Green Monster Day One

OK - I bought all of the ingredients to Green Monster on Tuesday and today April showed me how to whip it all up in her Magic Bullet (hee hee). I used vanilla yogurt instead of the almond milk. The result is that mine is creamier than April's usually are, and have a slightly more sour (yogurt-y) taste to it. I must say - that as gross as the concoction sounds on paper - and how vivid it looks in the cup - it is surprisingly good! If we really are supposed to be eating seven servings of veggies and fruits a day, this is a pretty easy way to get in several of them. Mine has three cups of raw spinach, 1/2 a cup of blueberries and 1/2 a banana. I will eat the other half later today. I missed a day of exercise on my no excuses exercise plan. I have no excuse for missing it. I just forgot. I had a plan for exercise every day this week - including Tuesday, the day I missed. We were supposed to go to the gym together. I ended up cancelling because I had to go to the grocery store to get stuff for the dinner Katie was making (and the green monster stuff). I planned to use my "home gym." THEN, I watched the new episode of Castle, and figured out how to ply yarn on my spinning wheel (which, btw, was fun and turned out SO pretty!). I was so pleased and preoccupied with my spinning success that I was in bed and drifting off to sleep before I remembered that I hadn't exercised anything but my right leg. 8-(

Green Monster Report

So Peter made us each a Green Monster this morning...somehow they were more the color of hot asphalt though.  We used wild blueberries instead of regular ones; maybe they are more purple?  The banana flavor really came through in ours, and there was no hint of spinach at all, which made me extremely happy.  The flax seeds didn't grind up well, so you did have to chew every so often. Overall I will give it a thumbs up, however I think the next time I may make mine a Hawaiian Green Monster and add some pineapple.  I need those types of drinks to be tangy, so the flavor was a little flat for me. I'm thinking a handful of frozen pineapple chunks in place of my ice will do the trick.

Thanks for the introduction to the GM!

Fun morning

My weight this morning was 142.8--not quite two pounds down from last week, but I'm very happy with the loss. That wasn't the fun part, though. The fun part was getting blood drawn for all the various tests my doctor ordered--CBC and lipids and thyroid and vitamin D and one other that I can't remember. So I had to fast before the test, of course. I don't get blood drawn very often, but I've always been fine with it (at least as an adult--not so when I was a kid and tried to run away any time I needed a shot!). I don't like to watch the needle going in but I'm not a baby about it and the pain is only tiny so it doesn't bother me. So the phlebotomist got me all set up, poked me in the left arm, and the blood was just not coming out. It was like the time I tried donating blood to the Red Cross and they couldn't get the blood to flow and I bruised really badly. She kept moving the needle around and nothing would come out (and I was well hydrated--I had been drinking water throughout the night and morning). I suggested she try the hand, which tends to work better for me. So she was prepping that and I said I felt a bit dizzy, but generally o.k. I think she thought I was nervous about the needle prick, so she just told me not to look. So she stuck my hand and immediately I got super-dizzy-oh-my-God-I'm-going-to-pass-out. So I did. Only for a few seconds, but before passing out I was begging her to let me put my head between my legs, but I couldn't because the arm prop thing was in the way and there was a needle in my hand. They got ice on me and revived me and eventually moved me to a room to lay down. As soon as I lay down I felt much better, and I insisted that they finish drawing the blood (this time from my right arm, so now I've got bandages in three places) because I was NOT coming back to be tortured again. So instead of a 15 minute stop on my way to work, this turned out to be a 45 minute ordeal with a stop at Starbucks afterwards to replenish my low blood sugar. Thinking about it, I've never had to have blood drawn after fasting before, except one time in college when I donated blood and hadn't eaten much yet that day (it was snowing and I didn't want to slog to the dining hall), and I pretty much passed out after that one too, but I always thought it was because I only weighed 120 pounds and had low blood pressure and stood up too fast after the donation. Today was much scarier. I'm still feeling a bit shaky and lightheaded, even after an apple fritter from Starbucks and birthday cake for Missy at work, so I think I'm going to go see if I can find some protein.

Sometimes I can diet, sometimes I can't

Right now I can. For some reason, over the last week or so I have had NO problem ignoring food. I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and I have to remind myself at the end of the day to get enough calories. And it's not just the meatless/dairy-less thing (though that helps), because I've had seafood in my dinner the last few days and I'm still scrounging for calories. So my weight is declining, and today's was 141.0. But Easter will hit and I'll have a ton of junk food come into the house, so I'll start eating it again, and once I start I won't be able to quit for another month. Or three. But I don't want to reject the Easter junk foods entirely -- I just want to enjoy them like crazy for a day or two and then go back to a tiny snack each day. Why do I find that so difficult?

