Thursday, December 29, 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011- Day 34, Cruise

Curt hit a new low.  He's 38 lbs down.  I AM STILL hovering over the same number that I've been hovering over for at least a month and a half.  I will say...  I am VERY frustrated.  VERY.  I've been eating very well AND working out almost daily.  Yet...  nothing.  Once again, I have a "going" issue and blame most of it on that.  So while I'm frustrated, I'm not giving up yet.  The way I look at it, even if I'm not benefiting from it myself, I still benefit from it if Curt is losing.  I'm going to start logging in our weights and what we eat again.  It makes me more accountable. And so you're aware, we were VERY good over the holidays. 

One a different note...  life sucks.  My son is being a teenage twirp.  I feel like I must be doing something wrong.  He is sneaking out, screwing around.  Of course, he doesn't know that I know this yet.  He's going to be hating life tonight.  Kids make life so stressful sometimes.  

Friday, December 23, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011, Day 28

I have been awful about blogging.  I have been pretty sick this week, but I have stuck to the diet.  I haven't seen much progress tho, and I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to hit my birthday goal weight.  But I'm still aiming for that, so we'll see.  13 pounds in 6 weeks isn't insane.  It's just not going down.  Curt hit  new low a few days back and is exactly at a 36 lbs loss.  Ok...  back to work. 

Friday, December 16, 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011- Day 21

As of yesterday, I'm down 18 lbs.  And I can't remember how Curt is doing, but it's well.  I've been working non-stop and today is the first day the internet has actually worked over here.  On Monday, I had my yearly exam and pap smear...  that was awful.  I still hurt from the exam.  And I also got a tetanus shot and my blood drawn.  It is 5 days later and my arm still feels like someone came along with a 2x4 and hit me as hard as they could with it.  But at least I can lift my arm above my head now.  I have been riding the bike here at work for 1/2 hour.  I didn't do it the last 2 days tho.  On Wednesday, I didn't because I was lazy and yesterday, I didn't do it because we were busy all day and went bowling.  Not that bowling was much of a work out, but me chasing the ladies down to stop them from buying more food was a work out!  I plan on riding the bike today, but we'll have to see.  My stomach is really rumbling, and I've already made a couple of trips into the bathroom.  And I think I'm catching a cold.  My throat is really hurting this morning.  So when I'm done working tonight, I'll have put in 81 hours this week.  I still work tomorrow too.  I'm very tired and I'm starting to think that the long hours are wearing on my health, causing the sore throat and the headaches that have been plaguing me lately.  But who's knows...  it's that time of year.  I'm hoping that starting tomorrow I'll start blogging more regularly again.  But this will do for now. 

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Saturday, December 10, 2011- Day 15, Cruise

Saturday, December 10, 2011
Day 15, Cruise
PV

CURT:  LOSS: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 34.6 lbs
JAMIE:  SAME  TOTAL LOSS: 15.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: omelet
J: beef sausage, 20 oz FF/ SF coffee

Lunch:
C: stuffed pepper and small piece of chicken
J: omelet

Dinner:
C: 2 trips to the salad bar
J: 1 trip to the salad bar, 2 small pieces of pizza

Water:
C: 2 glasses of diet dr. pepper, 4 quarts water
J: 1 can Diet Sierra Mist, 2 glasses of diet coke, 4 quarts water

Exercise:
J: 30 minutes of riding a bike (3.65 miles)

Once again, Curt had a great number and hit a new low! YAY!  And I'm not losing, but I'm holding steady at the same weight for 3 days, and I'm good with that....  for now....  I would like to see a payoff one of these days.  But honestly, as long as that number is not going back up, I'm happy.

I'm suffering at work today.  I'm making baked potatoes and put some boneless pork ribs into a crock pot with a bottle of BBQ sauce for the clients' dinner.   It smells heavenly!  And this afternoon, we watched "Cupcake Wars." They were captivated.  Afterward, one said, "I want one."  And to their immense pleasure, there is an adorable cupcake shop across town.  So we went and got one (only one of them had money).  AND...  the gentleman working the counter felt sorry for the money-less one and just gave her one.  It was so sweet, and I was so jealous.  Feel sorry for me, please. 

Tonight is the first big test of this season.  We are going to a Christmas party at a pizza parlor.  Our plan: The salad bar is our friend!  So sad to pass up free pizza...  Again...  feel sorry for me.  ***LATER: I was naughty. :(

Friday, December 9, 2011- Day 14, Cruise

Friday, December 9, 2011
Day 14, Cruise

CURT:  ?
JAMIE:  SAME     TOTAL LOSS: 15.6 lbs.

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: eggs and ham

Lunch:
C: leftover fiesta lime chicken
J: leftover fiesta lime chicken, 1 20oz SF/FF coffee

Dinner:
C and J: meatloaf

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 4 quarts water

First of all, she doesn't read this, but to my daughter, HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY, BERLYN! 

If you read yesterday's blog, you know I spent a good deal of time in the evening on the toilet.  And even last night (1 a.m. to be exact) it called my name again.  Anyways, I was very happy about that, but expect a pretty good number this morning.  AND I HELD EVEN.  So disappointing.  But, on the bright side, I bought new jeans yesterday, size 10, and they're too big!  I'll be wearing them with a belt. 

So....  I'm back at work today. Bah!  We have a couple of appointments today and just plain old getting stuff done.  Today has been SO frustrating!  I read our pass down logs and one of the clients is mad at me, yet today said a dozen times that she loves me.  Then...  I caught her in the kitchen w/ a wooden spoon trying to sneak packs of oatmeal.  From Monday afternoon to this morning, she has eaten 2 WHOLE BOXES (20 pks) of oatmeal.  This is the one who is supposed to be losing weight.  So I put the rest of the oatmeal up in the cupboards above the frig.  And yesterday, they both ate 8 yogurts each.  AND...  this is the one that bugs me the most...  One gets $15 a week and the other gets $20 a week.  The $20 a week one had $20 when I left Wednesday night.  Yesterday, my co-worker let her buy a movie for $16 and its an OLD movie! She didn't even have enough money to buy food for her frogs so I had to buy it.  Then...  $15 a week client got $20 on Wednesday, so a total of $35 this week, as of Wednesday night.  She had $3 left this morning.  I AM PISSED!  I have today and 2 more days with the girls and they EXPECT to go out and do something everyday. How do you entertain ppl who have NO money?  Ugh...  I'm not sure who to be mad at...  clients or co-workers?

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011- day 13, Cruise

Thursday, December 8, 2011
Day 13, Cruise Phase

CURT:  LOSS: 1.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 33.4 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 15.6 lbs

Breakfast: (late)
C: Denver omelet, cottage cheese
J: Spanish omelet, cottage cheese

Late afternoon snack:
C: beef sausage

Dinner:
C and J: stirfry chicken and veggies

Water:
C: 2 quarts
J: 2 quarts

Exercise:
C and J: 20 minutes of hard racquetball, 10 minutes bicycling, 1 hour of Mortal Kombat (video games count, right?)

Once again, "going" is an issue.  I had to take more for it today.  Ummm...  I feel like crap now, but at least it's not an issue anymore.  Anyhow...  it was a good day off.  We went to see "Breaking Dawn, Part 1" finally.  It was a tad bit better than I thought it would be.  After we did a little shopping, we came home, made dinner and watched "The Help." Well...  Curt did.  I feel asleep for 20 minutes of it and was in that bathroom a good chunk of the time. 

Wednesday, December 7, 2011- Day 12, Cruise

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Day 12, Cruise Phase
PP

CURT:   no change       TOTAL LOSS: 32.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.8 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 16.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: ham and cottage cheese
J: turkey and beef sausage

Lunch:
C: skirt steak, cottage cheese
J: leftover skirt steak, 2 oatbran muffins, 1 orange creme pie yogurt

Dinner:
C and J: fiesta lime chicken

Water:
C: 2 quarts
J: 4  quarts, 2 cans diet sierra mist

I'm tried of working.  I'm on my 4th shift this week.  From Monday, the 5th, til next Saturday the 17th, tomorrow is my only day off and 3 of those days I work night shifts too, a total of 156 hours in under 2 weeks.  Today was a rough day.  From on of my clients I got, "I hate you, Jamie.  Go ahead and love her more than me!"  all because I weighed one of them.  The jealousy is really getting on my nerves.  

