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I have the super bowl on but for the first time in years not only am I not paying attention to the game, I don’t think I’ve watched a single complete commercial. 

I have a few updates to my 101 list, last night I started crocheting .. my mom taught me when I was a kid, and really this book just brought it back. I don’t think I knew the names of the stitches before, but now I do :) And I’m going to tackle that scarf soon! Also today after photographing the Konickis I stopped at the local library and signed up for my library card. I didn’t check anything out though because the one book that I wanted to get in the past was out. It was a book on square foot gardening, but I’ve decided to wait another year before starting any real beds. Also, this wasn’t on my 101 list but on my new year resolution post, I came home from the store today and actually chopped up my celery and put it in a bag and put my cilantro in a cup of water on my counter so both will be ready to use when I need them! 

I don’t have any sub jobs lined up this week, I’m sure I’ll be able to pick up one or two as the week goes on, but I’m not in a rush to get back in a classroom after last week. So I figured this would be a good week to start a strict 2 weeks of South Beach. Tonight I’m enjoying some girl scout cookies, the thin mints will be fine in the freezer for a few months, but I know the tagalongs wont. Oh well. 

Well I just watched a full commercial, the sobe lizard 3d commercial, I wonder if it was any good in 3D. 

Oh! I didn’t realize the pictures from last weekend were up on Liz’s kodak gallery – [Lion Country Safari] and [Trying On Dresses]

All clear!

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I got the results back from my last CT this morning, and everything looks normal. Its so fascinating to me that somebody out there has just looked at all my insides, and it def. gives me great peace of mind to realize not only are there no signs of cancer, but all my organs look and are functioning normally. Its pretty darn neat they don’t have to cut people open to determine that :) They did find some nodes that were enlarged, one in my groin that’s bigger then 1cm but with everything else looking good and the blood work all normal, I’ve been given the all clear. I’m scheduled for another neck CT at the end of October (3 months from the first one) just to see if things are growing/shrinking or staying the same.

So .. that brings up the question .. why do I feel so lousy. Well both the doc.s believe I have some sort of really nasty virus, like mono. But seriously 5 months of this nonsense is enough. My main complaints are tiredness and the swollen nodes, and I have a hard time thinking clearly. It basically just sucks, but I’ve come to the decision that I’m really not helping myself by letting the exhaustion take over my life. What am I going to do about it? Diet & exercise of course!

Yesterday I lent my South Beach diet cookbooks to Nikki and then realized I should really start eating more of those low carb low fat meals. Then I was in BJs and saw they had the latest South Beach book, South Beach Supercharged. Now .. I’ve never done the real South Beach plan .. I never really felt the need to ‘jump start’ losing weight. I just think that their recipes are a healthy way of eating. But, this time I think I need to do something to shock my body back to normal. Or I could really mess with my immune system and end up in bed for a few days .. but I figure what’s a few more days when its been over 4 months of that :P Basically I have nothing to lose, and I’ve run out of excuses. 

What’s the difference with South Beach Supercharged? From what I can tell .. they added an exercise plan to the original plan. I’m not 100% sure, because I dont have the 1st book with me at the moment, but the meal plan seems alot like the 1st book. Luckily, my taste buds have certainly expanded since my family first did SoBe in 2003, because most of the meals in the first two weeks sound yummy to me. I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to make it through this time. 

The exercise plans in the book are really simple, walking for cardio, chair exercises for strength training. I’m certainly going to put the Wii Fit to use, and it’ll be nice to get the dogs to walk with me. I recently bought them new harnesses so hopefully that will stop their pulling and they’ll get the exercise they really need too. 

I’m hoping to start tomorrow .. I’ll fill you in tomorrow on my stats (no .. I don’t have the guts to post pictures like Keri) :) I’m really looking forward to joining all of you losers out there!

On the bandwagon

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Thank you to all the biggest loser girls for blogging your progress, you’ve inspired me to make an effort to eat healthier. Yesterday I even put together a meal plan for the week, which includes making lunches in the morning so that when I get hungry I can just grab and eat, rather then just grabbing the goldfish crackers :P I’ll be doubling up where I can for lunches and so that I can freeze meals for later. I even packed todays lunches in little boxes, filling in the empty space with baby carrots, almost bento style :) If I really pick up this habit I might really start making bento boxes, how fun!

