  But at least tonight is Knit Night!! 🙂

Great start

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We tried to start our diet on Saturday but with no food in the house – that was pretty hard to do.  I was grumpy and fretful.  And we had invited some friends over for dinner on Sunday night and I had NO idea what to feed them!  So, we punted our start to today.

And, so far it has been great.  I ate a yummy breakfast and then later a snack.  I wasn’t sure I needed the snack – but after my trip to the gym, I’m glad I did.

If you are a prayer warrior – we’d appreciate your prayer.  We don’t want this to be a passing fancy.  Really it’s been coming on for the last 6 mos of little changes and today doesn’t feel all that abnormal (though I’m eating more than normal).

Off to look up recipes for dinner!

Birthday yarn is here!!!

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Thanks Dad, Connie, Mom, Russ & Nancy for my birthday yarn!! I’m so excited about it!!!

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In the back is Jaggerspun Zephyr lace weight yarn in Mushroom and Plum.

In the front is Kauni fingering weight yarn in their rainbow pattern.

Can you see the rainbow?

Can you see the rainbow?

What about this shot?

What about this shot?