Day TwentyEight of the Rest of My Life

Hey there Blogland !!!!!
It is a great day here in Central Texas YEAH!!!
Hey Bonnie in six sleeps and wakes ups and we will be on our way to vacation :)
YEAH!!! I still need to do a bit more shopping :) I have tomorrow off will take MIL to the doctors in the afternoon. Then I work Thursday through Sunday then bright and early Monday morning we will be on the road :) Bring it ON
DH found out some good news his unemployment will kick in this next two week period YEAH
and so far it looks like WIA will pay for him to be retrained, since he was laid off from the housing industry in Feburary when housing was not doing well .... The bad thing is he needs to be there to do more paper work for WIA on August 4th at 1:30..... well we were not gonna be back from vacation until late August 5th......so tomorrow we will see if we can change the day to either the 5th or 6th....if not then we WILL be home in time for him to go to that appointment :) God is great and has taken great care of my family and I at times when I didnt know where it was gonna come from or how we would get through it :)
Breakfast was:
1 1/2 serving mini shredded wheat
1/2 cup 2% milk
Lunch was:
1 boneless skinless chicken breast with ham stuffed in the middle of it (DH made this and it was SOOOOOO GOOD)
1/2 cup pasta salad
Dinner was:
1 veggie wrap
1 cup cottage cheese
1 lite fat free banana cream pie yoplait yogurt
1 fresh pear (MMM good)
Snacks were:
2 mini boxes raisins
6 bottles water
Still no exercise (grrrrrrrrrr)
But over all I think my food is starting to look better !!!!!!!!!
Hope your day was great
Keep On Keepin On

Day Fifteen of the Rest of My Life

Hey there Blogland!!!
Have you ever woke up just happy to be alive?? Truly excited to wake up and have the day meet you, with the sun stretching out warming the day, the sky so nice and blue. Today I was actually excited to get up and be alive. Ok most days I am excited but LOL today just "felt" great if you know what I mean. We all took MIL to her doctors appointment and then we went to the park for a bit of swinging and soccer and let me tell you my little guy can RUN. I was like OK OK kick it back to mommy now and he kept saying come get me come get me and laughin the whole time...... I was a good day. Tonight we went to Water night at church.... and that was fun. Little Guy got to hang out with kids from childrens church...... I got to really relax and just watch as he played and enjoyed the HOT Texas evening on the waterslide and such... He even got his daddy to go sliding down the water slide (wet slide flat on the ground) with him.... they both thought that was great :) So today was a awesome day :)
Breakfast was:
1 cup cherrios
a bit of 2% milk
1 cup fresh fruit
Lunch was:
2 cups beans (15 bean soup hubby made yesterday)
2 slices cornbread
Dinner was:
2 chicken fajitas (hubby made homemade yummy)
with 1/4 cup shredded cheese between both of them
2 tablespoons sourcream (1 each)
Snacks were:
3 oatmeal cookies
Water was 5 bottles
Exercise was running and playing at the park counting 30 minutes of the hour we were there.

I am thinking about trying fitday (have used it for a short time once before) I think it will help me get in sight exactly how much I am eating and where I am lacking ......
I am not a good planner or very organized as you can see but I need to get that way some how to get this weight off and to be healthier over all :)
Hope your day was great
Keep On Keepin On

Day Six of the Rest of My Life

Already Day 6 .... Awesome almost a week into LIFE :)
I got to spend 2 hours (Again) with my mother-in-law at the doctors for her :(
Her kidney function is not doing good (no dyalisis YET) but her creatine was 2.3 (normal is 0.4-1.2) He uric acid was a 9 which is HIGH ........ she is border line diabetic and lets just say she was not against me being in the room with her at the doctors but mmmmmm she was NOT happy either :( But now we know where she stands medically (she doesnt understand some medical stuff and does NOT ask questions) and I will be taking her back to the doctor next wednesday to check her creatine level again...... they checked it today again also .....
So spending 2 hours at the doctors with her then taking her to the bank then coming home grabing some food and running off to work .... work was VERY busy today also (think docs are getting in alot of stuff before the holiday weekend) so food was not that great but I am here being accountable so that is good
Breakfast/Lunch was:
2 turkey hotdogs
20 french frys baked
2 cups peanutbutter ice cream
Dinner was:
1 1/2 cup popcorn shrimp
1 cup cottage cheese
4 servings mixed fruit in natural juices
Snacks were:
2 bite size butterfinger candies
1 bite size reeses peanutbutter cup

water was 6 bottles
and 30 minutes on the wii fit again YEAH ME
Keep On Keepin On

