Sunday, April 30

90-Day Challenge: Day 1 of 90

Well, I hit a bit of a speedbump in my progress yesterday. I went to a stitching get together and succumbed to all of the wonderful food everyone had brought. I’d already been in a bit of an eating mode prior to yesterday and had already used all of my WPA for the week. Oh well, it’s a new day and I’m just getting back on the wagon.

As a result of yesterday’s venture off the OP path, I am restarting my counter for my 90-day challenge. I could have easily just chucked it out the window, but decided that I really do like the idea. So, instead of chucking it all, I just decided to start again. Sure, I’ll be 5 days behind the two friends I started this with, but at least I’m still following through with it.

Breakfast:

None - Yes, I’m aware this is becoming far too much of a habit lately.

Lunch:

Light sourdough bread - 0.8
Veggie deli slices - 1.6
2% cheese singles (2) - 2.4
SF pickle spears - 0.4
Light Lays chips - 1.3
Salsa - 0

Dinner:

Soysage - 2.6
Baked french fries - 6
Luna bar - 3.3

Snack:

WW cookies & cream bar - 2.4
Nonfat milk - 3.6
Baker’s Just for You cookies -2.2

Total: 26.6
Water: 48 oz
Exercise: None

Home again, home again ….

Well, actually, I got home Monday night, but I’m just now getting around to updating my blog. As of right now, I doubt I will plan to take 3 trips in a single month again … EVER! I enjoyed each trip tremendously, but I’m just plain TIRED … still. On the upside, even with staying in hotels and eating more meals out than at home this month, I managed not to gain any weight. I consider this a major victory!

This was definitely NOT a productive month for me stitching-wise though. I did amass a lot of stash, but did very little stitching. I definitely need to kick that into high gear though as I have 3 exchange/round robin pieces that all need to go into the mail in May. Again, not such good planing on my part.

Originally, the round robin piece (a Quaker RR from the Legacy BB) was going to have a May 1 mailing date, but it got pushed back to the end of May. The two exchange pieces are both from the Stitching Bloggers Exchange Board. One of them is the last installment in a birthday exchange group. The other is for the biscornu (8-sided pillow) exchange.

I got together with the group of local stitchers yesterday, so I find my stitching motivation is back. I actually got quite a bit done on the biscornu as we sat around and chatted. Sue (& her DH) graciously opened up their home to us. I include her DH because we were there for nearly 9 hours! In addition to Sue and myself, the other guests included Veronica, Nancy, Jill, Laura, Darla, Debi, Laurel, and Sandi. Everyone had such lovely pieces they brought along to show off. Darla pretty much threatened me with a plate of food to the face for not bringing Rosemarkie to show off.

Well, I guess that’s the latest update for me. I’m off to stitch now.

Happy stitching!

Thursday, April 27

90-Day Challenge: Day 3 of 90

Well, I guess the overindulgences of the weekend and using flex points for two days in a row caught up with me. I hopped onto my scale at home this morning and was up a couple of pounds. I need to rein things in a bit if I plan to have a loss next week.

Wednesday, April 26

Today will be a bit of a challenge. We are going to Houston’s for lunch to honor one of our coworkers who is retiring (after 27 years with the company) on Friday. They don’t have a menu online, but I’ve been there before, so I kind of know what to expect. I’ll probably end up with either a salad or the veggie burger sans cheese. Wish me luck!

Another new thing on the horizon for me is that I’ve committed to a 90-day challenge with two of the friends I was hanging out with over the weekend. Our goal is to go 90 days without any slips in our food plan. Monday, April 24 was day one for me. So far, I’ve got 2 days down and 88 to go. I CAN DO THIS!

Breakfast:

Cream of wheat - 2

Lunch:

Veggie burger - 8
Couscous - 2

Dinner:

Chik’n w/veggies - 7
Stuffing - 4
WW Cookies n’ Cream bar - 2

Snack:

Granola bar - 1.7
Nonfat milk - 3.6
Kashi bar - 3.3

Total: 33.7 (used 5.7 flex points - balance is 22.2)
Water: 80 oz
Exercise:

Tuesday, April 25

I went to my Weight Watchers meeting today since I missed my regular meeting yesterday when I was out of town. Even with a bit of overendulging over the weekend, I still managed a 2.6 pound loss! I’m guessing all of the running around and being on the go all weekend helped me out in that department.

I’m not sure why, but today was a snacking day. Thank goodness I had WI at lunch and have a new stock of flex points. I definitely dipped into them today since I noshed on WAAAY too many snack-type bars.

Breakfast:

None

Lunch:

TUL - 8
WW Honey Mustard Pretzel Thins - 2.1

Dinner:

Chik’n w/veggies - 7
Butterfinger granola bars - 4.4

Snacks:

Luna bar - 3.3
Luna bar - 3.3
Kashi bar - 3.4
Nonfat milk - 3.6

Total: 35.1 (used 7.1 Flex points - balance is 27.9)
Water: 48 oz
Exercise: None

Monday, April 24

Well, I’m back from my weekend out of town. I hopped on the home scale when I got here and it looks like I managed to not gain any weight while I was gone. WOO HOO!!!

I did get a great walk yesterday. We went to Seaside, OR and spent all afternoon walking around the beach and shops. We were pretty much on the go all weekend, so I’m sure that’s the main contributor toward not showing any gain since I did eat more liberally than normal.

Now that I’m home, it’s back to regular journal action.

Brunch:

Eggbeaters veggie omelette - 2
Buttermilk pancakes - 5
Light frappuccino - 2

Dinner:

MSF garden veggie patties - 3
Baked Lays chips w/salsa - 3.3
Strawberries - 1.5

Snack:

Light frappuccino (waiting for flight) - 2
Peanuts (on plane) - 3.4
nonfat milk - 1.8
Butterfinger granola bars - 4.4

Total: 28.4
Water: 56 oz
Exercise: None other than walking around through airports

Friday, April 21

I’m not sure how much I’ll get to update my blog over the next few days. I’m going out of town for the weekend and won’t be back home until Monday night. I should have internet access while I’m away, but I’m not sure if I’ll take the time to update here while I’m gone. I’ll probably just want and start to fill it out again when I get back home.

Thursday, April 20

Breakfast:

Banana - 2
SF Chai - 1

Lunch:

TUL - 8

Dinner:

Toast - 0.9
Eggbeaters - 1.2
14g 2% cheese - 1
Fake pepperoni - 1.9
WW snack cakes - 2.4

Snack:

Popcorn - 1
Nonfat milk - 3.6
Granola bars - 3.4

Total: 26.4
Water: 64 oz
Exercise: None

101 Things Update

I’ve created a separate page for my 101 Things list. It’s linked in the top section of my sidebar on the left. Here is a link for the new page:

101 Things

So far, I’ve already completed 2 of the tasks. I also have another 12 either scheduled or in progress already.

Happy stitching!

Wednesday, April 19

Breakfast:

Whole wheat toast - 0.9
SF blackberry jam - 0.4
Banana - 2
Coffee w/FF creamer - 0.5

Lunch:

TUL - 8

Dinner:

Chili - 6
Luna bar - 3.3

Snack:

Popcorn - 1
Nonfat milk - 3.6
WW snack cakes - 2.4

Total: 28.1
Water: 64 oz
Exercise: None