Been awhile since I last posted so I don't know if I mentioned that two mallards have taken up residence in the pond. One is a mature drake (Papa Duck) and the other is a immature drake (Baby Duck). Baby Duck is nearly grown. Same size as his father but his head isn't quite as green yet. Anyway. Since Lucy died things have been okay with Daffy, Daisy and Donald. Daisy remained Daffy's woman and Donald knew not to try anything and he'd be allowed to hang sometimes. So here comes these two mallards one day. After 4 days they are allowed by Daffy to join the club. Come mid February we started to have a lot of warm weather which gave Daffy the idea of mating season. Anytime Papa or Baby Duck came near Daffy would chase them but they could easily fly away to a safe distance. It took only 2 weeks for them to start to come up to my back door to get corn like the others also. Anyway.. A change has taken place. Papa Duck has stolen Daffys woman! Yup. He and Baby Duck will chase Daffy away but it's mostly Papa Duck and Daffy. Baby Duck only chases and sometimes the tables are turned. But Papa Duck and Daffy really get into it with biting. Daffy is unable to really get away as Papa Duck just goes airborne and lands near him again. Even more interesting is the diversion tactic that father and son have come up with. When Papa Duck makes his move on Daisy, Baby Duck goes after Daffy and gets Daffy to follow. Meanwhile Donald is all by himself just watching. Donald is more alienated than before, despite the mallards leaving him alone.
Nothing much I can do. I have stopped feeding them and am hoping the mallards leave, though, I do like the extra company.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Sunday, November 13, 2011
One Month Later and 20 Pounds Lighter
That's right! I have lost exactly 20 pounds in exactly 1 month. I truly did not expect to lose that much in so short a time. The one thing I have noticed is I would lose a pound or more on the days I drank one glass of water (2 cups) before, during and after each meal. I lost the most weight when I didn't use all my points but still felt full thanks to plenty of veggies and fruit. Also my sodium intake has to be low.
Here's a good day:
8am - One glass of water
8:30am - One glass of water and one up of cooked oatmeal with fruit of my choice (sweeten with Splenda and a dash of salt)
9am - glass of water
11:30 - A fruit and start sipping on a glass of water
1pm - Glass of water and lunch, typically a ham and turkey sandwich (both meats are super lean) on Nature's Own 40 calorie White bread, slice of fat free cheese and maybe some Dijon mustard and put on a gridle.
1:30pm - glass of water and fruit
3pm - Fruit and glass of water
4:30pm I start dinner for family. Usually a chicken dish but whatever I cook it is about 10 points and I add two veggies to it. We eat about 5:30 and I drink my water with it
6:30 - Glass of water
7:30 - Glass of water (I guess you can call this my flushing out period)
8:30 - Glass of water and fruit (If I haven't had enough water and fruit I start opening and closing the fridge and I get so tempted to snack on stuff we still have from before we started.)
From here to bed I typically sip on water. If I follow this strictly I will have lost a pound or more by morning. It's basically a guaranteed thing for me but I can't follow it as I get tired of drinking all that water after a few days and when I stop my weight loss stops too.
So what is a bad day? Well, if I don't want to lose or gain any weight I cut the water intake in half and make sure I watch my sodium. I use all my daily points but I eat less fruit and more fat or meat. On days that I have gained a pound back I can fairly contribute it to the following:
8am - Nothing
8:30 - Oatmeal w/ fruit or 2 large eggs with with goat cheese(the latter will have more salt)
9:30 - 1 glass of water
10:30 - sneak a haystack out of the fridge. They are only two points but it contains sugar.
11:30 to 12pm eat a sandwich or two. I'm still well within my points but notice I am eating earlier because I am hungry.
12pm 1 glass of water
1:30pm - haystack
2:30pm - fruit
5:30pm dinner - two of the main entree and no veggies (still in points range but only a couple left)
Glass of water
haystack closer to bedtime.
In this routine my process sugar intake and salt intake is doubled and my water consumption is only 1/3 of what I normally drink and I feel hungry all day and unsatisfied. The following morning I will weigh myself and find a 1/2 pound to 1 pound added back on.
