Happy Hag

Actually, the title should be “M.I.I.” for Missing In Inaction.

I’ve gotten a little stale on weight and diet. Part of me thinks I shouldn’t even be blogging here, as I have no amazing results or break thoughs to announce. As a matter of fact, I weigh the same as I did back in May, for cryin’ out loud, bobbling about the mid-160’s! I’ve put my horse weight loss ticker out to graze, it seems. Unless I get a really nasty stomach bug, I honestly doubt I’ll see the 150’s any time soon. 

On the up side, I’m more aware of what I’m eating these days and I have stepped up riding lessons to twice a week. I can feel that in my bum and inner thighs.

I sure enjoy reading everyone else’s blogs though, and am heartened to see all the many triumphs & successes. 

Filed under: General on October 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

… on my eating today. Like an anaconda, I am living off of previous chow from the weekend probably!

Son and me are passing a cold back and forth. Husband has not kissed me in many a moon ~ I hope he stays healthy. When he gets a cold, he doesn’t complain ~ just leaves his used hankies every where. Plus in his pants pockets, which I always forget to turn out before washing. Little white snibbles every where, except for “Puffs” brand. Now there’s a hankie that holds up to machine washing and drying! It’s my cold season hankie of choice. I think Kleenex has prettier boxes though.

Stood over son while he took his shot of Nyquil. Nasty stuff but I’ve found it effective for putting a cough to sleep. I kept him home from school today. We’ll see how he feels in the morning. 

Lots of things going on in the U.S. these days. How ’bout that stock market? Commodities are coming down ~ wonder when we’ll see our grocery bills coming down too?

Filed under: General on October 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I reread yesterday’s post ~ blech! 

Sorry to be so negative.

I’m back on my game.

Filed under: General on October 6th, 2008 | No Comments »

Dang. I knocked my calories into somewhere next week with last night’s eating.

Darn. Darn. DARN!

Son had a couple of friends over last night & husband brought home cheesesteaks, wings and a huge hoagie from our store, to feed ‘em. And earlier, son and I went junk-food shopping for his sleep over. Son kept saying “we don’t really need anything, Mom”. But with a gleam in my eye, I picked up Oreos, chips and Twix snack bars.

I know better. I know better. I KNOW BETTER!

I ate a cheesesteak, chips, a 1/2 of hoagie… oh the list goes on and on. 

When will I learn? When will I learn? WHEN WILL I LEARN?

Made pancakes for the tribe for breakfast and woofed one down while flipping the others. Doesn’t count if you are not sitting down ~ calories travel straight down to soles of feet and into the floor with out getting caught in the lap bend.

Took a long shower today, hoping to wash off Surface Calories. Straightened what is left of my backbone and am currently drinking water.

Crap. Crap. CRAP!

Filed under: General on October 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

… makes one weak”

I see this message every day on a bill board coming home from work. Maybe one day soon I’ll actually turn the steering wheel towards the gym.

Son went to an over-night at a friends house. I should get off this ‘puter and go poke the old man, huh?

Hope you all haz a great weak weekend!

Filed under: General on October 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m getting bettah and bettah.” (repeat as necessary.) 

Cold is finally on the wane, leaving no more excuses to pay the gym and not go. I almost stopped in yesterday ~ only to change clothes, though, which I ended up doing in my car. I had riding pants and boots on and needed to stop at the grocery store. NO WAY was I going to cruise the canned goods aisle in skin-tight pants, even though there is no camel toe (nor moose knuckle) evident from the front. 

After nixing the gym/change idea, I pulled in to the very farthest spot in the lot and commenced wiggling out of my riding pants, and another car pulls up a space away. For cryin’ out loud! I had to pretend I was rummaging in my purse for something until the other driver got out and walked away, leaving me with my pants around my ankles. It’s hard enough to change in a two-seater as it is! 

Haven’t had a glass of wine in 2 weeks. Humph, wonder how long this will last! It’s lack is most beneficial to my dieting, especially the night munchies.

