I just had to share this with everyone - Zumba is truly a new way to look at fitness.... Besides which, Beto takes his shirt off (for a split second)...and I forget then what a great teacher he is. Luckily, he puts it back on.... Watch:
2008 Zumba Convention from Zumba Fitness on Vimeo.
I also wrote an article on eHow for those who are interested in learning how to Zumba. It's both a noun and a verb: It's what we do! Anyway, it can seem intimidating to someone who is fascinated by zumba but not sure they should get into a class, try it out at home alone or whether they are even ready for a class. My article helps you know what you need and don't need to be ready to take a zumba class, then how to approach it so you get the most out of it. Write and let me know how you like it, and if there's anything I left out that I should have put it...or anything else for that matter.
My laptop still won't let me post to this blog (bummer!) and I got my cholesterol numbers done, so need to post that here. The good kind were up but so was the bad. I am not sure how it compares to the last ones I'd had done, but I think it was at least comparable to the ones I first had done, so I am not worse - just not sure if I am better or slightly worse than I was.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Wed Day 3 Week 2 Induction, 21 Jan 09
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Wednesday of Week 2 Induction: 20 carbs, 20 carbs *******************************************
Random Thoughts:
Working on finding a source to check the nutritional value of my low carb recipe for Mousakas - not having any luck. I had to add up the individual ingredients by hand. eDiets used to have a nutrition tracker that did this; wonder why they got rid of that attribute. Frustrating.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Snow: closing roads, traffic that may/may not know how to drive in snow (traffic hazards), closed facilities...lack of snow plows and presence of hills around here...need to check on where the salt is laid down before I try to head out of here. Have dental cleaning at noon, nearby; need to get to the pharmacy. Not too far. The gym is on the busiest road in town, tho.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!!
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Plan the menus, work the plan. 30 minutes of zumba daily.
Vitals:
BP - not taking for a while
Weight: 184.5
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 10 min
Cardio 30 min
Strength 15 min
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 1-1/2 portions (of 8 in a casserole) of Moussaka (greek eggplant casserole), 3 mugs of coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: 6 chicken wings and 1 cup of celery
Dinner: chicken a' la king (low carb recipe) - ate only sauce and chicken as I had all the veggies earlier.
Snack: 1 cup romaine
Dessert: 1/2 -1 cup SF jello
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NOTES:
Wt: Glad that the weight dropped - WOO WEE - now if I can just keep it up!
BP: not taking daily anymore.
Ketones: a few more days before I'll check this again
Inspiration for Wednesday of Week 2 Induction: 20 carbs, 20 carbs *******************************************
Random Thoughts:
Working on finding a source to check the nutritional value of my low carb recipe for Mousakas - not having any luck. I had to add up the individual ingredients by hand. eDiets used to have a nutrition tracker that did this; wonder why they got rid of that attribute. Frustrating.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Snow: closing roads, traffic that may/may not know how to drive in snow (traffic hazards), closed facilities...lack of snow plows and presence of hills around here...need to check on where the salt is laid down before I try to head out of here. Have dental cleaning at noon, nearby; need to get to the pharmacy. Not too far. The gym is on the busiest road in town, tho.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!!
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Plan the menus, work the plan. 30 minutes of zumba daily.
Vitals:
BP - not taking for a while
Weight: 184.5
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 10 min
Cardio 30 min
Strength 15 min
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 1-1/2 portions (of 8 in a casserole) of Moussaka (greek eggplant casserole), 3 mugs of coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: 6 chicken wings and 1 cup of celery
Dinner: chicken a' la king (low carb recipe) - ate only sauce and chicken as I had all the veggies earlier.
Snack: 1 cup romaine
Dessert: 1/2 -1 cup SF jello
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NOTES:
Wt: Glad that the weight dropped - WOO WEE - now if I can just keep it up!
BP: not taking daily anymore.
Ketones: a few more days before I'll check this again
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sun Day 7 Week 1 Induction
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Weekend of Week 1 Induction: To Thine Own Self BE TRUE!
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Random Thoughts:
Today was a day when I should keep my thoughts to myself. You know what kind of day that is. I holed up in my bed with a book and avoided making any other mistakes (like leaving the room except to eat). It's hard to remember what I ate, in retrospect, but I know I didn't pig out and order pizza. I had to recreate the menu (below) by comparing the day before's and the day after...I tend to make more than one serving so I have more. Not being able to follow my menu because I was missing an ingredient, then having ennui and malaise (boredom, not caring, those kinds of attitudes, you know?) meant I didn't even want to go to the grocery store to fix the problem, just grabbing whatever I thought was OP. By the end of the day, I had not had my lettuce at all, so I was NOT "OP" or "On Program" - I'm not giving up yet. Would you?
Just one of those days we forget about later, or wish we could. Tho the book was good.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Stress, Irritation at others (can work for and against me at various times - how about you?), Not having ingredients ready to make planned meals (not having an eggplant to make moussaka), not caring (big problem for me at times - anger works better, but when I "don't care" I tend to make bigger mistakes in my life)
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to the book as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 185.0 (up 1/2 pound - first real change in wrong direction)
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: skipped again...not good...
