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Day 3 - Friday - Exercise and Food Diary

Food Diary:

Breakfast:

• 2 toast
• 2 eggs on toast
• cottage cheese on toast
• one large slice of cantaloupe

Lunch:

• 1 piece of homemade meat pie (at my mom’s)
• approx. 15 walnut pieces (at my mom’s)
• 5 dried pieces of pineapple (at my mom’s)

Dinner:

• bowl of Kraft Dinner made with diced tomatoes, green peppers and hamburger

Dessert: 4 Dare lemon cookies

Exercise Diary Day 3:

• Walk to my mom’s… 10 minute walk there and back

Wishing I had that pedometer now! Didn’t feel too energized today. I felt stiff and sore in the legs before I had my shower. Got a sore back as I was getting near to my mom’s.. probably do to aunt flow.

Happy Labour day weekend everyone!

I haven’t yet talked about the book I have been reading recently and that I’m simply hooked up on, but I will some other time.

For the moment, I have an exercise to do from the book.

I need to create a “Do List” for myself… not to be mixed up with a To-Do list.

This list should include 2 or 3 that you know are good for you, mentally and emotionally, that you will do each day. You can change it every day, every week, or as often as you please. Your Do List is exclusively for activities that you want to do and love to do! Next to each item on your list, write down why that choice is important to you and how following through with the choice will benefit you.

My Do List:

1. Remind myself that I am beautiful. I am worthy. I am content. I am learning and am preparing myself for success. I love and accept myself. I am unique, loving, loved and free. I have the power to control my health. I am in control of my health and wellness. I have abundant energy, vitality and well-being. My mind is at peace. I am filled with energy to do all the daily activities in life. I love and care for my body and it cares for me.
2. Sing along/Dance along to 3 songs a day
3. Read Woman’s World and/or my book of “Winning After Losing”.

Reasons why these are important to me:

1. Affirmation - I am simply worthy and don’t deserve any less than anyone else. I need to learn to respect and make time for myself as I haven’t in the past.
2. Sing/Dance - It makes me feel great, gets me some exercise, frees up my mind, releases stress, and makes me feel alive!
3. Reading - Relaxes my body and mind, takes the stress away, it is time for me, time alone without disturbances.

The objective to this exercise is to develop the internal control to formulate and implement the choices that are in your best interest. In order to do that you really need to invest the mental energy and time in yourself to think about what’s most important to you, what your highest priorities are, and what you plan to achieve and actualize each day.

Thought I’d work on a better and clearer format to write out my Food and Exercise entries

Food Diary for Thursday Aug. 28th - Day 2

Breakfast:

• 1 Plum (as I was cutting up the cantalope)
• Cut up bowl of cantalope with 2 yogurt cups (probably could have used only one)

Get Home Snack:

• Cherry/Chocolate Kashi granola bar (10% iron per bar)

Lunch:

• 2 whole grain toast with cottage cheese and an egg on each
• Mini baby carrots with ranch dressing

Dinner:

• Broccoli (approx 1 cup or so)
• 2 hamburgers

Dessert/Evening snacking:

• Cookies (too many of them)

Relatively good day, except I could have eaten just one hamburger and could have skipped most of those cookies I ate.

Water across the board all day, I drink a lot of it… too much to keep track of.

Exercise Diary - Day 2

• 30 minute walk outside to the baseball park and back
• Walking to bus stop and back
• Walking in the mall

Great exercise day. Felt good to go out and take a walk instead of doing my indoor exercise video. Beautiful day, had to take advantage of it! Too bad those cookies probably put me back though. I blame it on my period, it started when I got back from the mall. Need to realize and control myself more during these times especially.

As I’ve mentioned in a previous post… this summer I had my first experience of buying something on ebay. I never thought I’d be one of those people to buy anything from there, but I did and I had fun doing it. I only purchased some Scoth-Brite replacement sponges for my dishwand, but I was really excited to receive them.

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Edited for better and clearer diary format…

Food Diary for Wednesday Aug. 27th - Day 1

Breakfast:

• Bowl of honeycombs, milk and blueberries

Lunch:

• small plate of leftover spaghetti and lefover homemade spaghetti sauce (carrots, onions, celery, mushrooms, hamburger)

Afternoon/Before dinner snack:

• small bowl of baby carrots with ranch dressing

Dinner:

• another small plate of spaghetti and sauce

Dessert/Snack:

• 4-5 chocholate rosettes late in the evening

Great day of good eats.

Exercise Diary - Day 1

• mowed some sections of the lawn
• 1 mile walk (indoor walking dvd)
• exercised/danced through 4 songs of Richard Simmons’ Sweatin to the Oldies 2 dvd

Great day all around! Proud of myself especially for the Richard Simmons’ dvd… hadn’t done that in a very long time!

