Home Sweet Home! by The Pioneer Woman
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The best day ever!
Ok, that may be overstating it, but it was an amazing day.
First, I am officially at 17 lbs lost, in 17 days. That was awesome.
Second, H won tickets to an EXCLUSIVE concert by the Barenaked Ladies. Now, anyone who knows me knows I LOVE BNL. There were "supposed" to be only about 50 people in attendance, for this special 1 hour acoustic concerts. Well, there were more, but I hardly cared.
I had heard about the concert on the radio. To win tickets you were to text the radio station. H did it about 100 times. I did it twice. She won. Go figure. But when they called to get her name and confirm, her phone died. I died a little, too. I thought we weren't going to get in. We headed to Salt Lake City early, just in case I had to beg our case, but it wasn't an issue. They had us on the list. We were early so we hung out in the lobby. Just a little later, a big bus pulled up and out came Ed and Jim. Oh yeah! They hung out and chatted with us and took pictures with us (I'll post them later. They're still on H's camera.) They stood there and chatted with us as the grips unloaded their gear. Oh yeah!
When we were finally let into the room, it was clear more than 50 people were there. Apparently they always invite more than the room will hold because some people always don't show. Not this time. Everyone invited showed up. Well, yeah! It's BNL!
Anyway, since there weren't enough seats, H and I gave up our second row seats to go sit on the floor in front of the front row. It was awesome. I'm a fan again.
They were being interviewed for the radio show and they played some songs. They were so good--we didn't even miss Steve, the jerk who got arrested for doing drugs with his play thing girlfriend. Good riddance. Anyway, it was AWESOME. What a good day!
First, I am officially at 17 lbs lost, in 17 days. That was awesome.
Second, H won tickets to an EXCLUSIVE concert by the Barenaked Ladies. Now, anyone who knows me knows I LOVE BNL. There were "supposed" to be only about 50 people in attendance, for this special 1 hour acoustic concerts. Well, there were more, but I hardly cared.
I had heard about the concert on the radio. To win tickets you were to text the radio station. H did it about 100 times. I did it twice. She won. Go figure. But when they called to get her name and confirm, her phone died. I died a little, too. I thought we weren't going to get in. We headed to Salt Lake City early, just in case I had to beg our case, but it wasn't an issue. They had us on the list. We were early so we hung out in the lobby. Just a little later, a big bus pulled up and out came Ed and Jim. Oh yeah! They hung out and chatted with us and took pictures with us (I'll post them later. They're still on H's camera.) They stood there and chatted with us as the grips unloaded their gear. Oh yeah!
When we were finally let into the room, it was clear more than 50 people were there. Apparently they always invite more than the room will hold because some people always don't show. Not this time. Everyone invited showed up. Well, yeah! It's BNL!
Anyway, since there weren't enough seats, H and I gave up our second row seats to go sit on the floor in front of the front row. It was awesome. I'm a fan again.
They were being interviewed for the radio show and they played some songs. They were so good--we didn't even miss Steve, the jerk who got arrested for doing drugs with his play thing girlfriend. Good riddance. Anyway, it was AWESOME. What a good day!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Update and a night out cheating
So it's been a while since I've written. I've been subbing and it is hard to post when I sub. Anyway, I needed to post, mostly for me to keep track of where I am on this fun ride.
Today is the two week mark on the phase 2 of the diet. I have officially lost 14.5 lbs in 14 days on the phase 2 of the diet. Not too shabby. I was able to put on a skirt I hadn't been able to wear in a few months so that was good, too. I am beginning to be able to see the results which helps with the resolve.
The biggest problems I have faced in the last few days have been somewhat comical. When I sub at the junior high, lunch is only 30 minutes, not enough time to go home and get lunch. So I figured I had to take my lunch with me. But I don't know where the teacher' lounge is so I was going to have to eat it cold. So I sat my tupperware of Hgc chilli on the heater in the room. Lame, I know, but it warmed it enough that I didn't choke. I was afraid I was going to melt the plastic and have chilli all over the heater. Ewwww.
The next issue I had was water. As I don't know where the teacher work room is, I also don't know where the teacher's restrooms are. So yeah, I got a bit dehydrated. But it was worth it to not have to use the student's restroom. A girl has to think of these things!
Next, since I can't use conventional moisturizer, I went and bought an oil free moisturizer (Neutrogenia). After using it for two days, I broke out in a rash all over my forehead and under my eyes. I am VERY allergic to it (and most other moisturizers). I hurried my sad face to Richard and had him start the allergy treatment for it, but it is going to take some time before it is gone. In the meantime, I am back to being Bran Flakes Face again--with an icky red rash to boot. Fortunately I can wear my glasses which covers it up a lot.
Lastly, I had a major hurdle to overcome. It was my Father-in-law's birthday this Friday. All the kids took him out to dinner. I was so torn as to whether I should stick with the diet or not go or just throw caution to the wind and eat like nobody's business. I read online about cheating and everything said it would set me back at least 3 days and I would gain a few pounds. I really didn't want to do that but I also didn't want to miss the party. Also, I am pretty dang tired of the same old food and I wanted a break. So I decided to throw caution to the wind.