Stretching
Cardio
Strength
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: leftover beef goulash- ground beef browned with cinnamon, splenda, cayenne pepper, salt, tomatoes and tomatoe paste, parsley - also 2 mugs coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: 6 chicken wings, celery, and ranch dressing
Dinner: 6 strips of bacon and 2 oz of cheddar cheese
Snack:
Dessert: made a cheesecake - kinda - by adding egg beaters and vanilla to my cream cheese with splenda and cinnamon, then cooking a la NY style cheesecake: 15 min at 500 degrees, then down to 200 degrees (only 35 minutes since I only used 8 oz of cream cheese) and let cool in the oven. I sprinkled splenda and cinnamon over the top before I cooked it, and ate it as soon as I could. As a dessert, on Atkins, it was a good change. I stopped at eating all of it - left about 1/2-1/3 for breakfast (after chilling) to see if it was more like a cheesecake later. As a cheesecake, it would fail the test. But, that just means no one else will want any, so there is more for me! Then again, a lot more work when all I did was add eggs to the cream cheese mix I make quickly already. An alternative would be to add cream cheese to the omelet mix I have. What is it with me and cinnamon? Not sure, but seems I can use a lot less salt. And I like it.
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NOTES:
Wt: 185.0 - up 1/2 pound...wrong direction.
BP: Way up after stress-event; normal otherwise, so no issues.
Ketones: Seem to be between a Trace and Small, but not sure. These strips are tinted differently it seems; all I know for sure is it has dropped from "Small"
Inspiration for Weekend of Week 1 Induction: To Thine Own Self BE TRUE!
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Random Thoughts:
Today was a day when I should keep my thoughts to myself. You know what kind of day that is. I holed up in my bed with a book and avoided making any other mistakes (like leaving the room except to eat). It's hard to remember what I ate, in retrospect, but I know I didn't pig out and order pizza. I had to recreate the menu (below) by comparing the day before's and the day after...I tend to make more than one serving so I have more. Not being able to follow my menu because I was missing an ingredient, then having ennui and malaise (boredom, not caring, those kinds of attitudes, you know?) meant I didn't even want to go to the grocery store to fix the problem, just grabbing whatever I thought was OP. By the end of the day, I had not had my lettuce at all, so I was NOT "OP" or "On Program" - I'm not giving up yet. Would you?
Just one of those days we forget about later, or wish we could. Tho the book was good.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Stress, Irritation at others (can work for and against me at various times - how about you?), Not having ingredients ready to make planned meals (not having an eggplant to make moussaka), not caring (big problem for me at times - anger works better, but when I "don't care" I tend to make bigger mistakes in my life)
******************************************
Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to the book as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 185.0 (up 1/2 pound - first real change in wrong direction)
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: skipped again...not good...
Stretching
Cardio
Strength
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: leftover beef goulash- ground beef browned with cinnamon, splenda, cayenne pepper, salt, tomatoes and tomatoe paste, parsley - also 2 mugs coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: 6 chicken wings, celery, and ranch dressing
Dinner: 6 strips of bacon and 2 oz of cheddar cheese
Snack:
Dessert: made a cheesecake - kinda - by adding egg beaters and vanilla to my cream cheese with splenda and cinnamon, then cooking a la NY style cheesecake: 15 min at 500 degrees, then down to 200 degrees (only 35 minutes since I only used 8 oz of cream cheese) and let cool in the oven. I sprinkled splenda and cinnamon over the top before I cooked it, and ate it as soon as I could. As a dessert, on Atkins, it was a good change. I stopped at eating all of it - left about 1/2-1/3 for breakfast (after chilling) to see if it was more like a cheesecake later. As a cheesecake, it would fail the test. But, that just means no one else will want any, so there is more for me! Then again, a lot more work when all I did was add eggs to the cream cheese mix I make quickly already. An alternative would be to add cream cheese to the omelet mix I have. What is it with me and cinnamon? Not sure, but seems I can use a lot less salt. And I like it.
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NOTES:
Wt: 185.0 - up 1/2 pound...wrong direction.
BP: Way up after stress-event; normal otherwise, so no issues.
Ketones: Seem to be between a Trace and Small, but not sure. These strips are tinted differently it seems; all I know for sure is it has dropped from "Small"
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Sat Day 6 Week 1 Induction - Jan 17, 2009
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Weekend of Week 1 Induction: To Thine Own Self BE TRUE!
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Random Thoughts:
It's one of the coldest days in NC...at least this morning. Maybe traffic won't be so bad. I don't really feel like going to the grocery store afterwards myself. Will do that later.
Fiance has a headache today; not sure if he feels up to going to a concealed weapons class tonight. Yes? No? Answers affect dinner plans. We stay home in the end; napping too late to really feel like going. Dinner plans turn into "grab" and I look for something OP. I grab chicken wings, then force some lettuce down later.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Not being alone (other's schedules and wants come into play), the RE Investor's seminar scheduled Sat morn, not Thurs morn (same hazards, more traffic to deal with perhaps)
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to book as I "work the system," seems I need to figure out portions with tomatoes - part of the beef dish I love to make.
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5 - N/C from yesterday, again.
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 2 mins
Cardio zero
Strength zero
Water: 96 oz - managed to get that in, even if everything else was off a bit. Easier in a hot, dry, seminar room (drank 32 oz then).
Food:
Breakfast: egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 3 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec., 2 mugs coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: chicken wings with ranch dressing - a lot of them...noticed they have 2 carbs per 5? need to count how many a bit closer; probably had 18? was feeling hungry or irritable
Dinner: made my "beef goulash" with cinnamon, parsley, salt, cayenne, diced tomatoes/paste and browned beef, plus a sprinkling of splenda. Sometimes add chunky mushrooms to it, not tonight. Had 2 leaves of romaine later to finish off the lettuce veggies for the day.
