luella

Hi Everyone,

Today I went up to the mountains to visit my daughter and family.  On the way back I was in the heaviest rainfall that I have ever been in, it rained extremely hard.  My car had been cleaned as if it had gone through a car wash.  lol

My life is pretty quiet, and I am busy teaching my dog pet manners.  She is really a good dog, but likes to bark a lot.  We have been walking, and I take a squirt bottle to keep her from barking too much. 

Today there was a lot of carbohydrates, which I had.  I didn’t eat any buns.  I tried to limit myself to mostly fruit.  I had one can of pop, and then some water.  Today wasn’t a day to brag about too much.

I hope all of you reach your goals!  Take care!

                                                                                                           Luella

Hi Everyone,

Well I am congratulating myself on passing the brownie that was there at lunch.  Not only did I pass the brownie, but I also passed the mashed potatoes.  Yea me! 

I took Chickee for a few little walks today.  I feel a little tired today with the weather getting a little nippy.  Some days I feel tired because the weather is warmer.  lol 

This is the beginning of July, and I want to start keeping my food and exercise journal again.  The time just slipped by this year, and I need to get back on track.

Hope all of you are well.  Take care.

                                                                                                                              Luella

Hi Everyone!

 Hope all of you are well, and achieving your goals. 

This afternoon I took my dog Chickee on a walk on the trail nearby.  She loves the trail, and is always ready to go with me.  It has been raining a lot, but I went anyway, and took an umbrella.  I had almost reached a mile, when it started lightning, and thundering.  I turned around, and it really started to pour.  I picked up Chickee, and went back as fast as I could.  Chickee only weighs seventeen pounds, but she was a load.  When we got home I raced her to the house.  lol  We both got wet even though I had an umbrella with me.

As far as food goes I think I am not doing too bad.  I am raising a mini garden.  I have two tomato plants, and two green pepper plants, and lettuce.  My daughter went into the hospital right when the lettuce was ready to eat, and it went to seed.  Now the lettuce is up to my waist.  I planted several varieties so I could have interesting salads.  I have to say I have never seen lettuce so high.  lol  The bees have been busy pollinating the flowers, so I have a gazillion lettuce seeds.

It has been a year now that my cookie monster has passed.  I have been keeping busy. 

This afternoon I went to a health screening that checks you for plaque in the arteries of the neck, limbs, and stomach.  The results will be mailed to me.  I have had a lot of exercise walking Chickee, and I am hoping that my arteries are doing well.  I expect that they should be with all of the exercise I get.  Maybe not perfect, but not too bad.

It is thundering out again.  Wow!  We sure are getting a lot of rain.  I have not had to water my little garden all summer.

I hope all of you are okay. 

Take care.

                                                                                                        Luella

Hi Everyone!

It sure is cold outside, and the windchill factor is supposed to make it even colder until tomorrow morning.  Thank goodness for exercise bikes.  I exercised for an hour this morning, and had my coffee and watched tv. 

I get outside a few times a day to take my dog out.   I know that I am putting in a lot of steps, because I can see the puppys’ footprints along side of mine all over the yard in the snow.  I do go out to sweep the snow off the steps and sidewalks, but go outside more because of having a dog to take out,  because the yard isn’t fenced in and I don’t let her out without me.

I hope all of you are still pursuing your health goals.  Health is a main goal for me, and the benefits of looking better are a bonus for me.  When I am careful about my nutrition, and exercise I feel so much better.

Take care everyone!

                                                                                                                 Luella

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Hi Everyone,

I haven’t really gained weight, but put in the weight that I weighed at the doctors’ office.  I weighed 150 at home before dressing, and I weighed 159 fully dressed, with my shoes on. 

I was supposed to go to the doctors’ in June, not for anything serious, just a check-up.  When my husband passed away in May I forgot all about my appointment.  So I am finally getting myself together, and I got a check-up today.  Since my last doctors’ visit I lost six pounds, and the last time I got weighed there I took off my shoes. 

I got through the holidays’, and now everything is pretty quiet. 

My dog keeps me getting out even in the coldest weather.  Nothing new here.

I hope all of you are getting towards your goals.

One final note; I am a size 12 petite now, and I can put them on easily.  I am happy with myself. 

Take care.

                                                                                           Luella

Hi everyone,

It has been six months now since my “cookie monster” had his accident, and died.  Surprisingly I am okay, still stunned that my lifetime partner is gone. 

Yesterday I went to a very lovely turkey dinner: I helped with the cleanup while my sons’ mother in law cooked.  The dinner was beautiful, and I took just a little of everything.  My eating habits are ingrained now, and I am still losing; little by little.  I am not really having to try too much as my habits have taken over. 

I still exercise an hour a day on the exercise bike, and am planning on doing more variations of exercises soon.  I want to do more upper body exercises to increase my strength.  I was doing hand exercises, but my grandson gave my hand exercise ball to my dog.  Oh well!  lol

I hope all of you are well, and having great success with your new healthy lifestyles. 

