Hernia Diet

I'm losing weight folks, but it hasn't been fun.  I have been forced to eat small meals for the past couple of days due to my hernia acting up (it's above my belly button).  Went a little overboard on house-cleaning the other day, and moved a certain way, and wham!  I am trying to wait this thing out and hope it will get better.   Good news: weight loss, and more money in my wallet because I haven't been out shopping!

Anyone who happens to read this:  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  May you have a wonderful day with your families! 

Online Again

It's been a while.  My computer went on the fritz -- the graphics card died and they told me I might as well get a new one.  So that's what I did.  Got myself a new Toshiba that is pretty awesome.

Today is Eddie's birthday, so we had a birthday breakfast followed by some shopping.  He'll be going out with some friends tonight to see the new Harry Potter movie and then do some go-karting at an indoor rink.

Gorgeous day today.  Scale is still not making me happy, but to be honest I haven't been really trying.  It hasn't gone up anymore, but it sure needs to go down.  I'm off next week.  We plan on doing some work in the yard and some painting and wallpaper removing, so maybe that will help nudge some off.  I'm also going to be cooking every day and include lots of healthy stuff.

Going to the grocery store.  Gonna make some chicken divan and salad for dinner.

Junk Food Diet

Maybe I should try this:

http://thestir.cafemom.com/food_party/112156/twinkie_diet_vs_vegetarian_which

Turdimonious Thursday

"Turdimonious."  That's a word I just made up -- a fancy word for "crap."  That's what I felt like when I stepped on the scale this morning and it showed 2 pounds up.  What the ?????   I don't even know what to say about it.  I even lifted one leg, leaned a little onto the wall, and shifted where my feet normally rest -- and it still didn't budge. 

This is what I have learned:  unless you do something radical, you are not going to lose weight.  Screw the "baby steps," and the "just deduct 100 calories per day," or even "500 calories per day."  Unless I cut down to 1200 or less, I won't lose weight.  And at 1200, I will eventually plateau at about 3 weeks.  That's just a fact of life for me. 

Reality sucks.

Monday Report

I've lost five of the seven pounds gained.  I pretty much ate what I wanted for breakfast last week, and then had some kind of grilled protein, vegetables and small sweet potato for lunch, and then cereal and a bagel at night.  I also started taking Vitamin D supplements along with my regular vitamin.  A couple of years ago some blood work revealed that I had basically no Vitamin D.  I was put in a 10-day regimine of a huge dose of Vitamin D and I remember feeling miracuously healthy after about 3 days -- no aches and pains.  I was reading in a magazine over the weekend about the benefits of taking Vitamin D -- that it can actually promote weight loss (especially belly fat), and relieve arthritis, along with other aches and pains. 

Talked to Eddie alot over the weekend about Woodrow Wilson.  He was not happy there.  He told me some things that were going on that are quite disturbing actually, and I feel really bad about pushing him to stay there.   He wants to go to Germanna Community College, so we went there Friday and made an appointment to see a counselor next Friday.  He also went to the new hospital across the street from the campus and filled out an application for a volunteer position.  The plan is by Spring to get him a small apartment near campus.  He may have a roommate as he has a couple of friends in the area who are looking to do the same thing.

One thing he learned at Woodrow was cooking.  He seems to have a bit of a natural talent for it.  He made lasagna yesterday.    But he's still a scientist at heart and wants to pursue that at Germanna, and then transfer to a four-year college. 

Gonna stick to ceral at night, and see what I can lose this week.

Thunderous Thursday

What a day!  Almost 3 hours in traffic this morning.  If people would just frickin pay attention!  Another truck and a few cars, and only one lane opened.  And if that wasn't enough, what dreary weather we're having.  There is nothing pretty about the rain today. 

Madimoo isn't feeling well, and that makes me feel bad too.  I trekked the mountains to pick up Eddie last night and it started raining on the way back.  Not fun.  4 hours sleep.  Need I say more?

I really won't mind going to sleep tonight and waking up to a new day.  Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow, and things will be a bit brighter.

But there is some awesome news!!  JUDY IS A GRANDMA AGAIN!  Congratulations, Julie, Carlos, and Owen!  Can hardly wait to see Elijah!  (Thanks for blogging about it Jean!)  I knew Julie was in labor yesterday, and Judy left me a message early this morning that she had the baby at 1:00 am.  Whew! 

