Walking for Wellness - Week 3

Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping up with my eating & walking  activities in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  Eating less is what I'm working on 1st, eating what I normally eat, making better choices.  I will be eating cookies & I will not be eating beets.  You might have heard me say that before, the truth is the truth.  Last week I forgot about fruit a couple of the days, let's see how things went this week.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sat

Breakfast/Fruit - small serving of cereal, Kevin's homemade applesauce

Snack - none

Lunch - other 1/2 of burger & fries leftovers from supper

Supper/Veggie - 1/2 of burger sized sausage pattie, instead of the whole thing, roasted veggies & salad

Sweet - none

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - several long dog walks

No snack after supper

I ate on these roasted veggetables for several days.
I used a variation of that recipe for brussels sprouts to
roast cauliflower, broccoli & brussel sprouts. I marinated
for a couple of hours instead of overnight.  I didn't have a
lemon so I used lemon juice.  These turned out a bit tangy
& got more tangy with each passing day of leftovers.

Brussel sprouts - Juice of 1 lemon, 1 Tbs olive oil, ⅛ tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp paprika & ⅛ tsp garlic salt. Cut brussels sprouts in half or quartered.  Put sprouts in seal bag & toss with mixture until well coated.  Refrigerate overnight. When ready to roast, preheat oven to 400, put sprouts on baking sheet & bake for 15-20 minutes.

* Sun

Breakfast/Fruit - open face meatloaf & egg sandwich, put the bread & cheese back, the egg yoke took their place, added applesauce.

Lunch/Sweet - Easter picnic cracker buffet, egg salad & other toppings, chocolate Easter rabbit shared with Kevin

Snack - rest of the chocolate rabbit

Supper - crackers with peanut butter & jelly, egg salad

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - lots of walking

Veggie - none, the egg salad had onion though not a serving

No snack after supper

Weekend walking in the hills.  Kevin was
up ahead looking for a cave & I'm back here
taking pictures of myself with these
awesome rocks.

* Mon

Breakfast/Fruit- single serving of oatmeal, applesauce 

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggies - leftovers small portion, roasted veggies

Supper/Veggies/Sweet - Lions club meeting pizza, had 1 slice instead of 2, salad, cookies, didn't have coke, saving it for Thursday pizza & walking.

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks

No snack after supper

* Tues

Breakfast/Fruit - single serving of oatmeal, applesauce

Lunch/Veggies - Leftover slice of pizza from Lions meeting along with a salad & leftover roasted veggies.

Supper/Veggies - Tv dinner lasagna with leftover roasted veggies

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - several mini dog walks

Snack/Sweet - made cake like brownies after supper, ate one instead of 3 or 4

* Wed

Breakfast/Fruit - single serving oatmeal, orange slices

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggies - mac & cheese, roasted veggies & salad

Supper/Sweet - pot pie, 2 eggs & brownie

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks

No snack after supper

* Thurs

Breakfast/Fruit - single serving of oatmeal & orange slices

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggies/Sweet - leftover mac & cheese with roasted veggies, brownie

Supper/Veggies/Sweet - pizza, leftover over roasted veggies, can of coke

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks, walking in the hills

No snack after supper, had 2 sweets, Kevin offered 1/2 of kit kat after supper for a 3rd sweet snack, no thanks, that's how sweets add up in a day for me

I was supposed to be looking
for sheds, but I was really
looking for these.

* Fri

Breakfast/Fruit - cereal & strawberries

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggie - leftover pizza, brussel sprouts & salad

Supper/Veggies- fish sandwiches & mac & cheese, I didn't have the bread & made mine a fish salad

Sweets - ate the last brownie after supper

Drink - one cup of morning coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks

Notes: Not a lot of walking during the week due to working long hours & being tired, controlled over eating & grabbing this & that comfort food after those long days, didn't eat 1/2 the brownies in one sitting after I made them, got in 2 good days of walking in the hills, lots of frozen meals ate this week, that's the reason we have them on hand, for long days of work, being too tired & not in the mood to cook, lots of pizza ate, 1 slice at a meal instead of 2, didn't get overstuffed, eating less saves on groceries & leftovers last longer.

