Mr. Orange

Well I had to put my wonderful cat Mr. Orange to sleep today. :(

That makes me very sad today. He was hardly walking today and had puss coming out of his mouth and blood. The Dr. told me he was also very dehydrated and sick. I've had Mr. Orange for 7 years or so and he was grown when I got him, so he was old. I left him at the vet's and said goodbye and cried all the way home.

Sad, sad Susy.........

Yeah, it's my Friday!

Glad that's over... work I mean.

Off for a couple of days, just going to catch up on housework tomorrow and take my cat to the vet. My wonderful cat is acting sick and looking sick. I think he has a infection cause I can smell a foul odor coming from his head area and his fur is icky by his mouth. He had some trouble about 2 months ago and thought we got him all better, but now I'm not sure. Taking him to the Dr tomorrow cause he's pretty pitiful. Boring stuff I know... but I luv my Mr. Orange.

I've been eating one of the other protein bars I bought for breakfast this week. I got the South Beach Diet ones. 140 calories, and 10g of protein. Good for breakfast. They are keeping me full for a longer amount of time through mid afternoon. Guess I need more protein too, cause I have noticed a difference this week with hunger.

Anyway.... Next post I will add June's photo.

:)

No loss for me this week

I didn't gain or loss this week. I am the same as I was last Saturday. 248

I lost 10 the past two weeks so here's my no loss week. That's ok, it did not go up!

And guess what I found in my head today. A LONG gray hair. Derrel saw it in the sunshine and pulled it out for me. It was 6-7 inches long. I can't believe I have my first gray hair. Derrel (my hubby) thinks it's funny, I think it's sad... LOL

Well I have to work the next several days, so I'll check in the next few days. Have a good weekend all!

Friday

I have today off, but have to work this weekend! :(
I'll check in sometime tomorrow.

Costco Protien Bars...

I went to Costco Wholesale the other day and took the time to look at all the protein bars there and read what's in them. They all have a lot of sugar, so I was looking for one that was not loaded with sugar. I found one I am very happy with @ Costco. I was impressed with the ingredients and the amounts in them.

Premier Nutrition Protein Bars

Calories- 280

Fat- 9 grams

Sugar- 10 grams

Protein- 30 grams

12-16 grams of net carbs

Potassium- 250 mg

INGREDIENTS: Soy protein blend, calcium, whey protein, hydrolyzed whey protein, sugar, water, salt, non fat milk, unsweetened chocolate, whey, soy lecithin.

I could not find another protein bar that had only 10 grams of sugar. They all had 30 grams + of sugar and a lot less protein. There pretty good size, so they can be cut in half, and there yummy. And they don't taste like saw dust like a lot of the other's do. LOL

Check em out!

Nothing new...

Nothing new here with me/us. All going well and feeling great! No complaints, and not one regret ever. Just checking in...

I will post a new photo @ the top of the month. I will blog this weeks weight loss this Saturday.

Till later...

in the 40's

Going down... I lost 4 pounds this week! I'm at 248 today, down from 291 before surgery and down from 294 from December. Almost to my 50 pound mark.

We went to the movie last Sunday for Mothers Day. We went to go see Spiderman. So stopped by my work to get the candy for the movie. Yes, we sneak candy, popcorn and such into the movie, it's the only way we can afford to go. Anyway, I got a small box of DOTS. Remember those... Well lets just say the dots went right through me. LOL
Worked better than fiber. I didn't even eat a lot. I got about a quarter way down in the box and thought to myself "you better stop", so I put them under my chair and put them away. Oh I'd say 2-3 hours later, thank goodness we were home. Here come the Dot's................. Didn't make my tummy sick, just my butt... LOL

Anyway, that's enough sharing for this week.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy... Happy with the numbers going down. I've been trying to walk more. Just little things like parking farther away, walking with my family rather than sitting in the car. Just trying to think about it more and more. I am happy with my 4 pounds this week. All good here!

My Power Pancakes recipe I like once in awhile

1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese
4-5 egg whites
1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 packets of equal

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend for 1 minute.