My calorie intake is probably near the same between the two but the lack of water and increased sodium makes me retain weight I guess as I can have two bad days like this where I gain or stay the same and the third day follow the first routine and the next morning I am two pounds lighter!
So what have I done for food today? It's not lunch time but I can tell you my plans.
This morning I drank a glass of water with my oatmeal and I just finished a glass while typing this. I don't feel hungry at all and I'm about to down another glass to catch up. For lunch I am going to have a turkey sandwich but I think I'm gonna splurge a bit and have light mayo on it this time. Just a tablespoon and a half. By this time I will have drank 4 or 5 glasses and an apple or pineapple. I had strawberries with my oatmeal. For dinner tonight I am using shredded chicken, mixed with Navy beans in Enchiladas with Green Chile sauce using La Tortilla Factory tortillas . I love this brand and I highly recommend it! Each enchilada is about 6 points with fat free cheese on top and a dab of light sour cream. I will of course drink all my water and probably have strawberries after dinner sometime. Since it will have beans in it I will have to come up with another veggie. My son loves broccoli but that somehow doesn't seem like a good fit for this. Maybe green beans will work.
Results so far? My face is looking thinner. the rest of my body still looks big, but I do notice my clothing feeling slightly different and that's encouragement enough for me to stay on target and focused.
My only big complaint about this diet is that my food bill has doubled with the purchase of fruit. I am going to resort to frozen blueberries and blackberries for my oatmeal fixes instead of fresh. That should shave off 20 bucks a week right there!
Here's a good day:
8am - One glass of water
8:30am - One glass of water and one up of cooked oatmeal with fruit of my choice (sweeten with Splenda and a dash of salt)
9am - glass of water
11:30 - A fruit and start sipping on a glass of water
1pm - Glass of water and lunch, typically a ham and turkey sandwich (both meats are super lean) on Nature's Own 40 calorie White bread, slice of fat free cheese and maybe some Dijon mustard and put on a gridle.
1:30pm - glass of water and fruit
3pm - Fruit and glass of water
4:30pm I start dinner for family. Usually a chicken dish but whatever I cook it is about 10 points and I add two veggies to it. We eat about 5:30 and I drink my water with it
6:30 - Glass of water
7:30 - Glass of water (I guess you can call this my flushing out period)
8:30 - Glass of water and fruit (If I haven't had enough water and fruit I start opening and closing the fridge and I get so tempted to snack on stuff we still have from before we started.)
From here to bed I typically sip on water. If I follow this strictly I will have lost a pound or more by morning. It's basically a guaranteed thing for me but I can't follow it as I get tired of drinking all that water after a few days and when I stop my weight loss stops too.
So what is a bad day? Well, if I don't want to lose or gain any weight I cut the water intake in half and make sure I watch my sodium. I use all my daily points but I eat less fruit and more fat or meat. On days that I have gained a pound back I can fairly contribute it to the following:
8am - Nothing
8:30 - Oatmeal w/ fruit or 2 large eggs with with goat cheese(the latter will have more salt)
9:30 - 1 glass of water
10:30 - sneak a haystack out of the fridge. They are only two points but it contains sugar.
11:30 to 12pm eat a sandwich or two. I'm still well within my points but notice I am eating earlier because I am hungry.
12pm 1 glass of water
1:30pm - haystack
2:30pm - fruit
5:30pm dinner - two of the main entree and no veggies (still in points range but only a couple left)
Glass of water
haystack closer to bedtime.
In this routine my process sugar intake and salt intake is doubled and my water consumption is only 1/3 of what I normally drink and I feel hungry all day and unsatisfied. The following morning I will weigh myself and find a 1/2 pound to 1 pound added back on.
My calorie intake is probably near the same between the two but the lack of water and increased sodium makes me retain weight I guess as I can have two bad days like this where I gain or stay the same and the third day follow the first routine and the next morning I am two pounds lighter!
