Well, I thought this day was as good as any to start a new one.

The other one was called jen's food journal. Since I never put what I was eating, I didn't think the name was appropriate!

Anywho, nothing much exciting today. Just finished 1.5 miles on the treadmill. I just love that thing.

The car insurance comp. just called, they had a ton of mail lost in the last month, my check included, of course! So, she asked if I could stop payment on the check already issued and they'd reimburse me then I have to reissue a new check. Bah. Not a huge deal but a pain in my arse!

Oh, well.

Not much else planned for today. I need to do dishes and maybe some laundry and picking up. That's about it! Great days to everyone!

COngrats on your new journal!
I am glad you like the treadmill so much. I am not a big fan. I get bored too easily. I also have really bad balance, so I have to hold on when I walk or run, and running while holding on the the bar is not so easy!
Hope to hear more from you soon!

I love your icon! I used to have Rainbow Bright sheets, shoes, and the movies:)

Good luck in your new beginning, Jenny! Sounds like you are off to a good start with 1.5 miles on your treadmill. That's super!

Take care and have a great rest of your week!

Thank you Melissa and Dj for stopping by! Hope to see some new faces in my new home :o ..........

I forgot to mention that April showers also bring my 25th birthday. I had soooo wished to be much much smaller by now but, you know. It's not in my "plan" I guess!

I have no idea what's for dinner tonight so..? Guess I should be figuring that out. Leftovers perhaps???

Nothing exciting to report. I went and did the check-stop, re-issue check thing, that sucked. Then, came home, picked up the entire place and vacuumed. I feel better since I can't *see* the dirt!

Oh, Melissa, forgot to mention at Rainbow Brite, I used to have all of that stuff too. Do you remember Gem and the Holograms? I found a really cool website that totally brought me back to my childhood. 80schildren.com ?? Something like that. It has alot of funny stuff on it.

Everyone have a good evening! How did 6 pm get here so fast?!

Catchy!! I like it!! :D

Thanks! I am soooo NOT creative in any way, it's the best I could do!

We ended up having oatmeal and toast for dinner. Blah. Oh, well.

I'm having a problem with another board administrator for a tv show I watch. She's being really quite rude. She banned me for no known reason today. When I emailed her, she emails me back her "rules" one of them including "this is a moderated board, membership is a privelege, not a right". Okay, so she still didn't tell me why I got banned! She said, email her on April 2 and "they" (she) will unban me. Do I want to bother with her pitily little board? I don't know. I really enjoy reading it. 8-|

I am gonna check out that site Jenny! I am the typical 80's child! Did you see the series "I Love the 80's" on VH1? I watched every episode at least twice:)

I just turned 22, and also found myself a lot heavier than I ever imagined. Looks like we are going for similar goals too:)

Have a great day!

It does look like our goals are similar! That's great! How is South Beach working out for you? I tried for about 2 days! I'm pretty sure that's the name of the site. I'll check for sure and get back to you. Thanks for stopping by! Have a good night!

Edited to say I love the 80's shows on VH1 and I also loved watching the 90's programs that were on E! recently.

Hey Jenny - nice new journal! What show do you watch that you like to read about? :)

Corinna

Hi Cori! It's Judging Amy. One of my all-time favorites. Thanks for stopping! Hope you're having a good week! (now that it's almost over :o )

Happy Friday!
South beach is good. It's not too hard to follow, but I allow myself a little carbs each day. I need to stop doing that. I don't cook too much with pasta or rice, but it's nice occasionally. I have been doing it very loosely for about a month now, and have lost a couple pounds. If you follow better than I am, you should see great results!
HOpe you are having a great day! If not, start now:) There's no better time than now.

Hello again Melissa! I am thinking of trying it again (sbd). The whole moderation and exercise thing is showing me no results and I get discouraged very easily.

Fish for dinner tonight, fried. I know, I know but it's the only way I can eat it. Maybe potatoes with it? I'm not sure yet. I guess we'll soon find out!

Another mile on the treadmill today.........boys interrupted me. Brats. No, not really.