Birthdays & other April Happenings

Hello there Adventurous Friends, greetings from South Dakota. How you doing?  We're good here & hope you are too.  There were a couple of cases of Covid in our county this month.  The vaccine is available to those that want it when putting name on the waiting list. 

There were 2 birthdays, my Adventurous Guy & Daughter.  I worked a lot more hours on the job being short staffed.  Kevin took over some of the household duties such as the grocery shopping & cooking.  I planned activities & menus for Daughter & Grand's visits.  I'm so excited that time is getting closer!  We have a plan A, plan B, plan C & plan D as to how we're going to make things happen according to work schedules & when the new Grand decides to make his/her appearance.

April is Financial Literacy Month & Stress Awareness Month according to the Retiree E-Newsletter I get.  I did a little reading about how I might be able to improve my financial wellness & also read that all of us, not just me, experience some levels of stress & it ain't all bad.  This is my Sentence a Day where I write little somethings about each of my days, wrote in a loooong drawn out sentence or 2.   Here are others I've joined up with if you'd like to see what they've been up to.

* Thurs 1st - Ate pizza for supper sitting on the back of the truck up at the pond, watched geese & took a walk, looked for baby calves on the ride home, it's calving season.

* Fri 2nd - Messaged with Daughter, talked about moving in the direction of plan B for the Grand's summer visits, the hiring process is timely, everyone that wants to work already has a job or don't want to drive the distance out of their town.

Week 14

* Sat 3rd - Facetimed with the Grand's while eating breakfast, they showed me some of their Easter eggs from their dying eggstravanza, made egg salad to have on an Easter picnic lunch.

* Sun 4th - Headed out early, got home late, shared a chocolate rabbit with Kevin picniking in the hills along with a cracker buffet using the egg salad & some other toppings, did a lot of 4wheeler riding & walking, saw the 1st tick of the season crawling on my pant leg.

* Mon 5th - Heard a muffled noise that echoed in every direction while dog walking during lunch break, tried to figure out if it was birds or frogs or what, looked in the trees, there's no water in the pothole, later Kevin said it was 1000 sandhill cranes flying over, disappointed I didn't look straight up.

* Tues 6th - Got some much needed moisture overnight, big random snowflakes fell during 1st morning dog walk, thundersnow mid morning or the noise could have been a truck rumbling by since no one else heard thunder, the grass seemed so much greener during evening dog walk.

Grand playing the trombone in his high school marching band.  Football season
in their conference was postponed till spring due to Covid.  Go Bulldogs! 

* Wed 7th - Sold some Lions club Happy Day Award fundraiser tickets, read the newspaper, watched several episodes of Heartland with Kevin.

* Thurs 8th - Road up in the hills in the truck looking for turkey sign,  had our pizza picnic & did some walking. 

* Fri 9th- Long tiring week at work, went to bed early, did some reading to relax.

Week 15

* Sat 10th - A funeral, father daughter dance & prom, lots of dressed up people around town, made a birthday cake for Kevin, forgot about the ice cream, made a quick trip to the grocery store, thought I would grab a couple more packs of those strawberries that were on sale to put up in the freezer, they were out.

Happy Birthday, to my Adventurous Guy!
I made this fancy smancy cake for the
 occasion.  We ate on it all week &
 missed it when it was all gone.

* Sun 11th - Went to the big city, ate lunch at Culver's for Kevin's birthday eating out choice, he got a fish dinner, I got the single butter burger cheese basket, shopped at Cabela's using points, the leather shop was closed for getting Grand's bracelet crafting supplies, ran in Walmart, got a few things we can't get at our little grocery store.

