Breakfast:  Fuze Low Carb Drink - cranberry/raspberry  (4g / 2g sugar)
Lunch:  salad
Snack:
Dinner:
Total carbs:
Exercise:
Nutritionals:  Magnesium (400mg), Calcium (1200 mg), Vitamin C (1000mg), Multi-vitamin, Michael's Glucose Metabolism Factors (3x / day)

Hi everyone,

I drove from my house to the Quick Fill - it's about 1 mile from my house - and when I came back out my car wouldn't start!!  Bummer!  So anyway, I called my husband, who was still at home, but he didn't answer the phone so I got a guy at the Quick Fill to take me to my house.  So my car is still there and I'll have to get it towed to a place.  It's actually been messed up for awhile, but it a was an intermittent problem so they couldn't fix it.  So now that it's dead, I think the problem will be pretty obvious!  LOL 

I've got these 2 begonias in my office - I bought them as a thank-you for 2 people at my daughter's school.  It turns out one of the ladies quit a month ago and I didn't even know it.  Anyway, I got these flowers at the foodstore for $2 each.  They are so pretty and now I don't want to give them.  heehee.  Maybe I'll go see if they have more and get a few more.  It's an awesome price.  They look like little roses.

I'm at work now and it's really boring.  I'm reading some training software on a system that the company uses to record change requests.  In other words, if someone has some work that needs to be done, they put it in this system and it tracks the work from beginning to end.   So that's why I'm sitting here updating my journal.  I've been too tired at night to even feel like being on the computer. 

 I am still not over the hump of being tired.  I finally did some laundry last night.  And there was a whole load of sweaters in the dryer that I fell asleep before it was finished.  So they are probably in a wrinkled ball.

I got my big mouth in trouble with my daughter's school Music Boosters.  People are so political sometimes.  They had the final concert (singing and orchestra) at my daughter's school the other weekend.  I was in charge of the spring flower sale - we were selling hanging baskets for $20 (we made $10).  Now some hanging baskets in the stores (like impatiens) you can get for $12.99 so they were a little over-priced.  But the big hanging baskets like petunias are $20 so those were priced ok.  So I got a ton of complaints about the prices and also they were not exactly what people ordered.  Some people ordered geraniums but got mini petunias because they ran out of geraniums.  OK have a fit - I told them I would take them back if they didn't want them.  They'd rather take them and then complain.

We also served punch and cookies at the end of the concert.  Well, all the volunteer cookie and punch people were complaining that people were eating/drinking during the concert.  Some lady was totally aggravated because her husband and 5 year old had to leave early and one of the cookie people wouldn't give the 5 year old a cookie so he started crying.  I read that and I got really annoyed.  It really pushed my button.  I mean, I CAN'T STAND people who assert authority on other people JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT.  So I sent off a note pretty much saying I thought that was ridiculous that the poor kid had that happen.  And I got blasted for that by this lady who is in charge of the whole thing.  Women can be really bitchy.

I quit taking that Milk Thistle for now because my allergies are killing me and I figured taking a weed as a supplement might not be the smartest move.  I'm taking Allegra because generic Claritin didn't work.  I dont' really think this Allegra is working either so I'm thinking about asking for Zyrtec.  It's expensive because there is no generic for it.  If that doesn't work, I may go to an allergist.

I'm getting closer to 250.  I haven't exercised at all.  I really want to start that again.  I am getting closer to my goal of 100 lbs in 2006.  I want to make that by Thanksgiving.  My other mini goal is 242, BMI = 39, no more morbidly obese.

I really need to lose as much weight as I can so that when I got on vacation I can relax a little.  I'm going the last week in July.  I don't plan on going bananas but I will probably eat breaded fish and shrimp.  Probably will eat pizza, too.  I can cut the crust off the pizza and get low carb bread crumbs.  Ice cream - I can probably live without ice cream, subs, and doughnuts.  Those are the other big 3 I eat when I'm down there.  I don't drink hardly ever, but I'm sure a glass of wine or 2 won't kill me.  I know it's a long time until I go on vacation but I need to start getting my head right so I'm ready.

I am thinking of all of you and I really do appreciate the fact that you are still keeping in contact with me even though I haven't been too good with all of you.  I have you in my prayers.

Hugs,
ny_shelly

WOW, Girl you are doing sooo good. I'm really proud of you. Glad to hear you got the job. Sorry I haven't really been around much been taking things one day at a time. It kind of floored me when jenna moved. She kept saying she didn't like it down there and to try and find her a job back up here, and when I found her an awesome job that was going to send her to school and started out at over 9 an hour she didn't want it. i think she stayed because I told her to make an adult decision because she kept saying I don't know, and it kind of pissed me off that she would put me through all the trouble of finding her the job and then she got wishie washie about it. So, she is staying in Lexington Ky. and making 6 bucks at KFC slinging chicken. It was her decision, I guess you have to live and learn. I'm really happy for the way things are going for you. Keep up the great work your doing. Ciao Staci