Hope everyone has a good evening!

Good morning DT world! Community, whatever you call it. The boys and I went to the local Easter Egg Hunt yesterday. Poor Ethan only got one egg! Bullies started early. He wasn't too upset, I gave him all of Landon's eggs! He didn't need to eat the candy anyway.

I love this new look! Like someone said, it will take getting used to but I love it already. I am one who is always changing my desktop, colors, fonts on email, etc. That sort of little change brightens my day! (get a life, I know!).

Dustin just took EThan out for bf, they are bringing me something back, hope it's good! I think the weather is going to be nice today so we should go for a walk. Maybe Dustin will take Ethan and Landon and I can go. I need to do dishes, laundry (always) and pick up a little bit, other than that stuff, it's a pretty free day. I hope everyone has a good day! Talk to you later!

Jenny - have you tried grilled salmon? Mmmm, mmmm, mmmmm!

I hope you had a great weekend.. and enjoyed your breakfast. :)

Corinna

The one and only time I tried salmon it was way too fishy for me. I know, it's fish. But. I don't really like fish. I've convinced myself that I don't like any of it, I just like tartar sauce!

Bf was ok. Room temp. by the time he got back here. Good thing, he's had Ethan all day. They are watering all the dogs at the kennel and then they'll feed them. How fun for Ethan! He loves water, mud and dogs so, hey!

Dinner will be grilled chicken, potato salad (boxed, I got lazy) and corn on the cob, yum. I'm ready for corn! I'm glad it will get darker later so we're not grilling the chicken in the dark and have to hold it under a flashlight to see if it's done! Been there, done that, not fun.

Thanks for stopping by Cori! Have a good Sunday! What's left of it, anyway. ;)

Try a tuna steak, they taste a lot less fishy.. and try it grilled. Mmmmmmm..

Corinna

Thanks for the tip, Corinna, I'll have to try it. We desperately need a new grill. The chicken came out okay, it just took forever. I swear the coals are about out buy the time the food is done.

I think my mom may get "me" one for my bday. I hope!

salmon plus lime juice plus a wee bit of olive oil plus a teeny wee bit of Cayenne Pepper plus a wee bit of seasoning salt (Old Bay?) equals oh my Good golly Divinity. (bake in oven til fish falls apart on your fork, about 20-30 minutes for 3/4 pound...)the lime and cayenne (just a scosche) kill the fishy taste. Just make sure it's fairly fresh, good, salmon.

Sam's carries some salmon but I don't know how fresh it is. Other than that...? It's not like I'm near any body of water! I'll keep that in mind though. Next time I'm at Sam's, I'll look at them. Thanks Jess, it does sound yummy.

ummmm...weeellll... I might avoid the Salmon, in that case. (though, Atlantic, farm raised salmon is purported to have a less fishy taste than Pacific fresh.)

ahhh, well...


hope you have a great one!

Thanks anyway!

I don't recall the actual message being on the email that there was a post before. Was it and I'm just not observant? I'm off to go through more baby clothes. Fun. Not.

No, it wasn't! I love the new form! That really saves time. As if it took all *that* long to click the link. Small minds, boring life......

Just finished 2 miles on the treadmill. About 1/2 a mile or so I got a horrible leg cramp. I thought I would have to stop. I didn't stop though! I made it through. I did stop for about 5 seconds or so and stretched my left calf. I think I need some potassium. Or something, I don't know. This is also the first time I've done 2 miles on the treadmill. I always stop at 1.5. I said, if you can do that, just keep going for another .5! I did! Yay! Well, I'm a little excited for me if you can't tell. Oh, well.

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Plans for today. Make the bed. Put on a bra. yuck. brush my teeth. do dishes (damn I want a dishwasher!). Change poopy diaper, change that to #1. Post more later!

Ah, boys. Girls? I wouldn't know. I just went into the other room to change Landon's horribly stinky diaper. He fought me the whole time. With all of his 19 month old might, he kicked and cried. Now I'm thinking this: if I had poop in my pants, I would be crying for someone to get it out! I think the wipes would feel quite nice. No, no, no, not him or Ethan at that age. Leave it in there mom! I'm too busy to lay down for a total of 60 seconds! Aw well. It's done now.

