A week behind

I'm a week behind in posting anything.  Things got a little crazy with life in general and I haven't got a routine yet that has me sitting at my desk on the laptop.  Yet.  Did I stick to my eating plan?  No.  In fact, I have gained a coupe of pounds.  However, the past couple of days I've been using an app on my phone which does nothing more than take the place of me writing down what I've eaten for each meal and snacks, figured out the calories, or carbs.  I have done great with calories, not so great with carbs. 

On Monday, I was sick feeling.  Most likely from eating a bunch of junk over the weekend.  We had gone to visit friends in Springfield to celebrate my youngest son's birthday.  He turned 14.  He wanted to go to CiCi's Pizza.  We did.  Unlimited pizza and dessert?  Hmmm.  He wanted to go to the movies that night.  We did.  Pop corn and soda on that menu.  All that and good meals and birthday cake. 

Did I mention that my main motivation isn't to fit into the skinny jeans (I wear skirts most of the time)?  Nor to weigh my high school weight? Far too many years ago for that to happen. My Mother had a massive stroke and lived in a nursing home for 7 years, unable to talk but a very few words, unable to use her right arm, and wheelchair bound most of those years.  She had a lot of warning signs that she chose to ignore.  I can keep my blood pressure under control when my weight is down.  THAT is my main motivation.  Do I want to look better?  I'd be lying if I said I didn't.  But not for anyone but my husband.  I'm realistic enough to know that I will never be a size 5 or 7 again. 

So what is my plan for today?  Eat a couple of eggs a little bit later.  I stayed up WAY to late working on our taxes last night.  Need a little more coffee.  Lunch will be some deer roast.  Supper will be something made with the deer roast for the family and probably just the meat for me.  I'll be drinking water after I have another cup of coffee.  I use a natural sweetener for my coffee and sometimes honey.

Well, I have to swish and swipe the bathroom still, get a load of laundry started, spend 15 minutes in my bedroom picking up.  For those who don't know, it's the Flylady way.  I've been dong Flylady routines on and off for years, 10 years or more.  Spending some time with the books, my husband's business, Pat's Services. 

Have a blessed day,

Just some of my thoughts,
Elizabeth

Missed a day

Good morning y'all.  I missed yesterday's big start of everything.  I woke up with a big sinus headache and stayed in jammies all day.  I have only done that 3 or 4 times in the past 7 or 8 years.  I slept on and off again most of the day.  And no I didn't start my new eating plan.  I decided to not call it a diet. 

This morning I weighed in at 216.  I've had 2 cups of coffee, 2 pieces of bacon, & 3 eggs.  All of that might have 2 or 3 carbs.  Not sure about the sweetener yet.  It's a natural type not artificial.  Just haven't checked the container yet.  Lunch will be a piece of chicken with celery (that's what I have in the frig).  Supper will be either deer meat or chicken again.  I'm going to start drinking water after I'm done with my 3rd cup of coffee.

Today we started school with some journaling and talked about what they wanted to learn for a while.  I got different things, such as learn to play the piano, play basketball, learn more about horses, learn to spell better, and learn more about Dad's business so he could go into business with Dad.  They were all good ideas.

We are finally taking down the Christmas decorations today too.  The boxes it all goes in is in the shop.  With the extreme cold, snow, then rain, we didn't get the boxes out until today.  That and grinding deer meat that was shot just before winter is on the agenda today..... and straightening up the classroom.  That might could have been done before, but during the holiday season, it becomes the catch-all room.  I could barely get to my desk this morning.  :) 

Tonight a friend of ours is stopping by to give us an estimate on what it might cost to expand our upstairs.  The upstairs is only on 1/3 of the house.  I would love for it to be over the whole house.  I'm going to get a few bids just to see if it's too expensive of an idea.  That would give the boys each their own room, and either a play room or a room for the sisters the boys have been wanting us to adopt.  :}

Need to get to work.  Have a blessed Monday and I'll let you know tomorrow just how I do on my eating plan!