Snack:
Dessert:
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NOTES:
Wt: No change in weight; may not mean anything other than not exercising. May be a reaction to having the avocado yesterday (the book warns that avocadoes and olives may affects some people's weight loss), or could be the jello. The box says there's no carbs. Not sure that could really be true.
BP: Not taking it regularly anymore, but still checking. It's always up after I'm stressed over something, otherwise it's pretty good (118/76 and a pulse of around 60) so I'm not going to stress over it.
Ketones: Didn't check today.
Inspiration for Weekend of Week 1 Induction: To Thine Own Self BE TRUE!
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Random Thoughts:
It's one of the coldest days in NC...at least this morning. Maybe traffic won't be so bad. I don't really feel like going to the grocery store afterwards myself. Will do that later.
Fiance has a headache today; not sure if he feels up to going to a concealed weapons class tonight. Yes? No? Answers affect dinner plans. We stay home in the end; napping too late to really feel like going. Dinner plans turn into "grab" and I look for something OP. I grab chicken wings, then force some lettuce down later.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Not being alone (other's schedules and wants come into play), the RE Investor's seminar scheduled Sat morn, not Thurs morn (same hazards, more traffic to deal with perhaps)
******************************************
Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to book as I "work the system," seems I need to figure out portions with tomatoes - part of the beef dish I love to make.
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5 - N/C from yesterday, again.
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 2 mins
Cardio zero
Strength zero
Water: 96 oz - managed to get that in, even if everything else was off a bit. Easier in a hot, dry, seminar room (drank 32 oz then).
Food:
Breakfast: egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 3 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec., 2 mugs coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: chicken wings with ranch dressing - a lot of them...noticed they have 2 carbs per 5? need to count how many a bit closer; probably had 18? was feeling hungry or irritable
Dinner: made my "beef goulash" with cinnamon, parsley, salt, cayenne, diced tomatoes/paste and browned beef, plus a sprinkling of splenda. Sometimes add chunky mushrooms to it, not tonight. Had 2 leaves of romaine later to finish off the lettuce veggies for the day.
Snack:
Dessert:
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: No change in weight; may not mean anything other than not exercising. May be a reaction to having the avocado yesterday (the book warns that avocadoes and olives may affects some people's weight loss), or could be the jello. The box says there's no carbs. Not sure that could really be true.
BP: Not taking it regularly anymore, but still checking. It's always up after I'm stressed over something, otherwise it's pretty good (118/76 and a pulse of around 60) so I'm not going to stress over it.
Ketones: Didn't check today.
Friday, January 16, 2009
TGIF Day 5 Week 1 Induction, Jan 16, 2009
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for TGIF of Week 1 Induction: To Thine Own Self BE TRUE!
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Random Thoughts:
Electricity was off this morning, after a 3-dog night here in NC! - so snuggled back into bed and wondered when I'd have to drive off to find hot coffee and breakfast. When it flickered the first time it returned, I rushed the 2nd time it came back on and nuked some left-over coffee and made my cinnamon crepe (eggbeater omelet with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda) before it went back off. That, and Murphy's Law, ensured it stayed on ever since.
Dealing with paperwork to change my DL from one state to another, getting my vehicle registered, are stressful. I noticed my BP goes up when I'm dealing with the lists they want here in NC, and wondering where I have them all. The replacement cost for a title in NC is $75, if I read the website correctly. It's $5 in OH, one of the most efficient states I've ever lived in. What have I got myself into?
Cat converter was replaced yesterday and after 2 days, I can get the inspection, then find my social security card (nothing else will do, thank you very much!) and other papers and get me to a bureau of aggravation. Okay, I have hope that I'll find one of the efficient ones we had in Ohio (some were not, I will grant you that, but mostly in the cities, as in "IN" the cities). I'll look for one in the outermost suburbs - maybe outside the city and in the county....
Stress makes me forget to eat, then makes me hungry. I have to watch that and the weekend...when I don't want to exercise, I have folks around me who are not exercising with me and may want to have peace and quiet instead of me making all kinds of music with my private zumba party. Wayyyy toooooo brrrrrrr to go outside, tho I may walk the Baileymeister...
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Stress, change of schedule for the weekend, being cold (cold toes, cold feet)
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5 - N/C from yesterday, but didn't exercise, so that may be why.
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching
Cardio 30 walking dog
Strength 30 min, crunches, squats, arms with wine-bottle weights
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 3 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec., 2 mugs coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: chicken wings, 2 cups romaine salad
Dinner: scallops, a small salad
Snack: 1 small avocado (14 carbs)
Dessert: lots of jello - SF - is it really zero carbs? that must be wrong...
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: No change in weight; actually was up 1/2 pound before I peed - morning was interrupted by electricity going off on the coldest night in years in NC...stayed in bed longer as a result and didn't need to pee, but got up and weighed beforehand...did everything backwards today ;) - finally peed and weight was back to yesterday's start. I will need to exercise to keep it coming off. Also, need to drink water earlier in the day as I am drinking too much way too late at night and waking up during the middle...not good for getting rest that way.
BP: Seems okay in the morning, and goes up quite a bit when I'm stressed; I think I get stressed more than I should perhaps. Why didn't I stress over finding documents when I was younger?
Ketones: Still be in ketosis, small (15) not at 40. When I first did Atkins, I went to 40, but last time I tried going into ketosis, I also only went to 15. Hey, I'll take it!
Inspiration for TGIF of Week 1 Induction: To Thine Own Self BE TRUE!
