SHIT ! ! ! xxx.x this am.
How can that be? I worked my ass off yesterday planting about 150 dahlias for garden club. Drank water, ate right, had stuffed peppers for dinner (not my favorite). No bm tho but that shouldn't make that much difference.
So discouraging.
I can't be here at 9:30. I have an apt with a contractor to look at residing my rental. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Love B
You'll be back down tomorrow...I can almost guarantee.
S
You're right. xxx.x this am. Not down as much as I'd like. How do you know these things.
I have another garden club commitment today so I won't be here at 9:30. This is the last one for a while thank heavens.
Had a big salad for dinner last nght. Took some more exlax last night and had a little run this am. Now I'll be poo pooing on myself while at the farmer's market selling garden club plants.
See you tomorrow am at 9:30 difinitely.
Love B.
I've got your weight loss track record for the last 17 weeks so I can look at the patterns in your eating with the patterns in your weight loss
Love S
xxx.x this am. Not as low into the xxx numbers as I wold like but it is xxx by Sunday. I think the problem has been that as I've been more active I've not been eating the snacks throughout the day. Maybe my metabolism is not burning as highly. Hard to eat while you're planting dahlias or at a farmer's market selling stuff. Maybe the increased exercise will make up for it. I'm really enjoying my freedom from Mom. Can't wait to put her on that plane. Love B.
I bet!!! Well, at least you hit xxx. I don't know how you work so long. I only last about 1 1/2 hr.
You lost 1.5 lb since last Sunday. That seems to be your average. And remember you went to PA with no food last week.Love S
Tell me about it. We worked 3 hard hours on those damn dahlias and I slept almost all day Friday and still slept well Fri nite. Gardening work is going to get me back in shape. It works all of you. Baack, shoulders, arms, legs.
See you tomorrow. Tonight is hamb steak & corn.
B
Well I blew it last night - - or rather early this morning. Couldn't sleep so about 3:30 am I got up to have a glass of milk and also had 4 pieces of mom's cinnamon swirl bread. I only wanted 2 but before I knew it i had 4. So today I'm back to xxx. No BM yesterday either.
I'm so sorry. Not only have I let myself down I've let you down. I checked the package this morning and each slice has 2 g of fat and 120 cal.
Don't know what gets into me sometimes. It's like I've had gallons of caffiene. By 3:00 am I was frantic. But it wasn't worth going bck up to xxx.
I'm going back to bed soon so you better answer quickly.
Love B
Believe it or not the BMs are more important than the extra 2 pieces of bread. Did you eat prunes with the bread and a big glass of water????? So, now you have to exercise, remember??? What exercise do you have in mind?
I finally gave in a year ago and have to take a melatonin pill and a tylenol pm before bed or I am up at 2:30 every night. The Dr says it is because of menapause. I finally reached the breaking point on these hot flashes too. Have you heard of bioidenticals? I've been researching them for menapause treatment and went to a doctor that knows about them. They do a really thorough blood work up and salava work up and you take the medicine by cream on the inside of the your arms. It's not working yet but he says it will take at least a month once he gets the dosage 'identical' to what my body used to make. I can hardly wait.
Love S
back to xxx.x this am. I cut grass yesterday and had a small bm. Tomorrow I have to leave here at 6:00 am to pick up a friend from S airport so I won't report. She'll be here for a week but I'll try to report each day after tomorrow.
Had the pork chop & cabbage last night. Port chop very tender - - don't like cabbage. :)
It's raining this morning. Going back to bed to enjoy it.
Love B.
You have lost 25.9 lbs. Just think about that the next time you get down.
Congratssssssss!!!!!!!!!!
Love S
xxx.x this am. Not as low into the xxx numbers as I would like but it is xxx by Sunday. I think the problem has been that as I've been more active I've not been eating the snacks throughout the day. Maybe my metabolism is not burning as highly. Hard to eat while you're planting dahlias or at a farmer's market selling stuff. Maybe the increased exercise will make up for it. I'm really enjoying my freedom from Mom. Can't wait to put her on that plane. Love B.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Cutting Grass
Hey,
xxx.x ! ! ! ! CAN'T believe it. I cut the yard yesterday and drank lots of water but for lunch I just grabbed some crackers that were full of fat ! ! !
Love B
Fantastic!!!!!!! How's the Knee? What's for dinner tonight, last night?
S
The knee is good for everything except bending and putting weight on it.
Last nite was 1/2 ckn breast no skin & yogurt. Tonight will be your ckn, mashed pot & peas.
No BM yesterday. Having prunes & yogurt for bkfst.
See you.
Love B.
Maybe you should start a grass cutting business. Every time you cut yours you lose a lb.
Love S
Have made a deal with the neighbor, I cut her grass and she lets me use her big garbage bin.
Signing off now. B
xxx.x ! ! ! ! CAN'T believe it. I cut the yard yesterday and drank lots of water but for lunch I just grabbed some crackers that were full of fat ! ! !
Love B
Fantastic!!!!!!! How's the Knee? What's for dinner tonight, last night?
S
The knee is good for everything except bending and putting weight on it.
Last nite was 1/2 ckn breast no skin & yogurt. Tonight will be your ckn, mashed pot & peas.
No BM yesterday. Having prunes & yogurt for bkfst.
See you.
Love B.
Maybe you should start a grass cutting business. Every time you cut yours you lose a lb.
Love S
Have made a deal with the neighbor, I cut her grass and she lets me use her big garbage bin.
Signing off now. B
Friday, May 15, 2009
Garden Club Convention
Hey,
xxx.x this am. Yea Yea. BM yesterday and lots of water. PBJ for dinner. I have 1/2 ckn breast left over from the ckn florentine which I'm going to use in a salad tonight for dinner.
I'm going to a garden club convention in S on the 18. I'm the president for F. I'll be locked in the hotel from 7:30 to 9:00 each day. I'll do the best I can and take some celery and carrots and drink lots of water. It's Jun 18-21. K made arrangements for Mom to leave S on the 18th.
