The best laid plans.....never last a day in my house!

Day 3:  July 3, 2011
Weight:  163.2 (again, can't weigh again until Monday)

Goal for the day:  Reduce sodas to allotted amount and no more cheats (after that last candy bar)

How sad is it that I can barely remember which day I did what just two days later?  I know, I know, sugar is the culprit there too, I'm sure.  I'd started writing earlier and had a whole diatribe (they are all diatribes since no one gets to comment until I'm done, right?) on how crappy my day was on Sunday and I realized I was talking about Monday.  Ugh!  Getting old sucks in so many ways.

So, thinking back to Sunday.....hmmmm....let's see....

I woke up about 45 minutes after the TDF started for the day so I was excited to be able to fast forward through the commercials, but then because I have all those illnesses that are letter based (OCD, ADHD,etc.) I wanted to do things and ended up rewinding because I'd miss a big section of the race.  The kids slowly emerged starting about an hour later, first Max, then Madeleine....Jordan doesn't emerge on his own anymore.

I researched a couple of things online while I was watching and decided to get new crate bottoms (pans) for the dog kennels.  That was researching and waffling between the cost and the necessity, but considering Xena has chewed through most of her crate bottom, I decided to make the purchase.  For the most part it was a quiet morning - laundry, some other chores and watching my TDF.

Around 11, a friend checked in to see about getting paint on the big sale Home Depot was having in addition to 0% interest for 12 months.  We settled on a time to meet and that's when I realized I had not taken my meds for the day.  Odd how a couple hours makes a difference.  It would explain why everything was irritating the shit out of me and without sugar to soothe me, I just got crankier and crankier.  So leaving the house late because we were waiting on Jordan to shower, getting into a hot car with no A/C and driving in post-church traffic with my lunch shake to sate me, I was surprised no one ended up in the ER after that trip.

When we got home, I was so excited to be back in A/C, I gave the kids a couple hours off before we began chores.  When we did emerge from our cool down naps or movie watching, Madeleine and I washed the dogs - and because last week I cleaned the carpets in two rooms, I apparently activated a colony of fleas that had been in the carpets in those rooms.  So the dogs were coated with 'em.  Madeleine and I were soaked after washing them for over an hour with medicated dog shampoo, human shampoo and human conditioner.  The dogs were shivering from nerves, but mostly flea free when we were done.

After all that scrubbing and worrying about if we got 'em all, I was too exhausted to think about dinner.  I'd forgotten to take chicken out to thaw and at 7 pm, I didn't have a lot of options that didn't involve cheerios or ramen noodles.  So I caved, order the meat lover's pizza from the NY style pizza place around the corner (Rudy's NY Style Pizza - Duluth) and got cleaned up from flea patrol.  When the pizza arrived, the kids and I swarmed like locusts.  I was disappointed and relieved that after I ate my allotted single slice, that Jordan had finished off the remaining slices.  Saved me from myself I suppose.

What I realized is that I have eaten what I have out of convenience.  It's easier to pay the $20 and have pizza delivered than spend over 30 minutes standing at the stove/oven/kitchen counter preparing a meal for everyone.  When it's just Max and I in the house, we eat a lot of cereal for dinner.  I'd love to be one of those people that plans out their menu each week, and either shops for it diligently each weekend or cooks it in advance to plan all the lunches and leftover meal combinations.  But like having to fix my lunch, I hate been stuck with the decision I made 2 hours before much less 2 days before for a meal.  I'm sure this stems from growing up like we did with my mom's once a month paycheck and having slim picking's at times for meals.  It was probably the healthiest eating I've done on a consistent basis.

So Sunday ended on a down note - I drank too many sodas throughout the day, using my efforts at cleaning, organizing, and pet washing as an excuse.  Then that led to pizza for dinner and going to bed closer to 1 am than 11 pm.  Pretty sad that it didn't take long for me to revert back to my old habits.  I went to bed hoping I could succeed on getting back on the wagon the next day....we shall see!

Here is my food journal for the day:

• 9AM - 12 oz Diet Pepsi, 1 Hershey's dark chocolate candy bar, 1 Fage greek yogurt with strawberry fruit.
• 10AM - 12 oz Diet Pepsi
• 11:20 AM - 12 oz Diet pepsi, cheese stick
• 12:30 PM - 17 oz Myoplex protein shake - chocolate fudge flavored (only drank 80% of it)
• 3:00 PM - Turkey, cheese, lettuce and dollop of mayo on a low carb wrap, 12oz Diet Pepsi
• 5:45 PM - 12oz Diet Pepsi
• 6:45 PM - 12 oz Diet Pepsi
• 7:45 PM - Slice of delicious Meat Lover's pizza from Rudy's NY  Pizza - cheese, bread, sausage, pepperoni, ham and meatballs......did I mention it's delicious? and 2-12oz Diet Pepsi
• 10:00PM - 12 oz Diet Pepsi, cheese stick

So my product recommendation for the day is not related to food or healthy eating....to a degree.  In researching natural or organic pest controls, I came across entries for diatomaceous earth which is a naturally occurring substance that physical breaks down the hard exoskeleton of many pests such as ants, beetles, fleas, ticks, carpenter bees, roaches...the list goes on....and once the exoskeleton is breached, the pest de-hydrates.  No poisons for me, my family or my pets to deal with.  Locally, I found this at Farmer D's Organic Gardening in Brookhaven, but you can find it online with Amazon among other vendors.  Try to get food grade which is safer in case pets ingest any while bathing themselves.  You can also add to their food or yours for added health benefits - I don't think I am ready to do that quite yet, but who knows....maybe soon.....