Its been a while! Far too long actually, but things have been super crazy this last month.
So, last you heard from me here, we were waiting on the appraisal. It went perfectly, papers were signed! It was lots of signatures! Apartment fully packed and ready to go, dog very confused by everything, lots of daycare time for him, truck rented and then we waited. Friday, May 27, we got our keys around 10 am. It was an amazing feeling! Our first house! We made a few trips back and forth with stuff, came back later with Nate and the dog. Dog had no idea what to make of things and was ready to go home again.
Next day, got the truck, took dog to daycare, loaded up and got most of it in two loads. Ozzy was super confused. He left the apartment and everything was fine, got home to find all of the stuff was gone. Or most of it. He had no idea what to think. He was ok at finding his things at the new place though. Its taken him this whole time to finally settle in and start to relax. He is seriously enjoying his freedom, and his own backyard! He went out all on his own the other day, went potty and came back looking all proud of himself!
For our side of things, it was crazy! Painting happened in every room but main bedroom and bathroom. Tim's office was blue and he made it a soft gray, my craft/guest room was white, and we made it a soft creamy tan like color, the kitchen got the same, and we got a color called Eider White for the living room and hallway. So much better! Curtains were purchased and hung, as there were no window coverings. The bathroom got an update, a new fancy Dual Flush toilet, a nice vanity and medicine cabinet. Lots of little things happened as well. Furniture was arranged and made how we liked it. It now feels like home!
We are very grateful for Tim's parents. They came and helped out with everything, with out their wonderful help, it would never have gotten done as fast, we would probably be still working on it! Thank you!!
We ate like crap as well! I am seriously surprised I didnt gain too much. Only a few pounds which I am working to get back off. Lots of fast food, pizza and Chinese, donuts. Not good. Was super happy when my kitchen was in working order and I could make food again! It was great! Been trying to eat better, but its slow going.
I also stopped taking my Melatonin supplements. Read how a study had been done, and they found that some people have a genetic thingy that makes it so that Melatonin doesnt work how it is supposed to. It absorbs into cells and blocks insulin resistance and causes much higher blood sugars. So, as I was having very high numbers, out of curiosity sake, I stopped taking it. And low and behold, the numbers dropped! Still high, as I am not eating right, but they dropped! I was also having to take quite a lot just to fall asleep, and then waking up two hours later anyway.
Beacuse of this though, I've seriously messed up my sleeping. Which is why Im posting this so early! Im still awake! I slept till 4pm yesterday as I didnt sleep the night before. Going to try and stay up as long as possible today and try and fix it.
Our friends came to visit us last weekend, and it was fun! The boys did projects, they flew a drone and took video of the house from outside, Sarah and I went and had sushi! So tasty! We also went and checked out Bradley Lake Park and walked around it.
We stopped into Sports Authority, they are going out of business, and the sign said 20-40% off, but the only thing higher than 20% were cleats. Dont need those! I did get a jump rope. Tested it out when I got home and discovered a serious need for a better bra!
Well, there is the update! I hope to start doing better about writing these things as I hope to start eating better and working out more!
Have a great day!
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Bad me!
So I am apparently very bad at this whole blogging thing. *sigh* I just forget to do it each night, or just don't have anything to talk about so I put it off.
Doing pretty good though! Have managed to stay mostly under 170lbs and I've been trying to eat better still, though now I've been fighting with my blood sugar. Its been up rather high again as I've been sort of snack eating instead of meals. And it doesn't help that both Tim and I are like Hexagons... All our Hecks are Gone! We are in a limbo stage, just waiting. I hate waiting. The appraisal was on Wednesday and we still haven't heard back yet. So I'm in wander mode, which usually leads me into the kitchen, which means I find something to eat.
Getting things done with this though, most days. Some days I feel overwhelmed and don't know what to do with myself, and not knowing what is going on with things, I retreat to my room and read to take my mind off of things. I've read quite a number of horrible romance novels this last week!
Tim has been home the last two days, so he's been a bit busy. He got the office mostly packed up and his desk dismantled so I have room to stack boxes as I pack them now. Things are starting to look empty.
Anyone ever heard of Pre-move Inspections? I certainly haven't! But apparently its something that this company does. They will be in on Monday to do so. I have no idea what its about, but maybe to check and be like, Ok, this this and that need to be cleaned, we are going to charge for this that and that or something like it? Not sure. Means I have to clean tomorrow. House is a disaster... as usual!
Cleaned out the fridge the other day, it was full of junk and old stuff again. Lots of half or mostly empty cartons of chicken broth.... gunna have to go back to cans I suppose! It was rather empty looking inside once I was done too! Then I cleaned out both the top freezer and the big chest freezer and everything is now in the top freezer. Trying to use as much as I can with out buying more so I don't have to transport or find a way to store it if closing goes longer than we have here.
Went shopping today and filled the fridge a little more though. As I am trying to get my sugars under control, and eat better, it was lots of fruits and veggies to nom this week. I am only cooking for myself until Friday. Tim is out of town for a Training thing for work. Ill be taking him to the airport in a few hours for that.
Been walking with Ozzy more, but I'm a bit afraid to go anywhere with him at the moment. There have been 4 shootings around here this last week, one less than a mile away from here. I don't even like taking him out for his pre-bedtime potty trip.
For some odd reason, last summer I bought a pair of shorts that were on sale, and they were a size 9. I remember trying them on and they fit ok, but a week later, I couldn't even get them buttoned and haven't been able to since. Today I tried them on again, and I got them buttoned! Omg they were tight but I buttoned them! Woo! Progress! I think if I can keep my weight under 170, before we move, Ill do another dreaded picture.
I need to restart that Planking challenge again as well. Had a few days where first my knee hurt really bad, then it was both knee and hip, then my lower back. It was to the point that walking made me want to cry. I think its that stupid Sciatica Nerve thats causing it all. But with all that going on, I missed a few days. Was up to 45 seconds too. Im sad, was doing so well! Oh well. I will start again once we are moved and settled in. Too much else going on right now!
Well thats all for now! Ill try to update more often. (even facebook doesnt get many posts, just lots of shares) For now, good night!
Doing pretty good though! Have managed to stay mostly under 170lbs and I've been trying to eat better still, though now I've been fighting with my blood sugar. Its been up rather high again as I've been sort of snack eating instead of meals. And it doesn't help that both Tim and I are like Hexagons... All our Hecks are Gone! We are in a limbo stage, just waiting. I hate waiting. The appraisal was on Wednesday and we still haven't heard back yet. So I'm in wander mode, which usually leads me into the kitchen, which means I find something to eat.
Getting things done with this though, most days. Some days I feel overwhelmed and don't know what to do with myself, and not knowing what is going on with things, I retreat to my room and read to take my mind off of things. I've read quite a number of horrible romance novels this last week!
Tim has been home the last two days, so he's been a bit busy. He got the office mostly packed up and his desk dismantled so I have room to stack boxes as I pack them now. Things are starting to look empty.
Anyone ever heard of Pre-move Inspections? I certainly haven't! But apparently its something that this company does. They will be in on Monday to do so. I have no idea what its about, but maybe to check and be like, Ok, this this and that need to be cleaned, we are going to charge for this that and that or something like it? Not sure. Means I have to clean tomorrow. House is a disaster... as usual!
Cleaned out the fridge the other day, it was full of junk and old stuff again. Lots of half or mostly empty cartons of chicken broth.... gunna have to go back to cans I suppose! It was rather empty looking inside once I was done too! Then I cleaned out both the top freezer and the big chest freezer and everything is now in the top freezer. Trying to use as much as I can with out buying more so I don't have to transport or find a way to store it if closing goes longer than we have here.
Went shopping today and filled the fridge a little more though. As I am trying to get my sugars under control, and eat better, it was lots of fruits and veggies to nom this week. I am only cooking for myself until Friday. Tim is out of town for a Training thing for work. Ill be taking him to the airport in a few hours for that.
Been walking with Ozzy more, but I'm a bit afraid to go anywhere with him at the moment. There have been 4 shootings around here this last week, one less than a mile away from here. I don't even like taking him out for his pre-bedtime potty trip.
For some odd reason, last summer I bought a pair of shorts that were on sale, and they were a size 9. I remember trying them on and they fit ok, but a week later, I couldn't even get them buttoned and haven't been able to since. Today I tried them on again, and I got them buttoned! Omg they were tight but I buttoned them! Woo! Progress! I think if I can keep my weight under 170, before we move, Ill do another dreaded picture.
I need to restart that Planking challenge again as well. Had a few days where first my knee hurt really bad, then it was both knee and hip, then my lower back. It was to the point that walking made me want to cry. I think its that stupid Sciatica Nerve thats causing it all. But with all that going on, I missed a few days. Was up to 45 seconds too. Im sad, was doing so well! Oh well. I will start again once we are moved and settled in. Too much else going on right now!