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011- Day 12, Cruise

Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Day 12, Cruise Phase
PV

CURT:  LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 32.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 15.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, 2 ham steaks, 2 oatbran muffins
J: 6 slices beef sausage, 2 oatbran muffins, 2- 20 oz SF/ FF coffee

Lunch:
C: turkey, mashed cauliflower and mushroom gravy
J: turkey, mashed cauliflower and mushroom gravy

Dinner:
C and J: Nacho stuffed peppers

Water:
C: 3 quarts, some soda (I'm not sure how much)
J: 5 quarts

Well...  that little bit of extra fiber seems to be helping me.  Finally...

I'm working on a new menu for December 15- January 16.  I know, it's a little early, but money is going to be a little tight and when I have this nice little menu that I worked on for hours, I tend to stick to it and not get myself into an trouble.  We've been great the past few weeks because of this menu.  I type it up and email it to both of us so I have it on my phone when I'm out and about and can't remember what I have planned.  Something that I do notice is that when I do cheat and eat something that it's not Dukan-friendly, I feel like crap for a few days.  My stomach lets me know that was the stupidest thing I could have done.  So...  I've started listening to my body better.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Monday, December 5, 2011- Cruise, Day 11

Monday, December 5, 2011
Day 11- Cruise Phase
PP

CURT:  ??
JAMIE: GAIN: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 14.4 lbs.

Breakfast:
C: 2 eggs
J: 20 oz. SF/ FF coffee, 6 slices of beef sausage

Lunch:
C: leftover orange chicken
J: 2 eggs, ham steak

Afternoon snack:
J: 2 oatbran muffins and leftover orange chicken, 16 ounce rasp white choc mocha

Dinner:
C and J: cuban skirt steak

Water:
C: 3 liters water
J: 6 liters water

I hate weighing in on mornings when I work.  I don't get a chance to get my body moving, including getting my bowels moving.  Sorry...  I tried to be delicate about that, but how is that possible?  I'm stilling having "going" issues, but I'm planning on getting a little help for that today.  Anyways...  I think that if I was a little more regular, my weight loss would be a little more regular, instead of small gain, small gain, small gain, WHOOSH!

I'm starting a very long work week today.  I work today, tomorrow, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday here, and Tuesday night and Wednesday night at the boys' house.  Today, I've been working on my clients' kitchen.  We cleaned out the frig, the stove and oven- including behind/ under it, and all the cupboards so far.  We're going to go do their grocery shopping here in a bit and then come home and clean the counters and sinks real well and then the floors.  Oh... I need to clean out the pantry too.  One of the girls dropped an entire bag of splenda off of the top shelf and it managed to spill onto every shelf and on every can, pan, box in there!  I found her in there with a wooden spoon on her tip toes trying to get it.  We're trying to get a doctor's order so we can put a lock on the pantry door.  This client needs surgery but has to lose 30 lbs before they will even consider doing it.  So while she okay when we cook for her, she is constantly sneaking food.  But, she lost 4 lbs this week, so something is working.

Monday, December 5, 2011

From 'The Boy'

Yeah, it's been quite a while since I've popped in here.  Sorry folks.

So, I have to say, I'm LOVING the results I'm getting!  I've not ever really dieted, and I still don't really consider this a 'diet' (or I might run down the road with a loaded gun), I just think of it as "this is what I have to eat right now", and it makes it MUCH easier.

With this LOVING reaction I'm having with this, every day I tell Jamie about different things with my body that I'm so happy with!  I know I'm still overweight, but there are SO many little things that I find!  Like, the steering wheel doesn't rest on my belly.  I've found I don't have to make adjustments just to get clothes on.  There have been a few 'marital' bonuses too!  (I know my mom reads this blog, but...  her and I have an understanding... I'm 34, and she has to remember what her priorities were at this age too).  So yeah...  there's that!

And OMGosh.....  that dinner she made last night...  she deserved extra kudos for that!!! Fantastic!!

I'm in the middle of working 6 days straight, then I have 6 days off.  My job requires I plant my butt at a desk all day, so it's not helping the diet thing.  Also, I hurt my foot a few months ago.  I had it looked at finally, and was diagnosed as tendonitis.  Hurts like a mother sometimes!!!  I was told to take anti-inflamitories for 2 weeks and see what happens.  Well, it still hurts sometimes, but not as often as before.  I want to try playing some racquetball on it again to test it, but I also don't want to have to wear a boot for it!  So, we might have to move to bike-riding.

Anyway, that's my updates...  I'm pretty friggin happy!  Things keep looking better and better, not only with the diet, but our lives as well.  It still amazes me to see me 2 years ago vs. today.  This is where I give my wife a huge hug, hold her close, and remind her that she has made my life worth getting up in the morning!!!  And I wouldn't trade her for the world.  Or a Corvette.... Blue... with metallic flakes....  my dream car, but still not close to my dream wife!

Pumpkin Pie crisp

I stole this recipe from DukanItOut from her Thanksgiving meal post.  Of course..  I'm a tweaker (not in the druggie sort of way, but in the...  "I can't leave recipes alone" sort of way) so I will post what I did differently.


PUMPKIN PIE
1 1/2 cups roasted pumpkin, pureed or 1 1/2 cups canned
2 t cinnamon
1/2 t allspice
1 egg
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup maple syrup or sugar free maple syrup
2 T honey or 1 t Splenda
Mix all ingredients and pour into 4 ramekins, sprayed with a bit of cooking spray.

For the topping:
1/2 cup oats
1/4 cup oat bran
1 T Brown Sugar Blend Splenda or 1 t Splenda
3 T maple syrup or sugar free maple syrup

Mix all the ingredients together and top each ramekin with 1/4 of the mixture.  Bake  at 400 for 30-40 minutes.


I didn't have any ramekins, and I didn't want to pay $30 for the 8 that I needed, so instead, I bought 3- 3 pks of aluminum mini-pie pans for $1.24 each.  MUCH BETTER!
My modifications:
*I used a LARGE can of canned pumpkin.  This made 9 of them.
*I used 3 eggs.  That made it fluffier.
*I used about 2 T. of cinnamon, no all-spice.
*I had no evaporated milk, and used 1 c. of 2% milk instead.
*I used 2T of brown sugar twin, plus about 1/3 c. sugar free maple syrup.
*I didn't change the topping at all, but...
NEXT TIME...  I'm going to make that topping into more of a granola and not bake it the whole time.  It turned out a little rubbery but of course edible!  I think I will bake it on a cookie sheet to crisp it up and then put it on the pumpkin about 10 minutes before it's done.
*Oh!  I also cooked it got about 50 minutes.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sunday, December 4, 2011- Cruise day 10

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Day 10, Cruise Phase

CURT:  GAIN: 1.0 lbs  TOTAL LOSS: 32.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.2 lbs  TOTAL LOSS: 15.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C and J: eggs and bacon

Lunch:
C: leftover green bean, mushroom, chicken bake

Dinner:
C and J: turkey, mashed cauliflower and mushroom gravy, green bean casserole, roasted root veggies and pumpkin crisp

Water:
C: 4 quarts, 1 can diet sierra mist
J: 1.5 quarts, 1 can diet sierra mist

Exercise:  50 minute walk

We had our Thanksgiving dinner today.  I made everything dukan friendly and it was FANTASTIC!  I made the kids mashed potatoes, but everything else they had was dukan friendly too.  I love the pumpkin crisp.  It's like a custard...  and fantastic.  The dessert fix we've been missing and what I will start taking to functions when I know there will be a dessert because I really feel deprived sometimes. 

I was inspired today by a fellow blogger who wrote about it being her birthday and she hit her goal for how much she wanted to lose by her birthday.  My 36th birthday is 7 weeks away and if I lose 2 pounds a week, that would put me at .4 lbs away from 30 lbs.  So...  I'm making it my goal to lose 30 lbs by my birthday.  Even better...  that's a huge milestone for me anyways, because that puts me at 150 lbs.  If I hit that goal, I am going to buy myself an entire new outfit.  And my second goal...  Our anniversary is Feb. 14. I know...  cliche.  I want to be at 145 lbs. by then.  And If I hit that....  we're going to do a very nice date night.  We do date nights often, but not dress up, eat at a nice restaurant, go to a movie, stay in a nice hotel, etc.  I'm a little excited.

