The MAD Platter

9:25:29 AM CDT
Feeling Quiet
Hearing sounds of electric fans, Tidbit eating birdseed

Although my scale is not accurate, I am estimating my weight at 175. That is a nine-pound weightloss from 184 to 175, and that is only from trying to follow my eating plan (sometimes I mess up) and no exercise (still hurting from the blow I received from the crazy woman who attacked me with an electric cart at the grocery store and also from shock at my recent stroke of bad luck over the last several months).

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2:07:47 PM CDT
Feeling Embarrassed

                                              

October already?! OMG @ how I appear to be writing in this journal once a month?!# Shocker... Goes to show why I continue to look so fluffy. Not much change to report. Although my waistline is not as big as it once was, I believe I have only lost four pounds. Due to lack of funds, I am pinching pennies in the food department.

A couple of weeks ago, my refrigerator looked as empty as my best friend's refrigerator. (She doesn't know how to cook, so her refrigerator usually only has ice, water, slim fast, and juice.) Actually, she was way ahead of me, because I didn't even have that! Taking a good look at my refrigerator, you will find that it is mostly full of condiments and I keep the flour and cornmeal in there to keep them fresh and free from bugs. I usually have meals that I prepare in the freezer, too, but this time, even the freezer was empty! OMGG... why, even my love life has gone stale!

                       

It's funny how when you are short on cash, your mind thinks about all kinds of wonderful foods, especially chocolate. To make matters worse, the telenovela I was watching was called "Dame Chocolate." Thank God, it's finally over! But oh, how I wish I had some brownies...

                            

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3:02:10 PM CDT
Feeling Chillin'
Hearing the loud music coming from the neighbor's (ughhhhh!!)

              

A friend of mine had this tag made for me. The kitchen witch is riding a wisk!! I love it. I wish I could see who created it.

All of the graphics and tags in my journals are carefully selected. If your tag(s) have made themselves into my journals, consider it as an act of flattery. No copyright infringement is intended!!

It is hard to believe that I have not written in this journal since June. Here it is September already!!! I am so excited that it is almost Halloween... It is an incentive to lose weight to look good in that Halloween costume!!!! What will I wear this year??? I was fat last year and for some unknown reason, I really wasn't into Halloween last year. That is not like me at all, because I love Halloween! It holds some great memories with my kids. Oh, I hope this year I will be able to wear something fabulous!!

                              

This is what I ate yesterday (Saturday). It has been hard to keep up with my Eating Plan because now that I am out of a job, I have to watch my money. I am trying to eat low cost meals, but I am trying to keep up with the themes.

Rising~ three pitted prunes, glass of pomegrate juice (I mix juice with water to make it feel like more and also because it is too sweet for me)~ wait 20 minutes.

Breakfast~ Cinnamon oatmeal with soy milk.

Lunch~ Ramen Noodles (beef flavor), Green tea. (I do not like these noodles soupy. I drain the water and stir in a little of the flavor packet into the noodles to taste. Using all of the packet is too salty.) This was a cheap meal. LOL

Snack~ green grapes (I was surprised that this batch was sweet. I prefer the red grapes but the green were on special. This was the last of the grapes.)

Dinner~ fried fish (I just coated it with a little flour and garlic salt. I didn't have any cornmeal on hand.), lettuce and tomato salad with Italian dressing, green tea.

On Saturdays, I will try to eat and drink foods that cleanse the body. It is always a good idea to start the day with fiber, because fiber is cleansing and it keeps you regular. On my Eating Plan, I will try going back to Suzanne Somers philosophy about how to combine foods. Fruit should always be eaten alone. I know pasta was probably not a good choice for lunch today, but I have to watch my money right now.

Saturdays are a day for cleaning house, paying bills, giving things you don't need to charity, eating light, exercising, and taking baths. This is the day that I have set aside for cleansing and eliminating things that I do not want in my life. I have not returned to exercising, but I am seriously trying to stop the bingeing! Saturday is not a day for shopping, because I want to hold on to my money.

This Saturday, I should have taken that morning walk, tried to clean house, and gathered things to donate to charty, but  I was busy playing with PSP. LOL... Check out my other journal "The Glass Box" to see some of the tags that I made. All the tags on this entry were tagged by someone else. I wish I had the blank for the Medussa, because I would love to add some touches to it.