Well thats all for now! Ill try to update more often. (even facebook doesnt get many posts, just lots of shares) For now, good night!
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Planking!
I'm feeling pretty good right now! Got my weekly fitbit report and I've walked 40,421 steps in the last 7 days! I've averaged 5774 steps daily. Obviously some more and some less. My best day was 7153 steps! Woo! Go me!
I am on day three of this 30 day Plank Challenge too. Day one and two were 20 second ones and I barely made it! Thought today was going to be super hard at 30 seconds, but I made it through the 20 second mark easy! Last ten were harder, but not bad at all! For whatever reason though it makes my left shoulder hurt, so I will have to be careful. By the end of this, I should be able to hold the plank for 5 minutes!
I am doing this because my core strength is horrible and this will help a ton! With all the walking and packing I'm doing, I hope to loose maybe 10 more pounds by the end of the month! I need to stop snacking though. After being stressed out for a week, and hardly eating the whole week, I seem to be hungry all the time now and keep finding myself snacking. I need to get some good healthy low/no carb things to munch on instead of chips or mochi.
I am really trying to keep from adding to the fridge though. I want to try and use what I have before the move, just in case closing goes a few days beyond our last day here and we have to store stuffs. Canned goods are fine, but fridge and freezer need to be emptied as best as I can get them.
We still have some stuff to do to get this whole thing going, mostly some info we need to provide, and if we can get it all done, hopefully we can close early! That would be great!
Tim will be gone middle of the month, most of the packing is going to be up to me anyway, so that's not bad. I am just not sure I am comfortable being home alone for six days after we were broken into. Anyone wanna come stay with me? I mean, I know they caught one dude, and the other is probably laying low for the time being, but still. I'm still not secure feeling in my own home. I keep locking my front door just to take Ozzy out potty, when I'm not going more then a few feet from the door. Cant wait to be out of here!
And before you ask, no, Tim cannot cancel his trip. It is a training thing, and he was recommended for it and accepted, and it apparently cost a ton, and there are no more for this year. He would have to be recommended and accepted all over again to take it next year.
Oh well. I am sure I will survive. The windows are all barred and I keep everything locked down tight now.
On that note, I am hungry, so I am off to make dinner! Spaghetti!
I am on day three of this 30 day Plank Challenge too. Day one and two were 20 second ones and I barely made it! Thought today was going to be super hard at 30 seconds, but I made it through the 20 second mark easy! Last ten were harder, but not bad at all! For whatever reason though it makes my left shoulder hurt, so I will have to be careful. By the end of this, I should be able to hold the plank for 5 minutes!
I am doing this because my core strength is horrible and this will help a ton! With all the walking and packing I'm doing, I hope to loose maybe 10 more pounds by the end of the month! I need to stop snacking though. After being stressed out for a week, and hardly eating the whole week, I seem to be hungry all the time now and keep finding myself snacking. I need to get some good healthy low/no carb things to munch on instead of chips or mochi.
I am really trying to keep from adding to the fridge though. I want to try and use what I have before the move, just in case closing goes a few days beyond our last day here and we have to store stuffs. Canned goods are fine, but fridge and freezer need to be emptied as best as I can get them.
We still have some stuff to do to get this whole thing going, mostly some info we need to provide, and if we can get it all done, hopefully we can close early! That would be great!
Tim will be gone middle of the month, most of the packing is going to be up to me anyway, so that's not bad. I am just not sure I am comfortable being home alone for six days after we were broken into. Anyone wanna come stay with me? I mean, I know they caught one dude, and the other is probably laying low for the time being, but still. I'm still not secure feeling in my own home. I keep locking my front door just to take Ozzy out potty, when I'm not going more then a few feet from the door. Cant wait to be out of here!
And before you ask, no, Tim cannot cancel his trip. It is a training thing, and he was recommended for it and accepted, and it apparently cost a ton, and there are no more for this year. He would have to be recommended and accepted all over again to take it next year.
Oh well. I am sure I will survive. The windows are all barred and I keep everything locked down tight now.
On that note, I am hungry, so I am off to make dinner! Spaghetti!
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Things and Stuffs
Been a week since my last post. Things have happened! A few hours after I posted the last post, we got the call that said our offer was accepted on the house! Woo! They are paying our closing as well so that's great! So happy!
As the week went by, I started to calm down after the break in. Not as scared to be alone in the apartment now, which is good since Tim has to go away for a week in two weeks! Then on Thursday, even more good news!!
If you are on my Facebook, you will have seen this already.
They caught one of the thieves and we got some of our stuff back! Not a lot of it, but some, and that is huge for us. My Macbook Air (which I am using right now!), my kindle, Tim's work laptop and backpack, and some personal things from nightstands. Its not nearly everything, but its something. They are looking for the other guy still, know who he is and everything. So there is some possibility we will see more stuff again, but I'm not holding my breath.
Saturday we had the inspection on the house, and it went great! Only a few cosmetic fixes, they kept good care of the house, so now we wait for the septic inspection, the appraisal, and loan stuff to finish up. Aiming to close end of the month!
In health news, haven't been quite as stressed so I've actually been eating again, which means I'm having to fight to keep those few pounds I lost off! Today, as its the first, started a core strengthening challenge, started with a 20 second plank. Now, you wouldn't think it would be that hard... yeah that was super tough! I was shaking so hard at the end. Soon as the 20 seconds were up I collapsed! Dog thought it was the best time to attack and lick me! Evil thing!
Been walking a lot too, averaging around 5500 steps each day, need to get that up higher. But trying to not over do it. Its going to get crazy here with packing everything as the month goes on.
I'm so excited for it all! I cant wait to have our own place that I can paint and do as I please to! Well with in limits as I wont have much money, but still! My own place!!!
All for now! Need to get back to tidying up!
As the week went by, I started to calm down after the break in. Not as scared to be alone in the apartment now, which is good since Tim has to go away for a week in two weeks! Then on Thursday, even more good news!!
If you are on my Facebook, you will have seen this already.
They caught one of the thieves and we got some of our stuff back! Not a lot of it, but some, and that is huge for us. My Macbook Air (which I am using right now!), my kindle, Tim's work laptop and backpack, and some personal things from nightstands. Its not nearly everything, but its something. They are looking for the other guy still, know who he is and everything. So there is some possibility we will see more stuff again, but I'm not holding my breath.
Saturday we had the inspection on the house, and it went great! Only a few cosmetic fixes, they kept good care of the house, so now we wait for the septic inspection, the appraisal, and loan stuff to finish up. Aiming to close end of the month!
In health news, haven't been quite as stressed so I've actually been eating again, which means I'm having to fight to keep those few pounds I lost off! Today, as its the first, started a core strengthening challenge, started with a 20 second plank. Now, you wouldn't think it would be that hard... yeah that was super tough! I was shaking so hard at the end. Soon as the 20 seconds were up I collapsed! Dog thought it was the best time to attack and lick me! Evil thing!
Been walking a lot too, averaging around 5500 steps each day, need to get that up higher. But trying to not over do it. Its going to get crazy here with packing everything as the month goes on.
I'm so excited for it all! I cant wait to have our own place that I can paint and do as I please to! Well with in limits as I wont have much money, but still! My own place!!!
All for now! Need to get back to tidying up!
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Yeah...
Friday started out as a fantastic day. We found a cute little house we liked (and when I say little I mean it lol) and is perfect for us, so we went ahead and started the offer process. Waiting to hear back now! Hate waiting.
Great day! Went to the store and got home.... bad day! Door was unlocked, house ransacked, stuff gone! Police called, report made, credit cards cancelled, checking account frozen, all passwords changed. I set my macbook to lock and leave a nasty message should it be used. It pinged the internet yesterday afternoon and locked up. I forwarded the info to the officer. Hoping to hear something soon.
Stress... so much of it, lots of fear too. Haven't been sleeping well, not eating much, no will to do anything. Lost a few pounds.
Today was actually better though. Still super upset, have the fireplace poker by my bed, dowels in every window. But I ate today. I had burritos for lunch, and didn't feel sick after, so I got the motivation to cook and actually had a healthy meal for dinner. Pork chops, salad and wild rice.
The exhaustion caught up to me this afternoon and I slept a few hours. So that probably helped quite a bit too!
My neighbor is awesome. She brought me chocolate cake that she made.
One of Tim's coworkers is awesome and is going to let us store stuff at his place until we get moved, and he came by tonight to get a bunch of Tim's work electronics to get them to a safer place. We know the likelihood of it happening again is low, but we just do not feel safe at the moment. And because of that, we are moving regardless of if we get this house or not. Though we are seriously hoping we do, because I cant take anymore negative right now.
