Schedule of Eating

Heading to Siesta Key, FL on Saturday...Gotta get dinner plans in order. I think we are going to *gasp* SKIP Roys & Flemmings this time...I know, crazy....

Sat night - we dont get in til 11, so no dinner plan.

Sun night - Sangria? TAPAS!!!

Mon night - Mattisons?

Tue night - Galileo? (divine lobster ravioli)

Wed night -

Thur night - Selva Grill? (delish steak)

Fri night - Pizza

Sat night - Sangria?

So, that leaves us with 1 free, night, or optional 2nd night if we only do Sangria once....Or if we skip Mattisons, or if there is some other place Kevin's Dad wants to eat at. Sometimes we eat at this place called "The Waterfront" that isnt bad, but its nothing to write home about. But if he wants to eat there we will. Perhaps they are back to eating at Outback again (oh no!). Lets hope not, although they do have surprisingly yummy grilled lobster and I do ADORE the chop salad there. Hmm....so much to figure out!

Dad Knows

I woke up to a forehead all bumpy! It kinda itches too. There are no new products in play...it is a mystery. Except, from my mom:

"Dad says that is a classic reaction to iodine from seafood. Don't know how he knows that, but that is what he said."

Yes, I ate THREE whole, great big pieces of cold shrimp this weekend (saturday) at my neices birthday party. Normally I limit shrimp to 2. And well, these were quite large.

So what do you think?

Time for another advil...

The Cats

Zoe made a spot for herself.

Morning cleaning.

Zoe using her stairs to get on the bed. Waiting for somebody else to come with though.

I put this bed on the table in the living room last night, so I wouldnt forget to bring it to my parents with me. My brother's cat that is staying with them needs a bed. Anyway, Kai slept in it all night, and is in fact, still there, snoozing away. Might not be brining it to my parents!

New House Color

Have been meaning to post this for a long time! My dad spent many, many, many long hours of his time painting my house late this summer. Not only did he paint it, he scraped all the old paint off, and primed all the bare wood! The garage also got painted, and some new trim board. It was an enormous task that I am grateful to him for doing. The new color is much brighter and more attractive I think, then the previous grayish color that was quite dull. Also I painted my front door a new, vibrant, very satured red which I very much love. In the paint can though it was bright pink, so was a little scary putting on.

I should add I painted the foundation white, and did a lot of the trim/window painting - so I DID contribute!

It probably isnt fair to post a NEW summer photo vs. an OLD early spring photo because of course the old house color looks miserable in its surrounding gray landscape. But at least Mocca is a constant in both!

Take THAT! Weigh Day!

So, I didnt think the whole concept of weighing myself once a week was working. So I have started weighing myself again every day, and it is going MUCH BETTER. I have aleady lost 1 lb since I weighed in on Wed morning! I am hoofing it at Anytime Fitness also! I walked TWO entire miles on thursday night. Though, I didnt do the weights...I dont like those as much because people can LOOK at you, and when you're on the treadmill or one of those other weird things, you are more sorta, in your own world.

Also, I musta over-done it somewhere because my left shoulder has a major pain when I move it a certain way, so that sucks kinds. Probably didnt do enough stretching or something, but this is something that has gotten tweaked in the past for no reason. It'll go away sooner or later.

I have tried to get back more to the "right" thinking of eating and avoiding the overprocessed stuff. I will make up a batch of soup this weekend. Plus since its FREEZING out now, soup is yummier than in summer.

Hopefully it'll be a low-calorie weekend...gonna be tough. But, I have not had any cookies from golden harvest in...hm...Did I have some last weekend? What did I do last weekend....oh yeah, I had some last weekend. So, well, I need to make it through the weekend to have a real breakthrough here. But at least they are not overprocessed icky cookies, but rather yummy, homemade cookies...hmmm...yum.

Weigh Day

For like 4 weeks I have been weighing myself once a week, instead of the daily weighing I had been doing before. I guess all this is doing for me is so that I only feel bad once a week, instead of every day. I gained almost 1 lb in the past week! Now I understand that going to anytime twice this week isnt going to make a mark, and I also understand I have not been eating properly. But still! Yesterday was a food day at work, so that definately didnt help. I need to get back to what worked for me...

That was making veggie based soup and eating it for lunch, making a veggie pizza on whole wheat crust with no cheese and eating it for dinner. Also, drinking wine instead of cosmos, or chocolate martinis. I really need to try to get back to that. Probably I should get the book out again (YOU on a diet) and re-read it and get back on that wagon. I have spiraled back towards processed foods and not paying real attention to the sugar content of foods, etc. I took a bowl of soup out of the freezer, with the intention of eating it for lunch! Maybe tonight I will go buy some salad, and eat that instead of some processed, frozen meal like I have been doing lately. And stay away from the little bits of candy at work...