I've been in control of my eating today which is a HUGE surprise.  Bagel and oj for breakfast.  Grilled salmon, grilled zuchinni and small baked sweet potato for lunch.   Some kind of salad for dinner. 

Jury Duty

Cover via Amazon

I was on call today for jury today, but it was cancelled.  I am one of those people who do not like jury duty.  I served on a jury once before, and I was uncomfortable with the entire process.  I do not like being responsible for a person's fate.  Unless there is video coverage and the image is very clear, or there are at least some witnesses, it is hard for me to watch someone break down after hearing that they are going to prison.

I'm also one of those who unrealistically believe love can cure all.  I think most of the people on the stand are victims of their circumstance -- how they were raised -- the abuse they may have suffered, the poverty they may have struggled with.  I think of the movie "Trading Places," and realize most folks turn out completely different if they're given different circumstances.  I do realize there are some criminally insane people out there, and I agree they need to be off the street.  But I'm not talking about those people. 

So, now you understand why I was pretty glad when I called the court number and heard the message that the case was cancelled. 

Now, on to food.

Hanging in there.  No weight loss this morning.  But I'm plugging on.  Two pancakes and water for breakfast.  Chicken, vegetables, and sweet potato for lunch.  Cereal and bagel for dinner.

Ran some errands last night, did some laundry and kept moving until 7:30 pm.  That's pretty good for me considering bedtime is at 9:30.

One meal at a time

I'm heeding some lessons learned from my fellow blogger Christina.  I'm going to blog more and just maybe, I'll lose more!

This morning I ate a bagel with butter and jelly and a cup of coffee.

Lunch was a very small (about 3 oz) steak, baked sweet potato, cranberry juice, and a small salad with light vinaigrette.

Still planning on cereal, fruit and a bagel for dinner.

Christina and Jean .... I miss you guys.  Start blogging already!  I have nuttin' to read at lunch time!

One Pound Down

Yesterday I ended up having a small grilled chicken breast, steamed broccoli, and a small baked sweet potato for lunch.  For dinner I had a bowl of raisin nut bran cereal and a bagel.

Ditto for today.

I'm trying to force myself to get some exercise so I cleaned all three bathrooms last night.

Tonight I plan on vaccuuming and dusting the downstairs, and doing some laundry.

I started a novel yesterday for the November Novel Writing Challenge -- 50,000 pages by the end of the month.  Yes.  50,000 pages.  My computer at home is on the blitz -- need to replace the backlight, so I will stop by BestBuy tonight and see if I can get it fixed. 

I am very limited in using the computer for personal use here at work, so I have to get my laptop fixed -- I'm lost without it!

November 1st

It's been a week since I posted.  Been crazy busy lately!

Some good news:  Heath's current firm surpassed the L.A. offer, and promised additional staff so he's staying in Philly!  Woo hoo!

Eddie came home for the weekend, and he and Dylan went to the Colbert/Stewart rally in DC.   Besides some sore feet (they walked and stood on their feet for about 6 hours), they had a really good time.  I was here at work Saturday, so I was a witness to the HUGE crowd that came.  It was something else.  Here were some signs that people were carrying:

SENIORS FOR LEGALIZATION OF POT

THE CIVIL WAR WAS AN INSIDE JOB

I STAND FOR GOOD POSTURE

I HATE SIGNS

HAVE YOU SEEN MY KEYS?

I also posted some pictures for you to enjoy!

We enjoyed some shopping over the weekend, ate at Mimi's, and dropped Eddie back off at school yesterday afternoon. 

Last night we had chili, mummy dogs, and witch hat cookies, over at Christina and Dylan's and went trick-or-treating with Madimoo, who was dressed as a pink "SUPER GIRL!"  She blinged herself out with an awesome pink bead necklace, and a "special powers" ring.  With her pony tail swinging, and pink cape flying, she led the way around the neighborhood singing, "trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!" 

And now that November 1st has officially arrived, I am ready to get rid of the 7 pounds that I gained back. 

Here's today's plan:

Breakfast:  cereal, bananna and milk

Lunch:  1/2 egg salad sandwich on wheat, cup of soup, apple

Dinner:  Cobb salad