I just need all this over with so I can move on. Should know tomorrow if we got the place or not. I will keep y'all updated!
For now, Im going back to being curled up in my chair.
Nighty night
Great day! Went to the store and got home.... bad day! Door was unlocked, house ransacked, stuff gone! Police called, report made, credit cards cancelled, checking account frozen, all passwords changed. I set my macbook to lock and leave a nasty message should it be used. It pinged the internet yesterday afternoon and locked up. I forwarded the info to the officer. Hoping to hear something soon.
Stress... so much of it, lots of fear too. Haven't been sleeping well, not eating much, no will to do anything. Lost a few pounds.
Today was actually better though. Still super upset, have the fireplace poker by my bed, dowels in every window. But I ate today. I had burritos for lunch, and didn't feel sick after, so I got the motivation to cook and actually had a healthy meal for dinner. Pork chops, salad and wild rice.
The exhaustion caught up to me this afternoon and I slept a few hours. So that probably helped quite a bit too!
My neighbor is awesome. She brought me chocolate cake that she made.
One of Tim's coworkers is awesome and is going to let us store stuff at his place until we get moved, and he came by tonight to get a bunch of Tim's work electronics to get them to a safer place. We know the likelihood of it happening again is low, but we just do not feel safe at the moment. And because of that, we are moving regardless of if we get this house or not. Though we are seriously hoping we do, because I cant take anymore negative right now.
I just need all this over with so I can move on. Should know tomorrow if we got the place or not. I will keep y'all updated!
For now, Im going back to being curled up in my chair.
Nighty night
Monday, April 18, 2016
Waiting...
We found a house we liked! Woo! Put in an offer, but they will not review them until the 24th, which sucks. But we really like it so we are willing to go into this bidding war swords drawn! Now we play the waiting game! I hate waiting!!!
We got to see some really amazing houses... not in good ways! One of them, was a 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom farm house styled home, that I loved from the listing pictures. Yeah... place was a maze. It was quirky and random and I loved it. What turned us off? One, it needed a lot of work... everything in the place was painted white, even the floors, which were a mix of wood and concrete. Number two? You walk into the bathroom, and you are like ok... its a bathroom. Look to your left, wall and window, to your right... OH looky!! The kitchen!! While this wouldn't be so bad normally, THERE WAS NO DOOR!!!!!!! There wasn't even a place a door used to be! It was just an opening into the kitchen! Maybe it used to be a small room that was converted at some point and the place used to have an outhouse? But why NO DOOR????? Why wouldn't you put in a door? Bizarre!
I've managed to keep myself at 169.3 lbs the last two days! I'm super happy about that! Haven't been eating as much because I've been so busy and not at home, but what I was eating amounted to fast food and snacks. Today I tried to be a bit better, but I need to go shopping.
Not sure if that will happen or if I am going to have to try and leave dog home. We got up this morning and he had a nasty red mark on his belly. I thought maybe he bruised it or something. Well as the day went on, it faded down some and now it sort of looks like ringworm. Have a vet appointment in the morning. Sigh... Not what we need right now, extra expenses and him not able to go to day care! I seriously hope I'm being a hypochondriac about this! Also... I spelled that correctly on the first try! Woot! Go me!
Dinner is Madras Lentils over brown rice, with curried chicken and veggies! Mmm... cant wait! I know I am eating super late, but wasn't hungry till recently and then got distracted and forgot to start my rice to cooking!
All for now! Nighty night!
We got to see some really amazing houses... not in good ways! One of them, was a 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom farm house styled home, that I loved from the listing pictures. Yeah... place was a maze. It was quirky and random and I loved it. What turned us off? One, it needed a lot of work... everything in the place was painted white, even the floors, which were a mix of wood and concrete. Number two? You walk into the bathroom, and you are like ok... its a bathroom. Look to your left, wall and window, to your right... OH looky!! The kitchen!! While this wouldn't be so bad normally, THERE WAS NO DOOR!!!!!!! There wasn't even a place a door used to be! It was just an opening into the kitchen! Maybe it used to be a small room that was converted at some point and the place used to have an outhouse? But why NO DOOR????? Why wouldn't you put in a door? Bizarre!
I've managed to keep myself at 169.3 lbs the last two days! I'm super happy about that! Haven't been eating as much because I've been so busy and not at home, but what I was eating amounted to fast food and snacks. Today I tried to be a bit better, but I need to go shopping.
Not sure if that will happen or if I am going to have to try and leave dog home. We got up this morning and he had a nasty red mark on his belly. I thought maybe he bruised it or something. Well as the day went on, it faded down some and now it sort of looks like ringworm. Have a vet appointment in the morning. Sigh... Not what we need right now, extra expenses and him not able to go to day care! I seriously hope I'm being a hypochondriac about this! Also... I spelled that correctly on the first try! Woot! Go me!
Dinner is Madras Lentils over brown rice, with curried chicken and veggies! Mmm... cant wait! I know I am eating super late, but wasn't hungry till recently and then got distracted and forgot to start my rice to cooking!
All for now! Nighty night!
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Days...
Been a few days now. We did not get the Spanaway rental so instead we've been really busy with research of neighborhoods and houses and all that. Went and gor pre-approved for loan stuff, found a bunch of cute houses in Tacoma we liked until we actually got in to see them. Had a wonderful realtor lady show us a bunch this evening and we are meeting up with her again tomorrow evening to look at more in Puyallup. It is neat to see some of these houses.
Been a bit/lot stressed out over all this. I am super glad that I am not a stress eater!! Apparently though, I am stress OCD. I clean, my thing about wet hands has gotten worse the past few days, and I cannot go by the lumber yard down along the port road with out freaking out over the giant stacks of even at one end, uneven at the other, bundles of wood.
Havent had much time to walk, no idea what my true step counts are the last few days either. And I've but not esten so well, but.....I have somehow managed to loose a few lbs! Im at 169.3!!! I'm so happy! I was so excited I had to take a pic of the numbers. I am using my phone, so hopefully I can work out how to add a picture.
Thats all for now. I'm pooped!
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Day 24- Waiting.......
No news yet... I hate waiting! Its one of those things, I just need to know! Did we or didn't we get the place? AHHHH!
Went to bed at like 3am as I had to be up at a decent time. Got up and took dog to daycare once we were ready, then I went off to the Gene Juarez Academy place for my appointment and got to be one of the students' models. She did a really good job on my hair, so Im happy. There was a teacher there to make sure nothing went wrong, and there was a lesson in the middle of it. My hair is all nice and soft and straight and pretty!
Usually when I get my hair cut, I am super self conscious looking at myself in the mirror, I feel that my face is too chubby and get embarrassed, but today, I didn't look like that so I felt really good! I got a bit of pampering as well, a nice scalp massage during a shampoo and conditioning.
Went to Costco and Winco, did some shopping for dinner, went and got the dog and stopped off to get lunch at the Teriyaki place. Was pretty tasty and instead of your whole thing being rice with the meat on top like most the others around here, it was a scoop of rice, salad and then the meat. I was happy.
Relaxed a bit then did some dishes and then Tim got home early! Woo! He's been working late almost every night the last two weeks, so that was nice!
Didnt get as many steps today unfortunately. My shoes rubbed my toes raw and blistered them, and from walking the dog park yesterday, the muscles in my rear and thighs are killing me! At this moment, Fitbit is counting 3995 steps, so better than I thought. I didnt think I had gone that far! Definately a bath tonight to soak achey muscles! I really need to get a bath pillow to use instead of my rolled up towels!
Dinner was a very tasty salad wrap and then just salad after. Should have gotten some fruit while I was out, but didnt think about it. Oh well!
Thats all for tonight! Continue keeping those fingers crossed and lucky vibes heading this way! Thanks!
Went to bed at like 3am as I had to be up at a decent time. Got up and took dog to daycare once we were ready, then I went off to the Gene Juarez Academy place for my appointment and got to be one of the students' models. She did a really good job on my hair, so Im happy. There was a teacher there to make sure nothing went wrong, and there was a lesson in the middle of it. My hair is all nice and soft and straight and pretty!
Went to Costco and Winco, did some shopping for dinner, went and got the dog and stopped off to get lunch at the Teriyaki place. Was pretty tasty and instead of your whole thing being rice with the meat on top like most the others around here, it was a scoop of rice, salad and then the meat. I was happy.
Relaxed a bit then did some dishes and then Tim got home early! Woo! He's been working late almost every night the last two weeks, so that was nice!
