madaboutmoose's Journal, 11 December 2009

Happy Friday!! So ... today I am 4 tenths above the blue line. Wahoo!!! Of course I have been here many times. The funny thing is that tomorrow we are taking my mom out to dinner for her 70th birthday so no doubt I'll have a gain ... again! But whatever gain I have will be temporary and I'll just keep plodding along. No worries.

We didn't even get a new battery!! Now, hubby is thinking it was just a bad connection to the battery. I'm just grateful it wasn't any big deal. I do fairly well with keeping my chin up but find when there is a bump in the road it hits me harder than usual. I'm sure that is just an indication of the stressors I have in my life. My coping skills just aren't quite what they usually are ... but at least I didn't take some major nose dive and bury myself with food. That is progress!!

So ... my five today ...

1. making it through another work week
2. enjoying having my mom still with us and her good health at 70!!
3. my son made it back home, safe and sound from Denver and had a wonderful time
4. the temps have warmed a tad and there is snow in the forecast for this weekend
5. the knowledge that I am not alone

Have a great day ... hang in there ...
180.4 lb Lost so far: 78.8 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

Diet Calendar Entries for 11 December 2009:
1404 kcal Fat: 21.32g | Prot: 66.90g | Carb: 250.46g.   Breakfast: medifast cocoa, water, Fiber One. Lunch: Orange, clementine, Select Harvest Mexican Style Tortilla Chicken, Yoplait Light Thick & Creamy Strawberry. Dinner: Perrier, brown rice, Beef Teriyaki. Snacks/Other: Marathon Energy Bar, Eating Right Potato Crisps. more...
3213 kcal Activities & Exercise: Shopping - 2 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 4 hours and 10 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours, Driving - 2 hours, Precor Elliptical - 50 minutes. more...
losing 5.6 lb a week

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Enjoy that dinner! 
11 Dec 09 by member: lasandra
You put SNOW as a top 5??? We can no longer be friends! LOL Your doing so great, don't worry about going out to dinner. Such is life, and you will be back on track soon enough. Have a great FRIDAY!!! 
11 Dec 09 by member: MomofTwoGirls
MOTG ... now, now ... if we live where it snows and we don't know how to appreciate it we would then be considered "crazy" right? LOL!!! I do not enjoy the inconveniences of the snow but I do love how clean and fresh everything looks. I love watching it fall from the sky. I love watching my dog run through the deep snow. I love cross country skiing in my front yard. I love how it smells outside when it is snowing. I love how the dirt roads leading to my home become snow-packed, smooth and bump free in the winter. See ... how's that for a glass half full approach??? I am going to enjoy dinner tomorrow. We are taking her out to a small golf course restaurant that isn't fancy but oh how they can cook!!! Prime Rib maybe ... or Shrimp!! And, they make very tasty cocktails as well!!! My hubby is driving so I'm going to get my mom a tad tipsy and celebrate how blessed I am to have a mom like her!! You have a great Friday too ... Jerseygirl!! 
11 Dec 09 by member: madaboutmoose
LOL I need to move to a WARM WEATHER STATE!!! I'm cold sitting here in my office!!! At least you LOVE it!!! Have a great dinner - I'll be thinking of you sinking your teeth into a prime rib while I'm eating my yogert.... 
11 Dec 09 by member: MomofTwoGirls
Now you've got your tooth sorted you'll beable to do that prime rib justice! Freezing weather and snow mean less muddy pawprints too. Have a super time with your Mum and remember her diet as well as yours :) 
11 Dec 09 by member: flaxseed
thanks for accepting my buddy request! I read your journals and you are so strong and so positive! congrats on the loss, you are at your goal now, even if you eat out tomorrow, I'm sure the gain won't be significant. I enjoy the snow too, but sometimes it makes my life difficult! 
11 Dec 09 by member: jessyline
Have a great time with your mom! Good that it was just a connection. Prime Rib sounds awesome. Most times the smallest places have the best food. 
11 Dec 09 by member: chattycathy1955
Wow, very impressive about you steady drops, its better to go to dinner w/ you back on low than being high though right! Enjoy your mama's birthday, you will repair that damage in no time.  
11 Dec 09 by member: cindyshine
Congratz to you on reaching goal! What an accomplishment. Kellybo & I were just talking about YO YOing. I don't know why we do it to ourselves. At least we are learning not to get so high before we try to get back in control! 
11 Dec 09 by member: pretty face
Thanks Pretty Face!! For me it isn't so much about yo-yoing as it is about living. I want to maintain within a range ... and for me that range is about 10 lbs ... which is reasonable for me. My weight yo-yos even when I am being extremely careful. So ... no BIG gains ... I agree ... but getting used to the minor ones without worry!! 
11 Dec 09 by member: madaboutmoose
Wow, you are really doing well moose, I'm impressed. I, on the other hand, have to go back to the remedial math class. ;-) 
12 Dec 09 by member: information
Congrats on being "pretty in blue." I want to echo jessyline's expresion of gratitude and appreciation for your POSITIVITY! We just came in from an OUTDOOR walk. It is so exhilirating to walk outdoors with the cold wind making our cheeks rosy. It makes us feel so ALIVE! Have a great Saturday. Have fun with your mama and happy birthday to her!  
12 Dec 09 by member: poet-in-motion
Congrats on getting to the blue line! Deep breaths, watching squirrels - that is what I am doing to destress today. 
12 Dec 09 by member: abbadabba
have a great time at dinner and sooooo glad the temps are coming up! 
12 Dec 09 by member: sharonfriz
Great job! Hope you had a wonderful dinner with your mom and had some pretty snow to watch too.  
12 Dec 09 by member: erikag
YAY for getting to the blue line. Enjoy your dinner with Mom!  
13 Dec 09 by member: mbhpro
Sigh! Blue line. What the hell is a blue line? I have almost forgotten what the blue line looks like! Just kidding. Seeing you "get there" gives me the motivation to want to "get there." Let's get rockin'! 
13 Dec 09 by member: poet-in-motion
You are absolutely not alone. :) I am fortunate to know that with you in my corner and hope you know that I am in yours as well. {{{hugs}} 
13 Dec 09 by member: dawn0001

     
 

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