Today's Update....

24:01 again. Paying for it today though. I did way too much yesterday. Kept those new shoes on while I did 2 loads of laundry, made a huge batch of fruit salad, cooked dinner and cleaned the kitchen twice due to all that food prep.

Today's Walk...

Well the new shoes seem to have been money well spent. The added some difficulty to my walk, but not so much that I couldn't walk, just made me work harder to get it done. I'm now exhausted and sweaty. lol. Taking a short break, then going to shower and get started putting together the first batch of my fruit salad for the year. The family loves my fruit salad and it's a lot healthier for us than a lot of the snack stuff that's been in this house.

Oh. 24:01 just like yesterday.

Today's Walk...

Only updating on my walking from now on. Will continue to add good recipes from time to time but other than that I'm not going to update on food every day. I'll update that when I have something really good but good for me.

Day one of walking. Went 1 mile at 2.5 mph in 24:01. No stops. Pretty good for a day one. Last time it took me like 2 weeks to be able to go without stopping once or twice in the middle. Perhaps I didn't lose everything after all.

Today's Update....

Breakfast - Had a bowl of cheerios and a banana. Felt good to have cereal again since I haven't been able to in a while.

Exercise - 30:01.

Lunch - Ham Sandwich.

Dinner - Left over Breakfast Bake.

Nighttime Snack - Bag of Popcorn

Extra Exercise - Need to do laundry today. Also going to be cleaning house in case we have company over the weekend.

Today's Update....

Breakfast - The last of the damn muffins. Tomorrow I finally get to eat something else!!!!

Exercise - 30:01. Doing pretty good. Think I'll go at least one more week at this distance before I make any more adjustments.

Lunch - Turkey Sandwich on my homemade bread.

Dinner - Baked salmon patties with cheesey mashed potatoes and green beans. Sure the potatoes aren't exactly diet food, but I keep my portions low.

Nighttime Snack - Think I'll have another plum. Have one more that has to be eaten before it gets yucky.

Today's Update....

Breakfast - One of the last muffins. Can't wait for them to be gone so I can have something else.

Exercise - 30:01. Hard to push through today as I was having a 'I don't wanna get out of bed' day. I could have slept the day away.

Lunch - Another Turkey Sandwich. This time with the bread I made yesterday. For the first time making bread ever in my life, it wasn't bad. Next time I need to let it raise more though.

Dinner - Left over Chicken Börek.

Nighttime Snack - Think I'll have a plum.

Today's Update.

Breakfast - Another stupid muffin and a banana. Only like 2 of them left. Thank god!!!

Exercise - 30:01. Rough one as I snuck it in while in the middle of making some bread. Too long on my feet.

Lunch - Turkey sandwich. Banana cream pie yogurt.

Dinner - New Recipe.... Chicken Börek. Wasn't bad, but I need to to do some modifications to the recipe. First off, the way they had me close it made it really doughy on the bottom. Second, father and husband weren't happy about the raisins in it. Peas were suggested for next time.

Daily Update...

Breakfast - Yet another crappy bran muffin and 2 Clementines.

Exercise - 30:01. Went 1 1/4 miles at 2.5 mph. Felt rather good.

Lunch - Turkey sandwich with a yoplait yogurt in the red velvet cake flavor.

Dinner - Grilled salmon with lemon basil spaghetti. Salmon was great.... spaghetti not so much.

Nighttime Snack - Felt like popcorn again.

Today's Update...

Breakfast - Yet another crappy bran muffin. They're almost gone thank god, will never make them ever again.

Exercise - 24:01

Lunch - Dad was nice enough to go get some lunch meat so I had a turkey sandwich.

Dinner - Dad's night to cook. He made this breakfast bake thing. Eggs, ham, mushrooms, on top of this dough stuff. It wasn't bad.

Nighttime Snack - Felt rather hungry most of the day for some reason so I had a bag of popcorn to help fill me up.

Yesterday's Update....

Sorry but I got into a good book and forgot to update...

Breakfast - Another crappy bran muffin.

Exercise - 24:01.

Lunch - Bowl of Cereal. Not ready for in the mornings yet but we're out of lunch meat and I couldn't find anything else I wanted to eat.

