afternoon snack: 1 leftover salmon pattie, leftover salad, lemonade with s&l

plan for supper: chicken breast, sauteed in olive oil and a bit of butter, with garlic and rosemary, mashed potatoes (for the kids) brown rice (for us) brown gravy (for J) salad and steamed broccoli.

food for today so far:

banana

salmon patties (salmon, smoked tuna, green onion, eggs, 10 saltine crackers for the whole recipe, fried with Pam spray)

salad: Romaine and green onions - homemade sweet sesame vinigarette (2T. sesame oil, 1/2 tsp. sweet and low, 2 T. water, 2T. apple cider vinegar)

water and tea. (unsweetened or with sweet and low)

Exercise so far today: bounced 15 minutes on mini trampoline.

Weight Friday - 194.2

Ok, *deep breath* I’m lower than I’ve been in recent history (6 years at least) ‘cos I remember being lighter than this when J was born.

I just can’t believe that last week, I weighed 200! Then my period started, the cravings subsided, and I got back to exercising (walking/running) and I lost 6 lbs.??? It’s crazy! But I’ll take it!

The only thing now is, I just want to go DOWN from here, not back up like I normally do.

R. found out he has high (and I mean High) blood pressure - they put him on medicine right away! don’t they usually try “diet” first?? But they do want him to change his diet also - and he is very motivated (i.e. scared!) So, we have decided the whole family needs to change their diet, not like we haven’t tried that before, but now that daddy has seen the light, hopefully it will be easier for me to get everyone to follow along with the new plan!

One of my major problems is I lack discipline in all areas! Exercise, for instance, it’s not that I don’t want to do it (i tell myself) I’ll just do it ……later, after I get the dishes done, after I get the laundry going, after I put the laundry in the dryer, after I clean the livingroom, after I check my email…..the list goes on. So, I’ve got a mini-tramp here in the office, Realplayer is currently loading (for those of you blessed with high-speed, you may not understand this) And I plan to bounce for at least 20….well, AT LEAST 10 minutes as soon as I post this!