week 1, day 4 -- wednesday, june 2, 2010

food:

meal #1: 2 sandwiches with whole grain bread and lots of humus spread, large green tea.

meal #2: large fruit and protein powder smoothie

meal #3: 2 hard-boiled eggs in a sandwich and some fresh veggies.

meal #4: large fruit and protein powder smoothie


fitness:

** 15-minute power walk
** stretches
** lower body weights
** 15-minute power walk

activities:

** finish the Secret Pal scarf.
** work on one of the other projects that are just sitting on the coffee table, staring at me.
** research on new business.

upward and onward !!! :-)

week 1, day 3 -- tuesday, june 1, 2010

food:

meal #1: smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich using whole grain bread, garden salad with lite dressing.

meal #2: large fruit and protein powder smoothie

meal #3: 2 hard-boiled eggs, 1/2 cup rice, some fresh veggies

meal #4: large fruit and protein powder smoothie


fitness:

** 1 15-minute power walk
** stretches
** upper body weights
** extra walking when out doing errands

activities:

** knitting the Secret Pal gift.
** researching new business stuff.

upward and onward !!! :-)

week 1, day 2 -- monday, october 31, 2010

food:

meal #1: 2 sandwiches with whole grain bread and lots of humus spread, large green tea.

meal #2: large fruit and protein powder smoothie

meal #3: 2 hard-boiled eggs in a sandwich and some fresh veggies.

meal #4: large fruit and protein powder smoothie


fitness:

** 15-minute power walk
** stretches
** lower body weights
** 15-minute power walk

activities:

** start the new scarf for my Secret Pal (from SparkPeople).
** work on one of the other projects that are just sitting on the coffee table, staring at me.

upward and onward !!! :-)

week 1, day 1 --- sunday, may 30, 2010

YAY !!! i weighed-in this morning at the clinic and i'm already down 2 kilos !!! :-))) HAPPY DANCE for me :-)))

TODAY'S WEIGHT: 122 kilos
GOAL FOR JUNE 28: 120 kilos

anyways, here's the program for today:

food:

meal #1: smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich using whole grain bread, garden salad with lite dressing.

meal #2: large fruit and protein powder smoothie

meal #3: 2 hard-boiled eggs, 1/2 cup rice, some fresh veggies

meal #4: large fruit and protein powder smoothie


fitness:

** 1 15-minute power walk
** stretches
** upper body weights
** extra walking when out doing errands

activities:

** today, nothing much. just getting stuff done. organizing the medicine boxes, organizing the yarn boxes, etc.

upward and onward !!! :-)

week 1, day 3 -- wed, feb. 3

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oatmeal with 1/2 cup skim milk, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon, 6oz cottage cheese, 5 dates, large green tea

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- chicken and vegetable soup with matzo balls.

meal #4 -- smoothie -- it's getting difficult to eat this later in the day. will now try for 1/2 serving.


exercise for the day:

** 30 minute walk outside. -- done.
** stretches for release of shoulder-area muscles -- done.


activites for the day:

** work on 2 new scarves. -- done.
** work on baby blanket. -- nope. started a hat instead.


onward and upward !! :-)

week 1, day 2 -- tues., october 6th

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oatmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 1 large bowl of whole wheat pasta with homemade sauce.

meal #4 -- smoothie


exercise for the day:

** run lots of errands -- done O - M - G !!! too much walking for one morning.



activites for the day:

** work on client's website -- a bit
** write for at least 1 hour -- a bit
** do some research -- a bit

onward and upward !! :-))

week 2, day 1 -- sunday, march 15th

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- stuffed vegetables

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** only one walk, going up to the shopping center and one lap around the park before coming home

activites for the day:

** lots and lots of work on my website all day long
** 20 minutes of PT
** lots of knitting in the evening

onward and upward !! :-)

week 1, day 5 -- thursday, march 12th

a fantastic day!! we found the most perfect school for Tamar :-)

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1.5 cups branflakes, 1 cup skim milk, 15 almonds, 5 prunes, large cup of green tea

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- pasta with homemade sauce. garden salad

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1 walk, walking all over the place when we go to Jerusalem -- walked too terribly much


activites for the day:

** work on my website for a few hours in the morning -- done
** go to the bank and then to Jerusalem. i'm not looking forward to these activities. -- done
** work from 6pm till midnight -- nope. i was too tired.
** send out at least 35 previews -- nope.
** get at least 1 order (it's going to happen ) -- nope.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 1, day 4 -- wed, march 11th

a very good day !! very, very productive and fun :-)

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1.5 cups branflakes, 1 cup skim milk, 15 almonds, 5 prunes, large cup of green tea

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- stuffed bell peppers and green cabbage. stuffing is brown rice and ground beef. sauce includes lots of tomatoes, garlic and cilantro.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1 walk, up to the center, around the upper park, down to the lower park and back home. should take about 1 hour. -- done


activites for the day:

** work on my website for a few hours in the morning -- done
** knit a bit for my mid-day break -- done
** work from 3pm till midnight -- done
** send out at least 35 previews-- done.... got 45 out !! yay me !!
** get at least 1 order (it's going to happen )-- sadly no order came in

onward and upward !!:-)

week 1, day 3 -- tuesday, march 10th

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1.5 cups branflakes, 1 cup skim milk, 15 almonds, 5 prunes, large cup of green tea

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 1 cup brown rice, 2 chicken hot dogs, grilled vegetables

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1 walk, up to the center, around the upper park, down to the lower park and back home. should take about 1 hour.


activites for the day:

** work on my website for a few hours in the morning
** knit a bit for my mid-day break
** work from 3pm till midnight
** send out at least 35 previews
** get at least 1 order (it's going to happen )

onward and upward !! :-)

week 1, day 2 -- monday, march 9th -- Papi's Birthday :-)))

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BELOVED PAPI... THE VERY BEST FATHER ANYONE COULD EVER HAVE

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an absolutely WONDERFUL day was had by one and all. i had a great talk with my Papi late in the evening. he's so great :-)

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- roasted chicken and veggies. 1 cup brown rice. very small garden salad.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1 walk, up to the center, around the upper park, down to the lower park and back home. should take about 1 hour. -- nope. didn't have the time.


activites for the day:

** work on my website for a few hours in the morning -- done
** knit a bit for my mid-day break -- done. even knitted for awhile after work.
** 20 minutes of physical therapy -- nope. no time.
** work from 3pm till midnight -- done
** send out at least 35 previews -- done. got 41 preview out :-)))
** get at least one order !! :-))) (it's going to happen) -- done. YAY for me.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 1, day 1 -- sunday. march 8th

yep, i'm starting this again... and with tons of renewed energies after all that sickness nonsense. here we go..........

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- roasted chicken and veggies. 1 cup brown rice. very small garden salad.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1 walk, up to the center, around the upper park, down to the lower park and back home. should take about 1 hour. -- done


activites for the day:

** work on my website for a few hours in the morning -- done
** knit for a few hours in the evening - - done
** 20 minutes of physical therapy -- done
** keep laundry going -- done

onward and upward !! :-)

week 7, day 7 -- Shabbat, feb 7th

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 1 large schnitzel with 2 cups whole wheat spaghettie -- Nina made this yesterday and it's delicious !!

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** only one walk, just going in whatever direction i feel like going when i leave the apartment

activites for the day:

** only knitting all day long
** working on the website for a few hours after Shabbat goes out this evening
** 30 minutes of physical therapy

onward and upward !! :-)

week 7, day 4 -- wednesday, feb 4th

everything was good. i just forgot to post my daily thing because i've been too busy with other things.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 7, day 3 -- tuesday, feb 3rd

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- roasted chicken with roasted veggies on a bed of brown rice.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** only one walk, coming home from the meeting with a new client -- ended up walking 3 hours !!!

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website !!! -- done
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- done
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer -- done. Racheli's afghan is coming along nicely :-)


onward and upward !! :-)

week 7, day 2 -- monday, feb 2nd

a PERFECT DAY !!! :-)

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- roasted chicken with roasted veggies on a bed of brown rice.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** only one walk, going up to the shopping center and one lap around the park before coming home -- done

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website !!! -- done
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- done
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer -- done
** cooking as much as humanly possible under the circumstances -- done
** cleaning up that insanely wild kitchen !! -- done

onward and upward !! :-)

week 6, day 5 -- thursday, jan 29th

a GREAT DAY, on all levels !!!

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- brunch somewhere, after going to the clinic.

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 2 grilled cheese sandwiches, with whole wheat bread and cheddar cheese, small garden salad.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** i'll be doing alot of walking in the morning when i'm doing my errands. also at night, when i go get my MRI in Jerusalem -- i did TONS of walking at the hospital !!!

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website part of the day !!! -- done
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer -- done
** go do all my errands in the morning -- done
** buy my new-used sewing machine -- done
** buy all the yarn needed to complete Nina's afghan -- -- done, but not for Nina's. i bought all the yarn for Sunny's afghan.

this is going to be a very fun day !!!

onward and upward !! :-)

week 5, day 7 -- saturday, jan 24th

the VERY BEST day ever !! we got the apartment and life is more wonderful than ever !!!

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- skipped this one altogether

meal #3 -- a variety of food that we got from my friend, including fish balls, cooked wheat (turns out like really delicious brown rice, even better), dumpings, and something else that i can't think of now.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, i have no idea where i'll be headed to. i want to take some pictures in the morning. hopefully the weather will be nice enough for both the walk and photography. -- nope. i had forgotten that i just wanted to rest the whole day.

** no 2nd walk scheduled

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website in the morning and early afternoon -- nope. i had forgotten that i just wanted to rest the whole day.
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- nope. just rested all day.
** knit as much as possible in the late afternoon/all evening -- sure did. crocheted all day long :-)

onward and upward !! :-)

week 5, day 6 -- friday, jan 23rd

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 2 sandwiches made with whole wheat bread, humus spread, dijon mustard spread, 1 slice cheese, 1 banana, 1 super large coffee.

meal #2 -- skipped this one altogether

meal #3 -- a variety of food that we got from my friend, including fish balls, cooked wheat (turns out like really delicious brown rice, even better), dumpings, and something else that i can't think of now.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, will be done by going up to the closes shopping center, doing one lap around the park behind it and then coming back home. - done, but instead of the extra lap around the park, i went into several stores and did alot of walking that way.

** no 2nd walk scheduled

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website in the morning and early afternoon -- done
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- done
** knit as much as possible in the late afternoon/all evening -- done

onward and upward !! :-)

week 5, day 5 -- thursday, jan 22nd

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 1 large bowl of whole wheat pasta with homemade sauce.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, will be done by going up to the closes shopping center, doing one lap around the park behind it and then coming back home. -- done, in the most wonderful weather ever !!

** no 2nd walk today.

activites for the day:

** work on my website in the morning/mid-afternoon -- done
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- done
** knit as much as possible in the afternoon/evening

onward and upward !! :-)