Curt and I decided together to start trying to work out more.  He gets off at 9 and the gym closes at 10.  We're going to attempt to go for that hour there.  maybe...  I'd suggest before work at 5, but...  I cherish my sleep. 

The ugly sweater contest...  Briyanna won it.  I'm pathetic.  I live vicariously through my children.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011- Day 8, Cruise

Friday, December 2, 2011
Day 8, Cruise
PP

CURT:  GAIN: 0.2 LBS TOTAL LOSS: 33.0 LBS
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.6 LBS TOTAL LOSS: 15.4 LBS

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, oatbran muffins, bacon
J: 2 eggs, bacon, coffee



Morning Snack:
J: 2 oatbran muffins

Late Lunch:
C and J: grilled chicken and coleslaw

Dinner:
C and J: grilled chicken salad

Water:
C: 4 quarts
J:  5 quarts

Exercise: strenuous cleaning

This morning I got pretty excited when I weighed in.  But that's when I realized my boobs were resting on the towel bar.  Sad day...  But it was still a lower number than yesterday!  I've been working for 27 hours straight.  I wasn't sure how sleeping was going to go last night, but once they fell asleep, it was fantastic.  I slept in til 8 this morning and it has been awhile since I've done that!  Anyways...  I'm ready to be off and get home to my family.  I have to "re-design" and ugly Christmas sweater into an uglier Christmas sweater for Briyanna's "Ugly Christmas Sweater" contest.  I will have to take a picture of it.  I'm sewing pockets into the inside to hold a battery pack for Christmas lights that are going to be poking thru the sweater and I'm also stitching random ornaments all over it.  It should look good.  And funny...  not ugly, but it's worth a try. 

I spent about an hour this morning cleaning my clients' dining room and laundry room.  I can honestly say that I'm pretty darn sure that neither room has been this clean since they moved in.  I moved out all the furniture and took rugs out and shook them out and vacuumed them and swept them off (they still don't look great because they don't have a great vacuum), dusted, scrubbed walls...  And then I swept and mopped both rooms and the kitchen.  I was panting, sweaty...  just gross.  But I decided that I'm every day I'm here I'm going to clean at least one room like this.  This guarantees that each room will get a thorough cleaning at least once a month, if not more.  Plus...  I'll get a pretty good work out in!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011- Day 7, Cruise

Thursday, December 1, 2011
Day 7, Cruise
PV

CURT: loss: 2.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 33.2 lbs
JAMIE: gain: 0.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 13.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C: ham/ eggs, 100 calorie Starbuck coffee
J: SF/ FF 20 oz. coffee, 2 key lime pie oat bran muffins

Lunch:
C:  2 oat bran muffins
J: 2 eggs, 1 ham steak

Dinner:
C and J:  taco salad

Water:
C:  2 quarts
J: 4 quarts

Wow! It's December! Ugh... that means alot of working this month.

Once again, Curt had a great number on the scales (which I am extremely proud of!) and I put on my obligatory 0.4 lbs (which I'm not proud of...). I have a couple of theories on this. I'm going to go with the theory that I'm not regular at all right now, DESPITE EATING THAT OAT BRAN!! So considering "THAT" hasn't happened in 3 days, it may explain my weight gain? Maybe??  Whatever the case, it's frustrating considering I'm strictly sticking to this diet.  I think that is my motto this week.  Also...  I'm trying really hard to cut out the sodas. It's been several days since I had one.  Altho I'm having an occasional coffee. 

Oh...  by the way...  I am a rock star!  I have this girl I work with.  I say girl.... she's 57.  Anyways, she's deaf, some mental issues.  Anyhow, she obsesses about everything, but jewelry in particular really gets her going.  What I've heard is that when she was a little girl, her mom wouldn't let her have jewelry because she wasn't pretty enough to deserve it so when she gets it now, she goes crazy over it and tries to make it as pretty as she can.  On Thanksgiving, her boyfriend gave her a plain little silver pinky ring that was tarnished and beat up.  O..M....G.... worse person in the world to give a tarnished, beat up ring.  She spent HOURS that first night shining it and I even caught her shining it in bed on the carpet.  And apparently, she has been up for the past 4 nights shining it all night long and it just occurred to  them last night that they should perhaps take it away.  So we have some legal issues here...  She's an adult, it's her choice.  But if she's causing physical damage we can stop that.  And someone not sleeping for days at a time and who starts hearing voices when she is tired...  that's a problem.  She was taken in to a doctor yesterday and they made a contract between her and staff saying if she kept playing with the ring, it could be taken away. This morning, I talked to her about it, asked her why she kept doing that and she told me she just wants it shiny.  I have this friend who is a jeweler and called her, told her what's going on and asked her to play this game with me.  We went in this afternoon and she buffed and polished both of the girls' rings and checked other ones.  A couple good things came out of this.  #1 and most importantly...  her ring came out looking fantastic!  She hasn't even attempted to shine it as it "looks brand new," her words!!!  And the other girl has been wearing around her mother's diamond and ruby ring and we found out she lost a ruby and has 2 diamonds about to fall out so quit wearing it.  Of course...  the paranoia in that one flared up and she is positive that the jeweler stole her ruby.  Or maybe it was her room mate.  Or maybe it was a staff member...  drives me nuts.  I've spent a good hour or so explaining how those things just fall out sometimes and how I've lost my big diamond out of my wedding ring before.  Doesn't help...  But! the important thing is that the problem I was trying to solved appears to be solved and I'm happy about that.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011- Day 6, Cruise

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Day 6, Cruise- day 2

CURT: LOSS: 1.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 31.0 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 0.4lbs TOTAL LOSS: 14.2 lbs

Breakfast:
C & J: 1- 20 oz. diet mocha (about 35 calories each),

Lunch:
C & J: sausages and eggs

Dinner:
C & J: meatballs and mixed stir-fry veggies (and both were FABULOUS!)
and late night jalapeno peppers and oat bran muffins

Water:
C: 4 quarts
J: 4.5 quarts

So I'm really happy for Curt, even tho I'm mad at him right now about something totally unrelated, and I know that I won't be mad in an hour or so. He hit a huge personal goal today and cleared a decade! I, on the other hand, am consistently putting on a few ounces every day. *Sigh....* I'd like to say I'm not losing heart but... I'd be lying. I'm already mad, so I'm moody... Anyways, I look at this and think, "I'm trying so hard, and I'm really depriving myself of things that I LOVE, just to put the weight back on?" It's beyond frustrating really. On a different note, I'm 7 lbs. from not being "overweight," and right now, that is my biggest goal.

Now... on to more... annoying issues. I had to cool down before I wrote about this. So we moved in here the weekend before Halloween. We met our neighbors, very nice couple. The guy is an ex-cop and just returned home from Iraq. Wife is studying to be a nurse, and I could be wrong, but I think that she is ALOT older than him. Anyways, Monday afternoon I got home from picking kids up at school, and he calls me over to his house and lets me know that he stands in his back yard and watches me thru my bedroom window at night. And then proceeds to show me the angle that he looks from and then.... hold on to your lunches... walks up behind me and "shows me" how it makes him feel. Oh.... this girl was pissed! I elbowed him in the chest and then left while he begged me to stay and "talk." I marched in the house and told the kids that "I hate that man!" pointing in the neighbor's direction and went upstairs and told Curt. I wouldn't tell Curt til he promised not to stand up and go over there and go crazy. So right now... we're waiting, praying it doesn't happen again, but if it does, I will let Curt go over and have a conversation of his own. I will be honest, I was so shocked by it that I didn't come off assertive enough, aside from an elbow to the ribs... I told the kids to stay away from him, don't go in his house, etc. Of course... I get the "why?" out of a couple of them, so they think that the neighbor guy tried to kiss mom. How else do you explain that to little girls? The worst part about this is that I'm afraid to even go outside if Curt or Ethan aren't with me. Before I walk outside, I look to make sure he's not out there and I haven't seen him since this happened, but I'm dreading the next time I do.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011- Day 5, Cruise

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Day 5, Cruise Phase, day 1

Curt: Loss: 0.2 lbs Total loss: 29.4 lbs
Jamie: gain: 0.2 lbs Total loss: 14.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C & J: omelet

Lunch:
J: leftover meatloaf

Late afternoon snack:
C: jerky

Dinner:
C & J: green bean, mushroom, chicken bake

Water:
C: 2 quarts, 1- 100 calorie Starbucks coffees, 2- Bud Lights
J: 4 quarts, 1- 100 calorie Starbucks coffees, 1 small shot of birthday cake vodka

So Curt weighed in this afternoon and was down 1.4 lbs from this morning's weigh on so we're hoping for really good numbers there tomorrow, like a mini-goal that involves a reward. Not a food reward, but a "reward." Sorry Sandy if that was too much.... hahaha!

