Today was weigh day again. One more pound gone, forever!! YAY!!
Actually, I'm kind of surprised by the loss. But yet, oh so happy for it. It has been a very stressful couple of days around here. Been trying really hard with the eating part of this. For the most part, making better choices (kinda hard when you have to cook for and feed a family that want what they want), and definitely eating smaller portions. I think that is making a big difference for me, the portion control.
Haven't really gotten to much exercise in the last few days. Pretty bummed about that. I know it makes me feel better in sooo many ways, when I can get some exercise in. Gotta try harder to work on that. Hopefully in a few days when things start to settle down around here.
Also ReAlLy need to work on drinking my water. It's NOT that hard!! Why can't I seem to be able to drink my water these last few days?! I really need to work on that--NO, I need to just DO IT!!! I miss my water, darn it! Hang on, I'm gonna go get some right now!...............AH, MUCH BETTER!! :)
I had a doctor appointment recently. I learned that a person should actually be drinking half of their weight in ounces of water everyday. So, if you weigh 200 lbs, you should drink 100 oz of water per day. Interesting. Most of the time, well, if its a good day, I actually get close to where I should be. Happy about that. And will continue to work on doing it EVERY day.
Going to go drink more water now!
Have a great rest of the week friends! :)
~AL~
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
A Sad Day
This is a sad day for my family today.
Found out this morning that my 2 1/2 year old grandson's father died.
Can't honestly say that I'm sad for the asshole. That fucker (sorry) was a useless piece of shit and a sorry excuse for a parent.
My heart is broken for the child that will grow up with that emptiness. He doesn't understand now, but someday he will.
I am Very thankful that my daughter got out of that situation when she did.
Asshole was drunk driving at about 3:30 this morning and went off the road. Flipped the car, killing himself and some poor girl that was also in the vehicle. I feel bad for their families. Sadly, this was Not the first time he drove drunk. He wrapped his pickup truck around a tree about a year ago, and walked away from that. About two months ago, got busted for drunk driving. Didn't even have a valid license now. We know of at least two other times he drove drunk with his son in the car. To bad we found out after the fact and couldn't do anything about it. There was probably more, I am just not aware of it at this time.
I feel bad for my daughter, she is hurting too. For herself and her son. At one point, she did care for him. I can't say she loved him, because I don't know, but I would think so. I guess he turned into more of an ass after the child was born. They were together for a while, although I'm not sure how long. But not long after he was born. Thankfully she is married to someone else now. Their anniversary is on Halloween. Ironically, the birth of their first child is due on the same day. He has been a pretty good step-dad so far. I really need to see him step up to the plate now and be a Real dad for his "son". My daughter and her son really need that from him right now. I am Very worried about her and the baby right now. She is very stressed from all of this, and has not had an easy pregnancy so far as it is. Hopefully things will be good and they can be a normal, happy family when the new baby comes in two months.
Gonna get going now. Gotta try to rest. Been Very stressed today. Sure I wont sleep much, but resting is better than nothing. Going to a 3rd birthday party for my granddaughter (from my other daughter) tomorrow. Going to be a whole big family thing. Not sure how well that's gonna go, after today. Will try to make it good for her. She deserves a great party. Keeping my fingers crossed and still saying my prayers.
God bless all my friends and family.
I love you.
~AL~
Found out this morning that my 2 1/2 year old grandson's father died.
Can't honestly say that I'm sad for the asshole. That fucker (sorry) was a useless piece of shit and a sorry excuse for a parent.
My heart is broken for the child that will grow up with that emptiness. He doesn't understand now, but someday he will.
I am Very thankful that my daughter got out of that situation when she did.
Asshole was drunk driving at about 3:30 this morning and went off the road. Flipped the car, killing himself and some poor girl that was also in the vehicle. I feel bad for their families. Sadly, this was Not the first time he drove drunk. He wrapped his pickup truck around a tree about a year ago, and walked away from that. About two months ago, got busted for drunk driving. Didn't even have a valid license now. We know of at least two other times he drove drunk with his son in the car. To bad we found out after the fact and couldn't do anything about it. There was probably more, I am just not aware of it at this time.
