Ahhh day 3#

Day 3# has seemed to be the hardest, but I did it!!
BREAKFAST: Orange freeze smoothie
10AM snack: 1 Grissini bread stick
LUNCH: I think its called a Caprice salad? it consists of sliced tomatoes with balsamic vinegar on top, topped with a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese. It is very flavorful and good.
4PM snack: 1 apple
DINNER: Citrus Ma hi ma hi with sauteed zucchini with spices like, curry, garlic powder and seasoned salt. Believe it or not it makes the zucchini really tasty. I put Hot sauce on the side to eat with the Ma hi ma hi and it was also really good.
Evening snack: 1 Grissini bread stick.

Did I tell you that with all this, I'm taking the following vitamins each morning:
B-12,Potassium,L-glutomine and a multi-vitamin. They're all suppose to be good for this program especially the Potassium and L-glutomine.

The best part about this day is when I went on the scale this morning, I was down another 1 lb. It does have it's rewards. I need my sister or someone right now to cheer for me to keep going. This is a challenge but I have to keep my eye on the goal, right Tami? Keep my eye on the Goal. Right now I am feeling very stuffed. It seems like the hardest part of the day for me is the morning between 9am and 12 noon. I know I'm not hungry but my mouth wants me to put something in it. It's all out of habit. Why do we do this to ourselves? It really is out of habit. Mouth Say's feed me and we do, despite the fact that we're not even hungry, or we just think we are. So I'm drinking alot of fluids to fool my stomach into thinking it is full. Today it was not going to be fooled, but I persevered. I have to tell you I do look forward to Lunch and dinner. I seem to be fine in the evening, like right now. Oh well such is life.

Day 2# You hear that?

That is the sound of silence. Yep, have the whole house to myself for a little while while David and Cece go to the store. So here we are day 2#.
Believe it or not the 1 lb I gained on the two pig out days, I lost this morning when I weighed myself. I just gotta see that scale move to keep me going, that's all I ask.
BREAKFAST: crushed ice, 6 strawberries, 1 pge of Stevia,10 drops of Orange Stevia ( would have 5 drops of it and 5 drops of Vanilla Creme Stevia but I don't have the Vanilla). 1 T of milk, Blended together, and wa la'- Strawberry smoothie.

10am snack: 1 Grissini Bread stick
LUNCH: Balsamic Chicken wraps *by the way great recipe, very tasty wrapped in cabbage leaves.
4pm snack: 1 apple

DINNER: same thing, Balsamic Chicken wraps
My evening snack: 1 Grissini Bread stick.

I know this sounds boring huh. If I don't jot this down I won't remember anything.
Okay, different subject, and I think I've mentioned this before. Is it a mental change and or hormonal change either in our brains or body that we start to want to do different things When we get to this stage in our lives? I would love comments about this. For example: I love being alone sometimes more I use to. Like I could just get away preferably the coast and just "Be". I have the hankering(is that a word?) to want to explore the creative side of myself. Like what things I wanted to be or do as a child is coming out now. For instance, if one was athletic, one starts training again. Or if one loved art, say way back in elementary or even high school, one starts drawing, or painting again. Or say if one loved theatre arts, one wants to explore that avenue. Mind you, one must keep themselves balanced and not forget their responsibilities but it's like the season has come to have the opportunity to be able to do those things. Anything wrong with that? I'm not talking about joining a Commune or trespassing Federal Property and Protesting, do you get what I mean? I do understand now more than ever why some people go out and buy that Red Porsche or 30 FT Motor home. But I think that's mostly men and they usually have a Young Blond in it too. Along with this change though, comes some outward impatience with STUPID people and rage that comes out of now where. But it is manageable with drugs. But that's not for me. I would love to have a forum and talk to other women about this, to better understand it. Comments are welcome.

Thanks for listening.

Day 1

So, here's my report. Woke up this morning 5:30am went on my every other day walk at 5:45am, Solved all the worlds problems and then some.
BREAKFAST: Orange slush made with a whole orange, crushed ice, 5 drops of orange stevia it has 0 calories and 1 tablespoon of milk, yum yum. Okay it really was good and it took me a while to drink at least all the way to work.
10AM SNACK: 1 Grissini bread stick
(Oh drinking lots of fluids, like HANSEN'S 0 calorie, 0 carbs soda)
LUNCH: 3.5 OZ chicken breast and 3.5 oz of spinach (this is alot!!) with Balsamic vinegar dressing no oil but lots of seasonings.
4pm SNACK: 1 APPLE
DINNER: 3.5 oz baked chicken breasts with stir fried zuchini seasoned with curry powder, garlic powder, seasoned salt and pepper. (You can have all the zuchini you want)I had a whole one, I was totally stuffed. Again a Hansen's drink.
7:30pm SNACK: 1 Grissini bread stick.

All done. Oh and the drops, once in the morning and once at night. Like right now or at 8:00pm.

Well on to the next day.

