LeaAnn
February Musings
Feb 23, 2006
February 9, 2006
It's too soon to say whether or not I'll be one of the ones that can benefit from the DS without working the tool, but I'm being the guinea pig!!! Well, I actually don't eat WHATEVER I want, or I would go down and get a box of Ding Dongs and a can of cake frosting and eat the WHOLE things. But, the DS has offered me Steak and Deviled Eggs (as much as I want) so long as I limit simple carbs, and I'm a reasonable woman--I'll take that DEAL! And I aint been perfect on my end of that deal. For instance, I had a sub sandwich the other night with WHITE BREAD *GASP!* I did not pay a heavy price in the "other end" department, either!
But the amount I'm eating of these luxurious food items and the scale still moving in a downward direction blows my mind! My metabolism has obviously changed! Maybe I'm a freak (like a man) and will continue to lose despite myself, or stop losing before I'm ready, but so far, SO GOOD!
Life is SO GOOD!
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February 14, 2006 (Valentine's Day!)
I've been bad. I ordered a Fudgey Nut basket to be delivered to my husband's office with a stuffed gorilla and balloons. The basket has chocolate pretzels, mint/choc. covered oreos, m&ms trail mix, biscotti, and BROWNIES! Now my husband doesn't like nuts. () What person in their right mind doesn't like nuts?! Anyway, I deliberately made one of the brownies a caramel nut so it would be for ME! (I already left the place with cheese straws to go!).
Now Sunday night I laid awake feeling guilty and thinking I have GOT to get control of my eating. Sunday, in addition to healthy, protein-rich meals, I also had an ice cream cone and Hubby and I split a bag of potato chips. I got up Monday morning and weighed! Bye-bye GUILT! I was down 2 pounds!!! This doesn't give me much incentive to lay off the carbs, yanno?!
I AM exercising, so maybe that's how I'm getting away with this. Do yawl get the Lime? Network? Well, at 12:30 central time they have pilates and then at 1:00 yoga. The workouts SEEM really easy, especially since they have commercials breaking them up! But MAN are my muscles sore after doing them! I feel so much more mobile and flexible with all the stretching. I can't stand workouts with a lot of movement. With these there is just a little, very controlled, movement. If it's nice out, after this I go walking.
Anyway, Hubby (who makes EVERYTHING into a competition) has been cutting back on sweets since I had my DS, and he's lost between 5-10 pounds. My first goal is to weigh LESS than he does. I have forbidden him to get below 185, saying that if he does I'm gonna need to find me a man with some meat on his bones! But this isn't likely, since Hubby bounces around somewhere between 200-210 lbs. I have ONLY around 20 pounds to go to weigh less than him!!! Maybe the Fudgey Nut basket will mess him up more than it does me!!!
Happy Valentines Day, yawl!!
It's too soon to say whether or not I'll be one of the ones that can benefit from the DS without working the tool, but I'm being the guinea pig!!! Well, I actually don't eat WHATEVER I want, or I would go down and get a box of Ding Dongs and a can of cake frosting and eat the WHOLE things. But, the DS has offered me Steak and Deviled Eggs (as much as I want) so long as I limit simple carbs, and I'm a reasonable woman--I'll take that DEAL! And I aint been perfect on my end of that deal. For instance, I had a sub sandwich the other night with WHITE BREAD *GASP!* I did not pay a heavy price in the "other end" department, either!
But the amount I'm eating of these luxurious food items and the scale still moving in a downward direction blows my mind! My metabolism has obviously changed! Maybe I'm a freak (like a man) and will continue to lose despite myself, or stop losing before I'm ready, but so far, SO GOOD!
Life is SO GOOD!
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February 14, 2006 (Valentine's Day!)
I've been bad. I ordered a Fudgey Nut basket to be delivered to my husband's office with a stuffed gorilla and balloons. The basket has chocolate pretzels, mint/choc. covered oreos, m&ms trail mix, biscotti, and BROWNIES! Now my husband doesn't like nuts. () What person in their right mind doesn't like nuts?! Anyway, I deliberately made one of the brownies a caramel nut so it would be for ME! (I already left the place with cheese straws to go!).
Now Sunday night I laid awake feeling guilty and thinking I have GOT to get control of my eating. Sunday, in addition to healthy, protein-rich meals, I also had an ice cream cone and Hubby and I split a bag of potato chips. I got up Monday morning and weighed! Bye-bye GUILT! I was down 2 pounds!!! This doesn't give me much incentive to lay off the carbs, yanno?!
I AM exercising, so maybe that's how I'm getting away with this. Do yawl get the Lime? Network? Well, at 12:30 central time they have pilates and then at 1:00 yoga. The workouts SEEM really easy, especially since they have commercials breaking them up! But MAN are my muscles sore after doing them! I feel so much more mobile and flexible with all the stretching. I can't stand workouts with a lot of movement. With these there is just a little, very controlled, movement. If it's nice out, after this I go walking.
Anyway, Hubby (who makes EVERYTHING into a competition) has been cutting back on sweets since I had my DS, and he's lost between 5-10 pounds. My first goal is to weigh LESS than he does. I have forbidden him to get below 185, saying that if he does I'm gonna need to find me a man with some meat on his bones! But this isn't likely, since Hubby bounces around somewhere between 200-210 lbs. I have ONLY around 20 pounds to go to weigh less than him!!! Maybe the Fudgey Nut basket will mess him up more than it does me!!!
Happy Valentines Day, yawl!!
