Rainy Days & Mondays & weigh ins always get me down

Dave 299.2
Shannon 215.8


I know, I know... We havent gained, I should be jumping for joy :) Last week was difficult, between Dave's neck pain, my hand pain and post funeral things to do, we didn't get to walk at all.

Dave got a semi workout yesterday, his parents got some new furniture and gifted us their old (well, not "old" its less than 4 years old) couch and loveseat, which was awesome since our couch broke and the cats had killed the upholstery on the loveseat. He went to his parents to load up and he and his dad bright it back and he had to move the old stuff down to the basement.. so he did a lot more than I did.

Saturday and Sunday I got to indulge in one of my favorite past times.... watching the Food Network. Dave and I both agreed Giada was rocking the cleavage on her Mother's Day episode.

We haven't had red meat in about 3 weeks, and we were both really wanting steak, so last night I made filet mignon with béarnaise sauce, baked potatoes, and baked garlic shrimp. I am very proud of my picky eater of a husband, not only did he TRY the béarnaise, he really liked it!! Those of you that know Dave know that's pretty amazing.



We enjoyed our dinner and settled down to watch Julie & Julia (to round out our weekend of food tv) and both of us loved it. If I had to break it down, I would have to say I enjoyed the Julia parts more than the Julie (although Dave and I both adore Amy Adams), Meryl Streep was just too funny. I am going to need to find a biography on her and read it.

Sometime this week I will be attempting to make mashed "potatoes" out of cauliflower, Dave has agreed to try it even though he hates the stuff so I can't wait to see how that goes!!

Today is a really really really rainy day, flash flood watches everywhere, so I doubt we'll be walking tonite, and we already have plans tomorrow night, so it looks like at least Wednesday before walking resumes....

On an upbeat note, the conclusion of the Doctor Who 2 parter with River Song was awesome... Stephen Moffat is subtly throwing things in that will culminate in the finale in June (I HATE that a British TV season is only 13 episodes long). Sad thing is, the US is 2 episodes behind what the UK is showing so I really don't have anyone but Dave to speculate with since we are watching them ahead of BBCA, totally frustrating!!!

sigh

Heavy Hearted Weigh In

Dave 299
Shannon 215.4

This was not the best week to weigh in. Dave's herniated discs gave out on Tuesday and I pulled a tendon in my hand that also pinched a nerve and I'm in some pain.. we only managed to walk one day. On Saturday we lost Dave's grandfather, and trying to eat healthy when having to eat on the fly and eat out and being upset is just not a great combination, I really dont have the mental wherewithall to stress about it though.

Hopefully we will get back on track this week, though it appears the weather is not going to want to cooperate much.

When I went to the Dr about the pain in my hand (left one) he was looking at the right one and its been supposed I have arthritis because of the way my hand looks and the problems Im having. When I go for my A1C in May, he is going to run a rheumatoid panel to check. Oh Joy

And of course when Im having issues with both hands, I was honored with the request of being a pall bearer(ette) for Dave's grandfather. I managed to do it without major issues though :) PawPaw really went out in style, if I was not going to be cremated I would definitely want this



Im so tired I completely forgot to lay anything out for dinner, hopefully we can throw something healthy together...either that or Im going to skip dinner and go straight to bed and sleep for about 12 hours

Adminisrative Asst Week Weigh In

April 19, 2010

Dave 297
Shannon 215.4

I have to say this first weigh in was a huge disappointment for me. I lost a whopping .6 of a pound. But to be fair I have to say (cause if I don't I will get a face from Dave) in all fairness, I'm suffering from PMS, and considering our metabolisms have come to screeching halt because we quit smoking I am lucky I lost ANYTHING. He, on the other hand lost 3 pounds!! I'm so proud of him.

He has really been good this last week with portion control and eating healthier things. We keep food journals online on the Fitday website and we are both struggling with the same problem, we are not eating enough calories for weight loss and finding things to up that number while staying under the fat and carb ratio is NOT easy.

I got to work and one of my co-workers came in with flowers and a card and the announcement that he was taking me to Red Lobster for lunch for Administrative Asst Week...that cheered me right up!!

I was really good, I had broiled flounder, no veggies, shrimp cocktail and salad with vinagrette dressing..and only 2 cheddar biscuits (oh the calories I must have burned restraining my self from reaching for that basket!)

Mr & Mrs. Byers Neighborhood

April 12, 2010

Mondays are our official weigh in day, and it went like this
Dave 300
Shannon 216
(painful, but I have to be honest)

We have lived in our neighborhood for 4 years this month. In all that time we have never ever taken a walk any farther than the house across the street.

We had been marking distances while driving on previous days to see how we would need to walk to do a mile, so after dinner Dave, I and my extremely painful shins and thighs set out on our adventure.

We decided to walk the main street because of the elevation changes it had (thats a nice way of saying the huge friggin hills we were gonna have to go up and down. Starting out we did pretty well, even though we were pretty much breathless immediately. We got down to one corner and found 3 guys hanging out (if you ask me they were all tweaking on some serious drugs) but they appeared friendly.

It was very interesting to view the neighborhood outside the car, but I have to say it was a really really painful walk and add smokers lung to that and it made the hills seem like Mount Everest.

We only stopped a couple of times and managed to do a mile in 26 minutes. We were very proud, but determined to aim for 20 minute miles in the future.