My life seems to have taken on a life of it's own! I realized today that I need to slow it down a bit and get some control over it. I have not been able to exercise since Sunday. And I have had 2 meals each day. My weight has maintained itself, but I am feeling bad that the weight loss has stalled. I have found that my morning coffee with my in-laws each day has caused my body some distress. Since I know I am allergic to the coffee, but in love with it as well, I now have the horrible struggle of going off of it again. I am not feeling very strong right now, nor ready to battle the withdrawals that I know will be coming. I wish I could have stayed strong and not have gone back to drinking the coffee. But I know wishing won't change what is.
My Isagenix team is a source of strength for me. I will have to go back and reread their emails and embrace their victories in order to find the strength to renew my commitment to a healthier lifestyle.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Saturday's look back
Well, we did great yesterday, considering. We started out with our bar, and of course the free coffee. Yummy!
We met a lot of interesting people yesterday and today. This morning we met a wonderful gentleman from New York. He shared so much of his story with us, that we feel we made a new friend. We went to this Sushi Bar for lunch (since I don't like Sushi, I figured I had it made, I could just have water and visit), but it turns out that this wonderful man was treating Dwaine & I to lunch. Fortunately they also served an upscale menu. I had a sea food salad. The salad was small, yet very tasty with shrimp, crab and scallops with a light vinaigrette dressing. It was like having a healthy snack.
I should mention that by this time, while following my Isagenix diet (since January 10th of this year) I had gotten down to 157 lbs. That is almost 40 lbs. I would like to lose another 30 or so pounds. And so the journey continues.
We met a lot of interesting people yesterday and today. This morning we met a wonderful gentleman from New York. He shared so much of his story with us, that we feel we made a new friend. We went to this Sushi Bar for lunch (since I don't like Sushi, I figured I had it made, I could just have water and visit), but it turns out that this wonderful man was treating Dwaine & I to lunch. Fortunately they also served an upscale menu. I had a sea food salad. The salad was small, yet very tasty with shrimp, crab and scallops with a light vinaigrette dressing. It was like having a healthy snack.
I should mention that by this time, while following my Isagenix diet (since January 10th of this year) I had gotten down to 157 lbs. That is almost 40 lbs. I would like to lose another 30 or so pounds. And so the journey continues.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, Recuperation Day?
9 AM and the phone is ringing off the hook. Oops it's 10:30 and I am still in a dire need of a shower only to get a call from my sister-in-law saying that they were minutes away from our house. I went flying up the stairs woke Dwaine up, jumped in the shower, turned off the water and the door bell rang!
So begins my week. I have been cooking and eating ever since. I have hives on my hands, a rash on my neck & forehead and a massive headache. And I wonder why? I would have to say, that I did not rise up to this challenge very well!
Tomorrow if all is right with the world I will start out by exercising and then I will proceed to do a cleanse day or at the very least, embrace a shake and a bar for 2 of my meals and let the healing begin!
So begins my week. I have been cooking and eating ever since. I have hives on my hands, a rash on my neck & forehead and a massive headache. And I wonder why? I would have to say, that I did not rise up to this challenge very well!
Tomorrow if all is right with the world I will start out by exercising and then I will proceed to do a cleanse day or at the very least, embrace a shake and a bar for 2 of my meals and let the healing begin!
Hurray we made it home!
Wow, we made it home. I have to admit, I didn't wrap up the trip as I would have liked. We did well up until it got dark outside. I only had 2 1/2 hours of sleep Saturday night, so I started out the journey back home a bit deprived of sleep. My wonderful partner, doesn't do night driving well after about 9 or 10 pm as he needs his sleep. I usually do quite well at night, so I take that shift.
Starting out later than we wanted too, with not much sleep, sort of set the stage for diet disaster. By 8 PM we were both tired and still had 6 hours of driving to go. We decided we needed to eat. Well, most fast foods are out of the question for me due to the gluten issue, but I had seen a ton of KFC's on the way there, so I was thinking that would be the best choice of fast food. Now picture my husband driving, a man who can get lost in a paper bag and a person who hates driving in the unknown at night. He missed one KFC then another, then another. Finally, I remembered that the GPS can lead us to one without any problem. I was so happy with myself! I punched in the KFC and away we went! ONLY in our life can we pick a KFC that doesn't exist for the public! That's right! We followed the GPS around one turn after another only to finally reach the location and we couldn't find the KFC if our life depended on it! Up and Down the road, past the location that the GPS kept announcing was the location. We finally turned into this private drive, past a sign giving out warnings that tresspassors will be prosecuted and that we were being taped on camera! Imagine my delight at the thought of being in a strange state in jail, tired & hungry without my KFC! We booked out of there like a bat out of hell. Turns out that it was a huge UPS corporate office with KFC someplace deep in its bowels. We didn't stick around.
Once again, I punched in the KFC and we found another location. We drove and drove and drove and finally we arrived! The neighborhood didn't look very promising and the restaurant looked a bit dirty, but after all we went through, I think I might have eaten the chicken even if it was thrown on the floor and stomped on.
This restaurant has a policy where you get a free $5 box meal if your order isn't served up within 90 seconds. And of course our order wasn't served up on time and we won a free meal. Now all we have to do is drive to Kentucky to get it!
Now, a normal person would probably figured out by this time, that God was trying to spare my body from ingesting this nasty food, but not me, oh no! I proceeded to devour 5 legs. We were given 12 pieces instead of 10, since we purchased the Sunday special, 10 pieces for $10. We must have looked really bedraggled and poor and hungry that the guy gave us 2 extra pieces. We didn't order any drinks or sides, but it didn't matter, we were on the slippery slope of killer fast foods!
Now we felt better than ever on the whole trip up until this point. And boy oh boy, did we ever pay for this choice!