Dinner - Dad's assortment of leftover items that are about the worst thing I could be eating. Kept my proportions low and stayed away from the gravy.

Splurge - For my Saturday splurge I made Barley Pudding. It's low cal, healthy due to the barley and very similar to rice pudding.

Today's Update...

Breakfast - One of those not so great muffins and a glass of ginger ale. Will be glad when my infection is gone and I can get off the ginger ale again.

Exercise - 24:01. Still looking to up my distance soon.

Lunch - Made a sandwich out of some whole wheat bread and a piece of left over salmon from last night. Having a plum with it.

Dinner - As usual, dad made one of his supposedly healthy meals that really aren't all that healthy. Pan fried meatballs in cornstarch gravy with box potatoes and canned green beans. Kept my portions as small as possible. Best I can do on his nights to cook.

Nighttime Snack - Think I'll have a bag of popcorn later since I really didn't get much dinner.

Today's Update...

Breakfast - Tried a recipe for Zucchini Bran Muffins. Pretty much a doctored box mix thing from Sandra Lee of the Food Network. They're kinda heavy and too many flavors competing for my taste. I'll eat them, but probably won't make them ever again.

Exercise - 24:01. Once again my mile felt really good. Thinking of walking further starting next week.

Lunch - Had a sandwich and a plum. Unfortunately the only lunch meat we had was salami. Only used 2 slices.

Dinner - Grilled Salmon, Butternut Squash Risotto & a frozen veggie mix.

Today's Update.

Breakfast - Last piece of my low cal coffee cake.

Exercise - 24:02. Still feeling good. May up my distance next week if this continues.

Lunch - Another turkey sandwich. Killed both the turkey and the pumpernickel so will have to find something else to eat tomorrow. lol

Dinner - Tried another new recipe tonight. Chicken with mushrooms and a slightly creamy sauce over whole wheat fettuccine.

Yesterday's Update...

My apologies once again. Never made it back online after dinner so ended up forgetting to post.

Breakfast - My low cal coffee cake and a glass of ginger ale.

Exercise - 24:02. Felt really good for the first time in about a week.

Lunch - Turkey Sandwich.

Dinner - Tried a new recipe. Swordfish with Mediterranean Flavors and Risotto on the side. The fish was good, the 'Mediterranean Flavors' weren't. Artichoke was either under ripe or too old, not sure, and I found out I really don't like Olives. Risotto was okay.

Snack - Had a mini bag of smart pop popcorn.

Daily Update...

Breakfast - Last night I made a low cal mixed berry coffee cake. Had a slice of that and a glass of ginger ale for breakfast.

Exercise - 24:01 for my walk today. Still not pushing myself as hard as I had been, but at least I got through the whole mile today. Couple days and hopefully I'll be back to the normal routine.

Lunch - Quick sandwich when I got back from the doctor's office.

Dinner - Left over Chicken Jalousie from last week as well as a mix of brocoli and cauliflower.

Nighttime Snack - Think I'll have a plum and call that it.

Yesterday's Update...

My apologies for the lateness of this post but I was barely on the computer at all yesterday. Spent most of the day either grocery shopping, watching the end of the Olympics or working on a new jigsaw puzzle with my husband.

Breakfast - In an effort to have less milk in the morning and not having much in the house due to the need for a grocery run, I had scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast along with 1 glass of ginger ale. Tummy still felt rather icky but not as bad as it has been.

Exercise - 24:03. Made it through my mile. After the last few days I felt really good about that.

Lunch - I kind of forgot about lunch due to running errands, but once I got home I had a yogurt, a clementine and a banana to hold me over until dinner.

Dinner - Dad's night to cook which meant his Sunday night pot roast with potatoes. Instead of doing a full gravy he did a brown sauce. I kept my proportions small, got rid of as much fat from the meat, and took very little of the brown sauce. Just enough to moisten my potatoes so they were edible. Not what I would have chosen for dinner, but then it wasn't my night to cook so I made the best of the situation.

Nighttime Snack - Had some popcorn during the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. But then Hubby had to pull out the prosciutto and that made me want some. Instead I had a Popsicle so that I was having something but yet not something I probably shouldn't.

