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I switch back to night shift tomorrow night. (Thursday August 21st 2008). Not at all happy about it. I sure did have a wonderful experience working day shift for the past month and a half. Everyone was very welcoming to me at work. It was terrific. There have been alot of changes just this month at home too. Two of our grandkids (ages 8 and 4 yrs) and our daughter are now living with us.

Yesterday I went and got my tattoo. It’s a gift from my husband for my birthday. It turned out soooo fabulous! I LOVE it!!
I’ll eventually get that pic uploaded *lol*

Today, I’m taking for me. I’m working on my own wordpress template. Following a tutorial… Have alot of fun w/ that. Can’t wait to be finished and make another one *lol* It will be fun to have my own template to play with and add to.

so, today I’m working on that. Housework, laundry…

Our granddaughter Evie started school yesterday. She is in 3rd grade.

I have gained a couple of pounds. Trying to get those back off. Thats another reason why i’m not looking forward to nightshift. I ate ALOT of chocolate on nights. It’s a battle just to stay awake all night long. I have rarely had chocolate the past month and a half. *lol* I know I will go back to feeling sick, overly tired and run down… Just makes me really really sad. I feel like I am going backwards in my life. Instead of forward…

oh yah, my weight *giggles* okay, i’m back to 128lbs again. so not a total disaster. But I judge more the way I feel in my clothing.. And I feel frumpy. So, i’m trying really hard to be on track w/ my eating habits. I was down to 124 for my friend Shawna’s wedding a couple weeks ago. *lol*

Foods I Am Avoiding:
Breads, Pastas, Sugars(chocolate, ice cream), Dairy.

Hugs & Blessings to all, Jules

wooohooo!! With some hard work of avoiding the wrong foods I am on the right track.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted in here…

I am weighing in at 124lbs.  A good friend is getting married in two days (this friday)
And I have bought a nice pantssuit to wear. So I have been being very very careful and don’t want
to gain any weight *lol*

I’m so excited to wear my oh too cute new outfit *giggles*
I’ll have to get some photos uploaded after the wedding.
I really do not possess much in the way of photos of myself..

I’ve basicly just been eating supper is all. Drinking juice and water through the day.
And right now I’m using greentea fat burner liqua-gel pills.

So far so good =)

I still am at a point though that I feel like I could be 165lbs overnight.
I know it really doesnt happen overnight. But I don’t know. All it takes is a few times of not
setting limits. Then I’ll be right back where I started. And I don’t want that to happen…

okay, i’m off to do some housework and some orders.
Tomorrow I’m back to work

Current Mood: Impowered and Victorious

okey dokey here we are again feeling off track.

But today is a new day. I feel positive, energetic and enthusiastic.
Took some greentea dietary suppliments today. Put my bowflex back together so I could do my leg lifts. And got 50 of those done. Got my dog and cat fed.

I did NOT just say that I have a cat did I? *giggle* just kidding…
That is just an on going joke between my husband Joe and myself.

He is the cat lover and I’m the dog lover.
I come from a family of dog lovers. Never had a cat as a child. Actually did not even see any cats in my neighborhood *lol* And my dad disliked cats a great deal.

So, when my husband sees me give our cat Yoda a hug. I look at my Joe and tell him, "don’t tell my dad you saw that" ROFLOL!!!

okay, so we are off to a great start today. Everyone is fed. Exercise routine is started.
I have an order for a custom wordpress theme to work on. woohoo!! So excited! I love doing those *giggles*

Have a gr8 fabulous day everyone

Current Mood: Sunny

Okay,  this past week has been a little food party *lol* We had the 4th of July holiday. I did not have to work. So, I did go to a bbq with my husband. And I actually behaved *lol* I took 2 180 drinks with me (orange flavored energy drink) And I had a little scoop of potato salad, and a teriyaki beef steak. No seconds and no dessert =)

On Sunday at work we had a lil’ 4th of july celebration. One of the other c.n.a.’s makes cakes. So she made us a very festive yummy yummy 1/2 chocolate 1/2 white cake! So gooood. And I brought rainbow sherbert! *lol*

Come to find out though, the sherbert only has 10 fat calories! So that is totally fabulous *giggles*

I have eaten sensible dinners at home. I really don’t eat much at work. Had some crackers… One day had chicken and noodles.. A piece of oven baked chicken on another day..

I do still need to get broccoli though *lol*

Happy Hugs, Jules

Current Mood: Creative

Thursday’s Outlook (posted a day late)

I woke up later than I wanted to. Woke up at 10:00 a.m. This sleeping at night thing is not going too terrific for me. I cannot manage to get to sleep any earlier than 1:00 a.m.!

I did well with not over eating though.

I drank ice water all day. And one thing I have considered that I used to do a long time is put lemon juice in the icewater. It helps fill you up or helps to suppress the appetite…

Then I had supper around 7:00 p.m. Was not especially healthy according to any standards *lol* It was a frozen chimichanga and a few tatertots. Both were baked in the oven though. Do I get good points there? *lol*

I made lots of progress on a custom wordpress theme I’m working on for a client.

Friday June 27th 2008

shoot now that I just typed the date out. I realize i forgot to call my mom and dad on their anniversary!