Just for fun today I put together an Excel spreadsheet of my weight this year so I could look at the moving average -- it is hard to tell what my weight is really doing when it zig-zags so much from day to day. It turns out this is my second period of weight loss this year, and the longest so far; in January it declined for a week and got close to where I am now, but then it immediately turned around and was more or less upward after that. But this time my weight loss started in mid-March -- pretty much right after our return from our trip -- and has continued. (Phooey! It IS Lent that's making it easy after all! Come to think of it, the limited diet makes a very big difference -- knowing I have avoid so many things makes me inclined to avoid everything. Hmm.)

Why are Tuesdays so difficult for me?

I can never remember that it is Tuesday.

I weighed myself yesterday though--197.5.  So down a tiny bit more than last week.  I bought some new clothes Friday.  I was dressing TERRIBLY for work and I decided I needed to stop that.  I now have 4 functional pairs of pants and a few options for tops that aren't sloppy.  I already feel better about myself, which hopefully will help with my fitness goals.  I also started wearing a bit of make up again, and that helped too.  It even brought on compliments from two of the most beautiful people in my life--you know the type that are always together, never look flustered, never a hair out of place, etc.  It's funny to me how general appearance does actually boost my self esteem; it feels shallow, but at the same time, I'll take what I can get.  I am realizing more and more how AWFUL my self esteem has been over the years.  There was a time when I was 120 lbs and I thought I was fat.   I also remember being in Alaska in 2005 and having to write down my weight for a helicopter tour...and being ashamed of listing155 lbs.  I think the really damaging kind of "fat" is the one stuck in your brain.  I think if I can lose that, the pounds will slip off.

This cold weather is seriously messing up my plan to get outside after work.  I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it so far.  I am really hoping we get over this cold/snow crap this week and then start into some more seasonal temps. Last night after work I cleaned the kitchen, read a little (I am finally getting into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and made dinner.  Tonight Peter has rec soccer and I always go to the games; they are somewhat torturous, but I go. Maybe I'll try to go out for a walk at lunch and traipse around the ghetto.  I do wish I didn't work in a scary neighborhood.

Green Monster

I wanted to create a separate post about my Green Monster Madness!!! 

In February of this year I was out to a business lunch with some ladies that I really like from our Broker's Office.  We were talking about my wellness program at TESSCO and they introduced me to the concept of the Green Monster.  In early February, I had started drinking a protein smoothie that was "chocolate" flavored and just NASTY.  Let's just say that I accidentally blended a paper towel in the smoothie and didn't even notice!!!  YUCK!  Anyway, I had just started to really think about what I was eating and making conscious decisions to change my lifestyle.  The ladies told me about this smoothie that they loved so I decided to try it.  For more Green Monster info go to www.greenmonstermovement.com

My Green Monster consists of:

• 8oz of unsweetened vanilla almond milk (Almond Breeze is my fav)
• 1/2 C. frozen blueberries
• 1/2 banana (frozen or not)
• 1 tbsp, ground flaxseed
• 1 tbsp, ground oatmeal
• 2-3 cups of baby raw spinach

I use my magic bullet blender (no giggles Amy) and blend to perfection with a little ice.  If you want to use this as a meal replacement shake, you can add a scoop of protein powder (I did for a time but I like to chew my protein).  This monster has 3 servings of fruits/veggies!!!  Oh and the best part - it is absolutely delicious!!! 

I have a Gmonster EVERY morning.  I've missed it only once and I noticed a HUGE difference so I won't miss it again.  What has it done for me???  When I say I have more energy...that is an understatement.  I've NEVER had as much energy as I have these days.  My hair and nails are growing like weeds and my skin is gorgeous (if I do say so myself).  I LOVE to monster!!!  Oh and my kids love it too. 

There are lots of different recipes and I've tried a few but I always come back to my standard :)
Enjoy!

Keep on keepin on...

This week I'm true to my goal...2lbs down!  If this loss strategy continues into the foreseeable future it should take me 9 and a half months to get to my goal weight of 150.  That would mean...around Christmas I'll be the lowest weight I've been since Mason's first birthday party 6 years ago.  That isn't too far away and I have lots of fun stuff in the middle to keep me busy.  I'm sure I'll plateau eventually but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.  At this pace, I will also be at the weight I want to be when we go to Ireland (199). 

