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Well, it has happened again!!!!  Today is dh’s birthday in addition to the holiday so I dragged him out ot lunch—no small feat.  We went to a nice family style B-B-Que place near our house.  Food was good BUT toward the end of the meal, dh was finished, I was almost finished, our waitress comes over and very sweetly asks him if he would like more tea.  Nothing wrong with that, except that MY glass (which wasn’t more than 3″ from his, but definitely on my side of the table) was almost empty and I was totally ignored.  I have had it!!!!!!  I did something today that I’ve not done before;  I left absolutely NO tip. New rule: when I’m invisible, there will be no tip.

We were on 2hr. delay today for school due to weather, bit of snow and ice, good call.  Didn’t do any gym.  Have a cheesecake (his choice) for the birthday celebrant.  Will have a smidge later.  Tummy really good today.  Yay!!!

Bfsk: leftovers from Boston Market: turkey, green beans, mixed veg. and oj……………..lunch: pulled pork, coleslaw, baked beans, and 1/2 slice bread…………

will update food later….the invisible woman

Of weather, that is………..we started out in the 60’s with pouring rain, by about 2 we had beautiful sun (yes, I sat out a bit) and low 70’s, it got colder and colder as the afternoon wore on and started pouring again…..it’s almost 8pm and it’s about 40 now and drizzle supposed to change to a mix.  BUT, my first daffy is OPEN!!!!!  All is well, that’s my promise  that spring is here!!!!

Food: bfsk: grapenuts flakes w/skim, decaf tea w/skim………did not sit well, maybe cause I took my vits. for the first time since all this started, I just was very uncomfortable this morning………later–craving oj, so had about 6oz……………lunch: 1/2 pkt. instant bfsk. in 6 oz skim……dinner: about 30z. hamburger patty, broccoli, a few fried onions, small amt mashed pots. and maybe a tsp. gravy—–so far, good, maybe there’s hope that this is finally gone!!!!

gym: warm up and exercise mat, weight machines, 2 mi. tm, ladies lite aerobics—by this my tummy was in an uproar so only did about 1/2 the exercises

G’nite, chickadees!

Well, we’re back to clouds….when it’s nice I ‘ve been going out for about 10 min. even if it’s cold and sitting with my face in the sun—been reading some lately about how we don’t get enough of our vit. D dose.  Supposed to have rain tomorrow; we still need it very badly because of the drought which remains severe.  Now, to make matters worse, a few wildfires have broken out in the general area.  Not very close to me but they have threatened some homes.  It just occurred to me that I’ve known four different families who have lost homes to fire–a cousin, 2 neighbors (a mother and a daughter both homes burned at different times), and a friend,  all in another state.  One of the neighbors was 2 yrs. older than me and someone I idolized growing up; she was killed in a house fire just before Christmas one year.  Somehow, this seems like an awful lot of people to know who have lost homes to fire.  Sad.

I ate my regular oatmeal w/skim this am and decaf tea, decided enough is enough of this bug, also had a container of f.f. vanilla yogurt about 10:30am—still not much appetite, though

Went to gym: stretch and exercise mat, 2.7 mi. on tm/sl. incline—slower pace–felt OK, not weak or dizzy but didn’t want to push.

Will update later……..about 2:30pm had 2 rye crackers w/a slice of Swiss cheese…………..5:00pm took the plunge and ordered a meal at Boston Market w/ my daughter …….had  small amounts of turkey, mashed pots. and gravy,  mixed veg—–this is the first real balanced type meal I’ve had since last Friday and I gotta tell you, my stomach is not any too happy; making very ominous and rebellious noises; knew I should have skipped the gravy.  We’ll see………….

Later, chickadees!

I think I’m pretty much all better, just kind of weak now and then.  The 2 1/2 pounds is still off—no surprise, food is still having NO appeal but I’m trying.  I don’t usually ever count calories but I think I had less than 500 cals for the entire week-end, no wonder I’m feeling a bit weak.

 I had 3/4 piece of toast this am then went to the gym, more out of habit than anything: did warm up and mat exercises and weight machines with reduced weights………no t.m., no ladies lite aerobics; just didn’t feel up to it and didn’t want to push.  One of our regulars is having surgery later this week so a few had planned to go out to breakfast—I was real iffy on this but went.  I ordered  2 pancakes and a small glass of orange juice; finished about 1/3 of the pancakes (plain); the guy who is having surgery finished them.   I did drink all the oj.

It’s midafternoon, will update if I eat more today.  Later (around 6pm) had 1/2 can chicken noodle soup, very diluted and 1/2 banana…..good news is, I think I actually had a flicker of hunger before I ate, we’ll see what tomorrow brings.  I took my daughter to violin tonight and her instructor said his girlfriend is down and out with  what sounds like the same bug.

Thanks for the good wishes and encouragement, it’s at the point where I’m just tired of it.

G’nite, chickadees!

