Chris has been in Louisiana all weekend. I just heard he's on the road and should be home around 6. Yay! I get lonely when he's gone.
Yesterday I kept busy with work and read Twilight (again). Today I slept in late and I'm going to clean house.
I didn't do much cooking this weekend as we have a mouse problem and I'm totally freaked out about it. Sure, I can handle sterile disease free mice at work, no problem. Critters in my house, let alone my kitchen, no. No thanks. So I ate a bunch of Weight watchers TV dinners (lunch and dinner).
I did get some Decon and they are getting it. I worry about the dogs somehow getting to it though I was REALLY careful to put where they can't. I hate to resort to a poison but our traps were not working because there are so many. Yuck.
I need to venture out to WalMart and get a bin for the dog treats they can't get into and get more tv dinners for work lunches.
After I clean the kitchen, I might start some red-beans if I can find a pound of them in my cabinet. Seems like I only have black beans right now and I'm not in the mood for that. Well, I guess I could look up a ranch beans recipe instead of making them plain.
Ug, I guess I need to get on cleaning the crock pot and kitchen if that's the case as it's already 12:30....
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration day yay! Mobley home hopefully!
I have been too busy at work to see any of the inauguration events. Thank God for youtube.
Should hear soon if Mobley gets to come home tonight. Fingers crossed the bill is not too high.
Didn't eat sonic for breakfast. Not sure if what I ate was worse. Need to check out the calories. I had an english muffin, very light spread of butter (with canola oil - light butter), and two pieces of thin sliced Taylor pork roll. The package said a serving size is 3 slices and they have about 200 calories. So my two was likely 133 calories, plus english muffin (132 calories) and light butter (60 ish?). I estimate my breakfast was about 325 calories which isn't bad. I didn't have a morning snack.
For lunch, I had a weight watchers turkey dinner (210 calories) and a broccoli/cheese frozen thing (60 calories), babybell cheese (60 calories) and a chex mix turtle bar (not great, but still, 130 calories and has fiber). Total for day so far - 785 calories. Seeing that I'm large, I think I can do about 1500-1800 calories and lose weight according to mypyramid.gov, so I have a significant amount left for dinner which tonight is not good, spaghetti. I go light on pasta though as my stomach can't take it but I'll have about a cup of spaghetti sauce (with beef, cooked then drained) and a small (probably about 1/2 cup) of angel hair pasta.
I haven't done my 200 situps challenge, so I promised Jennifer I will do it tonight.
We couldn't walk today as we were too busy. I am in meetings all day tomorrow but one of them is far away so I will get some walking in.
Should hear soon if Mobley gets to come home tonight. Fingers crossed the bill is not too high.
Didn't eat sonic for breakfast. Not sure if what I ate was worse. Need to check out the calories. I had an english muffin, very light spread of butter (with canola oil - light butter), and two pieces of thin sliced Taylor pork roll. The package said a serving size is 3 slices and they have about 200 calories. So my two was likely 133 calories, plus english muffin (132 calories) and light butter (60 ish?). I estimate my breakfast was about 325 calories which isn't bad. I didn't have a morning snack.
For lunch, I had a weight watchers turkey dinner (210 calories) and a broccoli/cheese frozen thing (60 calories), babybell cheese (60 calories) and a chex mix turtle bar (not great, but still, 130 calories and has fiber). Total for day so far - 785 calories. Seeing that I'm large, I think I can do about 1500-1800 calories and lose weight according to mypyramid.gov, so I have a significant amount left for dinner which tonight is not good, spaghetti. I go light on pasta though as my stomach can't take it but I'll have about a cup of spaghetti sauce (with beef, cooked then drained) and a small (probably about 1/2 cup) of angel hair pasta.
I haven't done my 200 situps challenge, so I promised Jennifer I will do it tonight.
We couldn't walk today as we were too busy. I am in meetings all day tomorrow but one of them is far away so I will get some walking in.
Monday, January 19, 2009
MLK day
As you can see by all the posting, I'm off today. I didn't want to sit on my butt all day, so I tried to go to the library. Duh, it's closed.
So, I had this great idea since it was fairly mild out to walk dogs. It was miserable because my dogs suck at walking on a leash.
I took Jake first, figuring while I had energy. He pulled me for a few blocks. Abby and Charlie (small dane and lab) were so upset crying the whole time, I came back and walked them too. Charlie USED to be good on a leash but I guess we are ruining him.
I think my back will hurt tomorrow. But, at least I didn't sit on my butt all day.
So, I had this great idea since it was fairly mild out to walk dogs. It was miserable because my dogs suck at walking on a leash.
I took Jake first, figuring while I had energy. He pulled me for a few blocks. Abby and Charlie (small dane and lab) were so upset crying the whole time, I came back and walked them too. Charlie USED to be good on a leash but I guess we are ruining him.
I think my back will hurt tomorrow. But, at least I didn't sit on my butt all day.
My poor sick baby... part II
Just heard from the vet, Mobley is doing better. His white blood cell count is down to 20,000. They are giving him some food to make sure he can keep it down and the diarrhea doesn't re-start. He needs to stay over one more night. Sigh. I'm really worried about the bill.