So, back to plans for the day, check one off, thank God. Other than that, whenever he takes his nap, I'll walk on the treadmill, another 2 miles? Most likely. My goal for this month is to get it down to 2 in 30 min. It took me 40 yesterday. My problem is, I have to warm up quite a bit before my calves are going to let me go any faster. Will this become easier? I think (hope) so.

Everyone have a great day!

girls do that fight thing, too. At least mine does, some of the time. WTG on your 2 miler!

have a great one!

Well, I'm glad that other people have to go through it too! Thanks for noticing my 2 miler! I'm excited to do another one today!

I just weighed myself. It's been a couple of weeks. I was scared! :sigh: It said 195. That's 5 pounds down in a couple of weeks. I'm not changing my stats just yet. I think I'll weight (pun) a couple of days and see if it sticks.

Haven't done any of today's plans yet. Gotta get my arse off of this puter!

I feel so good after I do something worthwhile! I just finished another 2 miles on the treadmill. Now I'm drinking my protein shake. I think I'll make that "lunch" and have a small snack in a couple of hours. What though? We are seriously out of groceries and money! I don't know if I even have anything healthy in my house! Or unhealthy for that matter. :( I'll figure something out.

Well, guess I'll check on the kids, they're eating lunch.

I *have* to go grocery shopping today. Don't I? Dustin will be gone tonight and tomorrow. In Oklahoma for a dog pull. So, I don't have to make dinner tonight. Yay! Tomorrow, we'll be at my grandparent's house all day and Sunday we'll be at his mom's for Easter dinner. So? Do I have to go shop today? I normally love to shop, don't get my wrong. However, I have to take the kids and it's raining outside. Bluchk. I'm not sure how to spell that word but you know what I mean!

Landon needs to lay down for his nap as I need I shower. Yuck. I'm sooo UNmotivated today. It must be the weather.

Hey! I hope that you are doing well and keeping on track. It's been a few days since you've posted your progress. I wish you the best of luck! Hope to hear from you soon!

Hi Melissa! Nice to see you again! Oh, don't worry about me.......I've been here, lurking on other journals, in other forums, etc. I get lazy on the weekends. Either lazy or I'm not home to post.

Of course, it's in my nature to way overeat on the holidays. Any one of them is an excuse for me. I'm just feeling really bummed lately. I can't find a plan that works right for me, I'm unmotivated to exercise. I think alot of it is depression. We have no health insurance so counseling, dr. appts. or prescriptions are not for me at this time. That's why I stopped taking Zoloft before, couldn't afford it.

Anyway, now that I've rambled on and on, I guess I'll go lurk on other forums for a little bit then maybe talk on the phone. Think of something for dinner? It's only 35 outside right now and rainy/snowy and cloudy, what the He77 happened to the 70 degrees and sun that was here yesterday?! That's KS for ya. "They" always say, if you don't like the weather here, wait 5 min., it'll change!

That weather forcast sounds just like here in Michigan. It's a big joke that the weather is so unpredictable. When someone asks about it, we all reply "Who knows? It's Michigan." Could be rain one minute followed by snow, then sunny and warm the next. Crazy!
I completely know about your diet frustrations. I havne't found one that works, but I don't wait long enough to see if they are going to work. I want results FAST! So, I get discouraged within a few days, and either give up or move on to the next 4 day plan. Being at DT for over a month is incredible! Even though it isn't a diet, it's been really good to see what is working for other people, real people, not the commercial people who are already skinny and healthy.
We will find something. It is going to happen this time!

I agree......there's "something" out there for everyone that really works. I find that when I come here sometimes, I want to talk about anything but dieting.

Anyway, don't have much to report tonight. I started pms'n today. Bloated as ever, moody, blah. I did walk another 2 miles today though! I feel sooo much better when I just do it!

