One Hour At A Time

Spunkisuzi is right. I need to take this one hour at a time. Last night, after I blogged, I took Brutus for a walk. At first, I didn't put his harness on him. BIG mistake. I made it five doors down before I came back home. I was going to give up, but I remembered the square fish I ate. So I put his harness on him, and ventured back out. He tried to pull at first, but just couldn't handle it, so we had a nice walk. We went around the block, one mile, and we were both better for it.

My weigh in this morning was much better. I am down .7. I went ahead and changed my ticker to my current weight. I feel like I might be able to move forward in the direction I need. I would like to say that I don't let what negative bloggers say affect me, but I guess it does. When someone says that I am a failure and it will be evident sooner or later, I take it to heart. Does that mean that the negative wins? Maybe. Well, losing over 30 lbs is not failing. Gaining a few over a weekend is not failing. Wrapping my mind around what caused it and doing better, is not failing. Making good choices, listening to my body, is succeeding.

AND I Ate Crap Again

On the way there, I just ate hummus and pita chips, drank my water, and left it at that. On the way back, I treated the kids to McDonald's. I got a fillet-o-fish and a soda. I then chowed on lunch meat the rest of the way home. It was obviously too much for me to handle. ARGH!!!

I am going to take the pooch for a short walk tonight to get myself back in the game like I claimed earlier today. WHATEVER!

Back in the Game!

Okay, so last night, I tried a different kind of B vitamin. It is not nasty at all. I am getting rid of the ones that make me gag, so one problem solved. I was also down today, not down to what I was before the trip, but down, nonetheless.

I have a road trip today to take Niece home. I will definitely be planning. I am not going to spend a fortune on food, so that means I will be packing some food, and only healthy choices. Have I mentioned that I am not happy about taking Niece home? We all have really enjoyed her. She is such a sweetheart. The boys don't want her to go back, Hubby doesn't want her to go back, and I don't want her to go back. Unfortunately, her mother wants her back, along with her half brothers, grandma, great grandma and her aunt. FINE! I'll take her back, but I won't like it! She really completes our little family. GRRRR

Tomorrow, I work at the UU church, then we celebrate MIL's birthday. I have no idea what we are going to give her, but we'll figure something out. Have a good day, everyone!

My Head Hurts!

And it is my own fault! I made hot dogs for my nephew and niece today for lunch. They are the Hebrew National, so not as bad as others, but still. Anyway, Niece said, "Auntie Mandy, could you make me another hot dog? I'm still hungry." I said, "Sure. Why don't you eat some of this fruit salad why I make your hot dog." She said, "I will eat everything except for the pineapple. I don't like pineapple." So I ate the pineapple for her. That was my first mistake. I should have just put it back in the bowl, but no, I decided it must be eaten. Then when the hot dog was done, Niece said, "Auntie Mandy, I don't that hot dog. I'm full." So, I put it on a plate and offered it to my sister-in-law when she came to pick up Nephew. She said, "mmm, no thanks. I will pass today." Well, Hebrew National hotdogs are REALLY expensive! So, while I was making my kale (turned out awesome!), I ate the hot dog. Then, when I stopped to get gas, I bought some donut gems. Then I went to Kroger to get my vegan cheese slices and bought a pepsi. Then I ate a bunch of chips and hummus. Now, I sit and wonder why I have a headache. I am guessing it has something to do with hot dog and donut.

Tomorrow, I take Niece home. The boys are so bummed about it. They have really grown attached to her. They don't understand why we can't adopt her. Well, I wish we could, but that is not in the plans right now.

So, for Auntie Mandy's Good Choices Blog, I'm Auntie Mandy, ready to make better choices starting NOW!

Hot 100 Update

I thought I did this yesterday, but I must not have. I really think my mind is shot. I have a few big assignments due, one today and two Monday and two on Tuesday (along with a test). I cannot wait until the last minute on these! So today, I will be working on projects.

So, my goals:

1. I will remember to take my supplements every single night. Being a vegan, it is very important that I do this as I cannot get B vitamins from anything but animal products. - So I have indulged on the occasional animal product, which has made me feel yucky. I had been successful at taking my vitamins every night until last night. UGH!

2. When I feel I need ibuprofen, I will take 1 instead of 2. - SUCCESS!

3. I will purposefully exercise every day. Even if it is walking the halls of the school on my break, I need to do it on purpose. -Since I have had Niece all week, and hubby has been working a lot of hours, the walks with Neighbor have been non existent. We will get back to it, we have to!

I'm Up and NOT Happy About It!

I am up just over two pounds from my trip. It's better than the 5 it was originally showing, but still. I know that I need to move more. I also know that I ate things yesterday that I am allergic to, without realizing it until I was half-way through it. We had presentations in one of my classes on different countries. All of the presentations had food. I refrained from eating the tamale because I KNEW it had pork in it. I decided to have the Indian rice dish not realizing it had yogurt in it until after I had a few bites. I also ate the baklava, two pieces because they were given to me, not because my body said that it needed the walnuts and pecans. I really need to have some self-control.

Today, things should get back to somewhat normal. I need to get my house in order. I need to get some homework done. My nephew is coming today as well. We should play on the Wii.

I'm Back, I Think!

I went out of town last week, to the land of Patrick, but I didn't tell him before I went so that he didn't think I would get all stalky on him. I had a great time, but I did see my grandmother. I love her dearly, but the woman is not good for intuitive eating. The woman is a pusher. She is an overbearing Italian woman who pushes food on everyone who enters her door. "C'mon honey, eat. Can I get you something? C'mon honey, what do you want?"

I have been up the last two days, but my batteries are running out on my Wii Balance Board. Tomorrow, I will be changing them to see how accurate the weigh ins have been before I post if I am up or down. I have continued to take my vitamins every night and my meds every morning, so I'm good on the goals. I also purposefully exercised while we were gone, so my hottie goals are still intact.

I have also been able to spend a lot of time with my niece. She is a stink pot and I don't think I could love her more. She is keeping me busy! She's four years old and just as cute as a button. Oh, she looks just like me! :D

I have to scoot. Again, I will try to be on here, but I have her until Saturday.