Today it was raining so I met up with Rinez at the church and we just came back to my house for hot chocolate. The missionaries are coming for dinner tonight so after taking Rinez back to the church I went to the store. I will be on the run today so I thought I’d fix a crock pot meal. I have a seasoning mix called Italian chicken. It calls for chicken, stewed tomatoes, tomato paste and the seasoning packet. Easy enough. After a breakfast of cereal, I put the chicken in the pot to cook all day. I made a yummy salad and put it in the frig. I’ll make some Rice a Roni and grill up some cauliflower to round out the meal. For dessert we will have fresh strawberries and blackberries over angle food cake topped with cool whip.
I picked up a Zorba’s chicken salad for lunch. I did have one of the candy bars I was giving out today. Perhaps I should explain – this is MAA week at work. That means I am in charge of getting daily time surveys from a dozen people this week. It is not a chore they happily perform. I give them daily treats with motivational quips as incentives. Needless to say I have been partaking of the treats as well.
The missionaries came and we had dinner as planned. It tasted OK – nothing special.
Monday March 9, 2009 Phase Two Day 322:
Today is March 9th in the afternoon. I am sick. I haven’t written and I think I am crashing. Some days I eat just fine other days I eat horrible. That in itself is not a real revelation. I mean just read this journal and you will see that has been the pattern for the past 300 plus days. I have learned a lot and do eat better in general, but I feel pretty out of it. I have felt it coming on for a while now. Maybe Sonnet & I need to have a talk. I need some structure almost like I wish someone else would take charge.
Monday March 16, 2009 Phase Two Day 329:
So today is Monday again. I was sure sick last week. I didn’t go to step class, I only took Mom to the pool one day instead of two and when I went I got in the hot tub instead of swimming laps. I didn’t even show up Wednesday to walk with friends. That’s Bad. I did go to the doctor on Thursday and got some meds that fixed me right up. It took a few days to get strength back but I think I have arrived.
The past week was a mixture of eating well and just feeling so sick I wanted yummy food to make me feel better in the moment. I had some projects at work that needed doing so I pushed through every day. At home I collapsed. Stephen is much more sensible than I and encouraged me to step off the merry-go-round and get some rest. By Saturday I was feeling good enough to paint a little in my bedroom. I could not believe how weak I was. It took me all day to finish one little project. That night we had to go to the Mormal (Mormon formal). We ate with the ward kids and went to the dance for a while but were back home by 9:00. Stephen & I love dressing up.
Sonnet & I did have a good pow-wow about food and menu planning. We reviewed the workout schedule and she understands I cannot continue to go to the 24Camp class on Thursday afternoons. She loves it and I am glad for that. It is just too hard on my knees. She decided she must go to at least two workout classes a week in addition to getting in her walks. It was interesting how we both had been back sliding with our eating. Nothing terrible - just letting go of some of the basic things like eating plenty of leafy greens and avoiding white flour. Now that she is moved in, I am well and we have talked and planned out a menu I think we will get back into a more supportive structure complete with accountability. That will be a great help to both of us.
Sunday I fasted for Blake & Gaye. I sure hope they feel better soon. We had yummy roast, potatoes and veggies for dinner. I took Gaye some rocky road ice cream and ate two cookies she shared with me. Also, I had some M&M’s from Sara’s purse. We were all working at the computer together and there they were just tantalizing all of us from her open purse. She reminds me of Jami (or at least how Jami use to be), always having a candy stash some where close by.
Today I got up and walked with Rinez. We kept a pretty good clip. I came home and ate cereal before picking up Mom to swim. When I got home Sara & Jacob were awake so we have visited most of the day. We ate tuna sandwiches for lunch. I also had jello and one small handful of M&M’s when I came up to the computer (Sara’s purse was still right here and open). Darn those bright eye catching colored things.
For dinner we had leftover roast, potatoes and veggies. I helped myself to meat and a potato and saw Sonnet serve herself a plate full of salad. I reached for a bowl and filled it with salad. I thought I’d make sure I ate my salad first then finish with the others. It was a good idea. Dinner was delicious. After dinner we took some pictures of Sara because Blake says that although he loves all the pics of Jacob he gets he wants some of Sara too. All evening I wanted a snack or treat of some kind and when Sara & I ran to the store it would have been so easy to grab one – but I resisted! Coming off a sugar saturation is not an easy thing to do and little victories like that are to be acknowledged.
Tuesday March 17, 2009 Phase Two Day 330:
St. Patrick’s Day – Top of the mornin’ to ye. Sara & I were up late so I slept in and skipped step class. I think I finally have this exercise thing under control. Probably mostly thanks to Stephen. Now, it is easier for me to say I’m not going if I am hurting or tired. Before I would tend to push myself too far. It is quite liberating to know my exercise activities are for my benefit and pleasure not a regiment to shorten my life.
So, I got up ate cereal and headed out to a 9:00 meeting at work. After my meeting I was going to come home until Sara left then go back in. You do not want to know what was waiting for me at work – OK so maybe you do. Yummy biscuits and gravy with scones. Oh my! I ate only one biscuit with gravy but I did have a few scones. They were wonderful. I came back home after my meeting to find Sara rung out on the couch. She had already thrown up three times –poor thing. Must have picked up a bug somewhere. I sent her to bed and took care of Jacob all afternoon. I ate a granola bar and two pieces of toast during the day. I should have had my tuna but it was easier to grab something quick with Jacob. Sara woke up feeling much better. After Sonnet got home I went back to the office to finish my tasks then came home to a delicious dinner of fajitas. I have the munchies pretty bad. All I want are things I cannot have. Ice cream sounds heavenly. I might have some hot chocolate later tonight.
The good news is that Sonnet & I weighed in today and we were both happy with the results – slow and steady wins the race.
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Good job, my friend. I love the photo of you and Steve! You are a beautiful couple!
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