Love B.
That's good. You'll probable reach xxx by Sunday
Sounds like fun. Will there be a mini fridge in the room for FF yogurt and stuff?
Be sure to take a bottle of your favorite FF salad dressing. I'm sure they'll have plenty of salads for all the ladies. It would be a good time to order fish, being you don't like to eat cook it at home.
Keep Focusssssss!!!
How did a newbee like yourself get to be Pres of the Garden Club so soon?
Love S
They saw the letters S U C K E R written on my forehead.
Seriously, they asked (beause no one volunteered) and I said yes. I figured it was a good way to meet people.
Speaking of garden club, I have to be at the all day plant sale today at 8:00 am.
today's weight xxx.x ! ! ! ! ! ! Can't believe it. How did you know it would be that. Small bm yesterday.
Bye
Love B.
You are too close to the problem. I'm down here far away, looking at the big picture. I can almost tell by your past ups & downs how much you'll lose after an 'up'.
So you keep losing and I'll keep analyzing--I think both of those words are spelled wrong :~)
You are forgetting to tell me about your exercises, food intake, etc.
Love s
xxx.x this am. Yea Yea. BM yesterday and lots of water. PBJ for dinner. I have 1/2 ckn breast left over from the ckn florentine which I'm going to use in a salad tonight for dinner.
I'm going to a garden club convention in S on the 18. I'm the president for F. I'll be locked in the hotel from 7:30 to 9:00 each day. I'll do the best I can and take some celery and carrots and drink lots of water. It's Jun 18-21. K made arrangements for Mom to leave S on the 18th.
Love B.
That's good. You'll probable reach xxx by Sunday
Sounds like fun. Will there be a mini fridge in the room for FF yogurt and stuff?
Be sure to take a bottle of your favorite FF salad dressing. I'm sure they'll have plenty of salads for all the ladies. It would be a good time to order fish, being you don't like to eat cook it at home.
Keep Focusssssss!!!
How did a newbee like yourself get to be Pres of the Garden Club so soon?
Love S
They saw the letters S U C K E R written on my forehead.
Seriously, they asked (beause no one volunteered) and I said yes. I figured it was a good way to meet people.
Speaking of garden club, I have to be at the all day plant sale today at 8:00 am.
today's weight xxx.x ! ! ! ! ! ! Can't believe it. How did you know it would be that. Small bm yesterday.
Bye
Love B.
You are too close to the problem. I'm down here far away, looking at the big picture. I can almost tell by your past ups & downs how much you'll lose after an 'up'.
So you keep losing and I'll keep analyzing--I think both of those words are spelled wrong :~)
You are forgetting to tell me about your exercises, food intake, etc.
Love s
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Don't eat old food
Hey,
xxx.x this am. No special things happening after today (trip to PA) so maybe I can focus on losing and eating and drinnking water, etc, etc. bm yesterday.
Love
B
What did you eat when you went out to dinner with mom?
Tell me what you are eating, exercising, water, bm ??????
Love
S
We didn't go out to eat dinner. On Mother's day she wanted a Dairy Queen blizzard and when we got home I had a PBJ sandwich for dinner.
Yesterday I had cereal for bkfst w/prunes, lunch was yogurt w/prunes, dinner was caesar ckn salad w/dressing on side. We were invited out to eat at last minute. The salad was the only thing I could eat. I knew it wouldn't last me the night and when I got home I had two pieces of ww toast dry and a cup of tea.
Love
B
McDonald's Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken contains 410 calories and 24 grams of fat, while their Quarter Pounder has the same number of calories, and even less fat. And that's nothing compared to the classic Chicken Caesar salad recipes you'll find at local restaurants and chains, which contain approximately 1,100 calories and 96 grams of fat.
Just thought you needed to know.
I think you're doing great, even if you go up & down. In the long run, it's down and will keep going down. You didn't gain this weight quickly, it's going to take time and LOTS of willpower, and you've already shown you have what it takes to lose.
Did you check the overall chart I sent? I shows that after you have a very small loss, the next week shows a 2 to 3 lb loss. Did you try dropping the rice in boiling broth??
Love
S
No. When I had the swiss steak I just used the sauce with it.
B
Well, I tried it the other night with a pack of rice I had frozen for you and it was GREAT.
You need to buy a small bottle of FF dressing to take with you when you have to go out to dinner.
Or if you have the dressing on the side, like you did (GREAT), just dip your fork into the dressing and then plunge it into the salad. It's just about the right amount. Who did you go with?
Is mom in the home in PA
Love
S
Yes, that's what I did. Just used my fork in the dressing. My friend D from SF changed her date of her visit up here so I delayed Mom's stay at the home until the 20th. Just knowing the end is in sight gives me strength and patience.
We went out to dinner with a friend F who then took us to an Indian basket weaving group. I think I'm going to take lessons from them to learn to weave a basket.
B
I can send you palm fronds from Florida if you need some :~)
I'm going to check on Sloopy, & see if I can bring him home.
Love S
Cute. Hope he's OK.
B
I was serious. I've got tons of fronds in my yard. I'm leaving now to pick him up. Won't know anything until tests come back.
Love S
NEXT DAY
Well I've done it again. Damn it. How could I be so stupid????????????
I had some old cereal I had in the cabinet for breakfast. It was left over from A if you can believe that. It was all taped shut but I used to eat is because it has a lot of fiber in it. Thought it might help with the bms. It tasted so good I had another bowl for dinner - - a big one. I had a pbj for lunch and all my water. I did not have a bm.
This morning weight was xxx.x ! ! ! ! ! I checked the cereal and it has 7 g of fat ! ! ! So I had a shit load of fat yesterday. I'm so disgusted.
I'm taking extra prunes this am.
I'm sorry. I really wanted to do good this week.
Love, B
It is only Wednesday...don't give up
Love S
Thank you for being so understanding. I bet you're gritting your teeth at R.
Love
B
Well # 1, you should not be eating ANYTHING that OLD.
