Off to the beach

A week in Charleston, SC. Too many good meals. Continental breakfast at the hotel with way to many carbs. Ughhhhhhh. Up a couple of pounds.

So it is off to the beach, South Beach that is. Sweetpea and I are going to give it a shot and see what happens. Anything to jump back into losing mode. Film at eleven.

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A Holding Pattern- Part 2? Revisited? Still?

Well, let's see... Good news and bad news? I managed to be on the road for basically a full work week and did not gain weight. The hotels had good workout facilities- I finally stayed on an elliptical machine long enough to get the hang of it and break a sweat. That's good.

Since I've been open I've been practicing the all-too-familiar "it doesn't really count if I just sneak a bite" diet. My version of this is what I will call "hit and run"- I tear through the cupboards or fridge- find something that is likely not part of my "good" plan and eat some amount of it- usually from the box/bowl/jar. I then close everything up and zip back to my desk where I pretend that I did not just eat whatever it was. Ahh... this is obviously the bad news. Working on getting regrouped.

In my travelogue vernacular I will call this a lay over. Hopefully my next blog will be an actual PROGRESS report!

I am presently and forever back to part-time at work. I feel I have my life back. I know it has been ages since I bloged here, but my last post was about getting back to "me" and happiness and this has inturn developed into discovering "peace of mind." I think when I find peace of mind in my life, work, and family, everything else will fall into place--including my weight control.
I have re-discovered vegetables! I was a vegetarian from about my junior year in high school and then on and off while raising the girls (one of my daughters is vegetarian while the other only eats chicken now). For almost two months I have not eaten anything with legs, nor have I had eggs or milk. This is the beginning of my transistion into avoiding animal protein altogether.
Before everyone jumps on a band wagon and gets defensive, please remember this is my choice and a choice I made for personal reasons--health being the number one reason and animals being the second. I re-chose to be a vegetarian after reading "The China Study" and researching some of the studies I read about there. My philosophy on animals has grown up abit since I was a teen. I am not against eating animals. I do believe if you are going to own them or eat them, you should do it w/o cruelty. So am I against something here? Yes, but you'll have to read my other blog site.
I have only lost about 4 lbs in the last couple months but I am going to attribute that to the large quanty of beer that I have been consuming and the lack of exercise.
Well, I love beer and hate exercise. This too shall pass in good time.
I have been having way too good of a time reading veggie cookbooks, books on preserving (we bought a freezer and the dehydrator has come out of storage!) and I have been cooking up a storm! The hubby has been really supportive. No complaints about eating meatless dishes--could be that I'm doing all the cooking! He even shucked two bushels of sweetcorn while I was a work and helped me put it up for the winter.
So that is where I am. Feeling very healthy, relaxed and cooking w/ my hubby--in more ways then one.

A Holding Pattern

Yea... that's what I'll call it. Just for this week, right? I have gotten back on track with my workouts- moved indoors for 2 weight sessions this week and 3 outdoor runs (I hate the treadmill!). Youch- guess I took too many weeks off from weights. Still, the scales are kind of stuck (or truth-be-told moving a little in the wrong direction). There are a number of very pitiful excuses for this trend but I'm calling it a holding pattern. The problem is that I will be on the road from Monday to Friday next week so I'm a little worried--might be an extended holding pattern. Just one of the many legs of the on-going journey out of Tubbyville.

Back to the grind.

Went mountain biking over at Fort Custer last Friday. Quite the workout. Worked out Saturday loading papers at the Scout paper drive. Monday removing bushes around the house. It was Sunday where we kind of lost control for a while. Brunch with all the fixin's and enough Champagne to drown a horse. But trying to stay on the grind. Salads for lunch. Down 3 more pounds in the last week. New scale keeps telling me that I have too high of a percentage of body fat. Need to get to the gym more.

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