I feel bad for my daughter, she is hurting too. For herself and her son. At one point, she did care for him. I can't say she loved him, because I don't know, but I would think so. I guess he turned into more of an ass after the child was born. They were together for a while, although I'm not sure how long. But not long after he was born. Thankfully she is married to someone else now. Their anniversary is on Halloween. Ironically, the birth of their first child is due on the same day. He has been a pretty good step-dad so far. I really need to see him step up to the plate now and be a Real dad for his "son". My daughter and her son really need that from him right now. I am Very worried about her and the baby right now. She is very stressed from all of this, and has not had an easy pregnancy so far as it is. Hopefully things will be good and they can be a normal, happy family when the new baby comes in two months.
Gonna get going now. Gotta try to rest. Been Very stressed today. Sure I wont sleep much, but resting is better than nothing. Going to a 3rd birthday party for my granddaughter (from my other daughter) tomorrow. Going to be a whole big family thing. Not sure how well that's gonna go, after today. Will try to make it good for her. She deserves a great party. Keeping my fingers crossed and still saying my prayers.
God bless all my friends and family.
I love you.
~AL~
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Not A Bad Day
Today was o k. Not a really good day, but not completely bad either. I guess it is what we make it, right? I think I really need to start having better, more positive people in my life. That sure would help in a lot of ways.
I think I finally got my lap-top straightened out. I take it with me when we are out on the road, and for about the last month or so, it has been acting all crazy on me, and I haven't been able to use it. Turns out it was my anti-virus protector acting up. Last summer I got a virus on here. I ended up having to take it in to get fixed, as it shut down my entire system. $200 and eight days later I finally got it back. They were to also install a new anti-virus thing. So, turns out, they did put one on here. A cheap version that they charged me full price for the better version that I was told I was getting, and this one only lasted a year. About a month ago it expired. Luckily the system notified me when I turned on the lap-top, otherwise I would not have know. They told me it was good for two years when they installed it. LIARS!! But, anyway, I went to the website and bought the best one that they offer. The one I Thought I already had. I proceeded to do the download (as there are new updates). Everything seemed to be fine. I finished what I was doing and shut it down. The next time I tried to use it, it would not work. It would not let me do anything on here. Talk about frustrating! So, after countless hours on the phone with customer service, I Finally got someone who not only speaks English, but understood my problem and was able to help me fix it. Turns out that the crappy one and the new one are some how not compatible. One would not recognize the other, and they were both fighting the system to keep the other one (and me) out. I don't understand how all of that works, but I am vary thankful that it's fixed now. That's why I was trying to update this from my phone. That, and I don't always have a lot of time to drag this out and try to get service (Damn AT&T) and do things on here like I would like to. Hopefully that won't be an issue anymore. :)
Food was pretty decent today. Made some good choices and smaller portions. Also got in some exercise. Not nearly as much as I would have liked to, but some. Better than none. Will work on that again tomorrow.
Having some issues with the scale, but I'm sure it's not what you would think. You see, we keep the scale in the bathroom. The bathroom has carpeting in it. It's just that cheap, thin, indoor-outdoor crap. Came with the house. I Hate it! Would love to RIP it out and put tile down, but haven't had the time or the money. So yesterday I moved the scale to vacuum the carpet. I do it all the time. BIG mistake. It is WAY off now. From when I weighed yesterday morning till this morning, it says I gained 34 lbs. WTH?!?! Why couldn't it say I lost that much?! lol So now I have to try to find "the spot" again. Will for sure be working on that before weigh day on Monday.
Gotta get goin for now. Busy day tomorrow.
Hope everyone is well.
~AL~
I think I finally got my lap-top straightened out. I take it with me when we are out on the road, and for about the last month or so, it has been acting all crazy on me, and I haven't been able to use it. Turns out it was my anti-virus protector acting up. Last summer I got a virus on here. I ended up having to take it in to get fixed, as it shut down my entire system. $200 and eight days later I finally got it back. They were to also install a new anti-virus thing. So, turns out, they did put one on here. A cheap version that they charged me full price for the better version that I was told I was getting, and this one only lasted a year. About a month ago it expired. Luckily the system notified me when I turned on the lap-top, otherwise I would not have know. They told me it was good for two years when they installed it. LIARS!! But, anyway, I went to the website and bought the best one that they offer. The one I Thought I already had. I proceeded to do the download (as there are new updates). Everything seemed to be fine. I finished what I was doing and shut it down. The next time I tried to use it, it would not work. It would not let me do anything on here. Talk about frustrating! So, after countless hours on the phone with customer service, I Finally got someone who not only speaks English, but understood my problem and was able to help me fix it. Turns out that the crappy one and the new one are some how not compatible. One would not recognize the other, and they were both fighting the system to keep the other one (and me) out. I don't understand how all of that works, but I am vary thankful that it's fixed now. That's why I was trying to update this from my phone. That, and I don't always have a lot of time to drag this out and try to get service (Damn AT&T) and do things on here like I would like to. Hopefully that won't be an issue anymore. :)
Food was pretty decent today. Made some good choices and smaller portions. Also got in some exercise. Not nearly as much as I would have liked to, but some. Better than none. Will work on that again tomorrow.