Didnt get as many steps today unfortunately. My shoes rubbed my toes raw and blistered them, and from walking the dog park yesterday, the muscles in my rear and thighs are killing me! At this moment, Fitbit is counting 3995 steps, so better than I thought. I didnt think I had gone that far! Definately a bath tonight to soak achey muscles! I really need to get a bath pillow to use instead of my rolled up towels!
Dinner was a very tasty salad wrap and then just salad after. Should have gotten some fruit while I was out, but didnt think about it. Oh well!
Thats all for tonight! Continue keeping those fingers crossed and lucky vibes heading this way! Thanks!
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Day 23- Hopeful
I dozed off in my chair last night... Yeah... I was awake until about 9 am after I woke up. *sigh* Got up near 3pm and had some wonderfully tasty toast, got some sweet wheat and oat bread from Fred Meyer and it is amazing! I need to learn to make similar bread!
Got dog ready and off we went! Got nearly to the park and the rain started, but that didn't stop us. Hardly anyone there, but it meant I got to walk a lot since Ozzy had no other dogs to really distract him! Todays step total is 5130. Not where I wanted, but pretty good!
I made lemon dill salmon with brown rice and sautéed/steamed baby bok choy. Was very tasty! Now Im relaxing in my chair. My legs hurt from being at the park, got cold and wet. Took some tylenol and they are a bit better. Might take a bath and soak em.
Tim got a call from the people who are renting the Spanaway house! We are in the top 3! We should know by tomorrow, Thursday at the latest! Keep your fingers crossed for us! Its not where we would like to be, but its a nice little house and it has plenty of room for us and a yard for Ozzy! It only adds like an extra 20 mins to my trip to my Mom's house, so thats not bad at all. Tim will have a bit more of a commute for work, but this will help keep us on the saving/paying off debt plan!
All for now!
Got dog ready and off we went! Got nearly to the park and the rain started, but that didn't stop us. Hardly anyone there, but it meant I got to walk a lot since Ozzy had no other dogs to really distract him! Todays step total is 5130. Not where I wanted, but pretty good!
I made lemon dill salmon with brown rice and sautéed/steamed baby bok choy. Was very tasty! Now Im relaxing in my chair. My legs hurt from being at the park, got cold and wet. Took some tylenol and they are a bit better. Might take a bath and soak em.
Tim got a call from the people who are renting the Spanaway house! We are in the top 3! We should know by tomorrow, Thursday at the latest! Keep your fingers crossed for us! Its not where we would like to be, but its a nice little house and it has plenty of room for us and a yard for Ozzy! It only adds like an extra 20 mins to my trip to my Mom's house, so thats not bad at all. Tim will have a bit more of a commute for work, but this will help keep us on the saving/paying off debt plan!
All for now!
Monday, April 11, 2016
Day 19, 20, 21 & 22 - Stress
The last few days have been rather stressful. On Friday, we found out that they are going to be raising our rent by nearly $200 and for the place with live in, thats just too much. While its a nice little apartment, it is just that, little. For the same price, we can find a small house with a yard to live in. Friday while annoyed, we were optimistic.
I took dog to the park and we walked all over, by end of day, I had 5654 steps! It was great! Saturday was as I expected, in the car for a while, sitting around chatting at the bbq we went to, but I did get some exercise in walking down to the creek and back up the hill. I have been so stuffed up that coming back up that hill, while not big, was enough to get my heart thumping and me gasping for air! When we got home, we really got into looking for places to move to!
That was when discouragement hit us! It is stupidly expensive to rent right now! In our area, there is hardly anything under $1500 a month, and if there is, it is something even smaller than we are in now! Its ridiculous! We are having to look way out of the area we want to be in.
Any one know of anyone renting a house, 2-3 bedrooms and 2 baths for around 13-1400 a month?
Oy, would be so much easier to give in and just try to get prequalified for a loan and buy, but we dont have the time for that either. Not when we have to be out by end of next month. It sucks.
Yesterday, we had found a few prospectives, and went and looked. We did put in an application on a place in Spanaway, but there were so many people there doing the same since it was an open house, we arent feeling very lucky, though I do wonder how many of them can boast $0 in credit cards?
Second place we stopped at we found out was a scam. Someone was using the dude who owned it's name and scamming people. It had been rented a few days prior, and the guy lives in China for work! Bunch of BS! People suck! So yeah, got home and did more looking, nothing much came up though.
I just have to keep going!
Today hasnt been that great. I have a horrible headache, cant see well but the bridge of my nose is so sore that I cant wear my glasses with out pain and making the headache worse. Im super tired too. Hopefully this sinus crap will end soon and I can go back to my walking with out feeling like Im about to pass out. Made it to the mailbox and back today and was exhausted!
Sorry for all the bitching today, but I just needed to get it out there and vent a little.
On a good note, I've lost a few pounds, and they are actually staying off. Nothing significant, just 2-3lbs, but enough to make me happy, and to show that progress is being made, if rather slowly. But progress is progress!
On that note, time to take more meds and maybe a nap!
I took dog to the park and we walked all over, by end of day, I had 5654 steps! It was great! Saturday was as I expected, in the car for a while, sitting around chatting at the bbq we went to, but I did get some exercise in walking down to the creek and back up the hill. I have been so stuffed up that coming back up that hill, while not big, was enough to get my heart thumping and me gasping for air! When we got home, we really got into looking for places to move to!
That was when discouragement hit us! It is stupidly expensive to rent right now! In our area, there is hardly anything under $1500 a month, and if there is, it is something even smaller than we are in now! Its ridiculous! We are having to look way out of the area we want to be in.
Any one know of anyone renting a house, 2-3 bedrooms and 2 baths for around 13-1400 a month?
Oy, would be so much easier to give in and just try to get prequalified for a loan and buy, but we dont have the time for that either. Not when we have to be out by end of next month. It sucks.
Yesterday, we had found a few prospectives, and went and looked. We did put in an application on a place in Spanaway, but there were so many people there doing the same since it was an open house, we arent feeling very lucky, though I do wonder how many of them can boast $0 in credit cards?
Second place we stopped at we found out was a scam. Someone was using the dude who owned it's name and scamming people. It had been rented a few days prior, and the guy lives in China for work! Bunch of BS! People suck! So yeah, got home and did more looking, nothing much came up though.
I just have to keep going!
Today hasnt been that great. I have a horrible headache, cant see well but the bridge of my nose is so sore that I cant wear my glasses with out pain and making the headache worse. Im super tired too. Hopefully this sinus crap will end soon and I can go back to my walking with out feeling like Im about to pass out. Made it to the mailbox and back today and was exhausted!
Sorry for all the bitching today, but I just needed to get it out there and vent a little.
On a good note, I've lost a few pounds, and they are actually staying off. Nothing significant, just 2-3lbs, but enough to make me happy, and to show that progress is being made, if rather slowly. But progress is progress!
On that note, time to take more meds and maybe a nap!
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Day 18- Steps!
Today was full of evil tree sex induced pain. I woke up seriously cranky, stuffy and sneezy with the beginnings of a sore throat and a nasty headache. I reluctantly got up and walked and fed Ozzy, then took meds and passed back out. Slept fitfully until 4pm. Not sleeping tonight it seems v.v
Headache was pretty much gone and I felt better, so I got up and dressed, nommed a snack and then put my shoes on and grabbed my light running jacket from the closet. I hadn't worn this thing in a few years, as the last time I had it on, it was too tight and uncomfortable. Figuring since I had lost weight since then, it would still be snug, but not as bad, I decided to try it. It HUNG from my body!!!! It both made me feel great and depressed. Great, as I had lost enough for it to hang like that, but depressed that I had an XXL jacket that was super tight on me at one point. I hadn't realized that I had been that big, that I had gained so much all those years back. Now I still have to wear XL tops because my chest wont allow any smaller, I am also in Medium (size 10) bottoms now! Its a great feeling to know I've come so far and makes me enthused to go even further.
So, with that newfound enthusiasm, I got the dog on his leash and off we went! It was gorgeous and warm so we walked for quite some time. I had planned to go even further, but he was getting warm and was panting. I need to make him some paw wax to help his feets as it gets warmer. By the time we got back, he was pooped and my feet hurt! Rubbed the backs raw on my shoes, I need to get some good bandaids or something to help with that. But, I am pleased! I had walked 4500 steps in that one walk! And as of right now, I've gone a total of 5042 steps for today! Super happy! Not sure what my goal for today was supposed to be, I got all mixed up lol but I will take the 4500 as my goal and aim for 5000 tomorrow!
Had a combo pizza for dinner, lots of veggies on it. Tim's been home late, so we've been eating late and I didn't want that today. Nate is coming to visit tomorrow, so Ill make something veggie like for us for dinners. Saturday I wont really have a good step count, as I will be in the car most the day again, and most of my steps will be false ones from the ride. Just means I will have to make up for it on Sunday instead!