#2, Now Go Eat 6 Prunes and your Acia Berry and Acua Berry Detox
#3, Do not eat ANY pasta, rice, bread, potatoes today and drink PLENTY of water. Fill up on raw veggies.
#4, Eat dinner for lunch and then nothing but raw veggies 'til sleep. Call it a partial 'fast' day.
If you never punish yourself for being stupid or weak---your words, not mine, but I agree :~), you WILL KEEP GIVING IN !!!!!
So be a good girl today, sing, drink, exercise and just think that I am right behind you everytime you put something in your mouth!!!
Do you have a Juicer???
Sloopy does not have stones, but we have to wait 5 days to find out if he has cistitus or a urinary infection.
Love S
OK OK.
No I don't have a juicer nor do I want one. :)
B
OK OK OK
Just stay focused :~)
Going to have a banana sandwich...1 piece of whole grain bread, 1 tsp of reduced fat pb, 1 t ff mayo, 1 banana placed cornerwise and folded up like we used to eat hotdogs when we were young before we learned about hotdog buns
see you tomorrow
Love S
xxx.x this am. No special things happening after today (trip to PA) so maybe I can focus on losing and eating and drinnking water, etc, etc. bm yesterday.
Love
B
What did you eat when you went out to dinner with mom?
Tell me what you are eating, exercising, water, bm ??????
Love
S
We didn't go out to eat dinner. On Mother's day she wanted a Dairy Queen blizzard and when we got home I had a PBJ sandwich for dinner.
Yesterday I had cereal for bkfst w/prunes, lunch was yogurt w/prunes, dinner was caesar ckn salad w/dressing on side. We were invited out to eat at last minute. The salad was the only thing I could eat. I knew it wouldn't last me the night and when I got home I had two pieces of ww toast dry and a cup of tea.
Love
B
McDonald's Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken contains 410 calories and 24 grams of fat, while their Quarter Pounder has the same number of calories, and even less fat. And that's nothing compared to the classic Chicken Caesar salad recipes you'll find at local restaurants and chains, which contain approximately 1,100 calories and 96 grams of fat.
Just thought you needed to know.
I think you're doing great, even if you go up & down. In the long run, it's down and will keep going down. You didn't gain this weight quickly, it's going to take time and LOTS of willpower, and you've already shown you have what it takes to lose.
Did you check the overall chart I sent? I shows that after you have a very small loss, the next week shows a 2 to 3 lb loss. Did you try dropping the rice in boiling broth??
Love
S
No. When I had the swiss steak I just used the sauce with it.
B
Well, I tried it the other night with a pack of rice I had frozen for you and it was GREAT.
You need to buy a small bottle of FF dressing to take with you when you have to go out to dinner.
Or if you have the dressing on the side, like you did (GREAT), just dip your fork into the dressing and then plunge it into the salad. It's just about the right amount. Who did you go with?
Is mom in the home in PA
Love
S
Yes, that's what I did. Just used my fork in the dressing. My friend D from SF changed her date of her visit up here so I delayed Mom's stay at the home until the 20th. Just knowing the end is in sight gives me strength and patience.
We went out to dinner with a friend F who then took us to an Indian basket weaving group. I think I'm going to take lessons from them to learn to weave a basket.
B
I can send you palm fronds from Florida if you need some :~)
I'm going to check on Sloopy, & see if I can bring him home.
Love S
Cute. Hope he's OK.
B
I was serious. I've got tons of fronds in my yard. I'm leaving now to pick him up. Won't know anything until tests come back.
Love S
NEXT DAY
Well I've done it again. Damn it. How could I be so stupid????????????
I had some old cereal I had in the cabinet for breakfast. It was left over from A if you can believe that. It was all taped shut but I used to eat is because it has a lot of fiber in it. Thought it might help with the bms. It tasted so good I had another bowl for dinner - - a big one. I had a pbj for lunch and all my water. I did not have a bm.
This morning weight was xxx.x ! ! ! ! ! I checked the cereal and it has 7 g of fat ! ! ! So I had a shit load of fat yesterday. I'm so disgusted.
I'm taking extra prunes this am.
I'm sorry. I really wanted to do good this week.
Love, B
It is only Wednesday...don't give up
Love S
Thank you for being so understanding. I bet you're gritting your teeth at R.
Love
B
Well # 1, you should not be eating ANYTHING that OLD.
#2, Now Go Eat 6 Prunes and your Acia Berry and Acua Berry Detox
#3, Do not eat ANY pasta, rice, bread, potatoes today and drink PLENTY of water. Fill up on raw veggies.
#4, Eat dinner for lunch and then nothing but raw veggies 'til sleep. Call it a partial 'fast' day.
If you never punish yourself for being stupid or weak---your words, not mine, but I agree :~), you WILL KEEP GIVING IN !!!!!
So be a good girl today, sing, drink, exercise and just think that I am right behind you everytime you put something in your mouth!!!
Do you have a Juicer???
Sloopy does not have stones, but we have to wait 5 days to find out if he has cistitus or a urinary infection.
Love S
OK OK.
No I don't have a juicer nor do I want one. :)
B
OK OK OK
Just stay focused :~)
Going to have a banana sandwich...1 piece of whole grain bread, 1 tsp of reduced fat pb, 1 t ff mayo, 1 banana placed cornerwise and folded up like we used to eat hotdogs when we were young before we learned about hotdog buns
see you tomorrow
Love S
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Mothers' Day ride to the vet
Hi S
xxx.x No bm yesterday in spite of p & d (prunes & detox). Neighbor just called. Mom is wandering around in her yard. I'm going to get her. I'll be on line at 10:30 if you want to talk.
B
Well at least you are almost back down to what you were last Sunday.
I don't understand how 1 cheese burger and ff can do you so much damage up to 3 days later. It's like your body is grabbing onto the food and storing it like it is not going to eat for a month. Maybe after you eat something bad like that you should eat constantly things that are good for you... low low cal veggies and very complex carbs w a little protien ...celery, oatmeal, brown rice, whole grain toast.
