Moni's No More Excuses Journal

[mikeysmommy33]

I have decided that I need to watch my sugar intake - I have gone from the site for quite some time due to illness and then my second pregnancy. Well, the wee one is lactose intolerant so he has to eat Soy formula so there is no use for these milkers anymore to provide food which means I GET TO LOSE WEIGHT.
I am choosing to do moderate carbs - staying away from the whites and hopefully I will start to lose these pounds and ALSO feel better!
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and also was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I am taking Levothroid so I am on medication for the thyroid issue and currently taking Zoloft and Nortriptyline for the Fibro. My body deserves to lose these pounds. I deserve to lose these pounds! My knees can no longer carry this much weight on my short frame. After the birth of my second son - there I stood 302 pounds. I swore I would never get to 300 - heck I swore I would never get over 250 but there I was. Today I am (let me go weigh to get a current weight as of this very second...brb...alright 267.7 is my current weight
I know that it is up to ME to get this weight off. Nobody can wave a wand and make it all go away. Only I can do something about this. Only I can make myself a priority and create a healthy body and mind for not only myself but for my two kids. They deserve to have a Mommy that can run and jump and play and not get tuckered out and also have a Mommy who lives a long time with them.
My husband deserves to have a sexy wife who feels confident about herself and not ashamed of herself (low self-esteem). I need to quit WANTING to lose weight - and just DO IT!
I will post as frequent as possible for accountability. I think I will need to look into some of the challenges on this board as well to keep myself focused through the Holiday. I can do this! It's up to ME to get me to goal.
My first goal will be to be out of the 260's by the end of December. Little goals, doable and not rushing. Slow and steady will win the race.

[mikeysmommy33]

Alright, this may seem like a small thing but to me it's HUGE!
I just got done doing some of an exercise video. It's for people with arthritis. It was not rough at all on my body as I have to be careful with my flare ups.
I would like to start walking outside or doing the WATP video's but will work my way up to it.
It's just a HUGE deal that I did any of the video. I have been THINKING about doing it for months and finally just DID IT!
I figure just put the DVD in and see what it's about- well, I just started doing it and it helped to work my shoulders and arms that have been cramping quite a bit today. So, baby steps to my goal weight!
2008 will be MY YEAR to get the job done!!!
I'm looking forward to wearing cute clothes again and NOT JUST WHAT FITS!

[Suncharm]

I'm so proud of you Moni You know I'll be here to cheer you on every step of the way

[mikeysmommy33]

I will still be blogging too (on the other site) I am looking forward to getting these pounds off! Oh and you know my daily ramblings that we share on email ha ha ha. Those will never end tee hee.
Did you see I did some of my arthritis dvd??? I was so proud of myself
It's 12:30 and I have not had breakfast yet. We are headed out the door to go grocery shopping and get some coffee.
I plan on loading up on veggies! Got sloppy with my veggies AND my water consumption.
M

[Sadler_Girl]

I want to be able to find you again !

[Sadler_Girl]

You sound like you are back on track
I am glad , and glad you are back!

[mikeysmommy33]

We were out and about today running errands and I am glad I wore my big thick coat because WOW it's cold! The sun was out but that sure was deceiving!
Being back in the 30's this time of year sure is a change from the mild beginning of Fall.
I guess the Cascades got a huge dumping of snow last night and there was a possibility of us getting some here too in the higher elevations but we didn't even see a flake Hubby and I just wanted it to come down and mess things up ha ha ha. Gives him an excuse to stay home from work!
Well, today for breakfast I had chicken breast and a sugar free latte. It was the only thing made (chicken) and ready to go so I grabbed that being it would be the healthier option than anything else out there unless I went to a grocery store!
We stopped at the espresso cart and I got a 16 ounce iced sugar free vanilla latte.
No other food until just now.
I am eating for dinner (breakfast for dinner sounded good to me and hubby)
scrambled eggs with lots of diced red pepper, green onion, bacon crumbles (the Costco ones that are less fat) and a little cheddar shreds on the top!
I LOVE this for breakfast so having it for dinner is nice too!
I was going to make a big spinach salad with feta and red onion and other veggies but I realized I didn't have any salad dressing! I had regular spicy salsa and that just didn't sound appetizing on the salad that I was making and neither did the mango salsa and didn't even have lemon juice to drizzle SO, eggs it is!
So, at the store I loaded up on Flat out Bread. I love that stuff and my body loves me for eating it!
I like to make lean deli meat and cheese and LOADS of veggies with a drizzle of Italian dressing on it for a super delicious wrap at lunch!
I have been packing husband's lunches the night before and so he always enjoys when I make these wraps for him as they have become a staple in his lunch routine!
I got some plain yogurt this evening and will eat that with cinnamon for snacks here and there.
Oh, and when we were leaving the store I stopped at Tully's on the way out the door and got an Americano with a very little half and half on top with a packet of Splenda. I wanted another sugar free latte but figured I needed to have more espresso/water combination than more milk calories.
All in all a good day on making good choices with no whites. It's the whites that are so bad for me and I need to continue to remind myself of that!
I am not eating lots of bad fats either my goal is to have good fats 90% of the time.
I need to work on my water. I drank NONE today. So tonight I will drink some - minimum of 4 glasses before bed.
Gonna go and put more Christmas lights outside now!

[Sadler_Girl]

You are doing great! Sorry its cold!