I also cracked today and got me a diet Coke. I had no bubbly drinks at home (been drinking talking rain sparkling water), and you have to have bubbly drinks with pizza. Ill go back to bubbly water and plain water tomorrow after I go to the store.
I found some really good looking dinner salad recipes, and I cannot wait to try them. I've saved them in my Salads folder in Pinterest. They all were meat ones, so I have to find a vegetarian one for tomorrow night.
Well thats it for today, any suggestions on how to prevent rubbing on the backs of my heels is welcome!
Thanks for reading! Nighty night!
Headache was pretty much gone and I felt better, so I got up and dressed, nommed a snack and then put my shoes on and grabbed my light running jacket from the closet. I hadn't worn this thing in a few years, as the last time I had it on, it was too tight and uncomfortable. Figuring since I had lost weight since then, it would still be snug, but not as bad, I decided to try it. It HUNG from my body!!!! It both made me feel great and depressed. Great, as I had lost enough for it to hang like that, but depressed that I had an XXL jacket that was super tight on me at one point. I hadn't realized that I had been that big, that I had gained so much all those years back. Now I still have to wear XL tops because my chest wont allow any smaller, I am also in Medium (size 10) bottoms now! Its a great feeling to know I've come so far and makes me enthused to go even further.
So, with that newfound enthusiasm, I got the dog on his leash and off we went! It was gorgeous and warm so we walked for quite some time. I had planned to go even further, but he was getting warm and was panting. I need to make him some paw wax to help his feets as it gets warmer. By the time we got back, he was pooped and my feet hurt! Rubbed the backs raw on my shoes, I need to get some good bandaids or something to help with that. But, I am pleased! I had walked 4500 steps in that one walk! And as of right now, I've gone a total of 5042 steps for today! Super happy! Not sure what my goal for today was supposed to be, I got all mixed up lol but I will take the 4500 as my goal and aim for 5000 tomorrow!
Had a combo pizza for dinner, lots of veggies on it. Tim's been home late, so we've been eating late and I didn't want that today. Nate is coming to visit tomorrow, so Ill make something veggie like for us for dinners. Saturday I wont really have a good step count, as I will be in the car most the day again, and most of my steps will be false ones from the ride. Just means I will have to make up for it on Sunday instead!
I also cracked today and got me a diet Coke. I had no bubbly drinks at home (been drinking talking rain sparkling water), and you have to have bubbly drinks with pizza. Ill go back to bubbly water and plain water tomorrow after I go to the store.
I found some really good looking dinner salad recipes, and I cannot wait to try them. I've saved them in my Salads folder in Pinterest. They all were meat ones, so I have to find a vegetarian one for tomorrow night.
Well thats it for today, any suggestions on how to prevent rubbing on the backs of my heels is welcome!
Thanks for reading! Nighty night!
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Day 15, 16 & 17- Stuff!
Monday I took Aya home, she had a melt down not wanting to go, but finally gave in when she was told she could play on my tablet. Had to stop for a potty run due to my tummy, and found she was playing a game she had been told she wasn't allowed to play numerous times, as it wasn't a kids game at all, and got it taken away from her. She threw a fit and was told that if she couldn't listen she wouldn't get to come back and she settled down again and was quiet the rest of the ride. Got her home again and then helped mom with making some labels then finally headed home.
Had a grand total of 4288 steps, but I am pretty sure most of those were false steps from being in the car for four hours, I know the 13 floors that my Fitbit thought I climbed definitely were!
Yesterday, Tuesday, I got up late, but thats ok, I needed the sleep! I spent my afternoon watching Merlin on Netflix while I folded all the laundry. Then Ozzy and I just chilled and I read for a while. Some how I managed to get 4173 steps in! I had given it up as a fail, but I was only a few hundred short of my goal, so its not as bad as I thought!
Couldn't sleep last night at all, so I was awake until Tim got up for work this morning. I was rudely awakened two hours later by hammering noises from the renovations upstairs. Today was new carpet day apparently in that apartment. I went back to sleep and then was up around 1pm v.v I ate a piece of mochi while Ozzy had his lunch and then we hopped in the car and off to the park we went! We walked around the park fully twice, which was awesome, and started a third when he took off and I knew that was that. He found his little friend Bella and was done with the walking! It was play time then!
We got home and went and got the mail, then came in and I had lunch. Then it was dishes and a bit of tidying the kitchen and then I read for a while again. Didn't reach my goal at all though for steps, so Im a bit disappointed. Only managed to get in 3792. Oh well, tomorrow I will do better!
I think I need to get a new Fitbit, mine doesn't hold its charge as long any more, the sync dongle doesn't play nice and the Fitbit itself doesn't want to connect half the time anymore. Any suggestions and great step counter things?
Today we had a tasty dinner I just sort of threw together. Penne pasta with a light sauce made from the juice of diced tomatoes and a spoon of cream cheese, with chicken sautéed in olive oil and a bit of butter and seasoned with paprika, turmeric, garlic and Italian seasoning with a pinch of salt and pepper. It was super tasty! No greens, but I only have 20 left in my food budget so I was trying to just use what I had around. Tomorrow Ill get stuff for a big salad for dinner. Have some ideas I wanted to try! I will let you know how it turns out and if good, Ill post a link!
Took a lovely long and hot bath last night. Got myself some honey almond oatmeal soap, but didn't notice until after the bath it was full of sulfates... I was soooo itchy! Im sad now v.v It smelled wonderful. Tonight Ill shower and use the wonderful soap that my friend Sam makes instead! That stuff is the best ever!
For now, Im off to digest dinner a bit more, maybe have some orange sherbet, then to try and sleep, if not, Ill read some more!
Nighty night!
Had a grand total of 4288 steps, but I am pretty sure most of those were false steps from being in the car for four hours, I know the 13 floors that my Fitbit thought I climbed definitely were!
Yesterday, Tuesday, I got up late, but thats ok, I needed the sleep! I spent my afternoon watching Merlin on Netflix while I folded all the laundry. Then Ozzy and I just chilled and I read for a while. Some how I managed to get 4173 steps in! I had given it up as a fail, but I was only a few hundred short of my goal, so its not as bad as I thought!
Couldn't sleep last night at all, so I was awake until Tim got up for work this morning. I was rudely awakened two hours later by hammering noises from the renovations upstairs. Today was new carpet day apparently in that apartment. I went back to sleep and then was up around 1pm v.v I ate a piece of mochi while Ozzy had his lunch and then we hopped in the car and off to the park we went! We walked around the park fully twice, which was awesome, and started a third when he took off and I knew that was that. He found his little friend Bella and was done with the walking! It was play time then!
We got home and went and got the mail, then came in and I had lunch. Then it was dishes and a bit of tidying the kitchen and then I read for a while again. Didn't reach my goal at all though for steps, so Im a bit disappointed. Only managed to get in 3792. Oh well, tomorrow I will do better!
I think I need to get a new Fitbit, mine doesn't hold its charge as long any more, the sync dongle doesn't play nice and the Fitbit itself doesn't want to connect half the time anymore. Any suggestions and great step counter things?
Today we had a tasty dinner I just sort of threw together. Penne pasta with a light sauce made from the juice of diced tomatoes and a spoon of cream cheese, with chicken sautéed in olive oil and a bit of butter and seasoned with paprika, turmeric, garlic and Italian seasoning with a pinch of salt and pepper. It was super tasty! No greens, but I only have 20 left in my food budget so I was trying to just use what I had around. Tomorrow Ill get stuff for a big salad for dinner. Have some ideas I wanted to try! I will let you know how it turns out and if good, Ill post a link!
Took a lovely long and hot bath last night. Got myself some honey almond oatmeal soap, but didn't notice until after the bath it was full of sulfates... I was soooo itchy! Im sad now v.v It smelled wonderful. Tonight Ill shower and use the wonderful soap that my friend Sam makes instead! That stuff is the best ever!
For now, Im off to digest dinner a bit more, maybe have some orange sherbet, then to try and sleep, if not, Ill read some more!
Nighty night!
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Day 13 & 14- Yay!
Much better!
Yesterday was so much better! I got over 6k steps but I am sure half of those was from being in the car on bumpy roads! I felt much better too! Yay! We went up and got my older niece, Aya, from my sister, visited with mom and everyone for a while and then headed back. Dog drove us crazy in the car whining the whole way, of course. But it was a beautiful day so the horrid Seattle traffic wasn't too bad to deal with cuz of it! We took Ozzy to the park when we got back and Aya loved all the dogs, but was a but grumpy cuz there wasn't anything for her to do, even though we told her its a place for dogs to play, not people.
Today was fun! Slept in a bit, got up and had left over mac and cheese for lunch, took Aya to the park where she played for over 2 hours! Here she is with the sand castle she built!