My weight number is really hovering right at the same number for the past 4 days. While I'm frustrated, it's not too bad. BUT... we're getting ready to go to bed and I checked to kind of see what I am in for in the morning and I am up 6 WHOPPING POUNDS! I did just drink a bunch of water and dinner not that long ago. I'm hoping it will all flush thru me by morning.

Back to Sons of Anarchy....

Monday, November 28, 2011- Day 4, Attack

Monday, November 28, 2011
Day 4- Attack

Curt: loss: 1.6 lbs Total loss: 29.2 lbs
Jamie: gain: 1.0 lbs Total loss: 14.8 lbs

Lunch:
C: patty melt
J: leftover roast beef

Dinner:
C & J: meatloaf

Water:
C: 3 quarts
J: 3 quarts

Exercise:
J: 35 minutes of P90X


First... I need to say Happy Birthday to my daughter, Brenna, who turns 11 today!

Second... CURT HIT A NEW GOAL! Woohoo!!! Of course... he lost what I gained. But that's ok. Funny thing was... all day long yesterday I was weighing in lower than my original morning weight and then I ate dinner and that was the end of that. So I'm hoping that tomorrow will be a better day.

I started P90X this morning. I couldn't even finish the whole work out. I'm thinking that I'm going to have to work up to doing a whole work out.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Sunday, November 27, 2011- Day 3, Attack phase

Sunday, November 27, 2011
Day 3, Attack phase

Curt: loss: 0.4 lbs Total loss: 27.6 lbs
Jamie: loss: 1.2 lbs Total loss: 15.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C & J: fiesta lime chicken (late)
J: 100 calorie Starbucks coffee

Lunch:
C: fiesta lime chicken

Dinner:
C & J: roast beef

Water:
C: 4 quarts
J: 1.5 quarts

I put up Christmas lights and went shopping... does that count as exercise?

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Saturday, November 26, 2011- Day 2, Attack

Saturday, November 26, 2011
Day 2, Attack Phase

Curt: overall loss since 8/22/11: 27.2 lbs
Jamie: overall loss since 8/22/11: 14.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, 2 ham steaks
J: 2 eggs, 1 ham steak

Lunch:
C & J: chicken

Dinner:
C & J: Fiesta Lime Chicken

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 1.5 quarts water, 1 can diet cranberry sierra mist

Curt hit a new all time low today, and 3.6 lbs just this week without even trying! And 0.8 lbs from his next goal! He's been working from home and been on a attack phase longer than I have, but not on purpose. Only because it's what we have! YAY for him! And technically, I'm down about 4 lbs from the beginning to the week. It's fun playing catch up with my body....

It's the end of my 72 hour week! Next week, I have a 36 hour week and I'm pretty happy about that! Gonna go grocery shopping in a little bit so we can keep up on things.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011... Day 1 :(

November 25, 2011

No weights today...

Breakfast:
C and J: eggs and ham steaks

Lunch:
J: patty melts
J: 10 oz. SF/ FF Americano Coffee

Dinner:
C and J: chicken

Water:
C: ?
J: 1.5 quarts water, 24 oz. diet squirt

I'm trying to decide how to label these. We definitely were not Dukan-ing the past 2-3 weeks, so I have a hard time adding those days up. Do we say we're starting over? We're doing a 4 day attack again, so maybe that's the way we should go, but still keep up with the numbers we've lost? I don't know.. I didn't get enough sleep last night so, I'm indecisive and crabby. I worked 36 hours straight, and one lady was up all night long.. "going to the bathroom" and only standing in the bathroom for a minute or 2 and then going back to bed. EVERY 20 minutes til 3 a.m. It was frustrating. I would just start dozing off and then she would come out. I finally had to tell her she needed to stay in her room unless she really had to go to use the bathroom.

Starting tomorrow, we'll weigh in and add/ subtract from our original weights, tomorrow will be "day 2" of the diet, and Sunday, I'll start showing the daily lose/ gain. Ok... all decided. I had to write it out to remind myself because, yeah.... I've been that forgetful lately.

Ummm.... it's the day after Thanksgiving. You know what that means?!?! I get to decorate for Christmas. My neighbors are Christmas nerds and had their lights up ON HALLOWEEN!!! So it's time to catch up. I will be working mighty hard on this next week since I have a VERY busy work schedule coming in December. I'm working 29 shifts in December. Several are double shifts overnight. My co-worker is having surgery so we're all pitching in to cover most of her shifts. My paycheck in January will be nice.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving?

Last night, we had Thanksgiving dinner w/ my parents' w/ a side of knock-down-drag-out fight! My mother... sometimes I just don't know what she is thinking. My ex-husband and I had a boat and he got it in the divorce, which I don't care about at all. Anyhow, my parents wouldn't let him get the boat because it was up a field and they had corn in this year and didn't want him running it over. Long story short, the corn is out and he can get the boat. I texted him the day it came out and told him and I told her that. On Tuesday, Ex gets the kids at 3 pm, only we were both working and couldn't get them there and my mom works over by my house and gets off at 2 so it worked out for her to come over and get the kids and take them over there since 2 of them didn't have school. Anyways.. she took them over there and instead of just dropping them off, she decided she needed to go up to the door to tell him that the corn was out and he could get the boat. Ummm... he slammed the door in her face. Now.. I agree, he was a jerk, but that doesn't excuse the following. She went home, pissed off, and my parents hid the boat from him (and me, for that matter). At dinner last night, this came up as we were starting to leave. Ethan and my mom started telling me this story but when she came to the part about hiding the boat, I told her that they can't do that. Her response: I don't care. This is when my blood started to boil. My response to that was: I can get arrested for this. Her response: I don't care. I could hardly control myself at this point, but I still, farily calmly said: If I get arrested, I'll lose my job, Mom! Her response: (A VERY SNOTTY) I DON'T CARE!!!
Ok, folks... I can only control myself for so long. The water bottle I was holding slammed into the floor before I knew it left my hand and I yelled, "That's it! I'm done!" And I left.
The original plan was for the kids to stay w/ my parents for Thanksgiving since we both work. So as we were taking Luke to his grandma's, we decided to pick up my kids. I couldn't leave them over there. My mom was already picking on Ethan. So at 11 p.m., we went over and picked them up and brought them home.
Apparently, my mom has no idea what she said that made me mad and all I can say to that is that she has to be delusional to not have a clue what she did/ said to upset me. And just so you all know, I will never hear an apology for this. We are just going to have to wait for the smoke to clear and pretend like nothing happened. But I honestly hope that I can have a backbone and not just let her get away with this.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Guess who's back?

Back again... I was going to break into a bit of Eminem, but I changed my mind. So... Curt and I fell off the band wagon. I weighed in this morning and Curt has a day or two ago, but we've been holding fairly steady on our past progress. Even tho we haven't been doing well on our eating habits, we are pretty much just going to take up where we left off. And since I'm laying it out there for you all, I do want you to be aware that since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we will be cheating some, but will try to do our best. We are going to my mom's tonight w/ my brother and his family. I have to make a green salad, so I will try to load up on that and stick to turkey and try so hard to stay away from the pumpkin pie. We both have to work tomorrow so Curt will be better off than me. I have to work and take my clients to Thanksgiving dinner that I'm invited to eat at also. Once again... I will try to behave. But if I'm honest, I'm not thoroughly comfortable eating their food so I may or may not eat. Anyways... we're really going to start back up on Friday, but will do our darnedest to be good. And if I have my way, we're going to start heading to the gym a little more.