Day Two of the Rest of My Life

Hey there Blogland......can you believe 6 months from today (the 25th) is Christmas :)
Christmas is my favorite time of the year....well honestly from Halloween through New Years ROCKS.... But Christmas, the birth of Christ, the church programs and everything LOVE IT :)
This also means though that in one week it will be 6 months left of this year......How will you make the rest of this year count??? What will you do different??
We went to the nutritionist/doctors appointment today ..... and you will never guess this I gained two pounds GRRRRRRRRRR..... Dr. had a LONG straight forward talk with me BIG time..... see either the end of last year or first of this year I had a echo done on my heart..... my left ventricle is mildly enlarged a bit thickened......and my tricuspid valve only has a bicuspid (it is a inhearited deformity .....) Lucky me huh .... well any ways I have lost and kept off a total of 4lbs this year (since Janurary) the other weight I have put on then lost the next month GGGGGRRRR But Doc basically told me...... Dawn you work in the medical field and you know things about your body and how it works....... so loose weight or go into CHF early ....... take your pick....... and he told me he knows I can do it but he is NOT holding his breath to see much of a loss next month ... he said it will probably be two pounds .....
That got me thinking abit all day ...... God has brought me through cancer (I had mixed mullerian sarcoma uterine cancer in August of 2007) and he does not want me to die from heart problems..... so I am the only one that can fix this ..... either I need to get real about it and deal with all that comes with it or I need to start explaining to my 5 year old why his mommy wont be here when he is graduating from high school or college or getting married ...... I dont think I want to do that ..... I want to LIVE ...... to enjoy life and STRIVE

So here we are on Day Two of the Rest of My Life

Breakfast was nothing (had to weigh in at 11am and did not want to have the extra food in there)
Lunch was:
2 cups chicken spaghetti
Dinner was:
15 pieces corn nuggets
1 1/2 cups popcorn shrimp
1 cup 4% cottage cheese
Snacks were:
2 fiber plus bars
Water was 6 bottles (16.9oz)
exercise is zero

Tomorrow will be a BUSY day as my mother in law (gotta love her) needs to go to a renal (kidney) specialist as she is in the starts of Renal failure (they think do to her blood work yesterday) and I am the lucky one that gets to take her to yet another doctor .....then I have to work for the next four days .... wish me luck on this doctors appointment with her..... I want to go in with her so I can help her understand what is going on but not sure she will let me go in :(
HELP LOL
Have a great night and Keep On Keepin On
This IS OUR YEAR

Day One of the Rest of My Life

Have you ever been stuck?? Just cant seem to move even though you know what to do and how to do it. Have you ever wanted something so much but kept failing at getting it right?? Have you ever thought to yourself that it is "more" then weight that you need to deal with and that is what you keep running from?? That if you dug deep and dealt with the matters laying beyond the fat that you would actually stop failing?? Well I am on Day One of the Rest of My Life..... I need to dig deep and deal with the whys and the woos
Today I thought I was gonna go nuts. See I am one of the lucky people that has in-laws (mother in law especially) that dont really like me :( and I got to take my mother in law to the doctors today...... I dropped her off and told her to call me when she was ready to go...figuring ok maybe 45 minutes tops right ?? LOL NOT more like 1 1/2 hours later she was done. But when I dropped her off I went to the park near by and walked 1.5 miles..... was trying for 2 miles and could have done it but the temp was already up to 96F and I have no idea how high the heat index was..... but after 1.5 miles I was feeling drained, sucked up of my energy...... I believe this was more from the heat then it was the walking itself...... So I made it back to the doctors office and sat for a 1/2 hour for my mother in law to finish with her appoinment. She has to go back next monday and LOL did not even ask me what my schedule was just said 1pm is good ...I was like mmmmm is one of your daughters bringing you ...cause I leave at 1pm for work.... she was like well I thought you could change your day off..... WHAT HELL NO change your appointment (I did not tell her HELL NO but believe me I wanted too) any ways now I have to take her on monday at 10:30 .... grrrrrrr then we stopped by my house she said she wanted to see my hubby and see how he was feeling since he had surgery monday and she has not even bothered to call and see how it went :( Well she came in and my boy was trying to talk to her but all she was doing was looking around my living room and kitchen to see how I keep house :( .... I got hubby his medicine and made him a sandwhich and got my son some lunch (it is noon by now) on our way out the door I asked Mother in law did you see his knee and she said oh well I will look at it next time..... I need you to take me to get my hair cut and get my medicine filled. GRRRRRRRR I was just gonna drop her off at her apartment and come home and relax.....but being the nice person I am I took her to do what she needed and thank goodness when at 2 pm I could FINALLY drop her off at home and come home to relax and enjoy a bit of my day off. But I did get a 1.5 mile walk out of all this LOL
my food has been crude today
water has been great 6 bottles :)
and I am ready to rock tomorrow and get my eating back under control
So if you have read this far sorry about complaining and thanks for reading
Keep On Keepin On
This IS OUR YEAR