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10:36:53 AM CDT
Feeling Hopeful
Hearing "Turn, Turn, Turn"~ The Yardbirds

The element for Sunday is FIRE. Foods to enjoy today are: anything hot and spicy... foods that make you feel rich, proserous, or passionate about life.

What I ate:

   BREAKFAST~ one Huevo Ranchero with hot salsa, two tablespoons of beans, one tortilla, two cups of coffee. I really wanted to make some cinnamon rolls for breakfast, but I didn't have any on hand...lit a Cinnamon-Apple candle instead. The Huevo Ranchero was wonderful. I haven't had that in a very long time. I was surprised that the one tortilla was enough. In fact, I could have eaten half and it would have been enough. I like freezing my tortillas and taking them out one at a time from the freezer. It stops me from eating more than I need. I separate them with wax paper between each tortilla and freeze them in a large freezer ziplock. Keep the waxed paper in the bag so they can be recycled the next time you buy another package of tortillas.

   LUNCH~ Sirloin Steak, Baked Potato with margarine, Side of bell peppers, sliced jalapeno, onion, garlic, and sliced carrots, Cold Brew Lipton Iced Tea with sweetener. Today is the day to treat myself like royalty instead of like a servant. I should have had wine with lunch. It would have been a nice touch. Except for the side, this meal was not really hot and spicy, but this meal reminds me of the days when an ex-boyfriend would take me out to eat on Sundays. It was always my treat of the week. The side was kind of unusual without the lettuce, but my lettuce is wilted from all the water they spray at the grocery store so I didn't use it. It would have been nice to have had a slice of chocolate cake with this meal, but I planned to have chocolate pudding instead, because I had some on hand. After I ate lunch, however, I was too full for dessert. Wow. Now that is a good sign...

BEVERAGE OF THE DAY~ Drank lots of black tea today. I used Lipton Tea Cold Brew which is quick and easy to prepare. It was very energizing. Will consider buying a lemon for next week so that I can put a slice on my glass. Fancy. =.)

DINNER~ I was so full after lunch that I forgot to eat supper. When I looked at the clock, it was almost 7:30 p.m., which is my cut-off time not to eat, so I grabbed that chocolate pudding with FF whipped cream and I ate it before the clock could strike 7:30. I think I am going to love Sundays, because I can eat chocolate today. =.)

SNACK~ (?) I had planned to eat an orange today, but time swept away from me. Will try to remember next time.

EXERCISE~  Today is a day to relax and give thanks to the Lord for all the abundance in my life. I did not exercise today.

 

Notes: Will look for more "fire" meals and recipes to consider. I love the taste of jalapeno in a salad.

I enjoyed eating at the table, but today's meals should have had more presentation: sunflowers or marigolds, spicy scented candles, table placements and cloth napkins. This is the day to break out my red oriental dishes and placemats! Just because I live alone doesn't mean that I shouldn't treat myself like company. Because I live alone, I could have worn my "crown" at lunch today, and nobody would have laughed. =.)

Another special treat would have been an "afternoon cup of tea."

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10:54:21 AM CDT
Feeling Hopeful
Hearing the buzzing of my electric fan..... buzzzzzzzzzzzzz

AOL really needs to add some more moods for our journals! I am shocked that I have not written in this journal since March. The following is taken from my main journal: The Woman in The Glass Box... 

                                                          

Summer in the Valley is like living in HELL... Temperatures are at an all-time high... Looking for work in the heat of summer is just downright MADDDDDDDDD.

Info for journal/ Exercise:

The following is info from Sunday until this morning...

Sunday~ p.m.: First Day~ Walked 8 laps 

Monday~ a.m.: Walked 8 laps/ ~ p.m.: Neighbor latched on to me. Walked 6 very slow laps. Neighbor walks very slow and she got tired.

Tuesday~ a.m./p.m.: None (Had stuff to do.)

Wednesday~ a.m.: Walked 6 laps/~ p.m.:none 

Thursday~ a.m.: Walked 6 laps

Info for journal/ Weight-Loss Goals:

Starting Date: Sunday, June 17, 2007

Measure starting weight. ~ check

Eat less. ~ check

Drink plenty of fluids. ~ check

Start walking. ~ check

Stop eating by 7:30 p.m. ~ check

Info for journal/ Projects:

I am excited about a plan that I am working on. The plan will tie all of my projects together: eating plan,daily chores, clothing, jewelry, decorating. I can hardly wait until I have it organized enough to put it into practice.

