Weigh-in #10

I'm breaking my code of silence to report the results of my weekly weigh-in. I lost a whopping 8 lbs!!!!!! I'm sure a good portion of that is due to the stomach bug I've had for the last couple days, but oh my freakin' gosh!!!! Wow. I stepped on the scale several times to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I was just hoping to have not gained anything this week. I'm sooooo excited. I had to wake Stuart up to tell him. The last time my weight was this low was a couple weeks after I had my tonsils out and a week or two before I found out I was pregnant for the third time (that's pre-twins). That puts a "1" in front. Wahoo! Now if I can just keep it off over the next week as I go back to regular eating. I'm sure the s'mores indulgence at Family Home Evening won't help me in that endeavor (it was easily 1000 calories). I'll have to be vigilant this week. No more "2's"! I wonder if the pants in my closet fit...?

Week 7 Ends

I haven't felt like posting. I've hit a wall. It's been really hard to care. I've had a few slip ups in the diet. Running on the treadmill is soooooooo boring. I have exercised every day. On my walk day I took the kids to the local river trail. I doubt it was very good cardio, but it was enjoyable for a change. Today I ran the trail. Madilyn followed me on her bike. I didn't get to actually run as much as I wanted to, because Madilyn kept stopping for water, or potty breaks. I know I did a mile and a half without stopping. We did about 3 miles total. I figure I ran 2 of them. I hope my joints (especially my hip) holds up. It's much more gratifying to see the physical distance you cross as opposed to ticking off numbers on the treadmill. On my way to the start of the trail I clocked it in the car. From my driveway to the parking lot at the Sports Park is exactly 3.2 miles. I would have thought it was much farther. I run that and more every day! I'm thinking of having Stuart meet me with the kids at the park on Saturday mornings and run there. When I envision myself running, its always outside. This treadmill thing is uninspiring. So, I'm not sure if I hit the time targets for today's run (it was suppose to be 26 minutes at a time), but it was so much more enjoyable, and sorely needed to inspire me to go on.

Weigh in #9

I gained a pound (although after my workout and a trip to the bathroom I'd lost it again, but that probably doesn't count). I'm not surprised. I could feel it. I am really disappointed. I've worked out really hard this past week. I haven't missed a day (except two days for strep throat) since I started this program. I'm running faster, and longer every day. I assume it has to do with diet. I've been having dessert again. I'm not snacking, but I have second helpings sometimes. Mostly at dinner. I've hit the yo-yo range I've been in for years. I loose a pound, gain a pound, but never get out of the trap. I feel hopeless. The time I have to exercise, and what I know and can do diet wise isn't good enough. I've gone from averaging -2lbs. a week to haggling over this same pound all month long. It's very discouraging. I just feel like I'll be fat forever. I hope this doesn't have anything to do with being off my thyroid meds.

Tuesdays have been a walk day throughout this program. Today it became another run day. Hopefully the added day will help.

breakfast:
oatmeal with a little brown sugar and strawberries
1% milk

lunch:
yucky little turkey and cheese rolls with Tzitki sauce
a few sour grapes

dinner:
a blah ham and cheese sandwich

I consoled my grumpy mood about the pound I gained by eating munchies leftover from FHE last night. Way to go. Fabulous. Where's the will power?

Week 7

I wasn't sure how week 7 would start off. I was up really late (it was Father's Day after all), and the baby was up at 6 (she's been doing that a lot lately). I was sooooo tired. I decided to eat a little something to help boost my energy before my workout. The run actually wasn't bad. I started doing some hip exercises to help get myself in shape for outdoor running.

snack:
banana

breakfast:
waffles with strawberries (no butter)
1 % milk

lunch:
big salad (romaine, tomato, carrot, jack cheese, honey mustard dressing)
a couple bites of a roll

snack:
yogurt

dinner:
waffles with strawberries (it was so yummy I couldn't resist)
1% milk

FHE treat:
peanut butter marshmallow munchies (I ate several. Probably negated my entire workout. I have a feeling tomorrow's weigh in is going to be disappointing.)

I'm up way too late. Time for bed. Tomorrow brings an additional run day for my weekly routine.