Bout it for tonight! Gots to wrangle the child into her bed, shower and then try to get some sleep myself! Nighty night!!
Yesterday was so much better! I got over 6k steps but I am sure half of those was from being in the car on bumpy roads! I felt much better too! Yay! We went up and got my older niece, Aya, from my sister, visited with mom and everyone for a while and then headed back. Dog drove us crazy in the car whining the whole way, of course. But it was a beautiful day so the horrid Seattle traffic wasn't too bad to deal with cuz of it! We took Ozzy to the park when we got back and Aya loved all the dogs, but was a but grumpy cuz there wasn't anything for her to do, even though we told her its a place for dogs to play, not people.
Today was fun! Slept in a bit, got up and had left over mac and cheese for lunch, took Aya to the park where she played for over 2 hours! Here she is with the sand castle she built!
After that we went to the car wash and she loved it! She was afraid at first, but I made it fun and told her the brushes were like big toothbrushes, and had her put her hands on the window to feel it and she laughed and had fun. Then she complained cuz we had to go to the store, but she was fine once we got there! Then back here. She played minecraft on my computer, I played on the tv, then it was bbq for dinner, burgers for us, dogs for her. She took a bath and then I painted her toes. Tomorrow I take her home as its supposed to be icky and rainy. Its already raining out.
Today's step count is 5458, so I once again surpassed my goal, which was 3500 today. Since I missed two days I just picked up there. Woo! Im doing great! Not sure if I will meet tomorrow's goal or not for steps, but Ill try! Ill have to take dog to park or on a walk once Im back home again. He is going into daycare though and might be too pooped, so I might just walk on my own in the evening.
Bout it for tonight! Gots to wrangle the child into her bed, shower and then try to get some sleep myself! Nighty night!!
Friday, April 1, 2016
Day 12- *sigh*
Today I visited Hell... it had to have been. Long story short, bad tummy issues kept me awake all night and into this morning, slept fitfully during this afternoon. I've been in pain all day and just not happy. Didn't move much, didn't even have my fitbit on so have no idea how many steps I took today.
Tim has been super awesome today, taking care of the dog, getting me things, even though he was working, and then going to the store twice this evening. We had chicken and mashed taters for dinner as I do not want a repeat.
Probably will not get my steps tomorrow either, going north to visit family and kidnap Aya for a few days.
That is all for now, hoping tomorrow is better and my tummy will start behaving properly.
Tim has been super awesome today, taking care of the dog, getting me things, even though he was working, and then going to the store twice this evening. We had chicken and mashed taters for dinner as I do not want a repeat.
Probably will not get my steps tomorrow either, going north to visit family and kidnap Aya for a few days.
That is all for now, hoping tomorrow is better and my tummy will start behaving properly.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Day 11- Lethargy
After such a great day yesterday, today was miserable! Went to sleep and slept great till about 5:30 am, then woke up with a bad tummy ache. Went back to sleep and slept like a rock till almost 1 pm. Got up, ate a cookie as I wasn't really hungry, tummy was still grumping at me, and then I dozed off in my chair for two more hours. Took a while to really get myself up and moving and think I could easily fall back to sleep. At least I hope I can and I didn't mess up my sleeping too badly. I've just been super lethargic all day and my tummy isn't happy with me.
Was supposed to try and get 3500 steps in today and I've gone a grand total of 1340. Better than I thought I would get with how the day has been, but not where I wanted to be. Hopefully tomorrow is better! It better be!
Due to not having any sort of energy, I sent Tim out for Taco Bell. I know what it does to my belly, but I sort of want that right now. Very sad, I know!
Ozzy has been very upset that we didn't get to go to the park again today, but I just couldn't do it. Took everything I had in me just to make it to the mailbox earlier today. He is currently playing with his giant clam toy he won last Sunday at Simply Paws Easter event. Thing is almost as big as he is!
Nothing else really! Hopefully tomorrow is better and I can get back to my steps and being more active!
Nighty night!
Was supposed to try and get 3500 steps in today and I've gone a grand total of 1340. Better than I thought I would get with how the day has been, but not where I wanted to be. Hopefully tomorrow is better! It better be!
Due to not having any sort of energy, I sent Tim out for Taco Bell. I know what it does to my belly, but I sort of want that right now. Very sad, I know!
Ozzy has been very upset that we didn't get to go to the park again today, but I just couldn't do it. Took everything I had in me just to make it to the mailbox earlier today. He is currently playing with his giant clam toy he won last Sunday at Simply Paws Easter event. Thing is almost as big as he is!
Nothing else really! Hopefully tomorrow is better and I can get back to my steps and being more active!
Nighty night!
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Day 10- Gorgeous day!
Today was beautiful! I just wish I hadn't been so rudely awakened before I wanted to be by the renovator people removing a fridge, dishwasher and stove from an upstairs unit! I woke to "KA-THUNK! KA-THUNK!" as they brought them down the stairs... At 8am :( I was not a happy camper. I went back to sleep after they were done. Its still taking me a bit to fall asleep, so I am ok with sleeping in a bit.
Woke up, ate a cookie, walked the dog. Fed him, made me a sammich and then chilled for a bit while I checked emails and such. Then dog started to drive me nuts, so I told him if he could lay down and be a good boy while I did dishes, I would take him to the park. He was very good and lay in his bed. I did the dishes and then we were off! We spent about two hours at the park today! I am paying for it now though! Stupid allergies! But it was fun and he had a blast. He got to see a few of his friends he hadn't seen since last summer and was super happy!
I tried to walk my goal of 3000 steps while I was there, but he found a few dogs he was set on playing with and that was it! We made it one lap and part of a second before he found his place. So he played, and I stood around talking! I did get my steps in though! Final count: 3935! Didn't double it like I had hoped, but I still went over! Woo!
Dinner was tasty, hoisin shrimp over brown rice. No veggies again, but I ate some baby carrots earlier. Tomorrow Ill hit the store and get some, maybe a nice big salad for lunch!
Im going to go take a shower soon and hope it helps this sinus headache!
So that is all for tonight!
Woke up, ate a cookie, walked the dog. Fed him, made me a sammich and then chilled for a bit while I checked emails and such. Then dog started to drive me nuts, so I told him if he could lay down and be a good boy while I did dishes, I would take him to the park. He was very good and lay in his bed. I did the dishes and then we were off! We spent about two hours at the park today! I am paying for it now though! Stupid allergies! But it was fun and he had a blast. He got to see a few of his friends he hadn't seen since last summer and was super happy!
I tried to walk my goal of 3000 steps while I was there, but he found a few dogs he was set on playing with and that was it! We made it one lap and part of a second before he found his place. So he played, and I stood around talking! I did get my steps in though! Final count: 3935! Didn't double it like I had hoped, but I still went over! Woo!
Dinner was tasty, hoisin shrimp over brown rice. No veggies again, but I ate some baby carrots earlier. Tomorrow Ill hit the store and get some, maybe a nice big salad for lunch!
Im going to go take a shower soon and hope it helps this sinus headache!
So that is all for tonight!
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Days 7, 8 & 9 ugh!
Not the best last few days! Sorry for not updates.
Sunday sucked, I didn't want to do anything, felt horrible and was in pain from many things and just stayed in my chair the bulk of the day. My hips were horrible, hurt to walk so bad! And I did not have enough in my budget to do the meal plan this week I had planned to do, so frustration ensued.
Monday was a bit better. I did eat better! Yay! But was still in pain, but mostly from my congested liver. Too much crap and bad diet sodas over the weekend. Not a happy person and I totally forgot to post last night, and even fell asleep in my recliner. Dinner was tasty though! Made lemon salmon with wild rice and roasted veggies! The beets were my favorite!
I also started my 30 days to 10k steps! I was supposed to do 2000 and managed to get in 3925! I'm happy! Almost double even with pain!
Today, I got up, walked to the store, feel much better today! Not so much pain, though my hips are still sore. Lots more walking than I am used to, and I apparently have uneven bone surfaces, so the tendons rub and make them hurt.
But I walked! I came home and we had tasty sammiches for lunch, then I rested a bit, then took the dog for a walk and he had fun, got to play with his friend Suko and run in the grass. I hooked him to his long leash and tied him inside and opened the door, but he was super confused and wouldn't go out without me! Silly thing!
Today I was supposed to go 2500 steps, and at the moment, with out the day even being done, I'm at 5039! Woo! I'm awesome! The gorgeous weather helps a ton!
Started detoxing my poor liver too. Taking milk thistle supplements and got some dandelion tea to drink as well. Hopefully it helps and I can get some of the nasty out of it and feel better. Do not like being in pain like this!
