lonestarpenny's Journal

4 days without much exercise.

Dec 18 2009 01:13

Maybe my body just needed another break from exercising. all this dreary weather and rain and fog has just got me drained. they are saying some sunshine tomorrow so hubby and I are going to try to do an outing to the shooting range. may have to wear our rubber boots it has been so wet, but will be good to get out and get some sunshine. I am doing not so great on food the past few days and terrible on exercise. I did so good for a few days there, but my toe was getting sore too so maybe I just needed a break. maybe some sunshine will turn my mood around and his. I think we have the cabin fever bad( he goes to work but doesn't get out of the bldg much anymore like he did years ago. not many more days until christmas.. hubby has to work new years eve this year ( that is our fave holiday to be together) oh well. maybe next year he will be retired... if I have alread said this before look over me... I guess I just wish he was off new years eve... hanging in at 215

having trouble with food.

Dec 16 2009 00:01

I don't know what is the problem. guess it is just that time of year. I have not been exposed to alot of " christmas foods" or the like, but I just can't get a handle on my eating the last week. too many carbs. seems like the more you eat the more you want. a vicious circle. guess it has something to do with getting a little melancholy this time of year, remembering " how it used to be." I love my mother in law and husband and am very happy to spend the holidays with them, but I miss having people around, not necessairily family but any people. I miss big dinners with everyone talking laughing. I was remembering how many people there was at grandma's and grandpa's when we were kids. everyone in for a week, bedded down in any corner they could find and all the grandkids on the floor. 20or more people in a small 3 bedroom 1 bathroom frame farm house. those were the days. stockings hanging all over the fire place. mama and grandma taking turns getting up and checking the turkey all night. maybe these economic times are meant to make everyone wake up and realize that those were the good old days. simpler times, maybe harder work.. but more family time.. important time. Remembering back to my grandpa's dairy farm and spending time there as a child growing up.. those were some of the happiest days of my life. Riding horses, finding those newborn baby calves, helping grandma churn butter... on christmas eve we would have our christmas as santa came by the cash's place first, knowing mr. cash had to get up at 1am to prepare to milk cows by 3am. If santa didn't come on christmas eve, then mr. cash ( pa) would have missed out on seeing the kids get their gift from santa. I thought that was special that santa would make allowances for " our grandpa." Remembering back to Christmas plays at church. we always had the christmas story. every year.. it was a part of the fabric of our christmas program where I grew up. hayride and caroling to the shut ins of the community and coming back after for hot cider or choclate and sweets.. those are sweet memories too. I miss those days.

cutting a rug

Dec 12 2009 20:02

thought my buds. might get a kick out of me cutting a rug at clanton days. I didn't know the guy( bungalow bill) was taping us when we were dancing. he later emailed and asked if it was ok if he put this clip up on true west historical society. I told him okie dokie.. hope the link works.. http://truewest.ning.com/video/arthritis-brothers-old-music It was a load of fun anyway.. we didn't know that he was taping.. we were just goofing as the band(the arthritis brothers were getting started . I saw cowboy doug up there, the owner of tombstone livery and couldn't keep myself from getting up and joining in... those were some fun times. it goes on until the video ends and he finishes up with a little shout out to the ones in the video..

oh I'm going to get some momentum going I hope

Dec 12 2009 01:37

more work on the treadmill today. have been working on increasing the incline. it scares me some because of the bad back, but I know there must be people that hike out there with bad backs so I am slowly increasing with little increments and see how I tolerate it. I can only burn about 110 calories for 1 mile at 3mph, on 0 inlcine. have been playing with 3.5 incline,jumping to 5.5 incline ( decreasing speed to 2.5) going back and forth.. so far so good it has been about 5 days of this. I have did my pilates 9 days out of 11 this month. maybe I am getting back on the train now. it so easy to fall off but much harder to jump back on. my eating has left some to be desired lately. not as healthy as it should be, but caloriewise not bad. Hubby goes back to work on nights tomorrow so hopefully I can get some things done around the house here that I need to do. he is seriously talking retirement this year. part of me is really scared with the economy, the other part says go for it. he is the one to call the shot, I think this will be the year. gosh I miss my swimming, but the treadmill is my friend, especially in this weather. ugh. tonight is cold, and rainy... still not as bad as our northern friends, God bless them,, saying a prayer for them tonight ( and our western friends also)... I am thankful for the roof over my head and to be warm and dry tonight. 3 miles on treadmill today, 40 mins pilates..