I am already testing a few ideas, and so far, I like them. I think this is going to work to finally bring balance into my life.

 

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2:58:28 PM CDT

   
        Two Mondays ago, I sat down and had a talk with myself about my body and all the shapes it has gone through in my lifetime.  Everybody measures themselves with the scale. Is that the only way to go?!!!#

      My ENEMY continues to be STRESS.  Any attempts to DIET while under STRESS is just plain SUICIDAL.  It's MAD to even consider it, just MAD, I tell you!!! SO I decided to try to ADD EXERCISE to my life instead.

     My starting measurement was at 41-1/2 inches around my waist. OMGGG... That is so MAD MAD MAD, I tell you!!! That is almost as many inches as I am tall!!!! 

TIGHTEN THAT STRAIGHT-JACKET, PLEASE!!!!

     

     I had gone from an hour glass figure with a tiny waist to a cone with slim hips and a large bust to a rectangle with very little waist definition to a square with no definition at all! The only shape left from there is to become a big round circle and who wants to become a big round circle?!!!
     
                                                              

The MAD EXPERIMENT I decidedto try on myself was very simple: to add waist twisting exercises for about 10 minutes in the mornings before I headed off to work... no dieting, just add  a little bit of exercise into my day.
     
 With consistency, my efforts paid off....
Last Monday, I measured in at 38 inches around my waist. That is a total of 3-1/2 inches lost. Is that right?! OMGGG... If I can lose at least 2 inches a week, I will be looking good by my birthday, and there is no MADNESS in that!!!

     Even if I only lose an inch a week, that would be great. Even if I only lose half an inch a week, that would be great.

Even if I do not lose any weight, having a waistline again would make me happy. =.)     


  

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2:41:45 PM CST

  My weight on January 30 was @ 175. That was a nine pound weight loss since my last entry. I lost  it by eating a big breakfast of whatever I want, including flour tortillas, and eating less at lunch and at dinner. The big breakfast helped me to still feel full at lunch. I think my biggest drawback is that I eat too early in the morning. Eating my breakfast at work (before I start my day) was helpful.

What was not helpful was that I made the mistake of telling my coworker that I lost nine pounds in two weeks. Instead of being encouraging, she got mad and said it was probably water and that it was bad. She has hardly been eating anything and she has not lost a pound.

 Why are there always people who try to get you down?!

This week, I have been too busy, trying to beat a deadline at work, so I will be happy if there is not a weight gain when I step on the scale in the morning. The problem is having to work late, because by the time I get home, I am famished and try to eat the entire contents of my refrigerator. 

To dream the impossible dream... No, this is not a picture of me, but boy, can I relate!!!!!!!!

Blonde's Year in Review:

January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight.

February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels.....
Helllloooo!!!.....bottles won't fit in typewriter!!!

March - Got really excited...finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months
....box said "2-4 years!"

April - Trapped on escalator for hours.....power went out!!!

May - Tried to make Kool-Aid.....wrong instructions....
8 cups of water won't fit into those little packets!!!

June - Tried to go water skiing.....couldn't find a lake with a slope.

July - Lost breast stroke swimming competition....learned later, the
other swimmers cheated, they used their arms!!!

August - Got locked out of my car in rain storm.....
car swamped because soft-top was open.

September - The capital of California is "C".....isn't it???

October - Hate M &M's.....they are so hard to peel

November - Baked turkey for 4 1/2 days ...
instructions said 1 hour per pound and I weigh 108!!!

December - Couldn't call '9' '11'....."duh".....
there's no "eleven" button on the stupid phone!!!

What a year!!

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10:17:34 PM CST

I feel bad that to see my current weight on the scale. I have almost regained all of the weight I lost. That makes me feel sad.

Also, I was sick the entire time I was off. It will be hard returning to work tomorrow. I am so behind in my work. I hope I will be able to catch up.

If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think! ~ Oprah Winfrey

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4:39:33 PM CST
Feeling Quiet

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6:53:41 AM CST

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