I noticed after my clothes had been in the dryer for more than 2 hours that "gee, that's taking a long time!" Sure enough, it's not heating up at all. I called Larry, the appliance guy and he's supposed to be here sometime tomorrow. Hopefully! So, we had to drag 2 wet loads to my mom's house (only a block away) and dry them there. When I got the kids and the laundry all in the car, I was backing out of the driveway and there was a horrible screeching noise coming from my car. Ended up being a piece of very large and rusty wire that got jammed up there and wrapped around something..........glad that's fixed! Where the hell would I get a piece of wire? Who knows?

Well, everyone have a good evening! More excitement (not) tomorrow!

You must be a busy mom right now! Almost a week since you have been around. I hope you are doing well, keeping happy:) Hope to hear an update soon! We miss you!

Thanks for checking on my again, Melissa! I don't know what my problem is. I just get soooo discouraged and don't want to talk about dieting AT ALL. I get to feeling like, well, I guess I'll just be the fat one in my family. Ethan told me I was fat the other day. Mind you, he's 4 and I'm not really sure he knows what fat means. BUT. It still didn't feel very good.

I'm so depressed lately. The weather has been absolutely beautiful and I just want to sit in the house. My only very close friend, besides my sister, is in CA. We talk everyday but it makes me crazy knowing that we can't go out for a cup of coffee or go shopping. My sister, who is an hour away, is in nursing school and at the very end of her LPN training so is extrememly busy plus she has a husband and a part time job. So? Trust me when I say, there are very very few people in this town that I would like to be friends with. What am I getting at exactly? I don't have any friends! :(

Sorry, this is a depressing post!

I'll try to write more later. I'm going to lurk in other's journals. Thanks again Melissa! Talk to you later!

Okay, I'm going to make it a point to come here and post and encourage and get support from others. I can't stand it when I get like this. It usually comes out of nowhere. I just don't want to do anything in these stages. I don't want to come here because I don't "diet". In fact, at these times in my life, I don't give a crap about what is going in my body. I have got to get out of this funk.

Yesterday I went grocery shopping. It was good, got some healthy stuff, some not so healthy but not really bad.

Plans for today...........laundry (already started), clean out my closet, yep, you heard right, yuck, um....dishes, call an old friend, maybe. Maybe not.

Post on diettalk! Walk. Period.

:hug:


Did I mention, my one really good friend (besides Diettalk dailies :) )is my sister IN FLORIDA????? and I'm In WASHINGTON????????(yeah, opposite coasts, opposite latitudes.) I hate the isolated feeling, but at the same time, I know I do have someone to call if my world is crumbling. or e-mail, after that last phone bill. (and that was BEFORE Alzheimers.) Whoops. tangential journal hijack. This stay at home mom stuff is hard, hard, underappreciated work. Lonely, hard, hard, underappreciated work. SO. I know I won't get the appreciation I need from manly man, I know I have only myself. I may as well be a healthy self, right?

You're totally on your way, jenny. I've noticed you're at 2 miles ON AVERAGE--that's AWESOME!!! I remember when you couldn't, wouldn't didn't do that. It'll take a while for your body to get the message that you're getting fit, and respond with a good scale reading. Remember that your new, firm muscle is going to build at the same time as smaller amounts of fat are burning. So the scale may not appreciate the difference for a while, may try to tell you what you're doing isn't working. Remember me? The plateau queen?Trust me. Do what you're doing, keep plugging along, keep striving to do good things for your body (exercise #1, hydrating, #2, feeding good fuel, #3, feeding BETTER fuel, #4, when you're ready) and you HAVE to notice results. You can already see results--2 miles, not one!-- it's just easier to believe "it's not working" and to think, "I may as well give up and be The Chubby One" and find comfort in food instead of kid hugs and walking...

Think, paradigm shift, Jenny. Rock your own world. I'm here cheering you on. :)

Thanks Jessica. I know you know how I feel. This sahm thing is so very lonely. And, I'm not getting any praise from dh either. What the heck did sahms do before the internet!?!? I couldn't last. I guess that's where soap operas come in, eh? Thank you so much for the encouragement. I really need that from time to time. I just finished lunch, a good choice, more on that in the next paragraph. I'm going to walk while I watch my soap, yeah, only one though! General Hospital. Hopefully Landon will take a nap during that time.

