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Weight 275

That is the weigh in from Sunday. I am not worried about it cause I think it is all bloating. I have been on point and worked out most days. I have missed the last two due to raining constantly but I did do some shopping (that had me walking around the grocery store for a bit) and some house work and laundry. So I have not been sitting on my butt the whole time. Plus Saturday I worked out at Curves, went for a walk midday and then tried to do a third one that turned into a 15 minute sprint trying to get back in cause it started to rain LOL. I do need to walk today and hopefully the weather will work with me on this.

I didn't get enough sleep last night. I will have to try and get into bed early tonight to make up for it. The sleep thing is one I have a problem with a lot as there are just not enough hours in the day to do everything that needs done.

The weather is looking like more and more rain but least it looks like it might lighten up soon and hopefully just be occasional showers. I prefer it to rain at night...it makes for good sleeping and doesnt stop me from doing what I want to do in the day.

Posted by Annie at 07:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I have started to go back to Curves. I have been paying for it but hadn't been back since my father passed away, between work and family I let time become an excuse. So Thursday I went back and then I was there again today. I plan on going Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to get my 3 days in. That way I only have two days that are more troublesome because of work. It felt good to be working out again there. However I could not for the life of me get my heart rate up where it should be. I think this from taking the meds I do for migrains...they are actually a BP meds but used to treat migrains. I have never had a problem with my BP. I need to ask my doc about this and maybe one of the trainers at Curves to see if anyone else has had this happen. I know I got a good workout today, I was sweating like crazy.

Posted by Annie at 07:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

That is what I call pulling myself up and out for a walk even though I wanted to go to bed more than anything. Also good about it was that we beat our time by 5 minutes that we normally walk the 2 miles. YAY! Now I am going to bed for some needed sleep.

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I have read a couple blog enteries Jonathan and The Shrinking Knitter , that talk about how well preparing their veggies ahead of time is helping them. When I read them I thought of Rachel Ray because she says to do this all the time on her 30 minute meals. I have though many times that I need to do this too. Last night I ended up doing some radishs because the leaves were starting to wilt and I knew if I didn't act they would be moving on to rotting next. So I cleaned and cut them...ate some because I was having big veggie cravings last night and threw the left overs in a zip lock bag. Well when I was grabbing snacks this morning I grabbed my carrots (the mini bag kind) and then grabbed the radishes since they were right there and ready. You don't realize how good something works till you do it. Here I got a great snack that kept me from eating some processed 100 cal pack kind of thing. WOW....okay why didn't I realize this a LONG time ago. Looks like I got to start spending more time with the shopping once I am done other than just shoving it in the fridge. While I am at I need to go to doing my own carrots. It will save money and I can get them at any store and not have to make a trip to the only one that carries them here.

As far as veggies go I am planning on making a run out to the farmers market Saturday. I am hoping to find some goodies there that I can fix for healthy meals. I so wish I had my own garden. I actually missed a turn while driving the other day because of this. I saw someone's garden and it got me day dreaming about one and how much I missed having one. Next thing I know I am realizing I drove past my turn off LOL. When I was growing up we always had a garden. While I was in high school I did the garden all by myself because both of my parents were dealing with failing health. I remember my father taking pictures of the garden because he said it was the prettiest one he had ever seen. I had hoed and raked the thing every day. I miss working with a garden like that...watching the plants grow and bare fruit. Mark and I are going to try and find a place that has some land with it. Nothing real big probably but to at least have a little wooded area behind it and room for me to have a garden.

Posted by Annie at 01:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Weight 274

Ah much better....a 2 pound drop this week. We have been walking most days and the ones where we miss we make up for it with a long walk the next day. Food has been good as far as being on points. I had points to have ice cream as a treat last night...I mean a rich "treat" kind. I do want to start working on trying to do more healthy foods all the time and not just staying on points. Being on plan with the points is good....eating that way and almost all healthy type foods though would be great.

We are gonig to do a hike in here a few so I'll be fixing up water bottles to take so that we stay hydrated. Time to start getting ready for that...find the sunscreen and everything.

Posted by Annie at 03:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Weight 276

Wow what a week. I got my bood work done Thursday. I passed out after they got the blood drawn....least I was able to give them warning and tell them I wasn't feeling so good. I am so curious to see what my blood sugar was because even though I get yucky feeling when they draw blood, too much poking cause my viens don't like to play along nicely, I haven't passed out before.

I have stayed on plan with my eating and exercising, though I did miss Friday...however I made up for it yesterday and today. Yesterday was a 2 hour hike to the radio towers on the mountain. Talk about a workout giving a good butt kick....I was drained but it was in a good way. Then today we went for a hike around the dam and made it just in time to miss the down pour that hit just as we got in the car. We then got another walk in this evening. For a total of 85 mintues.

We went shopping and got some food stuff to make it healthy through the weekend. I didn't get much to cook right now as I need to go over a few recipes and I figure I can make some stops on the way home.

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So far it has been a good day. I have ate well and plan on stopping at the market on the way home and picking up some stuff to grill. If the weather works with me I'll go walking tonight. There is the chance for thunderstorms all week. As far as cooking goes I am going to try and cook at home through the week. I will try and find some new and yummy recipes to try out. I have seen a couple that caught my eye. One being a corn flan, I think I saw that one in the new issue of Cooking Light.

I read a post in The Daily Skinny Post about the fear of food. I hadn't really thought of that. I actually feel blessed it is not something I fear. In fact I look forward to working with food to make healthy meals. It's really a lot of fun to see what I can make that is good for me. I enjoy chopping veggies....coming up with new ideas, trying out new recipes and getting to eat stuff that I know I made. Because if I made it then I know what went into it and it wil be good for me.

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Weight 276.5

I am very happy about my weight going down like it is. It's been so long since I have been in this place where I feel in control and actually loosing some weight. I missed being this person that I am now. I also missed being active.

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I'm feeling off right now cause I had a large lunch. I had hot and sour soup and a cup of fried rice...now I just want to lay down and take a nap. I don't care for this feeling. I'll be finding something healthy to bring for lunch tomorrow. Plus I'll have to eat something better this evening to balance me out. Points wise I am okay but really it was too much food bulk wise....and all the carbs have caused the overload to sleepy feeling.

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