Another Week

Not much to report on the diet scene. I am going to monitor my points. I've lost 12 lbs so far and I need to be eating more with in my points I think and not getting into the exercise or 35 or whatever....Walking is going well....I want to go a bit longer or do more hills...something....praying my knee holds out.....! Wanting to fit yoga in and more bike riding....soon the weather will get better...but it gets dark earlier too....we'll see.

Cooling

I love that we've had a cool front so to speak here in South Texas!! I've noticed that when I get back from walking 1) I'm not drowning in my own sweat and 2) my energy level is up. That heat really takes it from you!! I managed to walk 15 miles this week and bike 10 miles. I think for the first week of school w/ kids that is pretty good!  I've kept within my food....I had french fries from Chili's yesterday. I tried to order a light meal didn't know it came with fries......I ate them. I don't miss fries. They weren't that great....then all I had for dinner was peanut butter. LOL ...a few spoonfuls. I was needing protein what can I say. Bad eating day..oh well. I'm still so within my limits of WW points and the scale hardly budges.....but I'm getting thinner...so I'm building muscle. My feet are KILLING ME. I'm on my feet all day. I walk a lot too....but I'll get used to it.  I feel down the stairs-misjudged the last step- and landed on my sore knee which swole up....but it doesn't hurt. So besides being achy I'm hanging in there with this. I'm going to try and eat a lot of veggies at night. More veggies. Veggies/ turkey patties......walk walk walk.

Darn Head

Well tomorrow is the big day. First day for teachers in this area  to start with kids. I'm so excited. Can't wait to meet my new students. I hate meetings with a passion unless I'm actively involved, so having kids is nice.

I'm hoping the stress doesn't get me off track. On both Thursday and Friday I had a killer headache by time I got home. Both nights....I tried to calm down and knock it out, but both times ended up in bed sleeping it off. So neither night I walked. I felt so bad, but light, noise, sound, and movement was making me so nauseous-I had to escape. Bubby walked Jack for me..nice husband. But last night I walked again and this morning early I rode my 5 miles. I'm about to get out and walk Jack our three times. It's 96 in the shade right now...I should sweat off a few lbs.

I'm trying to decide if I want to journal this year with students and what goes on in the Academy. Can't decide if it will be doable. I doubt I can take their pictures but if I change names I can probably write about it....if it's even interesting. :) Well off to walk. Jack is patiently waiting for me!!!!!!!
Tomorrow is weigh in...unless something magical happens tonight I've lost only 1 lb this week. :)

Realization!

Well, I'm back at school...It's fast and furious. There hasn't been a minute so far the last two days that I wasn't working.

New this year: I'm already bringing my lunch to school. This is usually the week I go out and eat with teacher friends and kind of ease back into it. I knew if I did that though, I'd eat too much. So I brought my lunch and ate it alone in my room working.....(scale finally went down a pound-sheesh) I'm going to be eating a turkey sandwich, carrots, tomatoes, and fruit- I'm also planning on working durning lunch this year so I get more done!!

We didn't have air on Monday morning, so it was kind of a hellish morning, not a great way to start back to school. We were told it was 90 in there and with no air circulating.  They had a pep rally for teachers, but the gym was so hot, it was kind of not fun. LOL I felt sticky and yucky all day and spent all day in a meeting and planning. It was productive though.

I get up at 5:30 so I can have about 30 minutes or so on the computer in the morning....yesterday I had a church meeting in the evening so I walked Jack at 5:30AM. I was tired all day. I learned to keep my walks at night!!! Usually my legs/feet hurt so much I have a hard time sleeping. But oh well....I need my coffee in the morning- not exercise!!

Well here is what I've realized from two very stressful days: I stress over stupid stuff. I'm stressed because I have a list of things I want to get done and very little time. I will get it done. I always do. I just have to stress about it. I want to hurry and get it done and not wait until the last minute. I started my room two weeks early, (thankfully) and there are still things I need to do and can't yet. So I stress.

 Two BIG things have occurred to me. Finally. Two things I can deal with.

First thing I realized was my migraine reared it's head yesterday probably because of stress. My inner panic voice was screaming at me all day about all the stuff I needed to do. I have an inner voice that is constantly talking? Do you?  ( Don't they have drugs to stop that?) In response to this, my head roared back in the form of a migraine. I did take my pill and got involved in my meetings and it went away. So that is one thing I need to work on. Dealing with how I handle stress. The walking has helped, but I need more.
Next things that happened was on Monday and Tuesday on the way home from work I caught myself saying....what can I eat that's fast? Gotta stuff myself---- gotta fill myself......Ta Da !!!!