two good exercise days in a row

Dec 11 2009 01:18

well I did 3 miles this eve. with varying rates of spd. and incline. ( it may take me 3 or 4 hrs doing 10 mins or so at a time, but I get it done. haha. I also did my pilates today. that is two days in a row of good exercise... got to keep it up. didn't do bad on the calories either. got a long ways to go. but I feel better when I exercise. am really feeling for those folks up north. sounds like this is one for the record books. a friend I met from chicago( at tombstone) said that the roads are treacherous up there and her bf is a trucker .. said she thought that she was going to go have to pick him up somewhere it was so bad. meaganr. don't know how spiffy I look in the vests, but festive for sure. makes me think of the holiday movie I was watching the other night( on lifetime) the guy walks into a court house( of course in texas you might now) and the clerk is all dressed up for christmas in christmas sweater, with whole outfit being decked out. he looked her up and down and said nice sweater... rolling his eyes at the camera... I thought to myself... hmm is that what people think when they see me in my holiday wear.. oh well, if they do hohoho to them... haha...

good exercise day yesterday

Dec 10 2009 18:14

I had a very good exercise day yesterday. did my 40 mins of pilates, about 80 reps of all the ones that I do. then I did 4 miles on treadmill with varying degrees of speed and incline. I have been afraid of incline ( doing too much of one) in the past since I have problems and have had surgery), but am trying to work on it some. burn about 700 cal. yesterday. a high for me. hubby and I have not been out of the house since he worked off on monday. it has been fairly cold here so no reason to get out really. of course compared with what our friends to the north are having to deal with our cool snap is nothing. we have only had to drip the water once. they say rain tomorrow. but hopefully no freezing. that is good. can't believe it is going to be christmas soon. with not doing any shopping and not having up any decor,( and not getting out much) it doesn't really seem like christmas.. I do wear my christmas vests and stuff when I get out though. I think next year I will up decor end of oct. so It will be up for the holidays. I miss the decorating, but if you don't put it up you don't have to take it down.. I know ba humbug.. I am reallly not being humbug, we won't be here during christmas anyway. scale showed be 214 today so it is getting better. wish I could be 199 by summer. that would be the ultimate.

getting back into routine.

Dec 08 2009 02:41

I thought I was over that hunger monster a long time ago. again it rears it's ugly head. It must be the time of year and the flood of christmas memories and all that come round this time of year, every year. I know nerves make you hungry, and I really don't "feel nervous", but I just can't seem to curb my "appettite." I am getting back into my exercise and usually when I get busy doing other things the appetite goes into remission. right now I just seem to be hungry all the time. ugh. hubby worked off today so He will be home for 4 days.. was going to have to work overtime thurs and fri, but luckily another guy with 5 kids, and a new car needs the overtime so he took it for hubby. glad that someone that needs it took it. not that hubby does not need to work, but he works plenty just working his reg. days, he needs his days off to recuperate now. I know I will keep this thing in reins, but I seem to be having more trouble than usual right now. understandable after getting back from vac. and then all the holidays and now christmas coming up. it won't be a big deal meal for us though since it will be just ma and hubby and I. we will have a nice meal but not the usual over doing it of some years with 10 dishes for 3 people.