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Details of the day:

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I’m thinking of starting a food diary, but I’m not sure how to go about it.

I don’t think there’s any real point to writing it down on paper because my desk is a paper mess anyway… I’d hate to add to it.

I’d like to do it here, like I do my regular blogging, but I’d rather have a section just for it because I’m sure ya’ll don’t have an interest in that kind of stuff.

So I’m debating if I should create a wordpress page specifically for that and edit whenever I have something to add to it, or if I should create a whole new wordpress installation specifically for a Food Diary section… What do you think?

Last night, Peter and I sat outside after watching a movie called World Inc. (I’d find a link for info for it, but can’t find one, but anyway…). It was pretty chilly out, but as I waited for Peter to come out, I started thinking about the funds I’d been making the past couple days and today, mostly from renewing members. I’m not in real need to spend on any new memberships or purchaseware items at the moment… I’ve got quite a bit of content to keep me occupied and creating for a while still.

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Happy Tuesday to all!! *reminder, get better smileys again!* It is gorgeous outside!! Clear blue skies, and it’s currently 20C/68F and climbing to 24C/75F degrees today! Woohoo! Too bad I’ve slept half the day away though!

I have had a pretty calm weekend. It was very humid Friday and Saturday! The moms and I went grocery shopping on Saturday. It was surprising how very little people were at the stores… even at Wal-Mart! We’re assuming that a lot of people must be gone camping, travelling and gone to the cottage… better and easier for us! LOL Less irritation and bitchiness on my end! Thank goodness, because people together with the humidity wouldn’t have been a good idea!

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For several months, I was an avid commenter on the Eat This! Health Diaries blog, but on their Blackstrap Molasses post. I posted about the wonderful ways it had blessed me and how it had taken care of my anemia problem, that is, at least reducing it quite a bit… so much so that physical activity and going out shopping was a MUCH less bigger problem and task than it had been when I wasn’t taking it.

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I have had quite an out of normal adventurous day. A great day though! Quite a nice change of pace from how I have been feeling the past few weeks!

It’s quite amazing how things can work themselves out. I am always stunned of that process. There must definitely be a higher power that is watching over me and taking care of me. Seriously, I feel like I’m on cloud 9 and I feel the need for someone to pinch me.

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I’m a bit down at the moment… my clothes are getting used to shreds. I’ve got 2 t-shirts that I wear around the house, or like my mom’s place… places where I won’t really be seen by the public except by family… and they are getting holes in them from various reasons, but mainly from just regular wear and tear.

I have 2 or 3 other around-the-house t-shirts, but don’t wear them because they are simply too short for my liking. I have 3-4 pair of pants and shorts which I also just mainly wear around the house, except for one of my pair of shorts which go to the knees.

Public clothes? I’ve got very little! 2 t-shirts and 2 pairs of black pants. Not nearly enough to even go through HALF a week without washing… I would have to wash them every 2 days basically.

It’s very frustrating to not have a good amount of clothes that are in relatively good shape. It’s even more frustrating when we can’t afford to get me some new stuff. And unfortunately, clothes in my size are hard to come by in second hand stores and such. Clothes bought new at plus sized stores like Penningtons are expensive and just so totally out of our afford range.

Peter and I have been discussing the possiblity of trying to afford for me to start going to the gym again. It’s not the same one as I have gone to in the past, that was is in the city. A monthly membership is just about $58 dollars per month. Peter gets paid weekly and thought $15 dollars per week to put aside for it doesn’t sound like very much… I thought of an issue today… What on earth am I going to wear to go work out? I can’t possibly wear my old clothes with holes and rips.. and I can’t possibly wear my only 2 public clothes because I’m afraid those will wear out much quicker as well.

I’ve thought of the possiblity of borrowing money from my mom or my uncle to get some new clothes, but I can’t work up the nerve. My mom needs clothes herself and she can’t really afford it, although she can much more than me… and my uncle, well, let’s just say that he owes people money, and he’s helped so many people who have turned on him, that I don’t wish to ask anything of him. Not that I’ve turned on him or ever will, but I would hate to be another person to ask him something.

I just don’t know what to do.

edited: I received 2 credit card applications through the mail today, and you have no idea how tempted I am! *sigh*

So I wasn’t the only one going batty today… so to speak

A couple weeks ago, my mom and I saw a teeny bat hiding at the very top of her patio umbrella post. It had made itself comfy there, right at the top, but hidden from the sun under all the green thick material. It was at the peak, so we weren’t able to snap any pictures of it, but we did see it move around a few times for 2 days in a row… and then we didn’t see it any more.