Just some of my thoughts,
Elizabeth

Accountability

I have battled a weight problem for the better part of 20 years.  About 2 1/2 to 3 years ago, I decided to try something new one more time.  I have tried weight watchers, along with various different fad type diets.  I picked up a book at a thrift store, The Adkins Diet.  I read it and decided to try one more time.  On October 18th, I started eating mostly protein and only 20 carbs a day.  In less than a year, I lost 68 pounds.  Kept it off for several months.  Then in the middle of personal issues, I started eating carbs. 

I went up a pant size or so.  I wasn't too concerned.  Went up some more.  Now I'm back where I started.  And because of potential health problems, I can't stay at this weight. So starting tomorrow, I'm going back on the 20 carb a day plan.  This time, I'm going to gradually add in the carbs back so I can not gain weight back again.  So I'm going to use this blog for accountability as well as general life. 

I'll weigh my self in the morning. I'll keep a record of what I've eaten during the day and let you know just how I'm doing. 

Tomorrow is church, planning for school for Monday, and planning my week for menus and work related schedules as well.  I want to get back on regular routines for other areas of my life as well.

Be blessed all.

Just some of my thoughts,
Elizabeth

Who does this?

Today I decided to clean out my frig.  I've been pretty good about keeping the frig clean and decluttered.  So I'm cleaning out the frig and nothing is where I usually keep it.  I'm only a tad OCD.  Not too much, but just enough to bug me when certain things aren't where I think they should go.  Such as all the salad dressing in one spot in the door of the frig, medicines that need refrigeration goes in another section, pickles, mayo and mustard have their own section on the shelve.  But what I noticed that bugged me the most was 1/2 an onion put into a pie piece Tupperware container.  Who does this I asked myself..... my boys.  I put 1/2 of an onion in the onion keeper.  Pie goes into the pie container. 

There is very little where the OCD shows up.  Such as the dirty dishes goes into a certain place in the dishwasher.  Cans have a certain place in the pantry, box stuff, and drink stuff as well.  But other things it doesn't show up as much as I sometimes wish it would.  My school desk, in our classroom, is messy at best.  I know where everything is, but to someone else, it's a mess.  My computer desk has stacks of work on it, but I know what is in each stack. 

I have a couple of friends who are OCD to the extreme.  When I had a rock painting class, one of them would almost get upset when I would say, "Ok, this is a good stopping point."  To them, a good stopping point was when we were finished painting the rock.  Another friend washes every dish by hand in soapy water, rinses the dish, then puts it in the dishwasher in its spot.  Yet another friend cleans and cleans and cleans her already clean house.  I mean she 409's her counter tops when she cleans the kitchen, before she goes to bed, and when she first wakes up in the morning and several times in a day.  I guess there is a balance somewhere I want to be. 

I also  have friends who are the extreme opposite.  One friend who not only never cleans, she also hardly does laundry.  She will to out to buy socks and underware before she will do laundry.  YUCK, huh?  So there has to be a middle somewhere.

Tomorrow is another day.  :)

Be a blessing all!

Just some of my thoughts,
Elizabeth

A New Year, A New Start?

Several, several years ago, I stopped making New Year's resolutions.  I never kept them and felt badly when I didn't.  I remember some from my youth.  I'll be nicer to my brother.  I won't loose my temper.  I'll save some money.  The usual.  Now they would be more like I'll stick to my diet this year.  I'll stick to the routines on a more regular basis.  But since I don't make them, I don't have to keep them.  Something that is a goal of mine however for this year is to get closer to Jesus.  As badly as the country is going, I feel a stronger desire to get as close to God as I possible can.  To have him in every decision my DH & I make about everything. 

School is late starting back up after the holidays.  We live in the Ozarks of Missouri.  The below 0 weather and snow have hit us.  We didn't have the excuse of bad roads to not have school.  We just didn't.  But I have lessons planned and ready to start this coming Monday.  Not sure how excited the boys are, but that's ok.  I've been thinking about changing the way we do things in that department.  I want them to learn more of what they want to learn.  We'll see how it goes.

Be blessed and be a blessing,

Just some of my thoughts,
Elizabeth