Sept. 3 cafe and cardio

Good morning BOTTs

Do you count coffee, Crystal light and broth as water?  I rarely drink actual water without something in it.  I will work outside today.  I can start cutting back plants, laying mulch and of course the endless job of pulling weeds.  I do grow great weeds.  I will clean a window as well.  I will start with the big bay window. I can't believe it is September already.  Time to take down my patriotic decorations.  Halloween is just around the corner.  My grandson started kindergarten this week.  He is the first grandchild to start school.  So far he likes it.  Have a great day.

My food plan:

B: egg (a real one from a friend's farm), full fat cheese, deli ham on a sandwich thin-this is 100 calories more than my eggbeater sandwich but tastes so much better.  Maybe I will feel fuller longer.

S: 1 cup cantaloupe, my veggie soup, small salad with ff dressing

L: chicken lettuce wraps - 4 oz. chicken breast, 1 cup water chestnuts, 2 green onions and 6 lettuce leaves

S: lettuce, tomato, 1 tsp. sunflower seeds, fat free Italian, 

D: 4 oz. grass fed beef, sandwich thin, mozzarella cheese, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup Greek yogurt

S: fruit and veggies

Exercise: cleaning 120 minutes

Hot day here again,

Dewey - the kitten, is not fixed.  He gets supper stressed when I take him out of the house, and most likely he suffers from permanent sinus issues - chronic viral sinus infection. When they took him back to sedate him - not only he has hard time breathing, but he also had a fever..(stress induced) ... so they just called me and asked me to pick him back.. grr....I took him to my vet - another $100 to find out (again) that it is most likley chronic viral issue.  But money is not everything...right? 

there goes the savings $$$ for fixing the little stinker.. I was planning to have him fixed and vaccinated in humane society, saving at least $200... but unless he is 100% healthy.. they would not do that...so now I have to take him to my vet... instead of 100 total.. I expect it will cost me at least $300. 

Saving a stray is expensive... he already cost me a bundle...  but on the other hand - can you put price on love? 

I am grateful today that I can afford to save him...

as for me-  I put my rocks in my jars...(I will put a picture later)  One rock for every 0.5 lbs I want to lose.. I already can move 2 rocks to my "gone" jar... I know it is jus****er weight, but when I gained 3 lbs over the weekend - it was water. Out of that- 1 is gone.. I hope 2 more will follow close behind..

today: 

coffee + Miralax

tea and water (I add flavorings- can't drink it plain)

beef roast, cucumber,  pickles

same as above (i have hormel beef roast in gravy -eat the beef - toss the gravy)

protein shake

protein cookies..

dinner: chicken with veggies..

I have to run errands after work.. Costco, and JCpenney..(pick up glasses) so I will be home late.. the protein shake and cookies are to hold me over when running errands... 

I count only 1/2 of my coffee as real liquids.. I drink mostly green tea and flavored water - beside the coffee  - I count it all as liquids.. 

I am so sorry about Dewey.  I misunderstood.  I hope he is better.  Our little stray had flees, mites and worms...ugh!  He turned out to be a great cat though.  I will go with the 1/2 on coffee... that seems reasonable. I just made some green tea.  I usually don't think about doing that.  We can relose those pounds.  I wish I didn't have so many to lose.  I made an appt. with my family doc for next week Friday.  He doesn't make me get on the scale if I don't want to.  I appreciate that because it is so embarrassing.  My husband's work won't let me have life insurance since I weighed in at the clinic.  Hopefully I can get some weight off by Dec.  Take care and have a great day.  Tri

getting on the scale in my PCP and seeing how much I gained was a huge wake up call.. then him telling me that I am obese and I need to lose at least 10 lbs.. was a motivation for me.. . At the same time - I was still very comfortable in my size 8-10 pants..  Too comfortable.. I am back to size 6-8.. and I would like to be just comfortable in my 6's.. all of them...

But what matters most - is my back pain... if I did not have it - I may tell the dac to chill it... but when I complain about constant back pain and sciatica, and he is willing to work with me - I feel I need to do my part.. 

When I went to see him again in early August - I thank him for being direct and for wake up call.. He appreciated me telling him that because as a doc - he was not 100% if that motivated me to work on my weight or I will be switching docs...

So far today:

coffee + coffee + coffee + miralax ( for some unGodly reason, got up at 4:00)

B - 1 egg, 1 slice cheese,2oz leftover Philly cheesesteak from last nights dinner

s- barbel cheese

l - chefs salad, about 4 oz meats and cheese, full fat ranch dressing

s - ?

D - not sure... Having pedis with the gals I'm going on vacation with tonight.  I've never had one before!