When I talked to my mom today.. she said she was sitting outside in the shade and when she opened the umbrella, the bat was hiding in the folds of the umbrella, just hanging and sleeping. She had taken a few pictures but didn’t know how they turned out yet.

Earlier today when my mom and I were finished gathering up the garbage in the truck ready for a dump run, we went back to her place to go pick up their garbage and pick up my step-dad. I brought my camera because I wanted to take pictures of the bat, and hoped that it would still be there. I try to make it a habit of bringing my camera wherever I go now.. because you just never know what will happen.

Well… I caught it! It’s only about 1½ inches long! It is furry and adorable!

The thumbnails below are clickable so you can view the pictures in full view!

Isn’t it cute!?! I so wanted to pick it up and pet it! LOL It kept on sleeping like I didn’t bother it one bit… flash or not! I love little critters!! It doesn’t take much to get me excited!

I found this on O’Scrappy Day’s blog and thought it was a great idea…

When does a minute seem like enough time? List 3 important things you do that can be done in under one minute. Then, write about one of them with more detail:

1. Kiss hubby and let him know I love him and to have a good day

2. Give attention and cuddle with my kitties - tied with sending my mom a text msg

3. Pick up around the bedroom;livingroom;kitchen;etc

The first is the most important to me. No matter where he goes or for how long, I’ve got to say it to him. When we had a car, I usually added a ‘drive safely’… I felt if I didn’t say it, something might happen. I’m not supersticious by nature, but for me, feeling like I had to say it felt like I was knocking on wood or throwing salt over my shoulder. I enjoy when he comes back home from work and has good days, because his bad days also effect me. He is who is most important to me, and I never want to lose him… if ever the day would come that I had to, at least I would never regret not having kissed him, told him I loved him, or to have a good day.

Have you ever had someone in your life be so cheap, count every darn penny, nickel, dime, quarter & dollar that may be owed back to them?

I imagine that most people are like Peter and I… you don’t care about a quarter, it’s just a damn quarter. What are the chances you are REALLY going to NEED it if the person doesn’t give it back to you? You wouldn’t go after then unless you REALLY needed did, right?… but what are the chances of that? Anything over $10 bucks, if I actually needed back in a short time, I would let the person know… but if I didn’t need it back, or if I would be in no hurry, I would let them know that too.

The person in my life that is el cheapo, is… surprise surprise, my MIL.

Let me give you an example that happened just this evening. I had gone to do a dump run with my mom and step-dad this afternoon. My mom and I cleaned up the rest of our yard a couple weekends ago and had some garbage to bring which we can’t leave at the curb to be picked up. When I came back, my MIL told me that they had ordered food, and just as I sat down, the pizza delivery guy arrived and Peter paid for it with the MIL’s money (she wanted pizza). There were 2 pizzas which cost $26 bucks and change from the $30 she had given him… and Peter was given the change. Just a couple minutes later, she had to ask Peter how much it was, if he got the change, and where her $4 dollars was. :-O COME ON!! For 4 lousy bucks… she’s got to have a hyper fit about how much is left and WHERE it is?

I let her know my thoughts on the subject right away, except I didn’t voice them well enough at the time. But I told her that it was less than $4 dollars, asked her what the big deal was, and why she had to act like a 12 yr old. Her response… you would too if you would have grown up as poor as we did when we were young. My response to THAT was… for as many times as I have gotten upset with you about bringing up the subject of money and your ridiculous obsessions with ALL amounts and how often we have asked you to stop acting like it runs your life so much, when it’s such a minuscule thing to worry about, why do you continue doing it?! - And she went silent.

I don’t even have any words to how disturbed and angry this makes me feel… those 2 words don’t even seem appropriate enough.

But as I sat there, watching tv and NOT eating her damn pizza… I didn’t want to feel like I owed her a damn penny. But I’ve figured out why it gets me so angry when she acts this way…. Because she makes me feel like we are stealing from her, when we are not whatsoever! Seriously, why would we want to steal $4 lousy dollars from her?

See… I’m the kind of person, like I said, if I don’t need it, I won’t ask for it back. That’s one of the reasons I wish I was better off financially, so I could help the people around me, and NOT have to ask them for the money back… I would be happy to help them, as long as I wasn’t being taken advantage of and the person really did need it. But this is the complete opposite of how my MIL is.. and like I said, even goes through great lengths to after minimal amounts that should be in her pocket… and she is SO MUCH better off financially than we are… so this also, drives me insane.

I don’t know the way she thinks, but it’s seriously DRIVING ME UP THE WALL!!!!!!

seemed appropriate enough!

