Monday - 3/4 - Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning BOTTs!!!

I've got the Monday blues. Weekends just aren't long enough. We had the most wonderful weather yesterday. At one point there were 14 kids and 4 dogs playing dodgeball in our backyard. It was crazy and fun all at the same time. Of course the weather had to change drastically overnight but I take full responsibility...that's what always happens when I was my car and detail it on the inside. I call it the luck of the Iris.

Hope all is well and that everyone has faired well in this crazy winter weather we're having.

Today's plan:

Commute: Coffee

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel with peanut butter

Lunch: Chef's salad

snack: Celery with Peanut Butter

Dinner: Ham & Bean Soup (left it in the crock pot...can't wait)

Knees are aching pretty bad today so not sure how much exercise they'll get this evening. (too many trips up and down stairs yesterday). Yall remember those vitamins and get tha****er in.

- Iris 

I am starting to feel a difference in my pants, not a huge difference, but a difference.  I am resolved to keep going even when it gets difficult.  I had a few bad days last week, in a row.  In the past, that was the excuse to give up, I am not going to do that to myself.  I am not going to let another year go by with out making a change.  2 moths and 10 pounds is a really great start, I was hoping for 10 pounds of 1 month, but that's not how this body of mine works anymore. Ok, off my soap box!

Breakfast: coffee with half and half.  Greek yogurt, slivered almonds and a teaspoon of sugar free fruit spread.

Snack: Fiber one bar

Lunch: Homemade low carb pasta beefy, cheesy, mac

Dinner: Chicken breast with pasta sauce and mozz cheese and green beans

Tonight is my yoga class, so far on track with my vitamins and water.

Erin, you plasn looks good..how was yoga ... I miss my classes.  I hope to motivate myself to start going as few times a week again. 

I love Yoga. I go twice a week. I am taking a Vinyasa class and it's not very challenging, but  it's really great for my mental health. I'm going to sign up for power yoga when this session is over. I will say I don't wake up stiff in the morning like I use to!

Thanks for asking!

Morning everyone !  Saturday was 75* and yesterday only in the teens and snow !!  Today is 5* and cold with windchill in the negative numbers....wore my cuddl' duds today !!   They help SO much !!  Weekend was spent trying to be productive.....only did one of the chores that I had hope to accomplish, but at least it is done.   Spent most of yesterday watching a Star Wars marathon !  Plus I cooked for the week.

Already have my vits and most of my water in....

my eats for today....

breakfast..............coffee/ miralax elixir and turkey bacon/ cheese

snack...................2 mini snickers. 😳 sometimes I just can't help myself, at least it was only 2 minis !

lunch...................1/2 cup homemade chicken and dumplings .......veggies

snack..................fruit ( apple or orange)

dinner..................chicken and roasted veggies

snack...................protein coffee

ya'll have a great day ...........

Snickers.. Well you got to do what you got to do... At least it was a snack.. Next measl was good..

I do love and hate the spring weather.. Hoot one day - cold the other..  

Monday..  Rain woke me up today. 

insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expect different results.. That is me.. 

Last night my BS crashed around 11 pm. The only way I knew that because some days I just test it before bed.. it was 51 and the only thing that was different was =my vision - but I thought I was just tired.  Even that late I had to eat..  First I was feeling sorry for myself : poor me and my horrible RH, and adrenal issues.. but then I remembered that the last thing I snacked on were fruit with coconut milk, and then I had a small serving of the snapea crisps.. REALLY ???  that was stupid. I know better not to have carbs last thing before bed...  O well..  I probably will remember that for the next 2 weeks? lets hope..

This morning I was hungry so I baked a batch of green cookies.. Yea.. I used hemp proteins powder.. and some rice protein powder, eggs, almond butter and some coconut milk, stevia + some flavoring.. 

They still kind off taste like the look.. meh.. but they are full of proteins and good fats and I know they would be an OK snack.. When I get hungry - I eat things that I have - not what I may want.  That is the part of me that is an adult. They are not horrible - and they taste better than protein drink made from the powders () so there is improvement.  lol.. 

I ate some on my way to work.. They were very filling .. so I guess tit is not too bad.. 

Beside that eats today: 

coffee x3 + miralax

protein snacks-thingy (cookie is an overstatement)

L; pork loin + pickles

Kheema ... (indian dish - ground beef with green peas)

peanuts as a snack.. ( i took it from a coworker who was mean to me -  he he he - he does still my food often)

dinner: I have some leftovers and I need to eat them or toss them. Hope I can eat them...

Good morning BOTTs.

It really sucks how quickly the weekends fly by.  Sometimes I feel like I am wishing my life away, always wishing it was Friday so the weekend would be here.

Our rain came and left as quickly as it came.  2 days just is not enough....it was a lovely excuse to stay home and not feel guilty about not doing any yard work, however.  No more rain in sight....that was our big winter "storm".  Meh. 

Breakfast:  2 hard boiled eggs

Snack:  greek yogurt

Lunch:  veggie burger with tomatos

Snack:  SF hot chocolate

Dinner:  fish and veggies

Snack:  string cheese and apple slices

Have a good day, all.

My water consumption has seriuosly been lacking....time to be a grown-up and just do it!

Gaby

Water is important. I know. Many days my muscles remind me of that. When I dont drink enough water -my muscle start cramping.  

Well after a horrible commute in a snow storm, I made to work in one piece this morning at 5:30 am.    Once there  I took the company van and went back out to pick up staff.  What a difference from my 4 wheel drive.  I actually got stuck once and the van turned completely in the other direction.  The weather started with sleet, then around 3 am the snow started.  We had a totally of about 10".   So as for my eats, not a good day.  I am feeling tired and I just remember in all the craziness I did not drink all of my water.  I also had a slice of pizza, I didnt eat the lip of crust.  When I ate the pizza I also remembered with the craziness of the morning, I had not had my protein shake.  I am a creature of habit, my day just never fell in a routine.   Well tomorrow a new day.     I did take my vitamins :).  I am drinking water now, I probably will be up all night going to the bathroom.  

Dinner

bake chix and salad

Linda