* Mon 12th - Dreary, cold & windy with snow flurries, long full busy day at work, put away stuff from the shopping adventure, started menu list for Daughter's visit, played with Rose & her new toy, watched several episodes of Heartland, Kevin ordered the leather crafting supplies online. 

Driving to work thru the snow line.

* Tues 13th - Another dreary, cold & windy day with snow flurries, had to come up with something for supper, all the leftovers were eaten up, Kevin made grilled pulled pork, egg & cheese sandwiches.

* Wed 14th - Saw hundreds of sand hill cranes in a field on my drive to work, pulled over to look & listen for a few moments.

Is Grand # 8 a Boy or a Girl?
 My guess is a girl due to the high heart rate.
What's your guess?

* Thurs 15th - Ate our pizza at home looking out the window at the rain, made some cookies, watched several episodes of Heartland.

* Fri 16th - Surprised when looked out the window & saw the ground was white, had a conference call with Daughter & got plane tickets bought for the Grand's.

Week 15

* Sat 17th - Rode to the dump with Kevin then rode down the road to see the grass fire that was started from welding on a fence.

I didn't win anything but I sure did enjoy the snack.

A good little fishing hole.  There was snow
 on the ground in places.  The scenery was
spectacular.  Caught a mess of fish.

* Sun 18th- I noticed the black birds have arrived, they'll probably finish off the olive berries on the Russian olive trees, the grouse are gone, the turkey is still hanging around, took a truck ride up in the canyon, did a lot of walking & fishing, got whoppers & fries from Burger King for supper on the way home.

* Mon 19th - Had the cruise set at 65 driving to work on the clear dry road, plow truck went by, road turned wet then snow covered, slowed down to 35 mph, went to Lions club meeting after work, supper was provided by a fellow Lions member, the food was delicious, ate too much, next meeting is road side trash pick up & selecting scholarship winners.

* Tues 20th - Kevin cooked fish for supper, I made cookies.

* Wed 21st - Read the newspaper - masquerade prom theme, fire restrictions went into effect - no camp fires, the highway department is taking applications for a seasonal crew member; checked out a new series on Netflix called Dynasty.

Happy Birthday to Daughter, Kasey.
She's wearing the top I sent her for
her special day.

* Thurs 22nd - Paid the property taxes for the year, rode up in the hills, had our pizza picnic & went walking.

Check out this beaver dam.  Rose ended up falling in
the pond while she was sniffing around for the beavers.

* Fri 23rd  - Slept in, felt so good, Kevin was off work not me, had just enough time to take Rose out to do her business, ate a bowl of crunchy raisin bran cereal & grabbed my coffee to go, oldest Grand got his driver permit.

Week 16

* Sat 24th - Did a couple loads of laundry, finished the birthday box to mail to Moma, looked in photo albums for pictures of Daughter to use for a baby shower game.

* Sun 25th - Went back to the canyon again for fishing & walking before it gets too growed up & snaky, caught our limit, ordered our years supply of toilet paper - 60 rolls & soaker hoses for the garden.

Saw the mountain goats on the way to our fishing spot.
They were covered in burrs.

* Mon 26th - Kevin put together ingredients that made a delicious taco salad; crumbled up nacho cheese taco shell, leftover bbq pulled pork mixed with spanish rice, can of peas, can of whole kernel corn; fresh broccoli, cauliflower & carrots cut up, topped with a spoonful of ranch dressing; his was a burrito; saw the 1st dandelions of the season in the yard while out dog walking.

* Tues 27th - Admired the dandelions while taking a long sunshine dog walk with Rose during lunch break, watched the last episode of Heartland, saw advertised somewhere there is a season 14 coming out soon.

* Wed 28th - Got the soaker hoses, toilet paper & some of the other items I ordered from Walmart, there were 3 big boxes & 2 little ones, I told Kevin I only ordered a couple things...Hehehe, saving the boxes for the youngest Grands to play in.

