Busy Day In The Kitchen

Busy Day In The Kitchen

I woke up this morning with plans to make peach jelly.  After making breakfast and getting dinner started, I cleaned up the mess that was created in the kitchen and ran to the store to get the items that I was missing to make the jelly.  Got back home and heard knocking at the front door and received a call from my mom telling me she would be here soon. The knock turned out to be a neighbor (Rebecca) whom I planned on taking a walk with before starting on the jelly but due to rain we decided not to go so I invited her in for a cup of tea.  Seconds later my mom comes in the door with her hands full with everything to make our home canned corn relish and promptly told me that we would make that before I started my jelly.  Well lets just say this totally threw me off.  However, I am happy to say it is all done.

I did manage to hop on the treadmill and go for a 40 minute walk today.  Yeah me!   I have a long way to go to get back in shape and going to take it one day at a time. On a good note I may have a new exercise buddy.

Here is what was on my plate for the day for a total of 1323 calories.

2 slices sourdough bread toasted
1 tsp mango jelly

flour tortilla
3 oz lunch meat
1 oz cheese
1 oz potato chips

1 cup rice
Honey Garlic Chicken
1 cup broccoli

All in all I had a very productive day and am pleased with all that was accomplished.

Any positive comments and encouragement is welcome.

Bye for now.

Dreary Day

Dreary Day

Today was another dreary day here in Happy Valley, but I made the most of it.  I got to two small walks in with my fur baby. (Cheenee)

She is always happy to go for a walk and make sure all is right in her neighborhood and to be honest I like having her company.

Once again my cousin Melissa came over and we worked on yet another custom T-shirt quilt.  I promise I will post pictures of both quilts we have worked on this weekend when they are complete.  I am hoping to keep up on with the creating along with staying focused on my weight loss journey this week coming up.

I managed to stay under my calorie intake 1336 today.  Here is what was on my plate.

2 Sourdough Pancake
1/4 c sugar free syrup
apple

Flour tortilla
Tuna Salad
1 oz cheese
Chips

2 oz noodles
Spaghetti Sauce that I added zucchini, spinach, bell pepper, & meat

Mo (my husband) and I may have a sweet treat tonight but I am going to make sure I stay within my calorie range.

Any positive comments and encouragement is welcome. 

Bye for now.

Grocery & Sewing

Shopping and Sewing

It has been awhile since I have went grocery shopping so I started my day out with a quick trip to the store.  Seventy dollars later I returned home with a plan and hope to get back on track with my weight loss.

Here is what I ate today

 Two eggs scrambled
 1 slice sourdough bread
 ketchup

Flour Tortilla

Tuna Salad

1 oz cheddar cheese

1 oz potato chips

Corn on the cob

1 cup Cilantro lime rice

Honey Sriracha Salmon 

Here is a link to the recipe I used for the salmon.  https://chefsavvy.com/honey-sriracha-salmon/

I can also say my entire days calorie intake was 1,257 according to my fitness pal.  I still have 343 calories I could use for the day.  I  am not hungry, so why use them?

I was not very active today, although I did sew on a custom T shirt quilt order with my cousin Melissa. I will be sure to post a picture when we are done with it.  Sewing, knitting and creating in general make me a happy girl the down side is all the sitting involved in doing what makes me happy.  I have to come up with ideas to keep me moving on days that I craft.

I did weigh myself this morning and must say I am embarrassed at how much I weigh 316.4.  So there it is, I will not be getting back on the scale again until next Saturday when I will be sure to give you an update on my progress.

Any positive and encouraging comments are welcome. 

Can Not Quit

Can Not Quit

So much has changed since I have last posted. I'm older, my body tells me what I can and can't do,  basically that thing called life has been happening to me however, one thing remains the same I am still FAT.

I can not quit trying to lose weight because the moment I do my life will be over. I have been struggling with exercise due to my knee and really have no get up and go lately. It's time to stop feeling bad for myself and get up and move.  

So I am reaching out for support.  I will post pictures, (food, exercise, adventures, and more) tell you my starting weight, and share other changes I am making in my journey..  

Hang in there with me.  

Adjusting

Adjusting

People always say "Change is Good."  However, let me be the first to say that change can also be hard.

For the past two weeks I have been adjusting to living with my in laws and the Weight Watcher program.  I am doing great on my weight loss journey so far in the first two weeks of I have lost 7.2 pounds.  Yeah me!

Now on the home front that has been the hardest change.  I can not explain how hard it is to sit down at the dinner table and the conversation be in a different language that you totally do not understand. The problem is they don't even notice they are excluding me.  Then when the language you do understand is spoken it is the same conversation about food that you have heard the night before and the night before and the night before and the night before and so on.  So is it a blessing that I can't understand them?  Probably!

Then comes how differently their timing is.  I get up around 6 am and have breakfast.  They get up around 11:30 am and have breakfast.  I eat lunch around noon.  They eat lunch around 2:30 pm.  I like to have dinner by around 6 pm.  They like to have dinner around 9 pm.  This is a problem!
I keep telling my husband we can't get sucked into their schedule but it happens it drives me nuts when it does.

So I go forward into another week and will keep trying to adjust...

The Unexpected

The Unexpected

On Christmas Eve I got a call and was told that my Aunt Ann has took a turn for the worse.  I hopped in my car to go see her and when I arrived at her room in the nursing home my Mom rushed out and told me that Aunt Ann had just passed away. I have mentioned this very same Aunt in a previous post with regards to weight issues and struggling to breath.  I am glad that she is no longer suffering and look upon her passing as a gift from God.  I will miss her.  She taught me a great lesson about life and why it is important to never give up on trying to improve my health.

Even with the loss of our Aunt and Sister my family still had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas.  

I held true to my word and went to Weight Watchers first thing Friday morning.  After a few glitches I was able to finally get onto the website and start moving forward on with my journey.  I will have my first official weight on Friday and will let you all know how I make out.

My in laws are officially moved into the house for a few months and so far so good.  

I am looking forward to the New Year things can only get better for me from here on out.

Til next time.

Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's the most wonderful time of the Year!

It's the most wonderful time of the year to be with family & friends.  This Christmas I will be spending it with my Husband, Mom & Dad remembering what the day really stands for.   

Then at 8:30 Friday morning I will be at Weight Watchers signing up.  This is going to be a Christmas present to myself.  I am not waiting for the new year to get started with the changes I want to make for the better in my life.

I often say "Life is to Short to not be Happy."  Now, I am taking the steps to make sure that My Happy Life is not to Short.

I know I will have struggles in the future.  I can think of a food one right now that will start when my in laws move in for a few months. 

For those of you who don't know I am an American girl who fell head over heels in love with an Indian boy from the other  side of the world many years ago.  Our love has stayed strong through the struggles of getting my husbands parents to accept us together along with other issues.  Don't get me wrong I love them its just there old school thinking makes life difficult at times.

So let the Holiday fun begin...