That's the main reason I over -eat...STRESS....Monday was the worse. I was almost in a panic about dinner...what will I eat, what will I eat???? I just went home and worked it out. Same thing happened yesterday, I found myself saying I need to eat. What should I eat? Eat. Eat. Eat. Honestly I wasn't even hungry. Sigh. So this is progress. I'm going to kick this stupid food problem once and for all.

So today will be better. I will get stuff done. I will be off campus and not worrying about my two rooms to get ready. :)

P-A-R-T-Y

I had a first time experience yesterday......have to share...I hosted the "English dept kick-off school is starting"  party at my house. We have a close knit dept and whenever someone has a party everyone pitches in and brings food, so really for the hostess it's not a big deal. My house is perfect for parties because of the pool and basketball court in the back......sooooooo

I told everyone I would have brisket (HEB FULLY COOKED/SLICED=YUM and I don't like meat that much. lol)  and drinks and then we divided up the appetizers/deserts/etc by levels.... I wanted it to be casual and have some good food....sooooooooo

Husband and son were gone for the day so I got the house ready by myself which was no big deal since I had started Friday and had it mostly done....soooooooooo

I stress a bit having a lot of people over and usually before a party I eat. That way I won't eat so much and look like a pig and I can drink and not get buzzed and be out of it. But I usually get a hamburger and fries - something really good. soooooooooooo

Yesterday I didn't. :)

I had a light breakfast and a light sandwich for lunch and that was it. I actually was able to control what and how much I ate in a stressful situation.  I drank a lot of water. When everyone was ready to eat....I had what I wanted with was 1/2 of what I usually eat and it was amazing...soooooooooo

I think food is my addiction....kicking the overeating habit is not easy, but certainly doable. I was more interesting in talking last night than eating. Usually I hover in the kitchen and sneak lots of bites...then fill my plate. I didn't even think of that last night.....sooooooooooooo

Today I will walk my three miles and ride my 5 miles and back to work full time tomorrow!!!

Quick Update

My back went out again. Thursday was a lazy day. I laid out in the pool....then went to my bed, got comfy and read. I read on and off until midnight. That must have done my back in!! I still walked my three miles that night...but Friday I could hardly even stand up straight, much less walk. Big bummer. So I got the heating pad and my "strong" meds...and I was able to go to a meeting. Anyway I could ride my bike although that is aggravating my very lower back. I'm such a mess. I will walk tonight. My back doctor warned me there would be days like this....so be prepared. It just seems to come when I'm on my back too much...gotta read some place else.

Good news is I'm down 2.5 lbs this week :) But I haven't walked in two days...might be a correlation. The other even better news is that for the month of July I think I've set a record of only 3 migraines. I think it's a combination of less stress and exercising. It feels nice though and is motivating to keep me moving.

I have to be at school for the next four days getting ready.  Today Parker has a consult to get his wisdom teeth removed which I'll let my husband handle, then Parker is supposed to come to school and be our muscle and move books :) Oh joy.

One of my good friends had a great party and her son took pictures all night. I realized once again I was the fattest one there. So it just fuels my resolve to loose weight and not give up!

That's me behind Patsy Torres!   I can't believe we danced with Patsy. LOL I'm the Fat Chick in BLACK behind her. LOL  We learned the Cumba.

Hot Summer Nights

Well, this week the nights are getting hotter and I'm still walking. Who would have thought. I took a break from biking. I sat all day Tuesday waiting to be called for a juror, but didn't. The sitting made my lower back...specifically my tail bone HURT. It from riding the bike. And the truth is after walking in this heat, I just don't have the energy. Ask Jack, he gets pooped too.

Lazy Days With Parker 

Eating is going well....Scale dropped on Tuesday, so I counted it....:)  Not much going on here...Lots of personal victories since I've been tempted to many times to be bad and I just don't give in...really no temptation. I only wish the weight would come off faster. I got to bed with a slight bit of hunger. In the past that is when I really lost weight...this time my body is fighting it. But my legs and knees feel good and strong and my shorts are a bit looser, so I'll take it. Not giving up!!! Nope, not for a long time.