                                                                                                           Take care,

                                                                                                             Luella

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Hi Everyone!

 I have been starting my day taking my puppy out in the morning, and feeding her, then I make toast and coffee for myself. 

My project for today was cleaning out the refrigerator.  I threw out a lot of old condiments, and I will be getting ready for the holidays.  All of my family wants me to come for thanksgiving, and I am going to try to make the rounds, and visit them.

I bought a little turkey in case I cook.  I want to have a little dinner ready just in case some of my family comes.  I could always package the turkey for later use. 

Well it is time for me to get to sleep soon.  Blessings for all of you.

                                                                                                             Luella

It is cold, and rainy out today.  I keep a little umbrella in the car in case I get caught somewhere, and it starts to rain.

I got an hour in on the exercise bike this morning.  I was going to do some running around, but I don’t really like driving around in the rain.  I made a quick trip to the store to get some puppy food, and some raisin bread for me.  I have been watching my calories, although I haven’t been logging them.

Yesterday I wore a really nice outfit to get my picture taken with my new grandson.  I really was pleased with myself, when I could just slip into a smaller size without much thought.  The baby is filling out, and in my unbiased grandmotherly opinion, is beautiful.  lol

Today it was cold, and I put my medium jacket on, and it fits perfectly.   Milestones like a sizes changing sure is motivating.  Today my lunch had a lot of  calories, but I have them worked in with the calories for the day.

Most of my day revolves around my new puppy, who thinks she is the center of the universe.  She is getting housebroke for the most part, but she requires a lot of vigilance.  Right now she is a lot of work, but hopefully all the work I am doing with her will make her a good dog to be around, not only for me, but for others.  I have been taking her with me to visit with everyone so she will be socialized.  So far so good. 

Have a great day everyone!

                                                                                                                  Luella

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Hi Everyone,

Today I was looking for a long coat so I could go outside really quick in the morning with the puppy.  Right now I have to completely get dressed to take her out in the back yard.  I tried on the bigger sizes, and they swam on me.  A woman gave me a size 12 petite to try on, and it fit!  I got brave, and got a jacket also, and it is a medium. 

My daughter had a baby boy on October 4th, and I am a very happy grandmother.  Babies are all so perfect!  I am happy to say that because I have taken care of myself with exercise and diet, that I am feeling so much better, and will be able to continue to help my family when they need me. 

This summer seemed to fly by; I can hardly believe that it is fall.  I will be helping my daughter with her baby, and I won’t be riding my exercise bike, but I will be taking walks with the puppy. 

Chickee, my pup, is three fourths chihuahua, and one fourth mutt.  She is a lot of company, and keeps me busy taking care of her.  She is pretty well housebroken now at 9 weeks, and she obeys the sit command.  I hope she stays trained when it gets colder.

Goodnight everyone, and may all your dreams come true!

                                                                                                                                         Luella

Hi Everyone,

I haven’t been journaling lately, but I have established habits of exercise and eating, that are  sticking with me. 

I had a friend that I hadn’t seen in years call me, and she didn’t know about my husbands accident.  We talked for awhile, and I invited her to visit.  She came last week to visit me, and without thinking I was automatically following the regimen that I had developed here.  My friend visited, and I ate like I did on a daily basis.  She ate at the same time as I did, and ate what she wanted.  We didn’t have snacks, or junk food, etc.  I didn’t even think of getting junk food for entertainment.  Anyway; we had a very nice visit, and later that week she called to tell me she lost two pounds while she was visiting me.  lol  She was very happy about losing two pounds.  I had to laugh at myself, because I didn’t know whether I was a good host or a bad one.  My friend noticed the lifestyle that I had, and at the time I wasn’t actually concentrating too hard on it.  The point of my mentioning this is for motivation.   Good habits of eating and exercising may actually be hard at first, but after a time it seems as if you go into automatic; at least it has been that way for me.

I was standing at the counter at the senior citizens center (I was a volunteer to serve the bread that day)  I noticed that the slimmer senior citizens were refusing the white bread that was being served that day.  I eat bread, but try to stick to whole grain wheat bread. 

My puppy is a ball of energy, and keeps me really busy.   I have been getting up early with her, and playing with her.  She is really active.  I  take her mostly everywhere I go, and she is getting socialized.  Her mother was only six pounds and thin, and her father was twenty pounds, and a little chubby.  She is taking after her father, but looks like she will be more muscular, with all the exercise she gets.  My puppies parents lived in a second floor apartment and the parent dogs didn’t get much exercise.  I am glad that my puppy isn’t as going to be as frail as the mother dog, and a little big huskier like the father dog.  The puppy definitely is not a couch potato right now.  lol

Well enough trivia.  All of you have a great day!  Take care.

                                                                                                                       Luella

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