Day 12: Improvement

Huh, would ya look at that.

Breakfast: bowl of Fiber One cereal and 1/2 apple.

Lunch: turkey sammich and a handful of Cheezits

Dinner: Cranberry Meatloaf and mashed 'tatoes with a Coke Zero

Late Snack: bowl of Cheerios

Dessert: teeny spoonful of ice cream followed by a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallow creme.

Nary a vegetable excepting the onion in the meatloaf and the mashed potatoes, but still a big improvement for me.

How are YOU doing?

Karen

Day 11: Fail and Win

(Wow, eleven already? Definitely going to have to go longer than a month. Haven't accomplished a whole lot so far.)

Okay, so breakfast was a big fat fail. Jack in the Box (double cheesburger, large curly fries, soda) and two donuts. I can see my mom from here: disbelief, horror, anger, determination.

Lunch continued the fail theme with two more donuts.

Dinner: Cheesy Chicken & Rice Casserole, salad, orange juice. w00t.

Those donuts were so good, people. Why does junk food taste soooo good and healthy food taste so bad? Shouldn't nature have designed me the opposite way? HOW DO MY INSTINCTS EXPECT ME TO PROPAGATE WHEN MY GENETIC RECIPE IS FOR COFFEE CAKE INSTEAD OF SUCCESS?????

Day 4 - Or How to Lose 4 lbs Overnight

Apparently if you throw up all your food and lose the rest out the backside, you can lose 4 lbs overnight! No, I don't recommend it.

I've been struck down by whatever is going around and haven't done anything today but sleep and use my laptop. I'm hoping (ok, that's NOT the right word) that I'll be able to go to work tomorrow.

I did find my weights the other day and actually did a few sets on my arms. And now I need to do some more. when I can actually get out of bed comfortably again.

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Day 10: Further Adventures in Mediocrity

Tired all damn day today. Think I'm fighting something off maybe? Seem to have lost pronouns. Thinking it might be good to detail what I'm consuming... Should give us all more ammunition to kick me in the ass with.

Breakfast: 3/4 big bag of kettle corn
Lunch (at 5pm): bowl of tuna casserole, Ritz crackers, lemonade, 1/2 Toblerone
Dinner (at 10pm): ham sammich, apple, lemonade, rest of the kettle corn and Toblerone

Totally not a wonder why I feel like crap all the time.

Off to zzzzzzzzz

Day 9: About That...

Totally forgot to post at the end of the day.

Did manage to eat a serving of vegetables (lightly salted cucumbers.)

Had a strange burst of energy when I woke up i.e. didn't feel like the walking dead. I totally can't figure out why though. Ate a meal I eat often for dinner, got to bed at the same time, woke up at the same time. It felt so freaking good not to feel drained like usual. Didn't last that long though and life took the energy back today, with interest.

Day 8: Fuck, Did I Say 'Back On Plan Tomorrow' Yesterday?

Well that so did not work. Starburst, Twix, and soda. Why is it so IMPOSSIBLY HARD this time?

And once again I'm hurrying to bed without a chance to post much. But hey, I've posted every day so far, which was one of my goals. A-freaking-mazing.

Karen

Day 1 for Lani

I forgot my pedometer at home this morning so not a great start to the day and then I ate a ooey, gooey grilled cheese sandwich from Chedd's for lunch BUT I came home and took a walk in this glorious weather for 30 minutes all by myself. I NEED to make time to do that more often.

Now I need to go dig out our weights and see if I can do anything about my arms.

Not a bad start after a forgetful morning. :-)

Day 7: A Quick Check-In

It was hubby's birthday today so there was pie, ice cream, and Johnny Carino's to be had.

Back on plan tomorrow.

For now, running off to bed.

How are y'all doing?

Tomorrow is MY Day 1

I meant to start last week and, of course, life got in the way.

Then I went and tried on pants today. WHY, WHY, WHY is it so hard for me to 1. either find pants that fit my bumpy thighs or 2. just accept how I look in pants?

Well, even though this is my 2nd trip out for new pants and I must have tried on 15 pairs between the 2 trips, I didn't buy any. BUT I did buy stop and buy a pedometer on the way home.

My goals are simple. (Well, they SOUND simple.) Walk 10,000 steps every day and lift hand weights every day to tone up my arms. How much easier could that be? 30 days. 30 days. I can do anything for 30 days, RIGHT???

We'll see.

Thanks for resurrecting this Karen. I did fairly well the first time but feel almost powerless this time.

Day 6: About Me

I am a seriously unhealthy person, but it's my own damn fault, and it's totally fixable. I think.

I have unhealthy relationships with food and exercising.