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Random Thoughts:
Electricity was off this morning, after a 3-dog night here in NC! - so snuggled back into bed and wondered when I'd have to drive off to find hot coffee and breakfast. When it flickered the first time it returned, I rushed the 2nd time it came back on and nuked some left-over coffee and made my cinnamon crepe (eggbeater omelet with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda) before it went back off. That, and Murphy's Law, ensured it stayed on ever since.
Dealing with paperwork to change my DL from one state to another, getting my vehicle registered, are stressful. I noticed my BP goes up when I'm dealing with the lists they want here in NC, and wondering where I have them all. The replacement cost for a title in NC is $75, if I read the website correctly. It's $5 in OH, one of the most efficient states I've ever lived in. What have I got myself into?
Cat converter was replaced yesterday and after 2 days, I can get the inspection, then find my social security card (nothing else will do, thank you very much!) and other papers and get me to a bureau of aggravation. Okay, I have hope that I'll find one of the efficient ones we had in Ohio (some were not, I will grant you that, but mostly in the cities, as in "IN" the cities). I'll look for one in the outermost suburbs - maybe outside the city and in the county....
Stress makes me forget to eat, then makes me hungry. I have to watch that and the weekend...when I don't want to exercise, I have folks around me who are not exercising with me and may want to have peace and quiet instead of me making all kinds of music with my private zumba party. Wayyyy toooooo brrrrrrr to go outside, tho I may walk the Baileymeister...
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Stress, change of schedule for the weekend, being cold (cold toes, cold feet)
******************************************
Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5 - N/C from yesterday, but didn't exercise, so that may be why.
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching
Cardio 30 walking dog
Strength 30 min, crunches, squats, arms with wine-bottle weights
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 3 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec., 2 mugs coffee w/ S/L and milk
Lunch: chicken wings, 2 cups romaine salad
Dinner: scallops, a small salad
Snack: 1 small avocado (14 carbs)
Dessert: lots of jello - SF - is it really zero carbs? that must be wrong...
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: No change in weight; actually was up 1/2 pound before I peed - morning was interrupted by electricity going off on the coldest night in years in NC...stayed in bed longer as a result and didn't need to pee, but got up and weighed beforehand...did everything backwards today ;) - finally peed and weight was back to yesterday's start. I will need to exercise to keep it coming off. Also, need to drink water earlier in the day as I am drinking too much way too late at night and waking up during the middle...not good for getting rest that way.
BP: Seems okay in the morning, and goes up quite a bit when I'm stressed; I think I get stressed more than I should perhaps. Why didn't I stress over finding documents when I was younger?
Ketones: Still be in ketosis, small (15) not at 40. When I first did Atkins, I went to 40, but last time I tried going into ketosis, I also only went to 15. Hey, I'll take it!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thur Day 4 Week 1 Induction, Jan 15, 2009
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Day 4 of Week 1 Induction: Just one day, just a few more hours - Eat, Drink, Exercise - You Can Do it!
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Random Thoughts:
8 am - Need parsley - today's menu and tomorrow's have scallops and shrimp on them and I'm sure I'll want some parsley for one or both of the dishes.
5 pm - HALT! Someone once told me to "HALT" when I was Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired, so that I wouldn't say something or escalate a small situation into something worse. I am feeling hungry, tired and lonely. There was a crisis at my fiance's work today - a communications crisis - which meant I couldn't reach him. When he finally reached me, it was to tell me about it and say he'd see me when he'd see me. So, I'm holding dinner (it will be shrimp scampi with angel hair pasta for him, salad for me - all quick to cook), but getting hungrier. I'm tired. A few achy muscles, too, but could easily fall asleep. And I miss him. He's home by 6:30, but his cell phone was not reachable for awhile (nothing new there, but still aggravating). I start dinner just before I hear him outside - good timing - just so I can eat some of the shrimp as a before-dinner snack and stave off hungry. I vow to hold my tongue and not be snippy - his day was by far much worse than mine (he works in crisis communications, so a communications crisis is the worst thing to happen). Shouldn't unburden my little things when he's got bigger things to deal with. Better eat. This hunger shall pass.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)-
Have a RE investor's meeting at 10 am, sponsored by a broker, so it may end up having a spread of food - will need to be fed before going, and stick to coffee and water and maybe cheese if they have it. Appt at 1 pm for car work; need to get lunch in-between these two - it's chicken soup today, so would be easy enough to put in a mug, heat in the microwave, and take on the road (with water).
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5 - down another pound - this is good - induction is also removing weight beyond what getting off sugar did last week!
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: Nothing today - felt need to chill this evening; 20 min of cardio yesterday will help, need to do more cardio plus strength tomorrow now.
Stretching
Cardio
Strength
Water: 96 oz - including 3 cups of herbal tea and not including the coffee earlier...
Food:
Breakfast: 2 egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 2 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec., black coffee, a couple slices of pre-cooked bacon
Lunch: - Chicken soup (broth with chicken and celery today)
Dinner: shrimp scampi over 2 cups romaine, some shredded parmesan, vinaigrette dressing
Snack: 4 oz cream cheese with splenda and cinnamon - heated up to fluffy ;) yum! (it's a little thick, but some folks say to add an egg and cook it to make a SF cheesecake, so this is good for me on the quick!)
Dessert: 1 cup or more of SF cherry jello - surprisingly good!
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: Wt down another pound - strength exercises seem to have the biggest effect
BP:
Ketones: Didn't check this morning, but stayed OP and weight was down 1 lb, so should still be in ketosis.
Inspiration for Day 4 of Week 1 Induction: Just one day, just a few more hours - Eat, Drink, Exercise - You Can Do it!
