August Twenty Sixth

Breakfast
Moral Fiber Muffin
Venti Iced Coffee with Milk

Lunch
Turkey Wrap with American Cheese and LTO
Peach
Apple

Dinner
Nachos
We made them again because there was leftover salsa, but no lettuce. But I weighed out my chips, cheese and meat and it was yummy. But my eyes were bigger than my tummy and I didn't eat it all.

Snack
Ice cream cone from McDonadls
Trail Mix
Mostly raisins, almonds and pumpkin seeds.
Baked Ruffles

August Twenty Fifth

Breakfast
Venti Iced Coffee with Milk
1.5 Berry Mango Moral Fiber Muffins
That is a total of 15 grams of fiber and 330 calories.

Lunch
Lemongrass Chicken Frozen Meal from Kashi
Pineapple Tidbits
Baked Doritos
We bought a bag of "good for you snacks." About time they made snack sack versions of these, but I would rather just pretzels and Baked Lays. I really should be eating Kettle Chips, just potato and oil, but lately I have been craving Baked Ruffles. Those came in this package along with Baked Cheetos. Here's hoping the husband eats those. I have never liked them, not even the full fat version.

Dinner
Homemade Pizza
This is still TBD as the dough is still kneading in the machine. But I wanted to write this all down before I forget.

Snack
Peach

August Twenty Fourth

Breakfast
Raisin Bran with 1%
Low-fat vanilla yogurt with raspberries

Lunch
Nectarine
Brown Rice Sushi with Vegetables

Dinner
Salad
See the His and Hers post.

Dessert
2 Squares of that Dark Chocolate I love.

Snacks
1/2 Berry Mango Moral Fiber Muffin
Venti Iced Coffee with Milk
Pretzels
Raspberries

You know you are on the right track when....

I keep meaning to mention this, for the FIRST.TIME.EVER. someone said to me, "You can't possibly be watching your weight." I was ordering a salad from Fresh City, they will make it for you so I asked for no cheese and then light on the dressing. I was very flattered but at the same time was like, umm, my food choices man. When he was done making the salad he said, "I probably shouldn't bother asking you if you want bread with that."

I said, "Sure, you got wheat?"

And they did, and it was all just what I wanted.

His and Hers

I made nachos for my man this evening. This involves some sort of salsa type thing (usually corn and black bean with garlic, jalapeno peppers, cilantro and onion) steak and Tostitos and lots and lots of cheese. He likes whole chips, so I usually end up with leftovers. Like last week, I ate the rest of the bag. Bad Sarah, but it happens. Hopefully these broken castoffs I can ignore until they go stale. I normally have a salad instead of the nachos. I use the corn and black bean mix, add cherry tomatoes, salsa (Newman's Own Medium Garden Style is my new favorite) and ounce of steak and an ounce of reduce fat cheddar and lots of lettuce. Still tasty and much better for me. Occasionally I fish out a few broken chips and crumble them over my salad like croutons, one does like a bit of crunch.

A big part of my success I think is being firm about my food choices when it comes to M. I often modify recipes for me and my calorie needs. For a while it was hard on me, he was like, aren't you going to have any? No thanks, I can make something similar yet not so heavy. Salad doesn't appeal to him and I am okay with that. Marriage is about keeping us both happy. Food is such a personal thing, I feel lucky that I can share it with M and not have it be a big deal.

Dinner time!

August Twenty Third

Breakfast
Strawberry Yogurt Granola Bar
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk
Cinnamon toast crunch
I try not to snack on cereal.... but it does happen, especially when we have this stuff around.

Lunch
More cinnamon toast crunch
Peach

Dinner
Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese
Broccoli

Snack
Freeze Dried Ice Cream Sandwich
Pretzels
Baked Cheetoes
I am ashamed to admit to the above.