Having some issues with the scale, but I'm sure it's not what you would think. You see, we keep the scale in the bathroom. The bathroom has carpeting in it. It's just that cheap, thin, indoor-outdoor crap. Came with the house. I Hate it! Would love to RIP it out and put tile down, but haven't had the time or the money. So yesterday I moved the scale to vacuum the carpet. I do it all the time. BIG mistake. It is WAY off now. From when I weighed yesterday morning till this morning, it says I gained 34 lbs. WTH?!?! Why couldn't it say I lost that much?! lol So now I have to try to find "the spot" again. Will for sure be working on that before weigh day on Monday.
Gotta get goin for now. Busy day tomorrow.
Hope everyone is well.
~AL~
Monday, August 23, 2010
I'm Still Here!!!
Have so much to say, don't really know where to start.
First of all, sooo thankful to finally be home. Got back a few days ago from the almost month long -never-ending-trip from hell. Anything that could have possibly gone wrong, did. I'm not even going to get into all of that, so, lets just say--IT WAS BAD!!!
Good and bad news: first, I did not lose any weight the whole time I was gone. Pretty disappointed with that. Lord knows I tried EXTRA hard. Cut way back on portion sizes, and also made much better choices. Also, drank nothing but water. A ton of water. Sure did pee a lot. But then again, didn't get in much exercise. I really tried, but it's hard being couped up in that damn truck 24-7! The good news? I stayed the same!! Didn't lose, but didn't gain either. For me, that's amazing! I guess I'm o k with that.
Today was my weigh day. I lost 1 pound in the few days we have been home. Excited about that. Hopefully I can keep that going. Really need the mental boost right about now.
I did figure out how to get to my blog on my phone. I tried several times to update while I was gone. Stupid thing. All I can seem to do on my phone is put in a new title. It wouldn't let me write a new post. Or maybe I just wasn't doing it right. I don't know.
That's about all I have for now. Things in general in my life are not in a good place right now, and I'm working hard on trying to make everything better. I was always told: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. So, I'm just gonna go for now. Not feeling the need to spread my bad mood.
Sure hope everyone else is doing great.
Hope to be back again soon. I sure did miss this.
Take care friends,
~AL~
First of all, sooo thankful to finally be home. Got back a few days ago from the almost month long -never-ending-trip from hell. Anything that could have possibly gone wrong, did. I'm not even going to get into all of that, so, lets just say--IT WAS BAD!!!
Good and bad news: first, I did not lose any weight the whole time I was gone. Pretty disappointed with that. Lord knows I tried EXTRA hard. Cut way back on portion sizes, and also made much better choices. Also, drank nothing but water. A ton of water. Sure did pee a lot. But then again, didn't get in much exercise. I really tried, but it's hard being couped up in that damn truck 24-7! The good news? I stayed the same!! Didn't lose, but didn't gain either. For me, that's amazing! I guess I'm o k with that.
Today was my weigh day. I lost 1 pound in the few days we have been home. Excited about that. Hopefully I can keep that going. Really need the mental boost right about now.
I did figure out how to get to my blog on my phone. I tried several times to update while I was gone. Stupid thing. All I can seem to do on my phone is put in a new title. It wouldn't let me write a new post. Or maybe I just wasn't doing it right. I don't know.
That's about all I have for now. Things in general in my life are not in a good place right now, and I'm working hard on trying to make everything better. I was always told: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. So, I'm just gonna go for now. Not feeling the need to spread my bad mood.
Sure hope everyone else is doing great.
Hope to be back again soon. I sure did miss this.
Take care friends,
~AL~
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