Gotta push through.......

No more excuses!!!!!!

I have a free night to spend it with the DH and what I am going to do???????  I was thinking to myself that I should take the time to relax with him since we are like 2 ships in the night recently between my other job, feeling drained of energy and he is now part of the on-call rotation for his work.

I also have had an "meh" day of eating and what they say is true....Garbage in...garbage out. I have felt great all morning with my egg whites and water in me and then I had an okay build my own salad from Longo's with Miss A and I picked up few things to make for supper and then I discovered sugar free wafers from Vortmans......I have had a couple of these wafers this afternoon to treat myself and now I feel like I am going to drift off for a nap!

 

I have noticed on the FB page that the newbies will go nuts on the store/packaged stuff and then complain about energy levels being low.  I guess the Daddy Poon smarts have struck again! LOL

The more I think about the more I think that I can't come up with excuses not to get on the treadmill.  That was the whole reason for getting it was not to have excuses.  I am sure I could have used the weather, the wind or even a crack in the sidewalk as an excuse not to leave the house.

So I am going to get a start on the supper and while it is in the oven for 30 minutes I plan on taking my 20 minutes on the treadmill.  It is only 20 minutes right?  I am sure that the DH can find some emails to reply to while I am gone LOL

Wow!

What a time I have had in the past few days!

The treadmill was lugged and set up by the greatest DH in the world!!!!  It was set up and working by 10 pm Friday night.  I am glad that he helped since there was some electronics involved that I know i was going to screw up LOL

The day job is getting good since they have hired some more ladies to help lighten the load and fill  in some holes for ladies that are like Snow White.  I just know she had back issues and then she was off.  DoxyLover has been taking over her desk since Snow White left.  I found out that DoxyLover was getting "lamb basted" by few of Snow White's clients and that is why DoxyLover was in a funk last week.  She seems to be back to her good old self and really wants to have dinner with the DH and at some point at her place.  I can just her Nikki and her new boyfriend Cooter having fun in their back yard.

The other job have been crazy!  Corporate has taken over and I have been asked to fill in some shift of the drivers that the old owner stole to take to his only store.  So I have been working 4 nights a week at until 11 and I am thinking that I can't keep going on like I am.  So I talked to the store supervisor and mentioned to him that I can help him out next week for 4 shifts, but after that I need to cut back.  At least that gives them a week and half to get a new driver in.

Saturday I decided to give the treadmill a 20 minute cardio walk in bare feet.  I just did, not rhyme or reason so don't ask :)  Well I went 5 pin bowling against the Klingons and I did horribly because of the 2 blisters I got on the balls of meet from the treadmill.  My fault I know.  My feet are all better, so I am hoping to get back on the treadmill this weekend (with sneakers) so that I can go with Ohio on the Frosty 5K in March in Burlington.

My game and frame was sucking big time so I had some fun and granny bowled the rest if the frame:

 

 

 

This is the Feddie side of the Challenge and we are looking to redeem ourselves next year!!

 

 I saw the MD this morning and she is pleased as punch about my weight loss and she is glad to see that I have lost 14 kgs (or 31 pounds) in the year since my last visit.  I am no further ahead with the stitch in my side since the report from my scan said that all is well.  So I am off to see the surgeon again in the middle of December.  Until then, I will just keep a note of when the pain hits and what I am doing and eating.

 

We got a few pictures back from Halloween so her is Nikki and I.  I was the vet and she was my patient.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Maybe it is psychosomatic.

I am getting excited about my treadmill that I am getting tonight and I think might have set me up for the rest of the day.....I have honestly haven't looked past 6 pm tonight even though I have some Klingon vs Feddie bowling and a girls night this weekend but I seem like I can conquer the day!

-I stepped on the scale in the bathroom this morning to find that is had creeped downward.  I was little concerned about this since I ate a spinach salad at work last night with their dressing and some croutons.  Corporate is being really nice to again last night and I have heard the new manager that is coming in this weekend is a bit of a hard nose.  Suuuuuure corporate butters us up and then snaps us back into reality LOL
-I get into the office the morning to find that there are treats brought in by the DeNada and they are cookies that I really don't enjoy so I give them a pass.
-I have enjoyed my new found water in Miss A's SF Hawaiian punch to the point I have had almost a litre of water and it isn't even lunchtime yet!
-I have email from a US client that said (and I quote) "Thanks for being a wonderful company with whom to work!"
-I made the Princess' day a bit better by telling her that her jeans and heels make her legs look really thin and long.  I thought for sure I would have received the "Yah I know" but she was self-conscious herself and needed a boost too.