I have a feeling today's run is going to be hard. I was up until 1 am last night (grocery shopping so we'd have breakfast), and back up at 6:30 ish with the baby. I really just want to go back to bed. Soooooo tired.

breakfast:
Honey Bunches of Oats with 1/2 a banana and cut up strawberries

The run wasn't so bad. Week six is complete.

lunch:
plain old boring turkey and cheese on white
an orange

dinner:
beef stew (two helpings, arrrrg)
2 slices of bread

I sooooo want something desserty. It's been a rainy day and I just want to curl up with a good movie and a yummy treat!

60/4/600

I hit some milestones during my run this morning. Including a 5 minutes warm-up and a 10 cool down I was on the treadmill for 1 hour. That was the goal I'd set in the beginning. 1 hour of exercise. I also passed 4 miles (4.29 to be exact), and broke 600 calories burned (I can't remember the exact amount). I was a little slower running today. No time improvements, but I ran longer. I felt fine after I hit the 5k mark so I kept going for a few more minutes. I probably could have run more, but I didn't want to push anything too far with my hip being all weird. It's feeling much better today. I guess I'm not ready for the impact of outdoor runs.


breakfast:
glorified rice (and lots of it. How's that for counteracting the 600 calorie burn?) it's delicious, but totally unsatisfying. I'm still hungry.

lunch:
turkey and cheese on white, no mayo

dinner:
grilled chicken, mozzarella, a slice of bread

later:
a nectarine (seriously the best thing I ate all day)
OJ

need to work on those fruits and veggies

pre-workout snack:
6 almonds


It's a walk day. I think I'm going to stick to walking instead of adding in the running. It's disappointing, but I'm concerned about this hip. Maybe I'm not ready to run outside. Ugh. And I did well this past Tuesday! But that's when the hip started acting up. Better to take care of it I guess. I feel like I'm regressing, or giving up by not running. Maybe I'm just too heavy for my joints to handle the impact outside. Who knows. I was up late last night too. I'm really tired.


Walk was good. Beautiful morning!


breakfast:
two eggs
two pieces of toast (with butter)
1% milk
not the most healthy, but I'm soooooooo tired of instant oatmeal. I won't make a habit of it.

lunch:
grilled cheese (Chloe made it for me. How could I say no?)

dinner:
I couldn't tell you all that I ate. I went to a Relief Society Barbeque. I sampled several things. I'm not even going to try. I'm sure I had too many calories today.

later:
glorified rice (rice, maraschino cherries, marshmallows, pineapple, whipped cream. It was my contribution to the RS dinner that no one ate)
OJ

Hip feels better today

snack:
6 almonds (I read somewhere that some runners eat these to boost energy before a workout)


ran 17/walk 1/run some more until I hit 5k. Hip hurts. I'll be sooooo mad if I can't work through this.


breakfast (can it still be called breakfast at 11:00 am?):
frosted mini wheats
a lemon bar (It was a gift. It would be rude not to eat it)


lunch:
big salad (romaine, grilled chicken, carrot, tomato, mozzarella, honey mustard dressing)

snack:
Sam's Club was giving cookie samples, and apple bread samples. Small bites, but probably not on the list of things I should sample. I took the kids for kid's cones at McDonald's, so I had to have one too. It was tiny, but I'm sure it was calorie laden.
Lots and lots of strawberries.

dinner:
a hodgepodge of items; grilled chicken, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, a couple bites of pizza, a couple bites of ham.

later:
I helped Stuart finish off the strawberry shortcake. Ugh. Old habits die hard. I really need to rededicate myself to better nutrition, and no dessert. I'm so close to breaking a major weight point. This kind of eating is not going to get me there. Especially since I'm not taking my thyroid meds right now. Who knows how my weight will respond to that. I could balloon up.
OJ

Weigh In #8

Today was a walk outside day. I've been trying to run on the flat spots. It went well today, but now my knees and shins hurt. I need to stretch and take a shower.

I'm down another pound. I think. I stepped on the scale before my walk/run and after. Before I had lost nothing, but hadn't gained either. Given that most of last week's loss was probably temporary due to illness, I consider it good that it's still gone. After my workout I was down another pound. So, it could have been water weight, but I'm going to claim it just because I want to. Hopefully it'll still be gone next week. This puts me into the weight range I've been fluctuating in for about 10 years now. We'll see over the next few weeks if I can break it. That'd put a "1" at the front of my poundage.

breakfast:
just ate the yuckiest oatmeal ever. Bleh.
1 % milk

lunch:
two pieces of leftover pizza

dinner:
a couple bites of pizza
a bite of egg
green salad with grilled chicken, tomato, carrot, mozzarella, and about a tsp. of vinaigrette

later:
1 bite of each kid's snow cone (it's Madilyn's birthday. We had to get a treat!)
1 lemon bar that a neighbor brought me. It was a gift. I had to eat it!