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Random Thoughts:
8 am - Need parsley - today's menu and tomorrow's have scallops and shrimp on them and I'm sure I'll want some parsley for one or both of the dishes.
5 pm - HALT! Someone once told me to "HALT" when I was Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired, so that I wouldn't say something or escalate a small situation into something worse. I am feeling hungry, tired and lonely. There was a crisis at my fiance's work today - a communications crisis - which meant I couldn't reach him. When he finally reached me, it was to tell me about it and say he'd see me when he'd see me. So, I'm holding dinner (it will be shrimp scampi with angel hair pasta for him, salad for me - all quick to cook), but getting hungrier. I'm tired. A few achy muscles, too, but could easily fall asleep. And I miss him. He's home by 6:30, but his cell phone was not reachable for awhile (nothing new there, but still aggravating). I start dinner just before I hear him outside - good timing - just so I can eat some of the shrimp as a before-dinner snack and stave off hungry. I vow to hold my tongue and not be snippy - his day was by far much worse than mine (he works in crisis communications, so a communications crisis is the worst thing to happen). Shouldn't unburden my little things when he's got bigger things to deal with. Better eat. This hunger shall pass.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)-
Have a RE investor's meeting at 10 am, sponsored by a broker, so it may end up having a spread of food - will need to be fed before going, and stick to coffee and water and maybe cheese if they have it. Appt at 1 pm for car work; need to get lunch in-between these two - it's chicken soup today, so would be easy enough to put in a mug, heat in the microwave, and take on the road (with water).
Later, being hungry and tired and not able to reach my fiance with questions about where the breaker box is located, or getting a ride from Midas if I need it (I was feeling sick at the time). These were small aggravations compared to what he was going thru, but I do need to HALT when I feel one of the 4 coming on. Good thing to remember.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5 - down another pound - this is good - induction is also removing weight beyond what getting off sugar did last week!
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: Nothing today - felt need to chill this evening; 20 min of cardio yesterday will help, need to do more cardio plus strength tomorrow now.
Stretching
Cardio
Strength
Water: 96 oz - including 3 cups of herbal tea and not including the coffee earlier...
Food:
Breakfast: 2 egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 2 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec., black coffee, a couple slices of pre-cooked bacon
Lunch: - Chicken soup (broth with chicken and celery today)
Dinner: shrimp scampi over 2 cups romaine, some shredded parmesan, vinaigrette dressing
Snack: 4 oz cream cheese with splenda and cinnamon - heated up to fluffy ;) yum! (it's a little thick, but some folks say to add an egg and cook it to make a SF cheesecake, so this is good for me on the quick!)
Dessert: 1 cup or more of SF cherry jello - surprisingly good!
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: Wt down another pound - strength exercises seem to have the biggest effect
BP:
Ketones: Didn't check this morning, but stayed OP and weight was down 1 lb, so should still be in ketosis.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wed Day 3 Week 1 Induction, Jan 14, 2009
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Day Three of Week 1 Induction: Just one day, just a few more hours - Eat, Drink, Exercise - You Can Do it!
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Random Thoughts:
Exercising yesterday seems to have paid off; plus I am definitely in ketosis (low end, but it's still the right place to be!).
Running around all day with my dog (in the car), then getting the car checked out, it didn't seem I"d find time to do exercises. Later, fiance took me shopping for a new dress for a ball at the end of this month. After not sleeping well the night before (had to pee one time, then the dog, who was in the garage for the night, wanted to go out about 40 min later, and that just really broke up a good sleep).
So, by the end of shopping, I'm ready to sleep in the car on the way home. I even started justifying how I had walked the dog for 20 min and could just skip exercising (the strength stuff) because I was tired and would make it up tomorrow. Then I remembered that I wanted to do them every other day and I needed to finish 3 of them this week to be on track with that, and that 30 minutes is a lot faster than an hour.
Set the kitchen timer for 5 minutes, turned on the radio (great dance music, great for exercising to) and stretched the whole time (5 minutes can seem sooooo long), then reset it for 10 and started doing crunches to 200...30 in one position, change the legs to one side and then the other, trying for each being 30, that kind of thing...legs straight up in the air, ankles crossed one way then another, and also the pelvic tilts to work the back, anything to kill the pure boredom...
Finally set it for 20 minutes and just worked thru arm exercise using my wine bottles and then some of the butt-kicking exercises...much better than the machine at the gym. I really should keep them in the mix, even when I get back to a gym...
...which I did visit today to check out the facilities...there's a basketball court and a boxing ring and training center - no pool or spa - does that tell you anything? But there was an exercise room with a CD player and speakers. I talked to a couple of women who were there and got their takes on the gym, too. Have to see it at a busy time I think.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Forgetfulness - getting distracted easily and not liking strength exercises all by their lonesome.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Massage yesterday really seemed to help my shoulder. She did deep tissue and was aware of my condition. I still have a popping sound there every once in a while....will keep an eye on this for a week and see how I do with stretching and exercising.
READ THE BOOK: Refering to it constantly whenever I want to know how many carbs are in a food (quick list in the back) or which veggies are on list 1 (2 cups) and which are on list 2 (only 1 cup, but usually the ones Ilike most, doh!).
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP - 118/68 p 64, 8:30 am
Weight: 185.5 - down 1 and 1/2 lb WOO HOO - very good AND unexpected! Exercising and sticking to my less than 20carb menu paid off!
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 5 min before strength
Cardio 20 min, walking Bailey (Old English Sheepdog) before his vet appt.
Strength 30 min
Water: 96 oz, plus the soup
Food:
Breakfast: 2 egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 2 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec.