I am sure that there is going to be some negativity that I might come across today but it won't seem that bad.

Now if I can just figure out why DoxyLover an odd mood........

Caught up to speed.....

Let’s see since Halloween……..

 

I had my weekly check in and I think I am getting into the groove of them.  I find that I am not doing the “I have 3 days left before my weigh in…..” type of attitude.  I have been able to look at it one snack at a time and I was hoping the scale would reflect that…..Nope.  Apparently I can gain 8 pounds of fat in a week since that is what the scale said.  O_o  I tried to figure out where it came from and I am glad that I went to dinner with P since she thought it was odd to.  It was nice to eat at a restaurant with another Poon’er so that we can compare notes on the menu LOL  It doesn’t help that she is on Phase 2, but we swapped ideas over some fat free ice cream at Marble Slab.

A friend (I will call “Mini”) had her 40^th so we headed to Boston Pizza and some bowling.  I am kind of glad that Boston Pizza is getting the healthier band wagon so I was going to order the steak and veggies.  It also sme with a salad on the plate and instead of getting a wilted salad I asked if they could bring the salad portion out as a starter.  My salad came and I was a good girl and picked out the onions and gave them to Mini and I put the carrots aside.  She ordered the pulled pork and I was looking at it and in a past life that would have made me drool.  I looked at it this time and thought of the salt in the sauce and how the bun would have sit like lead in my tummy.  My steak came out and it too had salad with it.  I mentioned to the waitress I was going to grow bunny ears!  So I just ate the cucumbers that were in it and carried on.

Miss A here at work has taken over for Ohio and she is fitting in really nicely.  She has me hooked on sugar free Hawaiian punch!  She has found it at the dollar store and offered me a packet.  Well I tell you…..I am definitely getting in my water in now!  She makes mention of carbs at work, and it is interesting to be the outside looking on what others eat.  She had rice cakes today and I did the math that I could eat just 1/9^th of one.  Not worth it in my mind.

I had my other weekly weigh in last night and whichever documentation you look at I am down either way.  If we go by last week, I am down 10.5…….if you look at 2 weeks ago, I am down 2.5.  Needless to say I have added 2 more pink jewels to my bracelet!!!!!!  I just could get rid of that other half pound for an even three LOL  Dr. Merchie wanted me to go to Phase 2 for 3 days of the week.  For those of you that were wondering, that introduces whole fruits and other veggies as well as some dairy back into the diet.  I have almost lost 10% of my initial body weight and I guess it is the next step.  I decided to keep to Phase 1 for another week since I have an appointment with Dr. Ferguson and I want to show a big number for here than I was less than a year ago.  So who knows….I guess I got comfortable with Phase one and made it work (kind of) for me.

I have been able to make a deal with the DH for a treadmill.  Yes a treadmill. The DH said that if I made the space that he would help get it.  I also have asked him to give a kick in the butt to get on it too.  I plan on getting on it on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.   If I get called into Topper’s on Tuesday, I will bump it to Friday.  I also told him that if it sat for a month not being used, he is more than happy to Kijiji it.  So Mom was over last weekend and we went through my room (the spare bed and sewing room) together and donated box of stuff and threw out 3 bags of garbage to make room.  So I have saved my Topper’s money and been able to get almost $300 for it and I have asked for the rest of the treadmill for Christmas. 

This is the one I am hoping to get (Gold Gym's 410) and the price isn’t that bad either …..

 

 

 

Made it!!!!

Yesterday was Halloween and I made it!  It was an overall good....no a great day!