It's so old lady, but my hip hurts!

Week 6 FINALLY Begins

I didn't get around to posting yesterday. It was Sunday, so no exercise.

breakfast:

waffle (complete with butter and syrup. Didn't taste very good)
1% milk


lunch:
half a turkey cheese sandwich


dinner:
red beans and rice with a sprinkling of cheese
mandarin oranges
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It's off to a slow start, but after spending 14 days stuck in week 5 (thanks to an unpleasant bout with strep) week 6 is finally here. We'll see if I can hack it. Friday was ultra tough. I didn't eat well last week either, so I'm not expecting to see good things on the scale tomorrow. Today is all mixed up. I slept in. It's almost 11 am and I'm still sitting in my pj's. The baby went back to sleep after her morning nursing, so her schedule is all messed up too. Not sure when I'm going to work out today. It'll have to be next time she naps. Whenever that might be.


breakfast:
oatmeal with a little bit of brown sugar
1% milk (although I've only had a few sips so far)

lunch:
there was literally nothing to eat. I had a few bites of this and that; ham, pineapple, a bite of cheese, a bite of peanut butter, pineapple juice. Not the healthiest, but like I said there was literally nothing to eat.

dinner:
we grilled pizza. I ate four squares! Green salad

FHE treat:
strawberry shortcake, cream on the top...

later:
OJ

breakfast:
4 pancakes with blueberries on top (too many, I know)
1% milk


I'm so tired. The baby got up at 6:00. Which is normally the time I should be working out, but I stayed up really late last night, and since it's Saturday I was planning on a later run. I'm debating going back to bed while the baby naps and having an even later workout. Problem is, there's a lot I want to do today and going back to bed will waste a good chuck of the day. BUT, I'm really cranky. AND my workout would probably go better if I'm rested. What to do???

Running won out. It was the hardest work out yet. I looked at the timer sooooo many times. The first 15 minutes were long, but do-able. The second 15 minutes seemed to never end. I thought I wouldn't make it. I thought of quitting so many times. In the end I made it. I'm glad week 5 is finally at an end.

lunch (didn't get around to it until 2:30 p):
2 chicken tacos (and then after I put the baby to bed I was still hungry so I at 2 more! I was so full)

dinner:
greek steak salad, with Tziki sauce, and marinated veggies
falafel

I ate SO much! I haven't eaten that much since I started this whole thing. It's 11:30 pm and I still feel like I could pop. Why is it that I eat the worst on the days that I had to work the hardest? I probably negated the whole work out and then some. Good grief.

breakfast:
oatmeal with raspberry topping
1% milk
the rest of Cadi's banana

This mornings jog was difficult to get to. Stuart was sick, the kids were up in the night, I didn't sleep much, so I didn't get up early. I started my workout before 10 am after I put the baby to bed, changed, and took the twins potty. 45 minutes later I had only managed 6 or so active minutes on the treadmill! Fighting, pooping, yelling, climbing all over the treadmill... crazy kids! I did some yelling of my own and kicked them out of the exercise room. I felt justified, then after a while I felt bad. Once the workout was over, I was ready for apologies and starting over (It only took a few minutes before I felt justified again).

I'm back on track with week 5's schedule; run 14 min/walk 1 min. The first run went well. I felt good, but once my walk break came around I had to potty so I took a bathroom break, and it totally messed with my momentum. The second 14 minutes was harder. Took a minute to walk and then ran until I hit 5k again.

lunch:
the rest of Wrigley's banana
turkey and cheese, no mayo
grapes
Capri Sun

dinner:
homemade chicken noodle soup (courtesy of JoAnne)
bread
grapes

I ate waaaaaay too much at dinner. Gotta work on that.

I really need to get some new running shoes. I paid a lot for the ones I have four years ago, but they're really worn now. My big toe is starting to poke through on one shoe. I haven't had much trouble with my knees lately (although my legs have been really sore this week), but I'm starting to have hip trouble (sooooo old lady!). It doesn't hurt when I run, just later. I so hope I can work through it. I don't want to be sidelined!