Monday, November 14, 2011

A couple group pics

These 3 pictures are my 4 kidlets. We didn't have Luke yet. He comes tomorrow and we're getting more pictures tomorrow. I ran out of sunlight. Fast! It has been a tradition for the past 9 years to go to Katherine Albertson Park in Boise to get pictures. In the front of the park, the word ALBERTSON is spelled out in huge letters and all of my kids can spell out their initials. It's been a fun thing to play with year after year. I think that next year, now that I'm no longer married to their father, I will keep off the "L." Besides, it takes up a TON of room in their scrapbooks. And Ethan!!! That kid got hit in the nose by a car door. Talk about fantastic timing! Kids....



Berlyn's fall pictures


B is for "BERLYN."


L is for "LACEY LOGUE." I screwed up and forgot the second "L".






Brenna's fall pics


B is for "Brenna."


L is for "Leigh."


L is for "LOGUE."





Briyanna's fall pics

Briyana... she's a bit of a camera hog. It's hard to pick and chose my favorites because she's fairly photogenic and I have seriously 30 or more great pics of her.


B is for "BRIYANNA."


E is for "Elaine."


L is for "LOGUE."








Ethan's fall pics

I have a couple of friends and family members that read my blog so I'm posting a couple pics of each of the kids.

These are Ethan:


E is for "ETHAN."


T is for "TAYLOR."


L is for "LOGUE."



Thursday, November 10, 2011

DAY 81-CRUISE- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011

DAY 81, NOVEMBER 10, 2011

WEGHTS: ???

Breakfast:
C: omelet
J: Americano coffee w/ SF syrups, 1/2 egg McMuffin

Lunch:
C: leftover steak
J: 2 stuffed red peppers

Dinner:
C: stuffed peppers
J: cheddar broccoli soup

Water:
C:
J: 1 can cherry coke zero, 2 quarts water

My day started this morning at 6:30, trying to get everyone rounded up and moving for an 8:30 appointment. I didn't have time to even grab my extra keys and water. So I stopped for a coffee, but got close to the appointment place and realized I had to eat something or I could quite possibly die. Ok... that's a stretch. But I'm glad I did because we were out and about for 5 hours.

So my pants don't fit anymore. I guess that means I have to buy new pants tomorrow. Awful, huh? I'm a little excited. And I'm going to get some stuff that I've been wanting for Christmas decorations. Yes.... I am that person. Besides, our neighbor already has his lights on his house! I'm not going that far. I won't even put up one decoration yet. But the day after Thanksgiving.. you'd better look out!

DAY 80, CRUISE, NOVEMBER 9, 2011

DAY 80, NOVEMBER 9, 2011

WEGIHTS: ???

Breakfast:
C: none
J: 2 eggs, 2 ham steaks

Lunch:
C: quiche
J: grilled skirt steak w/ horseradish

Afternoon "snack":
J: Dutch Bros coffee. I asked for it to be a fat free as it could possibly be. I hope they did a good job at it.

Dinner:
C: 2 stuffed peppers
J: stuffed red peppers, nacho style. 3 of them and they were FANTASTIC!

Water:
C:
J: 2 cans cherry coke zero, 3 quarts of water

So we haven't been on for a long time. We went thru a time when we had no internet and right now, I don't have scales, but... we can post our big news now. WE MOVED!!! Pictures coming soon!

On a different note, we haven't weighed in because the scales have been packed. And quite frankly, I'm glad. I have been far from good. It's hard to eat decently when we are living out of boxes. But starting today, we're back to being on track. I'm working for the next 48 hours straight. I traded w/ a co-worker to get my entire weeks' shifts done in the 2 solid days. It's rough (note my sarcasm) sleeping thru my shift. I did this last week too and the night I worked, I slept 10.5 hours of my 12 hour shift. There are great benefits for doing this, but... I do mis my husband's arms around me at night. I think that he feels the same way. I'm trying to earn a little (a lot, actually) extra money the next few months. Next month, I'm going to get at least 6 extra days. Anyways... I'm not weighing in til I get home on Friday morning so I have 2 days to kick-start myself back into gear. Quite frankly, I think that if I weighed in today, I'd kick myself.

Curt went to the doctor's today. His foot has been bugging him for well over a month. The doctor thinks he may have tendinitis, which makes sense. So he's on anti-inflammatory meds. I guess that means no racquetball for a little while.

I'm going to be trying some recipes for pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake coming up in the next few days. Wish me luck!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

DAY 68- CRUISE PHASE- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011

DAY 68, OCTOBER 28, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 1.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 19.8 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 3.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 16.0 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: eggs and bacon

Lunch:
C: left over Sausage and cheddar soup
J: left over Skirt steak, and I was offered a Starbuck's coffee and I just couldn't resist

Dinner:
C: Spicy Cumin Roast
J: Spicy Cumin Roast

Water:
C: I forgot to ask
J: 2.5 quarts

I started planning a new quilt today, one for our bed finally. I'm really debating over what kind of quilt to do, but I think I finally settled on what I want to do and how many blocks I need to do... Nothing too special, but I think I've bitten off more than I can chew. I have the fabric, I have the measurements. I think I'll start next year.

It's nice to see the weight falling right back off. I need to remember to eat that @$#&*@ bran.. hate that stuff. I need to make the muffins. It's the only way I can eat it and smile while doing so!

Friday, October 28, 2011

DAY 67- CRUISE PHASE- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011

Day 67, October 27, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 0.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.8 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 12.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: bacon, eggs
J: 3 eggs (1 was double yoked) and bacon

Lunch:
J: Americano Coffee w/ SF white chocolate and SF raspbery syrup,

Dinner:
C: Hamburger patty w/ onions
J: leftover Sausage cheddar soup

Water:
C: umm... not sure
J: 2 quarts water, 1 can cherry coke zero

So... we have some pretty big changes coming in the next 2 weeks. We are SO excited about them, but can't write about them yet! Darn it... I'm so bad a keeping secrets.

I've been working today on a menu for the next week. I need to get all my shopping done tonight so I have time to sew when I get home tonight and clean a couple of rooms that I have been ignoring. And I need to make a halloween costume for Brenna sooner than later. And Curt needs a hair cut. What else can I add to that list? It only going to be worse before it gets better.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

DAY 66- CRUISE PHASE- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011

Day 66, October 26, 2011

CURT: is down 2 lbs from yesterday, but from 10/15: gain: 4.8 lbs total loss: 18.2 lbs
JAMIE: Since 10/15: gain- 6.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 11.4 lbs.

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, 1 ham steak
J: 2 eggs, 2 ham steaks

Lunch:
C: fajita mix, (late) stuffed pepper (left over)
J: jalapeno string cheese, (Late) FF coconut cream pie yogurt

Dinner:
C and J: Sausage and cheddar soup (FANTASTIC, by the way!)

Water:
C: 1 quart
J: 2.5 quarts water

I'm up even more from yesterday's morning weight. And I was actually pretty well behaved yesterday and I had diarrhea all day long too. Crazy... Anyways.. for months and months I've HATED the 170's. Now, those 160's make me want to groan!!! I work the next 4 days, so does Curt. So my plan, which makes it Curt's also, is to be pure protein for the next 4 days. Curt is finishing up leftovers out of the frig so he will start tomorrow. It's so much easier to do pure protein when I'm working. Only... I'm craving more stuffed green peppers. I love them!!!! LOVE THEM!! All I can think about it eating them right now!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

DAY 65- CRUISE PHASE- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011

So today, I'm just going to blog.. We have had a bad week. We have been out of town and that's not a great excuse, but that's how it was. We went hunting and were eating most of our meals on the road. But we're home and we're going to start over again. I can tell you that in the last 10 days, I have put on more than 6.5 lbs which is kind of surprising. We walked quite a bit and up some of these hill that would blow most people's minds! And Curt made me realize how much our abs got workouts while I was driving. Not sure what that says about my driving, but I don't always driving slow. So after he said that, we went down this crazy, bad road. It was full of ruts and twists and turns and COWS! And when we came off that road, we both relaxed and could hear our stomachs say, "Ahhhhhhhh!!!" Anyways, I got to thinking about it and I'd almost be willing to bet that I can count how many liters of water I drank in the last week and a half is less than 10, close to 5. I realized that I am not able to just splurge on food. A little cheat here and there may be ok, but not every single meal. The funny thing is, I kept thinking, "This isn't too bad, not perfect, not not horrible!" When every meal is that way though... not good.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

DAY 55- CRUISE PHASE- Saturday, OCTOBER 15, 2011

DAY 55, OCTOBER 15, 2011

CURT: GAIN: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 23.0 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.0 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: 2 eggs and ham (11:00 am)

Lunch:
C: chicken, 2 muffins, steak
J: steak, 2 muffins (loving the chocolate ones) and 2 oat bran muffins (4:30 p.m.)

