The Last Saturday of Summer

Saturday morning began with my normal breakfast and some internet surfing.

I then took my car in for an oil change. I found out that my break lights weren't working which scared me. Someone could have rear ended me, but luckily no one did! I took my car into get fixed and got it back later that afternoon. Only $170 down the drain for that one.

I also ran a few errands to get some groceries and things I wasn't able to get at Wal-Mart on Friday. I didn't buy anything fun. Some Clif bars, bananas, kitchen hand soap, and some decorations for my next bulletin board at school. Basically random stuff. While doing all of these errands I had my usual morning snacks:

I went out to lunch with my hubby and FIL at Bronko's. I've never had their chicken stir fry, so I tried it. It was very good and it was way too much to eat, so I have another meal waiting for me in the fridge.

I did a little bit of work in the bathroom. More sanding of spots that were fixed with drywall compound. We are getting close to the p word, paint that is! I also spent a bunch of time with these machines trying to get some cleaning done.

During the afternoon I had this as my snack:

I found some more green beans in the garden today. I'm going to roast them with olive oil and seasoned salt. I did this once as a dish I brought to a party with my friends and it was a hit. I don't have enough for a party, but I can make it a side dish for one meal.

My dinner was what I usually have for lunch:

My hubby had a friend over this evening and they were watching an Angry Video Game Nerd videos which was my few minutes of relaxation at the end of the day.

Eating Out Thursday

I started off Thursday with a healthy breakfast. I changed things up a little bit and made an egg wrap with a 100% whole grain tortilla, scrambled egg whites, a little bit of sprinkle cheese, and a sprinkle of light ranch dressing. I also had a banana with it. Needless to say, it was really yummy and I'll be having one those for breakfast the next few days.

I took a picture open so you could see the good stuff that I put on the inside.

My whole breakfast.

I also attempted to make another oatmeal breakfast cookie as a morning snack. It is actually pretty good for you with oatmeal, Greek yogurt, and nuts. Protein and whole grains. Mine still doesn't look like the picture on the blog I got it from, but it tastes pretty good.

Attempt #2 at the cookie.

After breakfast I went to run a few errands like stopping by the post office and returning more stuff to the store. This time it has nothing to do with returning things I'm not using for the bathroom reno. I was looking at my motivation closet, and I found some clothes with tags still on them. My shredder is jammed, so I haven't shredded receipts for a long time. I decided to pull out some of the more casual summer clothes and return them if I could find the receipt. I did this because I'm not going to fit into them before the school year starts. Once the school year starts, I won't need many casual clothes since I have to dress up four days a week. I think part of it has to do with the frustration I have with myself for not doing better with the weight loss this summer too.

Three bags of clothes to return. It is a shame I haven't fit into them yet, but I did get about $70 back.



I was environmentally responsible and made some Crystal Light lemonade in one of my reusable mugs for my trip instead of buying bottled water or pop.



The fates tempted me with a coupon off of candy bars! I went home and threw the coupon away immediately.

My hubby and I decided to go out for lunch at a restaurant that is about a five minute walk from my house called Lucrezia's. Here's the website if you are interested: http://lucreziacafe.com/. I have never been there before, but my hubby has with my FIL. The food was good and the service was also great. It was also fun to sit outside to eat as well.

The outside eating area. We were the first ones of the day there.

They gave us bread and oil to start off with. I had two of these small pieces of bread.

I also had a house salad which was very yummy.

My main course was minestrone soup. Also very good!

After lunch my hubby needed to take his car in to get his breaks repaired, so I followed him out there so he could have a ride back home. The rest of the afternoon was spent sanding the walls again. We are getting closer, and should hopefully be done with the walls on Friday.

Yes, this again. If my same picture is annoying you by now, imagine my boredom in doing this activity again.

I also went out to eat with the hubs and FIL for dinner at a local restaurant called Bronko's. I didn't take a picture, but I did get the two piece white meat chicken dinner with a baked potato. Bronko's chicken is really good. So good in fact we had it at our wedding!

As you can see, I did do a lot better with the eating today. I had one downfall and that was snacks. I ate around five granola bars today! I know that is insane, but I think that admitting and documenting this online might help me to get myself back on track. I tried on a couple pairs of work pants today for some more motivation. They both technically fit on my body, but it doesn't look too good. I might even pop a button or bust a seam! I'm hoping to build on my small successes today and have an even better Friday.

Wednesday Errands and Disapointment with my Running Shorts

I began Wednesday morning with my usual wog. I've had problems with my shorts creeping up in between my legs, so I have been looking all over for some bermuda length tight shorts to wear under my shorter shorts. I haven't had any luck except for a $30 pair I found at Dick's Sporting Goods. I did find a shorter pair at Target and went with them, because they were only $16. I was disappointed once I actually wore them. They ended up riding up too after seeming okay when I tried them on. Now I'm stuck with them. :(...

Anyway, here are Wednesday's C25K stats:

• 4,158 aerobic steps
• 32 minutes
• 1.73 miles

Wednesday was filled with doing little errands that took up most of my day. After my wog I went to the endodontist to get my six month x-ray of the tooth I had the (re) root canal on. The x-ray looked good, so I don't have to come back for a year for another x-ray.

Then I quickly stopped my Menard's to pick up some pulls or knobs to use on my husband's desk. The handles that came with the desk actually broke off. So here are my options:

At 2:00 Lilly had an appointment for a rabies shot, heart worm test, and intestinal parasite test. She is  a bit of a coward with new people and places. She spent most of the time shaking and cowering, but did okay. It was cute how they put a purple bandage where they drew blood, but I forgot to take a picture of it before I took it off.

The evening was spent watching Income Property, then watering my plants, watching Property Brothers, and I was ready for bed. The hubs got a new Mystery Science Theater 3000 called Pumaman that he started watching. I tried to stay up and watch it with him, but couldn't make it to the end. I'll have to finish the other half on Thursday night.

I did a pretty good job overall with the eating again today and was down again with my weigh-in. I'm now 193.4 which is 2.2 pounds so far this week! Yay! Let's hope that I'm able to lose a bit more before the week is over.

Food for the day:

Breakfast

Snack

Lunch

Snack: a Wendy's strawberry shortcake frosty

Dinner

Snack

A Pretty Productive Sunday

I forgot to post this yesterday, but here is a picture of my poundpuncher bracelet at 10 lbs. lost! I usually take it off and wait until I lost 2 lbs. to put the button back in, but I decided I'll leave it at 10 lbs. for now. Celebrate the victory for a while, at least.

Today I've been busy trying to get a bunch of things done. I've done my lesson plans for the week,

a little shopping,

tried on a bunch of clothes, organized clothes in my closet and motivation closet,

My bedroom closet with my clothes that fit right now.

My motivation closet. The clothes that are too small are on the top shelf and hangers. The clothes that fit but are out of season are on the shelf under the hanging clothes.

cooked my lunches for the week, got most of my Valentine's ready to mail out,

and hope to get a little cleaning done tonight.

Food for the Day:

Breakfast:

Snack:

I just had the egg McMuffin and a diet- no OJ or hash browns this time!

Lunch:

Snack:

Dinner:

Snack:

Exercise: all of the errands/chores I did today