Today was a walk day. I've been adding some jogging to my walk days. I decided to take it in smaller bites today (like not running on the hills). It was hard at the end, but I made it.


breakfast:
oatmeal with raspberry topping
1% milk


lunch:
turkey and cheese on homemade white, no mayo
another piece of bread, actually it was two, one with jam
2 glasses of root beer (that amounts to 240 calories that I drank) ugh.


Look at me. Drowning the stress caused by my children, and a trip to the grocery store with a non-budget in sugar. Way to go. Fabulous. At this rate I'll be fat forever. Probably true. I feel so heavy. Heavy in spirit. I just want to melt into the chair I'm sitting in. When will it all go away?

dinner:
barbequed chicken
potatoes
green beans

I thought I was going to bed earlier last night. I think I made it about 30 min early. Not good enough. Especially when you have really annoying, loud, pesky, early risers. I'm sitting here waiting for the baby to be finished with her breakfast so I can get ready for my run. This is the first morning in a long time that I don't even want to do it. I don't care today. That scares me. This strep thing is throwing me off. Where's my resolve?


Not knowing what to expect, I hopped on the treadmill with a loose plan. I'd shoot for last Wednesday's scheduled run (run for 13/walk for 1, repeat), and not be mad if I had to rest. I would have been happy if I could have run for 5 minutes at a time. I was surprised I made the first 13 minutes. Grateful for a walk/water break. I walked probably closer to 2 minutes and then ran again. It actually hurt to walk. Then I ran 12 minutes, took a 1.5 minutes walk/water break and ran until I hit 5k. I was incredibly surprised to see that I'd knocked 2 minutes off my time when the monitor flashed 3.2 miles! Amazing! Who would have thought that coming back after an illness, and sore legs from attempting a run outside yesterday would improve my time. I still can't believe it. *my legs hurt*


breakfast:
oatmeal with raspberry topping
1% milk


lunch:
leftover chicken tortilla soup with a sprinkle of cheese
capri sun

snack:
granola bar

here's where I succumbed to the monster that is my addiction (I don't even want to write it down) NO BAKE COOKIES, like 4 of them. I think. That's like 450 calories. Ugh. I tried to make up for it by not eating much for dinner.

dinner:
frosted mini wheats
a couple bites of chicken

later:
a slice (okay 2) of home made bread
a glass of rootbeer

Weigh In Day #7

Omigosh! I actually lost weight! Cadi got me up at the crack of dawn to go to the bathroom, and I casually stepped on the scale while I waited for her to go potty. I was too tired to be super excited, but I'd lost 3 lbs. Wow! Later, as I was changing for my workout, I stepped on the scale again just to see if there was really any difference between weighing in wearing my PJ's and weighing in wearing my birthday suit like I usually do. Incredibly it put me down another pound! That's 4 lbs. in one week. My best yet (which makes it weird that I feel so darn fat)! Now whether or not it's weight loss from exercise, or weight loss from irregular eating habits due to illness is yet to be seen. I'll take it either way, and hopefully it'll still be gone next Tuesday.

I went on my scheduled walk this morning. I decided to give running outside a try. I only planned on running about 100 yards, but once I'd finished that I was doing okay, so I kept going. I worried about my knees, but they did fine. I was breathing like an over worked race horse. Moving forward under one's own power is a lot harder than jogging on the treadmill. I kept picking out new landmarks to run to; just make it to that house, keep running until you get to that tree, you can stop at the next drive way, go until you get to the top of the hill... each time I felt fine (very loud breathing excepting), so I kept on going. I made it about a mile (I'll have to clock it in the car later to be sure). I stopped at the bottom of the big hill. It took me a while to recover, and my left leg was cramping by the time I got to the top. I had planned on running again, but I didn't feel I had it in me. I figure for a first time it was okay. Especially since I'm coming off a weekend of strep and inactivity. I'm usually tired after a run on the treadmill, but not sore. My muscles are sore (my back included. How weird is that?), tight, and tired after jogging outside. I guess it worked new things. It'll take some getting use to. It was kind of cool to feel part of the "club" as I passed other joggers (they were actually running). It was kind of freeing to run outside. I hope my body can keep it up.

breakfast:
oatmeal with b. sugar
1% milk

lunch:
leftover chicken tacos
1 cracker with cheese
1.5 no bake cookies (the baby snagged one of my cookies, doing her part to get mommy skinny)