Filed under: General on October 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Went to the first PTA Meeting of the school year last night. Our PTA signed up with the National PTA group which automatically sends out reminders of the meetings and different events going on in our school district. For the last two weeks I’ve been getting a reminder of this meeting about every three days, with a button to click on if you are: Attending, Not Attending, Not Sure. The pressure was on! I made it a point to be there, sure that the meeting would be packed. There were 9 parents there, not including the PTA staff. I was surprised. This is a Middle School of 7th and 8th graders, totaling about 740-odd students and only nine of us showed up? 

After four days of eating on plan, I am back to 162. It’s so freakin’ easy in concept, isn’t it? Eat Right=Weight Loss. This is without exercise, as sinuses are making working out very unappealing. Waiting for my sinus rinse miracle cure to kick in. I am going riding today, but it’s really not much of a workout, except for the inner thighs. Sure would like to see the 150’s make an appearance on Mr. Scale. (And so would the horse.)

That’s my goal for October. THE ONE-FIFTIES-FIFTIES-FIFTIES (male announcers echoing strong voice says). That and dodging the Halloween candy bullet.

Hope u dont haz kling todai.

Filed under: General on October 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Here’s what today’s pie looks like. I have to go to bed right now so I don’t mess it up!

Hummm… if I ate one half an almond & five bread crumbs, and loped off the tip of my little finger (protein), it would be perfect.

Later… Crap! What happened to my pie? Hell, I’ll use this one instead…

Filed under: General on September 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

No, it’s not Dog Hair Hiku, it’s the reality of my house.

As sure as the leaves are beginning to change, our doggie is beginning to shed. He sheds all the time any way ~ don’t know why he isn’t bald ~ but its begun in earnest now. The dryer lint filter now has a blackish tint to it, from all the hair collected on socks. Yuck! When I brush him outside, mounds of black hair pile at his side. Next dog: Labrapoodle ~ no shedding!

Bess I getter dry mop daily now. I’ll count it as “exercise”.

Son’s first football game is tomorrow. I need to get a Football for Dummies book, as I’ll be darned if I can remember all the positions. He was playing “left guard” and I had that figured out, then the coach gave him a new position he is all excited about because there is ball handling involved. Now what was that position called…? 

Did well over the weekend, food-wise. The fam got a hankering for Chinese food and I ordered steamed shrimp & veggies with the sauce on the side. It satisfied me.

I’ve been carrying my gym bag around in my car for a week now. Maybe today I’ll stop in. Stupid cold is still lingering a bit but I feel much better. Has anyone ever tried that product called “Zicam, a nasal cold remedy that acts to shorten the duration of the cold itself”? I looked at it but put it back on the shelf when I saw it was $11.00. I’ll buy it for the next cold though if anyone thinks it works.

Let’s make it a good week, Chicklets!

4:00 Here’s a blatant plug for Reynolds food saving vacuum bags. I had about 2 cups of apples left over from last Saturdays pie baking orgy. I put ‘em in a Reynolds bag and sucked the air out and this afternoon my husband and I just noshed on crisp, un-brown apple slices. I changed the batteries on the air-sucker-upper-thingie and it works like a champ again. I love America…

Oh, and I also worked up the courage to use a sinus rinsing device. It wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be ~ not the water boarding experience I anticipated! It was kinda weird feeling but I can handle weird if it helps my fricken’ sinuses.

Filed under: General on September 29th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Yessss! The weekend! Nothing momentous planned ~ just plain relaxing.

Son has a friend over for the night and they want to go to the high school football game tonight. The pinnacle of the social week, don’t you know. It’s misting rain, and rain gear looks soooo uncool. I’m toying with the theory that if I let son go dressed as cool dude (not nearly warm enough and certainly not waterproof), he will decide for himself next time that you can scope out the wimins better if your teeth aren’t chattering.

I never did get an answer to the Burning Mom Question: is it being cold and wet that brings on a cold, or is it germs? “Anybody? Anybody? Beuller?”

Reading all your inspiring blogs has me drinking my water and journaling my food again ~ thanks for the much-needed shot in the arm, ladies.

Enjoy your weekend, all!

Filed under: General on September 26th, 2008 | 4 Comments »