150.5 this am...probably water weight but I love the numbers going down!
pink lady organic apple and coffee for breakfast. I am actually going to a Unitarian Universalists church this morning out of town with my girl friend. The 2nd service starts at 11;15 so a nice leisurely morning have to meet her at her house at 9;40.WE are going to Baton rouge and will probably eat out lunch their, some place different.
I looked on line at some of the restuarants and most of the "healthy" ones are closed on sundays so maybe we can ask a member while there of a good place to eat.
I plan on going to the gym this afternoon, it is supposed to rain again today. sigh my yard is still wet in some low lying areas. I guess when it rains some every day it will do that.
Make it a great day!
bizi

I had a reasonable lunch then had a big dinner.

lunch:
tabouli made with quinoa instead of wheat
chicken salad with apples and walnuts
blue berries

Dinner:
roasted califlower(Mayo, chili powder, parmesan cheese)
small thin egg plant roasted little grapeseed oil and spices
spicy cat fish with crab stuffing
a baked tomato, organic
fresh mango

I ate about half of all of what I cooked and will save the rest for tomorrow lunch or dinner, not sure.
I am going to go to the gym and walk again on the tred mill.
I am stuffed right now so will wait an hour or so before I go.

dinner was delicious!
bizi
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I ate a lot today!
and it was all good for me.
I split this lunch and had it at dinner too.

Mousaka: ground grass fed beef, egg plant, onions, red peppers, small white potatoes with Mediterranean spices, so good!
steamed purple cabbage
boiled beets that were delicious
all of the veggies were organic.
some left over chicken from last night that had chimichurri sauce on it:garlic and parsley and crushed peppers. That was even better tonight!
fruit salad(pears, grapes, blueberries, nectarine)

Last night I went to the gym and only walk 1.5 mile on the tred mill about 35 minutes. I was so tired.
At least I went and did what I did!

I have been thinking about when I was going to drink next.
It just doesn't seem appealing since I have been losing weight and just eating healthy.

I saw my pdoc yesterday. She asked about my drinking behavior. She said that If I had 3 drinks that I should not be taking the klonipin at night. I told her that I would be afraid to not take it that getting good sleep was the most important thing to me staying stable. I don't think she liked me disagreeing with her.
I did not tell her that the alcohol interferes with me getting good sleep sometimes I can't get to sleep and will take another 1mg a few hours later if I am still awake.
I need my sleep!

Jeff texted me a picture of the new carpet and put back together living room. It looks so nice. Now to go find a cat for his mother! 6 days until jeff comes home!!!! I miss him.

I got up early to take a much needed shower and a couple cups of coffee with cream and liquid stevia. Gave up my favorite french vanilla creamer, that stuff is full of artificial ingredients. Had a glass of organic fat free milk it was delicious!

Trying to eat healthy, not counting carbs but avoiding them for the most part.
Happy about my diet and not drinking alcohol....
and the scale keeps moving in the right direction so
Life is very good to me.
bizi

sometimes I work saturdays, tomorrow I just made a 9am appointment earliest one in a while. So that is 2 clients in the am, then home for lunch then hair at 1 and then another client at 4. I was hoping to get to the farmers market before lunch will see.

I stopped by a coffee shop and had 4 cups of coffee with splenda and half and half at around 3:30pm...it still did not perk me up!

Lunch:
Grilled ginger salmon, fresh wild caught and delicious!
steamed kale with onions and boiled sugar beets

Dinner: boneless pork chop sauteed in grapeseed oil and cayenne pepper seasoning.
the last of the asparagus and broccoli slaw which had almonds and raisins, alittle sweet...
quinoa tabouli which has lasted amazingly long and still good!
strawberries and blueberries
one more day for the berries, the strawberries were organic and lasted longer than I thought they would.

I am very full from dinner ate too much, not enough to save and hate to throw out food. I know we are supposed to stop when we are satisfied or at 20 minutes. that is when our brain tells us we are full. At least that is what I have heard.

