Good morning Sandy and everyone else!! It's a good start to the day. I have had lots of sleep, have downed lots of water because my kidneys hurt this morning, as most of you know I am on Lasix and that crash must have resulted in too much salt, my face is full of water this morning. I got a beautiful card from my husband this morning for Mothers Day, that is very sweet of him, my stepsons usually just do something for their Mom (which I understand) and my own kids are in the UK where it isn't even Mothers Day.

Very good breakfast of Shredded Wheat and Bananas.. so next to no sodium and today is going to be a good eating day!

Well, my work day is over now (I am +10 MST)....something 'new'....well I made a powerpoint presentation for another department head, to be given to a large group of people. That is not new...I design these powerpoint presentations often,but then he decided that I should present it ...so I spent the afternoon practicing the presentation.....and giving someone else's departments data is 'new' for me!! Presentation is in the morning....what fun! (not really!) :-( Out of my comfort zone!!!

Happy Mothers Day! I'm not sure about doing anything new today. Its a typical Sunday. Catching up on laundry and housework. I was determined on taking advantage of the day and not doing any cleaning but as I was making my daughter's lunch something smelled so bad in the kitchen I gave in and decided it isn't going to get done unless I do it regardless of the day so cleaning it is. All I asked was my husband to clean the house. Half joking because I knew that would never in a million years happen. He dud go and get himself and my daughter kolache and donuts so I wouldn't have to cook them breakfast this morning. How thoughtful. Ok pity party over.

I have a feeling those days are going to be a feature of our lives for most of us for the rest of it. What I try to do is pick less damaging choices and get back to healthy eating as quickly as possible. To be honest if I do give in, the sugary, fatty foods make me feel like crap anyway!

I tried something new, but not the kind of new that got my heart beat racing. I wasn't nervous about doing this "new" thing, but it was very different from what I would normally do. I went to lunch with husbands family and they love to go to a local seafood place that is "tradition" for Mother's Day. Normally, I would order the big Clam Plate with coleslaw and fries and yummy fried clams. Today I ordered two lobster rolls with butter on the side and just ate the lobster meat...not the buns too. And I don't usually use the butter anyway, so that wasn't new. But, I didn't order my own fries! I did have some of my daughters, but at least not a whole plate full myself! That was a new thing for me. To not just give in and have the old yummy stand by. And it was delicious!! So that was my new. Hope everyone had a great day.

Successfully bought a loaf of bread, an ice cream for hubby, ice lolly for son, I resisted, and muddled my way through with the cashier.

Got a lot more activity in today than I thought I would, out playing with my son then walking, which is good since I also ate more than I planned, but it wasn't terrible and I controlled the extra treats. Out again tomorrow walking round a local lake, planning on a kids size ice cream cone, skipping the large blizzards or hut fudge sundaes or beaver tails. I can resist! Good night guys.

Had a nice mothers day. We went out for an early breakfast at the bakery down town. I had whole wheat pancakes and did my best to guess on the calories. I'm sure there were lower calorie options on the menu but I didn't care, I don't eat pancakes often and when I do I wont them well made so I eat them when out for breakfast. besides, not ever eating out experience needs to be about choosing the healthiest thing on the menu. I did stop myself from ordering eggs and bacon, but i entertained the idea. The pancakes were delicious and i enjoyed the butter and syrup that went with them. I just had water and skipped any juice to avoid the extra calories.

Didn't do or accomplish anything new or uncomfortable as the whole day was spent out and about, sorry.

Went to one of the local succulent botanical gardens for a tour and walked around for about 2 hours. Of course the mothers day is the first day I have a seasonal allergy attack. All the succulents were in bloom so the suffering was worth it.

We went home for a short while and I had a nap, not something I have done in a while but the sun and allergies took it out of me.

In the mid afternoon we went for tea service in Niles canyon. Yet again I did my best to calculate the calorie total for the tea service. It was about 1,100 calories in the end, but i enjoyed it all. I did manage to avoid the desert cakes round of the tea service. I had one small petit four and stopped at that.

It was a late tea service but didn't tie me over so by 10:30 i was peckish. I had told myself if i was hungry I would have a salad given that I allowed myself to simply enjoy the day calorie wise. But that was the day before and a salad at 10:30 doesn't sound all that interesting. So despite only having 46 calories left I had a 300cal microwave meal. Sitting around at 11:30 and looking at my step count I realized if i spent the next 30min walking before my fitibit reset at midnight I could undo some of the damage and end the day bellow my calorie count (granted the day was 75% all carbs). So i took a late night 30min stroll and burned enough to end the day with peace of mind.

That's awesome, Sandy! I have a major hangup about that, too, so next time someone invites me to do something, I'll think of you and hopefully accept!

Yesterday I went to my friend's place for a birthday/mother's day celebration and while I was waiting for her to pick me up from the train station, I walked around the parking lot. In the past, I would have just plopped down on the bench and fiddled with my phone.

(Unfortunately, that was about the only good choice I made yesterday. The food at the party was abundant and all. so. calorific. I went about 2.5 times my calorie target. On the plus side, I logged it ALL (so I guess that's new, too). It's easy to see how I put on so much weight having days like that regularly prior to actually paying attention to what I'm eating. Now that I know just how bad those days of constant grazing on high calorie snack foods are, I think it'll be easier to stop myself.)