Lunch: - Grilled flank steak salad - measured 2 cups lettuce for the salad - dressing
Dinner: Chicken soup (broth with chicken and celery today)
Snack: 2 oz cream cheese with cinnamon and splenda, 3 T of orange jello
Dessert: nothing
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: Wt down 1 and 1/2 lb. - very unexpected!!
BP: Looks normal for when I am not at the doctor's office. Guess stress raises it the most?
Ketones: Checked again this morning. Definitely in ketosis.
Inspiration for Day Three of Week 1 Induction: Just one day, just a few more hours - Eat, Drink, Exercise - You Can Do it!
*******************************************
Random Thoughts:
Exercising yesterday seems to have paid off; plus I am definitely in ketosis (low end, but it's still the right place to be!).
Running around all day with my dog (in the car), then getting the car checked out, it didn't seem I"d find time to do exercises. Later, fiance took me shopping for a new dress for a ball at the end of this month. After not sleeping well the night before (had to pee one time, then the dog, who was in the garage for the night, wanted to go out about 40 min later, and that just really broke up a good sleep).
So, by the end of shopping, I'm ready to sleep in the car on the way home. I even started justifying how I had walked the dog for 20 min and could just skip exercising (the strength stuff) because I was tired and would make it up tomorrow. Then I remembered that I wanted to do them every other day and I needed to finish 3 of them this week to be on track with that, and that 30 minutes is a lot faster than an hour.
Set the kitchen timer for 5 minutes, turned on the radio (great dance music, great for exercising to) and stretched the whole time (5 minutes can seem sooooo long), then reset it for 10 and started doing crunches to 200...30 in one position, change the legs to one side and then the other, trying for each being 30, that kind of thing...legs straight up in the air, ankles crossed one way then another, and also the pelvic tilts to work the back, anything to kill the pure boredom...
Finally set it for 20 minutes and just worked thru arm exercise using my wine bottles and then some of the butt-kicking exercises...much better than the machine at the gym. I really should keep them in the mix, even when I get back to a gym...
...which I did visit today to check out the facilities...there's a basketball court and a boxing ring and training center - no pool or spa - does that tell you anything? But there was an exercise room with a CD player and speakers. I talked to a couple of women who were there and got their takes on the gym, too. Have to see it at a busy time I think.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Forgetfulness - getting distracted easily and not liking strength exercises all by their lonesome.
******************************************
Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Massage yesterday really seemed to help my shoulder. She did deep tissue and was aware of my condition. I still have a popping sound there every once in a while....will keep an eye on this for a week and see how I do with stretching and exercising.
READ THE BOOK: Refering to it constantly whenever I want to know how many carbs are in a food (quick list in the back) or which veggies are on list 1 (2 cups) and which are on list 2 (only 1 cup, but usually the ones Ilike most, doh!).
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go.
Vitals:
BP - 118/68 p 64, 8:30 am
Weight: 185.5 - down 1 and 1/2 lb WOO HOO - very good AND unexpected! Exercising and sticking to my less than 20carb menu paid off!
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 5 min before strength
Cardio 20 min, walking Bailey (Old English Sheepdog) before his vet appt.
Strength 30 min
Water: 96 oz, plus the soup
Food:
Breakfast: 2 egg beaters with cinnamon, onion powder and splenda, as an omelet; 2 precooked maple sausage links, microwaved for 30 sec.
Lunch: - Grilled flank steak salad - measured 2 cups lettuce for the salad - dressing
Dinner: Chicken soup (broth with chicken and celery today)
Snack: 2 oz cream cheese with cinnamon and splenda, 3 T of orange jello
Dessert: nothing
________________________________
NOTES:
Wt: Wt down 1 and 1/2 lb. - very unexpected!!
BP: Looks normal for when I am not at the doctor's office. Guess stress raises it the most?
Ketones: Checked again this morning. Definitely in ketosis.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Wed: Day 3 - 7 Jan 09
Vitals:
BP - not taken today - took it around 6 pm and had 144/85 with pulse of 72.....a bit higher on the first number
Weight: 189.5 - Down another pound! (Then again, I think the 192.5 to start was "off" so I may just be adjusting like the stock market does from time to time)
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
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Exercise: 75 min
Stretching 15 min stretching, 5 min x 3 times during the day
Dancing - Did Zumba this evening - 45 min cardio
Strength - 200 crunches, plus some squats - total 15 min
Water: about 1 cup so far; starting on breakfast coffee now - finished all 96 oz, didn't have to stay up late to do so (only had a little left by 11 pm)
Food:
Breakfast: 2-egg omelet with 2 T of the sauteed mushroom/onion mix made the other day, again using egg-beaters and adding dill weed, s/p. I should write a whole post on the magic of dill weed - learned to put it over eggs from a college bf's mother, whose father came from Sweden. It kills the fishy taste of both fish and eggs. But it is great for grilling/roasting veggies and for chicken soup (shhhh, it's a secret ingredient learned from the master (mistress) of chicken soup, Joan Nathan). Just starting on coffee: 1 mug of coffee w/1 T of milk & sweet'n'low (S/L)
Lunch: Before I went to the grocery store and CVS, had some Turkey/Ham roll-ups with Amer cheese (two slices) and Romaine leaves (4) - no problem in the store (also took water with me to the car, didn't take it inside the store- one exception to always having water with me, tho there are fountains and my water was in the car)
Dinner: Make my ground beef goulash - brown ground beef, add parsley, lots of cinnamon, some onion powder, salt, red pepper, a dash of splenda, and a can of diced tomatoes (with juice) and then some tomatoe paste. Tomatoes are in the second section of vegetables (1 cup per day) and seem to have some carbs. I ended up eating about 1/2 pound of beef, 1/2 can of tomatoes, 1/2 of about 3 T tomatoe paste. Parsley was negligible, as was everything else (maybe 1/2 T of splenda?).