Tues
Lunch: Ham sandwich & mini carrots
Dinner: Turkey Tacos
Snacks: applesauce, celery & pnut butter 

Wed
Lunch: Taco salad
Dinner: Grilled chicken breasts, brown rice & veggies
Snacks: applesauce, celery & pnut butter, chocolate pudding

Thurs
Lunch: Sante-fe like salad, chicken breasts, black beans
Dinner: Baked ziti, small caesar salad (I know this isn’t that healthy, but I want it)
Snacks: applesauce, celery & pnut butter

Fri
Lunch: Tomato, basil & mozzarella sandwich
Dinner: Hamburgers 
Snacks: apple, celery & pnut butter

Sat
Lunch: Hamburger
Dinner: Auntie Karen’s Shrimp
Snacks: applesauce, celery & pnut butter, cookie

Sun
Lunch: Ham sandwich & mini carrots
Dinner: Pizza
Snacks: apple, celery & pnut butter

Wii Fit .. first impressions

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Its fun! First it does all sorts of calculations by your age, weight, height .. my Wii Fit age is 44, my BMI is normal (I knew that). Then the Wii helps you pick a goal .. mine suggested a BMI of 22 which would require me to loose 10 or 11 lbs (i forgot already, but my BMI was only 23.something) .. I would be happy to lose that! Wii Fit is alot like brain age, where it suggests you train every day and your ‘fit age’ will improve. The first tests and the first yoga poses I did .. the system told me I had excellent posture and balance. Then I did the tree pose, which I suck at normally, and yeah .. I was terrible. I was a little disappointed the system didnt recommend short cuts, like putting your foot to your calf rather then your thigh muscle to start out .. which is the way I did it .. and I still sucked :P I went on to play the balance games, where I scored ‘unbalanced’ every time, The aerobics exercises were fun, especially hoola hoop which i’m proud to say I finally got the hang of. The first time I did it, i let the hoop fall .. and they let you know loud and clear that YOU FAILED. 

I like how it tracks your ‘fit minutes’ rather then you guessing how much time you exercised by the amount of time you’re standing infront of the TV. I played Wii Fit for 53 minutes today (according to the wii) and I banked up 26 fit minutes. I’d like to try to start around 30 minutes daily, but today I didn’t change out of my jeans, so I didn’t really do any strength training or extra aerobics.

The best part of wii fit for me right now? Is that your mii’s workout with you. This summer I brought my Wii to Hive and a bunch of my friends made their own mii’s. So .. when I did step aerobics, Jason was on my left and Angelle was on my right. When I was jogging, Nikki & Jason happened to pass me running together, then my dad went by, a few mii’s I recognized were along the way cheering me on. Eventually I passed Big Tranny and felt so proud :) Anyways .. its almost like I’m exercising with my friends, and what could be better then that. 

I know .. it’s late

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But I’m wide awake now. All day today I was exhausted, just wanted to nap .. but now I’m awake. It sucks, really.

Today I designed a new theme for this blog .. lookout for it around May 1st.

Then I decided to go through my old photos and see if I have any good ones to share .. and I realized 2 things .. I pretty much stopped getting infront of the camera around 2005 and I used to be alot thinner. So now I’m trying to figure out how to get back to that smaller size. My gym membership is over next month, I should really cancel it because there are cheaper gyms around here now, plus if I can’t make myself workout at the house, there’s no way I’m going to faithfully make it to the gym. I need to start walking or running daily .. preferably with the dogs. And eating correctly .. because eventhough my nutragrain waffle with “lite” syrup for breakfast wasn’t too bad .. the double helping of fried rice for lunch was. I’m having a real issue / fear of eating turkey sandwiches or salad for lunch for the rest of my life to be healthy :\ But its seriously time to make a change since I have no energy and no money for new clothes (I actually dont fit into half my wardrobe).

I also need to get my hair done. When my highlights fade or grow out .. I start pulling my hair back .. when I pull my hair back, it goes flat on top .. which looks so ugly. I need to cut it short again .. short and cute.

Blah .. just a late night rant .. its really time to get some sleep. Hope everybody has a good day tomorrow!!