August Twenty First

Breakfast
Venti Iced Coffee
Zone Perfect Bar

Lunch
Fruit Salad
Tositoes and Salsa
Handful of Go Raw Trail Mix

Dinner
Sushi Roll (Salmon, avocado, cucumber and shrimp I think)
Just after we had ordered take out I got a call. Twin sis is fine, but I went down to wait with her at ER. Very scary. Like Elaine I stopped. Bough a soda and chocolate. Which I snarfed while I cried on my way down. Then I felt even worse about it because when I got there poor Twin Sis was starving. Man I felt like a jerk.

Snack
Chocolate Bar
Strawberry Yogurt Granola Bar

August Twenty Second

Breakfast
Zone Perfect Bar
Venti Iced Coffee
Peach

Lunch
Handful of Go Raw Trail Mix
Plum

Dinner
Handmade avocado sushi roll
2 crab rangoons
pad thai

Snack
Ice cream cone from McDonalds
Tostitoes

Why I hate shopping for pants... By the Numbers

Below are the size charts for Banana Republic, J. Crew and The North Face.

My measurements:
Waist 28 inches
"Hips" 43.5 inches

Not even fair to call them hips, I mean they are under there somewhere, but a lot of that extra bulk is just skin. Based on my waist measurement I wear a solid medium (or even a small!). But when you have to factor in my hips then I move into XL territory for my favorite mall stores and just barely a large for the North Face. And you wonder why all I wear are skirts and dresses? The numbers don't lie.

Maybe it is time to reconsider my fear of the plastic surgeon.

Happiness Is

Weight Maintenance

157 this morning. Another day, another good weight day. I feel like this is being cancer free. Takes five years for a doctor to tell you that afterwards.... Losing weight is kind of like that. Not that I will ever be fat free, but when I hit the five year mark, then I'll have really accomplished something. I do feel like I have made the necessary changes to my life habits, but it's still a little daunting to continue to read in the media about how maintenance is nearly impossible. It's not impossible, and somedays it isn't even hard.

Today is going to be a great day.

August Twentieth

Breakfast
Zone Perfect Double Dark Chocolate
I try very hard not to rely on fake food, but these are so yummy. I should go back to just the oatmeal but bfast has been on the run lately. These bars are surprisingly filling even though they don't have much fiber.
Peach

Lunch
Another Zone Perfect bar
Another Peach
Cucumber Maki with Brown Rice
Apple Slices

Dinner
Toasted foccacia with melted mozzarella

Snack
Plum
Trader Joes Strawberry Smoothie
I don't normally drink calories (besides alcohol) but I was on my bike and hadn't eaten dinner yet. By time I was on my way back it was almost 7pm.
Slice of Upper Crust Pizza topped with bacon and artichoke
2 glasses of Red Wine
I went back out this evening to see some friends and cheer myself up. My knee (as the prior posts laments) is bumming me out. I am trying to keep my snack calories lower, but such is life. I rode pretty far earlier and more importantly the wine and pizza were tasty and appropriate to the company. I have a few extra calories here and there for things like this.

I hate my left leg

I hate that I allowed myself to get so heavy that I destroyed my chances of ever walking normally. And by that I mean without pain. And the pain, for the most part I can deal with. Somedays are better than others, but the weird nerve twinges. I can not tolerate this anymore. It is driving me crazy. I have the hardest time falling asleep because of it. I feel like the electric current that is supposed to run through my leg gets stopped behind my knee and it builds up and builds up until it just releases in this horrible twitch. And if that wasn't bad enough... now I have this odd feeling in my shin. Like there is a cat brushing up against my leg, but I look down and NOTHING is there. So fucked up. The nerves have been cut so many times, I can't get the sting out of the arthritis pain b/c I don't have much feeling in that spot so rubbing can only do so much. And the bone ache, both above and below the knee. Ugh.

I know that so many of those surgeries were actually necessary, but I just wish I had been better to myself. I can't go back and change it and now I just have to live with it. And for some reason that is getting harder by the day. Tears are just wasted on this because I know there is more to come but tonight I just can't seem to get out of my own way.

