Daisy's Wrecking Ball

[hummingbird11]

that's right. it's was only one meal. doesn't have to be the whole day. and it was just pasta - not a Krispy Kreme you'll have a great workout no doubt!

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

I just had a hiccup in my plan. I ate pasta salad during our potluck. A pretty good-sized helping too.

I won't let it make me be "oh what the hell." Nope! I am leaving here in about 45 minutes and I will hit the dvd as soon as I change clothes.

[tichatte]

I love shoes too young lady! I do not have any awesome Jimmy Choo's though. Those are awesome. Carlos makes some hot shoes too doesn't he? His wife's name is Deborah - just like me <swoon on the carlos>.

I can't wait to see what bag you and I pick for goal!

I already know the goal bag I'm getting .... The one on sale

Now let me go check this Carlos out that u speak of, Daisy, u r such a bad influence, lol, remember I have wee ones that need to go to college someday I need my $$$.

Hey guess what, Down 5.4 since we got our "New Coach" for incentive, thanks

Jackie, move over "losing saddle bags for bags" now that's where it's at.

[Vanessa120]

Hi Daisy! Thanks for stopping in my journal. I have some catching up to do here. Hope you have a great Friday! Let me know if you are up for meeting a new MN LCF; coffee or whatever. Off to read your journal!

[DaisyGG]

Originally Posted by hummingbird11

you'll have a great workout no doubt!

I didn't stay indoors and DVD; I took George for a nice brisk (really brisk! I was booking!) walk. We are having the most spectacular fall season and yesterday was so gorgeous I just couldn't stay inside. George loved it too. We were both panting when done.

I need to remember days like yesterday and today and pull them out in Jan or Feb when it's dark, cold, and sad around here. Winter is tough!

[DaisyGG]

Originally Posted by tichatte

Now let me go check this Carlos out that u speak of, Daisy, u r such a bad influence, lol, remember I have wee ones that need to go to college someday I need my $$$.

Oh I hear that. I still have one in college. And paying student loans for the other. She just graduated.

Originally Posted by tichatte

Hey guess what, Down 5.4 since we got our "New Coach" for incentive, thanks Jackie, move over "losing saddle bags for bags" now that's where it's at.

You are so funny! I'm always laughing when I read this stuff. People are going to start talking; why is she laughing?? BTW - you've seen my thighs apparently. Ha!

[DaisyGG]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Thursday Report[/COLOR]

Not the best day. I really need to not get so upset when I do hiccup. It really wasn't so horrible. It is what it is as they say.

Here is my accountability though. Carbs high, fat too low, where's my protein?, and let's not talk about fiber. Grr. I brought fiber tablets to work with me today. I'll give them a try.

Got in about an hour of cardio. A brisk walk/hike with George.

[DaisyGG]

Originally Posted by Vanessa120

Let me know if you are up for meeting a new MN LCF; coffee or whatever.

Oh that would be fun! I would love to do that.

[WATCH-ME-SHRINK]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Thursday Report[/COLOR]

Not the best day. I really need to not get so upset when I do hiccup. It really wasn't so horrible. It is what it is as they say.

Here is my accountability though. Carbs high, fat too low, where's my protein?, and let's not talk about fiber. Grr. I brought fiber tablets to work with me today. I'll give them a try.

Got in about an hour of cardio. A brisk walk/hike with George.

Daisy, analyzing your Fitday:

First, the higher cals is not a bad thing, you just don't want to do that every day.

The high carbs aren't THAT high, and could be effective in shaking things up when you're used to lower carbs, but if you have higher carbs like this, you want your fat to be lower. And on this day, for YOU, your fat AND carbs were high. So that's not a good combo.

Fiber. Well, you know the rest of the story on that.

So the next time you know you'll be out and eating higher carbs, try to remember to keep the fat lower for that day and you'll do far less damage and may even throw your body a curve ball. Our body likes being snapped out of its coma from time to time.