I ate well today and feel good for it.
bizi

Making my smoothie was difficult this morning. My blender could not mix it up I think the blender doesn't work any more.
So time to get a new blender.
Breakfast smoothie: kale, yogurt, milk, blueberries and raspberries.
For lunch I had shrimp creole over tabouli and chard.
For dinner I ate chicken salad and tomato, organic and very good. tabouli left over so that is gone now. Ate a juicey peach yum!
Hubby is due back at 4;30 tomorrow. Happy to have him home he has been gone 3 weeks.
He just helped his mom pick out a new cat from the human society..it took 2 hours!
Talked with him on the phone...he is ready to be home. WE were just there for 2 weeks in june so that is 5 weeks out of his summer.
But he was so helpful and his mom needed him.
It was perfect timing him being off for the summer.
He is a good son.
I bought him flowers and a card and some of his favorite beer.

I can't find his keys.....
bizi

Breakfast:
2 cups of coffee with half and half
Using the new nutribullet: kale, brocolli, carrots and blueberries and milk. in nutribullet.
wow! Had to add stevia...the brocolli was so over powering...I could not taste anything else. With the stevia it was drinkable.
I think I prefer cooked over raw.
lunch:
grilled shrimp spinach salad. With berries, strawberries, blueberries and cranberries. with a little cheese. It had a balsalmic vinegrette with some honey which was very good.
dinner:
seared tuna steaks with ginger teriyaki sauce
roasted egg plant
the remaining cucumber and tomato, feta salad.
chewing gum after dinner satisfies my sweet tooth although I don't like the artificial sweetener in it.
bizi

weighed 148 this morning and it is that time of the month so may have even lost more will see in a week.
Since my drunkiness of last thursday, I have had 1 1/2 pints of cider on sunday at a restaurant with friends and nothing this week. We are going to the beach on friday. looking forward to that.
Last night I snacked on a BOWL of nuts...it was at least half of a cup at least of peanuts and salty smoked almonds, more like a cup if I were truthful...sigh
148 this morning and it is TOM so that is pretty good of a number, am happy with that.
Jeff is gone for the day going to houston to take a guitar to be put on consignment. It is a 4 hour drive if he doesn't run into rush hour traffic. He will be back tonight. We are finished watching Lost for the 5th time. Now we started watching Downton Abbey again, loved that!
I did not have a client this morning so am being lazy in my pj's still.

Have not been going to the gym, keep telling myself that I will go when I have lost more weight. I have no energy after dinner, that is when I usually go. I wonder if this is more perimenopausal symptoms????


I have been on the internet for hours, this is a real addiction for me.
Something that I can't handle at times.
sigh


one cup of coffee with half and half and stevia.
skipped a smoothie this am as I ate a cup of nuts last night. I did eat a peach this am.
lunch:
this greek egg plant and ground beef maldoum. Delicious! with kale and beets.
Dinner:
Chicken salad with walnuts and apples and a peach and some strawberries.
just now ate about a half cup of cottage cheese.
jeff came home from his long day going to houston he is tired.
we leave to go to florida on friday. yeay!


I really struggled to go down the street to have some drinks this evening. did not go, kept busy on line and talked to my sister a bit.
did not make it to the gym either.
oh well.

