Health & Fitness - 7/22

Just got back from my workout, another 5K on the bike in the books! We are looking at a heat wave today and I am on vacation. DD and I are taking the grands to a free water park and then to McDonald's for a treat. I'll rely on my large unsweet tea and a single grilled chicken wrap if I'm hungry. The heat just zaps me!

What a treat for your girls brandy327. Sounds like fun and try to stay cool.

I'm headed out the door now to do my walking, followed by a few errands and house cleaning. Mundane tasks, but I'm trying to enjoy them because this is my next to last Friday home before I head back to school. 

Enjoy your Friday everyone.

You ladies are an early bunch! lol. I always get up early but I don't necessarily get in here to post. Also, this morning I was busy listening to CNN's analysis of the convention yesterday. Trump talked too much and went past my bedtime so I had to go to bed. lol

So according to my scale I've lost 1.4 lbs in two days. For me it's always easy to lose in the beginning, because just cutting out junk is guaranteed to cause weight to drop. It's keeping it up that's the problem. 

Yesterday I had not one bite of any grain. Yay me. I had eggs -- sigh -- for breakfast, salad with avocado for lunch, and a burger with avocado for dinner. Also some almonds somewhere in there during the day. And of course my coffee, with flavored coffee creamer. I'm never giving that up. 

On my list for today:
-- google around for some alternate breakfast ideas. I'll start with paleo sites as someone suggested yesterday.
-- finish the bookcase corner of my kitchen where my new cart will go, so I can move my pressure cooker from the counter to the cart
-- put gas in the van
-- while I'm out getting gas I WILL GO TO THE GYM! absolutely!
-- take dd somewhere. It's just so darn HOT! poor dd, one more week till she's allowed to put weight on her leg so we can't go anwhere outside because the brace is just too hot. And it's too much effort to crutch anywhere in the heat. We can't think of anywhere indoors to go, so we may just drive around and hunt Pokemon. We've been to Ikea twice (they have wheelchairs), a small Staples near us (yes, there really is such a thing as a small Staples, lol), and that's it. We might try Trader Joe's today since that's pretty small. Thankfully we have a temporary handicapped parking thing so she never has far to crutch from the parking to the store. But we're limited by where we can park. This whole thing has made me so much more aware of how accessible -- or not, in many cases -- various places are.

Well, I'm heading out now to walk the dog before the heat really arrives. I've always told my kids "don't wish away your life" (channeling my mother, who always said it to us) but this summer I can say "I can't wait till fall". Not sure why this summer has seemed so much hotter than usual, because this is Washington DC and it's always hot here in the summer. Maybe I'm just getting old. 

I'm up, but not quite at 'em yet.

I jumped on the scale this morning and I'm where I was on Tuesday (??--whatever the last day was that I weighed). I'm good with that. It keeps me in the next decade of weight and if I can hold on to it for tomorrow's weigh-in it will be a loss overall. Next week is when I'll have my period, so I should see a decent loss provided I don't got bonkers! It's usually the week before that I get insane cravings...I haven't really had anything horrible this week, but I'm not out of the woods yet. We shall see. I need to take this one step at a time and not look too far out. Every time I've done that I've managed to screw things up.

Plans for today--declutter my dresser and closet. I'm going to take the boys out for lunch and I'll get something simple...or maybe not eat at all until we get home. Don't know where we'll go, so I'll play it by ear. Today is the last day of dd's ballet intensives so I'll be heading to the studio a little earlier to watch what they choreographed throughout the week. I'm excited! Dd is loving the dance, so I can't wait to see her and her classmates perform it!

Have a lovely day everyone!

First, missfrenchjessica I am so sorry the jerk got off. Please hug your daughter for me. Tell her this teen mom appreciates her courage to stand up for what is right and the safety of other girls. He may not have been convicted, but I garauntee you a lot more people know what he is capable of and know to be aware of him.

It read the past few threads. Thank you for missing me. It is nice to be missed.

Everyone is doing so well. Way to go ladies!

I have worked out every single day since I have been gone. I started out the week in Amish country with some girlfriends. We ate our way through, but we shared most things three ways. That is a plus. I ran the first night and have hit the gym treadmill or elliptical the other days.

Now I am in another state with my son for baseball. His team was second in our state for their age group. We are now at the regional competition. The boys are getting killed, but having a ball. Thank goodness none of them are hardcore about it. I am doing my best to make positive choices given what choices I have.

Keep rocking it friends!

Yeah, it doesn't have to. I remember going to the beach one year and eating a bunch of stuff that I wouldn't have put on my diet plan. But I came home only about .8 lb more than when I left! It was because I walked on the beach and the boardwalk twice every day. 

monklady123 I am hoping all the walking has helped in that regards. This town is so amazing. Between games yesterday a few us moms walked to the town square to go through their little shops. It was good little extra walk. Plus, my time in Amish country was all walking.

Maybe the 100+ degree weather and high humidity will help melt it off too. Lol!

missfrenchjessica - your daughter is such a strong 13 yr old. I am very proud of her! Where I work we have a sexual assault program and I'm amazed at how strong some women are after their assaults. I'm thinking of you guys as she continues to process this.

I bought a new pair of jeans (size 10), put them on and they were big. I wore them to work anyway thinking it was all in my mind. My co worker (they are my biggest cheerleaders) mentioned the jeans looked big and I agreed. She said "you should go try on a pair of 8's" I was like no way but I did at lunch AND THEY FIT! Like fit perfectly. No sucking in, no muffin top...they fit! I of course thought it was a fluke, went and grabbed another size 8 and tried them on and they fit. I bought them both! I'm still speechless as I never thought a size 8 was in my future.

needmysanity you are awesome! Patter as well you are really doing so well.

I am in a 10 for most things now. I was in a 14 comfortably and being in a 10 is great! I bought a dress in a Medium and it fits nicely. That is progress. I am down 18 lbs which is good for me for sure. It's not because of exercise except work where i have to move around a lot.

The diet is shot today. Tofu was seen again so then I ate some rice. Some things you just can't help I guess.