GREAT SUCCESS...late last week I put on a pair of pants that I have been wearing with a bella band b/c I can't button them (I'm embarrassed to still be using it - it is for preggo ladies).  I didn't even think about it and just put the bella band on.  I came to work and went to the ladies room in the mid morning.  Without thinking about it, I buttoned the pants.  Let me repeat: I BUTTONED MY PANTS!  That is just crazy!!!  I took off the bella band and twirled it over my head (luckily I was alone in the bathroom, b/c people would think I'm nuts).  I was SO EXCITED!  Then this weekend, just for the heck of it, I tried on a pair of my pre-preggo jeans - AND THEY FIT.  Albeit a little tight, they still fit!!!  I love this feeling...

I hope everyone has a GREAT Tuesday!

No excuses exercise routine

I have already used up my free day this week. I didn't exercise on Sunday. The original plan was that Katie and I would walk after church yesterday - but then Sarah called Saturday evening and said we were doing Connor's birthday party Sunday night. Since Katie and I had spent the day yarn shopping at the yarn party our only free time was after church. Then I forgot until I was already in bed that I hadn't exercised. This wouldn't have been problem except I didn't exercise one other night last week so I couldn't take a free day on the weekend. It shouldn't be a problem though because I have exercise scheduled for every day except Thursday of this week, so I think I can manage to exercise for the next six days. I went to yoga on Saturday and Stan noticed me favoring my right leg a bit. He told me I have micro tears in two areas of my hamstring and that instead of stretching it out like I had been doing I should be babying it. He said this will probably be a problem for the rest of my life. He said to walk on it to help strenthen the part that is not damaged to support the damaged area to help it heal. Sigh. So, now I have to figure out how to do yoga - which I love - without straining my hamstring. Food is the same old, same old. I need to start doing april's green monster. Great way to get in the fruits and vegetables that I lack.

I don't think this works

I was going through a bunch of online calculators (BMI, BAI - body adiposity index, waist-to-hip ratio, and body fat calculator) and came across this link for a body fat calculator. I put in my current numbers and it told me my body fat percentage was 32.28%, which they say is obese. So I played with the numbers to see where I'd have to be to NOT be obese and no matter what I put in, it always has me in the 32%+ range. In fact, when I drop my weight to the mid-130's and take an inch off my waist, my body fat percentage goes UP to 32.4%. Out of curiosity, I put in my numbers from when I was in college and had my body fat percentage calculated by a professional as part of crew training. At that point I was 121 pounds and my body fat was 18% or 19%. According to this calculator, with those numbers, my body fat percentage is 32.6%!!

So I wouldn't use this calculator if you're looking for some idea of what your body fat is, although I'm curious to see what others would get with this. I'm wondering if maybe the calculator is set up so that anyone with a six inch wrist is just automatically going to be figured in the obese range if they are taller than four feet.

When you are your own worst enemy

I was slogging away on the elliptical yesterday (no treadmills or bikes were available; why does the elliptical make my feet fall asleep?) and started listening to a Radio Lab podcast of an episode called "Help." The episode was about how people use external things to battle internal problems, from addiction to writers block. It made me laugh because it started with the story of a woman who for decades just couldn't make herself stop smoking, until the day she said to her friend that if she ever smoked again she'd have to donate $5,000 to the KKK. Now, Sarah Palin isn't nearly as bad as the KKK and $25 isn't anything like $5,000, but it still made me laugh. It was also a really interesting episode. Turns out that the deal I've made is called a Ulysses Contract--a promise made now to bind your future self (as in Ulysses making his crew bind him to the mast so he could hear the sirens' song but not be able to respond to it). The episode mentioned in passing (and I'd have liked more information about this) that brain imaging shows that the urges of now are much, much stronger than the drive provided by promise of future benefits, so you have to do something to make the future effect a reality now in order for it to have any force. So you set up your pay so that your retirement money is taken out before you ever get your hands on it, or you put your alarm clock across the room so that you don't hit the snooze button a half a dozen times, or you make a public promise to give money to a cause you can't stand to force a change in daily behavior.