bizi

Friday We packed up my red honda fit and drove 6 hours to pensacola beach florida! Santa Rosa Island to be specific.
Beautiful weather. Checked in to our room for the next 48 hours of vacation.
Put on my customary blue floral floor length mu mu and headed to the tiki hut next to the water.
Dawn, our favorite bartender was still there, she seemed to recognize us....
Started right off with my favorite rum ice cream drink the famous "bush whacker". and then another favorite: key lime pie shots.
My eyes were bigger than my tummy and I got bush whacked.
Had a great dinner of Grilled mahi mahi with a side of spinach.
That night in the dark, we walked along the beach and watched the waves and stars for hours. There is this phenomenon that occurs there called bioluminecense photo plankton. Right at the water edge when the waves come in and out you run your fingers into the sand and they sparkle, the photo plankton sparkle. It is awesome! We are not sit in the sun people we like walking on the beach and playing with the plankton! LOL
The next morning for breakfast we went to the native cafe just a block from the motel.
I had a huge seafood omelet...discovered that I do like scallops after all.
After breakfast we drove over a long bridge that separates the island from the mainland to the naval base. Last year we toured the navel aviation museum, that was amazing! This year we went to the light house and toured their little museum and We were going to walk up the light house. 177 steps.
However I could not wear my sandals and would have gone barefoot to walk up the steel steps. I only made it a dozen stairs to decide that my bare feet could not handle that. So Jeff went up with out me.
It is a still functioning light house. He made the journey and enjoyed the views. I will be better prepared when we go back. Truth be told, I don't think that I would have been physically able to climb those stairs. So my goal is to be in better shape. I have a vacation planned for August next year, going to the big apple to see the museums and the phantom of the opera. There will be lots of walking while in new york. That gives me about a year to lose this extra weight and get in better shape. I want to be able to keep up with my parents!
For dinner, we drove into pensacola and ate at our favorite steak house called Mcguires.
We ended up eating at the bar, would have been a long wait.
Hubby ordered a big ribeye and I ordered the tuna.
Hubby loved his steak and I sent back the first one because it was over cooked.
When my meal came back it was perfect. I LOVED this dish. The tuna rested on a pile of wasabi coleslaw. It was delicious! That was the best tuna I have ever had. It came with a side of creamed spinach which was wonderful.
We both were stuffed!
Went back to the beach which is across the street from our motel which is located on the sound side body of water. There is a dock there and boats pull up and anchor themselves to the dock then they come up for live music and food and drinks. We stopped at a publix grocery store and bought some fish food and chips which hubby feeds to the seagulls.
This morning hubby ate a bagel and I had a wonderful smoothie from this organic store down the street. It had collard greens, spinach, mangoes, blueberries, raspberries, coconut milk, tumerric, and don't remember what else. It was very good, even hubby said he liked it. He doesn't really like mine at home, too green for him and not sweet enough.
WE went down to the dock to feed the fish our food which they really got excited and jumped up to try to get the food. these fish were small, like 3 inches. It was fun.
WE checked out of the hotel had a couple of bush whackers and drove home.
About an hour from home we Stopped in Baton Rouge and had a great dinner at the Chimes restaurant at the LSU campus. Had my favorite dish called new orleans style BBQ shrimp. 10 butterflied shrimp sauteed in a buttery peppery, sauce served with a corn grit cake and a ceasar salad.
One word: Delicious.
Got back home around 730pm. I am still full and it is 11pm. LOL
Great trip! Gulf seafood, you can't beat it!
Start back on my diet tomorrow!
bizi

My weight is fluctuating so much. When we came back from the beach it went up to 157!!!
I about had a cow.
This morning it is down to 152 still higher than before the weekend. So need to be careful with my food intake. Had one "beer" last night the remaining one. Jeff asked me if I wanted him to get me more, I hesitated and him/hawed then said no. I was happy with that.
Started off the morning with a kale, blueberry, milk, protein powder, tumeric (may decrease inflamation) and maca powder http://www.vegkitchen.com/nutrition/...efits-of-maca/ ) and an indian blend of spices. Good, getting used to these new flavors.
bizi
The indian spice mix is called:
Kapha Surya Spice Blend
According to Ayurveda, a balanced diet contains all six tastes, sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent, at every meal. Surya Spice Blends are delicious mixes of herbs and spices lovingly crafted for you to easily enjoy these balancing flavors in your diet.
Kapha Surya Spice Blend - A delicious spicy blend of superior quality coriander, ginger, mustard, turmeric, cinnamon, and cayenne; designed to invigorate a Kapha mind-body type.
I bought it from the www.chopra.com if anyone is interested in learning about Ayurveda.

These are their recommendations to improve my kapha tendencies:

Body

• Take a yoga class to connect to your body and invoke your natural energy
• Perform a vigorous daily self massage with Invigorating herbalized oil
• Take deep breaths throughout the day
• Favor spicy foods with a predominance of pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes
• Walk 5-15 minutes after eating to aid digestion
• Drink Invigorating Tea
• Put your full attention on your meals when eating

Mind

• Meditate twice a day to clear the mind and rejuvenate the body
• Wear invigorating fragrances
• Listen to up-beat sounds to invoke your natural energy
• Organize the clutter in your environment – your outer world reflects your inner world
• Awaken at sunrise and create an invigorating morning routine
• Diffuse invigorating fragrances into your environment
• Favor bright, strong, bold colors with vivid shapes and designs
• Look for opportunities to be more spontaneous
• Embrace uncertainty

Hi Bizi,

I've read your post and it seems like you and I are going through the same thing in regards to the fluctuation of weight. Its as if my body stores food at times more than others. I don't know what to do at this point. Have you ever heard of this herbal supplement called Digestic its made by Mimonis? Supposed to get your body in line, but I'm not sure about it yet? any ideas?