You are forgetting to tell me what you've been eating and what's for din din tonight
Love S
Sorry. Last night I was going to have the swiss steak but I had a ff yogurt and a ww bagel with milk. I'll have the steak tonight with mashed pot. I just can't face anymore brown rice.
Mom was sitting on a neighbors bench in their side yard saying she was going to work. When I went to get her she said she had already had breakfast and had packed her lunch. Not so. this is scary. Haven't heard from K as to my e-mail about things to do to get her admitted somewhere. I guess he's gathering info befoe he answers.
I think my spike was due to stress more than the cheeseburger & ff. I stopped taking my "happy" pills about 2 months back also and I probably shouldn't have. I was feeling so good back then I thought I didn't need them. WRONG ! ! ! So I'm back on them now.
Now mom is sitting in her chair just looking out the window. Can't tell if this is an act or her dementia. I have to cut the grass today so she can sit and stew if she wants to.
Love B.
There should be plenty of Swiss Steak sauce to make the brown rice palatable.
You definitely need the complex carbs right now. Didn't I send you some packets of plain wild rice to mix in with the brown rice?
Love S
Yes. But right now I need the comfort of ff mashed potatoes to satisfy me without going to the sweets. I'll try both the rice. Or I'll make new rice. For some reason frozen rice reheated is dry & tough even tho I add plenty of sauce.
B
I found a new way to fix the rice now, so it may be different in the next batch. The Salisbury steak (the one with brown gravy) would be better with mashed potatoes. Maybe you could thaw it and have the red Swiss steak with rice tomorrow??? I just can't see the red sauce being that good on m pots.
I just made 11 Baked Chimicanga dinners with brown rice with a packet of smokey black bean salsa to mix in with the rice. Hop you like it.
I'm making Sweet & Sour Meatballs tonight.
Love S
Maybe you're right. The chimichangas sound great.
At some point, you've got to stop cooking for me. I'm thinking about easy ff recipes I can cook for myself. I'm browsing your cookbooks.
B
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I'll get you cooking yet.! And you always know exactly what's in your food!
Love S
xxx.x this am. BM yesterday. Thought I'd lose more but I'll take 1/2 lb. Mom and I getting ready to go to bkfst. Don't worry. I'm having my oatmeal.
I gave her $40 in a card from you and added a note that we should go out to dinner. We'll go somewhere in S.
See you later.
I can be more dependable next week in my e-mails.
Love B.
Well at least you lost .x lbs from last week. I was afraid I would have to chalk up a gain for the week.
After mom leaves, we're going to have to stick to the rule of you loosing at least 1 lb a week.
From observing the overall chart, you'll be down almost 3 lb next week....DON't BLOW IT !!!!!
Love S
Well, I'm back up to xxx. It's got to be water and s ! ! ! Took mama riding all day yesterday and had no bm. My ankles are swollen for the first time in weeks. I'll take a water pill today. I had my prunes and the detox yesterday but no results.
I have to go to PA tomorrow to get my hair cut but that's all. I'm so sick of my weight going up and down. I guess you are too.
Sat nite I had your swiss steak with the rice. It was good. Last nite I had a pbj sandwich. I'm having the chicken florentine tonight.
I'm very discouraged.
Love B
Just got back from the vet...my cat had bloody urine. The vet said whatever it is, it's obvious that training him to use the people toilet, has let me catch it at the beginning instead of waiting to notice him feeling sick or not eating.
I don't know what it is. You should be doing better now that you've made the decision to put mom in the home permanetly. Are you drinking enough water? Eating prunes? You've stopped telling me everything you are eating. Are you keeping your list? PLEASE don't get discouraged.
I tried dropping the rice in boiling stock, worked great. R said he loved it and he didn't even know it had been frozen before.
Complex carbohydrates make your body work twice as hard to digest, keep you fuller longer and you don't get the peak and then the crash. Are you eating a raw piece of veggie after every meal?
Love S
xxx.x No bm yesterday in spite of p & d (prunes & detox). Neighbor just called. Mom is wandering around in her yard. I'm going to get her. I'll be on line at 10:30 if you want to talk.
B
Well at least you are almost back down to what you were last Sunday.
I don't understand how 1 cheese burger and ff can do you so much damage up to 3 days later. It's like your body is grabbing onto the food and storing it like it is not going to eat for a month. Maybe after you eat something bad like that you should eat constantly things that are good for you... low low cal veggies and very complex carbs w a little protien ...celery, oatmeal, brown rice, whole grain toast.
You are forgetting to tell me what you've been eating and what's for din din tonight
Love S
Sorry. Last night I was going to have the swiss steak but I had a ff yogurt and a ww bagel with milk. I'll have the steak tonight with mashed pot. I just can't face anymore brown rice.
Mom was sitting on a neighbors bench in their side yard saying she was going to work. When I went to get her she said she had already had breakfast and had packed her lunch. Not so. this is scary. Haven't heard from K as to my e-mail about things to do to get her admitted somewhere. I guess he's gathering info befoe he answers.
I think my spike was due to stress more than the cheeseburger & ff. I stopped taking my "happy" pills about 2 months back also and I probably shouldn't have. I was feeling so good back then I thought I didn't need them. WRONG ! ! ! So I'm back on them now.
Now mom is sitting in her chair just looking out the window. Can't tell if this is an act or her dementia. I have to cut the grass today so she can sit and stew if she wants to.
Love B.
There should be plenty of Swiss Steak sauce to make the brown rice palatable.
You definitely need the complex carbs right now. Didn't I send you some packets of plain wild rice to mix in with the brown rice?
Love S
Yes. But right now I need the comfort of ff mashed potatoes to satisfy me without going to the sweets. I'll try both the rice. Or I'll make new rice. For some reason frozen rice reheated is dry & tough even tho I add plenty of sauce.
B
I found a new way to fix the rice now, so it may be different in the next batch. The Salisbury steak (the one with brown gravy) would be better with mashed potatoes. Maybe you could thaw it and have the red Swiss steak with rice tomorrow??? I just can't see the red sauce being that good on m pots.