The episode is here if you are interested in listening:

http://www.radiolab.org/2011/mar/08/

It turns out I'm a yo-yo dieter

I just went back and put my weights into Daily Plate (well, Livestrong -- I still think of it as the Daily Plate) as far back as it would take it (January, 2006, four months after we started the blog). This meant I got to go back and re-read old blog posts, which was fun. So now I can see everything about my weight history since we started, except for the first few months, when I lost almost 30 pounds. Since then, I hit a low of 132, a high of 151, a low of 132, a high of 162, and (so far) a low of 139 (though the high since then was only 147). Now I'm kind of working my way down again -- so I think the recent low was only a partial low. I hope. But at no point during the last five and a half years has my weight ever been stable for more than a few months. August through December of last year was my best -- almost five months in the low 140s. I've never regained to that 173 point, but that was also just a post-partum plateau; odds are I would have shed to the 160s, eventually, in which case my post-Norway peak (and I can't blame ONLY Norway, because I gained five pounds more afterwards) was a full regain. I'm not even following a regular cycle -- I lost the weight in 9 months, regained for 18, lost for 4 or 5, regained for 22, lost for 8, steady for 5, and uneven since then -- I peaked a bit early in the year but am now back to last year's "steady" weight. Most years I have a slight dip during Lent and then a struggling period after Easter, so I might just be in my Lenten dip and really on an upswing again -- or starting to get moving on a real downswing. Or holding steady. Hard to say.

I'm not sure what my point is in all this -- it's just interesting. In a disconcerting sort of way. I've been kind of smug all along that I DID lose real weight and keep it off -- but I really haven't. OTOH, I did start exercising regularly at the start of this blog, and except for two unusual phases (one because I was between gyms while my money was in limbo with the first, and one because we were in Norway) I have exercised consistently (if not perfectly) since. So I have made that one improvement. And my the beginnings of my big weight upswings also coincide with the non-exercise phases. So maybe I won't be as yo-ish this time as I have been in the past?

DASH Diet...

very interesting!!!  This is exactly what I've done since February 1st.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASH_diet

I love that there is a name for it :)

It's a Tuesday that actually feels like a Tuesday

I am happy to report that my weight pre-vacation is equal to my weight post vacation: 198.2.  I consider that a small victory given the garbage we ate Wednesday night-through Sunday night. Steak & Shake, Buca di Beppo, Waffle House, wine tasting, arena food at the basketball games...just to name some of it.

On a similarly happy note, I am wearing a pair of pants that haven't fit in three years.  I don't actually think they ever fit me; I vaguely recall buying them for really cheap even though they were just a smidgen to tight to wear at the time, planning to lose the pound or two that I needed to get in them.  But, they are fitting now.

I've been doing a lot of diet books reading recently.  It is sort of fascinating (to the researcher in me) that there are so many kinds, methods, etc revolving around the same foods but one labels something as good, and another labels it bad.  Even vegetables get nicked; I read one article where onions were off limits. I think the key is to find something that works and go with it.  I was feeling really good when we were trying the high protein diet, and I think once Peter is back from Seattle we may go back to that.  It improves my energy and jump starts my weight loss.  I have decided, at least for now, that once I get rid of this excess weight I an going to try Bob Greene's Best Life Diet.  He designed it for Oprah, and while she clearly didn't keep up with it, it has the most reasonable maintenance plan of any of the books I've read. And it's just plain common sense, but I still need a "method" mapped out for me.  While there are more details, the long and short of it is to match your eating to your activity level.

And this week is a bit of a bust since Peter is away; I am on the all cereal diet :-)  I am so terrible about eating when I only have to feed myself. I was watching Eat Pray Love last night and Julia Roberts' character made herself breakfast in Italy...I think I need to try that approach. We'll see how it goes.

The Bod Pod is coming back to the area next month, so I want to go back and get re-measured.  I am hoping to see an improvement in my overall numbers.

Bummer

Well, I seemed to have found the weight that April lost. In fact, I think she left it in my coffee cup and I drank it all up!

I was up ABOVE the horror number this morning. I kind of half expected to be, but none the less it was depressing. I have exercised every day since Ash Wednesday (except Sundays). My eating the past couple of days has been bad - but I am eating daily salads - which is a start. I CAN'T do the No Sweets! No Whatever! thing again, because all that does is make me want to eat exactly that. And so it is counter productive.

What I DO need to do is start counting calories again. I need to get back on track with my eating.

I am hoping that this up TICK TOCK is because of my period, but I can't remember the last time I had it - so I don't know when it is next due. I may just be fat.

