from obesity to just plain fat

I’ve got no special plans for today, but am enjoying my day off from work.  My line dancing place is taking the rest of the summer off, so since I needed a break I don’t have to feel guilty.  But I must find other exercise.  Did walk twice this week during the break in the weather.  I’ve got the food network on and just saw a lovely bunch of roasted veggies, so I think I’ll go troll the internet for some new recipes and inspiration!

Celebrate!

My Mom and I were talking the other day, and she’d been watching the tele and they were talking about favorite movie quotes.  Now I know a lot of famous ones, but they aren’t really my favs.  Some that I actually quote are as follows:

• “Well this was not a boating accident”
• “I’ll get you my pretty - and your little dog too!”
• “Do or do not; there is no try”
• JEFFREY: A telephone call? That’s communication with the outside world! Doctor’s discretion. Hey, if alla these nuts could just make phone calls, it could spread. Insanity oozing through telephone cables, oozing into the ears of all those poor sane people, infecting them! Whackos everywhere! A plague of madness.

  In fact, very few of us here are actually mentally ill. I’m not saying you’re not mentally ill, for all I know you’re crazy as a loon. But that’s not why you’re here. Why you’re here is because of the system, because of the economy.

  There’s the TV. It’s all right there. Commercials. We are not productive anymore, they don’t need us to make things anymore, it’s all automated. What are we for then? We’re consumers. Okay, buy a lot of stuff, you’re a good citizen. But if you don’t buy a lot of stuff, you know what? You’re mentally ill! That’s a fact! If you don’t buy things…toilet paper, new cars, computerized blenders, electrically operated sexual devices…

  SCREWDRIVERS WITH MINIATURE BUILT-IN RADAR DEVICES, STEREO SYSTEMS WITH BRAIN IMPLANTED HEADPHONES, VOICE- ACTIVATED COMPUTERS, AND… (I know it’s a long one)

• and of course “Stella!”

There’s always a lot of different Star Wars, Star Trek, and current stuff, plus the old stand-bys from Gone with the wind, etc.

I find it’s kind of a fun way to pass the time trying to think of specific movies and their lines.

I gathered up enough energy to make it to dance class Monday night, and boy did I sweat!  I’ve gone back to beginners class because I just don’t feel like thinking and learning new dances, but ended up staying for both classes.  Of course I came home and ate ice cream afterwards, knocking out the calories burned.  It was so good but so bad.  Got exercise Saturday by 5 hours of moving furniture and dumping trash for friend that’s moving.  Even though I’m overweight, I’ve got a lot of strength and endurance from years of physical jobs.  I’m off to visit a friend today that works for Cottage Living magazine and he always has some great stories to tell.  Tomorrow I dance again, and there is no ice cream left to tempt me afterwards.

Even though I’m out of the diet swing, I want to keep up on my blog.  Took a nice, long walk yesterday with friends and enjoyed the cool weather.  Unfortunately my time has been taken up by old friends who are getting evicted; sounds bad but they knew it was coming and STILL waited until the last minute.  Now it’s hauling years of CRAP off to the scrap guy and the dump, along with furniture etc. to new place.  If anything the exercise will do me good!  Made split pea soup and stopped at the local turkey farm for some fresh turkey, chicken and some great cheese.  I know cheese has lost of fat, but I won’t give up the real stuff - hate the lowfat - and it’s a major protein for me.  Don’t eat much red meat and don’t like many of the soy products.  I never liked milk and yogurt will make my head form mucus after a while.

Keep up the good work!

As I can’t seem to get out of my funk, I’ve decided to take a step back from dieting for a few weeks.  During this time I’m going to try to figure out what I really need and want from myself and for myself.  I’m also going to stop my line dancing for a little while; I’ve gotten to the point that I just don’t want to learn anything new.

What I really need is a vacation - from the job, surroundings, thinking - just life.  I haven’t had a “real” vacation in a long time that didn’t involve visiting relatives, but I don’t really know what I want to do.  I noticed our city gym is going to have a biggest loser contest and I’m going to look into that, but for now it’s time to stop and reflect.

It is official - I’m in a rut.  Where did all my willpower go?  I’ll tell you where - it died with my month long bronchitis struggle.  While I was sick I lost the will to care about my weight and I haven’t seen it since.  Yesterday I ate a big snickers bar; delicious. 

Oh devil’s treat full of chocolate yum

How can you be bad?

Feeling scrummy in my tum

Tomorrow I’ll be sad

Enough of the pity party.  I made bean soup yesterday and cous cous, which I like to mix with veggies for breakfast.  I get a big bag of frozen veg from costco in a resealable bag and throw it together in the microwave.

Keep on truckin’!

I usually have a 3 day weekend all the time, but it’s nice not to go back to the job until Tuesday.  No big plans and no cookouts, but I am making crab cakes for tonight and mushrooms.  I could eat mushrooms all day.  I haven’t been applying myself this week but haven’t run rampant.  Made vegetable soup this afternoon and now I’m going to take a nap.  Later I might work up the energy to post some ebay stuff for sale - would be a miracle!

Not a lot of exercise but more than usual.  Dropped my car off Monday for work and walked the 1 1/2 miles home on a beautiful morning.  Thursday was dance and a walk downtown, but I’ve been a lump all weekend.

Boy, have I been doing horrible.  It’s true that once you slip up it’s all downhill from there, and I’ve been falling down mt. everest for about 3 weeks.  Just ate the last potato chip in the house ( a good thing) and all the sweets are gone.  I’ve got to get back to my routine, which was working slowly but surely.

A big part of my problem was my routine was thrown off by too many visiting relatives.  This meant going out, eating different foods and just screwing up on my part.  My friends and I have a sort of routine eating out schedule with thai, veggie, etc. but that went out the window with the buffet relatives.  I also have not gotten into my spring walking habits.

So now it’s back to the homemade soups and salads.  I have a quasi-greek salad that I make in the summer - good on the plate and in pita.

It’s kinda greek to me salad:

• 1 cucumber peeled and diced
• 1 roma tomato peeled and diced
• 1/2 red onion diced
• 4 to 6 0zs. feta crumbled
• greek salad dressing

The amount of dressing is up to you, but use a little at first because cucumbers will make juice. You can also change up the amounts to your taste.  I had this at a little bistro once -  very refreshing!

It’s a wonderful spring day, and while I must get outside soon I’m going to write a quickie.  I’m hoping to get in a good walk tonight if it doesn’t rain and then I need to get on the scale - haven’t done that in 2 weeks.  I can pretty much tell what’s happening by looking at my stomach - can I see my toes?  I actually have a body that gains weight all over but have started to get a little tummy in my advancing years.  Now I need to get to a store and buy a new boombox; my cassette player has died.  I know, it’s the 21st century, and I do own an ipod, but I listen to books on cassette that I own to put me to sleep.  Saw a sony at walmart.

Lose that weight!

With my 12 week weigh-in over and my health back on track, I can now start to think about the never ending diet.  My cousins have shoved off back to Indianapolis, so I don’t have to think about feeding and eating with others.  Spring is here and I walked yesterday.  Thursday I wore my pedometer to dance - over 7000 steps and 3 miles!  I’ve got to do that more often. 

My eating habits have been a bit strange lately, with some days very smooth and other days I want to eat anything I can get my hands on!  I’m going to try a mini-goal of 10 pounds by June 18th.  That is when I’m going to Seattle to see a friend and party at the summer solstice weekend.  Wish me luck and luck to you!