Snack: No snack today.
Dessert: No dessert tonight (just more of the beef)
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NOTES:
DAY THREE IS USUALLY THE HARDEST, but since I am not following a menu that has been set at 20 carbs a day, I am not really sure if I'm doing induction or not. If I count the carbs later, and find I have been under 20 carbs, then I am. For now, I will assume I am between 20-30 carbs (the dinners I've been having are unclear as to what a portion size is, worst case, they are 20 carbs by themselves).
Cholesterol numbers seemed high to me; fiance said they were good...Found out they also count how many times I breathe in a minute (12) - a respiration count. What does that tell? Anyone know?
Wt: I'm down 1/2 pound every time I pee (Mom, it's my blog, I can say that) so, before I peed this morning, I was down 1/2 pound, then remembered I hadn't peed yet (I went during the night some time, drinking water so late last night before I went to sleep - but hey, sometimes you gotta do that to get all your water in. I always try to keep some by the bed, too, for when I wake up thirsty. Always try to sip some whenever you can.
***********************************************
Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Dr's office in Ohio called back - gave me all my numbers (posted above for reference). My weight on 30 May 08 was 171 or 172 lbs - see? I can't even remember - and truthfully, it doesn't matter to you which it is, right? Maybe that day I worried about changing of a pound, but nah, a pound can be water weight (see notes on peeing above) or water retention, TTOTM, strength exercises which are creating muscles (yes, this is a faster way to slim down because it will require more energy to build the muscles, but because muscles weigh more than fat, you may see a gain while your body shapes up - this is why eDiets and other diet programs will have you measure yourself, too. Your clothes are a great indicator of how you are doing. Are your panties riding up? That was always a good indicator to me that I was overweight (tho bad panties can do the same thing, no matter what your weight).
READ THE BOOK: No reading yesterday, tho I did look over a cookbook my fiance owned that was an Atkins cookbook. I asked him to pick out some recipes that sounded good to him. He picked red cabbage salad (yuk!) and something else that sounded easy enough to make, but a bit different from me. See what happens when you fall in love with someone from NY? Who eats cabbage? Okay, I know people do - I grew up with it in cole slaw, mostly, and my dad would make corned beef and cabbage when the mood struck him (twice I think in my life time). So, I will learn a new recipe (yes, I have to follow recipes for salads usually, except the basic "pour dressing over top" - like for Greek salads or Arabic chopped salad - both very yummy and worth learning, but I always follow the book (Rose Dosti's Middle Eastern cooking, in my case, but I'm sure other books carry similar recipes (at least the same names) as hers is no longer in print or available.)
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Prepare menu for 1 week, using book and lists of foods (induction chapter), then create shopping list. Also, learn how to read labels - both in the book.
Also: NO SUGAR and DRINK ALL MY WATER (can't forget those two).
***********************************************
I still need to buy some new Ketone strips at CVS.
If you're reading this, chime in and let me know by leaving a comment (anonymous or otherwise, I don't track) letting me know if you've chosen a food plan yet and what it is. Have you made a commitment yet? Have you chosen a food plan? Where are your areas of most difficulty? Is anyone doing low carb? If so, which one did you choose?
Inspiration for the Day: IF it's meant to be, it's up to me - STICK TO YOUR GUNS!...It's Day THREE!
***********************************************
Random Thoughts: Another late start - I was up earlier, a storm was brewing and my fiance misplaced something I helped him look for (not found yet!). Got a call from the doctor's office, then went back to sleep and slept and slept...thru the rain I heard each time I woke up (yes, put the dog up during that time.) Bailey is back outside now and it looks like the storm has passed (per www.msn.com/weather), and I am feeling tired. I think someone else starting Atkins last week commented on feeling tired on day 2. Fiance was sick yesterday, so wondering if that could be part of it, too (he had a fever and slept a lot). Don't feel like that, thankfully. Just blah. Maybe what I need to do is take a quick shower, put make-up on and get dressed? That usually makes me feel better even tho I hate showers and love hanging out in comfortable clothes. I do need to get some shopping done, and mail a power cord for my laptop back to UBC. Had to breakdown and get the universal from HP for my compaq presario. The generics I've found thru 2 sources are both not quite up to quality (the pin is too short).
