Deborah

I am on an incredible yo-yo journey.  10 pounds down...10 pounds up...It is driving me crazy.  But I still think I can lose 30 pounds by September if I just make my mind up to be healthy.  Better choices and fewer indulgences. 

Deborah - Longest Day Ever!

Well it started out good.  Black coffee, eggs and ham (Sam I am) for breakfast.  I went out and hiked all over Point Fermin, Angels Gate and Cabrillo Beach.  I saw an actual golden eagle at Angel's Gate!  He was huge!  Like a big dog. He came up to my hips.   He had something trapped between his huge feathery legs and was tearing it apart with his beak.  A smaller female bird was literally SCREAMING up in the tree.  At first I  thought it was a baby bird that fell out of the tree.  Then I realized it was a possum or something.  Freaked me out!  I walked so far I got a blister on my toe.

Came home and it was only 1:30.  GOOD GOD!!!!!!

So I took a shower and deep conditioned my long, long, long hair and started painting.  I painted that damn cat's eye 1,000 times.  Finally I had to walk away.  The left side of his face was starting to look like a whirlpool with a hole to nowhere.

Looked at the clock and it was only 3:30!!!!

Went downstairs and fixed me a rum and coke.  And another one and another one.  Finally it was dinner time.  I had thawed out 2 thin chuck steaks and Bob grilled them outside.  I took one bite and picked up my plate and threw it out.  It was the most tasteless piece of meat I have ever eaten.  And that was with pico de gallo all over it.

So I went back upstairs and started painting again.   Sometime around 10:00 pm I got hungry and went downstairs and found a turkey tetrazinni in the freezer.  Gobbled that right up!

Then Sharon called me around 12:00 midnight and said there was a man hiding under a tree across the street from her house.  Now after the drive by last month I was a little worried.  Her husband was sitting outside smoking and when she came out he didn't even tell her about the man.  She just happened to see him.  She was absolutely furious!.

Anyway, sometime after that around 2pm I finally got to sleep.

Longest Day Ever!

Deborah

Another protein day.  Coffee, eggs and chicken for breakfast.  Oat bran pancake for lunch.  Roasted chicken for dinner.

Went to the beach today and walked in the wet sand for an hour.  Felt really good.

Deborah on Dukan

Today I had to go on another interview for a job I was over qualified for.  Which only means I have a slim chance of getting it.  This adds to my frustration.  And we have established that I am an emotional eater from the past.  I did not have time to eat breakfast so I had a large mug of black coffee.  At noon, when I returned, I had cottage cheese, oat bran and a diet coke.   My legs were really sore from jogging yesterday so I decided to give exercise a rest today.  I thought about starting my next painting but didn't.  I thought about cleaning the house but didn't.  I am always a little let down after interviews because they question you for hours, usually 3 separate people, and then they tell you they will get back with you in 2 weeks or so.  So I had a tumbler of ice tea.  At 4pm I was starving so I heated up a chicken breast and gobbled that down.  Then at 5pm I boiled some shrimp and broiled a small salmon filet.  Had a tumbler of water.  I still feel hungry but know that I cannot be.  I just ate a bunch of chicken, shrimp and salmon!  So I am going to sit here and try to separate my feelings of frustration from my feelings of hunger.  Please wish me luck.

Deborah - Thoughts on Dieting

Well, when we choose to go on diets (no matter what kind of diet it is, simple calorie counting, the Dukan diet, joining a Weight-Watchers club, the Atkins or only drinking hot water and molasses and cayenne pepper) we have mixed feelings. There is some relief that we’re finally doing something about losing the weight we’ve been worrying about. There is excitement at the thought of losing weight. But there is also fear that the diet plan may not work and all our efforts will be for nothing. Or that we will not be able to stick it out until the end. Finally, there is dread or even sadness, at the thought of not being able to enjoy the foods, treats and snacks we’re used to eating and comforting ourselves with.


Most people will take these separate emotions (relief, excitement, fear, dread and sadness) and decide whether or not they are looking forward (or not) to being on their diet and what this experience will be like.

I’ve always, from the first post on this Dukan diet dairy to this post, maintained that if your diet solution is making you miserable, or if your weight suddenly isn’t the most important thing in your life, then make a change. I’ve met enough wonderful and beautiful people who are, what our Society calls, overweight, whom I’ve respected and valued that I know for sure that size and shape matters little when it comes to assessing a person’s worth. I’ve also met people for whom their weight and shape makes them miserable and they want to change.

For the people who want to change… and only to them and for the sole reason that they want to change, I recommend the Dukan diet. Why? Because, it is the quickest, easiest and most life-changing weight loss solution I have ever experienced.

Deborah

I don't know why I am stating my name, it appears I am the only one blogging anymore.
This weekend I enjoyed vegetables with my protein for dinner.  And a little bad carbs like a handful of tortilla chips and baked potatoe with butter and cheese.  But I am back to full protein days now.
My Reiki circle told me I was "crooked".   Leaning to the right.  And that I had new muscles growing in my legs.  That must be due to the jogging I have been doing.  I can almost jog all the way around a huge field the size of 2 football fields. 

I am having pork chops and sunny side up eggs for dinner.    Yummy! 

Deborah

Tomorrow I am going over to participate in a Reiki Circle which should really relax me and give me lots of energy at the same time!  Taking my singing bowl with me.  So I plan on having my staple coffee, ham and eggs in the morning and then oat bran pancakes for lunch before I leave.  Or, if I am still full from breakfast (which I usually am) I might take a container of cottage cheese with me to eat later.  Fill up a water bottle with ice tea and I should be set until dinner.  Dinner may be pork chops.  I think I'll let Bob polish off the fajitas by himself.

I have decided to enter my paintings in the Taste of San Pedro. http://www.tasteinsanpedro.com/  So I need to get busy and paint!  I want to paint  separate paintings of Jack and Gypsy and take the Ricki painting.  Maybe I can get some interest in painting pet portraits!  I think I will also take my collages with me.  It only costs $10 to participate.  If you sell something though, you have to give 30% to the Chamber of Commerce.  Bob is all gung hoe on networking and believes I will find a job by talking to drunks walking through the art booth.  Well, truth is, I have not tried that yet!