August Nineteenth

Breakfast
Everything Bagel with LTO, Cucumbers, Sprouts and Carrots
LTO = Lettuce, Tomato, Onion
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk

Lunch
Gazpacho with Avocado Salsa
Turkey Bacon Wrap
I took out most of the bacon. Too much fat on it. Ew, I hate chewing on that. I also tore off almost half the wrap. I never eat the whole thing when I get those kind of sandwiches. Gratuitous bread.
14 oz. Tripple
Beer that is 8.5% ABV
Molton Chocolate Cake
I split it with my friend. Perfect ending to a yummy lunch.


Dinner
Greek Fage 2% with Berries and Pineapple

Snack
Grapes
Popcorn

I had Molton Chocolate Cake at Lunch

The miracle weight loss that isn’t - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com

“Post-op, these people grieve for the loss of food,” Arioli says. “Food is their comfort. And if you don’t figure out how to find comfort in other ways, you’re going to go with what you know. These are some serious eaters.”

I briefly considered it. But man, I love food.

Now I do not mourn for food. I learned to live with it. And I get way more satisfaction from it now that I ever did scarfing thousands of calories a day back then. Being forced into moderation with all those side effects, how is that living? Dumping? NO real sweets or things with REAL sugar. We all need less chemicals as it is. How is this better?!?!? I would say I was not living at 345, but I think I would take that life over what some of these poor souls have had to deal with in the article. Gastric Bypass (or it's cousins) are so, American. Everything, all of it-- right now, it's so easy and don't worry about the consequences ... it won't matter when you are THIN! Ugh. I know those who have had this surgery say that it is not a quick fix, but why be FORCED into that lifestyle of deprivation when (imho) it has more risk than reward. I'd rather deal with the known (diabetes and all the obesity co-morbidities) than roll the dice with this shit that people are simply making a buck off of. /jadedness. /soapbox.

August Eighteenth

Breakfast
Plum
Berry Oat Bran Muffin
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk

Lunch
Peach
Foccacia with Fresh Mozzarella and Basil

Dinner
Almonds
Twizzlers
We were at the movies. : ) I only had 2.

Snacks
Handful of Go Raw Trail Mix
Grapes
Apple Lara Bar

The Good the Bad and The Ugly

The Good!
Exercise and surprisingly lots of it.
The Bad!
Too much Drink
The UGLY!
Too much food.

It is all written down, I just need to put it on the internets. I found myself ridiculously busy at the end of the week and then without a connection down on the Cape. I'l post my daily foods in all of it's excess caloric glory when I get home this evening.

Best news!
I'm back on track.

August Twelfth

Breakfast
Chocolate Lara Bar
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk

Lunch
Chicken Vindaloo Bowl from Trader Joes
Garlic Pretzels

Dinner
Salmon with Teriyaki Glaze
Snap Peas, Edamame and Pineapple Veggie Stir Fry
Vegetable Egg Roll
Homemade Dinner Roll
This batch came out perfect! I did not know that salt is death to yeast. No wonder nothing I was making was rising. Duh. Seems so obvious now, but I ruined a batch of rolls and 2 loaves of bread before I figured that out.

Snacks
3 sqs. of Dark Chocolate
Raspberry Oat Bran Muffin

August Eleventh

Breakfast
Steel Cut Oats with Banana and Peach

Lunch
Baby Spinach and Beets
Thai Beef Salad
I rode my bike to Whole Foods between the rain drops today. My car is being loaned out so when I discovered I didn't have enough whole wheat flour I had to go out for it. I had lunch from their salad bar. I like that they list all the ingredients, helps to make an informed decision. Too bad there is no nutritional information.
Kiwi, Raspberry and Orange Fruit Salad
Garlic Pretzels

Dinner
Stuffed Pepper: Made with Hamburger, Brown Rice, Onion, Garlic, Worcestershire Sauce and Oregano
Wheat Roll
I had to try it, but this batch, something went wrong and they deflated. Alas, still tasty, but not roll like. So now I am making whole wheat bread instead. More versatile anyways, but M asked for rolls and so I tried. Better luck next time.

