Hot Mess Minimalist

Wednesday- B- Boiled Egg, Soy-milk with cinnomin L- Cottage Cheese, Green Beans, Boiled egg, apple with peanut butter S- Swiss Cheese, greek yogurt, potato chips D- cantellope several slices, kale, shredded pork Ice cream about 1 cup 10 AM- 168.4 lbs Thursday- 10 AM- 166.7 lbs B- spinach and egg (made my blood sugar go down, not up strange) L- Cantelope while I made food, yogurt with homemade granola and fruit, cheese and lunchmeat rollups S-Cantelope and cottage cheese D- Eggplant Chicken Thai dish, with rice mango dessert

166.9 lbs at 10 am B- Leftover pork and carrot chinese food L- Turkey tomato and swiss sandwich, green bean leftovers and some cottage cheese (I'm always really hungry by lunchtime since being on this low carb/sugar diet, this was one of the first satisfying lunches I've had so far... maybe a little over-full.) Vitamins post lunch pre blood sugar Yogurt with granola 1 serving potato chips D- Chick-fil-a sandwich half the bun removed, small unsweet tea, small milkshake shared with Jacob (banana pudding shakes are awesome! It's good they'll be going away soon, cause I'd be tempted to eat them all the time.) I killed the granola so I'm thinking that tomorrow I'll try an adjusted recipe to make it have less sugar, then eat it for lunch so I'll have an idea if it works well for keeping blood sugar low.

Fig Newton Chick-fil-a Nuggets with sauce slice of bread with cheese 1 cup frozen strawberries and about 2 tbsp walnuts (I need to toast those up, they're old and taste terrible) 1 cup + a little soy milk with cinnamon allspice and nutmeg slice of cheddar cheese handful of roasted peanuts burger (full sized) from Five Guys 4 tbsp starbucks ice cream (completely allowed!) So I have a meter now, and the only abnormal readings I had were post fig newton (probably because it was morning and too much carb without anything else) and post burger... which I can't really explain. Trip to the grocery store tomorrow to get the things I need to stay on a low carb diet.

I knew I hadn't blogged in a while, but I didn't realize it had been this long. I've got to hop on the Wii later today. Last Wednesday I went for my blood glucose test. They called me to let me know I have to go through the big test, because my level was elevated. I'm feeling pretty crumby about this, but I guess that it's just an indication that even skinnies need to make changes to their lifestyle. I'm going to make it a goal not to be a couch potato. To be honest, I was pretty devastated to hear that my level was elevated. I don't exactly eat an unhealthy diet as you can tell by my logs, and I blame myself for having a crappy level. It terrifies me that the little snacks that I have and my putting off exercise have kicked me in the butt (though I understand that it's different than type 2 diabetes, and I haven't gotten the complete test yet, it still bugs me.) Plus there was the fact that when the nurse called I was watching Biggest Loser, and I h...

Wednesday- 165.6 lbs Biscut Beef Jerky Bagel and Cream Cheese Dr. Pepper hard candy trio bar Grapefruit with sugar Sandwich from Wendys- 470 cal Frosty- 310 cal Mini sandwich- 350 cal Woah that was a lot of Calories in my dinner.

I took a week off from writing the blog, as my computer is failing, and my husband had the week for spring break. I took my weight this morning... and I don't feel so much like a skinny couch potato. 167.6lbs Yikes. I was getting kind use to my body image, but man. I'm not so sure if I'm going to stay out of the 170 range. No wonder I'm so much more tired than I'm use to. So I'm going to blow up the yoga ball, and maybe do some walking today, or maybe a little yard work. I've been thinking though that my project priority needs to go to doing my taxes, but you gotta eat... and I should get it written down. Peanut butter and banana- 150 cal Fig Newton- 200 cal 1 cup pineapple 2 cups bean and kale soup Small handful dark chocolate pommegranet candy Cheddar cheese Tomato Bagel V8 2 hard candies Red Lobster Shrimp meal with Fries and Garden Salad- 1000 cal 2 tums Tuesday 166.2 lbs This is the first time my weight has gone down even a little since being pregnant B...