Journey take 1#

So, here I go again. I did this once before and I can do it again, at least I hope. Hopefully this time it will stick. About 3 1/2 years ago I lost weight, the motivator, my daughter's wedding. 3 1/2 years later I have put the weight back on and then some. Well flash forward, I don't have a wedding to go to but my doctor says for health reasons I should look at that again. I have noticed more in the past year my hip joints hurt daily, and no matter what kind of exercise I do, they continue to hurt. My doctor says I'm too young to start losing bone mass. It could be a couple of things, early stages of arthritis in my joints (which runs in the family) or additional weight gain. Some of the weight, she says is typical for pre-menopause, all women start to gain some fat in the stomach area. Boy don't I know it. So I am looking at this as a challenge, if TC can run a marathon by November, I can certainly lose these extra pounds for health reasons.
My wonderful younger sister has stepped in to be my mentor after all she helped me before. She and her husband just completed a program and she has maintained her healthy weight for 30 days now. ** Okay, please don't roll your eyes, and you know who you are**. I am convinced if I write this down, that she or someone will hold me accountable. I have to tell myself I can do it. This program is very unusual, and I have read all the literature and instructions for it. The weirdest part about it is the first two days, which I just completed. They are called the pig out days. You must eat very high fat content food for two days and you take these drops twice a day along with it. FOR EXAMPLE: DISCLAIMER MIGHT MAKE YOU SICK: Saturday morning I went to McDonalds and bought a egg,cheese,bacon Mcgriddle with a med Coke. I will tell you it about made throw up. It took me forever to eat it, it was sooooooo gross!! I sat in the parking lot eating this, because I had other shopping to do and I indeed felt like a pig. I was so full afterwards that I didn't want to eat lunch later. But, I knew I had to keep eating, so later in the afternoon I made a chocolate mint milk shake. Dinner, around 7pm I waddled back to McDonalds and bought 2 3/4 pounder Deluxe hamburgers, fries and a med Sprite, I would eat one of the hamburgers that evening and the other one today. Makes me sick just thinking about it. This morning I made waffles and two eggs and juice. I just couldn't eat all the waffles and this evening I couldn't eat my whole hamburger I ended up sharing with David. *But this is really important so I hope I have eaten enough food. Then for the next 18 days you are on a very very very limited calorie intake (noticed I haven't said the (D) word). You continue to take these drops twice daily. This program is very strict and you can not deviate? from it. After the 18 days, you will stop the drops and continue with the limited calorie program for 3 more days after the 3 days you go on a maintenance program for 21 days. It really comes down to portion control. Anyone can do this, men or women and it is the same for everyone. I hope I can do this. 18 day's when you say it doesn't sound like alot but I'm sure I'm gonna have those "What the heck am I doing?" days. Wish me luck.

Here goes

Well it's been a while since I last visited this place. I just need to get in gear and use this as I originally intended it to be and that is putting down my thoughts. Although you can't know all my thoughts because someone could get into trouble. So my question is: How honest should you be or should I say how open should someone be on their Blog? That is my question. I guess I'll find out who my real friends are in the end. Then again I'm getting to the age that I don't really care what others think, (I noticed that with my elders) they didn't care, "they" were who they were and you either accepted them or you didn't. They were to old to change. Am I becoming that way to? Wait a minute, no, not yet, because as I have shared with some of my close associates I am changing every day. Is it a physical thing or a philosophical thing? I forgot to ask my doctor when I saw her this week, darn! What is it when we get in our mid 40's and we suddenly want to wallpaper the kitchen ceiling? That's a joke, who would ever do that? That's just an example. I know you know who you are, so dear friends of the female persuasion especially those who have gone before me, "that means older than I" I'm 46, there I said it. I would love to hear your comments, because I'm going to drop my basket (Remember Ya Ya sisterhood?), if I'm not careful. Okay that will do for now. But seriously, from now on I am going to speak about the truth, at least according to me.

Thanks for listening.

Life simple as that.

Yesterday, Cecelia flew for the first time by herself. She wasn't as nervous as I was for her. She flew to SLC Utah to attend EFY. Cheri's husband, Chris picked her up and he was taking her Senior Portraits today. He is such a great photographer that we decided to have him do this, it's nice to have one in the family. Cheri will drop of Cece on Monday at BYU. I hope she has a good time. It's quiet here at home. Today, David and I went in the morning to buy some more plants for our garden. David does such a good job on the garden, I know we wouldn't be eating fresh vegetables if it wasn't for him. So far we have enjoyed the bounties of fresh spinach and spring mix lettuce. The tomato plants are doing well. So are the other vegetables, I can't wait to eat them. Around noon we decided to take a drive up to Wrights Lake Road to see if the roads were cleared, sure enough they were. It was so beautiful up there. We spent most our time walking around the great meadow a few miles before you get to the lake. The sun hid now and then behind the clouds, then we got a few rain drops and then it would be a little over cast. Good thing I brought us some sweatshirts. David and I kept telling each other that we want to come back every Saturday and do more hikes and some camping. I just felt and over powering feeling of gratefulness of the beauty that Heavenly Father created for us to enjoy. It was a wonderful day.

Tuesday, must be Bake day

Retrieved my wheat from the basement.

Grounded the wheat.

Made a couple of loaves, I love the smell of fresh homemade bread, just like the Rainbow Bread Factory we use to drive by off of hwy 80 in Sacramento.

Mackenzie made Triple cookie bars, with chopped apples, chocolate chips and nuts, yum yum.

Finally made organic vegetarian pizza.

Mamma Mia it's pizza time.

Birthday Girl celebrated

Race For the Cure 09

So, this was my first time doing the race. We all loved it that my girls want to do it again next year and maybe I'll try running this time. If you have done it, you know it's one great party, lots of positive vibes in the air, good music to get you in the mood and to keep you going and most of all the people are all polite and courteous. I met a couple of ladies that were in our group and the three of us wanted to walk faster so it was great to walk with them, I felt like PACMAN or Leap Frog because we would zoom over different directions to pass others up, politely of course, it was awesome. Thanks to Steve Buchan and Rhonda Adair for heading up our group "Mary Ann's Fans". It was so organized. Cecelia decided to go with us at 11:57pm Friday night, so I quickly e-mailed Steve, and sure enough he got it and had a shirt for Cece with number. He is so great! As a mom I was very proud of my girls, well you know how it is when your kids do good things, you can't help feel joy. Great Job Cece for getting up at five in the morning on your birthday no less.