Quick Post

I am so freaking tired tonight, I won't bore you guys with witicisms or whining...I'll just hit you with the facts and go to bed.

Breakfast: Raising Bran & Coffee
Snack: Pria Bar (how about that Briz?!)
Lunch: Veggie Burger on wheat with pepper jack cheese and diet pepsi
Dinner: A little more than half of a Carnitas Burrito Bowl and Corona Lite from Chipotle.

I drink too much alcohol. I know this. I have to stop drinking during the week because the chub is not going anywhere.

Amen. Goodnight.

Clay ate Wendy's Today...Is the sky going to fall?

Why in the word are you up at 7:20 on your week off?!?!? You need to be sleeping in my dear. If you aren't going to take advantage of this, Angie and I would be more than happy to switch you places.

Today was a day of "shock and awe" when I got your text. I don't believe that in all the months that I have known you, you have ever eaten at a fast food restaurant. I don't even know what to say besides, I am so proud!

The new weight, as of last Tuesday, was 145. I am feeling good about that (though there is a big part of me that wants to be 135 or better yet 125). Not going to happen I know. But glad to see that I am making progress.

I need to get more on track with the snacking. Clay, your comment about it keeping your metabolism working is just the kind of input that I need to make me stick to it better.

Here is my day:

Cereal with skim milk - the healthy kind, Kellogg's with strawberries
Coffee with one cream
Cheese and spinach quesdilla, iced tea, some chips and salsa - It was the Welcome lunch for Air Care CMKs newest member. Not sure how I feel about my new CMK team yet....we will see.
Kellogg's cereal bar before a quick trip to the mall that was completely unproductive
The rest of my super healthy fruit, spaghetti, iced tea

Enjoy your day off tomorrow Mr. Brizendine. Ang, I will see you in the office in the morning.

hey there

good morning ladies.  so it's 720 AM on tuesday and i'm awake and posting.  what's up with that?  got some things to do today so needed to be up a little earlier to get them all done.

ok, first, i'm starting to suck at posting.  really.  as your coach i should be out here all the time, but i'm not.  my apologies for that.

as far as the actual eating goes, i haven't veered too much from the daily routine.  sunday was a little off given our shopping excursion, but i did my best to bring snacks to not totally drop the ball for the day.  yesterday the only snack that i didn't have was my apple.  lunch with pbj and dinner was lasagna right after working out.

i think the best thing about the past 5 days or so is that i've actually gotten myself back into the gym.  lifting well and running well, and i can feel my body already getting back into it.  when you exercise regularly, again, your body does the work for you of remembering that you need to eat, and when it tells you to eat, you need to listen to it.

nat, i didn't see your new weight out there - post that sucker! :)  ang, i soooo hope gabe gets to feeling a little better and you get some relief from playing nurse.  that has to be hard, especially at the very beginning of the summer.  hopefully he's better soon and you can both get back to normalcy.

last thought then i have to scram.  one thing that i'm seeing is that you guys are very off and on with the snacks.  as much as you possibly can, make sure that those are in your routine for the day.  remember, snacking keeps your metabolism going throughout the day, thus helping you lose weight even if ur sitting at work.  and obviously i want that snack to be as healthy as possible.  an apple, some pretzels, part of a protein bar (you guys could start eating 1/2 a protein bar for a snack, and then the other half later as another snack - that would be pretty good).

ok - out of here for now.  will talk to you guys later!

Poor Gabe and Angie

Sorry to hear that Gabe isn't feeling better yet. It looks like he should be turning the corner soon.

Ha! Your feedback cracks me up. You will have to tell me who said that. I don't think that you come across any more overwhelmed than anyone else at work. I know that I am overwhelmed with work 98% of the time. Just because suppliers have such easy jobs doesn't mean that they can't appreciate how hard we work to make the world smell better. I am sad that you don't look forward to coming at work....especially since I am there! =(

I am all about doing another 5K. We will have to make sure that we keep our eye out for those races and don't miss them.