Well so far today is a good day. Other than that *lol*

I still did not manage to get to sleep before 1: a.m. well maybe just slightly before 1:00 in the morning. But I still need to work super duper hard on that! I got up at 8:00 this morning. Feeling grouchy at 1st. But then it did not take me long to snap out of it

I have been getting some housework done and laundry. Got our dog Griffin  and our cat Yoda fed. Got my list all written out for lasagna i’ll be making tonight. Yah I know. Not very dietary. huh! I swear its not my fault though. My husband requested it as I have time to make it while off work on my 7 days stretch. And then he mentioned it to a co-worker and he wants some too! So, i have to do it today/tonight because tomorrow is the last day they work together. Then they will be changing shifts…

woooohooo!!! I managed to take off my 5 lbs! So that puts me back at 125 again finally. Now, if i can get a little lower so i have room to fluctuate a little bit *lol*

Current Mood: Creative

tonight I fixed baked chicken. My lil chicken recipe I’ve posted in here before *lol* boneless, skinless chickenbreasts marinated in garlic wine herb marinade mix.

Wrapped in foil with a spat of butter and
ringlets of onions sliced in half.
Baked at around 350 for an hour.

mmm!! so tender and juicy!

And I had some canned sweet corn with it. fresh steamed broccoli is preferable for its healing components when steamed. But in a pink corn will do. Green leafy vegetables are the healthiest ones for me.

And 2 otterpops as a lil dessert. Which of course feels so good. They are not only sweet. But cold and its hot.
I have no idea of the caloric value of an otter pop icecicle. I wouldnt think it would be higher than ice cream though…

I plan to go to bed early tonight. As I want to get myself switched over to being awake in the daytime as soon as possible.
I have the rest of this month off from work. Then i will be working dayshift temporarily.

I have been on night shift for a year 1year and 7 months.

I am very glad that I had my healthy meal tonight. I feel like I can get back on course now. And start the day fresh tomorrow. I have been eating chocolate like mad. I think i just have alot going on inside myself emotionally right now. And i was feeling out of control and maybe nervous on some level.

Afterall, moving to dayshift will be a big switch for me. I’ll be working with different residents. Some of which i’ve never taken care of before. The building is soooo much busier in the daytime. It’s been a year and ahalf since I’ve been there in the day time with all the hustle and bustle. I will probably end up loving it though. I don’t know why i work myself into such a frenzie. I’ve had migraines for the past 3 days also.

Plus our kids are moving back to Wyoming and will be staying with us for a bit. Our son is coming 1st in the 1st part of July with his girlfriend and their 3 little ones. (newborn, 2years and 3 years - Tanner, Bryce and Dakota). And we have 1 extra bedroom. But with no kids at home. We set up a bow flex in there. And uummm it took a dang week to put together, but along with some unclean words on my husbands part — it got set up *lol* and although it does fold up. There is no way on earth it can ever go through the doorway. So, that bedroom will be very very cramped.

They are going to get a place as soon as possible. But that involves our son Bryan finding a job, he has no car. His gf Carrie does get some government asst.

Then that brings us to August when our daughter Nicole will be coming with u-haul and pulling her car on a trailer and her 2 little ones. — they will be riding in the u-haul though not the trailer *hee hee*

Our granddaughter Evie Rose is 8 years old and our grandson Dante is 4 years old.

We of course are happy that they are coming back and we’ll have tons of laughs. But 1st comes the stress *giggles*…

I know it will all work out. *smiles*

Current Mood: A Little Ashamed

well I have gained myself 7 lbs back It doesnt sound like much. You might roll your eyes or shrug your shoulders. But it feels like 30 lbs to me. And it feels like at any moment i could be back to 165.

So, I’m trying harder this week to get back on track. Seems like I’m always saying that though *lol*

I would like to get some fresh broccoli. I havent been eating any of that lately. And my migraines are waaaay out of control! Do not know if my diet has anything to do with my headaches or not. I’ve read time and time again in glutten free diet books and books on what to and not to eat for the o-positive blood type…

I am also going to fix some of my baked marinated skinless chicken breasts tonight.!
I need to add salad into my diet much more too…

Good luck to everyone else who is trying to be healthy too

Current Mood: Goofy

uuurgh! Finally got myself back down to 125lbs. Only to gain back up to 130! *cries*!! I lost another pound now though. So at least I’m consistant I guess. *lol* I’ll get it off again. I just have not been behaving lately… Chocolate does not go well with loosing weight *laughs*

Okay, well with that lil’ confession said, I have to head off to work for the night. Hopefully better news to report next week *giggles*!

I do have some happy happy news! But I am not going to celebrate with food I am probably going to day shift. Might just be temporary. But better than nothing. It gets me in there, and maybe I’ll get to stay…

It’s been a while since I have written in my weightloss journal. Thought I would post a few little words tonight though.
As I’m just listening to some music (Evenescence! *hee hee*) and working on redesigning my website - Faery Charm -

Well I’m still at 125 lbs. So I guess that is the good news *lol* I work on my bowflex. but not as much as i should… Eating right is a daily struggle. I just looooove the sweet things! Especially when I’m not in the greatest of moods. And thats when I especially like to eat too it would seem… Things arent going great at work. I know it will pass though. And I have a plan too! I have lots of summer time activities planned. A very good friend (trying not to use the term best friend as i’m an adult not in the 3rd grade LOL) - but she is getting married in August. My husband and I are looking very forward to her wedding. I’ve taken time off of work for this already.

Plus Joe (my husband) and I also have a vacation in September planned. We’re going to go see the Seattle Seahawks at a live football game *giggles*!!

Current Mood: Sunny

I’ve been a bit off track lately. But today was my day for getting back on track. So, I’m feeling strong and confident about getting back on track with diet/exercise.

I gained 5 lbs. But its not a total loss. *lol*

Have worked out on my bowflex twice today with leg exercises. And I am back on track with my eating too.
Had been having too much chocolate. I’m being careful and in charge. *wink*