When he comes home, special diet for about a week and antibiotics. At least his should be relatively cheap because he's so small (16 pounds). Jake (about 150+) kills us when he goes on antibiotics.
When he comes home, special diet for about a week and antibiotics. At least his should be relatively cheap because he's so small (16 pounds). Jake (about 150+) kills us when he goes on antibiotics.
My poor sick baby...
Mobley, the miniature poodle, is in the animal hospital. This is his second time in a few weeks. The first time, we thought he ate a toy and it was lodged in his intestine, we thought he passed it.
This time, lethargy, diarrhea, hunched over, lots of pain. Thought it was pancreatitis. They started IV antibiotics, fluids, pain meds on Saturday and kept him. Said he was doing better this morning. His white blood cell count was around 52,000 (just found out this morning, from Sat workup). They think he has a raging bacterial colitis. They just drew more blood and we'll find out later today if the antibiotic is working. They are going to give him a little food and see how he does. I hope we can bring him home today.
Chris cleaned out Abby's old crate so he has a spot where the big dogs leave him alone. Not sure if he'll use it. Mainly we got it out in case he has to have special food. Then he's protected from the big dogs who want special food.
This time, lethargy, diarrhea, hunched over, lots of pain. Thought it was pancreatitis. They started IV antibiotics, fluids, pain meds on Saturday and kept him. Said he was doing better this morning. His white blood cell count was around 52,000 (just found out this morning, from Sat workup). They think he has a raging bacterial colitis. They just drew more blood and we'll find out later today if the antibiotic is working. They are going to give him a little food and see how he does. I hope we can bring him home today.
Chris cleaned out Abby's old crate so he has a spot where the big dogs leave him alone. Not sure if he'll use it. Mainly we got it out in case he has to have special food. Then he's protected from the big dogs who want special food.
Yeah, yeah, need to post more often....
Thurs was good. We walked. I ate normal stuff.
Friday, I had some sort of freak out about dieting. Fortunately, it didn't go well for me. Because it was so cold, I decided to work from home in the morning because of the dogs. Being lazy, I went to McDonalds and got an egg mcmuffin. They are actually not that bad for you as far as calories go. But, all this talk of diet and I freaked out. OMG, 10 weeks! I should get a sausage biscuit now while I still can. And, this is how my day went. Egg McMuffin was fine, luckily I had only enough room to eat two bites of the sausage biscuit. And, I didn't really enjoy them. I felt icky after, as McDonalds is known to do to me.
Keep in mind I hadn't grocery shopped, so the house is sans food. I decide to go to work around lunch time and figure, I'll stop at chick-fil-a because in the Eat This, Not that book, it's rated best for low calorie, low fat. Then, I see the golden arches and my brain says, I want fries while I can still have them.
Okay, let's take a break here. I really don't live on fast food. Sonic in the morning is my only vice as far as fast food. It's been probably about 7 months since I last had something at McDonalds and I NEVER eat their fries because they make me feel sick. This is all out the window in my panic attack.
So, I go to McDonalds and get the fries and a chicken sandwich. I eat 10 fries and feel instantly ill. I toss them (well, I give them to my friend Joel). One bite of the chicken sandwich and I'm disgusted it's on honey wheat bread that is sweet. Blah. So, I pick off the stuff, wipe off the mayo and just eat the chicken. Decide it's not as good as I imagined and eat half of it to just satisfy my hunger.
In the end, it worked out mostly because my previous stomach surgery has made me so sensitive to some things (especially ice cream, milk, and french fries). I don't know the calorie estimate. Skipped dinner as I was still feeling kind of icky from it.
Saturday and Sunday were more normal. Kids were here so we ate at home. I haven't been to Sonic since Tursday. On non-sonic days, I'm doing english muffin and turkey bacon (or an egg).
Did grocery shop this weekend. Bought big things of lemon juice to flavor my water at work. I got some fiber one granola bars for afternoon snacks. One per day. Other snack (morning) is baby bell light cheese or light cheese stick as I need more calcium.
This week's goals
1. walking twice a week minimum with Jennifer and/or Laura (about 20-30 minutes with a few small hills -small hills guys!)
2. take my lunch (T-Fr), turkey sandwich and fruit or WW dinner and veggie or fruit
3. drink water with lemon (cut back on soda, coffee)
Blog goal is to convert some of our family favorites we eat all the time to lower fat foods.
Friday, I had some sort of freak out about dieting. Fortunately, it didn't go well for me. Because it was so cold, I decided to work from home in the morning because of the dogs. Being lazy, I went to McDonalds and got an egg mcmuffin. They are actually not that bad for you as far as calories go. But, all this talk of diet and I freaked out. OMG, 10 weeks! I should get a sausage biscuit now while I still can. And, this is how my day went. Egg McMuffin was fine, luckily I had only enough room to eat two bites of the sausage biscuit. And, I didn't really enjoy them. I felt icky after, as McDonalds is known to do to me.
Keep in mind I hadn't grocery shopped, so the house is sans food. I decide to go to work around lunch time and figure, I'll stop at chick-fil-a because in the Eat This, Not that book, it's rated best for low calorie, low fat. Then, I see the golden arches and my brain says, I want fries while I can still have them.