Dessert
Mini Moo Fudge Pop
2 sqs. Dark Chocolate

Snack
More Garlic Pretzels
Popcorn
Caramel Meringues

But Alternatively-- Weight Loss can also be contagious

DiscoveryChannel.ca - Obesity can be contagious: scientists

Me, twin sis and Mom are a great example of that. We have our ups and downs, but from our personal highs we are down over 330 pounds between the three of us. (That is almost as much as I used to weigh!) Both Mom and twin sis are keeping off 80+ and 60+ pounds respectively and both are still on their way down. Mom is such an inspiration to me. At her age (which is not that old at all to me anymore) I can't imagine how hard it is to retrain the body. But she is doing it, and her heading back to the gym this week was a big reason why I signed back up. You just have to keep trying and keep doing.

Olympic Crack

So.much.to.watch!

Also, NBC is pimping their fall line up.
More Crack.

Six Weeks for 59$

I feel so out of shape. Yeah, it's all relative. I might be able to ride my bike miles and miles but my strength is not what it could/should be. I had let my gym membership lapse after my last surgery in March. I also didn't do any real PT-- thinking that we were not reinventing the wheel. That was a bad move-- one that haunts me from my past, but with school and all, I just didn't feel like I could get it in. I stopped going to the gym and while was keeping my weight more or less under control I wasn't doing my knee any favors. I was also concerned about over working it after the bone graft. Last year I wondered if my training kept the hole from properly healing, who knows. But that nagged at me and I didn't keep up with the strength training the way I should.

So today I made friends with the Smith again and did some squats, I also worked my hip flexors, hamstrings and calves. I spent some time focused on balance as well. I made sure not to over do it. We'll see if I am sore in the morning. Ideally I would like to be lifting every day-- legs, then arms and chest. We'll see.

At the end of 6 weeks I'll reevaluate and see if I want to sign back up for another year. I used my membership for about 6 months of the last 12. I hate paying for things I am not using.

August Tenth

Breakfast
2 Peaches
Handful of Go Raw Trail Mix
These come from Trader Joes. I could portion out my own, but well, I'm lazy. I eat one piece at a time. Makes it last longer and then I don't hoover the whole package in less than a minute. I eat most things one at a a time. Chips, pretzels whathaveyou.
Dunkin Donuts Vanilla Spice Coffee with Milk
Nature Valley Vanilla Nut Granola Bar

Lunch
Six Inch Ham on Wheat with LTO, Peppers, and Cucumbers

Dinner
4 Corn Tortillas with 3 oz. Taco Seasoned Steak Red and Green Peppers and Onions, Sour Cream and Salsa

Snack
Banana
Garlic Flavored Pretzels
All snacks or whatever are one serving in case anyone is curious. I like to portion things out first. Then I don't lose track and can eat slowly and enjoy whatever it is.
Cucumbers, Carrots and Tomatoes with 8 Shrimps tossed with a Ginger Sesame Dressing
I had just gotten home from the gym, had the pretzels in the car on the way home and was still ravenous. Protein and veggies, can't beat that for a snack.
Munchin Mix

Dessert
Mini Moo Fudge Pop
And my tummy still rumbles.

Work Out
20 mins on Precor
20 mins of stretching
30 mins of lifting-- today was legs.

August Ninth

Breakfast
Berry Oat Bran Muffin
Handful of Go Raw Trail Mix

Lunch
Footlong Ham on Wheat with LTO, Cucumber and Peppers from Subway

Dinner
Hot dog on bun
Corn
Tostitoes

Dessert
Marshmellows and 1chcolate covered gram cookie

Snacks
Peach
Plums

YaY! For mobile blogging. I'
So the camping was fun. We need a stove though. We kind of knew that heading out there. My Girl Scout tinfoil meals aren't what they used to be. I'm sure M will research us something appropriate.

Another Weekend

We are testing out our gear this weekend. I am going to bring steel cut oats for Sunday mornings breakfast and corn from our box this week for dinner along with marshmallows for dessert. Other than that I think we will pick up some hot dogs and maybe some more chocolate and grahams.

I'm going to need patience. I can tell. Yeah, chocolate will help.