Dinner:
C and J: lettuce wrap hamburger

Water:
C: 4 quarts of water
J: 2 quarts of water

A new low!! I'm pretty excited. I know that my schedule of eating is bizarre, but I like to make sure that Curt and I eat at least one meal together. And dinner is my favorite meal to eat together. I was craving hamburgers today... you know, with all the fixings! So, we decided to make lettuce wrap burgers... yummmmmmm....hamburgers...... (I think I just channeled Homer Simpson) We've been staying pretty pure protein the past few days, but veggies sound pretty darn good!

AND.... My ex has entered the running for biggest jerk of the year!! I'm not going to go into a lot of detail here, but he grounded my 13 year old daughter... THRU FACEBOOK! Now, I get that she supposedly lied... I read the whole conversation and can't see where she lied, but that's beside the point. Use a little decency and ground her in person. Not in front of all of her friends. He should have just called a school assembly and do it there! So if she lied, fine... she deserves to be grounded, but not the way she was. So I commented on his Facebook comment, knowing I was opening a can of worms. (**I really hate Facebook, to the point I haven't been on there in MONTHS. So I really stepped out there to even sign on and do this.) I just said what everyone else was thinking. He called me, yelling and screaming. He wouldn't even let me get a word in. I would talk and he would start yelling, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!" I did hear him make a comment about a "united front." You know... that ship sailed long ago. If he wanted a united front, he wouldn't interrupt with disrespect and listen instead, because believe it or not, I agree with him, just not how he did it! But he'll never know that... unless he reads this blog and let's hope he doesn't!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

DAY 54- CRUISE PHASE- Friday, OCTOBER 14, 2011

DAY 54, October 14, 2011

CURT: GAIN: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 23.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 2.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 16.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C: ham and eggs
J: Chicken fajita omelet

Lunch:
C: chicken, 2 oat bran muffins
J: 2 oat bran muffins

Dinner:
C:
J: piece of steak, oat bran cookies, baked pork skins

Later Dinner:
C and J: fiesta lime chicken

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 20 oz diet coke, 1.5 quarts of water

Nothing is new. It's the same old thing, over and over again. Same old people we have to deal with and of course the same old crap with them. Sorry for my mood. I'm so sick of stuff right now... parents, exes, work, life.... yep... I'm in a foul mood. I'm wishing people wouldn't talk to me and ask stupid questions. I'm wishing for everything to go my way, everyone to think the same way we do or at least TRY to understand where we're coming from and for crap's sake, why we feel this way. I can't understand why people can be closed minded or just down right BLIND to the facts or even better.. why can't they realize that they are in fact in the wrong. I also can't understand why some people are just down right idiotic. I wish people could understand that they betray both of us with actions that they feel are innocent or unavoidable or even necessary when in fact they are hurtful and make us, me in particular, feel like our feelings or thoughts on the issue just don't matter. And Curt reigns me in, which is probably a fantastic idea, and won't let me speak my mind like I want to. Imagine that feisty girl that some guy is holding back in the background with her arms and legs flailing, trying to get loose to get to someone. That's me... only I just want to be verbal. And amazingly... at this point in time, MY ex isn't included in any of these categories, but the day is young, my friends, the day is young.

Let me sleep on it. Things, as usual, won't change, but maybe I won't have such a dark cloud over my head in the morning.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

DAY 53- CRUISE PHASE- Thursday, OCTOBER 13, 2011

DAY 53, October 13, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 2.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 24.4 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 3.2 lbs (from Sunday) TOTAL LOSS: 13.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C: Roast and 2 eggs
J: 2 eggs, 1 ham steak, 20 oz black coffee w/ SF raspberry syrup

Lunch:
C: Chicken strips
J: Roast beef

Dinner:
C: Steak, key lime oat bran muffin, chocolate oat bran muffin, oat bran cookie
J: Steak, orange creme oat bran muffin, chocolate oat bran muffin, oat bran cookie

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 2 quarts water, 1 can cherry coke zero

Forgive me blog buddies... we have sinned. ALOT. While I'm paying dearly for it, Curt has reached a new low! I'm a little surprised I'm up as much as I am considering how sick I was yesterday. I had diarrhea ALL day long yesterday. It was bad enough that my clients and I had to stay home all day long. I couldn't get a replacement, so I just suffered. Anywho... I'm going to do Pure Protein for the next 4 or 5 days to get myself back on track. I'm sad. I love eating my veggies.

So this whole little thing called fall hits and causes life to hit a roller coaster. I've found the need to raise alot of money. So I started sewing again... AS MUCH AS I HATE IT. It kills my back and just brings back awful memories. I honestly sit and stew over grudges that I hold when I sew. THAT is another story for another day. But... as much as I hate it, it's a catch 22. I know that any time that I want to make a little money fairly quickly, I can sew and get it. Anyhow, this is the time to go all in. It's October and since my sewing revolves around costumes, I can make a killing making Halloween costumes. So we've been sewing. ALOT. And then, after we have sewed a big chunk of the day away, it's just easier to grab something on the go. I know... not a great excuse, but that's why.


I learned an interesting fact today while watching the Today Show. It was talking about people who brush their teeth more than twice a day and how it actually does harm. But the big one was this: If you brush your teeth right after drink orange juice, you can actually brush off the enamel off your teeth.

So I'm about ready to head to bed and I weighed in because I was morbidly curious as to how bad tomorrow was going to be. I'm already 0.8 lbs lower than this mornings weight.

I made chocolate oat bran muffin, key lime pie oat bran muffins and orange creme oat bran muffins and oat bran cookies. I think they all turned out great. Remind me why I don't make these more often??


Sunday, October 9, 2011

DAY 49- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 9, 2011

DAY 49, OCTOBER 9, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.8 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 2.8 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 17.0 lbs

Breakfast:
C: none
J: Sprite Zero and Excedrin for Migraines

Lunch:
C: orange chicken, FF yogurt
J: 2 FF orange creme yogurt + 2 T oat bran (at 4 pm)

Dinner:
C and J: Fiesta Lime Chicken

Water:
C: 2 quarts water, 1 can diet Dr. Pepper
J: 2 quarts water, 1 can cherry coke zero, plus the sprite at breakfast


YaY!! 2.8 lbs lost... if only it hadn't come through vomiting and diarrhea. I'm gonna guess that number is going to pop right back up once I can start keeping food down again. I was planning on working out today, but you know... when it feels like you got punched in the stomach, working out just doesn't sound good. Tomorrow.. we have a racquetball date before Curt goes to work. I feel better now. I managed to drag my butt out of bed and away from football long enough to get the kitchen clean and the laundry caught up, and boss the kids around to get the rest of the house clean.

Curt worked today and had to be in Boise by 7 so he was rushing to get up and out of here this morning, so no breakfast. Those darn early mornings suck.

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DAY 48- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 8, 2011

DAY 48, OCTOBER 8, 2011

CURT: didn't weigh in
JAMIE: GAIN: 0.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 14.2 lbs

Breakfast:
C: Eggs and ham
J: ham

Lunch:
C: seafood salad
J: Southwest Chicken Salad

Dinner:
C and J: Cuban skirt steak

Water:
C: 1 quart water
J: 3 quarts of water, Mocha- SF white chocolate and raspberry

long... long... long.... day. Thank goodness it's over. We went out and about and I got overwhelmed. Too many people everywhere. It was like shopping on the day before Christmas.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

DAY 47- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 7, 2011

DAY 47, OCTOBER 7, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 0.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.6 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 1.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 14.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs and 2 ham steaks
J: 32 oz black coffee w/ SF raspberry syrup and a dash of milk, scrambled eggs w FF cheese and bacon

Lunch:
C: none
J: (late) loaded chef salad

Dinner:
C and J: Pizza soup

Water:
C: 3 quarts of water
J: 4 quarts of water

Up... again! But I didn't have the chance to really get moving before I weighed in. I hate to get up and just weigh in. If I get up, walk around a bit, get my body moving, I tend to be down a little more. Oh well... I'm not going to get up at 5 am just so my weight can be a little lower. I think I'll take Curt's attitude on this. It's just a number. I'm not going to let it ruin my day because even if I'm up today, I'll be where I need to be in the next couple of days. I obviously fluctuate so I shouldn't be blown away by a gain here and there. I'm still lower than I've been in months, years and that's a GREAT!! I've noticed the past few weeks that I haven't had that "I want food right now" feeling! I've been waiting til I got hungry. I've even had to make myself eat because I just wasn't hungry, normally from drinking all day long.