I just made 11 Baked Chimicanga dinners with brown rice with a packet of smokey black bean salsa to mix in with the rice. Hop you like it.
I'm making Sweet & Sour Meatballs tonight.
Love S
Maybe you're right. The chimichangas sound great.
At some point, you've got to stop cooking for me. I'm thinking about easy ff recipes I can cook for myself. I'm browsing your cookbooks.
B
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I'll get you cooking yet.! And you always know exactly what's in your food!
Love S
xxx.x this am. BM yesterday. Thought I'd lose more but I'll take 1/2 lb. Mom and I getting ready to go to bkfst. Don't worry. I'm having my oatmeal.
I gave her $40 in a card from you and added a note that we should go out to dinner. We'll go somewhere in S.
See you later.
I can be more dependable next week in my e-mails.
Love B.
Well at least you lost .x lbs from last week. I was afraid I would have to chalk up a gain for the week.
After mom leaves, we're going to have to stick to the rule of you loosing at least 1 lb a week.
From observing the overall chart, you'll be down almost 3 lb next week....DON't BLOW IT !!!!!
Love S
Well, I'm back up to xxx. It's got to be water and s ! ! ! Took mama riding all day yesterday and had no bm. My ankles are swollen for the first time in weeks. I'll take a water pill today. I had my prunes and the detox yesterday but no results.
I have to go to PA tomorrow to get my hair cut but that's all. I'm so sick of my weight going up and down. I guess you are too.
Sat nite I had your swiss steak with the rice. It was good. Last nite I had a pbj sandwich. I'm having the chicken florentine tonight.
I'm very discouraged.
Love B
Just got back from the vet...my cat had bloody urine. The vet said whatever it is, it's obvious that training him to use the people toilet, has let me catch it at the beginning instead of waiting to notice him feeling sick or not eating.
I don't know what it is. You should be doing better now that you've made the decision to put mom in the home permanetly. Are you drinking enough water? Eating prunes? You've stopped telling me everything you are eating. Are you keeping your list? PLEASE don't get discouraged.
I tried dropping the rice in boiling stock, worked great. R said he loved it and he didn't even know it had been frozen before.
Complex carbohydrates make your body work twice as hard to digest, keep you fuller longer and you don't get the peak and then the crash. Are you eating a raw piece of veggie after every meal?
Love S
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Future Aerobics Insstructor :~)
OK
How about an aerobics trainer when you get down to 140 :~)
Love
S
Yeah. Wouldn't that be something? There's a little one horse health club here. Maybe that would work out.
I'm doing wall pushups and seated sit ups. Drawing my stomach in as much as possible and holding it for 30 seconds. Works my lower abs where most of my fat is. I can tell because it hurts in the am. I'm creeping up on really working out.
Love B.
YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Finallyyyyyyyyyy!
You'll be amazed how much that little bit of exercise will help...not only your weight loss but your attitude as well.
Love S
Hey,
Can't find the box with the Serenity pills in it. The only thing I can figure is that I threw them out with the box. Can't see how I missed them but I did.
Gone all day from 9:30 to 6:00 with Mom looking into hearing aids. I have to confess I broke bad and had a cheeseburger and ff. Check my record. First one I've had in a long time. It eased a craving. I'll be OK now for a while.
Had the rest of your vegie soup last night.
Love, B.
Hope it doesn't show up in your weight tomorrow.
Love S
xxx.x this am. Yes I know I'm paying for the cheeseburger & ff yesterday. I ate the prunes yesterday and again this am.
Was that you that just called & let it ring 3 times?
B
yep that was me and yep you're paying...10 extra sit ups 10 extra wall pushes...ok? :~)
Love
S
OK. I have a 10:30 apt w/the surgery doc today. Nothing new here; you?
B
No, I'm good here. Please Please focus the rest of the week
Love S
I will. Love you and thanks.
B
Be sure to keep the old pants and pictures of you at your largest so you can show your future aerobics students that IT CAN BE DONE !!!!! :~))))
Love S
How about an aerobics trainer when you get down to 140 :~)
Love
S
Yeah. Wouldn't that be something? There's a little one horse health club here. Maybe that would work out.
I'm doing wall pushups and seated sit ups. Drawing my stomach in as much as possible and holding it for 30 seconds. Works my lower abs where most of my fat is. I can tell because it hurts in the am. I'm creeping up on really working out.
Love B.
YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Finallyyyyyyyyyy!
You'll be amazed how much that little bit of exercise will help...not only your weight loss but your attitude as well.
Love S
Hey,
Can't find the box with the Serenity pills in it. The only thing I can figure is that I threw them out with the box. Can't see how I missed them but I did.
Gone all day from 9:30 to 6:00 with Mom looking into hearing aids. I have to confess I broke bad and had a cheeseburger and ff. Check my record. First one I've had in a long time. It eased a craving. I'll be OK now for a while.
Had the rest of your vegie soup last night.
Love, B.
Hope it doesn't show up in your weight tomorrow.
Love S
xxx.x this am. Yes I know I'm paying for the cheeseburger & ff yesterday. I ate the prunes yesterday and again this am.
Was that you that just called & let it ring 3 times?
B
yep that was me and yep you're paying...10 extra sit ups 10 extra wall pushes...ok? :~)
Love
S
OK. I have a 10:30 apt w/the surgery doc today. Nothing new here; you?
B
No, I'm good here. Please Please focus the rest of the week
Love S
I will. Love you and thanks.
B
Be sure to keep the old pants and pictures of you at your largest so you can show your future aerobics students that IT CAN BE DONE !!!!! :~))))
Love S
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
GOOD DECISION
Hey,
Send me the grapefruit idea again. Can't find the previous e-mail. I got the grapefruit in PA today.
I've made the decision today, to send mom to the nursing home for good. I'm mad all the time. I'm thinking June or July at the latest. K will have to make the arrangements at the Hermitage. He's on a trip with W now but as soon as they come back I'll talk to him. Not sure how I'll do w/o the extra money but I'll get a job around here.