Currently making bad things... but sooo tasty things! Cashew butter (with a bit of peanut butter to fill in the cup) cookies! First batch done! Don't they look tasty?
Sunday sucked, I didn't want to do anything, felt horrible and was in pain from many things and just stayed in my chair the bulk of the day. My hips were horrible, hurt to walk so bad! And I did not have enough in my budget to do the meal plan this week I had planned to do, so frustration ensued.
Monday was a bit better. I did eat better! Yay! But was still in pain, but mostly from my congested liver. Too much crap and bad diet sodas over the weekend. Not a happy person and I totally forgot to post last night, and even fell asleep in my recliner. Dinner was tasty though! Made lemon salmon with wild rice and roasted veggies! The beets were my favorite!
I also started my 30 days to 10k steps! I was supposed to do 2000 and managed to get in 3925! I'm happy! Almost double even with pain!
Today, I got up, walked to the store, feel much better today! Not so much pain, though my hips are still sore. Lots more walking than I am used to, and I apparently have uneven bone surfaces, so the tendons rub and make them hurt.
But I walked! I came home and we had tasty sammiches for lunch, then I rested a bit, then took the dog for a walk and he had fun, got to play with his friend Suko and run in the grass. I hooked him to his long leash and tied him inside and opened the door, but he was super confused and wouldn't go out without me! Silly thing!
Today I was supposed to go 2500 steps, and at the moment, with out the day even being done, I'm at 5039! Woo! I'm awesome! The gorgeous weather helps a ton!
Started detoxing my poor liver too. Taking milk thistle supplements and got some dandelion tea to drink as well. Hopefully it helps and I can get some of the nasty out of it and feel better. Do not like being in pain like this!
Currently making bad things... but sooo tasty things! Cashew butter (with a bit of peanut butter to fill in the cup) cookies! First batch done! Don't they look tasty?
I was supposed to make almond butter too, but ended up eating the almonds instead ^_^ I will have to get more and make them. I have a recipe for crackers made from the left over pulp from almond milk I wanted to dry as well! So many yummy things! Dinner will be chicken with beans and rice. Ate all the veggies last night, so dont have any for tonight sadly.
Well, bout it for today! See ya tomorrow!
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Day 5 & 6 - Busy!
Hello! I missed a day but I wasnt home! I was in a car for the bulk of the day and did not get home until late and was super tired.
I have not eaten very healthy at all, and yesterday had barely any active time as it was 10+ hours of car. We got up early, and was on the road by 10am, my friend, her son and I, and we were off to Spokane. A very long drive later and some fast food (bad I know!), we arrived! We were there so Sam could visit the lady she is getting a Sheepadoodle puppy from, and pick out the ones she liked. They were the most adorable things ever!
This one decided my hand was a comfy pillow! They were so soft and fluffy and adorable! They are about 4 weeks old here and about five pounds! I wanted to bring one home! They definately dont qualify for the 20lb weight limit here!
They tired out quickly and went to sleep, so we headed out! Back in the car and off we went. Subway for dinner. Bit better than the lunch burgers! Finally we got home and went to bed early. Not that I got to sleep until 3am, but I was in bed trying!
Today we got up early again and after getting ready, we took the boy to Steel Lake and let him play at the big park there! Then it was off to the mall to play the claw games at the arcade for a while. Met up with my brother in law, Nate, and had lunch! Had Mongolian grill and it was amazing! Little guy started feeling icky and got a fever, so this evening they headed home. Now I am relaxing!
With so much activity though, I got in 7841 steps! Much higher than average! Im pooped though, ready for a day of relaxing tomorrow! You dont think about it until you do it, but being in a car for so long is exhausting! Even when not driving.
Tomorrow, almond butter, maybe more cashew butter, and possibly cashew butter cookies! Monday I start my morning yoga, the 30 days to 10k steps a day, and more job hunting. I did not get the job, but thats ok! I am not discouraged! Onward with the hunt!
And with that bit! I am off for the night!
I have not eaten very healthy at all, and yesterday had barely any active time as it was 10+ hours of car. We got up early, and was on the road by 10am, my friend, her son and I, and we were off to Spokane. A very long drive later and some fast food (bad I know!), we arrived! We were there so Sam could visit the lady she is getting a Sheepadoodle puppy from, and pick out the ones she liked. They were the most adorable things ever!
They tired out quickly and went to sleep, so we headed out! Back in the car and off we went. Subway for dinner. Bit better than the lunch burgers! Finally we got home and went to bed early. Not that I got to sleep until 3am, but I was in bed trying!
Today we got up early again and after getting ready, we took the boy to Steel Lake and let him play at the big park there! Then it was off to the mall to play the claw games at the arcade for a while. Met up with my brother in law, Nate, and had lunch! Had Mongolian grill and it was amazing! Little guy started feeling icky and got a fever, so this evening they headed home. Now I am relaxing!
With so much activity though, I got in 7841 steps! Much higher than average! Im pooped though, ready for a day of relaxing tomorrow! You dont think about it until you do it, but being in a car for so long is exhausting! Even when not driving.
Tomorrow, almond butter, maybe more cashew butter, and possibly cashew butter cookies! Monday I start my morning yoga, the 30 days to 10k steps a day, and more job hunting. I did not get the job, but thats ok! I am not discouraged! Onward with the hunt!
And with that bit! I am off for the night!
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Day 4- Interview and Friends!
Today was a good day! I was up an hour before my alarm, despite the fact that I was up late because I couldn't fall asleep. I made a breakfast scramble, took a nice hot shower and lounged around trying to relax. Then hurried off to my interview! It went great! At least I think so. I will know by the end of tomorrow if I have it or not, he had a lot more to go through, so we will see. If I do get it, I will start Tuesday.
Then came home and cleaned more in the kitchen, then relaxed. Even took a nap! A short one, but a nap! My friend Sam came to visit with her boy, and its been noisy since! But that's ok! He's a great little guy! Poor Ozzy is all worn out now! They are currently on the airbed trying to get the boy to sleep while watching Big Hero Six.
A great day!
Not so healthy in food, but I walked to get the pizza for dinner! Tomorrow I will try to do better, but really, Monday is the day I plan to start the meal plan and clean eat, as well as my 10,000 steps a day in 30 days routine. Might be a bit harder if I start working, but I will figure it out!
Also, thank you to everyone who has given me such great encouragement! It is very much appreciated and it helps tons to keep me motivated!
For now, I am getting tired, so off to play a game until bed!
Nighty night!
Then came home and cleaned more in the kitchen, then relaxed. Even took a nap! A short one, but a nap! My friend Sam came to visit with her boy, and its been noisy since! But that's ok! He's a great little guy! Poor Ozzy is all worn out now! They are currently on the airbed trying to get the boy to sleep while watching Big Hero Six.
A great day!
Not so healthy in food, but I walked to get the pizza for dinner! Tomorrow I will try to do better, but really, Monday is the day I plan to start the meal plan and clean eat, as well as my 10,000 steps a day in 30 days routine. Might be a bit harder if I start working, but I will figure it out!
Also, thank you to everyone who has given me such great encouragement! It is very much appreciated and it helps tons to keep me motivated!
For now, I am getting tired, so off to play a game until bed!
Nighty night!
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Day 3- Not a great one
Today wasn't so great. Set my alarm wrong when I was adjusting the settings, so it was set at pm instead of am, so I ended up way oversleeping! Not very pleased with that, and because of that very late start, I had trouble being motivated to do much today.
I did however try to eat a better lunch, still haven't gone shopping so slim pickings! I had two chicken wraps. Pretty much just roasted chicken, a bit of mayo wrapped up in a spinach tortilla. I snacked on two cheese sticks and drank a lot of water throughout the day. Dinner was a mostly veggie combo pizza.
I had to make Tim take away my spoon this evening, I couldn't stop snacking on the cashew butter! It is so good! I need to make other kinds too! I have some almonds I should try it with! I bet that would be good!
I got a call today about an interview today! That makes me happy! So tomorrow morning I go in and hopefully I can get it! Its a part time job, packing and posting eBay orders for a company that has been around since 1995. Pays pretty good too, so I hope I get it!
Cleaned up some more around the house, so progress is being made, it was just super slow today!
I'm pleased though! Even though I wasn't motivated, I still managed to walk over 4000 steps! My average seems to be around 2500 so that's pretty good for me!
Nothing else really, so see ya tomorrow!
I did however try to eat a better lunch, still haven't gone shopping so slim pickings! I had two chicken wraps. Pretty much just roasted chicken, a bit of mayo wrapped up in a spinach tortilla. I snacked on two cheese sticks and drank a lot of water throughout the day. Dinner was a mostly veggie combo pizza.