I am feeling good about the eating today:
Yogurt and granola, water
Salad from Ingredients. YUMMM- Mixed greens, cheddar cheese, artichokes, mushrooms, egg, sunflower seeds and fat free ranch. More water.
100 calorie pack and one bite of cake
Fresh fruit cup with strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries (this makes me think of what you eat all the time, Clay!), Lean Cuisine spaghetti, more water.

Still confined to the house.

Gabe woke up again this morning with a fever. A trip to the Dr. revealed Fifths Disease which is not really a disease but a virus. He is supposedly at the tail end of it, but will probably need to stay home again tomorrow. I'm hoping his dad will step up to the plate there because I worked from home today and will also have to work from home on Thursday since he has early dismissal (I'm talking they go in at 9:00 and are dismissed at 10:45 on the last day of school...how dumb is that???)

Anyway, despite the fact that I'm going stir crazy, I have managed not to overeat. If anything, I haven't eaten enough with all of the attention I've had to pay to him and trying not to let work slip.

Breakfast: Raisin Bran and Coffee
Lunch: Black Bean Burrito and half a diet pepsi
Snack: Butter and Jelly on Wheat Toast
Dinner: Home-made quesadilla...same as last night and a corona lite with lime

I am sitting here finishing my corona and wondering if I will ever catch up on life. I got all of my W&DP feedback and and agency person said "always seems overwhelmed with her workload". I wanted to laugh. I have to try to put out a better vibe, but I'm not someone who is going to pretend that everything is peachy when it isn't. Of course I'm overwhelmed! Is anyone who works at P&G not overwhelmed? If there is someone out there who isn't I want their job. I know the surgery and being out didn't help in catching up, but I am so freaking burnt out on Febreze. How much and how long can you give a shit about scented water? Just once I want to wake up and want to go to work.

Did I mention I've been staring at the same walls since Friday? UGH!!!

I can't believe I have to go back to work tomorrow.

I just realized that my post last night was so late that is was actually already today...if that makes sense. I am such a night owl. I just love when the house is quiet, the kids are tucked in and Joe is asleep next to me. (He's so darn cute when he's sleeping. I also love how much I love my husband. I don't, however, love that he is snoring!)

I think Gabe's fever finally broke. (Fingers crossed.) Today was Sunday Funday, our neighborhood street party. He was determined not to miss the bike parade or the firetruck opening their hoses on the kids. I loaded the little guy with Motrin and he did just fine. I waited for the fever to come back and so far it hasn't. He's tired, but hopefully he'll be 100% tomorrow. I feel like this weekend didn't even happen bc we were stuck inside so much. Food today was not so good, but the beverages were straight up bad.

Breakfast: 2 cups coffee w/cream
Lunch: Black bean burrito and water
Snack: Hotdog and beer at Sunday Funday
Beer, beer, beer (I did put lime in it, so there was at least some fresh fruit intake. Ha!)
Dinner: Home-made wheat quesadillas w/chicken, cheese, sour cream and my special home-made salsa and water.

I still have a little sickie boy...

I'm sad to report my little man can't shake this fever. Medicine makes his temp go down for a while, but it keeps going back up. The poor kid is still all wrapped up in a fleece even thought it's borderline hot in here. Despite the beautiful weather, I only went outside once today to grill chicken for dinner for Ava and I and so that I'd have something healthy to reheat for the next few days. I just felt so bad for Gabe.

Nat, I'm SO proud of you for running the 5K today! We should plan to do the Reggae Run and Run Like Hell in the fall. I've always wanted to do both but have never done either. I have only done one 5K because I hate running so much, but races are a little bit more fun than running on a treadmill.

Today's eating was not a lot. I will try to do better tomorrow.

Breakfast: Raisin Brand and coffee
Lunch: Black Bean Roll Up and coffee
Dinner: Half a grilled chicken breast with BBQ for dipping and Miller Light
Really long hot bath to cope with cramps and another Miller Light

My body is still all whacked out from surgery. I don't know how that is possible because the surgery was so minor, but I swear I had PMS for 2 weeks and today I had cramps that were reminiscent of the second stage of labor. Crazy shiz.

OK. I have to get some sleep in case Gabe is up in the middle of the night.