Thursday- Granola with Soy Milk Beef Jerky Tomato 2 cookies cup of yummy soup muffin Chicken sandwich and bo-berry biscust from Bojangles goldfish a nugget of Jacob's chicken Friday- Chick fila bagel sandwich 7 layer burrito from Taco Bell Pomagranet Freeze (yummy) Leftover cauliflower soup Shortbread cookie, and chocolate chip 20 Jelly beans (I found them!) Grilled Cheese sandwich

Cookie and Granola with Soy Milk Chick-fila Sandwitch, Cherry Coke, 2 Cookies Handful of green peas Yogurt 2 Shorbread Cookies Trio bar a bit of mango tomato and cheese Another Cookie Beef Jerky Grilled Cheese Cauliflower Soup (Yay Jacob!) I had another doctor's appointment today. Completely great bill of health. Nugget wouldn't sit still to have his heart beat on the dopplar, and the nurse eventually gave up after trying with him wiggling around (and that was before any caffeine today.) Took two tums in the evening as I'm feeling over stuffed. I'm so glad that I had a friend's blog to read in addition to all the online resources to know the unexpected side effects of pregnancy (including strange stomach activities, like food not having space to go, and coming to my throat when I lay down, easily fixed with pillows eating small meals and eating early.) Next visit I get my Rh shot, and the blood glucose test. So it said come back in 3-4 weeks, and the doctor sa...

So yesterday Jacob made cookies, and in addition to that I've been eating a lot of jelly beans, so I need to pick up on this again, rather than just trying to remember what I've been eating. Weight: almost 162 lbs (eep! I think/hope this is just indigestion) Pizza slice (leftovers) 3 Cookies 2 tomatoes Another 2 cookie Granola and soy milk Grapefruit Cookie and Pasta with tomato, garlic and Parmesan Sushi (california roll) Cranberry juice

So last two days I haven't been recording everything... so now I gotta get back on the books Weight the last two days: just shy of 160lbs Today's foods: Homemade granola with soy milk Noodles with chicken Yogurt Jelly Beans about 30 Handful of potato chips Lemonade Shortbread cookie Thin mint candies More than a handful of chips Gum Prediction for the evening: Cherry Coke Pizza

Weight at around 9:45 ish: 158lbs Blueberry bagel with cheddar cheese Tangerine shortbread cookie costco muffin 2 tomatoes Large handful of sugar snap peas 25 Jelly beans (I felt great till I ate these... darn it) Beef Jerky Chicken Noodle Salad Cranberry Juice Thin Mint Candies Icecream Popcorn! Tuesday: Pasta salad 2 Doughnuts Yogurt potato chips tomato 15 jelly beans Way too much starbucks ice cream Jack in a Box- Turkey Sandwich, Curly Fries Tomato

Weekend! Saturday V8 Fusion Chicken bagel (yay chick fila!) Jelly Beans (around 30) Pizza Choco toffee mac nuts BLT Limeaid Icecream mix from sonic Sunday No... I skipped tracking today, will begin again tomorrow. Taking my weight first thing in the morning.

Yogurt with maple syrup Trio bar Cheerwine sherbert Cheese and tomato sandwich 2 Mac-nut shortbread cookies blackberries Large piece of trout Tomato gum Animal Cookies yogurt Pasta with tomato sauce and chicken Coffee Ice cream I forgot to check my weight today, and I'm skipping calorie counts. I'll check my weight again tomorrow... probably early as during the weekend I'm usually doing stuff at 5pm.

1 Yogurt- 170 Calories Some Cheddar Cheese The end of the Potato Chips- 160 Calories Thin Mint Candy- 80 Calories 40 Jelly Beans- 160 Calories Sandwich of French bread, chicken breast, tomato, and cucumber Applesauce 2 Shortbread Macadamia cookies Piece of gum (sugarless) Handful of blackberries Apple with peanut butter about 20 sugar snap peas Tomato Hard candy Flavored Almonds- 150 Calories Chicken Breast, and collards with bacon Lemonade- 150 Calories Weight at 5:15 pm : 158.7lbs ack... I'll attribute this to changing the time I'm weighing in, more water, and more clothes (though the wii accounts for clothes) I actually did some of the activities today too. Wii yoga seems like a good plan in addition to walks.