I'm a little excited about dinner tonight. I used to make Pizza Soup years ago. It calls for macaroni but I'm obviously not putting that in! It's football tonight, maybe people are coming over. I haven't heard for sure or not. But this is easy and delicious. I made pizza last night for the girls here and the smell of the pizza almost killed me! I decided right then and there that I need that pizza-like fix soon. I'm going to start making more muffins. We both like them, they're easy to make, and even better, they're easy to grab when I'm hungry and don't have time to fix something. Tomorrow? Probably Sunday??

Friday, October 7, 2011

DAY 46- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 6, 2011

DAY 46, OCTOBER 6, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 0.8 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 16.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C: sausage links
J: (late) eggs and bacon

Lunch:
C: yogurt

Afternoon snack:
J: handful of popcorn

Dinner:
C and J: loaded garden salad

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 3 quarts water

So we're 6 and a half weeks into doing the Dukan diet. It's been good to see some positive movement the past 2 weeks. I've been amazed to watch my weight drop this week! 3 lbs in 3 days!! Crazy! I'm gonna catch up with Curt at this rate!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

EGGPLANT LASAGNA

This may not be totally Dukan, but fairly close.

3 good sized eggplants
1 lb. lowest fat hamburger (I use 94/6% fat)
canned spaghetti sauce
3 cloves garlic
medium onion, chopped
mushroom, 8 oz, sliced
Italian seasoning
16 oz container of FF cottage cheese
8 oz package of FF mozzarella cheese
1 egg


The "Noodle" layer:
Peel eggplant, slice longways into 1/2 inch strips. I sprinkled mine with salt, sprayed generously with pam and fried the strips, 2 1/2 minutes on each side.

Sauce layer:
Brown hamburger, onion, mushrooms and garlic. Add spaghetti sauce, set aside.

Cheese layer:
In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, 2/3 of the mozzarella cheese, egg and about 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning.

In a 9x13 pan, layer: "noodles", cheese mix, sauce mix. Repeat 2 more times. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Take out of oven and let sit for 10 minutes before cutting.

DAY 45- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 5, 2011

DAY 45, OCTOBER 5, 2011

CURT: GAIN: 2.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 20.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 15.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: (late breakfast) leftover eggplant lasagna, black coffee w/ SF raspberry syrup and a couple T. of 2% milk

Dinner:
C and J: Blackened chicken Salad

Water:
C: 2 quarts water, 32 oz Diet Coke
J: 2 quarts water, 32 oz Diet Coke

Exercise:
J: treadmill- walk/ run 15 minutes, 1 miles. Bike: 40 minutes, 14.25 miles

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

DAY 44- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 4, 2011

DAY 44, OCTOBER 4, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 0.8 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 22.6 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 14.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C and J: eggs and ham

Lunch:
C: salad
J: chicken caesar salad

Dinner:
C: ?
J: Southwest chicken salad

Late snack:
J: eggplant lasagna

Water:
C: 1 can Diet Dr. Pepper, 3 quarts of water
J: 32 oz. Diet Coke, 4 quarts of water

Weird day... 2 kids are out of school for this week and next. The others are out Thursday and Friday. I hate these weeks. They're just weird. Briyanna had her meet. She came in 8th out of 160 girls and won a medal. Her sprint at the end was INSANE!

Monday, October 3, 2011

DAY 43- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 3, 2011

DAY 43, OCTOBER 3, 2011

CURT: GAIN: 0.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.8 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 0.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 13.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C and J: eggs and bacon

Lunch:
C: shrimp
J: leftover orange chicken

Dinner:
C and J: leftover Cuban skirt steak and jalapeno poppers

Water:
C: 1 can Diet Dr. Pepper, 3 quarts of water
J: 1 can Cherry Coke Zero, 1 can Sprite zero and 3 quarts water and some butterscotch drops

Sewing... Briyanna.... ugh... The sewing hurt my back like you wouldn't believe. A reminder why I quit sewing in the first place.... And Briyanna... oh my goodness... that kid walked thru the door and talked non-stop til I finally locked myself in our room tonight.

So tomorrow.. interesting day. Its Briyanna's last cross country meet, districts to be specific. I'm taking Brenna with me to the meet because my mom is going... meaning... if a kid is with us, less awkward moments. See... my mom doesn't know that Curt and I are married yet. Well... that may not be true. My cousins and aunts all know I'm married which means my mom more than likely knows that I'm married but she won't say that she knows and I won't tell her that I am. But we wear wedding rings around her and it's obvious we're together. It's such a long story. Someday I'll tell the story of he emotional role my mom plays in my life. I figure my brother is going to get mad at me eventually and tell my mom to get attention off of himself. Family... somedays I just want to move far, far away. Anyways, it will be interesting.

I'm about ready to go to bed and weighed in and I'm just 0.2 lbs up from this morning's weight so that makes me happy.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

DAY 42- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 2, 2011

DAY 42, OCTOBER 2, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 1.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 22.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 14.0 lbs

Late Breakfast:
C: eggs, bacon, sausage, ham steaks
J: eggs, bacon, sausage, ham steaks

Early Dinner:
C: eggplant lasagna
J: eggplant lasagna, alot of it! And a lettuce salad

Water:
C: 4 quarts of water
J: 30 oz. hot tea, 2 quarts of water and 1 can Sprite Zero

WOOHOO!!! I hit another goal: my first stone (14 lbs)!!! I was going through my closet and cleaning out clothes, things I wouldn't wear anymore. And I found piles and piles of clothes (Hello... my name is Jamie and I am addicted to buy clothes. And shoes.) that I will hopefully be wearing by the end of the year.

I was trying to decide what to make for dinner. We have mushrooms and eggplants my mom brought from California. So... eggplant lasagna?? I went to Albertsons and found fat free mozzarella cheese. Finally! I've been looking all over for FF cheese and oh my gosh... Albertsons has a HUGE selection of FF cheese. I'm a little excited for one of my comfort foods.

I decided that if I'm to ever wear a bikini again (which is HIGHLY unlikely) I will have to set a full stomach and flanks tattoo. My stretch marks from my babies are just horrible. I'm trying to decide if it is something I can handle.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

DAY 41- CRUISE PHASE- OCTOBER 1, 2011

DAY 41, OCTOBER 1, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 2.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 20.8 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 13.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs
J: Americano coffee- SF white chocolate and raspberry syrup

Lunch:
C: Cuban Skirt steak
J: Cuban Skirt steak and coleslaw

Afternoon snack:
J: cucumber slices

Dinner:
C and J: orange chicken and jalapeno poppers

Water:
C: 4 quarts water, 1 can Diet Dr. Pepper
J: 4 quarts water, 1 can Diet Barq's Rootbeer, 1 can Sprite Zero

We worked out butts off today. We got up this morning bright and early and went to WINCO because it's the only place that I know that sells skirt steak. We even went to the farmer's market where I got a bunch of decorative gourds, pumpkins and indian corn. Then we came home and cleaned the main part of the house from top to bottom, including spraying off the back porch and decorating the front porch with corn stalks and indian corn. We got done just as my parents pulled up to watch the BSU football game, which they won, but only because Nevada sucked. Russ, heart attack guy, came over and worked on my dryer. The heating element broke so we have had to dry our clothes on the clothes line all summer. My fingers and toes are crossed, hoping it works.

Be proud of us! We behaved stunningly today. My mom brought over chicken salad sandwiches and caramel popcorn. I think that Curt snuck one piece of the popcorn and that was it! And once again, the Cuban skirt steak was OUTSTANDING! I quote Curt, "I think this is the best steak I've ever had!" And I have to agree. IT IS AMAZING! And even my dad who is not a big steak eater thought it was pretty good. Now... what to make for dinner?

I have a feeling that tomorrow.... I'm going to be up, unless a miracle happens. I weighed in just now after my shower. I'm up 4 lbs from this morning.

