Summer Sixer-tini's: Week 1

Hey Everyone,

It has been a laid back day. Stayed home from work so the heating and air guy could come recharge our air unit. We've had no air conditioning upstairs since Monday. I have done all my laundry, evn hung it out to dry, Shouldn't take long in this heat. Now I am helping my son make banana peanut butter cookies. This should be interesting.

I needed a day like today to try and get things reset. Maybe if I get the house work done today I can go kayaking tomorrow.

Cathy - I hope the dizzy spells go away soon. No fun.

Lauryn - I understand the funk lately. It has been the same here. No motivation and doing anything just seems like work.

Laurie

hey molly....
you seem to be doing some the changes i had made. i cut down artificial sweetner(1 a day). we have always drank unsweet tea. cut tea to one glass instead of many. drink water instead. as for the butter. the partially hydrogenated oils are worst than butter. i still use butter. i just give in for the extra calories, or i use spray butter. i have found that nonfat, lowfat, all have added sugar substitutes in them and they are worst for you. the body doesn't know what to do with all the artificial stuff in our food anymore. i found that when i just go ahead and use regular sugar, butter and get back to the basics my body feels better. it seems everything is functioning on track.
i did find at walmart a buttery spread. it's "great value cardio choice light buttery spread with flax oil and omega-3s" some don't have the flax. it's about $2 a tub. same price as their butter. has 50 cals. it's cheaper than all the other brands and doesn't have the partially hydrogenated oils in it. i haven't tried it yet, as we are still using up what is open.
i am diabetic so i watch all these things. my dietitian told me to watch the artificial stuff, just use the regular, full what ever. because they have to sweeten it some way to make it taste good.
comes down to reading the labels.
sure hope your back feels better. i have a bad lower back. among all my other aches and pains. LOL.

laurie..got my clothes hung out today too, took just a short time to dry. can't believe this heat.

hope everyone is staying cool

later

Night everyone~~
Tomorrow looks good so far.suppose to be just in the 70's what a relief!!!
and the rain is refreshing.
I agree Cathy on the using full on foods.I did not even look at the ingridents of the whipped butter..like most I assumed and you know what that means.I just found out 3 weeks ago I am borderline diabetic (A1C is 6.3) so time to make small chnages.I found huge fast changes only lead to over eating in the end..in my case any way.

Anyone know the calories burn just in sleeping?

well good night ..
Molly

good morning....

still now word on our checking acct. the charges are still in memo state, haven't been paid. hope to get somewhere on with the bank on monday about it. the dept. i need is closed on the weekend. it will work out.

molly.... i was DX in 06. i was watching carbs at first to lose the weight, than when i quit smoking i went a different route. i gained 35 back, than lost it, DH lost job, gained 40+ back and haven't been able to take it off again since. i just can't stay with something for long. i am looking for the magic words from the doctor saying i have a reason for being fat. not the reason of i keep eating, that's why i am fat. someday it will click again. i just keep plugging along.
tiff, you are doing great. you will be a happy birthday girl, whether you make goal or not. love you. hows tamm?
kristen....enjoy your weekend
lula...how is the pain lately?
baha...how are you doing? feeling better?
frogy...hows the new digs?
izzy...how was the grandbabysitting?
amypry...great job on running. slow and steady wins the race.
lauryn...how are you doing?
lindsey...have a great weekend.
laurie...weather cool down for you yet? still hot hot hot here.
sarah, bj, april.. how are you ladies doing?
amy36...hows the new puppy, and how are your iron levels?

i think i got everyone. if i didn't i am really sorry. i hope you have a great weekend.

nothing on the books now for me no money, since he drained the checking acct and 1/2 my over draft. getting on the treadmill. son download the book "under the dome" for me. putting it on my ipod. it's a big book, and i can't renew anymore from the libary. over 1000 pages.

back later

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B - my husband and I love to work out together. It's a great "free" date for us a couple of days a week! Good luck with your new relationship, you sound really happy!

Cathy - I'm so sorry to hear about your checking account fraud! That's awful! Our credit card information was stolen a few months back and was used to purchase several hundred dollars worth of stuff in Illinois (we live in Indiana). Luckily, I check our statement online everyday, so I caught it on the first day it posted. Got a new credit card within a few days. That really sucks for you, and I hope your bank gets everything figured out.

Well, I went to a family reunion today, and I think we all know how that goes... I ate like a pig, and now I feel tired and terrible! So many good (well, bad...) choices today, so I had to try them all. I think this is my last family reunion of the summer, so that's good. I'm going for a run tomorrow morning with a friend, and I'm going to try to eat much better tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day...

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

good morning..

sarah...you will be fine. move on and do the best you can. maybe on a day off fix a bunch of freezer meals you can just pop in the microwave.

hope everyone is having a great weekend. mine is doing good. getting ready to start c25k. i am going to try it and see how the heel does. i just want to run. the scale was very nice this morning. hope it sticks. i didn't eat DH's new chocolate crunch and munch last night. i had my sugar free pop-cycles. after run, church, home to put together a few packets for work.

will check in later. need to finish up my last cup of coffee and get moving.

later

I saw a very nice # on the scale this morning! I am hoping its still there on Tuesday!

slit pea soup with corn bread for dinner. not my fav, but it's cheap....

hope everyone is having a great weekend. mine has been mellow. tomorrow is the start of a busy week. lot's tomorrow. doctor, file police report, bank.

later

One interesting positive thing though. Every Monday, my HRM watch has a little envelope in the top right corner that lets me know how many calories I burned the week before. It says I burned over 5000 calories (and I didn't even use it for all the yard work I did or playing in the swimming pool). Let's hope it makes a difference on the scale.

BTW, I go for a body fat assessment this coming Friday and it is making me anxious. Especially since my "nemesis", one of my close girlfriends just had her's done and was 120 lb at 5'7" and 14% body fat after having 2 kids. sjdklfjasfdl;fjasdklfjasfkl;ajsdfkl;asjfl;jk

afternoon...

doctors went well she was pleased with the weight loss. asked about the new medication i had started, and it was working great, she was pleased with my sugars. she upped my dose, cause i wasn't feel the weight loss benefits as much as in the beginning. come to find out this drug acts somewhat like ali. it is appetite suppressant, makes you a little nausea when you eat too much, and makes you go to the bathroom when you eat too much. she said i needed to learn to listen to my body of if it hungry and eat, watch the fat.
son took me to mcdonalds for lunch i ordered the mc chicken and side salad with dressing on side. ate the salad dipping fork in dressing, ate sandwich slowly. it was spicy too. i don't do spicy. they had given me fries that i didn't want, ate just a few and that was it. just that didn't sit well with the tummy. left overs for dinner. sure hope the scale is nice in the morning.

well, off to put my feet up. left the house at 8:40 this morning and got home at 2:30. i am tired.

later