So what have I done for food today? It's not lunch time but I can tell you my plans.
This morning I drank a glass of water with my oatmeal and I just finished a glass while typing this. I don't feel hungry at all and I'm about to down another glass to catch up. For lunch I am going to have a turkey sandwich but I think I'm gonna splurge a bit and have light mayo on it this time. Just a tablespoon and a half. By this time I will have drank 4 or 5 glasses and an apple or pineapple. I had strawberries with my oatmeal. For dinner tonight I am using shredded chicken, mixed with Navy beans in Enchiladas with Green Chile sauce using La Tortilla Factory tortillas . I love this brand and I highly recommend it! Each enchilada is about 6 points with fat free cheese on top and a dab of light sour cream. I will of course drink all my water and probably have strawberries after dinner sometime. Since it will have beans in it I will have to come up with another veggie. My son loves broccoli but that somehow doesn't seem like a good fit for this. Maybe green beans will work.
Results so far? My face is looking thinner. the rest of my body still looks big, but I do notice my clothing feeling slightly different and that's encouragement enough for me to stay on target and focused.
My only big complaint about this diet is that my food bill has doubled with the purchase of fruit. I am going to resort to frozen blueberries and blackberries for my oatmeal fixes instead of fresh. That should shave off 20 bucks a week right there!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
One week later...
..or one pound later. Sheesh! I've been a roller-coaster of gain and loss since October 22nd. Weight gain can be explained by the lack of a bowel movement in the morning as I tend to weigh after that and before breakfast, but if you don't have to go you don't have to go. The drastic slowdown in weight-loss can be attributed to the lack of water drank I think. It seems that on days where there is no change is the morning after the day I drank very little water. The days I drink 7 to 9 glass I tend to shed a pound by morning. This morning I was down to 227 lbs. I haven't been this light in over a year! I gotta tell you folks that I am feeling great! Less heartburn and re-flux too since I dropped to at least 230.
Yesterday I made spaghetti with meatballs. But I also did spaghetti squash and instead of straight up turkey meatballs I used 2/3 ground beef and 1/3 ground turkey, the leanest of both I could fine. Eight meatballs equaled 11 points. My son and I ate it on top of the spaghetti squash and my wife had hers on wheat noodles. I had two servings because the spaghetti squash has no points and I had missed lunch again. I served both up with a side of summer squash and zucchini. I did the squash on a cast iron skillet with salt,pepper and paprika.
Speaking of cast-iron skillets. Why did I wait so long to get one? I have a non-stick skilled that I'm thinking of selling or throwing away now because this is so much better. I love doing omelets in it. I get better results compared to the non-stick stuff I have used. The only downside is I can't put it in the dishwasher.
What happens when I am in a house that has cats or dogs? I sneeze a lot. What happens when I rub my eye in a house with cats or dogs? This! For some strange reason it only happens to one eye and not both.
Tonight we are having left over meatballs. If we watch our points we can have it over noodles. We went to Sunday school and then Wendy's for lunch today. I racked up 25 points at Wendy's.
Speaking of Sunday school. It was my sons first day so I sat in with him. They were doing some singing and using hand gestures and the person asked my son how he knocks on the door and he said "No, I ring doorbell!" LOL so funny.
Speaking of cast-iron skillets. Why did I wait so long to get one? I have a non-stick skilled that I'm thinking of selling or throwing away now because this is so much better. I love doing omelets in it. I get better results compared to the non-stick stuff I have used. The only downside is I can't put it in the dishwasher.
What happens when I am in a house that has cats or dogs? I sneeze a lot. What happens when I rub my eye in a house with cats or dogs? This! For some strange reason it only happens to one eye and not both.Tonight we are having left over meatballs. If we watch our points we can have it over noodles. We went to Sunday school and then Wendy's for lunch today. I racked up 25 points at Wendy's.
Speaking of Sunday school. It was my sons first day so I sat in with him. They were doing some singing and using hand gestures and the person asked my son how he knocks on the door and he said "No, I ring doorbell!" LOL so funny.
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