YIPPEE ! ! !
Love, B.
Here's the grapefruit email from before...
You ARE doing good. Don't let a set back knock you off your positive attitude.Just keep singing and s.... If you are taking the detox stuff and prunes you should be s.... your guts out..Sometimes changing your whole diet for a day or 2, can do well to wake up your metabolism.
Next time you are in PA get a bag of ruby red grapefruit. Then, EVERY time you eat ANYTHING(including carrots or celery), eat a quarter of a grapefruit. And try to eat every
2 1/2 hr.
Try not to eat any pasta, bread or starchy type carbs those 2 days too.
Now I'll go read today's report
Love
S
xxx.x today. I was sure with all the stress yesterday It would be up. Who can understand this. Everything is fitting looser. I'm down a size in pants and bra. YIPPEE ! ! !
Just got a congratualtory e-mail from L about Mom going to home for good. I expect one from Chris when she gets to work. That makes me feel good about the decision.
Love
B.
B
You don't know how many times I've said to R, "I just wish she wouldn't have to keep mom with her...it's just ruining her life." So, I'm with you on that, all the way.
The other statement I've made to him a MILLION TIMES, "I don't EVER want to be that old and in that condition and have to have someone take care of me."
Is there anything you can do on you computer at home?
Congrats on the weight...I told you singing our song would help with the stress at least with the weight loss.
Love
S
Thanks. What do you mean "Is there anything you can do on your computer at home?
B
Job wise to make an income
S
Oh. I haven't explored that. Everyonce in a while there will be a job here - dishwasher, waitress at a restaurant. Desk clerk at a motel. I'll cross that path when I come to it. With this extra money coming in it's been hard to tighten my belt. I've bought $500 worth of trees for the yard, other bushes & mulch, a new mattress for my bed, etc, etc. I really don't want to work but I'll see how I do and then make a decision.
Going back to PA today for Mom's hearing aid and glasses.
bye.
Love B.
How about an arobecs trainer when you get down to 140 :~)
Did you find those Serenity Pills yet?
Love S
Send me the grapefruit idea again. Can't find the previous e-mail. I got the grapefruit in PA today.
I've made the decision today, to send mom to the nursing home for good. I'm mad all the time. I'm thinking June or July at the latest. K will have to make the arrangements at the Hermitage. He's on a trip with W now but as soon as they come back I'll talk to him. Not sure how I'll do w/o the extra money but I'll get a job around here.
YIPPEE ! ! !
Love, B.
Here's the grapefruit email from before...
You ARE doing good. Don't let a set back knock you off your positive attitude.Just keep singing and s.... If you are taking the detox stuff and prunes you should be s.... your guts out..Sometimes changing your whole diet for a day or 2, can do well to wake up your metabolism.
Next time you are in PA get a bag of ruby red grapefruit. Then, EVERY time you eat ANYTHING(including carrots or celery), eat a quarter of a grapefruit. And try to eat every
2 1/2 hr.
Try not to eat any pasta, bread or starchy type carbs those 2 days too.
Now I'll go read today's report
Love
S
xxx.x today. I was sure with all the stress yesterday It would be up. Who can understand this. Everything is fitting looser. I'm down a size in pants and bra. YIPPEE ! ! !
Just got a congratualtory e-mail from L about Mom going to home for good. I expect one from Chris when she gets to work. That makes me feel good about the decision.
Love
B.
B
You don't know how many times I've said to R, "I just wish she wouldn't have to keep mom with her...it's just ruining her life." So, I'm with you on that, all the way.
The other statement I've made to him a MILLION TIMES, "I don't EVER want to be that old and in that condition and have to have someone take care of me."
Is there anything you can do on you computer at home?
Congrats on the weight...I told you singing our song would help with the stress at least with the weight loss.
Love
S
Thanks. What do you mean "Is there anything you can do on your computer at home?
B
Job wise to make an income
S
Oh. I haven't explored that. Everyonce in a while there will be a job here - dishwasher, waitress at a restaurant. Desk clerk at a motel. I'll cross that path when I come to it. With this extra money coming in it's been hard to tighten my belt. I've bought $500 worth of trees for the yard, other bushes & mulch, a new mattress for my bed, etc, etc. I really don't want to work but I'll see how I do and then make a decision.
Going back to PA today for Mom's hearing aid and glasses.
bye.
Love B.
How about an arobecs trainer when you get down to 140 :~)
Did you find those Serenity Pills yet?
Love S
Monday, May 4, 2009
Ruby Red Grapefruit
Good Morning. xxx.x this am. Not as much as I'd like but OK. Had the Christmas bird last night. Went walking this am. About 1/2 mile. Going faster than I did when I cut the grass but still about 1/3 as fast as I usually walk.
I'm going to PA today for my therapist visit, mom staying home. I'll take my sandwich and water with me.
Love B.
Hey,
Are you there? We'll go to breakfast and I'll chat with you at 9:30
Love B
Well, it's the right direction too. And the exercising will really start helping, so keep it up.
Sorry I was on line, but not in my mailbox. My computer doesn't say anything when a new email comes in.
When in PA, pick up some ruby red grapefruit (see previous email) and try not to eat pasta or bread on the 2 days you do the grapefruit flush.
Sometimes your body get used to a diet and needs a shake up.
Please, please, please, take extras of everything on your trip to PA. Remember to get weighed at the Dr.'s to check your scales. You don't have to undress, just weigh at home with the same things on tomorrow after eating and drinking the same amount...then undress and weigh again.
Love
S
Hey,
OK I'll add grapefruite to my list. I think I hurt my knee this am. I'm icing it now.
I think I still have the box the slicer came in. I'll check it for the serenity stuff. Just had a big blow up with mom. She lied to me about changing her pull up (diaper) and I could smell her in the car. When I confronted her she laughed. Then I blew up and she laughed some more.
I DONT CARE, I DONT CARE TA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA.
