Wed 31 Aug

It was harder than usual to get up this morning, but somehow those days I feel more virtuous when I do it. I added a segment of the SparkPeople video for some cardio before the weights video for a more complete workout. Gotta reverse this weight gain trend!


Food:

7:00 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 99 g blueberries, coffee
11:30 am Vanilla soy shake, ponczka, 6 oz raspberries
3:00 pm 1 Dove Promise
4:45 pm 1 pkg ThinAddictives cranberry almond thins
8:15 pm 3 oz turkey leg, 1 c watermelon chunks, 12 oz skim milk, cherry crisp



Exercise:

5:00-5:20 am SparkPeople cardio kickboxing DVD w/warmup and cooldown
5:20-6:00 am Jane Fonda Workout with Weights class 2 video
5:30-7:30 pm Hiking Rib Mt plus tower

Tues 30 Aug

Had a good hike last night, but tired when I got home. We tried sending Steve a Facebook message to join us at the Dane afterward if he felt the need to get away, but I don't know if he got the message as we didn't hear back from him. Weather was certainly beautiful for the hike.

Tonight is the last night before Michael's new girlfriend heads off to Green Bay for college so I invited them for dinner. Actually I texted Michael earlier today. I thought he accepted a bit quickly because he may not have cleared it with her. He got back to me later to say she had to be home to pack til 8 pm, but I didn't find his response til I was going to text him to ask where they were. In the meantime, I had baked a fresh cherry crisp and had 6 ears of corn on the grill. I was able to save two of the pork chops before grilling for another day. Oh, well.


Food:

7:00 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 101 g blueberries, coffee
11:45 am 3 small tamales, 1 c shredded lettuce, chips & salsa
2:45 pm 1 Kopiko cappuccino hard candy
7:00 pm 4 oz grilled pork chop, 1/2 c heirloom red/brown rice, 1/4 tbl butter, med ear corn, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 12 oz skim milk, cherry crisp, 1/4 c vanilla ice cream



Exercise:

5:00-5:42 am Crunch Pilates DVD

Mon 29 Aug

Now that the fair is history for another year, it's hard to deny that summer is waning. Time to crack down on eating treats as this weekend was not good in that department. Did reasonably well at the fair, except for an indulgence in chocolate chip cookies at the end, but overall ate more than I ought and the scale confirmed it. Can't continue in this vein.


Food:

7:00 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 108 g blueberries, 38 g strawberries, coffee
11:45 am Blueberry soy shake, slice Country Hearth 100% whole wheat bread, 1 tbl peanut butter, large peach
2:30 pm 1 pkg ThinAddictives cranberry almond thins
4:45 pm Kashi TLC trail mix bar
8:00 pm 2/3 c West African peanut stew, half heirloom tomato mozzarella spinach salad, 1/2 tbl creamy balsamic dressing, beer bread roll, 1/2 tbl honey butter, 5 oz Krystal Weizen beer



Exercise:

4:50-6:00 am Jane Fonda Complete Workout video
5:40-7:40 pm Hiking Rib Mt plus tower

Sat 27 Aug

Finally got to hike again last night. I was on the pager the rest of the week, so as soon as I was free, we took advantage of the cooler weather and got back to Rib. I was really tired all day from having to wake up to deal with the pager late Thurs, but I made it. Dinner at the Dane was a welcome reward.

Today it's on to Mpls. We got a really awesome deal at the Sofitel for tonight - $77 tax included. Nice dinner somewhere in the Cities, some shopping and church today, and the fair tomorrow!


Food:

6:45 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 142 g strawberries, coffee

Fri 26 Aug

Last night's union meeting was really scary. The county board is voting to remove the need to have just cause to let someone go and completely eliminating seniority rights, so as soon as the contract ends, they can choose to let anyone go without much recourse. Makes me feel like I'll have to watch every step very closely. No more adding snack food to my food trackers at work or stopping to run errands on my breaks. Fortunately, I have a very good boss at this time so I don't think she'll arbitrarily axe people.

A plethora of extra large centipedes in the basement this morning. Not a nice way to start the day.


Food:

7:00 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 134 g strawberries, coffee
12:30 pm Strawberry/banana soy shake, slice Country Hearth 100% whole wheat bread, 1 tbl almond butter, 1 tsp blueberry spread, large peach, 183 g blueberries
1:30 pm Brownie



Exercise:

5:00-6:00 am Brand New Butt DVD

Thurs 25 Aug

Made it to Thursday so far. After vacation, the first work week seems somewhat interminable, even though it's been reasonably calm. I've been very fortunate that my on-call shift has been slow this week. I prefer quiet to earning comp time.

I got my first pay stub preview with the Walker-induced retirement contribution changes. I was puzzled initially because my bottom line seemed about the same until I realized that the first 3.75 hrs of on-call coverage payment was included on this check. Usually that makes a nice little extra, but this time it just made up the difference.

Last night of on-call had to give me one last hurrah.


Food:

7:00 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 134 g strawberries, coffee
12:30 pm Blueberry soy shake, cinnamon roll, large peach, 1 c blueberries
3:30 pm 1/4 c Virginia peanuts
7:30 pm MorningStar Farms spicy black bean burger, onion roll, small tomato, 1 c watermelon chunks, 12 oz skim milk


Exercise:

4:55-5:50 am Buns/Abs of Steel 2000 video

Wed 24 Aug

I saw REI's email previewing their Labor Day sale and realized I'm not ready for summer to come to an end. Not that this will slow the inevitable in the slightest, but I'm still enjoying summer! I liked our vacation together in Virginia as well as all the little excursions Dad and I have taken to enjoy the season. I like being warm enough without jackets and sweaters. Oh, well.


Food:

7:00 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, 134 g strawberries, coffee
11:45 am Vanilla soy shake, 48 g cinnamon roll, large peach, 38 g strawberries, 138 g blueberries
2:00 pm 1 Tootsie Pop Drop
3:00 pm 1 pkg ThinAddictives cranberry almond thins
5:15 pm Brownie
6:30 pm 4.75 oz broiled salmon, .25 tbl butter, 1 large ear corn, .5 tsp olive oil, 2 homemade baked hush puppies, 12 oz skim milk


Exercise:

5:00-5:50 am Kathy Smith Weights 1 DVD