144.0

After my fake weight last week, I was surprised to find I was able to keep it in that range all week. It hit 142 at the lowest, and was below last week's Tuesday weight four days of the week... but not today. Naturally. But I'm not despairing because this time I know the weight is real, and I've felt pretty good the last week.

I also woke up to a new SparkPeople email this morning that included a link to an article on a bunch of heart-healthy foods (which is what got me started on reading about soy -- they touted it as a heart-healthy food, someone in the comments said, "Really? I've been getting mixed signals," and off I went to Google), and oatmeal was on the list. THAT led me to a link on ways to jazz up oatmeal (I found maple syrup disappointing, so it's been strawberries every day since), which got me enthused about breakfast, so I had very yummy applesauce-and-cinnamon oatmeal today. Tonight we're going to a potluck and the host is vegan, so I know there will be foods I can eat. The weather is gorgeous AND I have a gym appointment. And I have to go to the grocery store to get ingredients for my potluck entry, which means I'll have an opportunity to pick up hummus (I know I can make it, but they have a really good roasted red pepper hummus at Kroger) and pita for lunch. Today is going to be a good day.

Another celebration

144.6 today! Woo-hoo!!! I lost those two pounds!

This was one of those mornings where I stepped on the scale and was afraid to look--while I had hit 144.6 on Friday, I didn't weigh myself over the weekend and yesterday morning I was 145.8, so I had no idea what my weight would be this morning. While it's not unusual for me to drop a pound between Monday and Tuesday (even when I eat well and exercise over the weekend I find that my weight spikes on Monday mornings--I drink a lot less water over the weekend, though, so I suspect I'm retaining fluids that I then flush out when I get to work and start downing water all day) I didn't know if my Friday low weight was an anomoly and the Monday weight was more realistic, or if the Friday weight was for real and the Monday weight was a spike. I've been telling myself for the past 24 hours that anything in the 145 range would be acceptable--the whole point of a "stretch" goal is to work so hard to reach it that even if you miss you're still in good shape.

OTOH, my blood pressure is still through the roof. I had it checked at the wellness center on campus yesterday and it was 144/99!! That's higher than it was at the doctor's office (although there she made me lie down and relax before taking the reading; at the Wellness Center I walked two buildings away, sat down, and had the reading taken immediately) (OTOH, my heart rate was a very nice 68 bpm even after the short walk, so at least that's good). I've reduced my caffeine to one cup of coffee a day, I've been tracking my sodium intake and it's nearly always well below the 1500 mg a day that is considered the maximum for someone with high blood pressure or anyone middle aged.

Today I'm focusing on adding more potassium to my diet, which is supposed to help with blood pressure. Kind of funny with potassium--everything I read says that you can easily get this from your diet and it's best for you if you do, but I'm looking at the list of sources of potassium and it seems to me that to get the RDA of potassium in your diet, you'd pretty much have to spend all day eating. For example, today I had cantaloupe and cottage cheese for breakfast (468 mg), I'll have almonds for a morning snack (1 ounce is 206 mg, but I don't think I eat a full ounce, so say around 100 mg.); I have a salad for lunch that is designed entirely around potassium (spinach, roasted sweet potatoes, and white beans = 1,114 mg); I have an apple and a clementine to eat during the day (about 250 mg), and dinner usually involves some kind of green vegetable (generally 150 mg, unless it's asparagus - yum - that has 288 mg) and milk (366 mg). That gets me to 2,448 for the day. The RDA is 3,500 mg, and while I might get some more in whatever else we have for dinner (even if we had tilapia (unlikely since we had that last night) and baked potatoes that would add 990 mg, still a tiny bit under the RDA) that would mean that I had been eating all day entirely for the potassium and would STILL be low for the day. And if I were eating without thinking just about the potassium, I'd almost certainly be well below the RDA (sweet potatoes and white potatoes and beet greens and clams are just not part of my usual diet, although other things high on the list--low fat yogurt, tomatoes, beans, and spinach--are). If I were to guess, I'd say that my normal diet probably falls short on potassium by at least 1500 mg.

Before you suggest it, bananas make me gag. They are also not high up on the potassium list--at 422 mg per banana, they are just above spinach (419 per half cup, cooked) and I'd much rather eat spinach. Oh, and potassium supplements? Only 99 mg per caplet, and you aren't supposed to take more than one a day. What's the point of taking one at all, I wonder?