So I mentioned that I was considering keeping track of what I eat, because I'm (normally) thin (though not skinny) but I don't necessarily keep track of what I eat, nor do I exercise like I should. So because I'd like to change my habits, and I think that tracking my eating helps, I'm going to change the direction of the blog. Well... I'm going to give this blog a direction, which it didn't really have before. Today I have eaten: 1 Trio Bar - 230 Calories 1 Yogurt - 170 Calories 1 V8 Fusion (since pregnancy I don't like normal V8 as much) - 150 Calories 4 Graham crackers (the whole rectangle) A handful of blackberries Medium piece of trout 1/2 cup cauliflower soup 1 tangerine 2 servings Sour Cream and Onion Chips - 320 Calories 3 Thin Mint Candies -80 Calories 1/3 pack of animal cookies -240 Calories 10 ish Hello Kitty Mango Marsh-mellows - 100 Calories (those little things are addictive, I was just going to try one, oops) Some Meatballs from Ikea (most of a...

So last about a week ago Harry got out of the house. It was a nice day, and I had multiple chores I had to work on outside, so I let him stay out. I left the door open for Zinc to come outside too if she was interested. Harry wandered behind a shed on our property and I went out to stop him from straying too far. He was very angry, the hairs on his back and tail were standing up and he was growling and hissing at me. We have a lot of "stray" cats in our new neighborhood. I met one of them last week who was a very nice un-neutered male. I suspect like him many of these cats have, or had owners. This really frustrates me, to know that people own animals and don't get them fixed, then let them go. I just don't understand where the attitude comes from that it's an acceptable practice. These cats have found their way to our house, and seem to really enjoy it. They'll cross the front yard, and run around in the back, sometimes hiding under the shed. So Ha...

So I've been terrible about updating this. Funny thing is I have several drafts of things I started writing, and never completed to publish. Well, now that the cat is pretty much out of the bag, I figure there is something that I have a lot to say about and would like to do it on the blog, as there are plenty of women going through the same thing and having interesting discussions and insights on it online. I'm pregnant. 17 weeks ago... so by funny pregnancy math he is 19 weeks along. That's right, he. Saw that at the fist sonogram a little after 13 weeks. It's been quite the experience, and I'm not even halfway there... and then there are the next 18 plus years. Sigh. So I wanted to start this off well now, because ever since Christmas my digestive system has been playing games with me. First trimester I was lucky. I'm unemployed, which I normally hate but it's worked out well for not needing sick days. During the first few weeks I felt nothing......

A few weeks ago while on spring break I believe I was watching the Today Show, and they were doing an interview about health that was a response to the whole movement toward "fat acceptance." The were talking to a woman who was not the "ideal" size, but ate healthy food, went to the gym regularly, and felt really good about herself. There was also a health expert (I think she was one of their normal consultants on the show), toward the end of the interview I think it was the consultant that said it is better to be healthy and chunky than a skinny couch potato. I'm pretty sure as soon as I heard those words I though "awwww... I'm the skinny couch potato." Really my weight fluctuates quite a bit. I have been at my "fittest" at two different times in my life. The first was after all the training when I entered the reserves. The second was after I came back from China the second time (when people asked my favorite foods I would say vegg...

So a piece of the reason I have not posted much is because I am getting married in March, and have been planning. Mainly though my lack of writing is because am earning my title of being a procrastinator. I just wrote a blog on the whole wedding planning experience to share with... well anyone, it was originally directed at readers of the Offbeat Bride group or "Tribe". Enjoy. Dear Offbeaters, I've been meaning to write something about this topic for a while, and Ariel's recent post finally triggered me sitting down and writing about all the things that have been going through my head for the past... two months, maybe three. So when Ariel titled her last set of Reader questions "losing interest in weddings". I was really hoping that the question would address bridal apathy. I know, I know. Crazy, right? A bride who acts indifferent towards her own wedding, how would that happen? I suppose it may be something many offbeats have dealt with in the world of T...

I am back in the United States. While hiding from most of the world till I become re-acclimated to this fusion of cultures on demand, before I get back to all the blogs I need to write because I was blocked from blogger in China, I want to write something about the issue on the top of every paper and political magazine around here... Healthcare. So currently I have no health insurance, or dental. I am looking forward to getting both of those things, because I want to get a checkup on both. I had an individual health care plan from around July to February of this past year. It wasn't too bad I payed $85.34 a month and had more coverage than I did previously with my employer. I think I was paying about the same amount out of my own pocket too, just after taxes in this case. Now I have to go through the fun process of looking for health insurance on these overwhelming websites again. It got me thinking that every member of congress who is considering these bills should go throu...