August Eighth

Breakfast
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk
Mini Vanilla Scone

Lunch
BLT on Toasted MultiGrain with Avocado
Pint of CBC Amber
The rest of someone else's Stella

Dinner
Lobster Ravioli with Vodka Sauce
Corn

Snack
Vanilla Ice Cream
I stopped in to see the Harvard Summer Chemistry Talent Show and it was topped off by them making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. It was good, but to me it had too much salt. I know sweetness can be cloying without salt, but this was a little too much. That was fine, kept me from having more than a few bites.
Wheat Bread with Blackberry Jam

August Seventh

Breakfast
2% Greek Fage Yogurt with Pineapple and Berry Medley
Handful of Go Raw Trail Mix

Lunch
Brown Rice Avocado Sushi Roll
When I have the ingredients I like to make it myself. I suck at rolling the sushi but am getting better. Practice makes perfect.
Nature Valley Granola Bar

Dinner
Salmon stuffed with homemade bread crumbs, shrimp, parsley and butter
Salad
Sweet Corn

Dessert
Pomegranate Sorbet with Berries

Snacks
Nectarine
Banana

Hrm. Snacky kind of day. Notice the trail mix and the granola bar. I also didn't eat meals at regular times which threw me off. But all in all a pretty good day. The weather is keeping me from exercise. I hate the clouds and the rain. Time to get back to the gym. Maybe if I keep saying that I will one of these days.

August Sixth

Breakfast
Toast with Blackberry Jam
The nutritional information for this loaf is listed below. I love the recipe builder at MFD. When the recipe is done I weigh the total and then base servings on the number ounces. Makes it easier to convert. This loaf was 13 ounces so the information listed below is for one ounce of the bread.

Lunch
Chicken Breast
Black Beans and Rice
Yuca
I had lunch at Casa de Pedro with a friend today. I really like this place and even midday you see the chef/owner. Very nice guy and the food is always great. I had the Pollo de la selva. I asked for the sauce on the side and then forgot about it so I never had any of that, but as always the rest was delicious.

Dinner
Half a Grilled Cheese with Bacon on my Bread
Tomato Soup
I need to learn how to make soup. Well, I know how, but I have never made tomato soup. It was cold and rainy here today-- 65 is too cold for August so this dinner was perfect. Also grilled cheese and tomato soup is one my favorite high school food memories. It was what they had in the dinning halls when we returned from a break.

Snack
Apple
Popcorn

Others

I've added a link to a PDF of just my posts from my time over at MFD from my own thread. I cut out everyone else b/c I don't know if they would be cool with sharing. I'm also looking around on our shared drive for my first The Weight It Is. I was blogging over at Friendster! Do they even still exist? Anyways, when I locate it I will PDF and put that up as well. That blog was more focused on still losing weight. I was just getting down to goal (whatever that is) at that time so its focus is more weight loss, not maintenance. But maybe interesting to someone. Blogging can be such an interesting walk down memory lane.

A number I haven't seen since May

155.2

This is where I am comfortable. Thinking back on my summer I can see where I was getting complacent and lazy. A donut here, a tiny scone there. Another handful of nuts or an extra granola bar. It adds up. Even though I was exercising I was overcompensating for those calories. That's what maintenance is about-- the reality check every once in a while. Not to say that three months from now I won't be lazy again and motivated by clothes that are getting to tight, but for the moment.

:c)

Afterthought. When I am not eating as well I don't think my body processes food as efficiently. I have been surprised to see the scale drop so quick in the past two weeks, but I think a lot of it is water retention, poo (ew. but true) and just general backedupness. I am not sure if there is any truth in that, but something I have noticed.

Compared to last week

Not much doin'. Planning vacation activities. I still can't believe it all came together. This will make the third time in four years that we have been to Yellowstone over Labor Day weekend. This year we will be camping for most of it with a break in the middle at The Old Faithful Inn. The Inn is more a night than our 5 nights of camping. The gear will pay for itself on this trip alone and I am actually excited about the idea of sleeping in the great outdoors. We both camped as kids, I think his trips were way more spartan than ours. Ah the cook box. I have been wary of camping, my Dad always made such a production out of it and I can remember trips where all it did was rain on PEI. However we have been to YNP several times so I know what to expect weather wise. Anything from 40-90F. Huge range but we can layer. M was talking in the car this morning about the clothes he wants to bring. Past vacations have involved a suitcase full of clothes that never get worn but with baggage policies the way they are now... I do hope to cut down on the excess. My dream would be to get it in two bags. One for gear and one for clothes. Delta is not charging for the first bag, but will ding you 50$ for the second.