WOWee ZOWee

I'm THRILLED!!!

after my fake weightloss last week and my crazy carb loaded, alcohol induced, drunken extravaganza...I was sure I would either stay steady at last weeks weight or gain a little but I DIDN'T.  I actually lost 2 lbs from last Tuesday!  227.5!!!  Last week I posted that if I lost 2 lbs by this week (I had to go back and re-read), then I would buy myself a pair of shoes...well that is exactly what I'm going to do!  Today at lunch I'm going to treat myself to a new pair of shoes!  I want to keep up the good work and lose another 2lbs by next Tuesday.  My reward will be a pedicure!  Sounds like a good little treat to me...

Yesterday, when I counted out my calories from this weekend...I only ate 600 too many calories and I did C25k Saturday morning and Sunday night so I'm sure that helped.  Then Sunday I was feeling so sick from my lil hangover that I didn't eat that much at all!!!  I was pretty happy to get back to my Monday routine though...I was feeling a little lost :) 

On another note, I was upset to find out last night that T-Ball practice will interrupt my Thursday night aerobics class.  My DH is the coach and both boys are on the team so it isn't like I can just bail on him :(  Plus I love to watch them...they're so adorable!  We are trying to move practice night to Wednesday but it may not happen...that is ok - I will just C25k on Thursday nights instead of aerobics, I'll just miss out a little...I'll still be going on Tuesday nights.  Guilt - is it selfish for me to worry about aerobics??? 

I hope everyone else has a good Tuesday too!!! 

Counting calories and looking for protein

Living without meat and dairy is very odd. I've never had to worry about how much calcium and how much protein I'm getting before -- with dairy in the diet, there was always plenty. (OK, not QUITE plenty on the calcium -- but as much as most people get, and I take supplements. But too much protein.) And yesterday we ordered pizza for the family, and I got veggie pizza, no cheese. This qualifies as "food" under the definition I've been using of late, but it is (a) not filling and (b) not really all that nutritious when all you're getting is carbs and veggies in every other meal, too. Papa John's website also does not tell how many calories there are if you leave the cheese off, so I gave up trying to track my calorie intake yesterday -- I've been pretty good about that the rest of the week.

Today I had alphabet soup for lunch, and the one cookie I had after lunch (Girl Scout cookies are NOT "food", but they are dairy-free) had more calories than the soup. Something about that makes no sense. But there was also very little protein in either. On the days when I have seafood, obviously the protein is no problem. But on other days if I don't have a dish that is heavy on beans, AND some nuts at some point during the day, I'm short on protein. And even if I eat both I just barely make my RDA.

OTOH, if it weren't for the cookies (and that oil-popped popcorn the other day), my diet would be quite low fat! So I'm not having troubles keeping calories down to a minimum. And there's no shortage of fiber in my diet for the first time in a long time -- between the oatmeal and the beans, I'm in good shape. I know as I expand my options I'll get better at having a complete diet, and that if I stuck with this permanently I'd be healthier overall (and would spend less money -- if one eats vegan, one can AFFORD to eat organic!), but, golly, I miss dairy products!

Saturday Yoga

OK. So, Yay me! I got up and out this morning to make it to yoga. It was a really good session. The backside of my groin is still bothering me, but I am glad I am working it. I was POURING sweat today. I usually sweat for at least a portion of the class, but today I left with my hair wet. This is consistent with my card workout on Thursday night. I always sweat a little bit, but Thursday night I looked like I had just taken a shower! OTOH. I haven't noticed me sweating so much at night anymore - which is a good thing.

My muscles are very trembly right now. I am not sure why that is. It is irritating!

If I get annoying...tell me to shut up! LOL

Happy St. Patty's Day!

I have NO IDEA what is going on...I know we shouldn't weigh ourselves EVERYDAY but I have been curious about my daily weight so this week I've weighed in Tuesday, Wednesday and this morning.  Ready for this?!? 

Tuesday - 229.5
Wednesday - 227
Thursday 225.5

This may not seem bizarre to anyone else but this is VERY STRANGE for me.  I DO NOT fluctuate like that.  The only explanation I can think of is that my visitor just completed her cycle yesterday.  I don't know...but I'll take it.  I know I'll boing back a little b/c this Saturday is going to be my rock star outing with LOTS of drinking and probably some carbs (more than normal) to soak up some of the alcohol! 

I'll leave you with my favoriate (only) Irish Sayings...

Póg mo thóin!

dún do bheal

and sláinte