Feeling a bit better; still a slight headache, occ. chills, and I feel like I’ve been beaten but trust me, this is better.  Not much food, nothing interests me yet.  Sat. evening I had 3 saltines, other than that just sips of Gatorade all day.  Today had Gatorade, 1/2 piece of plain toast around noonish and just now (6:15pm) had 1/2 can chicken noodle soup.  Not because I was hungry, just cause it seemed like a good idea.  I’ve slept easily 80% of the last 2 days.  As of this am (Sun.) I’m down 2 1/2 pounds since Fri. but I think that’s just dehydration and will come back probably.  Rotten way to lose weight, anyway.  Horrible bug!!!

G’nite all you chickadees!  Hopefully, back to normal by tomorrow.  It’s REALLY bizarre not to be hungry at all for anything!

Been up with a g.i. thing since about 2 am; it’s now 6:20 and I am royally tired of trotting to the bathroom, plus I’m soooo tired!  I hate being sick, I hate being sick, I hate being sick!!!!!

I realized I haven’t seen anything from a couple of the women who live where the tornados hit……….hope they are OK and just w/o computer service.

Have yourselves a good day chickadees—will add later IF I manage to eat anything.

Yeah, Ruby, not near goal, unfortunately, with the large ups and the tiny downs—the 5 lbs. I lost in Nov. almost all came back when I was sick for so long in Dec.  I’ve lost a total of 3 lbs. so far in 2008 making me 14 to goal.  I’ve been as close to goal as 7 1/2 (last June-July) and as far away as 17 (Oct.-Nov.).  But, EVEN where I am now, even if I NEVER lose another pound—-I’m still more than 25 lbs. lighter than I was when I started all this, so it’s not all bad, just excruciatingly frustrating!!!!  I’m at high normal BMI now and under 30% body fat which I wasn’t before.  Sizes are down 2 or 3 depending on maker and style.

Exercise: weight machines, 2.12 mi. on tm.w/incline, ladies light aerobics

Food: bfsk: V8, 3 slices deli turkey, 1 slice banana/walnut bread, blueberries, decaf tea………….lunch: 4 marinated mushrooms, homemade veg. soup, hardboiled egg, 1 slice banana/walnut bread………..will up date later…….dinner (strange, I know): end of the hot and sour soup, 2 Kashi crackers w/1 slice Alpine Lace Swiss, 3 strawberries and 3 prunes.

A. has am lecture tomorrow then we’re off to outlet mall, I hope.

G’nite chickadees.

Do you ever notice how it’s never truly “done”—there’s always something else that could be washed.  Good thing it’s probably the chore I least mind.  Listening to the spin cycle now.

So far I’m down 1 lb. for the month, I think.  That is, if the hateful scale doesn’t take it back.

Exercise today: 3.55mi. w/incline on tm, 8 min. on rower

Food: bfsk: oatmeal w/skim, V8, tea w/skim………….early lunch: hot and sour soup, spag. w/olive oil and garlic (1/2 of what I brought home from eating out last night), f.f. cottage cheese w/pepper…….snack: peach yogurt and walnuts……..dinner: end of Hawaiian Beef Stew over brown rice, Skinny Cow fudge bar

Plans for the night—a few phone calls, finish laundry, make more banana bread, long shower—then tv and a book

G’nite, chickadees–sleep tight!

Beautiful warm, windy day….went outside about 11:00am and just vegged in the sun—felt soooo good!  Back to the reality of Feb. tomorrow.  I so wish this warmth would stay around.

Exercise: gym: stretch and exercise mat, 2.94 mi on tm, 12 min. on rower  I’m getting calluses from the rower; suppose I should get some of those exercise gloves.

Food:  5:45am bfsk: oatmeal w/ skim, V8, tea w/skim……….9am snack: 1/2 pear, peach yogurt, walnuts……..12:30pm lunch: mixed greens salad w/ balsamic vinegar dsg., Hawaiian Beef Stew over brown rice………5pm dinner: (out @ local Italian place)  salad w/ about 1/2 oz. house Italian dsg., spag. tossed w/ olive oil and garlic—ate about 1/3 of the serving, had about 4 of those little spoons they give you with chocolate gelato.

My husbands’ work hours have shifted to him starting 2 hrs. earlier; I think I’m going to like this better—-I get more time alone during the day.  I like having some time alone with the house empty.  It’s restorative and that contributes to me staying somewhat sane.  I’ve always liked alone time.  When I was a teen-ager I’d take a book and climb a maple tree and just read for hours and hours and not answer when called.  I’d go home in my own sweet time and noone ever found me in my tree. 

G’nite, chickadees.

Got up this am 1 1/2 lbs. heavier and I knew I felt puffy…..since I ate at Panera yesterday late afternoon, I looked up my supposedly healthy meal: lo fat chicken noodle soup and a Greek salad….hmmmm, sky high in sodium and 24gms of fat in the Greek salad!!!!!  Probably the healthiest thing I ate was the baked potato chips!!!!!!  I am so bummed—this is what I’ve been ordering there every time we go thinking I was eating soooo healthy.  How stupid I feel.  Again.

Anyway, gym today: stretch and exercise mat, weight machines, 2.45 on tm at small incline

Food: bfsk: oatmeal w/skim, V8, tea w/skim…………lunch: hot and sour soup, salad w tomatoes,/ balsamic vinegar dsg., butter beans, haddock…………dinner: stuffed pepper, 1/2 large pear, 4 strawberries……a few almonds for snack

See ya’ll later, chickadees