Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Emotional Eating

I admit it.  I eat when I'm upset.  I'm upset.  I did not get rehired and I don't know what I am going to do now.

This morning I ate McGriddles. Tonight pizza.

Tomorrow I'll have the day to myself and I'll run.

I still don't know what I'm going to do.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Second Place

I'm currently in second place for the Richmond Mommies weight loss challenge!  Woot!

I weigh 205.2.  Winning.

I don't think I can lose 6 lbs this week, BUT I may be getting very good news tomorrow... we'll see.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Words She Already Had

We just keep noticing and remembering ones she already had:

help
hi-yah (like a karate kick)
thank you

Also tonight, she touched my nose and said, "Nose."  :)  I was giddy.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Single Digits!

Sort of... in the single digits above 200.

208.8  Woot!

Also, Margot is being really cute and fun today.  Words to add:  book and bath.


Saturday, May 19, 2012

Margot's Words

I am going to make a word wall for Margot, but I thought we should start keeping track today.

Bye-Bye
Mommy
Daddy
Hi
Kitty
More
Please
Baby
Hot 
Cold
Go
No
Weeeeee
Uh-Oh
Ow
Ew
Night-Night
Yay

She also fake snores.  :)

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Sick

I feel like ass today.  Sore throat, congestion, achiness.  I just want to sit on the couch and eat ice cream all day while watching Grey's Anatomy.  Instead I've been applying for jobs, trolling chat boards and reading about no-waste living.  It sounds lovely, but I imagine it would have to be taken one baby step at a time.



On Tuesday, Jesse and I went to Barnes and Noble to wander around and I found a Vegetarian Bible (that is an all-encompassing book about veggies, not a scripture for vegetarians) and was really interested.  I eat meat because it has always been the staple of every meal in my life.  I don't, however, think it has to be that way.  I asked my therapist the other day about veggies because I just can't seem to like very many of them, and she recommended How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.  She explained that it breaks down all kinds of foods and gives recommendations on how to enjoy them from raw to boiled to baked.  It also came with a hefty price tag, so I bought the $5 bible and reserved the mammoth how-to from the library.

(side note: I am trying to reduce our owned items and books is at the top of my list.  If libraries carried and preserved PLAYS, I'd be able to get rid of LOTS of books... sigh...)

I was planning to go out running again today, but I just feel too terrible and by now it is probably like a sauna outside.  I don't even feel like cleaning.  No you should know how ill I really am.

Monday, May 14, 2012

19 Months

My angel girls is 19 months old today.


That picture is from yesterday when we went to Yorktown Beach for a few hours.  It was a lovely Mother's Day.  I'll take experiences over things as gifts any day!

To add to my joy, I'm now at 211.6.  :)

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Gained 3 lbs in ONE DAY

Yes, folks, it can be done.  I weighed in at 211 yesterday morning and this morning I weighed in at 214.

Kill me.

Here is the culprit:

"Bubbles?" you may be asking yourself.  Yes, bubbles.  Actually the orange icing there and the cake inside the bubbles are what killed me yesterday.  I went to Conor's birthday party and I had saved up calories during the day so I would have some cake, but I lost control and ate and ate and ate and ate....
-- guacamole, a solid CUP, it had to be and with tortilla chips-- a lot of them
-- 2 hotdogs, relish, ketchup, one bun
-- 2 slices of that cake.  (I did have icing left on my plate, but that's because I was scared of diabetic coma, had I eaten all that sugar.)
--2 bowls of fruit salad
-- a bottle of David's homemade beer
--a scoop of potato salad
-- and NO exercise (thank you, rain)

I had such a good week, too.  I'm really upset about the sudden gain.  It did allow for a loss over the course of the week, but I was rough on myself during my run this morning and the subsequent core work-out.

The coming week will be better.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Too Much Cayenne

That's how I failed the Master Cleanse.  After talking with a friend today who did it without the cayenne, I may try it again.  I may not.  I took the first sip and was blown away by the overpowering spice, then decided to chug the bottle and almost vomited.  Gah.

I got back onto my jogging bandwagon.  Tried to do it yesterday but the stroller proved too much for the 5 minute run.  I went out this morning alone and was successful.

I also discovered today that the Kirkland's Fruit and Nut Medley has 140 calories per 1/4 cup.  I ate at least 2 cups of it tonight, which was almost my entire day's calories, but since I had all this exercise today it balances according to My Fitness Pal.  I think I may pre-bag up the fruit/nut goodness to avoid said catastrophe again.

In other news, I think my brother told me today that I was looking hot.  Win.