Here we go again!!

ok....I was on a roll. Then just as I round that corner of feeling great, the crappy cold bug makes its way into my overworked system. I know that it was just telling me that my body wasn't used to the workouts and eating right and it was going to show me. Well...it did. I got sick last Wednesday. Started in the throat...worked its ugly way into my head and sinuses...then took a trip to my lungs where it has stayed. Every cough to get this nasty stuff out sent pulsating pain to my ears and head. So....the dilemma was this....do I cough and hurt....or do I not cough and try to get rest. As you might know....it is tax season...so to keep my marriage in tact.....I slept on the couch...coughing and tossing for the last week. I now feel better but still have the last bit of hacking up my lungs at night. So...diet and exercise? ummm it has been non-existent. And...(sorry Sherry) I had a diet Pepsi to burn the nasty flem out of my coated throat. I believe that stuff is acid. It burned all the way down but cleared a path. Don't worry...that is the only one I will have. It was like Drano for the pipes. Still managed to lose a pound though!! Stay tuned....

OOPS....forgot to weigh in on Friday

Well. I guess you'll have to wait until this friday. Did anyone watch Oprah...with Dr. OZ? It was all about diabetes. What a great show. I don't like Oprah for the most part but...Dr. Oz was great. Watch it!! This past week was good. I struggle a bit with stress. 5 kids, working, keeping up with laundry, cleaning house, and being a chauffeur to the kids was enough to wear me out a bit. But....it is a new week and a new day. Life is good. Health is good. I am soda free and sugar free. The dreaded cycle is going to start so I am feeling a bit bloated. HMM...I should name the "cycle". What do you think? I had a great work out this morning. Love to get it done first thing. Then it is DONE and I don't have to think about it anymore.

Lisa

Friday....weigh in.

Not bad for a stressful week. 2 lbs down from last week. I had a bad thursday. I was rushing around to meet the deadlines for the day and trying to keep my wits about me. My computer got sick...the dreaded 2010 virus and it just happened to be the computer that all of my pictures are on (and yes...I forgot to back them up). Not to mention all of my real estate work is on that computer as well. Thank heavens for a wonderful husband who is smart and has a few connections. He called his former brother in law in portland who is a computer whiz. About 5 hours later I was up and running. The first thing that I did was back up everything on an external hard drive. Now I feel better (mentally)and so does my computer. The reason that I am writing about this is I ate terrible. No soda...no sugar...but just heavy, nasty food. I don't even know that I would call it food. It is just....blobby...blah...crap! There! That is how I felt when I went to bed last night. After a few "runs" to the restroom...I am feeling much lighter this morning and back to a new day. Does anyone have a solution for those days that are a bit stressful? I would take any suggestions!

Lisa

Crazy days and mondays always bring me down!

Do you recognize that title...it is actually a song. Woke up thinking that my kids didn't have school. They had cousins spend the night Sunday night so they could play on monday. Well...I went to the grocery store before the kids woke up and as I was coming back...I saw the school bus. Panic set in and I called the school. They thought I was crazy until I told them I have two kids in the Boise School Dist and they didn't have school. I woke up some pretty upset kids...took a few home to their mom...and the two that I had left at home went with me to do service at my moms. Poor kids! Even though the day was crazy...I didn't feel like I was out of control on my eating. Still soda free....sugar free (except natural stuff) and I feel that I am tasting things. I had a pear that was so good. I don't remember eating one that tasted so amazing. Hmm...I wonder if it has something to do with slowing down....focusing on what your eating....and really enyoying it.
My work out last night was great. I went with my husband after dinner. Tip: don't eat cucumbers before you work out.

Lisa

5 down...alot more to go.

Today is a good day. I have lost 5 pounds. I have more to go but am optimistic. I feel good. I am taking things very slow. It is a constant battle that I am going to win. I was so tempted yesterday to stop at a fast food place and then told myself...NO...that is silly when I have fresh food at home just 5 more minutes....that was all it took. Grabbed my water and that was it. That out of control feeling was gone. Stay tuned....

Lisa

Subway...eat fresh!

How much more fresh can you get with a veggie delight on whole wheat with nothing on it. It was actually pretty good. The headache came back for just a few minutes this morning. As I got moving and the kids off to school it seemed to have disappeared. Friday is my weigh in for this week. I will be curious to see how things are going. I have a body bugg that is showing me my activity level which I like. It is nice to know just how much excercise you are getting in a typical day. But it also tells me when I am being a bum!! Not liking that reality so much. Just gotta keep moving. With a new house to clean and 5 kids....I should be a rail!! Still sugar free...and soda free. Feeling FREE!!!!

Lisa

Seek and Find

Today my big to do...is to find a receipe for dinner that is healthy...but that all (7) of us will like. I have some beef in the freezer that is grass fed cattle from Brians ranch. There are some weird cuts that I haven't heard of. Who knew a cow could be cut in so many different ways? We are going to Union in June to buy another one at the stockshow so I need to get through what we have. There is a website call allreceipes.com that I am looking at. If anyone knows of a good receipe site...let me know. I am feeling very good. Not as tired as I was over the weekend. I am still soda...and sugar free.....I love it.

Lisa