[DaisyGG]

Oh - forgot to add - Friday is my weigh-in day and NOTHING!

But here's a weird thing. It's Friday and I'm walking quite a few blocks to have lunch today (probably 10-12 city blocks) so I wanted to wear jeans and my Puma's right? My regular chubby jeans were still in the wash so I pulled out my tighter pair and they went right on! WTH?? I'm sitting in them right now and not feeling like a sausage. What does this mean?

[DaisyGG]

Originally Posted by WATCH-ME-SHRINK

Daisy, analyzing your Fitday:

First, the higher cals is not a bad thing, you just don't want to do that every day.

The high carbs aren't THAT high, and could be effective in shaking things up when you're used to lower carbs, but if you have higher carbs like this, you want your fat to be lower. And on this day, for YOU, your fat AND carbs were high. So that's not a good combo.

Fiber. Well, you know the rest of the story on that.

So the next time you know you'll be out and eating higher carbs, try to remember to keep the fat lower for that day and you'll do far less damage and may even throw your body a curve ball. Our body likes being snapped out of its coma from time to time.

So, I'm understanding you to say that if I had planned on eating more carbs I could have watched the rest of my fat intake and that would have been like cycling? Another reminder to plan plan plan! Great advice!

Today's plan is:

B: sausage cauliflower bake (just finished it - have I said how much I love this stuff??
L: I'm going to an unknown place, but plan on ordering a Cobb or something similar
D: We're still in remodel mode and have the evening slotted for some Home Depot shopping. If we decide to get fast food I'm suggesting Culvers where I can get my burger in a basket with no bun and their side salad. Or maybe even a local mom/pop resto that has really delicious burgers I can get bunless and they offer a nice side salad in place of fries.

That's my plan.

Then we'll be at the house and my agenda is cleaning up after the electricians. Those boys can make a mess!

[tichatte]

Good morning sweet Daisy,
notice the ticker change, I am waisting away, and if the Carlos u r refer5ring to is Carlos S, I am so in love w/ his shoes already, I am going to have to find us a new "Coach" for 2day

[tichatte]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

You are so funny! I'm always laughing when I read this stuff. People are going to start talking; why is she laughing?? BTW - you've seen my thighs apparently. Ha!

, OMG, we have so much in common

[tichatte]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

Oh - forgot to add - Friday is my weigh-in day and NOTHING!

But here's a weird thing. It's Friday and I'm walking quite a few blocks to have lunch today (probably 10-12 city blocks) so I wanted to wear jeans and my Puma's right? My regular chubby jeans were still in the wash so I pulled out my tighter pair and they went right on! WTH?? I'm sitting in them right now and not feeling like a sausage. What does this mean?

It means, we gonna get bags sooner than planned

[speedymagee]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

Oh - forgot to add - Friday is my weigh-in day and NOTHING!

But here's a weird thing. It's Friday and I'm walking quite a few blocks to have lunch today (probably 10-12 city blocks) so I wanted to wear jeans and my Puma's right? My regular chubby jeans were still in the wash so I pulled out my tighter pair and they went right on! WTH?? I'm sitting in them right now and not feeling like a sausage. What does this mean?

go Daisy - go Daisy

That is fantastic!! I love it! The scale is useful, but sure doesn't give us the whole story.

I also found Twyla's post about carb cycling intriguing.

Have a great week-end!
sandy

[hummingbird11]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

So, I'm understanding you to say that if I had planned on eating more carbs I could have watched the rest of my fat intake and that would have been like cycling? Another reminder to plan plan plan! Great advice!

Carb Cycling is a little more complicated...
you'd cycle your carbs up/down each day:
50/100/50/100/50/50/100 or some variation of that.

eating low carb/high fat with an occasional high carb/low fat day is Keto w/ Refeed.
of course T is a Master at that!


THANKS for the Recipe, here's what I ended up with last night:
(tasted cheesy, spicy, & sinful - but very low carb - YUM!)

