Day 80

Thank you ladies for your comments and I am looking into the recommendations that you made.  Here in Alberta we have a fairly good medical system that allows us access to physicans at almost any time.  The problem I am finding is that some of them really do not know a lot about diabetes.  I also wondered at the meal plan the doctor/dietician recommended for my husband's diabetes.  But they tell us that each meal should contain carbs and that the amounts set are the right amount for his height, weight and blood sugar readings.  I have been searching the internet for diabetic meal plans but some of them are extremely difficult to follow.  We are both members of TOPS and have been having steady loses over the past several weeks and attending meetings faithfully to learn about making life style changes.  I am also looking into setting up some sessions with a personal trainer for both of us in the new year.  I so much appreciate your comments and take every suggestion seriously.  I know it has been awhile since I last posted and feel bad about that.  I went into a depression and had a really hard time with some family issues.  Seems the holiday season is harder on me than I like to admit.  We did learn at our TOPS meeting to not be concerned to much with a lose over the holidays but rather to try to maintain and we got a list of holiday tricks to help keep from over doing it. 

I also have been following Stacy's blog, and I just read all her comments from her last post.  Wow, some great suggestions there and I am going to look into some of them as well. 

Again, ladies thank you so much for your comments and suggestions.  This is part of why I started this blog and I do have every intention of getting to my goal weight of 155 lbs in the one year period.  Please stick with me and keep those comments coming.

Sharon

Day 64

The countdown to Christmas is on.  Only 17 more days.  Spent all day yesterday baking and making goodies.  I was really proud of myself, I only had 2 cookies.  Made hubby be the official tester of each item, he actually did really well also and even refused a few.  Tomorrow night is weigh-in and our Christmas dinner for my weight lose group.  Will see how well I resisted things.  Been busy again today, got down the decorations, tried to fix the outside lights that the wind blew down but gave up as they all came off.  Did laundry and cleaned the pantry.  That was a big job all in itself.

Breakfast
1 cup mini wheats with 1%milk

Lunch
Ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat

Dinner
3 small quiche

Day 62 - 281.2 lbs

Yuck what a day.  Storming all day, streets are nearly impassable.  Blizzard and storm warnings out for the whole province.  High winds and lots of loose, powdery snow.  Stopped at the grocery store on the way home from work to pick up supplies for baking day tomorrow.  Going to see how I do with just making it and not eating it.  Made Nuts and Bolts and Peanut Butter squares tonight and haven't tasted any of the squares.  Did have a small taste of the Nuts and Bolts.

Breakfast
2 slices buttered white toast
yogurt
mandarin orange

Lunch (AUPE sponsored)
1 bun
turkey and roast beef
ceasar salad
Pepsi
small butter tart square

Supper
1/6 of homemade pizza

Forgot to metion yesterday that when I got home from work my dad was here.  Nearly blew me away, he hasn't been here since just after we got back from taking Uncle Roy back to Ontario for burial (June 2008).  It went pleasant enough just not used to having him pop in like that.

Another restless night, was awake at 4 a.m.again and didn't go to bed till after 11 p.m.  Doesn't make any sense to me.  One of the clerks in Drayton Valley lost her husband to a massive heart attack this morning. Made me really stop and think, especially since he suffered from the same ailments as Dennies.  My heart goes out to her, not easy to lose someone at any time but especially this time of year.

Day 61

What a night last night.  I woke up at 3:30 with horrible stomach cramps.  Never did go back to sleep so have taken it easy today and am now ready for bed hoping I can sleep the whole night through.

Breakfast
2 slices of buttered white bread
3 strips of bacon

Lunch
1 cup of cream of cauliflower soup with 4 soda crackers

Dinner
Stoffer's Turkey Dinner with mashed potatoes, dressing and gravy (260 calories)
diet jello

Day 60

Wow, 60 days since I started this blog, hard to believe.  That means I have approximately 10 months to meet my goal.  Will I do it?  I'm not sure, but going to give it the old college try.  The next 3 weeks will be difficult with all the functions we have to attend leading up to Christmas.  Not only that but there is all the baking to do and food to be prepared as Christmas is at our house this year.  I'm not going to get bent out of shape if I slip a bit, but plan on practicing being aware of what I am eating.

Today was busy.  I woke up at 4:15 and could not go back to sleep.  I laid in bed till 5:10 and then finally decided to get up as I was just laying there.  Not sure why I am having such difficulty sleeping beyond 4 a.m.  Tonite I am staying up a bit longer to see if that makes a difference.  Hubby drove me to work this morning as I had to get new winter tires on my vehicle.  Then he picked me up and drove me to get my vehicle after work. 

Came home and made supper then decided to get started on the Christmas baking by making a batch of sugar cookies.  I will admit that I did have 2 just to taste them.  Good thing I did too as I had forgotten the vanilla and you could really tell.

Breakfast
yogurt
madarine orange

Snack
bran muffin
amdarin orange segments

Lunch
chef's salad
applesauce

Dinner
small salmon fillet
3 cheese tortellini w/alfredo sauce
green beans

Snack
diet jello w/canned cool whip

Day 59 - 282 lbs

Wow, yesterday was some day.  We had a major snowfall and the streets were very, very treacherous.  It took me over an hour to get home from work and it normally takes 10 minutes.  I didn't do a posting yesterday as our internet kept going on and off all evening.  Food was ok though, even managed to lose a little bit over the past couple of days.

Today has been a bit hectic as well.  Commute to work was slow but ok.  Took my time and made it ok.  Stopped at the tire shop on the way home to see if they could put my winter tires on but they were about 8 hours behind.  I would have had them on before this but they had to be ordered in and low and behold they only arrived yesterday.  Got home and had to drive hubby to autobody shop to pick up his truck.  It looks as good as new again.  Hopefully no more run ins with the wildlife.

Breakfast
yogurt
mandarin orange

Snack
bran muffin
mixed fresh fruit

Lunch
chef's salad
apple sauce

Dinner
baked chicken breast
fried potatoes
beets