I have been tasked with picking out hikes. I feel like there is so much I still want to see there. We have 5 full days in the park, plus an evening and a morning. Two hikes are for sure. The Lonestar Geyser (I want to check it out before I attempt to cross country ski it in the winter) and then out to Shoshone Lake. Others are TBD but I would prefer distance over elevation. There will be nothing like Washburn this year. Maybe the HooDoos. I love saying that word. There will be the requisite evening stroll out to the geyser basin and hopefully we will have time to get to the Old Faithful overlook.



I can't wait. I'm so thankful that this is my life now.

August Fifth

Breakfast
Berry Raspberry Oat Bran Muffin
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk

Lunch
Home made Margarita pizza
I still have leftover whole wheat dough from the weekend and needed to use it. I didn't have fresh basil but thawed some chopped cubes.

Dinner
Swordfish with a from scratch Citrus Soy Marinade
Stir fry veggies: Carrots, Mushrooms, Snap Peas and Pineapple
Brown Rice

Snacks
Cucumber w/ Salt
I was cleaning out the fridge.
Dark Chocolate
I have almost finished that bar. 400 calories in the whole thing and you seriously wouldn't know it is sugar free. It's good for the sweet tooth when I am stressed, but eat too much and no one wants to be near me.
Microwave Popcorn
M likes it b/c it has no added sodium, I like it b/c there is no oil added. I add my own salt but never any butter. I ate the whole bag. A very filling 220 calories.
Pear

August Fourth

Breakfast
Fruit salad
Made with: cantaloupe, a pear, a peach and a nectarine
Bowl of Soy and Flax clusters from Trader Joes with 2% milk
First one I have had in months!!! It has protien which is pretty filling and this stuff will go stale if I don't start eating it.

Lunch
Bowl of berries with a banana
Sushi: Brown Rice Veggie Combo from Stop and Shop

Dinner
TBD Looking for swordfish and fennel recipes
M won't be home until later and I may wait for him to have dinner.
2 glasses of champagne and more dark chocolate
Tilapia and spinach with lemon steamed in the microwave.
Due to a txt at 7:30 I ended up going out with the girls for the evening. I came home starving though so had to eat something. Why not fish and spinach? Better for me than chips and probably about the same calories. I love those bags they make an instant meal in 2 minutes.

Snacks
1/2 serving of Lightly salted Kettle Chips
4 blocks of Low Effective Carb & Sugar Dark Chocolate
This stuff is yummy but you can't have too much. Makes my tummy rumbly. Must be the sugar alcohols.
Munchin Mix: sprouted adzuki beans, lentils and peas.

Writing it down

You might notice some new daily posts this month. I was 158.2 this morning which is good but I feel the need to really keep on top of what I am putting in my mouth this month. Vacation is coming up and I have some outdoor gear that fits but the addition of even a couple of pounds makes them uncomfortable. It's amazing how just a few pounds at this weight can really make a difference. Back in the day it would take 10 pounds for things to fit differently.

When I stray I need to go back to the basics. Writing it down. So helpful as I have said before... I don't do it all the time but when I need to refocus it is very helpful and allows me to track my snacky tendencies. I was too often making the choice to have the snack as opposed to not. I figure if I share for the month that will also help keep me honest. I'm not tracking calories just what I put in my mouth.

August Third

Breakfast
Nature Valley Granola Bar
Peach

Lunch
Eggs with dill, parmesan and spinach
Apple Chicken Sausage
Breakfast again, we came home and napped after welcoming home my Mom from the airport.

Dinner
Home made whole wheat pizza topped with mozzarella, spinach, garlic, green and red peppers, mushrooms and onions

Snacks
My last Smooze :-(

The food!

