Such a klutz I am!

Seriously, when will it ever end?  Between my sore wisdom tooth causing the entire right side of my face to swell, the usual aches and pains, and the work-out soreness (I will explain that in a minute), I really didn't need anything else.

Last night was grocery shopping night, and as has become routine, Mandy and I went to Souper Salad.  If you do not have a Souper Salad near you, you are missing out.  For about $10 a person, you can get all you can eat soup, salad, baked potatoes etc.  If you make wise decisions, which is NOT hard to do there, you can get away with an amazing filling dinner for very few calories.  In fact, most of my calories last night came from the pepperoni I put on my salad, the tiny portion of macaroni and cheese I got, and the little 2x2 square of blueberry bread I had for dessert.  I even passed on the chipotle ranch for some fat free italian. 
Dinner was great and after, we headed out to the new Sprouts market that just opened up in town.  Their weekly dollar deals happened to be on some of the produce that we eat a ton of, but can never buy enough of due to price.  For about $40 we got 6 cartons of cherub tomatoes, 4 fresh pineapples, 20 lbs of the little cutie mandarin oranges, cucumbers, avocados, grapes, bulk bin brown rice (.49 a lb!!!!) and some ginger snaps and lemon snaps for hubby and the kids.  It was great!  I really look forward to going there each week to snag some great produce. 
After Sprout's it was to the usual big box store for the rest.  We had to get diapers and the usual, as well as groceries.  We made the "dry trip" in, and then took it all out to the van.  While unloading, I of course managed to find the ONLY crack near my van, and ever so slightly rolled my left ankle.  Luckily, I felt it giving and let myself fall on the grocery cart.  That was not pleasant but I think it saved me from major damage.  I am just lucky it was my left, the stronger ankle.  Had it been my right, I think it would have been the end of the trip and the boot for me!
It was a little sore but we headed back in to get the rest of the groceries.  We rolled back home around 1 in the morning, got everything unloaded, the cold food put up, and then CRASHED.  We were so tired.

Today my ankle was a little swollen but not sore, so I got up, nursed my awfully swollen face until it settled down some, and then hopped on the treadmill.  I did a little jog for about a third of a mile (about all I can handle) and then started in to workout number 6 in my "Get Fit" series with Jillian on the treadmill.  I finished the most recent episode of the "Half-Size Me" podcast, and then listened to my iHeart station until I was done.  I am REALLY enjoying the workouts with this program.  They are not too hard, are each different, but a little challenging, and always leave me guessing as to what it is going to do next. 
6 days in a row I have been on the treadmill.  Tomorrow I will post a time, miles, incline feet, and calories burned for the last 7 days. 

This has been a really good week.  I know the scale is not showing it right now, but it will soon. 

Life is crazy

So I am back.  I know I have not posted anything in a while but things have been crazy around here as always.
I just wanted to pop in and say that I have managed to spend time on the treadmill each day this week.  Today will be day 5.
I have been doing an iFitLive workout that is incline training.  It has been pretty fun and I am actually starting to look forward to it each day, as it isn't the same thing each time. 
I stepped on the scale this morning and reminded myself that I cannot control the scale.  I know I am eating better than I have been.  I know I have been exercising more.  I had to remind myself that I can be expected to gain a little weight when I start exercising again and not to panic at the fact that I have done everything right this week and still gone up a few pounds.  I will not panic until next week, if it doesn't start going down again.

Foot and ankles feel good so far.  Lets hope it all keeps going up from here.
Backed off of weight watchers and instead have gone back to standard portion control.  Sometimes I just cannot control what I have available to eat, so right now I am just going to work on controlling how much I am eating, and not binging on everything I can.

Ticker Facotry is Broken

Ticker Factory seems to be down today, but I just thought I would say, 206.4
Yup.  I haven't seen 206 in a while.  So there.

Tomorrow begins WW week 3.  I think I can do this.

Truckin' Along

So I am not doing as good as I could be on WW, however, I am doing better than I thought I would, and I am down about 2 lbs from last week!  I consider this a success.
I went grocery shopping on Sunday, and I got a ton of stuff that I can make and eat, not just for me, but the whole house.  I think they will be pretty happy with how things start to go from here on out.  I know the husband is okay with the food I have been giving him. 

I did a little treadmill work tonight, and I felt pretty good.

Oh, there is one thing I am not counting on my WW points.  I started taking Floradix again (liquid iron supplement), and I have to shoot it with a little juice to get past the taste.  It isn't much, maybe 4 oz after all is said and done, so I am not going to count it, (unless I sit down with a glass) because I see it as a necessary evil, and I don't want to NOT take the iron because of a point or two.  I picked some up last night because I just cannot seem to stay awake these days, and I know it is the anemia.

Well, on to something new.  Going to straighten up around here before bed, and try my hand at steel cut oats again tomorrow.

WW Day 1

Well, this may not be as hard as I thought it would be.  I mean, it will take some adjusting but I can handle this, I think.  Dinner was good.  I looked up some recipes online that gave the points plus total, so we ended up with shrimp, rice and brussel sprouts, making a meal of 9pp for me, and 12pp for hubby (due to serving sizes).  It was really good and filling. 
Dessert was a cake I have always wanted to make, but never did because I knew, in my mind, I would rationalize it as, "But it is so low calorie, I can have more!!"  It is the pineapple angel food cake.  You just mix a box of angel food cake mix and a can of crushed pineapple together and topped with coolwhip lite, it is not even 4pp per serving.  Nom nom.

I like teh maths

Well, I decided I should try the new Weight Watchers.  My sister and grandmother have both done it, and I never really liked it, but the newer Points Plus program I like a little more.  On the Points Plus program, most fruits and veggies count as 0 points, which will make it easy for me to snack.
I like math so the counting and math will be entertaining for me.

Best of all, I am not doing it alone.  My partner in crime, Mandy, is going to do it with me, (as long as I help her figure her points and such for a while).  Since Mandy is moving in with me in January, we will have a good solid shot of doing this together.

Another thing I like about the new WW PP is that I can "earn" extra points by exercising.  This means all of my time on the treadmill will be worth points, and I can have a more worthwhile snack.

The addition of the weekly "bonus points" that everyone gets means I can have a ladies night every so often and not feel bad about it!

Oh yes, the treadmill.  I am back in the groove slowly.  I was cleared to work as long as I don't have pain, but it took me 2 workouts to rill my LEFT ankle.  Luckily I was holding on and did not do much damage over a little swelling and soreness, so I now go everywhere in two full braces.  It is really hard to coordinate pinup wardrobe with two braces, but I will make it work. 

So here is to trying again.

Oh, also, you may notice that the runner at the top has changed.  I have decided to set myself a very short term goal, and that is to get back to  my pre-pregnancy weight of 185.  This will be goal number 1.
My ticker will reflect that until I reach 185.  Then I will set an additional goal. 

Bait-n-Switch

It looks like the dentists were just telling me what I wanted to hear in order to get me in there. 

I got a message yesterday saying that they could not give me a sedative before hand.  This is what it said:

"What you are asking for takes a special license that few doctors have. I know it's hard to imagine, but Dr. XXX and his team will treat you with respect and care to your individual needs so much that the IV sedation will be enough. Walking in may be tough, but after that, you will be sedated, treated, and relieved......"

It looks like they forgot I am afraid of NEEDLES.
READ THE FUCKING CHART! 
SERIOUSLY.  
I am sure the IV will be enough to knock my ass out, it is a matter of getting the IV in my body.

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