Day 54 - Back Home

I made it home safely on Tuesday night. I had a great time in Germany with Paul.

By the way, Paul's camera was found that evening. Our waitress had found it at our table after we left so she tucked it away so that she could give it to us when she saw us next. We were sitting in the bar when she came in for her shift the next day and as soon as she saw us she came over with the camera. I was so relieved! The camera wasn't anything special but on it were Paul's pictures from this business trip that he needed.

It was nice to see Paul while he was working. It always amazes me when I sit in on his meetings and listen to him negotiate and work through problems. He is brilliant. Stubborn, but brilliant.

I did a lot of walking on this trip. There were probably 2 days that I walked a total of about 7 or 8 hours, each day! My legs were so tired by the end of the day! I weighed myself the morning after I got back and I was down 1 lb. Boy, it sure would be nice if the scale was moving faster. I guess I just need to be happy with a slow weight loss. As long as it comes off I'll be happy!

Andrea


Breakfast
omelet
diced peaches

Lunch
usual salad
a few pieces of nut and dried fruit mix

Snack
small piece of 'welcome home' cake that Ben made

Supper
vegetable and chicken stirfry
a very small bit of chow mein noodles

Day 48

Today was a little stressful. I realized this morning that I left Paul`s camera in the hotel bar last night. I checked with the front desk, the bar, the restaurant, no one had seen it and it hadn`t been brought to the frond desk. The camera isn`t that big a deal, it`s the fact that it`s Paul`s and has a lot of pictures from his last few weeks of working. I knew that the girl that worked the bar last night would be in around 4:00 and I thought she was my last chance of seeing it again. Paul and I were in the bar when she came in and as soon as she saw us she went in the back and brought out the camera. Phew!!!!!! So now I can relax! And not take it off of me again!

Eating has been quite easy. Breakfast has lots of good stuff to choose from. Lunch has been normally a sandwich on the street and the last 2 nights the hotel restaurant has had a buffet on. I choose just the soup and salad bar and oh my was it ever good. They had all kinds of different salads, and all vegetable, none pasta or potatoe.

Tomorrow I plan to do some shopping. I need to find some unique german gifts for our kids and I have the perfect thing in mind for Anne (she is watching our kids while we`re gone). Fun, fun, fun. I love that where our hotel is, everything is in walking distance to us or walking distance from the underground train. Lots of walking. We may do a tour of a castle somewhere near here with some other people that Paul knows. That should be neat.

Andrea

Day 47

I am so glad that I came out to meet Paul in Germany. What a nice little getaway!

My eating has been pretty good and we have done a lot of walking and will do a lot more still. The hotel has a huge breakfast buffet with everything imaginable. They really like their breads, meat and cheese for breakfast. I started with fruit and yogurt, an egg and a tomato slice and thought I would stop there but I did cut myself a small slice of multigrain bread and a slice of ham. Tomorrow I'm going to try to stick with cereal, fruit and yogurt.

I did weigh myself the morning I left and I was down about 1 lb. That made my day!

Andrea

Day 43

Today has started pretty good. I am just making plans for a little trip for myself so I probably won't be on here for the next week or so. It's not quite a little trip, I'm going to meet up with Paul in Germany for a week. But first I need to make arrangements for my kids. Thankfully I have good friends that are willing to help out. Hopefully it all works out and I will be on my way by Tuesday. I will still try to follow my plan, cereal for breakfast, salad or soup for lunch and normal supper but just less. We'll see what happens.

Andrea

Day 42

NO COMMENT!!

Andrea

Day 41

Breakfast
vector with milk

Exercise
40 minutes on treadmill with weights

Snack (I felt a little shaky so had a snack)
a few pcs nut and dried fruit mix
banana

Lunch
usual salad

Supper
chicken and veg chow mein (home made)
bit of cookie dough while making cookies with Ben
a bit of snacking with the kids in the evening

Day 40

My day wasn't very good. I ate last nights leftovers for lunch so just had some veggies and dip for supper. That would have been ok but I gave in to snacking in the afternoon. I made puffed wheat squares for kids after school. I haven't made them in a while because before when I made them I would eat half the pan so I just avoided making them altogether. I probably only had 2 pieces worth today (compared to half the pan) but still, I shouldn't have even had that. This evening was terrible. I just wanted to snack and snack and snack. And I knew I shouldn't but I did it anyway! Boy, I've been doing so good avoiding desserts lately.

So why would I have caved in and eaten them today. My food was ok up until I blew up at Josh and Michelle after school. They just seem to always be hitting and shoving each other and finally I just got so mad and blew up at them. Then I went and ate the puffed wheat square and then later some chocolates. Hhhmmm. Is there a connection. Duh! Things go crappy and I go eat. So I should have thought about it at the time and then knew to avoid food. Chewing gum would have been a good solution. That usually helps keep food out of my mouth. Well, hopefully next time I handle it better.

Andrea


Breakfast
vector with milk

Snack
banana and diced peaches

Lunch
last nights leftovers

Snack
banana
puffed wheat square

Supper
veggies and dip

Snach (another one)
3 halloween chocolates
a bit more puffed wheat square

Exercise
30 minute walk