Being the chair social committee for work, I was running around getting stuff done for the costume contest and the pot luck lunch.  I am happy to say, I eat very Poon friendly foods and still enjoyed my self.  I did breakdown in the afternoon while I was cleaning up and mindlessly ate a cookie.  My mouth has sores on the inside of it, so I guess it really wasn't worth it :)

I left the office and headed off to see Dr. Merchie at the Brampton office.  I fond that some of the staff that weigh you really don't seem to share in the enthusiasm when we lose weight or even really chat with us.  So that is what I was expecting this time around too.  So I stepped on the scale and I really didn't want to see the number since I felt like I had gained again.....I lifted my hand up slowly to see that I was down 7 pounds!!!!!!  I am a new high of weight loss and that now puts from the Category 2 Obese into the Category 1 Obese!  So I am on the way from being Obese to be being fat LOL  The nurse gave me a high five and congratulated me.  I was first shocked at the weight and then at the fact she was excited with me!  Dr Merchie heard us high fiving and asked what it was all about.  I actually enjoyed the walk down the hall to his office.  As I walked out I saw the same gal again and she gave me a sincere "see you next time" and a wave.

When I got home, I unloaded the car and was beginning to think about supper.  Dave wanted to go out to get some more oil for the smoke machines so I just had him grab me a salad at McD's.  I did bring him home some chili and desserts from the pot luck so I knew he was taken care of.  I was shelling out the candy for a good hour and half and I wasn't even tempted to eat a single one!  I brought the bowl back into the house and left it there.

There were pics take around the office and once I get a few more in I will post them.  For the here and now, here is Nikki with DoxyLover's headband on.

What a month it has been…

I won’t go into great detail (most likely will since I ramble LOL) but I will sum it up the best I can.

Health…my doctor’s appointment in regards to my gall bladder has been bumped to November 22^nd by the office.  I didn’t ask for details of why since my doctor is entitled to a private life.  I will find out if the darn thing is coming or going. I had the lovely cold from the DH that moved into chest and that hung around for a few weeks.  I did find some sugar free halls to keep the hacking down. 

Work……Ohio gave her notice and she is moving onto a single company payroll so she will be contract for a year and she is looking forward to it.  Well Nikki is going to lose her napping spot when she goes so the uppity ups decided to put someone in the spot that doesn’t mind Nikki sharing the space or even getting an elbow nudge every once in a while.  So a co-worker I will call Doxie Lover is going to move into her spot.  She doesn’t mind Nikki at all, and she even feed Nikki some of her cheese sandwich on a regular basis and brings in treats from her 3 doxies for Nik.  I also have been made the chair of the social committee at work so I am planning stuff for that group as well.

Other work….I have been given the Thursday night shift on a regular basis which is nice since I feel like I am able to bank some money away for those rainy days. 

Running….no such luck with this one…..

Poon…..I laid all the cards on the table for Dr. Merchie and found out that he is glad that I am being honest with him.  He didn’t mind the fact that I offered to see him weekly just so I can get this squared away with this new way of life.  I just want to have the enthusiasm I had last November when I started this.  I feel like I am in a slump and the Support Group is helping too since I have found someone who I will call Florida, had the same up brining I had and is wrestling with the same eating issues I am.  She has offered her cell number to me and is like a sponsor and all I need to is text her.  I have to admit I have used her a few times when I have the McD’s bacon cheeseburger craving on the way home LOL.

Home Life…….has been busy with the DH with seeing Dredd in 3D was a big mistake since the handicap seating is at ground level and 3D on top of that makes for a very disassociated gal.  I actually stuffed cotton in my own ears so that I could finish watching it.  Thanksgiving was great with C and her hubby and I was able to make everyone happy with the Thanksgiving dinner.  The DH said that I could have served him Poon-friendly food and would have been none the wiser.  That is good to know for next year!

Schooling…….I did my re-write exam for PF2 at DoxyLover’s place since she has her Payroll Manager and has a current Payroll Association membership.  That was a while ago so those results should be coming back soon.  I had a dream last night that my old Physics teacher walked into the classroom and said to everyone that I was the latest PCP from the CPA….who knows, he might be right.

That takes you up to Halloween and the most of the office is dressing up so hopefully I can post pics later.

Updates to come.....

But for now I will leave you with this:

Fell off the wagon at a Halloween Party yesterday.  I was around all the food and finally snapped after 4 hours of being around it all.  I was like an old dog with a bone when the DH said I shouldn't be eating the rice krispie square.  I need to apologize to him this morning and I am starting clean this morning.