for lunch I had bison( buffalo) with gravy and sides of veggies, beets, mustard greens and creamed turnips(with cream cheese) delicious!
For dinner I over ate.
WE went to bonefish grill.
Started off with bang bang shrimp which is lightly fried and a remulade sauce.
Had a salad with ceasar dressing. It had palm hearts on it very good!
Then we shared 4 small courses.
Grilled tuna with a mango chutney
oak fired salmon with a lemon butter
Chilian seabass with a pesto on top
Seared scallops and shrimp with an asian teriyake sauce.
sides were brocolli, garlic mashed potatoes, and garbanzo beans (jeff ate the potatoes and the beans)

It was all fairly low carb except for one of the sauces and the bang bang shrimp.
It was all delicious!
And now I am stuffed. I resisted getting a drink which was hard to do.
WE had gift cards left over from christmas....So that was less painful.
WE drank water so it could have been much worse.
anyway.
Eating was the activity o fthe day...lol
bizi

This evening is all about staying alcohol free.
My husband students had a guitar competition today and his colleague is staying with us....his good friend and drinking buddy. After the competiton this afternoon I went to the gym and had dinner there. Had a hamburger patty, some brocolli and cheese and part of a sweet potatoe. I was very proud of myself I did not eat the whole thing...I stopped eating when I was no longer hungry. It is rare that I don't finish/clean my plate. It was huge and I had asked for a small one. So I did not feel bad throwing it away.
When I was done I came home and they were not home from their dinner out so I decided at the last minute that the sky looked amazing so I would go out and drive to our nearby rookery to watch the sunset. It was about a half hour drive there and I had already missed the brief sunset, too many clouds, oh well it was still pretty on the swamp/lake at dusk and I stayed and talked with a pilot visiting from wisconsin. His boss is working on a project trying to reestablish the near extinct whooping cranes....very interesting. So my time spent at lake martin was worth the drive.
On the way home at 8:30 I stopped at our local theater to see when jurasic park 3D was playing....not until 9:45. I was going to see it if the timing was right. Not tonight. So I came home to 2 drinking men listening to music. And I got on the computer, which is a great distraction. I don't even have the urge to drink tonight anymore so that is good. They just came in from being out side and now are listening to the "Replacements" never even heard of them. I just got myself a tall glass of water and added stevia vanilla cream sweetener to the glass. It tastes so good!
Thank you for reading my thread.
bizi

I started my diet one month ago yesterday. The scale happily recorded 150 this morning, down 6 pounds. I am happy about this. I also feel that I have lost weight, I don't look as pregnant as I used to. Last night was a trial. I felt like giving in to my urges. Wanted to go out and buy my blueberry beers and get drunk, did not feel like going to the gym was tired. Hubby said wait till the end of april that I have gone this far. So that was encouraging enough to not get the beer. And I made it to the gym after all. However; somehow I injured my right ankle. It is almost like I sprained it. I don't remember doing anything out of the ordinary while using the tred mill, did my normal 15% incline for 20 minutes then walked and jogged a bit for a total of 30 minutes. It started hurting on the way home from the gym. So somehow I injured it without knowing. I did start using inserts in my work shoes maybe that has something to do with it????
sigh
Great just what I don't need.
Make it a great day today!
bizi

Good for you for not giving in!

Can't imagine what happened to you ankle. Hopefully it will be all better by morning!

thank you sparky10 my ankle already feels better.
weird! have a great day!
bizi

Weird, yes. That's MS. Weird. On occasion when walking, my hip will start hurting, bad! It doesn't last long, till maybe later that day.

Weird.

4-1-AF made it to the gym 15% kicked my butt!
4-2-AF
4-3-AF gym 15%incline! 15mins, 3mph not holding one min, then 2.5 holding on for a min.etc.
4-4-AF
4-5-AF
4-6-AF gym 15% incline (alternating MPH) 17 minutes, then total 30 minutes little jog too.
4-7-AF worked in yard for an hour!
4-8-AF sore today! gym tomorrow.
4-9-AF gym 15% incline 20 mins lower mph, it is really hard for me to do this!
4-10-AF
4-11-AF gym 15%incline 20 mins alternating speeds, 2 minute jog
4-12-AF
4-13-AF gym 15% incline 20 mins alt.speeds, 2 mins jog, total 30 mins on tread mill
4-14-AF
4-15-AF
4-16-AF gym 15%, 20 mins alt speeds, 2 min jog, total 30 min on tread mill. Sprained my right ankle
4-17-AF
4-18-AF gym 15%, 20 mins alt speeds, no jog, total 30 minutes ankle is fine now!
4-19-AF
4-20-AF gym 15%, 25 mins alt speeds 3 and 2 1/2, 7.5%, 10 mins 3mph, total 35 mins

148.5 this am!
bizi

Alcohol puts on pounds for sure for me.
I reviewed my weigh ins here and these are the numbers.
10-1-12= 158 quit drinking
12-4-12= 144.5... 13.5 pounds lost, started drinking again(stupid)
3-17-13= 156...11.5 weight gain...quit drinking
4-23-13= 148...8 pound weight loss, still not drinking.
not drinking and dieting go hand in hand for me. This weight loss has been pretty easy, not counting calories just watching what I eat and trying to limit my simple carb intake and eating as healthy as possible. (my drink of choice was a blueberry beer at 300 calories a beer, no wonder I gained weight!)
bizi

up 2 pounds this morning...I know it is normal to fluctuate. Don't like it still.It is festival international this weekend and it started wed night. 5 days of free concerts from musicians from all over the world. They shut down the streets of downtown, 6 different stages and have art vendors and many many food booths. They expect 400,00 people visiting. There are over 2,000 volunteers that make it happen. It has been voted the best music festival 2 years straight. We saw a group from mali last night, fabulous! This is the 27th year.
Jeff's hip is bothering him today so tonight he will bring his crutch to help support that leg. He has physical therapy again today he has a long road of recovery ahead of him.
I did not drink enough water yesterday, must make this a priority today.
I have been taking turkey rhubarb for regularity but it has stopped working...could be the reason for my weight gain????? Do any of you have this problem? I have ordered some cascara to try.......Sorry....TMI?
This is the first year that I have been alcohol free for the festival and dieting, feels weird when every one around me seems to be drinking and eating. I love the crawfish spinach bread bowls but they are not on my diet these days. I am going to have to find something to eat. Saturday we will be out there from 2pm - 11pm. If hubby is able to hold on that long, probably not. I think this is a bigger festival then jazz fest in new orleans and theirs is not a free festival. anyway.
TGIF and I hope that you all have a great weekend.
Lets make taking care of ourselves a priority!
we can do it!