So Mom is back with 10GB of pictures. The food-- wow. I'll see if I can't copy some on my own computer and post them. I'm so glad she is home, I went over and made her a pizza while we went through all her photos. Comparing and contrasting the island wedding feast to High Tea at the Langham, craziness.

August Second

Breakfast
Steel Cut Oatmeal with Banana and Raspberries

Lunch
Homemade Pizza topped with Spinach, Mushrooms, Basil, Garlic, Fennel, Mozzarella and Sauce

Dinner
Whole Wheat Angel Hair with Scallops, Shallots, Garlic, Parsley and Broccoli

Snacks
Nectarine, Apple and Banana
3 Smooze
These are the yummiest frozen 50 calories. Made from coconut milk and a fruit juice (plus sugar and a stabilizer) you can find them at Whole Foods.

What a Week!

It started with George Michael on Sunday night which was awesome. Monday I enjoyed the ocean from Crane Beach. So many different sizes and shapes. I swam which was a first in a very long time. The tide was going out and I swam from one sand bar to another. It was deeper in the middle than I had anticipated. Cold! Ohmigod Cold! Good exercise and only slightly less scary than be hit by a car on my bike. When I got back twin sis and I headed down to Providence on Monday night to see a show.

Tuesday... Hmmm, can't remember, something though. Wednesday I blogged about and then was in Freeport again yesterday. I got home from Thursday's adventure and M had the cutest grin. He finally had an August vacation moment. We will be heading back to Yellowstone for the third time. We will be camping for half of the time and tickets were a very reasonable $200 to Denver. M is addicted to Kayak. More charts and graphs for airline prices than you can shake a stick at. The drive up will be nice and I get to hang in my college town for an evening. I may try and check in with my advisor at CU while out there to make sure all my ducks are in a row. I can't believe I am finally going to have my undergrad degree. I blogress. (Thanks to Apple for the new word!)

I bought a tent, two sleeping bags and an air mattress yesterday, we will be doing a dry run hopefully next weekend before we head west. We need site gear, lantern etc. but haven't made any of those purchases yet. My number one thing we can't forget is a wisk broom.

Back to Thursday. We walked. Alot I drove twin sis to Newport to pick up her Vespa. Actually we were hedging our bets on that-- it had been an epic 45 day wait and we were literally stalking the Vespa guy. We took off from teh city at noon, originally hoping to be back in Foxboro for Patriots practice but apparently it takes two hours to put a Vespa engine back in place. So we walked the Cliff Walk. We did not finish but saw the end. It wasn't even that hot but the humidity was something else.





So sweaty. The Cliff walk says it is 3.5 miles but it really is closer to 4. We probably did 3.5 so 7 total. That's nothing on my bike but in the humidity and on foot-- I was shaking by time we got to the end. I was overheating and feeling way dehydrated. Goosebumps are a bad sign. However I didn't collapse and we made it back. Twin sis marches at a pretty swift pace these days. Beating feet is what her man calls it. I call it too fast.

I could use some more rest, maybe a nap this afternoon. I have to return our house guest first though. Mom is back tomorrow and I want her cat to be waiting for her when she gets home. It will be an early morning, she comes in on the red eye from SF. I can't wait. Getting my mom back will be a good way to start another week.

August First

Breakfast
Venti Iced Coffee with Whole Milk
Raspberry Peach Parfait from Starbucks

Snack
Chocolate Caramel Crunch Kashi Bar

Lunch
Full Moon Combo Sushi Pack from Shaws

Dinner
2 12 oz. Dogs Head IPA
3 Sam Lights
Homemade Beef Stir Fry
Made with: Beef, Broccoli, Carrots, Garlic, Mrs Dash Spicy Teriyaki Marinade, Olive Oil, and Spices

Junkfood Science: The exercise diet that wasn’t

Junkfood Science: The exercise diet that wasn’t

Am I a freak? I know my set point was NOT 240 as I had once believed. Mind over matter.

How can I ever hope to help others when all the science out there says that fat people are meant to stay fat.

Ugh.