PS. I read a few tips in Woman’s World about how to better manage feelings, and journaling was one of them… but I’ve never been one to journal much on paper, or even blog (thus the often lengthy times with no new posts), but so far, it’s working out better this way. And I say… what’s the point of just keeping it to myself, when ppl actually reading my blog posts might actually have some tips for me, or in the least, give me some support or in the least, be honest and tell me what a bitch I am. LOL I would rather know, and grow, then to be lied to and keep acting the same stupid way.

I’m feeling great this morning so far. Still a bit sore in the legs, but good! Yesterday, my mom, step-dad and I went blueberry picking. We left here it was just a tad after 11am. As I was getting ready, my MIL came down to use the bathroom, we said our good mornings, and she went back upstairs and back to bed. I couldn’t help but enjoy the peace as I got showered and dressed and also to pack what I needed for the outing. I had written a note, and by the time my mom and step-dad arrived with the truck to pick me up, the MIL still wasn’t up yet. I had no intention of verbally letting her know any details of where we were going because I just wasn’t in the mood to play 20+ questions, so I just left her a note saying I was gone blueberry picking with them and that I’d probably be back in the late afternoon.

We went on some back roads where my mom used to live. It’s amazing how one dirt road will take you to another, and that will take you to another choice, etc… I don’t know if it’s like this everywhere, but I consider it one of the joys of living in Canada. It was nice to get away and kind of have a feeling of being lost. We must have gotten out approx 45 mins from home with all the twists and turns in the dirt roads. There are so many trails, it’s really interesting to see all the sandy nooks and crannies that people will get into with the vehicles or 4 wheelers, etc.

We were part of the many who were blueberry picking yesterday, but where we were, it was quiet. We had joined with friends of my mom’s and step-dad’s who had been blueberry picking at a spot for 2 weeks straight and had picked up some 50 some baskets of blueberries in those 2 weeks alone. They had been getting orders for them so they were going nuts. They showed us their spot and we had a great picking day too!

My step-dad picked up 2 tomato baskets full, and I picked up about 1 and a half… my mom must have picked up about 3/4 to a full basket. Her back was getting sore so she didn’t stick to it much the 2nd time we went back out on the other side of the road where it was flatter. For me, it went better the 2nd time because I had found a real good spot where I could pick tons and it wasn’t far from the road, so I brought the cooler with me to sit on… so I wasn’t over stretching and wasn’t hurting my back and legs in the process. It helped a lot, because I picked up a whole basket during picking around one tree, it went really well!

I was still picking, my step-dad brought his 4-wheeler… so he and my mom a ride one at a time to check out the other trails. By the time my mom came back from her ride, I was done filling my basket and headed back to the truck… basket it one hand, and cooler in the other. LOL It was 2:30pm or so by this time. There was a spot that my step-dad wanted to show us, so he drove the truck, and my mom followed with the 4-wheeler. We stopped in another area and they each went for another 4-wheeler ride in a few other trails, and I tried to pick more blueberries up… there were a lot, but they just weren’t as big as the previous area we had been, and I didn’t much like the area… it was hard to walk in. I was pretty proud of the amount I had picked up by this time anyhow… so whatever I picked up there was just a bonus.

^^ mom ^^

^^ me ^^

^^ Muffin, my mom’s dog ^^

We got caught by the rain for about 5-10 minutes where we had been before, and as we sat and relaxed on the other back road, the sun had peaked through, but storm clouds were quickly covering the sky. We had been expecting rain, but we were very lucky to only experience some for a very short time while we were actually picking… it was great! As we headed back home… it started pouring. We checked out a few other surrounding back roads and lakes… saw many people camping… many very well settled… like these people:

There were campers all around, but they had this base tent where they all hang out… We thought it was a great idea!

By the time we got home, it was around 5:30pm. I came through the door, headed straight to the bathroom, and changed into my pyjamas and vegged on the couch ’til Peter came home from work so we could all eat dinner. LOL I had to pop a couple pills so that I wouldn’t be so sore through the evening. Like I said… I’m still feeling it today, I’m walking in slow motion, but it feels knowing the good exercise I got yesterday, and how much fun we had. It was EXACTLY what I needed!! I loved it!

Can ya tell I don’t get the chance to go out much?

I’m glad I got to do this before summer ends at least! I hope to do it again next year!

I went to bed at 10pm last night, and got up at 8:30am… couldn’t help it… I just had enough sleep! LOL I watched the Olympics today… watched some diving going on. I’m not sure how Canada is holding up… I haven’t been all that fascinated in the Olympics this time… I guess I miss my friends when it comes to that.

I’m off to continue my Sunday vegging out session… hubby is off work today so spending time with him too.

Hope you’ve had a great weekend too!!