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Well, today started with some changes....RAIN! DH forwarned me that I needed to check the radar before walking. I did and thought I could get the entire walk in, plus I had gotten up early to do so. But the thunder was getting louder and more frequent, so after 1.5 miles, when I was bringing the dogs home anyway, I opted to stay home myself, esp. when I re-checked the radar. Just in time! Within 15 minutes, the skies opened up and dumped a bunch of rain on our area! Very welcome, even though it won't make up for all the rain we're short on so far this year.
It's been drizzling and spitting for the last couple hours, so I think I'll just forego the rest of the walking. My poor Lab, who hates rainstorms, is still under the computer desk and refuses to eat her breakfast. The thunder is pretty much gone, so eventually, she'll get back to normal. I have meds for her, but the storms this AM weren't really severe, so I didn't dose her.
I was mega-hungry this AM, so I had (low carb) pancakes for breakfast, as I know that they are filling. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Sunbutter was beginning to look awfully good! Now, I may even be OK until (an early) dinner.
Just for today....no nut butters and no peanuts.
FOCUS!
My thoughts today are of the individuals who have been seriously, seriously struggling to lose weight for months, with limited success.
We all have to find our own way, in our own way and in our own time. But I can't help but feel that if a person is on-plan, off-plan, on-plan, off-plan, with off-plan foods and meals dominating, then isn't it time to have a serious reality check?
You can't make a life change in your WOE/foods, if you're like a piece of driftwood out in the ocean, being tossed this way and that at the whim of every friend who takes you to lunch, every family dinner, every wedding, every graduation celebration, every promotion party, every Saturday night out on the town, every frustration or every heartache, or whatever.
I've been that piece of driftwood. You can't lose weight letting others (or outside events and feelings) determine what, or when, you're going to eat! You've got to chart your own, independent course or you'll be forever wishing for success but never achieving it.
Diet Calendar Entries for 16 June 2011:
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1216 kcal
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Fat: 67.59g | Prot: 100.35g | Carb: 55.01g.
Breakfast: Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free Syrup, Johnsonville Maple & Brown Sugar sausages, Maple Grove Farms Sugar Free Pancake & Waffle Mix, egg. Dinner: Armenian cucumber, wishbone ranch dressing, romaine, French's honey mustard, salad toppins, garden fresh tomato. Snacks/Other: Hillshire Farms ham, String Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Snacks. more...
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1926 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sleeping - 8 hours, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 16 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 11 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 33 minutes. more...
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 Comments
Sandy, glad to hear you have had some rain...we are still a little below for the month, but there is more coming, so am pretty sure that we will get caught up. You poor doggy...mine are the same way, and when it storms at night they have to be on the bed between hubby and I, snuggling! It is so cute! As for your thoughts on the weight loss problems, I have been there also, and although there have been long periods where the weight hasn't moved, I have managed to stay true to my WOE and maintain, now I am hoping that the changes I have made will that started the scale moving again will help it continue! Have a wonderful day!
16 Jun 11 by member: ctlss
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Rain is good, but I hate your little dog is so scared of the storms. My little dog was afraid of them too..We had to go into another room
while they lasted..she would curl up in my lap and just shiver..
Hope you can get that drift wood under control.. Life is a challenge
and we all have to tread water at times.. Have a good rainy day....Bren
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Exactly Stef...but even when you were staying the same, you still kept your direction and off-plan foods NEVER dominated your meals/days/weeks. You're a great example of staying true to your commitment and steering your own course! Enjoy your afternoon!
16 Jun 11 by member: Sandy701
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Bren, life IS a challenge. Struggles will occur on our journeys....that's a given. Hope you're having a good day and that your cows are doing OK too.
16 Jun 11 by member: Sandy701
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Hey Sandy, I have a lab too. Athough she doesn't have as hard a time as your does, she does know somehow if a bad storm is coming, long before it arrives & prefers to weather out the storm downstairs if it is really noisy, otherwise she just hangs out with us.
For me Atkins is a way of life, I won't be going back to the way I ate before! So far I have stayed true to my plan and not eaten I shouldn't have, I may have eaten more (some days a LOT more), than I should have, but what I ate I consider low carb (even my cheesecake). I love the low carb pancakes too! They sure do fill a girl up!
16 Jun 11 by member: gg-girl
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GG-Girl, my Lab never had a problem with storms until my Terv (who did) got older, lost a bit of his hearing and DIDN'T have a problem anymore. She sorta took up where he left off - crazy! You've been doing just great and setting the pace for the rest of us! Gotta re-check the radar, as it looks like we might be in for some more storms, but bigger, in an hour or so. She may need her pill!
16 Jun 11 by member: Sandy701
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Sandy - Sorry your walk got cut short but so glad you didn't get wet, or worse yet, get caught out in the lightening. Have a nice evening.
16 Jun 11 by member: BuffyBear
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Glad you missed the rain. I agree on your reality check. We can't always be a piece of drift wood.
17 Jun 11 by member: windrider
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