Food Journal Giveaway

What a great to start a Monday. I'm announcing a giveaway. This food journal includes weight loss tips, and it has another little journal that comes with it—it's small journal intended for people to carry more easily. It's about the size of one of those little horoscope pocketbooks you get at the checkout counter.

So for this giveaway, all you have to do comment on why you think a food journal would benefit you—just a sentence or two will do. For example, "A food journal will really help me on my weight loss journey because it will keep me honest." Anyway, you get the idea. I will post the best comments on my blog.

I stole this idea from Susan. Here blog is Let's Lose Weight This Year. I also stole her journal—well, not literally. I chose one like the one that she uses. This journal came from Books-A-Million. It retails for $14.95.

I've found that writing down everything you eat really makes you more accountable. Although somedays I'm better at it than other days, I think it's helped me eat far less than I typically would. So good luck. I'm looking forward to reading your comments.

P.S. The giveaway ends on Saturday, August 21, 2010, at midnight. Winner announced on Monday, August 23, 2010.

Happy New Year

2010 begins at midnight tonight. Most folks view the coming year as a fresh start--a time to make resolutions about their lives.

My mother--good ole' country woman that she was--used to tell me, "Whatever you're doing on New Year's Eve, you'll be doing the whole year through." I'll be at my sister's enjoying some family time. Right now, I'm here writing this blog. I decided to make just a few resolutions this year. So here goes:

1. Comes to terms with my food addiciton,

2. Visit at least 10 other people's weight loss blogs a day for motivation and inspiration,

3. Workout at least four days per week--it doesn't always have to be in a gym,

4. Keep a food journal, and

5. Write in this blog at least four days per week.

So that's it. Happy New Year everybody!

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

I feel bad that I haven't been posting. I finally got my Internet service at home. It took long enough. (And the most amazing thing is that I'm paying for this.)

I'm still keeping a food journal. I believe it helps.

I've also been really depressed. I can't figure out how to get beyond it. (I'm already taking antidepressants. What else can I do? Oh yeah. Exercise.)

I haven't been to the gym this week. I will get there tomorrow. I have to go at least twice.

Sorry I don't have much to say. I could talk about my dogs escaping from the yard. That was a real heart stopper. Once they got out, they weren't really sure about what they could do. They came so soon as I called them. Thank God they were OK.

This morning I was almost killed on the way to work. I got the asshole's license number though.

I wish I had the gumption (one of Mom's favorite words) to do something. I just want to retire.

I'm at the Mercy of Verizon

I haven't posted in a while. But that doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything. I'm trying to workout often, and I'm keeping a food journal again. It's the diet that always slays my progress. Keeping a journal of what I'm eating during the day helps me keep track of how much I've eaten. I know. That's kinda like, "Duh." But a lot of people don't keep a journal, and I think they might do a lot better if they did.

Home is much the same. I did get my fence fixed. Actually I had some new fencing put up because the old was so bad it couldn't be repaired. I keep looking out the window at my new fence because I can't believe it's fixed.

I bought some flowers to plant, but Caleb decided to destroy them. I could've killed him, but I didn't. He didn't know they weren't for him. Still, I can't believe the little shit did it.

Anything else? Easter came and went. Yes, the bunny came to visit the girls. I did go overboard with the candy. That's when I decided a food journal was my only hope.

I'm still without Internet at home. Still waiting for Verizon to show up and fix it. I could say more, but will hold my tongue for now. However, it is the top reason I haven't posted in a while. I can't post if I can't get on the Internet. (Do you have any idea how many times these bastards have wanted to email me with updates? How I'm I going to get them? Really?)

Ok. Ok. I'll have more later when I get my service back.

And Another Work Week Begins

My home Internet connection was messed up all weekend. I had an Internet connection then I didn't have an Internet connection, and so on. I never knew if It would work or not. If I had a friend who knew a lot about this kind of stuff, it would make my day. Now, where can I find a friend like that?

I did the intensive interval workout this morning. Today was one of those days where I just wanted to stay at the gym. I wish I could've. I worked out for an hour and a half. I wish I could've done three hours.

Some days I really hate going to work. This is one of those days—I have a lot of "those kinds of days" don't I? Today particularly sucks because it's Monday. And it's the beginning of a week where my friend is on vacation—so I have no one to really talk to this week. But I'll survive—I guess.

I ate everything in sight over the weekend. Sunday, yesterday, I ate enough for two people—seriously I must've eaten 3,500 calories and that's a pound. It's not a wonder that I had so much energy this morning. Why is it that once I start eating like that, I can't stop? I'm like an alcoholic. What brought on this binge? Well, I'm not sure I can say. I did have a period after not having one for six months. And the hormone levels were crazy. I had all kinds of "cravings"—food being among them. The period really only lasted for two days. Today, I feel better. I slept well last night, even though I woke up a number of times. So I'm blaming hormones for my lack of willpower. I'm not sure I could've willed myself not to eat anyway.

I have an appointment with a nutritionist on July 31. I already know what she's going to say. But I do need to be accountable for the amount that I'm eating. And I hope this will help. If I actually have to turn in food journals to somebody, it'll make me think about how much I'm eating.

OK. I have a meeting this morning. And I have a long day ahead of me. So, TTFN.