* Thurs 29th - Planned to have a pizza picnic out at the lake & take our fishing poles to see if the fish were biting; worked late doing inventory, it was too windy for fishing & both of us was tired with aching feet, ate our pizza at home, went for a longer dog walk out the backyard, ate ice cream & watched several episodes of Survivor.

*Fri 30th - Noticed several asparagus sprouts shooting up out of the garden (clap! clap).

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?  Got anything growing in the garden yet?

Walking for Wellness - Week 2

Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping my eating & walking notes in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  Writing things down to look at & think about has really helped me to stay more on track to eat less.  Eating less is what I'm working on 1st.  I had a few slip ups of eating just a little too much this week, but I didn't let that get me down.  Let's see how I've done this week.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day Changing this to: Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

  

* Sat 

Breakfast - ate 1/2 egg biscuit

Snack - none

Lunch - ate other 1/2 of egg biscuit

Supper/Veggie/Sweet - hungry, didn't grab this & that to snack on while supper was cooking, ate smaller portion of meat & larger portion of veggies, broccoli in veggie stir fry & salad, smore, ate 1 instead of 2 or more, didn't eat till overstuffed

Fruit - none, had variety of veggies for supper

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - short fast pace dog walk

No snack after supper

Rose waited patiently for her
part of lunch.

* Sun

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less, orange slices

Lunch - ate less, veggie stir fry picnic

Snack/Sweet - chewy dipp granola covered with chocolate

Supper/Veggie - salad & okra, didn't eat till stuffed, packed some for lunch

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - several walks in the hills

No snack after supper, no coke on picnic, saving it for pizza Thursday.

* Mon

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less cereal, orange slices

Snack - none

Lunch - ate less, leftovers stir fry veggies from supper

Supper/Veggies - hungry, didn't grab snacks while cooking supper, green beans & salad, didn't eat till stuffed.

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Sweet - none

Exercise - walked lots at work, tired

No snack after supper, wanted to eat something for comfort due to long day at work, got busy not thinking about it by reading & watching tv.

* Tues

Found sheds, a heart shaped
rock & crocus during
weekend walking.

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less cereal, orange & apple slices

Snack - none

Lunch - cup of soup bought by coworker 

Supper/Veggies - ate till full, green beans & salad

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Sweet - none

Exercise - walked around inside during break, dog walk during lunch

No snack after supper

* Wed

Breakfast/Fruit- single serving instant oatmeal instead of more, apple slices

Lunch - ate a smaller portion, might have ate too fast, had a knot in stomach

Snack - v-8 juice

Supper/Veggies - salad, might have ate a little too much of something, stomach a little bloated & gas

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Sweet - none

Exercise - walked extra trips putting away folded laundry, dog walks

No snack after supper

* Thurs

Breakfast - single serving size oatmeal, apple slices

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggie - small portion of leftover supper, carrots (not a green, though had green peppers on pizza for supper)

Supper/Sweet - 1 slice of pizza instead of 2, 12 oz can of coke instead of a 2 litter bottle with several refills & more for later.

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked around, up at the pond

No snack after supper, resisted making the brownies I discovered in the pantry.  I saved them for later for a special occasion.

Ate pizza for supper sitting on the back of the truck, 
watched geese & walked around the pond.

* Fri

Breakfast - slice of leftover pizza with an egg, 1 egg instead of 2, hardy breakfast, didn't need a snack

Snack - none

Lunch - slice of leftover pizza with salad

Supper/Veggies/Sweet - Kevin brought in Culver's burgers, fries & coke, I 1/2d my burger & fries & added a little salad to get in my veggies & a green, small coke, didn't take the refill Kevin offered.  I'll have the other 1/2 of burger & fries for lunch.