Today's Update....

Breakfast - About Half a bowl of Cherios. Unfortunately my stomach wouldn't let me have any more than that. Splurged slightly by having a handful of saltines and a glass of ginger ale to settle my stomach.

Exercise - Not a good day in this aspect. I got half way through my walk and almost threw up so that was the end of that. We've decided either milk is agitating my sinuses or I might be some what lactose intolerant. I've never been much of a milk drinker in the past yet I've been having cereal for breakfast every day for the past month.

Lunch - Stomach was a bit better so I had a small sandwich with a left over piece of trout.

Dinner - My left over Chinese with just a bit of chicken broth to moisten the rice and add some flavor.

Extra Exercise - Once my stomach was better I did a couple more loads of wash. Finally done for a while.

Nighttime Snack - Just had a plum.

Today's Update.

Breakfast - Bowl of Cherrios and a Banana.

Exercise - Walked my mile in 24:03. Didn't use my gloves today because my sinuses were bothering me again. Had to stop and start a couple times so I didn't get sick. Trying some new sinus meds tomorrow, hopefully they will help. Damn weather.

Lunch - Had a bit of the left over curried chicken salad from last night. Still not that great, but better than throwing it away in a couple days.

Dinner - Got some rice with steamed chicken and veggies from the local Chinese place. It needs some juice/broth or it's just a bit dry. Otherwise it tasted good.

Extra Exercise - Finishing my laundry.

Night time snack - Probably a plum. Having a cup of jasmine green tea as well.

Today's Update.

Breakfast - a bowl of the cranberry ginger cereal I found at Whole Foods over the weekend, a banana and a glass of water.

Exercise - Made it a half mile before I had to pee. Took a couple sips of water and started up again. Made it another 8th of a mile before my sinus issues made me stop again. Had to wait about an hour for the nausea to pass but finished the mile for a total time of 24:03. Disappointing but as I said in Rule #3, Any exercise is better than none. All I have to say other than that..... is it spring yet so my sinuses will straighten out?

Lunch - No soup like I wanted. So just having a light sandwich on pumpernickel since my stomach is still a bit flaky. Having a Yoplait light yogurt with it in the Red Velvet Cake flavor.

Dinner - Tried a new recipe for Curried Chicken Salad. We weren't impressed. It wasn't bad per say, but it just wasn't what you think of when you hear curry and chicken in the same sentence.

Exercise via Chores - Meant to do laundry today but with all the ups and downs of my stomach I forgot about it. Oops. Guess I'll have to do it tomorrow.

Nighttime Snack - Having a cup of Jasmine Green Tea and a mini bag of Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop Kettle Corn.

Today's Update....

6 posts in one day, what am I thinking! lol. Not every day will be like this but I wanted to get a lot of the who what and why out there before I started on the updates.

That said, here's my update for the day....

Breakfast - Had a bowl of this light bulk cereal that hubby and I found at Whole Foods on Sunday. I only got 2 bowls worth. Don't think I'll get it again at least for a while. Just a little too 'grainy' for me to be honest. Had a banana and a glass of water with it. Remembered my multi vitamin and blood pressure pill for a change.

Exercise - Did my mile in 24:02. Had to stop at the half mile mark to catch my breath as I was feeling light headed. It's amazing what adding those 2 pound weighted gloves has done. By the end I'm sweating like a pig and my legs and arms are really feeling the burn. Hopefully next week I can push through the full mile, or at least three quarters without a break. Continued to take 2-3 gulps out of a rather large bottle of water at every eighth of a mile. I go through about half a bottle a mile.

Lunch - Had a turkey sandwich with very light mayo and one slice of colby jack cheese on this multi grain bread we got at Whole Foods over the weekend. Also had one yoplait light yogurt in the banana cream pie flavor. Very nummy.

Dinner - Making my fish in parchment paper that we all love so much. Trying this box of wild porcini mushroom risotto with it. Having a bag of frozen peas with it.

Misc. Exercise Via Chores - Doing laundry today. Several loads of clothes. Means lots of trips up and down the basement stairs.

Nighttime Snack - Had a plum while watching TV.