Cauliflower Casserole

1 pound grass-fed ground beef
1 Tbsp Sage
1 Tbsp Cayenne Pepper (I used 2 Tbsp and it almost burnt my lips off! )
1 Tbsp Turmeric
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
2 Tbsp Parsley
Sea Salt & Pepper

(or you can skip the above & use commercially prepared ground sausage)

1 pound fresh or frozen cauliflower (I used fresh)
8 oz cream cheese
2 oz shredded cheddar cheese (sprinkled on top)


Brown the grass-fed beef w/ herbs while boiling the cauliflower until tender.

Combine beef & cream cheese in a casserole dish stirring until blended nicely.
I broke up the cauliflower a bit (with a potato masher) but left it kinda chunky.
Sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese on top.

Bake about 25-30 minutes at 350 until bubbling with yummy cheesy goodness!

You are right ... Seriously Delicious!

[tichatte]

Good Morning ,
I need u this weekend, this is my "witching time" blah, Hope ur weekend is great, We needed more than a guess "Coach" 2day so...

and

[DaisyGG]

Oooo, nice take on that recipe. I am going to try it that way. Probably minus the home-grown beef though. Maybe when things simmer down around here I can check that out.

[DaisyGG]

Tich - I hear you on that! The weekends are very challenging for so many reasons aren't they?

I was very sad on Friday for a variety of reasons. I just wanted to crawl in bed and not face everything - not right then anyway. But, life goes on and I couldn't hide.

Last week was a week of bad news all over. Bad news in the family, bad news at work. Just generally sad thinking about my momma and thinking about my baby-girl so far away.

But it's a new week and the remodel is progressing despite wrenches being thrown left and right (I'm getting really good at jumping over them! lol).

It's Monday morning - I am listening to John Legend in my office (ever so softly) so life can't be that bad. Yay!

[DaisyGG]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Weekend Report
[/COLOR]
Well - very emotional time. Hiccuped a few times. Had pizza with all the young un's that came to help DBF put up the privacy fence in the backyard. These boys all volunteered! They weren't even asked, just heard about the huge project and came to help. How can you not love all of that?

I'm going to have all these boys over for a game night featuring my world-famous (my world!) spaghetti and meatballs to thank them. Really - how sweet are they?

But I ate that pizza. It was incredibly thin crust and I ate middles of a square cut pizza supreme. Very little crust and lots of good legal topping, but it felt naughty.

Last night I made meatloaf, but ick! Something went wrong with it and we fed it to George. lol

Can't win 'em all right? I'll give it another shot tonight.

Plan for tonight - clean eating, callanetics, laundry, bills. BILLS!! No more procrastination. Laundry does itself once in the machine. DO IT!

[tichatte]

Sweet Daisy,
remember "Every Day is a Good Day" Yun-Men, U can get through this, and u will come out stronger, wish I was there to give u a hug.

Well - very emotional time. Hiccuped a few times. Had pizza with all the young un's that came to help DBF put up the privacy fence in the backyard. These boys all volunteered! They weren't even asked, just heard about the huge project and came to help. How can you not love all of that?

Ur allowed a hiccup, now it's time to move on and come back stronger. Glad the remoldeling is progressing so well, I want some remodeling done, but plans to move at the end of 2009 keep it from happening, blah.

Hopefully our guest "Coach" can bring u a smile. It's super sized for ur pleasure, LOL.

[DaisyGG]

Look at that bag! That one is pretty. Pretty nice on my arm! Ha! Motivation for certain!

[DaisyGG]

I was just working away and my mind was wandering about and I was remembering a time a few years back when I worked out very very regularly. My BFF and I would meet 3-4 nights a week and workout together at our club. I wouldn't blow it off because I knew she was there waiting for me and the competitive nature in me (not much, but a little) wouldn't let her be ahead of me in the week.

I wish I had someone now to work out with! DD and I have tried a few times, but school has started for her so two of her nights are very busy and she has homework the other nights.

I need to be my own best friend. I've been very good about getting in cardio the past week or so, but need to get back on my DVDs.

