week 6, day 7 -- Shabbat, january 31st.... already!!!

food for the day:

meal #1 -- coffee and toast, again. my stomach is acting up these days.

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- lentil soup

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** nothing planned for today. too much work to do on the website.

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website part of the day !!! -- nope. i completely forgot that it's Shabbat. i don't work on Shabbat :-)
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer -- knitted and crocheted ALL DAY LONG !!! :-)
** 45 minutes of physical therapy -- done

onward and upward !! :-)

week 6, day 6 -- friday, january 39th

a FANTASTIC DAY... especially once i got Nina and Tamar out the door, on their way to Tel Aviv for the weekend :-)))

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food for the day:

meal #1 -- coffee and toast. i'm really full from yesterday. blah... i feel like shit :-(

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- lentil soup

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** nothing planned for today. too much work to do on the website.

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website part of the day !!! -- yeah right.... the yarn kept calling me away from the computer :-(
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer -- done! and tons of it :-))
** 45 minutes of physical therapy -- done. i'm not sure if it's getting easier, or if i'm slacking off a bit when i do it.

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 6, day 4 -- wednesday, jan 28th

a *good* day, but many things were *off*. i'm still calling it a good 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 -- 1 large sloppy Joe sandwich, made with homemade ground chicken breast and fresh tomatoe sauce, 2 large slices of grilled Challah, a bit of cheddar cheese, small garden salad.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** no walks scheduled for the whole week. i might do a bit here and there, for errands and meetings. we'll see

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website once i get home from the meeting -- done
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- done
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer -- done
** go to the small business networking meeting in the morning -- done
** give more *moving orders* in the afternoon -- nope. the moving crew was too busy doing other things :-((

onward and upward !! :-)

week 6, day 3 -- tuesday, january 27th

a great 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 -- 1 large sloppy Joe sandwich, made with homemade ground chicken breast and fresh tomatoe sauce, 2 large slices of grilled Challah, a bit of cheddar cheese, small garden salad. -- Nina made them and they are wonderful !!!

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** no walks scheduled for the whole week. i might do a bit here and there, for errands and meetings. we'll see

activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website ALL DAY LONG !!! -- done
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises -- done
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer
** clean the disgusting kitchen -- done
** give lots of *moving orders* all day long :-) -- done. the *crew* got lots done.
** pray all day long !!! -- i sure did !!

onward and upward !! :-)

week 6, day 2 -- monday, january 26th

this day started to fall apart on Sunday evening.

i'm going to pretend that the entire day, january 26, 2009, just didn't happen.

too much crap. too much worrying. too much of everything.

another day will start in a few hours and God will make it much better :-)

week 6, day 1 -- sunday, january 25th

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 -- 2 cups whole wheat pasta with homemade ground chicken breast and tomatoe sauce.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** no walks scheduled for the whole week. i might do a bit here and there, for errands and meetings. we'll see


activites for the day:

** lots of work on my website ALL DAY LONG !!!
** 45 minutes of physical therapy exercises
** knit/crochet in the late evening, when i'm off the computer.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 6, day 4 (wednesday, december 10)

food plan:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oatmeal w/skim milk, 6oz cottage cheese, 15 almonds, 1 large cup of green tea

meal #2 -- tuna salad sandwich with cucumber slices on lite whole wheat bread, garden salad

meal #3 -- smoothie: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 cup skim milk, 2 scoops protein powder

meal #4 -- 5oz grilled chicken breast, 1 large grilled sweet red pepper, 2 slices lite whole wheat bread, 1 tlb. lite cream cheese


fitness plan:

** 30 minutes on the treadmill
** stretches
** 30 laps in the warm pool

onward and upward !!! :-)

week 6, day 3

*out of office*

see below.... :-)

onward and upward !!!

week 6, day 2

i'm taking a break for 2 days. too much to do to even think about being on track.

also, i'm a bit worn out for some reason i think i need a break.

i'll be back to *business as usual* on Wednesday.

onward and upward !! :-))

week 6, day 1 (sunday dec 7th)

uugghhh.... am i tired or what? it's not MS Fatigue. it's only going to bed late and waking up too early. then the workout wiped me out. food is good, but a bit sporatic.

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food is as follows:

meal #1: 2 cups branflakes, 1 cup skim milk, banana, 15 almonds

meal #2: smoothie -- 1 banana, 1 pear, 1 apple, 1 cup skim milk, 2 scoops protein powder

meal #3: 2 small whole wheat pizzas with soy milk cheese, lots of grilled veggies for toppings

meal #4: smoothie

fitness plan for the day:

** 30 minutes on the treadmill
** stretches
** upper body weight training
** stretches
** 20 laps in the pool

onward and upward !! :-)