Okay, let's take a break here. I really don't live on fast food. Sonic in the morning is my only vice as far as fast food. It's been probably about 7 months since I last had something at McDonalds and I NEVER eat their fries because they make me feel sick. This is all out the window in my panic attack.
So, I go to McDonalds and get the fries and a chicken sandwich. I eat 10 fries and feel instantly ill. I toss them (well, I give them to my friend Joel). One bite of the chicken sandwich and I'm disgusted it's on honey wheat bread that is sweet. Blah. So, I pick off the stuff, wipe off the mayo and just eat the chicken. Decide it's not as good as I imagined and eat half of it to just satisfy my hunger.
In the end, it worked out mostly because my previous stomach surgery has made me so sensitive to some things (especially ice cream, milk, and french fries). I don't know the calorie estimate. Skipped dinner as I was still feeling kind of icky from it.
Saturday and Sunday were more normal. Kids were here so we ate at home. I haven't been to Sonic since Tursday. On non-sonic days, I'm doing english muffin and turkey bacon (or an egg).
Did grocery shop this weekend. Bought big things of lemon juice to flavor my water at work. I got some fiber one granola bars for afternoon snacks. One per day. Other snack (morning) is baby bell light cheese or light cheese stick as I need more calcium.
This week's goals
1. walking twice a week minimum with Jennifer and/or Laura (about 20-30 minutes with a few small hills -small hills guys!)
2. take my lunch (T-Fr), turkey sandwich and fruit or WW dinner and veggie or fruit
3. drink water with lemon (cut back on soda, coffee)
Blog goal is to convert some of our family favorites we eat all the time to lower fat foods.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Weigh in day....
How did we get here? Basically, I wanted to kick off the new year trying to be healthier. I was inspired by www.snapitfatty.com to actually do something. I heard about scale back Alabama and my friend Jennifer and I started a team. She recruited her friend Laura and her boyfriend Kyle.
Today was our weigh in. I ate my normal unhealthy breakfast from Sonic. We walked to Nutrition Bldg at UAB. It was very cold and a few blocks.
I'm not posting my weight on here. However, I will say that the 12 pounds I lost last year, have remained off. Hooray! Damn, the pessimist in me is now thinking, crap, now I have ten harder pounds to lose.
A little history, in Dec 2001 I had a gastric bypass. I'm one of the failure stories. I lost about 80 pounds. I evened out about 50 pounds lighter. Now, as I get older, it creeped back up to as high as 15 pounds below pre-surgical weight. That was last April. That was a motivator to start to live a little healthier. I then lost 12 pounds by moving around more and trying to eat less lunches out. So far, slow but sure.
Now, my biggest motivator is my family history. We have diabetes and horrible feet. That's a crappy mix. My biggest fear is to become so sedentary or large, that I would lose my mobility. That is a very strong motivator.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to talk about what I forsee as my biggest challenges.
1. breakfast - I love Sonic. Sonic is on my way to work. Sonic people love me and give me extra bacon. I know them well and don't want to hurt their business. How sad is that?
2. snacking - I have some big work projects coming up between now and March 2. Normally, I munch away while working on them. I will need to do some substituting. I'm not going to like it.
3. consistent exercise - I'm a quitter. Jennifer and I are walking together but I hope she can help me stay motivated.
We are also doing the www.twohundredsitups.com thingy. It's crunches. Any fitness level. We considered the www.onehundredpushups.com but worried about our wrists.
Okay, signing off.
Mere
Today was our weigh in. I ate my normal unhealthy breakfast from Sonic. We walked to Nutrition Bldg at UAB. It was very cold and a few blocks.
I'm not posting my weight on here. However, I will say that the 12 pounds I lost last year, have remained off. Hooray! Damn, the pessimist in me is now thinking, crap, now I have ten harder pounds to lose.
A little history, in Dec 2001 I had a gastric bypass. I'm one of the failure stories. I lost about 80 pounds. I evened out about 50 pounds lighter. Now, as I get older, it creeped back up to as high as 15 pounds below pre-surgical weight. That was last April. That was a motivator to start to live a little healthier. I then lost 12 pounds by moving around more and trying to eat less lunches out. So far, slow but sure.
Now, my biggest motivator is my family history. We have diabetes and horrible feet. That's a crappy mix. My biggest fear is to become so sedentary or large, that I would lose my mobility. That is a very strong motivator.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to talk about what I forsee as my biggest challenges.
1. breakfast - I love Sonic. Sonic is on my way to work. Sonic people love me and give me extra bacon. I know them well and don't want to hurt their business. How sad is that?
2. snacking - I have some big work projects coming up between now and March 2. Normally, I munch away while working on them. I will need to do some substituting. I'm not going to like it.
3. consistent exercise - I'm a quitter. Jennifer and I are walking together but I hope she can help me stay motivated.
We are also doing the www.twohundredsitups.com thingy. It's crunches. Any fitness level. We considered the www.onehundredpushups.com but worried about our wrists.
Okay, signing off.
Mere
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