Gwen M.

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I am finally HOME for an entire week.  Which means I get to have a "normal" exercise schedule.  Well, normal aside from the fact that my hip is still busted so I can't run and I start physical therapy on Tuesday, but I'll take what I can get.  

Happy Monday!  I'm finally going to make that prime rib for dinner tonight.  Can't wait - it'll be delicious!

1: frankenshake
2: protein shake
2.1: cheese if I need it
3: prime rib, horseradish sauce, sautéed green beans, caesar

Dinner ended up not happening yesterday since we had such a late lunch!  I'll make this prime rib some day.. hopefully tomorrow since tonight is a yoga seminar so I can't devote that much time to making dinner.  

I'm feeling totally run down an

Happy weekend!!  Today is a good day for local living - farmers market in the morning and the "first annual" county food and wine festival once P gets home from Aikido.  

1: frankenshake
2: whatever I eat at the food and wine festival

Finally home for more than a few days in a row.  I'm not going anywhere again until the 24th!  Which means I've got time to really get my brain back in gear, something that's been sorely missing for the past few months.  

1: frankenshake
2

Just for the record - MRIs are infinitely better at 180 than they were at 319!  I almost fell asleep, despite the banging, because I was so comfortable inside the machine.  

Slowly, but surely, I'm getting my snacking reigned in.  Yesterday I only had 2 cheese sticks even though I had plenty of other opportunity to shove things in my face.  I actually told myself "nope, not going to help you reach your goal and you're not

This is yet another weird week for me.  I'm leaving for GenCon on Thursday and will be there through Sunday.  I have, however, signed up for some fitness classes there so that will be exciting!  I'm still working on getting my hip sorted out.  I saw th

Monday!  Which is sort of a rest day for me, but not really since I've got a to-do list a mile long between now and when I leave for GenCon on Thursday.  

1: frankenshake
2: sushi!
3: 

I guess everyone is too busy to post this on Sunday :D  

I am totally pooped today.  On top of my regular Sunday exercise (walk/running, yoga stretching, and a yoga class) I went to a trampoline place (Skyzone) with a friend and her daughter.  

In September, I'm going to be a full time student for the first time in 18 years.  Eek!  Due to scheduling, this means that every Tuesday is going to need to be a slow cooker dinner day.  

What are your favorite slow cooker recipes?  Please sha

Happy weekend!  

1: frankenshake
1.1: small zucchini nut bread from farmers market
2: leftover sushi!
3: pan roasted chicken, pasta amatriciana

liquid and vites: on track
exercise: 45 minutes bowflex

Day 2 of chemo for the week. My goal is to avoid the chemo snacks. How do nurses ever stay healthy with all the crap people bring in to share?!

1: frankenshake

2: lunch meat and cheese

3: lunch meat and cheese

liquid and

First day of chemo for my dad. 

1: frankenshake

1.1: donut at chemo 

2: lunch meat and cheese

3: tilapia piccata 

liquid and vites: on track

exercise: 15 min yoga (morning stretches for back pain), walk w

Slowly, but surely, I'm getting back on track and getting my grazing under control.  What a challenge.  

High weight - 319
Last week - 182.5
This week - 182.7
Next goal - 174 "just" overweight

(My weight got up to 184.6 i

This is a chemo week, so I don't get the range of activities I normally get.  Anything is better than nothing though, right?  :)

Monday - bowflex, yoga
Tuesday - walk outside?, yoga
Wednesday - yoga, fitness classes at parents' gym -

It's Monday!  I've done my morning exercises and I'm about to get ready to head to PA for my dad's second week of chemo.  But I'm procrastinating :P

1: frankenshake
2: leftover crab cakes
2.1: car snacks maybe
3: whatever my mom

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not ready for it to be Sunday already.  I'm heading up to PA tomorrow for chemo with my dad.  Then I'm heading straight to the metro station on Thursday from PA in order to have dinner with my SIL in DC.  The

I'll be going here for lunch today - what would you order?  

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I did a fairly good job of not snacking yesterday.  Hopefully my tricks will continue to work.  I'll be talking to my therapist today for more strategies.  

1: frankenshake
2: lunch out with partner, no idea what I'll be getting yet.  

Happy Tuesday!  I get to go bathing suit shopping today... I've got a big family reunion on Lake Michigan coming up in a week and a half, so I need to find one I like.  Whee!  I should have started my training plan for my 10k today, but my hip isn't le

Yay!  I'm home from Norway and have a week at home before I'm back in PA for chemo with my dad!  That means I can try to do my "normal" exercise stuff.  I'm not sure if I'll be able to run this week - my hip was still pretty bad last week with all the

Now that I'm home, I can do my goal update for the end of June.  I'm not quite where I want to be, but I know why and I know that July will be significantly better.  

1. Read at least 52 books - I’ve read 33 books! I read

I'm home from Norway!  Yay!  Time to get myself back on track with real life.  Lots of food today due to travel and time changes and a very long day.  I'm looking forward to remembering what my basics are tomorrow.  I need them.  

1: frankensha

So I'm in Norway for my BIL's wedding and needed to shave my legs this morning. Norway is a land of teeny shower stalls but I'm small and flexible enough now that I was able to shave bending over in the enclosed stall with zero problems. 

It's