You Can Do’it January 30, 2008

I keep hearing that actor in those Adam Sandler movies saying “you can do’it”.  I am so close to my 50LB mark, just ONE lb to go!  Until this morning the scales hadn’t budged since Saturday.  That was the day that I made banana nut bread.  I did make it mostly with whole wheat flour(I ran out and had to use 1/4 of white flour) and I added 4T of ground flax seed to it.   I am glad that I didn’t go overboard, I only had a slice a day(thick slice).  I didn’t gain any weight, but I didn’t lose any either.  I also didn’t do any exercising all weekend.

I have been spending a good amount of time at the gym.  DH was off the last 2 days and went to the gym w/me!  Monday, we did back and shoulders and yesterday we did legs.  I think that’s another reason the weight has slowed down.  I’m lifting weights again, which means less cardio on those days.  He’s at work today and tomorrow and I’ve got my cardio planned out.   I’ll spend 30 min on the elliptical, 20 min in the sauna and 30 min on the treadmill.  I’ve been reading that if you break up your work out with a 20 minute rest, you will get better results.  I also know ME, if I stop and go sit somewhere, I won’t get back to it.  The sauna works out great, I’m still at the gym and I haven’t cooled down, so I am able to just hop back into cardio.  I think the sauna is helping my complexion and the cold that I thought was trying to take over is gone!

I was pleased this morning to see 2lbs gone.  I was worried because we ate out last night for dinner.  I tried to do well, but the biscuits at the best little chicken place were so good that I had 2, but I didn’t put any honey on them!  When they brought out my half of a smoked chicken, I only ate the breast(DH had the fried chick).  I only had 1 spoonful of mashed ‘taters and I didn’t put any gravy on them.  The green beans seemed to be smothered in butter, so I didn’t have any of those.  AND, as much as I wanted to order banana pudding, I didn’t!

We ate dinner early ~ 4:45!  Then #2 had bball practice and I didn’t eat again the rest of the night!  DH had yogurt covered pretzels and I didn’t have any!  DH had almond joys and I didn’t have any!  It was weird, I didn’t want them so it wasn’t even hard to say NO!  I did give him a look and let him know that I worked too hard today to blow it on junk!  hehehe  (granted he’s lost 15lbs and I’ve lost 8 since the 7th~go figure!)

One Hour March 11, 2007

I walked an HOUR this morning!  I didn’t walk yesterday, should have, we had pizza Friday night for dinner.  I am still swollen!  I barely had enough lace left over to tie my shoes this morning!  But I have walked 5 out of the past 6 days, and one of those days I walked twice!  I’m going to try to get 30 min in the sauna tomorrow after work.

I made bread yesterday.  I made one loaf from a box, where I just had to add water, but it came out the size and weight of a BRICK!!  Then I tried a recipe again and it came out great!!  I actually got my thermometer out to make sure my water was the right temp for the yeast.  Who’dathunk that the temp would actually make a difference!!!   SO, I am going to try to make some more and take next door.  My neighbor was taken to the hospital yesterday because of her blood pressure.  She is supposed to be home today.  Probably is already, but I haven’t been outside yet!!

I’ll give it a try February 23, 2007

Hubs is working this weekend, so I’ve got a little extra down time on my hands. I think today is the perfect day to try to bake some Whole Wheat bread! I’m going to try a recipe that I saw on another blog. I’ll let you know how it turns out! The modified recipe calls for gluten, do you ever put that in your breads? Its supposed to make the bread lighter. I picked up some made by Bob’s Redmill. I’m using the flour made by the same people also. I am also going to add some freshly ground flax seed!