It was all down hill from here.
It was dark and it started to rain. Did I mention the thousands of semi trucks that drive on this highway? Picture it dark, raining, semi's and road construction! Yep that was what we had to struggle with until I started dozing at the wheel. Dwaine was fast asleep next to me and I was heading to lala land. I saw a rest site ahead and I pulled in (see what KFC can do do one). We slept for about 2 1/2 hours.
Now, a smart individual would learn from these lessons, but oh, no, I wasn't through yet! I was still tired and groggy, so what did we chose to do? We headed for a Mc Donald's! Those we could find without a GPS and we were sure we could find one open. Yep, we sure did.
And what did I see when I first entered? A giant bill board showing a chocolate shake with whipped cream and a cherry. Of course I passed that up, as I am on this magnificent journey to health! Well, I did pass it up for about 30 seconds.
You guessed I ate the whole thing! And now we got to drive home in snow, rain, slush, etc.
We ended up not getting home until 6;30 am. That was one longggggggggggggg drive!
We managed to crawl up to bed and slept until 9 AM.
Starting out later than we wanted too, with not much sleep, sort of set the stage for diet disaster. By 8 PM we were both tired and still had 6 hours of driving to go. We decided we needed to eat. Well, most fast foods are out of the question for me due to the gluten issue, but I had seen a ton of KFC's on the way there, so I was thinking that would be the best choice of fast food. Now picture my husband driving, a man who can get lost in a paper bag and a person who hates driving in the unknown at night. He missed one KFC then another, then another. Finally, I remembered that the GPS can lead us to one without any problem. I was so happy with myself! I punched in the KFC and away we went! ONLY in our life can we pick a KFC that doesn't exist for the public! That's right! We followed the GPS around one turn after another only to finally reach the location and we couldn't find the KFC if our life depended on it! Up and Down the road, past the location that the GPS kept announcing was the location. We finally turned into this private drive, past a sign giving out warnings that tresspassors will be prosecuted and that we were being taped on camera! Imagine my delight at the thought of being in a strange state in jail, tired & hungry without my KFC! We booked out of there like a bat out of hell. Turns out that it was a huge UPS corporate office with KFC someplace deep in its bowels. We didn't stick around.
Once again, I punched in the KFC and we found another location. We drove and drove and drove and finally we arrived! The neighborhood didn't look very promising and the restaurant looked a bit dirty, but after all we went through, I think I might have eaten the chicken even if it was thrown on the floor and stomped on.
This restaurant has a policy where you get a free $5 box meal if your order isn't served up within 90 seconds. And of course our order wasn't served up on time and we won a free meal. Now all we have to do is drive to Kentucky to get it!
Now, a normal person would probably figured out by this time, that God was trying to spare my body from ingesting this nasty food, but not me, oh no! I proceeded to devour 5 legs. We were given 12 pieces instead of 10, since we purchased the Sunday special, 10 pieces for $10. We must have looked really bedraggled and poor and hungry that the guy gave us 2 extra pieces. We didn't order any drinks or sides, but it didn't matter, we were on the slippery slope of killer fast foods!
Now we felt better than ever on the whole trip up until this point. And boy oh boy, did we ever pay for this choice!
It was all down hill from here.
It was dark and it started to rain. Did I mention the thousands of semi trucks that drive on this highway? Picture it dark, raining, semi's and road construction! Yep that was what we had to struggle with until I started dozing at the wheel. Dwaine was fast asleep next to me and I was heading to lala land. I saw a rest site ahead and I pulled in (see what KFC can do do one). We slept for about 2 1/2 hours.
Now, a smart individual would learn from these lessons, but oh, no, I wasn't through yet! I was still tired and groggy, so what did we chose to do? We headed for a Mc Donald's! Those we could find without a GPS and we were sure we could find one open. Yep, we sure did.
And what did I see when I first entered? A giant bill board showing a chocolate shake with whipped cream and a cherry. Of course I passed that up, as I am on this magnificent journey to health! Well, I did pass it up for about 30 seconds.
You guessed I ate the whole thing! And now we got to drive home in snow, rain, slush, etc.
We ended up not getting home until 6;30 am. That was one longggggggggggggg drive!
We managed to crawl up to bed and slept until 9 AM.
Sunday Last Day of Trip
OK, last day. I felt that I did pretty well all in all. My belt buckle even feels a little looser today. I had my shake and bar and homeward bound and all is well with the world. We left later than we had wanted to, so that means we will be home around 1:30 AM.
Formal Dinner
Saturday night was a fun night. We had a formal affair to attend. There was lots of food to pick from. I picked my meal carefully ( having to avoid gluten really helped me this time). I had some salmon & prime rib, water, coffee and a stir fried veg mix. Not too bad considering. The one splurge I allowed myself was some ice cream. You wouldn't believe what I went through for that ice cream One would think that I was given several omens to skip the ice cream, but oh no, I became more determined than ever! I waited in line for the ice cream only to have it within my reach, when low and behold the person (idiot is what I was thinking at the time) ahead of me knocked over the ice cream glasses. They used martini glasses for the sundaes and boy was there a pile of them on the ground at my feet! I am not sure if I was more in shock, anger or just plain sad, but I stared at the mess for a few moments before I bent down to help clean up the mess. Just my luck, they decided to close that line, for safety sake (I personally thought that the people were being lazy and wanted the break). So I proceeded to another line, then another line and then another line! By this time I had worked up a major craving! I did finally get my sundae. I can't say it was really worth all that either!
Midway through the vacation
Ok, so far, so good. We made it halfway through the vacation and stayed on track. Today is Saturday, lots of meetings and a formal dinner to look forward to this evening. Let's see how we do today.
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