Fruit - none, forgot about it

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks, lots of walking at work, tired

No snack after supper

Notes:  Pants seem looser around the waist, pants not cutting in making muffin top, felt lighter walking, need to remember the fruits

Spring Cleaning & other March Happenings

Walking to work on the 1st day of 
March, the hoarfrost was beautiful
on the trees against the bluest of
blue sky background.

Hello there Adventurous Friends.  Greetings from South Dakota. To celebrate the arrival of spring, I washed my car & ate smores.  How you doing?  This month for me was supposed to be all about spring cleaning, doing a little specialized cleaning in the same room for at least a week.

My good intentions unfortunately didn't pan out.  I did do some cleaning, but it wasn't as thorough as I had intended. There are several reasons I can think of as to why I didn't follow through - mainly my cleaning mood fizzled out after several days, the dog needed petted, worked more hours on the job, had a flare up of sciatic leg pain, there was Heartland episodes on Netflix that needed watched & other darn good & not so good reasons, I could go on & on.

I did declutter my gloves while cleaning/organizing dresser drawers. There was one glove that was thin on the fingertips & had holes beyond repair, I threw it in the trash.

This is my March happenings, writing a little something about each day in a long drawn out sentence or 2.  Here are snippets of others around the globe that I've linked up with if you'd like to see what they've been up to.

* Mon 1st - Kevin helped me flip the mattress, washed the bed covers, went to Lions club meeting at restaurant & ate out for supper, discussed the Happy Day Award fundraiser & roadside cleanup.

* Tues 2nd - Got my spring hair cut & our month's supply of farm fresh eggs.

* Wed 3rd -  Boiled a dozen eggs, set the stove timer so I wouldn't forget about the eggs cooking.

What do you remember eating as a kid?
Moma used to make a chicken & biscuits
pot pie.  I liked this even back then.

* Thurs 4th - The weather was so nice out, saw robins in the yard & geese flying north, Kevin cooked us a pizza & we ate it out at the lake, did some walking & watched the sun set.

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* Fri 5th - Leftover pizza with eggs for breakfast, cleaned out dresser drawers.

Week 10

* Sat 6th -  Temperatures reaching the 50s forecasted for the week, some were talking it was going to snow.

* Sun 7th - Took a 4wheeler ride, did some walking, a gorgeous day.

Taking a walk around the pond thru the tall grass &
across the prairie looking for antler sheds, heart
shaped rocks & crocus, didn't have any luck.

I asked "Rose, are you going to help me do
the housework this morning?  Her reply "No
thanks, I'm exhausted from chewing the
stuffing out of that new toy you got me".

* Mon 8th - Dirty clothes hamper lid wouldn't close, made extra trips up & down the stairs for exercise carrying sorted laundry to the washer.

Picked up trash on my walk to work,
there's always something that needs
picked up, it's like going on a treasure 
hunt looking for stuff to put in the 
garbage can.

* Tues 9th -  Messaged with Daughter about her baby shower & the youngest Grandgirl's birthday party plans, t-ball had started for the youngest Grandboy.

Working on April care package - Easter for the Grands,
Daughter's birthday (she's 29 (again) if anyone was wondering)
& a dog bone for Rose's mother.
  

Opening one of my gifts, I got
her an outfit, bloonies & snacks
to share with the family.

* Wed 10th - Made egg salad for lunches & deviled eggs for supper.

Happy Birthday to Grand, Jemma.

* Thurs 11th - Facetimed with Moma, she was babysitting the Grandgirls, she talked about visiting her brother & taking him supper while his wife was in the hospital.

* Fri 12th - Kevin brought in breakfast burritos, cinnamon rolls & long johns, we ate those for lunch & supper along with some salad & fruit.

Week 11

* Sat 13th - Rose had her 1st close encounter with a porcupine, good thing it wasn't alive & she only got 2 quills stuck in her face.

Taking a rest looking at the view while out walking
 during a 4wheeler ride in the hills, found a couple
sheds & a heart shaped rock, no crocus yet.