We went to a Chinese restaurant so I figured I should be able to find something that was full of veggies and that would be okay. As I looked at the menu, I started feeling guilty. I thought I should stay as close to the diet as I could so I ended up ordering a vegetable egg foo young. I figured an egg was allowed occasionally. It was so good! So full of flavor (gosh, how I've missed the flavor!). I picked out the broccoli and zucchini and ate that, too. And I drank a lot of tea since that is allowed on the diet, as well. I ate as slowly as I could and only had one of the two egg pancakes. Heaven!
So the next morning I got up and got on the scale. I was so excited to see I had still lost .5 lbs! Woo hoo! Happy day! So now I am back on it 100% but a little invigorated that I could control myself enough to choose wisely, enjoy every bite and not overdo it.
Today is the two week mark on the phase 2 of the diet. I have officially lost 14.5 lbs in 14 days on the phase 2 of the diet. Not too shabby. I was able to put on a skirt I hadn't been able to wear in a few months so that was good, too. I am beginning to be able to see the results which helps with the resolve.
The biggest problems I have faced in the last few days have been somewhat comical. When I sub at the junior high, lunch is only 30 minutes, not enough time to go home and get lunch. So I figured I had to take my lunch with me. But I don't know where the teacher' lounge is so I was going to have to eat it cold. So I sat my tupperware of Hgc chilli on the heater in the room. Lame, I know, but it warmed it enough that I didn't choke. I was afraid I was going to melt the plastic and have chilli all over the heater. Ewwww.
The next issue I had was water. As I don't know where the teacher work room is, I also don't know where the teacher's restrooms are. So yeah, I got a bit dehydrated. But it was worth it to not have to use the student's restroom. A girl has to think of these things!
Next, since I can't use conventional moisturizer, I went and bought an oil free moisturizer (Neutrogenia). After using it for two days, I broke out in a rash all over my forehead and under my eyes. I am VERY allergic to it (and most other moisturizers). I hurried my sad face to Richard and had him start the allergy treatment for it, but it is going to take some time before it is gone. In the meantime, I am back to being Bran Flakes Face again--with an icky red rash to boot. Fortunately I can wear my glasses which covers it up a lot.
Lastly, I had a major hurdle to overcome. It was my Father-in-law's birthday this Friday. All the kids took him out to dinner. I was so torn as to whether I should stick with the diet or not go or just throw caution to the wind and eat like nobody's business. I read online about cheating and everything said it would set me back at least 3 days and I would gain a few pounds. I really didn't want to do that but I also didn't want to miss the party. Also, I am pretty dang tired of the same old food and I wanted a break. So I decided to throw caution to the wind.
We went to a Chinese restaurant so I figured I should be able to find something that was full of veggies and that would be okay. As I looked at the menu, I started feeling guilty. I thought I should stay as close to the diet as I could so I ended up ordering a vegetable egg foo young. I figured an egg was allowed occasionally. It was so good! So full of flavor (gosh, how I've missed the flavor!). I picked out the broccoli and zucchini and ate that, too. And I drank a lot of tea since that is allowed on the diet, as well. I ate as slowly as I could and only had one of the two egg pancakes. Heaven!
So the next morning I got up and got on the scale. I was so excited to see I had still lost .5 lbs! Woo hoo! Happy day! So now I am back on it 100% but a little invigorated that I could control myself enough to choose wisely, enjoy every bite and not overdo it.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Apple Day
Lost .5 lbs
Apple Day sounds wildly fun. If you reach a plateau, you may choose to do an apple day. On the apple day you may eat 6 large apples whenever you feel like it, but nothing else. You only drink water to slack a strong thirst. This will break your plateau.
According to the information I read, this is really just a psychological treatment for the plateau. Plateaus may be caused because your body is breaking down fat cell walls or it may be because you are retaining water. If you are retaining water, the apple day will break your plateau as you are not eating anything with salt in it and it encourages your body to let go of the retained fluid. At least that is what the information I read said. I may try it, if I get desperate. But as for now, I am not. I do feel like I've been retaining water but it may also be hormonal. Who knows?
Apple Day sounds wildly fun. If you reach a plateau, you may choose to do an apple day. On the apple day you may eat 6 large apples whenever you feel like it, but nothing else. You only drink water to slack a strong thirst. This will break your plateau.
According to the information I read, this is really just a psychological treatment for the plateau. Plateaus may be caused because your body is breaking down fat cell walls or it may be because you are retaining water. If you are retaining water, the apple day will break your plateau as you are not eating anything with salt in it and it encourages your body to let go of the retained fluid. At least that is what the information I read said. I may try it, if I get desperate. But as for now, I am not. I do feel like I've been retaining water but it may also be hormonal. Who knows?
TMI
Lost nothing today. But I feel kind of "irregular," if you get my drift, so that could be why. I get that occasionally, especially when I am eating "large" quantities of meat without much fiber. I have an herbal tea I drink to remedy the situation but since I am subbing today, I didn't want to do that to myself. I also cheated just a tiny bit. I mean tiny. I ate about a quarter of a teaspoon of taco meat. Oh yes, I am weak!
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