ETC, ETC.
Love B.
Well it's obvious she doesn't care what you think anymore. Maybe you could guilt her with what other people think of her smell...oooooooor, the next time she wants to go to breakfast, tell her you won't take her if she smells.
Any way, you are a better person than I. Just keep singing
I'm wondering if you are the type of dieter that can't deal with carbs.
Maybe we should try a couple of no carb days, just lean meats and fruits.
What do you think?
Love
S
I'd like to do like I've been doing and have a balanced diet more or less. This is something I can live with over the long term. I'll get some grapefruit today. I'll calm down over the drive to PA. Parts of it is so beautiful. It's raining so there will be mist hanging in the mountains.
See you tomorrow.
Love, B.
I'm going to PA today for my therapist visit, mom staying home. I'll take my sandwich and water with me.
Love B.
Hey,
Are you there? We'll go to breakfast and I'll chat with you at 9:30
Love B
Well, it's the right direction too. And the exercising will really start helping, so keep it up.
Sorry I was on line, but not in my mailbox. My computer doesn't say anything when a new email comes in.
When in PA, pick up some ruby red grapefruit (see previous email) and try not to eat pasta or bread on the 2 days you do the grapefruit flush.
Sometimes your body get used to a diet and needs a shake up.
Please, please, please, take extras of everything on your trip to PA. Remember to get weighed at the Dr.'s to check your scales. You don't have to undress, just weigh at home with the same things on tomorrow after eating and drinking the same amount...then undress and weigh again.
Love
S
Hey,
OK I'll add grapefruite to my list. I think I hurt my knee this am. I'm icing it now.
I think I still have the box the slicer came in. I'll check it for the serenity stuff. Just had a big blow up with mom. She lied to me about changing her pull up (diaper) and I could smell her in the car. When I confronted her she laughed. Then I blew up and she laughed some more.
I DONT CARE, I DONT CARE TA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA.
ETC, ETC.
Love B.
Well it's obvious she doesn't care what you think anymore. Maybe you could guilt her with what other people think of her smell...oooooooor, the next time she wants to go to breakfast, tell her you won't take her if she smells.
Any way, you are a better person than I. Just keep singing
I'm wondering if you are the type of dieter that can't deal with carbs.
Maybe we should try a couple of no carb days, just lean meats and fruits.
What do you think?
Love
S
I'd like to do like I've been doing and have a balanced diet more or less. This is something I can live with over the long term. I'll get some grapefruit today. I'll calm down over the drive to PA. Parts of it is so beautiful. It's raining so there will be mist hanging in the mountains.
See you tomorrow.
Love, B.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Stress Levels...keep focused...keep the list
Hey,
Today is xxx.x. Just a little reduction. Going to work all day in the yard so should be a good reduction today. Got to go now. Mom has doc apt at 9:30.
Back fm doc. Mom off Lipitor (was causing confusion more) and will get on an appetite suppressant. Let's talk earlier. How about 8:30 my time ?
Love, B.
OK 8:30 your time if fine with me.
That's great, but I can tell you are not using your 'list' if you forget to 'chat with s' until 12:30 your time.
The List is to help you keep FOCUSSSSSS!!
But, again, GREATTTTT GOINGGGGGG !!!!! I know how difficult this is.
But I think talking with me each day will make it easier.
How do you like the idea of a Salad Bar Party?
Love S
Hey,
The Salad Bar Party sounds great. I'll see if the girls want to do it.
I had 2 nights of the your artichoke pasta sauce, 1 night of roasted chicken from deli...no skin, 1 night of your prime rib, tonight I'm having one of your Christmas Birds.
Love
B
Hi B,
We're going airboating today, so I won't be here to chat today. I'm figuring you'll be xxx.x today. E-mail me anyway so I'll check when we get home.
Ok, your leg is better now, so 45 min working in the yar and 15 min of exercise sitting down or laying on the bed...you promised
Love
S
Hey,
You're right xxx.x. This is amazing to me. I'm doing the exact same things as earlier, but the last few days I'm losing .5 lb each day. My attitude toward Mom is better, her attitude toward me is better...maybe my stress level is lower???
Ok, situps and leg lifts from the bed for 15 min. I still can't put any weight on the knee while it is bent. I'll go back to bed right now and do 15 min of exercise. Anything to keep this cycle of .5 lb a day going.
Love
B
It could be your stress level is lower. Are you singing our song???
Air boat ride was fun. It's the only boat I can go on now with my back...gliding over the swamp is much easier than beating into the wind and waves.
Ok, let's get back to our full reporting schedule at 8:30 your time.
Weight?
bm yes or no?
how long yard work?
how long exercise...what kind?
what was for dinner...what is for dinner?
Stress w mom or not...how much?
Did you cheat?
Did you do anything fun?
This way, I can keep track for you, so when I send the overall monthly analysis report, we know what caused what... where you did great and maybe where you lost focus.
I'd like to say it will get easier, but I happen to know from experience it won't. Focussing on the positive and chatting with me will make it better though. When do you think you'll reach xxx?
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
Love, S
F!!!!!!
xxx.x this am.
No bm yesterday and not much exercise. Just situps & leg lifts. rained all day. Went to PA to hear barbershop quartet. For some reason I was stressed out at Mom. Tried to discover the reason when I realized I was in my mad mode again but couldn't remember one specific thing. She was in her push the buttons mode.
Thought I was doing so good in the stress area too. Yes, I've been singing the song. and yes it does help.
Didn't eat much yesterday either so metabolism was slower maybe. Had breakfast (oatmeal at restaurant) around 11, then munched on carrots at about 4:30 on the way back from PA, then dinner at 7:30. Had your vegie soup w/toasted cheese sandwich. I've found a soy cheese with 2 g fat per slice. Pretty good too.
Will probably have the Christmas Bird tonight. It's been thawed for 2 days.
Love, B.
You ARE doing good. Don't let a set back knock you off your positive attitude.
Just keep singing and s.... If you are taking the detox stuff and prunes you should be s.... your guts out..