* Sun 14th - Saw partridge, a badger & deer while 4wheeler riding & walking in the pines, cold while riding, hot while walking.

Kevin cooking hotdogs for our picnic lunch.

* Mon 15th - Didn't want to get up & couldn't get going, perhaps effects of the time change, thank goodness there wasn't any snow to have to shovel & lunches were already packed with leftovers. 

* Tues 16th - Drizzling rain & 28* F during 1st dog walk of the day, driveway was slippery, organized & cleaned out storage cabinets at work, lots of old paperwork to recycle & shred.

Who comes up with this stuff?  We use natural fertilizer
 on our garden. Hehe!

* Wed 17th - Ate green eggs & green pancakes at the fire department's St Patrick's Day pancake supper, good turnout to the fundraiser, there was trucks & equipment on display to show donations at work.

Noticed my Christmas cactus had 2 blooms.

* Thurs 18th - Participated in an online Color Street party, ordered a couple different colors of nail strips for myself to try & a couple to give Daughter as gifts, hope to win a mani.

* Fri 19th -  Took a walk out on the prairie, sniffed the fresh smelling air, the grass was crispy crunchy dry, talk around town has often been about how dry winter has been with getting very little snow accumulations, there are no potholes.

There's antelope down there, flushed up some grouse
& found a shed.

Ingredients for making Easter
smores in the microwave.



Resting tree, had to bundle up my
head, the wind was cold while
4wheeler riding.

Week 12

* Sat 20th - Visible green patches of grass seen all around in the yard, went to Lions bingo, won $4.75 & a chocolate Cadbury egg, helped with snacks & clean up.

* Sun 21st - Saw moss while walking in the buttes, started writing down my food & exercise to help see where I need to improve, starting with 1 sweet snack a day instead of 3 or 4 or more & no snacking after supper.

The air is dry, it's unusual to
see moss growing.

* Mon 22nd - Listened to KSLT Power 107.1 morning show for positive uplifting while making up the bed, washing the breakfast dishes & such, one of my favorite songs is Remember Who I Am by Jason Gray.

* Tues 23rd - Washed the shower curtain liner & couch blankets, cleaned out my bathroom drawers, excited to try some of Joanne's recipe idea's with the ham that's in the freezer.

* Wed 24th - Cleaned out Kevin's bathroom drawers, put away the snowman scene puzzle I wasn't working on, not been in much of a puzzle working mood, only worked 1 puzzle this winter, ready to move the patio/puzzle table back out on the deck.

* Thurs 25th -  Happy to find Gale's tomato soup recipe, Kevin likes to grow tomatoes, I like tomato soup, took the change bowl to the bank, $136 went in the fun money spending envelope.

* Fri 26th - Tried blueberry cheerios, a coworker of Kevin's gave him some to sample, thankful the house didn't catch on fire, a thermostat shorted out & had to be replaced.

Week 13

* Sat 27th - It's baseball season for the Grands, got rain or snow overnight, moisture of some kind, the pavement was wet, short staffed at work, worked a little in 3 offices, made a day of it.

Work has started on moving the bridge & road,
hadn't drove my car out of town in a couple months.

                                     

* Sun 28th - Took pictures of crocus, found them popping up all over the place, the South Dakota state flower, also called pasque flower, May Day flower, wind flower, Easter flower & meadow anemone.

While riding -
"Stop! There's a bunch of crocus"

While walking -
"Look! A crocus coming up beside that rock."

* Mon 29th - Changed the decorative pillows on the couch to spring/summer flowers & fish, windy, a semi blew over up the road, the drivers dog ran off & went missing.

* Tues 30th - Got the Lions club Happy Day Award fundraiser tickets to sale, another windy day, the school bus didn't run, a semi blew over down the road, a wildfire to the east in the next county, 8,000 acres burned.