DAY 40- CRUISE PHASE- SPETMEBER 30, 2011

DAY 40, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
PP+V

CURT: LOSS: 0.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 12.0 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: eggs and ham

Lunch:
C: chicken salad
J: chicken salad

Dinner:
C: hamburger patties and coleslaw
J: lettuce salad, coleslaw

Water:
C: 2 quarts of water,
J: 4 quarts of water, 1 can cherry coke zero

The phrase "Slow and steady wins the race" seems to be my weight loss motto. I'm happy with my 0.2 lbs loss day for the past 3 days. 0.6 lbs in 3 days isn't too bad. I've been catching up on blogs this morning. I think that I need to eat more. In other words... make sure I actually eat full meals. That will be much easier starting tomorrow. I have 5 days off in a row!! And I love to cook so I'm going to spend several hours cooking and preparing food this weekend for the next week and a half. It makes it so much easier when all I have to do is throw a couple things together the night before I head out to work. And if I have the kids, I have to get up 40 minutes earlier so that makes getting my meals ready even easier. Sadly... I'm looking forward to my days of cooking. We will be having several people at our house through out Saturday, but I'm going to go ahead and keep cooking while people are here.

I made chicken salad/ wrap for lunch this morning at work. I had gotten a great deal at our local grocery store on chicken breast. So as I was cutting it into chunks, one of the breasts looked weird and had a weird texture. After I cooked it, I tasted it and it was pork!! So we had chicken/ pork salad wraps for lunch. It kind of grosses me out, but... what do you do? UPDATE: Yeah... I didn't like it. I don't like pork anyways so this was just a turn off. When I say I don't like pork, I mean I don't like pork chop type pork, and I don't love sausage. Ham, bacon... I'm okay with those.

I'm annoyed today. With alot of people. And when I get this way, my stomach is a constant reminder of my irritation. Lovely fun...

Friday, September 30, 2011

DAY 39- CRUISE PHASE- SPETMEBER 29, 2011

Day 39, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
PP

CURT: LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 11.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: eggs and ham

Lunch:
C: hamburger patty
J: 2- FF orange creme yogurt

Dinner:
C: none
J: hamburger patty

Water:
C: 4 quarts water, 1 can diet soda
J: 2 quarts of water, 1 can cherry coke zero

Today was one of those... "Kill me" days. But on the bright side, I came home after work and changed clothes to go to Berlyn's Parent Teacher Conference, and..... I put on my size 10 Levis with no problem!!! I'm pretty excited!

I had every intention to eat more today. I was going to eat the hamburger patty for lunch and have a better dinner, but we left the house at 11:45 with the intention of being gone for several hours. But I just wasn't hungry at 11:45. So I took the yogurts with me and ate them on the run and didn't bother eating til 6. Tomorrow may or may not be a better day.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

DAY 38- CRUISE PHASE- SPETMEBER 28, 2011

DAY 38, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

CURT: GAIN: 3.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 11.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: eggs and ham
J: FF key lime pie yogurt, eggs and ham

Lunch:
C: patty melt and shrimp
J: FF Lemon Creme Pie Yogurt, FF Orange Creme Pie Yogurt

Late Afternoon Snack:
J: FF Key Lime Pie Yogurt

Dinner:
C: none
J: hamburger patty w/ mustard

Water:
C: 1 quart of water, 1 can Cherry Coke Zero
J: 2 quarts of water, 32 oz Diet Coke

I decided that we need to be more strict on our food. I'm going to spend my day making a VERY detailed meal plan. And then... we're going to stick to it. Starting Friday. I have to work late today so I can't go grocery shopping til tomorrow night. Unless Curt goes in the morning.

Next subject. How to put this delicately... Something I have been eating is irritating my stomach. I have been using the bathroom way more than I'd like to be. While I'm glad I'm not constipated, the NEED to go sometimes is inconvenient.

UPDATE on the Idiot!!

That would be my children's father. I called Ethan's school this morning to have the school nurse check out his foot/ leg. Guess what? They have no school nurse there! I called my aunt, who is a nurse at the hospital down the road and asked her to meet me there and look at his foot and give me her opinion on if he needed to be seen or not. So, he comes out and takes off his wrap and my aunt said, "Oh my! You need to go in for this!" And Ethan said, "It's just a sprain. I got it x-rayed." Ummm... I called his father last night and left a message saying I would pay for it/ take him. And he didn't want to pay the money for it. Anyways... I never heard back from that message I left, so I figured he didn't take him. It's not broke, by the way. Ethan told me his father was mad that I put my nose in his business. FOR REALS?!?!?!??!? I gave birth to these kids! I don't lay my mom card down when they go over to his house for the 6 days. I don't expect him to put down his dad card when they're with me, although he does! He won't go to games, go to events, doesn't call, nothin' when they're with me. And he expects me to do the same thing and for thinking that, he can kiss my butt! So this what I told Ethan I would have said to his dad, had this happened on my week:

Ring, Ring... (knowing it would go straight to voice mail because he flat out refuses to talk to me)... "Hi, this is Jamie. Ethan hurt his foot today and I'm taking him into the Such and Such Hospital to get it checked out, if you want to come. I'll let you know what I find out when we get out."

That's just me. When I took Berlyn in for her teeth, I sent him a long email because I thought that he needed to know what was going on before I just sent him a bill. Our parenting plan states that we will keep each other informed of important things. His idea of important and my idea of important and extremely different! Jerk...

DAY 37- CRUISE PHASE- SPETMEBER 27, 2011

DAY 37, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 0.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.8 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 2.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 11.0 lbs

Breakfast:
C: ham and eggs
J: Americano Coffee w/ SF white chocolate and SF raspberry syrup

Lunch: we cheated!
C and J: Chicken wings, french fries and celery sticks

Dinner:
C and J: Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad

Water:
C: 3 quarts of water, 24 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper
J: 3 quarts of water, 24 oz. Diet Coke

Once again... my children's father has managed to blow my mind! I got a call at about 10:30 p.m. from Ethan, asking to borrow the crutches. So of course asked why. He was at Boys Scouts and jumped over a fence without looking behind it and sprained his ankle. He came over to get the crutches and his ankle was swelled at least 2 times bigger than normal! I think he should have gone in, just to check it out. His father's insurance covers 100% on an accident if you get it checked out in the first 72 hours. OH NO!!! He didn't think there was anything wrong and didn't want to spend any money. WHAT PART OF COVERED 100% DOES HE NOT GET?!?!?!?! I even offered to take him in and pay for it. Ethan went out to tell him this (I asked him to come back and tell me what was going on) and I heard a yelling matching, a door slam and his father tear away from the driveway like he was fleeing the plague! UGH!!!!! I hate that man! Obviously... he didn't take him in! I'm thinking about calling the school and having the school nurse check him out.

Monday, September 26, 2011

DAY 36- CRUISE PHASE- SPETMEBER 26, 2011

DAY 36, September 26, 2011

CURT: LOSS: 3.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 13.6 lbs

Late Breakfast/ Early Lunch:
C: Steak and mushroom omelet
J: Taco omelet

Dinner:
C and J: chicken thighs in tomato sauce and coleslaw

Water:
C: 1 quarts of water, 2 Budlights
J: 4 quarts of water, 1 Mikes Harder Lemonades

WOW!! Another GREAT day! Curt told me this morning that we need to play racquetball everyday! But.... yesterday was a fluke. It is TTOM for me so I have issues with playing while on my period. I actually get quite crabby about the whole thing and have fits of rage! And then I say mean things that I regret later. So... for me... racquetball and periods don't mix. BUT! We can ride bikes. As an adult now, I look back and wonder how I ran track and cross country and played volleyball and basketball while it was TTOM. I don't remember it ever being an issue.

When I first started this diet, I took my measurements and for giggles, decided to check in on them. My pants have been feeling loose and I've been having to pull them up. So... my upper waist/ under my bust is down 1.5 inches, my bust is down 2 inches, my waist is down 3 inches, my hips are down 2 inches, my thighs are down 1 inch each and my upper arms are down .5 inch each. That's a total of 11.5 inches!! I'll check in again in another month.

Oh, boobs... where did you go??? The only benefit I saw from my weight gain was that I finally had boobs without lactating! So... I'm seeing the need for new, much smaller bras in my future. I'm a little sad. But I also knew that this would be the first area affected. Good thing boobs can be replaced!