scale a little nicer today

Dec 07 2009 00:50

well there was some fluid weight, I guess. scale was nicer today saying 215 instead of nearly 220. we have quite a bit of stuff since returning from vac. with alot of salt in it. at least I feel better not as big a mountain to climb back over. things going ok here. finally found my mother in law some mens house shoes she can wear. poor thing her feet swell and all and she can't wear any of her old "pretty shoes." she has to wear mens house shoes that look like loafers. oh well. I never wear pretty shoes either. mostly lace brogans anymore or tennis shoes. truth is I don't really miss the pretty shoes too much. I do dress up on occasion and have some nice shoes but don't wear them much. I am liking actually having some winter weather this year, but later this week back up in upper 70's again. pracitically swimming pool weather. hahaha. I am sure that water will be arctic though. one night there will be 30's somewhere toward the end of the week. I love love love the cold nights makes for real good sleeping weather. I cheat though.. before I go to bed I warm my rice bags and put them in bed and warm the bed up.. haha. like the old bed warmer.. I might have already told you all that. forgive me if I did. I have been trying to burn pics to cd's all night and it is a b--ch... I mean you have to be a rocket scientist to do it on this computer. was much easier on my old one. I guess I just don't know the trick or haven't got it down. they have to be mastered to play in my dvd recorder for t.v. or any other computer. so can't just open pics and hit burn.. no it couldn't be that easy... well I will close and see if I can drive myself crazy a little more before I go to bed...... sweet dreams everyone.

got to tackle that calorie monster.

Dec 05 2009 23:52

I came back from vacation it seemed, none the worse for wear. we had let some nasty eating habits creep back in, but who doesn't on vacation. Then had to go over to mother in law's for a week. Now the scale for the past week has shown me 218-220. ugh. oh my goodness how could I let this happen. been maintaining and only fluctuatin 5-7 lbs for over a year then whammo almost 10 lbs (and unless I have been holding fluid for over a week I guess it is real...) I will not let this detur me from the road I need to be on. I have got to conquer that calorie monster and not let him get the best of me. I can't believe I went through a vac last oct, then the holidays, another vac in march this year and no gain and now all of the sudden whammo. I didn't count calories on vac either, big mistake, there is something about knowing mentally what you have taken in and being able to "cut yourself off, when you have had enough." what I can't figure it after all this time of hubby not losing much how he lost and I gained. oh it is a mystery...

snow came and gone now

Dec 04 2009 23:07

well everyone in the houston area has all been aflutter since last eve. when they said "snow!!" expecting we would get it here first I got up at 9am to look out, no snow, not raining either, ok back to bed... (cold= stay in bed cause I was up late). 11am I get up. no snow, no precip. huh? what? 12noon I call hubby to tell him no snow here, and he tells me 3 or 4 inches at the plant on east side near channelview, what? said it had been snowing there since 8am. ok. " now where is mine, I am thinking as my lip drags the floor.." I get up do some things watch the news and see all the other "kids" playing in the snow.. I am jealous. I go look out every 10 mins to see if "it" has started. nope. then finally after 2pm big flakes... big fluffy flakes. yippeee. ok but it isn't sticking. for an hour I look out every 10 mins.( I know I am a dork) then at 3 I get busy cooking supper. and 20 mins later..... a blanket of white. yaaaay. I got my wish... I wait a while longer for ground to get covered better, then start to snap away( with the camera). at 4pm when hubby comes home I "make" him pose for snow photo. to go in the alblum... the memory alblum. I snap more pics... we eat supper and as I look out at 5pm .... what... it is starting to melt.. I guess it paid to look out the door every few minutes... if not I might have missed it. hahaha. no snow man though ... just not enough snow. oh by the way...EARLIEST SNOW EVER ON RECORD FOR HOUSTON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AREA... DEC. 4 TODAY..... ALSO IT HAS ONLY SNOWED 35 TIMES IN THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS HERE. AND THIS WAS 2 YRS IN A ROW. THE LAST ONE I REMEMBER BEFORE THAT I LIVED FURTHER INTO EAST TEXAS AND IT SNOWED IN 1994.... HERE'S TO HOPING EVERYONE'S HOLIDAY DREAMS COME TRUE....