Chugging Along

Today was a good day.  That's saying a lot for a Monday, lol.  I didn't get out for my "morning" walk until noon.  Boy was it hot and humid.  I really did not want to do it today but I managed to do 4 laps, which was 1.3 mi.  According to the Runtastic app, I burned 390 calories. I took a pic, ever so thankful for these 2 little patches of shade on the track.

Breakfast was an egg mcmuffin, made at home.  I used a 100 calorie English muffin with 18g of net carbs, an egg, 2 slices of Canadian bacon and a sprinkle of cheese.  I had a small side of hashbrowns with it.  Lunch was a bowl of my deliciously chunky lasagna soup.  Holy cow this is soooo good.

I did lots of chores around the house today, as well as my normal Ebay listings.  At some point I had this snack plate to take one of my 5 meds with.  Turkey, cheese stick, baby carrots and cukes.

I had these in the freezer so I thawed them and sauteed 2 of them, then mixed them with the leftover grilled veggies from last night.  I also had a leftover ear of corn with it.  The corn served as my dinner carbs.  I roasted some sausages in the oven for Dwayne and served them on buns with a side of baked fries for his dinner.

We waited until 8pm to head to the park to let the sun go down as much as possible and still give us enough time to see for our walk.  We had intended to walk 5 laps starting today but lost count and ended up accidentally walking 6, which was 2 miles.  My app said I burned 557 calories.  Combined with my earlier walk, that is 947 cals burned for the day.  Yay me. :)

Busiest Day Of The Week

I had a to-do list a mile long today and I got just about everything on it accomplished....except the morning walk.  I fully intended to.  I told everyone I was headed out the door to get it done.  And then I decided to do this one little chore real quick.  And then create a word doc that someone was waiting on.  Then assemble some receipts an Errand Fairy client was waiting on.  And this and that and before you know it, the clock said 3:30pm and my morning had escaped me.

I'm more than a little irritated with myself but then again, I should have never said I'd start that on a Monday.  Those are always my busiest days...I always squeeze just as much as I possibly can in on a Monday so that by the end of the week, my load is a lot lighter.  Oh well.  Tomorrow is another day!  And I already have my walking shoes in the car, lol. 

My first errand tomorrow is the tanning salon to use the red light therapy for the NLD on my legs.  I want to get there as soon as they open.  The treatment only takes 12 minutes but it's a good 20-30 minute drive from my house depending on traffic.  Next I'm headed straight to the park, which is only half a mile down the road from my house.  Then I have to be home by noon...we're trying a mobile groomer for the first time.  I hope she works out well and does a good job since she's the same price as the grooming salon I've been using the past few years.  It would be nice to have someone come to my house instead from here on out.  We'll see how she does.

No pics of anything today.  Will try to take some tmrw...probably the dogs since they'll be freshly cut/washed.  Love my babies...can never have too many pics of them.  Oh, and we just got in from our evening walk.  I'm thankful that it's been over a week now and Dwayne is still doing this with me.  That may be some kind of record for him. 

I believe it was last Monday when I got on the scale and found a 3 lb. drop from 242 to 239.  I jumped on this morning fully expecting to see some sort of gain, if even just from sodium, due to 3 restaurant meals over the weekend.  What I found was 238.8.  So virtually the same.  I'm completely shocked, but ever so thankful.  My food was good today and I got one good walk in.  Drank all my water and took all my meds.  I'm going to bed satisfied that I'm one day closer to reaching my Summer Challenge goal of better lab work in a couple of months.  Nite Nite.  :)

Walking Again

This is my 2nd post of the day but only because I forgot to post last night and threw a small one up this morning as my weekend recap.  I want the norm to be posting in the evenings when my day is coming to a close.

I snapped a few food pics today.  First, some fruit for snacking and meals.

Then some carrots and yogurt:

And finally, some egg cups that I made from Biz's blog post a few days ago about Green Eggs and Ham.  Now I don't have to cook breakfast every single morning and I LOVE that!!  Just 30 seconds in the microwave and voila!  I used ham, egg beaters, mushrooms, onions, a sprinkle of cheese on top with some salt and pepper.  I baked mine at 375 for 20 minutes and they came out perfectly cooked.

I finally started walking again this evening.  I asked Dwayne to go with me and he said yes so we loaded up the dogs and went to a park that's about 1/2 mile down the street from our subdivision.  I need some new shoes but don't have the money to buy them quite yet...I will on the 15th.  Thanks to diabetes AND hypothyroidism my feet hurt immensely every day.  They hurt when I'm on them, and they hurt when I'm sitting or lying in bed.  I have neuropathy where there is numbness but also pains that feel like electrical shocks or bee stings that come and go constantly.  I really don't think new shoes will do a whole lot to ease the pain, but I haven't bought new shoes in about 3 years, so I'm hoping it at least helps a little.  Something will be better than nothing because I certainly need to get moving again!  I took my camera with me to snap a couple of pics with my babies:

We got back home and I watered my flower bed in the front yard and my little garden box in the back yard.  It's after 9p now and I'm winding down for the night.  I think the only thing I have left to do is put some boneless chicken breasts in some marinade.  I'm going to use some Jerk seasoning with some pineapple juice.  That sounds like a good combo to me and will grill the chicken on the Foreman probably tomorrow, along with some shrimp I bought to cook for lunches.  Nite nite.  :)

Summer Challenge With Biz

Yesterday was another insanely busy day so I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend where I don't do much other than grocery shop and a few chores around the house.

I joined a Summer Challenge on Biz's blog.  My main goal is to eat well enough that I achieve better numbers on my lab work when I have it done again in 6 weeks.  The last lab numbers were absolutely hideous and I've got to get the diabetes in check.  My hypothyroidism is also out of whack, even though I've been taking meds for nearly 13 years.  I'm learning and reading about something called natural dessicated thyroid, which I believe is a hormone treatment.  Hoping to try a new approach to treating the thyroid very soon. 

I am getting ready to do my meal planning for the upcoming week.  This week's mini goal, in hopes of reaching my main goal, is to eat every single meal at home this week.  No eating out, not one single time, for any reason.  I do so poorly when I'm out for several hours and away from home and that has to change.  I'll be scheduling any necessary errands to only last an hour or two so that I'm back at home for each scheduled meal.  This really must become a priority and I'm going to make it one. 

I snapped a pic of breakfast yesterday.  I had made 1/2 a pork loin earlier in the week and it came out really tough.  I didn't want to serve it to Dwayne for dinner, so I decided to use it in my breakfast scrambles the next few days.  I diced it up along with some fresh mushrooms and onions and sauteed for a few mins.  Then mixed it with some egg beaters and a sprinkle of lowfat cheese.  Added some diced tomatoes on top with salt, pepper and hot sauce.  Totally delish. 

I just realized that looks like a large dinner plate.  I assure you it is much smaller than that, lol.  So I'm off to do the meal planning and make my grocery list.  Have a fabulous weekend! :)