You'd think that having a surprise weight loss this morning would motivate me to stay away from junk food. I'm just having such a difficult time with life's circumstances right now, that I'm drawn to it. I find that I don't even want to resist it. Right now, I can see myself walking to the fridge and getting another cookie. Ugh. I need to get up and be productive. I've wasted most of the day in front of the computer. I should at least shower. Then I have a whole list of things I should be doing instead of sitting here.

dinner:
chicken tortilla soup with a sprinkling of jack cheese
home made tortillas (I ate 3! Aaaak!)
snuck another cookie! (you'd think I wanted that 4 pounds back)

later:
OJ

I didn't get around to posting yesterday. It was a hard day for me. Not only was I still on the strep train, waking up to bare cupboards, a broken dishwasher, a non-working oven, and many other problems sent me into an emotional black hole. I felt so incredibly empty. I found myself wishing I could disappear into the floor I was laying on. It's been a long time since I felt so consumed by a seemingly never ending depression. Things just seem so hopeless at this point. I'm sure the lack in exercise is not helping my mood any.


yesterday's brunch:
a spoonful of eggs
bacon
burnt banana muffins (we tried to use the grill in place of the oven. Didn't work)
milk


yesterday's snack:
some crackers


yesterday's dinner:
some beef slop over rice (not yummy)
mixed vegetables
a few bites of jell-o

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I was unsure of how to proceed this week. I'm still getting over the whole strep thing, but I don't want to remain inactive any longer. It takes something like 3 weeks to make a habit and only three days to break it. It's been three days since I last ran. My resolve to change is already crumbling. I have the, "why bother?" attitude. My legs have been yearning for movement.


I set the alarm for 5:30 this morning and planned on picking up where I left off. I couldn't get up when it went off. I figure I still need rest or I'll just end up sick again. While nursing the baby this morning I mulled over my exercise options for the week. I'm disappointed in this set back. In the end I opted to ease my way back in, starting with a walk this morning. The plan is to walk for a day or two and add running in as I'm feeling better. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be able to pick up where I left off and do the prescribed running for last Friday and Saturday. Then I'll be able to say I finished week 5 (that'll make the longest "week" ever).


I took my new route this morning. It was probably too long for my first day out, but I wanted that hill! I didn't worry about speed. I just wanted to be moving again. My knees were in open rebellion for the first mile. Then they tightened up and seemed to be glad for mobility again.


breakfast:
oatmeal with brown sugar
1% milk

lunch:
I finished off the kids PB&J on wheat (not good, I know, but there was seriously nothing else)

snack:
I think I ate a cracker
jello

dinner:
chicken tacos
pineapple

FHE treat:
we made no bake cookies. I thought I could just have one, but ended up eating 3, and really wanted to go for 4. I decided I'd better check myself before I rationalized all two dozen.

My throat feels significantly better this morning, but I'm still not tip top. It's a beautiful morning. I found myself envious of all the joggers I passed while taking Chloe to her dance rehearsal this morning. My throat felt good enough to eat this morning and I did. Too much.


breakfast:
a tall stack of blueberry pancakes complete with butter and syrup
1% milk

lunch:
leftover chicken parmigiana
salad

snack:
a few crackers

late night:
2 pieces of wheat toast with strawberry jam
1% milk
OJ

Sidelined!

I had a sore throat yesterday which got worse as the day wore on. Not better when I woke up, I went to see the doctor. Sure enough I've joined my kids in the fight with strep throat. So I guess I'm not running today. I'm really mad that I'm sick. One, because it's interrupting my training. Who knows how far it'll set me back. AND, I was really trying to overcome the slump this week's weight gain has put me in. Now I don't see how I'll loose anything. Plus I spent my last dime on stupid copays and antibiotics. I debated not medicating and just waiting it out in favor of buying groceries, but it turns out that untreated strep leads to pretty severe complications (rheumatic fever, heart problems...), so I bought the stupid horse pills and choked them down with some toast and herbal lemon tea. I SO want to go to bed and not take care of my kids today.

snack:
dried apples and bananas

dinner:
chicken parmigiana, mixed vegetables

I tried a new walking route this morning. I clocked it in the car before I walked and it was only a little farther than my usual route, but it gave me more trees, less houses, and a nice big hill to climb. The climb felt good in my muscles. I took the dog again. He couldn't hack it. About half way through he just sat down. He had to rest. He is a little dog I guess. He was still panting 20 minutes after we got home.

breakfast:
a BIG bowl of oatmeal and raspberries (gotta work on portion control)
1% milk


lunch:
a bite of this, a bite of that. I didn't really sit down for lunch, I just helped the kids eat theirs (PB&J, leftover chicken taco casserole)

dinner:
Stuart cooked a delicious dinner, fillet Mignon, and a salad

later:
OJ

Run breakdown for the day: run 13 min/walk 1 min, repeat 2x's, run 2 min/walk 1 minute run some more to hit 5k, then run a little more because you're almost at 500 calories and want to break it running.