* Wed 31st - Mailed money to Grand for his school's moon pie fundraiser, got the double-decker chocolate, he'll keep the pies for me till I visit in a couple months.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?  Do you do any spring cleaning?

Walking for Wellness - Week 1

Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping my eating & walking notes, if you'd like to follow along or maybe not.   This is my attempt to help me be accountable to shed a few pounds & maintain a more happy & healthy mind & body.  At my last yearly check-up, cholesterol had once again climbed to the point that the Doc wanted to put me on meds to get that lowered.  I suggested, I would try eating healthier & loosing some weight to see if I could get that lowered naturally.  Also, I'm hoping a little weight lose will tame down my leg pain that is perhaps from the sciatic nerve having to carry around that extra weight that has formed on my center, since I'm being honest here.  This was my 1st week getting back on the wagon, so I focused on being mindful of eating a little less & getting in a fruit & green veggie everyday.  I'm starting out weighing in at 185ish with a goal in mind of 140.  I'll get the official weight when I go to my next yearly check up at the end of the year.

I have tender ears & have to keep
them covered up if it's the least
bit windy.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sun  

Breakfast - 1 egg instead of 2, ate salad instead of bread, ate a smaller piece of meat by cutting off some.

Lunch/Sweet - fewer crackers & less peanut butter, drank water instead of coke on picnic, 1/2 Cadbury chocolate egg shared with Kevin

Supper/Veggies - smaller portions of everything, okra & squash

Drink - 1 cup of coffee, water

Exercise - Took several walks in the buttes during 4wheeler riding

No snack after supper

There was a fire years ago then the wind broke out the tops of the trees.  It was like
walking in a maze where the animals had made trails.  The view at the end was amazing.

* Mon

Breakfast - put less peanut butter on pancakes, no syrup (syrup gives me a big time sugar crash)

Snack/Sweet- coworkers birthday, 4 crackers with meat & cheese, lemon bar, didn't go back for seconds

Lunch/Fruit- ate till full, didn't eat last couple of bites just to clean plate, berries

Supper/Veggies - ate smaller portions, salad 

Drink - 1 cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked to work, walked lap around town

No snack after supper

* Tue

Breakfast - ate less cereal & milk

Snack - boiled egg slices on top of 4 crackers, salty & savory, protein instead of a sweet

Lunch/Fruit - ate less, pear half

Supper/Veggies - ate less, green beans 

Sweets - None

Drink - 1 cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked to work, walked 1/4 lap around town, longer dog walk during lunch

No snack after supper

* Wed

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less cereal & milk, pear half

Snack - boiled egg slices on 4 crackers, protein instead of sweet

Lunch/Veggie - ate less, green beans

Supper - ate less

Drink - 1 cup of coffee, water

Sweets - none

Exercise - walked to work, walked to park, longer dog walk during lunch

No snack after supper

* Thurs

Breakfast - ate less, put 1/2 in container for snack, ate till full & didn't eat the last couple bites just to clean plate

Snack - other 1/2 of breakfast; fried egg, 1/2 biscuit & couple tablespoons of gravy, protein instead of sweet

Lunch/Veggie/Fruit - ate less, green beans, pear 1/2

Supper/Sweets- ate one slice of pizza instead of 2, can of coke instead of several refills from 2 litter bottle then having some later

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked to work, dog walk during lunch, walked out at the lake

No snack after supper

Thursday pizza & walking out at the lake.  It was a little windy & cold. 
We had to wear our big coats.  Geese were honking, flying in & out of
 the water. Rose got 3 cactus stuck to her leg.

* Fri 

Breakfast/Fruit - ate less cereal & milk, pear 1/2

Snack - boiled egg slices on 4 crackers, protein instead of sweet

Lunch/Veggie - ate less, salad

Supper/Veggie - ate less, ate fish patty without bread, roasted cauliflower & broccoli

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked to work, dog walk

No snack after supper

End of Week Notes:  pants not as tight around the waist, didn't feel bloated