PERSONAL HAZARD - Feeling blah; weather being odd; my hating to drive in traffic (which is always on around here, a new area for me), particularly when I don't know where I am going very well
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"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
************************************************
BP - not taken today - took it around 6 pm and had 144/85 with pulse of 72.....a bit higher on the first number
Weight: 189.5 - Down another pound! (Then again, I think the 192.5 to start was "off" so I may just be adjusting like the stock market does from time to time)
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
*************************************************
Exercise: 75 min
Stretching 15 min stretching, 5 min x 3 times during the day
Dancing - Did Zumba this evening - 45 min cardio
Strength - 200 crunches, plus some squats - total 15 min
Water: about 1 cup so far; starting on breakfast coffee now - finished all 96 oz, didn't have to stay up late to do so (only had a little left by 11 pm)
Food:
Breakfast: 2-egg omelet with 2 T of the sauteed mushroom/onion mix made the other day, again using egg-beaters and adding dill weed, s/p. I should write a whole post on the magic of dill weed - learned to put it over eggs from a college bf's mother, whose father came from Sweden. It kills the fishy taste of both fish and eggs. But it is great for grilling/roasting veggies and for chicken soup (shhhh, it's a secret ingredient learned from the master (mistress) of chicken soup, Joan Nathan). Just starting on coffee: 1 mug of coffee w/1 T of milk & sweet'n'low (S/L)
Lunch: Before I went to the grocery store and CVS, had some Turkey/Ham roll-ups with Amer cheese (two slices) and Romaine leaves (4) - no problem in the store (also took water with me to the car, didn't take it inside the store- one exception to always having water with me, tho there are fountains and my water was in the car)
Dinner: Make my ground beef goulash - brown ground beef, add parsley, lots of cinnamon, some onion powder, salt, red pepper, a dash of splenda, and a can of diced tomatoes (with juice) and then some tomatoe paste. Tomatoes are in the second section of vegetables (1 cup per day) and seem to have some carbs. I ended up eating about 1/2 pound of beef, 1/2 can of tomatoes, 1/2 of about 3 T tomatoe paste. Parsley was negligible, as was everything else (maybe 1/2 T of splenda?).
Snack: No snack today.
Dessert: No dessert tonight (just more of the beef)
************************************************
NOTES:
DAY THREE IS USUALLY THE HARDEST, but since I am not following a menu that has been set at 20 carbs a day, I am not really sure if I'm doing induction or not. If I count the carbs later, and find I have been under 20 carbs, then I am. For now, I will assume I am between 20-30 carbs (the dinners I've been having are unclear as to what a portion size is, worst case, they are 20 carbs by themselves).
Cholesterol numbers seemed high to me; fiance said they were good...Found out they also count how many times I breathe in a minute (12) - a respiration count. What does that tell? Anyone know?
Wt: I'm down 1/2 pound every time I pee (Mom, it's my blog, I can say that) so, before I peed this morning, I was down 1/2 pound, then remembered I hadn't peed yet (I went during the night some time, drinking water so late last night before I went to sleep - but hey, sometimes you gotta do that to get all your water in. I always try to keep some by the bed, too, for when I wake up thirsty. Always try to sip some whenever you can.
***********************************************
Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Dr's office in Ohio called back - gave me all my numbers (posted above for reference). My weight on 30 May 08 was 171 or 172 lbs - see? I can't even remember - and truthfully, it doesn't matter to you which it is, right? Maybe that day I worried about changing of a pound, but nah, a pound can be water weight (see notes on peeing above) or water retention, TTOTM, strength exercises which are creating muscles (yes, this is a faster way to slim down because it will require more energy to build the muscles, but because muscles weigh more than fat, you may see a gain while your body shapes up - this is why eDiets and other diet programs will have you measure yourself, too. Your clothes are a great indicator of how you are doing. Are your panties riding up? That was always a good indicator to me that I was overweight (tho bad panties can do the same thing, no matter what your weight).
READ THE BOOK: No reading yesterday, tho I did look over a cookbook my fiance owned that was an Atkins cookbook. I asked him to pick out some recipes that sounded good to him. He picked red cabbage salad (yuk!) and something else that sounded easy enough to make, but a bit different from me. See what happens when you fall in love with someone from NY? Who eats cabbage? Okay, I know people do - I grew up with it in cole slaw, mostly, and my dad would make corned beef and cabbage when the mood struck him (twice I think in my life time). So, I will learn a new recipe (yes, I have to follow recipes for salads usually, except the basic "pour dressing over top" - like for Greek salads or Arabic chopped salad - both very yummy and worth learning, but I always follow the book (Rose Dosti's Middle Eastern cooking, in my case, but I'm sure other books carry similar recipes (at least the same names) as hers is no longer in print or available.)
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Prepare menu for 1 week, using book and lists of foods (induction chapter), then create shopping list. Also, learn how to read labels - both in the book.
Also: NO SUGAR and DRINK ALL MY WATER (can't forget those two).
***********************************************
I still need to buy some new Ketone strips at CVS.
If you're reading this, chime in and let me know by leaving a comment (anonymous or otherwise, I don't track) letting me know if you've chosen a food plan yet and what it is. Have you made a commitment yet? Have you chosen a food plan? Where are your areas of most difficulty? Is anyone doing low carb? If so, which one did you choose?
Inspiration for the Day: IF it's meant to be, it's up to me - STICK TO YOUR GUNS!...It's Day THREE!
***********************************************
Random Thoughts: Another late start - I was up earlier, a storm was brewing and my fiance misplaced something I helped him look for (not found yet!). Got a call from the doctor's office, then went back to sleep and slept and slept...thru the rain I heard each time I woke up (yes, put the dog up during that time.) Bailey is back outside now and it looks like the storm has passed (per www.msn.com/weather), and I am feeling tired. I think someone else starting Atkins last week commented on feeling tired on day 2. Fiance was sick yesterday, so wondering if that could be part of it, too (he had a fever and slept a lot). Don't feel like that, thankfully. Just blah. Maybe what I need to do is take a quick shower, put make-up on and get dressed? That usually makes me feel better even tho I hate showers and love hanging out in comfortable clothes. I do need to get some shopping done, and mail a power cord for my laptop back to UBC. Had to breakdown and get the universal from HP for my compaq presario. The generics I've found thru 2 sources are both not quite up to quality (the pin is too short).
PERSONAL HAZARD - Feeling blah; weather being odd; my hating to drive in traffic (which is always on around here, a new area for me), particularly when I don't know where I am going very well
************************************************
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
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