I got and UNBELIEVABLE amount of work done yesterday! I know it was Mother's Day and I probably could've taken it easy, but what I REALLY wanted was to get some work done. I did several loads of laundry, including all the blankets and pillows I could find. I have Pier One pillows, so I was able to take most of the covers off and wash them on gentle. Now that I've done that and they came out good, not sure if I will ever buy cheapo pillows again! They look like NEW! Woot! I also got the entire downstairs REALLY clean. I even steamed the floors. I think that is the cleanest our family room/playroom and guest room have been in a while! I even got the stuff in our storage area cleaned and organized! :O AND, my little office. Craziness.
On top of the wonderful downstairs (lol), I got a lot done upstairs. I got some of the baby's things ready for our trip. I SCRUBBED the kitchen down again and cleaned out a big chunk of the fridge. Mostly just some odds and ends leftovers and then I decided to go through and check condiments, etc. I threw out 3 or 4 things. My fridge is looking really empty! But that's good -- I'd rather be really empty than come home to rotten stuff. Bleh! Then I got my dining room picked up and dusted. And I vacuumed. I need to vacuum again today and steam the floors. Dust the LR. Put a few more odds and ends that are laying around away. Do the last bit of laundry and fold/put it away. I also need to start the process of packing. I do have a few errands I need to do this afternoon as soon as the hubby gets up. If I go alone, I can get it all done MUCH faster than dragging the boys. I may take the oldest with me, but leave youngest here with Dad. I am going to *try* to hold nap off for youngest as late as I can so that when we leave for oldest's swim class, we can run around and do our stuff as soon as class is over. That way his nap time and hubby sleeping overlap. teehee!
SO busy busy busy!
I finally ate salad! AND... no issues. I am VERY glad it isn't the salad itself! I kept it simple with a caesar salad, just in case. So, this was just a head of romaine that we bought, washed, and chopped ourselves. Now I know that romaine and spinach are fine for me. It HAD to be something in the way the pre-bagged is made. I haven't had the horrible pains since I stopped eating it. That's not to say I will never have that happen again, because it could, but for now, I am thankful that I am not having it! I worry the most about eating at restaurants. You just never know what they use or how well they clean it! And since I am sensitive to whatever, well, it makes me nervous to eat a salad at a restaurant now.
Other than the salad worries, things are going well! I think I ate a bit out of cycle last night, though.... I had some black beans. I know it isn't horrid, but after all the cleaning I was ravenous and I knew the hubbs had packed them for his dinner, so I had some with mine. I had some chicken and a zucchini. Since it was just me, I threw the chicken in, browned it, and then threw in the zucchini. MAN was it good! It seared it really fast and took on this great flavor without being too stir-fry-ish. I know it probably was only about 5g extra of carbs, but normally I don't eat any fruit except a bit of berries, NO beans, NO bread, or anything else but meat and veg and a bit of good fat. So, I am feeling a bit guilty over the beans. BUT, I am NOT going to beat myself up! I love beans and I know that once I go to maintenance, they will likely be a good part of my diet. I also ate one slice of LC bread Sat., but it was that or not eat. I was in a hurry and the hubby made me eggs. I needed to go so I threw them on the bread. The bread is also about 5g so I don't think it will do too much. Other than those two items, I've not really had even moderate carbs. Just natural ones! :D
I am nervous for weigh-in on Weds. morning and ALMOST weighed this morning just to get an idea of where I was at. But I talked myself out of it because I don't want to see a low number and then if it goes up a bit on Weds. be disappointed. Does that make sense? Not that I think the number will, but we all know how fickle the day to day weighing can be! So, I told myself to be patient and just wait until Weds. morning. The other thing is that I worry I won't see a loss. I've been pretty darn good, but what if it hasn't budged? I'm definitely moving a lot and I'm definitely eating when I feel real hunger and I am definitely staying away from most carbs. But what if it doesn't move??? I'm not sure what I'll do. Well, I know that I will still go on vacay and eat the best I can. I know I will be doing a lot of walking, swimming and kid chasing. I just don't know what I will do when I get home!
The bad part is that I don't even know what I am expecting. I know I hope to be under 200 since at the last weigh-in I was 200.5, but other than that, I'm not sure what I'm hoping to see! Don't you need to have an idea of what you want to see to feel disappointed? It would be nice to lose 4, I think. That would put me at 196.5. But I guess I just don't want to hope for too much. Although 4 would really only be around 2 per week which is good. But I think after not losing for 3 weeks, that seems somewhat ambitious to me! Even if the first 2 week cycle was a 4.5lbs. loss. I keep thinking that maybe it was a fluke! Or even water! But I've been on LC for so long, not sure how it could be water... I know, I know, I'm over-thinking. Eh, it's what I do! But I can't help but think and wonder. Not to mention I'm a bit worried since my cycle is going to be short 3 days.
OH! I forgot that I need to change my weigh-in chart! I am going to do the weigh-in on this Weds (11th) and then I will weigh-in when I come back from vacay (24th). Then my next 'official' weigh-in will be on the following Sunday (29th). I guess I should go update that now and then get going. It's after 11 already and I need to get a bunch done before I go to run errands and do swim. Plus, I am sure I will get hungry soon so I need to eat, too! BUSY BUSY! And I have about one hour. I think I can do it! :D Have a great day, chickies!
All that cleaning and chores probably burned so many calories too! That's my favorite non-exercise way to exercise :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your weigh-in! I hope you see onederland!
It sounds like you're doing really well! I'm impressed with the cleaning spree. I bet you'll see a loss. If you're worried about it, though, try measuring. That way, even if you don't see a loss on the scale, you'll see a loss on the tape measure, and that's what you're really going for anyway, right?
ReplyDeleteBest of luck in your weigh-in! YOu're doing such an awesome job it will be awesome :)
ReplyDeletejewlz! You're like heavent sent! You know all this redecorating and remodeling junk! Can you tell me more about the skim coating? I think I'm leaning wayyyy more towards that. It might be a little more work, but I'm okay with putting in the extra time and effort if it'll work. But I don't know hardly anything about it! Have you tried it personally?
ReplyDeleteOmg, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! That helps a ton! I needed a step-by-step because I'm a complete moron and I know nothing about any of this stuff. But I'm certainly willing and excited to learn. Tomorrow I'm going to get the paint samples, so I'll see if I can stand the texture anymore when it's a different color. If I'm still totally miserable afterwards then I guess I'll have to do this whole skim coating thing. If that happens I'll be sure to bust down your door with a thousand more questions XD Thanks again!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, no rest for the weary! Jewlz, you are a machine!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the world of healthy salads. I'm glad that you had no issues this time around. And I'm glad that you shared your experience with the prewashed lettuce.
I have a good feeling about your Wednesday weigh-in. :)
I wish I could get around to getting that much done! Hubby has become a bit of a road block, since he's home this week. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on Wed!
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