Ass Kicking Time

I started back up yesterday in full swing, both in diet and school. I don't think I did too bad! The scale yesterday said 171.8lbs but I knew it was helped by salty BBQ food Monday night so I re-weighed in today. 169.6lbs. Much better.

So my plan.... 
Mini goal - 164lbs by month's end
Mid goal - 157lbs by end of October
Final goal - 150lbs by end of November
That's 19lbs in 12 weeks - 1.58lbs a week. It'll be hard, but I really want to be there! Also, to be my final goal weight BEFORE all the holiday baking would be awesome lol

Yesterday I did pretty well in the food dept. My usual bagel and cream cheese for breakfast (though I really do need to go get my weight watchers bagels instead of the big white ones I have now), honeydew and cantaloupe for lunch, a small wrap with about 1/8 cup chicken and the rest peppers and onions for supper and some more honeydew for a bedtime snack. Normally I wouldn't have a bedtime snack cause I tend to just mindlessly eat, but this was a planned snack with a set portion and I didn't even want to mindlessly eat afterwards!

We met up with our homeschool group at lunch and went on a 1.5km hike. I think it was further than that, but I'll have to see if the website for the place lists distances. Brianna and I enjoyed the hike so much we want to go back soon and often!

Today I skipped breakfast (BAD!) but had another small wrap like yesterday for lunch. Now to figure out something that won't kill me for supper.

Eating For Real

I read a blog post of a new bloggy friend today that made me think that I need to re-word my "rules for every diet" (which would be eat less, get off your ass). Another thing to think of.... stop eating the way you're "supposed" to. Who says your body really NEEDS 3 meals a day plus snacks. Who says you HAVE to eat everything on your plate. Who says you MUST have more just cause it tastes so freaking good?!

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What ever happened to eating when you're hungry and only eating until you're full? I guess it probably started sometime back during the Great Depression or WWII when foods were rationed for which ever reasons. Those we times when you were lucky you were eating so damn right you were going to eat everything whether you wanted to or not!

However, while poverty is sometimes still an issue, for the most part, we can eat whenever and however much we want. Unfortunately it was ingrained into us from small children that we MUST eat breakfast, lunch and supper and set times, with snacks in between. We MUST eat everything we're served - "think of those starving children in Ethiopia!"

With the amount of cheap junk food//fast food out there, it's no wonder why Canada and the USA have such an obesity problem. If you notice, so often you'll see the low - middle income families eating a lot of McDonalds and Kraft Dinner. Why? It's cheap and makes kids happy. Now, what's the nutritional value of McDonalds and Kraft Dinner? Zip!

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While it's hard to get out of habits, and it can be expensive to eat healthier, you need to have priorities. Is it important to get healthy? Of course! So make it your priority to change your eating habits! Can you do it on McDonalds and Kraft Dinner? No! So make it your priority to skip buying the latest magazines or your fancy coffee and buy fresh fruit and veggies instead! You need to make yourself a priority or why should anyone else?

*stepping off the daily soapbox*

Owie!

The left side of my mouth is trying to explode off my face. I have what I assume is an abscessed wisdom tooth. All 4 of my wisdom teeth are impacted which make them super easy to remove *sarcasm* so while $1800+ doesn't fall from the sky, I get to randomly experience the joys of abscessed teeth. Usually it's the same one (it's a greedy tooth) and makes it feel like it's going to just shatter into 215,451 pieces. So, off to the clinic I go, cause a prescription for penicillin from a GP is waaaaaay cheaper than going to the dentist for the same said prescription.

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Why do children think smashing things is funny. I mean, the stuff ends up in the garbage afterwards once it's smashed to smithereens. What so funny about losing your toys???

My almost 20 mth old eavesdrops. If I'm on the phone, she wants her ear on the other side. If I'm texting, she wants to see what I'm typing. She barely understands English, let alone reads it!

I am in love with the laminating and binding service at Staples (an office supply store). They make such pretty little books. All neat and together for my OCD tendencies.

Why is it that I live in a small house with 3 adults and 2 children, I cook most of the meals, do most of the cleaning yet I'm the only one who gets the cold. I mean, no I'm not hacking in dinner, but you'd think with all the food/household handling I do everyday that enough of my germs would be spread around that I'd be sharing the wealth of this lovely cold.

The Day That Went From Bad To Worse

I should have just stayed in bed!

1) Woke up still with my head cold, but now with an annoying dry cough.
2) Sent myself into fits of allergy hell by digging out my desk to give my BIL my computer tower to try to fix.
3) My niece came over for me to watch while above mentioned BIL went to pick up my sister. Love the kid. However, she seemed to had bathed in perfume this morning, one which I apparently am highly allergic to.
4) After putting a fresh loaf of bread in the oven I am cleaning up my bread making mess and lean myself on the stove to put the flour away, directly onto the hot burner I just took a pot of boiling water off of, burning a giant hole in my favorite sweater.

Now I'm gonna do what I should have done first thing... go to bed!

Ugh.... Sick

Went to bed last night feeling funny. Sure enough, I woke up this morning with full sinuses *sigh*


On a brighter note! I'm down to 189.6 which means down 2.4lbs since last Wednesday! Woooooooooooo!

Die Cold Die!!!

Ugh! Been sick since Friday. Evil cold has also spread to Olivia who is miserable poor baby! It's not really terrible, just stuffed/runny nose and a cough but it's enough to be freaking annoying!!!!

Sickness....