Good run today. I was concerned for my knees when I first started, but all went well. I've added minor hip achy-ness (that is SO old lady) to my list of ailments. How exciting. Keep on trekking. Post running I discovered that I'm sick. Some kind of stomach bug is keeping me close to the bathroom. Fun for me. I wish I could take a shower and go back to bed.


breakfast:
despite having a stomach bug I was really hungry so I made baked oatmeal with raspberries. I probably ate too much of it, but it's oatmeal! How bad can it be?


snack:
2 orange slices


lunch:
roast beef and cheese on white, no mayo (this is getting really old)

snack:
carrot sticks
3 graham crackers (which I learned after I ate them, has about the same number of calories I worked off this morning. No more graham crackers)

dinner:
chicken taco casserole, which had WAAAAY too much cheese on it (and I had seconds :( loss of self control)
cut cantalope

later:
OJ

Weigh #6

I gained a pound. I think. When I first stepped on the scale it said I gained 2 lbs. I was so disappointed I stood there staring at the number glaring at me. I wasn't expecting much if any weight loss, but a gain? I stepped off and back on again hoping it would say something different. And it did. This time it said I'd lost a pound. So to make sure I stepped off and on again. This time it said I hadn't gained or lost. So I checked again. This time it told me I gained 1 lb. I figured I'd check until I got a number twice. That number told me I gained a pound.

I'm so disappointed in myself. It killed me to have to move my little jogger back on the weight ticker. I had been enjoying watching my weight tick downward each week. I feel yucky and sad. Really sad. I got too lax with the sugar rule. Baked beans are no good for the waist line. I need to amp up the fruits and veggies. I need to be more vigilant. I've done really well in the exercise department. I haven't missed a day. I'm continually pushing myself. So its gotta be the diet. I guess you have to be perfect. One bad week, a couple of bad days, that's all it takes. The funny thing is, I'm not feeling motivated to eat better. I'm feeling driven to drown myself in food. Bad food. Here's to eating healthier this week (of course that would be easier if my pantry wasn't empty. A trip to the store is sorely needed).

I was so tired I didn't hear the alarm go off this morning. I went for a walk after I fed the baby. I went farther than normal. Not sure If I was trying to make up for the weight gain, or combat the funk I've been in lately. I took the dog. He was annoying today. Pulling and yanking on the leash, peeing on everything, barking at passersby...

breakfast:
it's Chloe's birthday and she wanted to make crepes with strawberries and apple filling. Not a good start to the eating healthy regimen

lunch:
several bites of the chicken I was feeding the baby, a couple hours later I had a roast beef and cheese sandwich

snack:
Chloe opted to go out for snow cones in lieu of birthday cake today. I indulged in a child sized "cone". I tried a weird flavor, Lychee. Not my favorite. Stuart said it was absolutely disgusting.

dinner:
not a lot of option in the house today, roast beef and cheese again. This time I added sliced peaches.

I need something better...

Week 5 Begins

I actually got up on time this morning. 5am. I was slow moving. I'm exhausted now that I've finished my run; run 12 min./walk 1, repeat. Hopefully it helped counteract this past weekend's bad choices in eating. The t-shirt I threw on this morning happened to be one I've had sitting in my closet since I was a Mia-Maid. It's an old girls camp shirt. On the back it reads, "Decisions Determine Destiny." How appropriate. It's so applicable to everything. Maybe I should hang it up in my kitchen (and everywhere else for that matter). The baby is making noise. Guess I better go upstairs and run through the shower.

breakfast:
Honey Bunches of Oats (it wasn't even a full bowl. I emptied what was left in the box)

still hungry. Waffles are calling my name. Soooooooo tired...

snack:
fresh cut pineapple (combating those self induced sugar cravings)

lunch:
pulled chicken sandwich with cheese and pickles (there were lots of leftovers)
peaches

snack:
frosted mini wheats (those sugar cravings again)
a couple crackers later on

dinner:
leftover cheeseburger, beans, and pineapple