[mikeysmommy33]

Ate breakfast:
3 eggs, 2 Tbsp. bacon crumbles, 1/4 cup cheese shreds
espresso with sugar free vanilla syrup and 2 tbsp. of cream
Lunch will be something like either a flat out wrap with meat, veggies, Italian dressing or a salad. I was wondering how tuna salad with taste on one of those flat out wraps...I have spinach that I want to put on my wrap today and I think tuna would go alright with spinach...I guess I will have to see what happens when lunch time comes around.
I am going to go and lay down. The baby went back to sleep and Mom and Dad have Michael (he comes home today) and so I am going to take advantage of the down time and sleep when baby sleeps to catch up on sleep or at least lay on the daybed and watch tv
Today on the Oprah show they have that lady that has lost over 500 pounds. Should be a good show to watch!
Thankfully I don't have over 500 pounds to lose! I do however have 130 - 140 pounds to lose so it's a long battle as well. I don't know what I would look like at those weights so I just have a random weight right now and will adjust as I see fit. I am right now focusing on my first 10% and then of course the ultimate will be BEING UNDER 200! I will have a major happy dance going on going under 200!

[mikeysmommy33]

Still here - been super busy with household stuff and Christmas stuff!
My friend was going to come over tonight and menu plan with me but she couldn't make it so we are going to do it on Thursday after the meeting at my house for TOPS.

[Sadler_Girl]

the list for s/f syrup for coffee tea club soda and of course cheesecake.





Carmel+ chocolate = milky way

Carmel+chocolate + almond = mars bar

chocolate+mint= grasshopper

chocolate+banana+cherry= banana split

vanilla+hazelnut+cinnamon=butter cookie

chocolate + berry( strawberry,raspberry cherry) = choc dipped ____berry

You can put them in coffee tea cheesecake or in ginger ale or club soda.

cocoanut + chocolate = mounds

cocoanut+chocoate+almond= almond joy

caramel+chocolate+almond= mars

vanilla +chocolate= cookie

mint+chocolate = grasshopper( thin mint girl scout cookie)

[mikeysmommy33]

THANKS LISA!!! I've got combinations for days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sadler_Girl]

No problem as I think of more I will let you know.

Also they al work great in LC hot chocolate , and in warm milk for the kid-o's.
If you go out tell them you want a steamer, the capp. lattee what ever minus the coffe or espresso.

[mikeysmommy33]

Steamers have always been one of my favorites. I was getting those back in college when I changed to night school. It allowed me to have something warm (walking around outside to my next class etc) without having the caffeine!

Mikey LOVES steamers and recently hubby just tried one. My favorite is just plain old good sugar free vanilla steamer! YUM!

This morning I have sugar free white chocolate, sugar free almond, sugar free raspberry- it's my legal way of having a raspberry danish
Alright, so it's not AS good but pretty darn good!

This morning I feel super tired and a bit ill. Not like a cold coming on or anything just the lack of sleep yuckies!
So far today I had 3 bites of left over chicken breast and a pinch of lean ham.
I didn't have time to make my breakfast that I usually have (eggs) because they hold me over better. Just too busy with the wee ones and then had to take care of listing some stuff on my auctions.
Debating now since it's lunch time if I want to make some egg salad. That just sounds super tasty right now! Tuna salad sounds good too but I think Mikey would appreciate the egg salad right now as he LOVES to peel the eggs because it makes him a "big boy".
I am making baked parmesan chicken breast tonight with sweet potatoes and also some green beans.
I am going to whip the sweet potatoes with some can't believe it's not butter, some imitation brown sugar (the sugar free kind) and a splash of davinci sugar free orange flavoring. It's so yummy!

[mikeysmommy33]

Originally Posted by Sadler_Girl

[b][color="DarkRed"]Vanilla+hazelnut+cinnamon=butter cookie

I am going to have to get some of the sugar free cinnamon.Hubby LOVES the sugar free cinnamon dolce from Starbucks and he loves the sugar free cinnamon in sugar free eggnog flavor too so I bet he would LOVE this combination!
* mental note * get sugar free cinnamon next time I get flavors!!!
The cool thing is I have all of the other flavors listed!!! and more (lots of fruit flavored ones for flavoring carbonated water or making my own flavored regular water too.)

[Jennifer]

Where ya been girlie? I miss ya!

[mikeysmommy33]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

Where ya been girlie? I miss ya!

Hi Jennifer
I've been so busy with the kids and all of the Christmas hustle and bustle!
I have everything wrapped except for two things (Mikey's drum set) WHICH IS SO CUTE I CAN'T EVEN STAND IT! and my Mom's garden fountain (it's huge and trying to figure out the best way to wrap it).
Also, I had some tests done and will be seeing a neurosurgeon soon for surgery on my right hand. I have severe carpal tunnel.
My hand has been asleep since June!
I'm looking forward to the new year being a new start! Too many temptations this time of the year. I have been eating lots of fish and stir fry veggies because it's quick and filling.
I will be eating regular foods on Christmas day and then it's time to rock n roll!
Diana and I are going to really try to step it up strong in 2008!!! Max and Sadie will be her trainers along with Ken

[Sadler_Girl]

where are you????

[mikeysmommy33]

Hey Lisa,
I'm working my butt off ha ha that is where I am tee hee.
I keep a blog and will be sending you the link in private so you can always keep up with me!
Do you have a blog?
Hugs,
Moni

[Sadler_Girl]

I do but mine has some*um* more *er* not safe for kids content. But you are more than welcome to it.