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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Re-Set Day

Yesterday was perfect! I was feeling like crap from a poor eating day the day prior and just needed a way to re-set myself. My choices the day before weren't that horrible, but it still left my body feeling bloated and miserable.

So I decided to stick to just fluids and vegetables yesterday. Really I ate barely anything: a few slices of cucumber, half a carrot, and two tomatoes. I wasn't trying to deprive myself, I was just giving my system a day to clean itself out. I drank a lot of tea, water and crystal lite. Throughout the day I kept myself busy and away from the kitchen. I never really felt hungry thanks to the volume of fluid I was taking in.

This morning I feel so much better! That bloated feeling is gone. And even better than that- I feel stronger today. A feeling like food doesn't control me as much as it did. Perhaps a bit of a mental breakthrough here?

Only 14 more pounds until my next big goal of hitting 200lbs. I want to hit that by November 1st and it sure looks like that is easily within reach now. I am down 105lbs now!

I was emailing with my surgeon yesterday and he wants me to up my protein even more than the nutritionist asked for at our last phone meeting. Because of my activity level I should now be consuming, at a minimum, 120g of protein a day. I think I may have to add a second protein shake in during the day to hit that goal. Thankfully I am really good at tracking all of my food. So with a few adjustments I should be able to get it all sorted out.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Time for a stock prod?

Addictions are not fun. Food addiction is no better (or worse) than any other addiction.

Yesterday I had a great morning. Ate a great breakfast, did my house cleaning, went to the park, but then in the afternoon I just felt cranky. I don't even know why.

Of course I turned to food. I snacked all damn afternoon and evening. Instead of trying to get to the root of why food was needed, I just stuffed my face.

Binges are nothing like what they used to be. I still logged all of my food and my calorie count was just around 2000 calories when it should be a maximum of 1200. A year ago, a binge day would easily be between 6000 and 10 000 calories. And my binge food was still pretty healthy, but I just continued to eat little snacks all day.

I was cranky with my husband and had to apologize at bedtime for lashing out. Poor bugger just didn't know what to do with me. I am sure he was ready to whack me upside the head with a big stick and leave me 50km out of town.

I found myself wishing for someone to follow me around during the day with a stock prod. They could give me a zap each time I tried to graze on food that I didn't need. Anyone want the job?

Today I just need a break from food. So it is going to be a fluid and veggie day. I have never done that before, but I just need to get away from food today.

So after my tea, I am heading into the kitchen to cut up some veggies for the day. Tomorrow back to my regular schedule.

But I must still be on the right track overall- down 103.5lbs now.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Ball Tournament

This weekend Matt played in a ball tournament and the old guy did pretty well considering he hasn't played ball since he was about 15. His team placed in fourth and half of their team is still hobbling around town!

I spent half the weekend volunteering with running the concession and the other half dealing with a puking kid. Girls Night Out was running the concession and I helped by spending Friday and Sunday taking money and chatting up customers. Late Friday night though we were woken up by Cavan puking over the side of his bunkbed. That is always a joy to deal with. He puked a bunch that night and up until noon on Saturday. So Saturday I just hung out with a sick boy and cleaned a lot. But by Sunday morning he was back to his usual busy self.

I never actually got to see Matt and his team in action since I was busy myself, but my friend got a few good pictures for me!


The next generation of Faro ball players!

Good sportsmanship all around!

Good times were had by all! But especially by Michelle!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Quadding Day: Groundhog Creek Trail

With me walking between 8 and 12km a day, poor Betty the Quad has been severely neglected this summer. Thankfully, she got a good run on Sunday!

We went exploring down Groundhog Creek Trail which is a road/trail off of the South Canol road. This was our first trip up there and it definitely won't be our last. We drove two hours from Faro to Lapie Lakes and left the truck and trailer there. From Lapie, we quadded in about 20km to Seagull Lakes. Gorgeous! I cannot get over how wonderful this area is. There are lots of side trails to keep us busy exploring for years to come. The main trail is/was a road and friends of ours had driven their truck in there just last week. I don't know if we would take our truck, being a dually, back in there. I definitely need to buy myself some kind of boat for my 150lbs prize. Perhaps a canoe would be best so I could check out places like Seagull Lake.

We crossed creeks, went up and over the mountains, drove over lots of moose tracks and poop, and played in the snow. The boys threw rocks, snowballs and sticks. I tried fishing, but got nothing into shore. It was a perfect way to spend a family Sunday.

I just keep falling more in love with the Yukon the more we explore.

Matt heading down the trail. Just around the bend and down a bit are Seagull Lakes.

Crossing a little creek.

Here fishy, fishy!

Cavan rock leaping!

The boys and mama enjoying the snow. It was +30C when we got back to Faro that evening. It was hot in the mountains, but not unbearable.

So much snow still up there! The boys were having a great time throwing snow balls at Matt and me. There is my mistress, Betty on the left.

Tossing rocks in Groundhog Creek.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Playing with their hose

This morning I had to get some cooking and baking done before the heat hits. The boys helped for a while (until there was a beater to be licked and then they were finished), but I still had a lot to do.

So how do you entertain boys?

You let them play with a hose. No, not that hose. They already play with that one non-stop.

The garden hose!

They are working hard this morning at turning their sand area into a lake. I have only had to go out a couple of times to referee the hose exchange. I will probably have to use that hose to clean them off before I let them into the house later on!

Friday, July 20, 2012

Our Little Dreamer

Cavan came into our room a couple of mornings ago right at 7am (my kid is finally sleeping in like a normal child!) completely in tears. He was sobbing and saying that he could not find Mar-no. Mar-no is his favorite stuffed animal- a little stuffed marten that he has had since he was a baby. I told him Mar-no was in his bed. Cavan told me, still sobbing, that Mar-no was out in the middle of the road! No matter what I said, he just kept saying Mar-no was out in the road. Then he added that daddy tied a cord around Mar-no and left him in the road! Poor Cavan could just not stop sobbing.

Matt and Hunter went into Cavan's room and found Mar-no. Cavan's eyes lit up when he saw his little furry buddy and realized the whole thing had been a dream.

This kid is taking right after me in the dream department. In the last week I have dreamed about fighting vampires while shopping for fresh produce, having to paint a house as a requirement to start a canoe race, sewing a pair of mittens (this I really wish happened cause they were awesome!), and driving in a rally race.

Hopefully the poor kid has some good dreams to make up for this traumatic one!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Camping Pictures

We spent a week camping and I forgot to put some pictures up here! I took heaps of pictures as we traveled north to Tombstone Park, next to Mayo, and finally Little Salmon Lake. Amazing trip with great friends and I took a gazillion photos, but here are some of my favorites!