Okay, so I think it may be a good idea to post my meal choices on here. Here goes........nobody attack me for my bf choice! I caved, sadly, but I know I did it so I'll fix it!

Bf, coffee, of course, with 1/2 & 1/2, splenda flavored syrup
And...........a Krispy Kreme doughnut. Now, just why the hell did they have to start selling those at Walmart?! I would have been just fine. The meer name of them beckons me. Rat-B&^*)tards.

Lunch, lettuce, baby spinach, bacos, fresh mushrooms, buttermilk ranch dressing. It was all very good and fresh. I thoroughly enjoyed every bite.

Much better than my dinner choice last night. 2 corn dogs and mac & chz.

So, finished laundry, did dishes, talked on the phone, didn't do anything to the closet. Maybe tomorrow? Maybe tonight when the kids are in bed? I have to go play bunko tonight. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a really fun dice game! That's at 7, I better call Dustin and remind him.

Everyone have great days!

:x thanks Jess! I just finished a little over 2 miles on the treadmill. Thanks for the kick in the arse to do it.

Okay, so food last night and today.

Dinner last night, pizza, not as much as I usually eat
Popcorn for a snack

bf = coffee, usual
lunch, salad, same as yesterday and a corndog
still deciding on what's for dinner. I have some chicken breasts thawed out that I need to use up. I'm thinking either grilled chicken salads or cooking it in the oven because it's cold in here! Crappy crappy weather outside........rain, rain, rain. What did I say about April showers?!

I'm kind of excited about the weekend, mom is watching the boys so I can go out and celebrate my birthday. Should be fun, have no idea what we're doing. I really hope we don't just end up at the local bar. Ugh. ?? We shall see!

I just finished my tape of the Bachelor from last night, I'm hooked. I had to go play Bunko last night so missed it. I had a good time though, caught up on the lates town gossip. Being a sahm, I sure do miss a lot! No that I really miss it.

Don't have many plans for today, other than putting on a bra! I did the dishes, fed the kids, ate lunch, um.........that's about it! I'm planning on walking during my soap.

I should get off of here now, everyone have great days!

Well, didn't walk yesterday. This weather is really bumming me out. I will today though. I really need to take a shower. Landon just laid down for a nap so I'll do that in a few min. After the washer shuts off. Anway, meals so far....

dinner last night was chicken breasts cut up and boiled, mixed with cream of chicken, cream of mush., milk in a oven dish, stove-top mixed up and put on top cooked it till it was hot. It was okay. Not my best of choices but better than nothing.

Bf this morning was........I know what you're thinking, coffee, right? NO! I didn't drink coffee! I actually ate bf this morning, frosted mini-wheats. Now, I'm working on finishing this diet pepsi and then I'll have some water. I dont' k now why I'm even drinking it. I don't really like pop all that much and usually just crave water. Anywho, started laundry, last load is in the washer. I need to do dishes, take a shower, get my Avon books ready to go out, um....pick up the living room. Little things like that all day. I'm definitely going to walk.

Hope anyone who stops by has a great Friday! Talk to you later!

Glad to hear you are getting back on track! I know how it feels to not want to do anything. That's been my entire week! I walked yesterday, and cleaned like a mad woman today, so I am doing something:)
It seems like you are really considering your foods now. Hope that through journaling them, you can make wise choices for you and your family!

OOOOOKKKKAAAAAAAAAYyyyy. So. I didn't walk on Friday and haven't since. What the hell is wrong with me?!?!?! Whatever. I'm not even going there. I can't get out of this funk I'm in right now. ? I had a pretty busy weekend. Went out Sat. night, my mom watched the boys, laid around hungover (slightly) all day Sunday. Then, at the last min., MIL calls and says they are coming over for my bday (Mon.) later that evening so I have to run around and clean up the house or atleast pick up and make it presentable to the outside world. What did she bring? Brownies. Thanks ma! That's really helpin' my diet days. Anyway, yesterday, my mom brings over an entire DQ ice cream cake! Thanks again Ma! WTF? Do these people know that I'm fat? Do they know that I don't want to be? I know, they were just being polite and loving me on my "special" day. A "special" day which included laundry and the kids being brats. Ah, well. That's my life!