Cook like you would pancake batter. yum yum.
29 grams of carbs
35 grams of protein
5 grams of fat & 298 calories
Of course I can't eat the whole thing anymore, it makes 3 meals. I make one big pancake and put the rest in the fridge, but I like them cold too, and I eat them plain. Just 1/2 the recipe if you want.
I just thought I would share, cause loaded with protein & yummy.

Bad Susy... Stepped on the Scale...

OK. I try really hard not to step on the scale during the week. But today I got on the scale (bad Susy)... Can't help it sometimes. Still think about it a lot.

Any who... Down 3 more since Saturday's weigh in... I'm at 251. That's my 40 pound mark.... YEAH 80 more to go..... I would be thrilled to weight 170, anything after that I will be even more excited. As hard as I worked and exercised, dieted, starved I never got below 220. So I'll look and feel great @ 170. I will start going back to my aerobic class very soon. The more weight I lose the better my body feels. My ankle and hip still hurt pretty bad after a few days on the concrete floor at work. Some days are very hard and I hurt pretty bad. I just cry and let it out and I feel better. But I am happy to say I have not taken any meds since Feb. and I never will again.

Please god let me get to 170 someday!

5 more pounds gone...

Well I am excited today for a couple different reasons. First we ( D & S Greenhouses) did awesome today @ the local farmers market. First year and 2nd time going for us. We did wonderful! It is/was Mothers Day and they bought up all Derrel cedar planters and flowers. Some were planted with flowers and some are just empty planters. Both were a big hit. So I am very excited for all the hard work that Derrel did, and he finally got paid some. He has been building all winter long, but that does not pay the bills. We know people liked them as he got many comments on how beautiful they were, and we came home with two empty trailers!

And I am down another 5 pounds this week. You know I love that! This up, down, plateau thing is crazy. Good week! If I were to guess I'd have to say next week I should be down 2 pounds. Seems to be a pattern forming, well see...

All good...

Well not much new to report. Just wanted to check in. All is well, and feeling good. I am not stepping on my scale everyday. I started stepping on it everyday and that drives me crazy. It does ME no good to watch the scale go down .04 or so @ a time. Rather just step on it once a week and log my loss then. But it's easy to become a slave to the scale. So I'm pushing it away till Saturday's again. I'll let you know this weeks loss this Saturday. Feeling good this week. I am not doing milk anymore. Sticking to soy milk from now on.

What I ate today:

• protein drink with soy milk with my fiber
• small bowl of golden grams cereal with soy milk
• 1/2 of can of spaghetti O's
• 2 saltine crackers with a bit of peanut butter between them
• 6 small steamed shrimp
• 7 bites of egg noodle soup

I'm full. Drank my water of course and now I'm off to bed. I'll blog Saturday about my weeks loss after the Farmers Market.

D and S Greenhouse to go...

D and S Greenhouses is open for business.

We started the local farmers market here this Saturday. Derrel has made all the cedar and redwood planters. Hoping to sell those, and take that money to buy plugs and sell plants grown on the farm for next years market. He does have some smaller shrubs and such to sell this year, but mainly planters this year. Anyway, it's a start! Derrel has been working really hard all winter long for the farmers market.

Were open! :)

Got sick again... :(

Well yesterday (Thursday) after some morning cereal I felt kind of shaky and sick to my tummy. It passed after about 30 minutes on Thursday. I thought carefully about what might of been different, or did I just eat to fast, but did not feel I had ate to much? think, think, think... I have never got sick yet from eating too much, that does not seem to be an issue with me. I feel full and I stop, I don't want to make myself uncomfortable. And again today after having MILK and cereal again for breakfast I felt sick 5-10 minutes after eating. To make a long story short, RALPH and me had a visit today... No more cereal (easy breakfast) for me. I have had milk a few times in small amounts the past few weeks and it had not bothered me before. Maybe it's because I had other foods in my stomach. I'm not sure??? I am blaming the milk for my upset tummy and my talk with the porcelain gods today.




I am still learning...

New pictures that I promised...

OK. Looking good, or better anyway!
Here are the new photos for the top of the month I promised!

• 10 weeks post op
• down from 291 to 257
• size 20-22 pants and my shoe size has not changed YET... just joking!