Monday, January 28th, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

It is raining in Mississippi and the high today is suppose to be 71 degrees.  But I do understand that by Friday we will be back in the low 30's with a chance of snow.  I just love our weather.  It is a gamble everyday.  My eats for today are:

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Snack:  Quest Brownie Bar

Lunch:  1/2 Turkey Sandwich

Snack:  Quest Brownie Bar

Snack:  Vitatop

Dinner:  Something with Chicken

Snack:  SF ice cream

Exercise:  not sure yet.

Have a great start to the week and remember to take your vitamins and drink your fluids.  It will be February at the end of week.  Time is flying, don't let it get away from you.

Good Morning!!!  It's raining here too. Still on the cool side (40ish) but by mid-week we're supposed to hit the 70 mark and then go back down toward freezing. Gotta love winter on the coast. We still have snow left from Friday's event.....that's unheard of in this area.

I had every intention of getting on-line this weekend and posting but life was traumatic and well being on-line was not something that I gave a second thought to. My youngest son is an avid hunter and had gone duck hunting with friends Saturday. He paddled out in the kayak to pick up a bird they had shot and managed to get flipped overboard. By the grace and provision of God he was rescued by a passing boat after spending several minutes in the frigid water. He was in shock and moderately hypothermic with a core body temp in the 80's when the ambulance picked him up. Thankfully he is alive and well with no physical problems. Mentally he's still in shock at just how close he came to dying. I consider myself the most Blessed mother on the face of the earth.

Today I'm already working on my water. I'm kicking myself for walking out of the house without my gym bag so I guess I'll fire up the Wii tonight and have a little fun with that.

Commute:         Coffee with splenda and half and half

Breakfast:          Oatmeal with cinnamon & diced apple

Lunch:                 Vegetable soup with multi-grain crackers

snack:                 Cheese stick & almonds

Dinner:                Leftover pork roast & salad

(little better on the carbs today)

So glad your son is okay.  Most people don't post on the weekend but I still do just in case someone else would like to also.  Have a great day and thank the Lord for your many blessings.  I thank him everyday!

Good morning Tess and kilmarlic, and Botts:

Well, it's still cold in CT and we are due for the remnants of the winter storm that I believe you all had in your area! Brrrrrr! Well, such is winter in New England, gotta love it!

Anyway, kilmarlic, I'm so happy to hear that your son survived his ordeal! Thank God!

My weigh in today:: (drumroll)!!!! 173.6 !!!!

It fluctuated up and down, up and down for about a week, but I wasn't worried. I just cut back on the salt intake, more water, less carbs, and yes, yes, yes!!!

Anywho (yup, WHO!!) My eats for the day are:

PRE BREAKFAST: COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE      Made with 1 raw sugar pkt each and 2% milk (abt 1/4)

WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER, (16.9 fl. oz bottle) with sugar free Crystal Lite, Fruit Punch & Tea w/Lemon (couldn't find Hawaiin Punch sugar free packets anywhere)

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal, w/1 splenda pkt. and 1/2 cup of 2% milk and 1 TBSP of peanut butter

LUNCH: Extra sharp cheddar cheese slices about 6 pre-sliced, 5 baby carrots (SO SWEET AND CRUNCHY, YUMMY)!!,

DINNER: Pinto Beans....maybe a fruit.Make today a great day, because we will never see January 28, 2013 AGAIN!! Be blessed!        

Yay!!!! So glad that the scale is moving on down for you.  You are doing really good.  Enjoy your snow!

UPDATE: IT'S OFFICIALLY SNOWING!!!

I have on my loafers, no socks and a short sleeve shirt on today.  It feels like late spring here.

Weekly update - I am not a happy BOTTer..

It must be the weather. This morning I was up 2 lbs... really? I worked very hard on the weekend, and ate very clean, no alcohol, no carbs... ... so WTF? 2 lbs? really...

I know there is no way I could gain 2 lbs of fat... but the 2 lbs put me 1 lb over the highest I saw in last few months... that is bad...

Hala:

I know what you mean.  I was down a pound yesterday and up 2 lbs. today but I think I got my answer, my TOM decided to show up 5 days early.  Yay for me..................

This may be a repost----- The scales moved this morning. Down a half pound since last week. Yeah. Nothing earth shattering but a loss nonetheless.  

As someone who hates needles...I'm almost looking forward to blood work in the morning. Having these labs drawn puts me closer to some much needed answers.