[DaisyGG]

Also - I don't belong to a club any more. I am planning on having my small home gym.

[hummingbird11]

Daisy:
there simply are no words that will suffice. but I hope it somehow helps a tiny bit to know that I completely understand (on all levels) and I am sending healing white light & positive energy directly to your heart and soul. I missed you the past couple of days and was just about to do a Tap Tap Tap on your Journal today ... and was really glad to see you back in the saddle again!


Oh and I know exactly what you mean re: the work-out buddy!
Mine moved to AZ in February and it's NOT been the same since!
I am learning to be my own "positive peer pressure" and to be "accountable" to myself --
and of course posting re: my eats/exercise @ LCF really helps in this regard too!

WOW -- those boys were super nice to volunteer to help -- a good old-fashioned neighborly "barn-raising" in this day & age is simply amazing -- how wonderful!!

[hummingbird11]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

Also - I don't belong to a club any more. I am planning on having my small home gym.

same here! I created my home gym using Craigslist! I got awesome deals on my elliptical ($200) and weight bench w/ weights ($50) and inversion table ($100)

Already had a stationary bike + variety of hand weights + a friend gave me a Health Rider for free.

and when hubby put the projector style TV in the main living room; I got the old big screen TV for the gym (which is actually the downstairs rec room slash our downstairs tenant's kitchenette!) -- Yeahhhhhhh! now I would LOVE to get rid of the dusty pool table so I'd have MORE ROOM down there -- but hubby says no

I'd love to have a treadmill and recumbant bike -- but there is simply no more room!

[DaisyGG]

Diane - you are a sweet woman. Thank you.

Originally Posted by hummingbird11

same here! I created my home gym using Craigslist! I got awesome deals on my elliptical ($200) and weight bench w/ weights ($50) and inversion table ($100)

Already had a stationary bike + variety of hand weights + a friend gave me a Health Rider for free.

and when hubby put the projector style TV in the main living room; I got the old big screen TV for the gym (which is actually the downstairs rec room slash our downstairs tenant's kitchenette!) -- Yeahhhhhhh! now I would LOVE to get rid of the dusty pool table so I'd have MORE ROOM down there -- but hubby says no

I'd love to have a treadmill and recumbant bike -- but there is simply no more room!

You have tons of stuff! I'm doing the very same thing with my ginormous old TV. I'm moving it into the basement so I can do my DVDs. I only have that and my free weights right now along with my Fluidity bar. I want a treadmill for sure. What is an inversion table and what does it do?

[hummingbird11]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

What is an inversion table and what does it do?

here ya go! Back Pain/Rehab Inversion Tables from The Inversion Table Superstore

[DaisyGG]

Wow! I'm dizzy just looking at those! lolol!

I am going to totally use Craig's List per your lead when I'm ready to add to my gym. In about 3-4 weeks! Whoooo hoo!

I've bought stuff and sold stuff on CL, but just never looked for equipment before. Good idea!

[tichatte]

Originally Posted by DaisyGG

Look at that bag! That one is pretty. Pretty nice on my arm! Ha! Motivation for certain!

Ummm, U gonna loose an arm if u rockin a bag that hot, I am serious, that 1 would get takin from u, I'll catch a case.

How's that "Jackie DVD" workin out for u?

Sending lots of hugs to u this morning, unless u rockin that bag, then its (place me rubbing my hands together cynically, plotting on how to take it from u)

[speedymagee]

Hi Daisy,

Sorry to hear you are having an emotional time. coming your way from the Rockies in Canada. Life happens, hiccups happen. Just concentrate on today.

I love it that those kids just volunteered. There has been nothing but bad news all over the place here and reading that just reminds me that people, for the most part, are kind.

Ok your home gym sounds great! I meant to say that a while ago. I can relate to wanting a workout partner. DH started BFL with me, but has kind of lost motivation. So I have to just do it. Some days I don't feel like it at all.

take care,
sandy