Week 41 Monday (10/20/14)

Recipe Review

Today’s Recipe and Location:           Blackberry Cobbler

         Found in: The Pioneer Woman blog

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/08/the_great_cobbl/

and this is her other recipe

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/08/the_great_cobbl-2/

         Two recipes for the same dish is an interesting idea. Maybe you should make both and have your family decide which is the best dessert. Willow and Sage would never go for that.

Random Reflections - Bucket List #30

       I have never been a wait until the last moment to accomplish a task girl, so I want to begin making any repairs or improvements to the house so it sells quickly. After I am healed from my surgery, I want to be able to take off for Kentucky without worrying about what I need to do to sell this home. Preplanning and beginning work ahead will save time and trouble as the time nears.

Make repairs in each and every room of my home to prepare to sell

Research Hadrian’s Wall for visit to Scotland

Enter a quilt in a local fair

Write a book about school for parents

Host a game party

Purchase a truck

I would like to learn more about fostering animals

Visit the narrowed list of Kentucky towns each for a weekend

Have a B.M.I. of 24.9 or lower

Return to Florida/Alabama and see old friends

Play tennis again

Learn to play bridge

Have an in-ground pool

Finish writing a book on the Scent Family

Save up enough money for a down payment on my Kentucky house

Research every town in Kentucky in hopes of relocating

Work on learning calligraphy and bettering daily penmanship

Begin making my own clothing using a mannequin

Volunteer at an animal rescue

Visit all 50 states

Photography courses

Complete all of Mom’s and my scrapbooks

Go skiing again in Colorado

Meet the Duggar family

Watch every nominee and winner for the Academy Awards to date

Remodel my kitchen

Take piano lessons

Write 2 books for my great-nephews

Travel to Wales

Travel to Scotland

Alaskan cruise

Why Weight?

This week has been a nightmare for me. I overate several days (intentionally). I hate when I know I am ruining the day and then proceed to do it anyway. I had a hard time with the week after baking the pie and cake. I ate a piece of cake for breakfast and lunch and right there were the entire calories for my day. But no, I didn’t stop. I also ate a piece of pie. Apparently, I have lost my mind.

         A day later I was eating coconut M & M’s. They were so good, but I ate too many and I knew that they weren’t tasting good anymore, but I didn’t stop.

         Am I hormonal?  I truly think I have been eating too many calories in the daytime and I know that I need to save the majority of my calories for the evening. I have always been a night eater, and when I only have a small amount of calories I just blow it.

         Okay, tomorrow is Friday. I know that I cannot let this go on, so I will climb right back on the horse and eat 1,600 calories for the next 10 days and I should then be right back where I was. Sometimes, life just stinks!

         My new attitude lasted a whole day and then on Saturday I was eating peanuts and candy corn – something I needed to use for the weekend cooking. Good Lord, there is something to say about not having certain foods in your house.

         Okay Scarlett, tomorrow is another day.

10/12                  Sunday                  2,030         calories         nothing                 

10/13                  Monday                 1,608         calories         nothing                 

10/14                  Tuesday                2,926         calories         Curves

10/15                  Wednesday            1,657         calories         Curves

10/16                  Thursday               2,583         calories         Curves

10/17                  Friday                    1,647         calories         Curves

10/18                  Saturday                1,979         calories         nothing

Goal:            64.6  lbs.          (100 lb. loss between 6/1/14 – 6/1/15)

                  -   0.1 lbs.         this week’s loss

                     64.5 lbs.          lbs to go

        

Sun.                   10/12                  5,909 steps                  2,616 calories burned

Mon.                  10/13                  5,909 steps                  2,616 calories burned

Tues.                 10/14                  8,547 steps                  2,949 calories burned

Wed.`                10/15                  6,751 steps                  2,759 calories burned

Thurs.               10/16                  7,382 steps                  2,758 calories burned

Fri.                    10/17                  8,840 steps                  2,912 calories burned

Sat.                    10/18                  5,536 steps                  2,549 calories burned

Wants and Wishes

         I had a very difficult week and wish I had made different choices. I have no one to blame, but myself. There have been times in the past year where I have had struggles and have always bounced back. I think I have learned a lot since I began losing weight, so I am not upset or worried about this week, but it is an opportunity to reflect on my triggers and how I deal with them for now and the future.