In short, I eat a ton of total crap. I don't want to, but I love it (most of the time), and I can't stop myself. I dislike a lot of healthy food, such as most vegetables. I'm also way low on energy and money, and I'm a pretty bad cook. Annnd I hate exercising.

In my Month of Healthy Living, I'm trying hard not to eat the junk, to eat more healthy foods like vegetables and lean proteins, and to move more. In that order. I'm trying to post here every day. I know accountability to myself is most important but I suck at that, so if YOU guys will hold me accountable and that helps me do better, at this point I will totally go for it!

So if I stop posting here, please email me and kick my ass. Please encourage me, and bang your head in frustration with me, and celebrate with me, and chastise me, and pat my back when I'm crying.

Wanted to write more but have to get the household to bed. Another thing I suck at: time management.

wine and chocolate

We have a guest from France. He showered us with wine and chocolate. I think both are on my healthy living way of life list. Fresh bread, jam, fruit with coffee and Mexican hot chocolate for breakfast.

I made a pretty good soup last night. I cooked down an organic chicken with carrots, garlic and bay leaf. I cleaned the chicken off the bone and strained the broth. I made a side soup of broth, chicken and soft carrots for the kids. I boiled sweet potatoes with the rest of the broth and added the soft garlic and a chipotle pepper. I boiled until super soft and blended it smooth. I added the chopped chicken and finely chopped kale. A fair amount of work but I have some great leftovers. I also made bread. I try to make whole wheat bread but I got 40lbs of white organic flour, so it was mostly white. I don't think yeasted white bread is so good for me but my family loves it.  

Day 5: Guess What?

Yes, another hard day. BETCHA DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING or maybe you did...like me.

Bah, humbug.

Finally had time to sit down and write tonight but man I needed some mindless web surfing so that's what I did. Now, off to desperately needed zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

But hey, I wanted a shaved ice sooooo bad TWICE today and each time had an orange juice popsicle. Wheeee.

Cripes, I'm cranky.

Really want to read Melissa's entry. Really want to respond to Jenny's email. Really want to take Babetta up on her offer of cyber therapy.

But most of all, want to sleep.

Keep on Keepin' On

Well, I've been given some space here to elaborate on my struggle. I've wanted to start a bowel detox for the last three months. I'm so scared to actually do it. I don't know what the fear is saying to me. I do use the formula that is antiviral/antibacterial and I think it has helped me stay healthy or also helps if I think I've eaten something suspicious. Here is the link to the products I will use once I get over the fear,  http://preview.tinyurl.com/boweldetox

Now my big hurtle this coming week will be a house guest from France. I know we will be eating out but I'm going to try to get in more exercise this week. 

Anyone out there having some progress? What if anything are you doing differently?  

I'm also trying to give up all sweets except chocolate. I love soda it seems to help with digestion but I'm working hard on giving that bad habit up. I have many other hurtles to conquer. I do love good fresh food so I feel some serious hope. 

Day... Uh...4?

Hard. Detecting an unfortunate theme. Off to bed.

Day 3: Nearly Had a Nervous Breakdown

The end.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

PS DID have a shaved ice. It was FUCKING AWESOME.

Day 2: Today was fucking hard

Fuck. So far this is turning out to be much harder than last time. I just want to surround myself with comfort food. Easy, tasty food that I didn't have to make. Trays of cinnamon rolls, boxes of donuts, bags of candy, fridge packs of soda.

I think when you struggle with the responsibilities of adulthood-- working outside of the home when you don't want to, spouse with a stressful job, bills and debt piling up-- giving in to junk food cravings is the easiest and most immediately rewarding way to say "Screw up, I'm throwing up my hands, no more being responsible right now. I'm getting what I want, right now."

That may be a psychological binging breakthrough, but I'm too tired to analyze it right now. Too bad I don't have the time, money, and energy for therapy.

About You

If you're here to post, please tell us about yourself! What you're here for, and what we can do to help. Do you need to be kicked repeatedly in the ass or just cheered on, etc. I'll post soon.

Day One

Too tired to post... dropping in to make sure I post at least once a day... longer post tomorrow... zzzzzz

Nexus of Evil

Is located at the intersection of Liberty and Mays in Round Rock, Texas.

On the Northwest corner: the most delicious donuts... EVER: Round Rock Donuts. The Cinnamon Twists and Fried Cinnamon Rolls are not to be missed, but the Chocolate Covered Round Rocks are the most delicious, dark, chocolatey confection ever.

Whoopsies, how did that get in there?

And on the Southeast corner: the most perfectly shaved, perfectly syruped, perfectly perfect shaved ice: Kawaii's.

Both of these establishments thoughtfully installed drive-thrus, providing a handy shortcut between Me Now and Me With Sticky Fingers And Five Bucks Lighter.