Sometimes changing your whole diet for a day or 2, can do well to wake up your metabolism. Next time you are in PA get a bag of ruby red grapefruit. Then, EVERY time you eat ANYTHING(including carrots or celery), eat a quarter of a grapefruit. And try to eat every 2 1/2 hr. Try not to eat any pasta, bread or starchy type carbs those 2 days too.
Congrats on the leg lifts and sit ups. Thanks for keeping your promise.
I was on the computer but I didn't come back to my mail box 'til just now.
Love,
S
Just had a big bm. Tomorrow should be down again. I am eating the prunes & detox. However, what do you mean by the serenity stuff? I have "acai burn" and "acai detox" but nothing labeled serenity.
I have a bunch of exercise plans in my files. I'm going to look at them and figure out more that I can do on the bed or standing or sitting. I can do some wall pushups, situps, leg lifts, weights for upper body. I'm going to start walking 1 mile a day on Monday with my friend. See how I do. Should be OK because I've cut the back yard and that's should equal about a mile.
Love, B.
Serenity is the little lavender labeled bottle that I put inside the box with the veggie slicer. It helps you relax and deal with mom.
It's all natural and it acts like the oil in "water off a ducks' back" in agrivating situations...which mom is probably the worst agrivating situation you'll ever come up on.
Love,
S
Today is xxx.x. Just a little reduction. Going to work all day in the yard so should be a good reduction today. Got to go now. Mom has doc apt at 9:30.
Back fm doc. Mom off Lipitor (was causing confusion more) and will get on an appetite suppressant. Let's talk earlier. How about 8:30 my time ?
Love, B.
OK 8:30 your time if fine with me.
That's great, but I can tell you are not using your 'list' if you forget to 'chat with s' until 12:30 your time.
The List is to help you keep FOCUSSSSSS!!
But, again, GREATTTTT GOINGGGGGG !!!!! I know how difficult this is.
But I think talking with me each day will make it easier.
How do you like the idea of a Salad Bar Party?
Love S
Hey,
The Salad Bar Party sounds great. I'll see if the girls want to do it.
I had 2 nights of the your artichoke pasta sauce, 1 night of roasted chicken from deli...no skin, 1 night of your prime rib, tonight I'm having one of your Christmas Birds.
Love
B
Hi B,
We're going airboating today, so I won't be here to chat today. I'm figuring you'll be xxx.x today. E-mail me anyway so I'll check when we get home.
Ok, your leg is better now, so 45 min working in the yar and 15 min of exercise sitting down or laying on the bed...you promised
Love
S
Hey,
You're right xxx.x. This is amazing to me. I'm doing the exact same things as earlier, but the last few days I'm losing .5 lb each day. My attitude toward Mom is better, her attitude toward me is better...maybe my stress level is lower???
Ok, situps and leg lifts from the bed for 15 min. I still can't put any weight on the knee while it is bent. I'll go back to bed right now and do 15 min of exercise. Anything to keep this cycle of .5 lb a day going.
Love
B
It could be your stress level is lower. Are you singing our song???
Air boat ride was fun. It's the only boat I can go on now with my back...gliding over the swamp is much easier than beating into the wind and waves.
Ok, let's get back to our full reporting schedule at 8:30 your time.
Weight?
bm yes or no?
how long yard work?
how long exercise...what kind?
what was for dinner...what is for dinner?
Stress w mom or not...how much?
Did you cheat?
Did you do anything fun?
This way, I can keep track for you, so when I send the overall monthly analysis report, we know what caused what... where you did great and maybe where you lost focus.
I'd like to say it will get easier, but I happen to know from experience it won't. Focussing on the positive and chatting with me will make it better though. When do you think you'll reach xxx?
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
Love, S
F!!!!!!
xxx.x this am.
No bm yesterday and not much exercise. Just situps & leg lifts. rained all day. Went to PA to hear barbershop quartet. For some reason I was stressed out at Mom. Tried to discover the reason when I realized I was in my mad mode again but couldn't remember one specific thing. She was in her push the buttons mode.
Thought I was doing so good in the stress area too. Yes, I've been singing the song. and yes it does help.
Didn't eat much yesterday either so metabolism was slower maybe. Had breakfast (oatmeal at restaurant) around 11, then munched on carrots at about 4:30 on the way back from PA, then dinner at 7:30. Had your vegie soup w/toasted cheese sandwich. I've found a soy cheese with 2 g fat per slice. Pretty good too.
Will probably have the Christmas Bird tonight. It's been thawed for 2 days.
Love, B.
You ARE doing good. Don't let a set back knock you off your positive attitude.
Just keep singing and s.... If you are taking the detox stuff and prunes you should be s.... your guts out..
Sometimes changing your whole diet for a day or 2, can do well to wake up your metabolism. Next time you are in PA get a bag of ruby red grapefruit. Then, EVERY time you eat ANYTHING(including carrots or celery), eat a quarter of a grapefruit. And try to eat every 2 1/2 hr. Try not to eat any pasta, bread or starchy type carbs those 2 days too.
Congrats on the leg lifts and sit ups. Thanks for keeping your promise.
I was on the computer but I didn't come back to my mail box 'til just now.
Love,
S
Just had a big bm. Tomorrow should be down again. I am eating the prunes & detox. However, what do you mean by the serenity stuff? I have "acai burn" and "acai detox" but nothing labeled serenity.
I have a bunch of exercise plans in my files. I'm going to look at them and figure out more that I can do on the bed or standing or sitting. I can do some wall pushups, situps, leg lifts, weights for upper body. I'm going to start walking 1 mile a day on Monday with my friend. See how I do. Should be OK because I've cut the back yard and that's should equal about a mile.
Love, B.
Serenity is the little lavender labeled bottle that I put inside the box with the veggie slicer. It helps you relax and deal with mom.
It's all natural and it acts like the oil in "water off a ducks' back" in agrivating situations...which mom is probably the worst agrivating situation you'll ever come up on.
Love,
S
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