Sorry, really not a very nice post. Just venting somewhere! Thanks for letting me do that here. Now, I have to go give crab-butt Landon some more cheerios or juice or whatever it is he's screaming about this time.

Everyone have a good evening.......I'm going to try to find something for dinner. Later!

Sorry things aren't exactly peachy in Kansas. It will get better. Don't let it get the best of you!
Glad you were able to do some venting, hope it helped:)
Have a good weekend, hopefully better than last!

Vent all you want! It really does help.

I think all of us have "off" periods, where it seems difficult to get into our groove. Do the best you can and keep trying. The funk will pass and you'll be ready to hop right back where you were.

I hope your weekend is a great one.

Thanks Melissa and Dea for stopping! I really do appreciate you thinking of me.

I know the funk will pass I just don't know when. I think alot of it is my period starting. This weekend, I think I'll just stay home and deep clean, etc. Then, next weekend, I am going to walk a 5K with my sister, aunt and mom. It should be fun. We'll go to my aunt's house on Fri. night then get up and do that Sat. After it's over, we're taking my mom out for lunch from Mother's Day.

Today I have to do laundry. I don't mind it so much these days. Other days, I despise it.

I can't believe tomorrow is May! How did that happen?!

Well, thanks again ladies for stopping by to check on me, I'll try to have a good weekend, you try too!

OMG! It's been a full week since I've posted! I've been on DT, lurking occasionally.

I've been pretty busy actually. I have been trying to get all of my housework, etc. done in the mornings because it's gotten up to 95 in the afternoons all week. Then in the afternoons, 4 of the 5 days this week, we've been gone, running errands, helping a friend, etc. Today, after my mom gets off of work, her, my sis, the boys and I are headed to McPherson to walk their annual 5K. I know it's not much, 3 miles or so but I'll feel good for doing it anyway!

The oddest thing has happened. The past two weeks, I have not been on the treadmill, not once. I haven't TOTALLY been watching what I'm eating. I haven't completely fallen off the wagon just not so conciously (sp?). Anywho, I haven't been on the scale either. I got on yesterday and I lost 9 pounds! WTF?! I mean, I'm happy about it, don't get me wrong. But, why the hell does it happen when I'm anything but trying!? I think it's because I stopped drinking coffee. That was about the only caffeine I drank at all. That's the only thing I can think of. Oh, I also weighed on 3 different scales to make sure mine wasn't lying!

Well, I'm headed over to change my stats.......feels good, baby. I think that alone will motivate me more than anything else. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

I'm kind of debating just letting this journal die peacefully. Maybe I'll start a new one later when I'm ready? I don't know. We'll see how this week goes. We've been so busy, lotsa graduations, receptions, etc. Dh had to go have an epidural procedure done on his back, I had to drive him. Um.......not much else! I did walk the 5K and we didn't come in last! And, we were pushing strollers!

Anyway, I hope anyone who stops by is having a good week! Talk to you all later!

Hi jenny!! It's good to see you again! Congrats on completing the 5K!
:)

Thanks dea! Thanks for the congrats. I'm glad I completed it. It isn't much but much more than I would have done a year ago! Looking at your stats, btw! Wow! Thanks for stopping! Have a good one!

...and it's more than many *have* done...WTG!! (and look at those stats, yourself!) :up:

:o Thanks Jess! I was quite proud of myself!

I am so excited! Richelle (my hair/wax lady) is back from maternity leave! My brows were starting to look like catepillars on my face! And I won't even mention my lip hair (aka mustache). So, I have an appt. on Friday. I may be going to OK for the weekend for a dog pull with dh. A friend of mine offered to bb-sit. I love her! We'll see.

Everyone have great days!