Last week Brianna was home from school for 2 days with a nasty head cold. Olivia picked it up a couple days ago and now Lee and I are starting to feel it. I hate head colds!!! Thankfully Brianna was fine after 3 days, so hoping Olivia's almost done and Lee and I don't get much of it :( I'm soooo not looking forward to winter colds/flus!

For Once, Lee's Sick

Which never happens. My and both girls could be sick as dogs and Lee'll be perfectly fine. Well last night he started getting sick. We think it was the frozen strawberries left in the fridge for too long that he ate. So he's off work today. Olivia and Brianna think it's great that he's home but of course he's just lounging on the couch.

Gotta get the last of the birthday shopping done today!!!

Slight Break in the Heat

Instead of it being 45C, it's 35-40C. Not much, but something. I've taken to taking cold showers every afternoon at the peak heat. Poor Olivia's been running around and sleeping in nothing but a onsie. Brianna's in the pool for hours a day. Lee's finally getting some relief at work. As of tomorrow he's allowed to wear shorts to work! YAY! I'd die if I had to wear jeans like he always has.

Isaac's birthday is coming up on Friday and Olivia's in Monday. We're having a big birthday visit this weekend. That reminds me... I need blue icing dye for his cake! We've had some RSVPs for Olivia's birthday, but Lee's still worried most of his family won't show up.

Olivia's been sick. She just got over Roseola and a fever of 105F and now she's got some kind of stomach bug, poor baby. She's not really eating, but thankfully she's still drinking/nursing a lot. Brianna's got some random cough but nothing else.

Getting Better!

My head cold is moved completely into my chest and is much less bothersome now! YAY! Brianna did stay home again due to her sore stomach. Mine was a bit sore today too so I wonder if we ate something funny or just have a bit of a bug along with our colds. She claims she's all better now though and going to school tomorrow.... we'll see in the morning lol

I got some more selling stuff listed and sold. I'm so excited about how much I'm selling! May not seem like much to some, but every $ in the savings account is more than I had before! Tonight seems to be a big selling night for me. I've had 4 separate buyers questioning me in the last 20 minutes!

I promised Lee I'd make him a treat today but was busy with the kids during the day so only got to it now. Making him Cheater Black Forest Cake. YUM

Sick Day

My head cold has moved to my chest. Ewww. However, it seems to want to hang around in my head longer. Thankfully I have a fresh prescription for my asthma pumps. Feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest :(

Brianna was home sick today too. We started walking to school and she was walking like a hunchback cause her stomach hurt. I kept asking if she wanted to stay home. Nope, she wanted to go to school. Finally when we were almost there she says maybe she should stay home. Silly girl, in love with school! She took a nap at the same time as Olivia and seemed much better when she got up.

Lee got home at like 1:30pm today! I couldn't believe it! Kinda sucks cause it means he only got 7 hrs today. Hopefully he at least works til 2pm tomorrow.

Started sorting through crap in the basement. Got another bag of garbage and 3 bags of donate-ables! I am soooo sick of keeping crap in hopes of *maybe* using it a zillion years from now. So out if goes! I've been putting aside stuff I'm actually keeping and stuff to sell but otherwise the rest of it can get out of my house!

Almost a Good Day

So we had a mostly good day....

Took Brianna to her hearing test. While the tech said the vibrations weren't as high as she liked (but didn't explain that at all *sigh*) her hearing is perfect :S HUH? So what's with the yelling and the odd accent??? The yelling she said is common enough that she sees at least 2 kids a week for, but she couldn't explain the odd accent. So we'll go back to Dr. Joseph June 17th for a follow up of her feet and ears and see what he thinks.

Come back into town and pop by my old friend's house to check out the washer and dryer we were discussing yesterday. Not as new as I thought it would be but her dad gave me a "warranty" on them saying he'd give me my money back if I don't like them within 30 days. Sold. $100 for a washer AND a dryer! They even delivered them to my house! I can't wait for Lee to install them tomorrow!!!

Tried Value Village for new shorts as mine are starting to fall off even though the scale hates me. No go. God I hate buying clothes! Thankfully I've got a few shorts that still fit. Supposed to get hotter over the weekend and hit 30C by Tuesday! (And somehow I've got to get Brianna to wear her sneakers/inserts to school in this heat!)

Came home, ended up having to nurse Olivia since I didn't pump this morning and was gonna blow up (and at that point I'm too engorged to pump). So I guess she'll start her noon sippy feedings tomorrow. We both went for a nap while Lee sat on the porch watching Brianna play outside. When we got up Olivia and I went to the grocery store while Lee and Brianna played a game on the computer (since she had been good all day). Come home and Brianna's playing on the computer by herself, obviously Lee was happy with her.

Made a totally awesome chicken bake for supper. OMG yum! Starting to massively heat up in the house so we've got all the windows open. Olivia highly protested going to sleep cause she was hot and sweating in only a onsie. Maybe we should put in the air conditioner? Get Brianna to get ready for bed. I'm on the porch and hear: LEE!!!! Go inside and all I can smell is Lee's cologne. *sigh* Lee's done what I did the other day and turned off the bathroom light to ignore her tantrum. Ensuing fit. In the bath tub again. Finally get it out of her that she just wanted to smell it. So I showed her how she can smell the cologne anytime she likes without having to pour it down the drain and waste is. She thinks it's wonderful that she has permission. (WOW, another time where ASKING is better than just doing something).

Soooooo hoping that we can make it through the WHOLE day tomorrow being a good day!