I had to make Tim take away my spoon this evening, I couldn't stop snacking on the cashew butter! It is so good! I need to make other kinds too! I have some almonds I should try it with! I bet that would be good!
I got a call today about an interview today! That makes me happy! So tomorrow morning I go in and hopefully I can get it! Its a part time job, packing and posting eBay orders for a company that has been around since 1995. Pays pretty good too, so I hope I get it!
Cleaned up some more around the house, so progress is being made, it was just super slow today!
I'm pleased though! Even though I wasn't motivated, I still managed to walk over 4000 steps! My average seems to be around 2500 so that's pretty good for me!
Nothing else really, so see ya tomorrow!
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Day 2- Fail... or Success?
Today started as a fail. I set my alarm, got to bed at a good time, and slept like a rock! Yay me! That all went well. Then the alarm went off... Here is the fail, I turned it off instead of hitting snooze. Tim came in to see if I was getting up and I didn't even respond! I was dead to the world. I was up before noon though so that's good at least!
Havent really grocery shopped, so I dont have much for lunch around here, so we had hot dogs and chips for lunch. Not the healthiest, but I am just beginning! Dinner will be beans and rice and chicken.
Also, as I was looking for snacks (ended up with carrots and ranch), I found the cashews I had gotten to make cashew butter with! They were tasty so I decided to go for it! Tada!!
Homemade Cashew Butter! Its about 500grams of raw, unsalted cashews, a pinch of sea salt, and blended and blended and blended and blended... I had to put in earplugs, it was so loud! But it is very tasty and dangerous! It was so good right out of the food processor, all hot and thick and creamy! It is currently cooling on the counter and I am trying to ignore it!
In post one, I mentioned sharing my fitbit and myfitnesspal info! I will do so now!
Fitbit- //www.fitbit.com/user/288ZQ8
MyFitnessPal- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/robyn2064
Let me know if the dont work, I seem to have trouble with linking things. Also, if you follow my fitbit page, ignore the stair counts. I wear it on my bra strap and being in the car seems to count as stairs for some reason!
Today I spent the day being productive. I have a friend visiting and so I got to cleaning! I did both my bathrooms and a load of dishes! I took garbage and recycling out. Tomorrow, I will get the rest done! Had to stop today, allergies got the best of me! Damned things!
Not much else, so see you tomorrow!
Havent really grocery shopped, so I dont have much for lunch around here, so we had hot dogs and chips for lunch. Not the healthiest, but I am just beginning! Dinner will be beans and rice and chicken.
Also, as I was looking for snacks (ended up with carrots and ranch), I found the cashews I had gotten to make cashew butter with! They were tasty so I decided to go for it! Tada!!
Homemade Cashew Butter! Its about 500grams of raw, unsalted cashews, a pinch of sea salt, and blended and blended and blended and blended... I had to put in earplugs, it was so loud! But it is very tasty and dangerous! It was so good right out of the food processor, all hot and thick and creamy! It is currently cooling on the counter and I am trying to ignore it!
In post one, I mentioned sharing my fitbit and myfitnesspal info! I will do so now!
Fitbit- //www.fitbit.com/user/288ZQ8
MyFitnessPal- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/robyn2064
Let me know if the dont work, I seem to have trouble with linking things. Also, if you follow my fitbit page, ignore the stair counts. I wear it on my bra strap and being in the car seems to count as stairs for some reason!
Today I spent the day being productive. I have a friend visiting and so I got to cleaning! I did both my bathrooms and a load of dishes! I took garbage and recycling out. Tomorrow, I will get the rest done! Had to stop today, allergies got the best of me! Damned things!
Not much else, so see you tomorrow!
Monday, March 21, 2016
Day 1- Start!
Day one is a go!
In the first post, I spoke of how I needed to get my sleep schedule fixed and get into a routine. I took the first steps to fixing it. I stayed awake as long as I possibly could, then took a four hour nap. I will set myself and alarm in the morning and get up with it, however little sleep I manage to get.
I did my best to eat healthier today, had scrambled eggs with chives and two peices of toast for breakfast, brown rice and madras lentils for lunch, and a big chef salad of my own design for dinner. I snacked on provalone cheese sticks earlier as well instead of hunting down something bad for me, though I did eat a small single portion bag of chips.
The other thing, that which I am dreading, is sharing my body at the beginning of this trek. I did promise the pictures, as well as all my starting stats. I will start with those and pictures will come at the end.
As of today:
In the first post, I spoke of how I needed to get my sleep schedule fixed and get into a routine. I took the first steps to fixing it. I stayed awake as long as I possibly could, then took a four hour nap. I will set myself and alarm in the morning and get up with it, however little sleep I manage to get.
I did my best to eat healthier today, had scrambled eggs with chives and two peices of toast for breakfast, brown rice and madras lentils for lunch, and a big chef salad of my own design for dinner. I snacked on provalone cheese sticks earlier as well instead of hunting down something bad for me, though I did eat a small single portion bag of chips.
The other thing, that which I am dreading, is sharing my body at the beginning of this trek. I did promise the pictures, as well as all my starting stats. I will start with those and pictures will come at the end.
As of today:
- Age- 33
- Gender- Female
- Height- 5' 5"
- Weight- 173.4 lbs
- Clothing size- XL in tops, Medium/10 bottoms, and 38DDD bra
- Waist- 38.5"
- Belly- 43"
If I've missed anything, please let me know!
And now, for the dreaded pictures! *cries*
In picture number one, I was sucking in my belly, so Tim had to redo take it, picture number two, and three is a side view.
Well, that should do it for today.
Thanks for reading!
Day 1- Goals
Day one on the journey to a healthier me starts at 3am! In this entry, I will set the goals I wish to accomplish for myself. I have quite a few that I need to work on. Me being up at 3am is one of those!
What is it I want to achieve with this blog? Well, I would like to keep track of getting healthy, getting into a better place physically and just generally expressing my thoughts and feelings during this time. I would like to have feed back from my readers (should I actually get any of those), and perhaps challenge or inspire them to get into the spirit of getting healthy as well.
In general, my overall goals are to loose weight, eat healthier, lower my blood sugar to try to conquer my diabetes, and just feel better! I will write about what I am trying out in order to accomplish these goals, recipes I find that are really tasty, and exercises that work for me. I am open to opinions, suggestions and ideas from my readers.
So, all that being said, my goals are as follows:
What is it I want to achieve with this blog? Well, I would like to keep track of getting healthy, getting into a better place physically and just generally expressing my thoughts and feelings during this time. I would like to have feed back from my readers (should I actually get any of those), and perhaps challenge or inspire them to get into the spirit of getting healthy as well.
In general, my overall goals are to loose weight, eat healthier, lower my blood sugar to try to conquer my diabetes, and just feel better! I will write about what I am trying out in order to accomplish these goals, recipes I find that are really tasty, and exercises that work for me. I am open to opinions, suggestions and ideas from my readers.
So, all that being said, my goals are as follows:
- Fix my sleep schedule! I want it to be where I am up in the morning and asleep at night, instead of the opposite, where it is now. I would like to be up at a decent hour, maybe around 7 - 8am or so.
- Get into a daily routine! I am super bad at this and have a lot of work to do to get this established. Any tips and tricks are welcome for this!
- Eat better! I need to learn portion control, count carbs better and so on, cutting out all the bad for me processed or heavily sugared foods. I already do pretty good about not using preprepared foods and meals, so mostly working on healthier diabetic friendly foods and portions.
- Get active! I am not very active and it shows. When just walking around the mall makes my body ache the next day, its time to get active! I would like to add morning yoga to my daily routines, and lots of walking to start. My little dog, Ozzy, will love this part of things! He loves walks! After I get more used to moving around, start increasing my daily activities, maybe start running or adding in an exercise routine.
- Loose weight! I want to loose 20 - 30 pounds, get rid of this belly of mine, which in the long run will help with the next goal.
- Lower my Diabetic A1C numbers! I want to get my blood sugar under control and accomplishing each of the goals I have will help me to get this done! My current numbers are far too high and I already know that I can do it with out meds if I just get with it and stick to it, I've done it before.
I am sure over the next few days, I will come up more goals, and they will all change or shift depending on how life is going at the time. I am sure I will have off days, where I just don't care, and days where I am really into all of this! I will document it all! Later today, when my husband is awake, I will get him to help me take a picture of myself and I will post it.
I warn you, it will not be pretty!
In that post, I will talk about my current weight and all the starting numbers and info's. I will also put in links to my fitbit and myfitnesspal pages, feel free to friend me on those if you have them! Please, all the encouragement I can get, I will take!
For now, I am going to go and take a nice hot shower to soothe me and help lull me to sleep, and then try and get up in a few hours. We will see how this goes!
Ta ta for now!
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