brn2bthn

My honey had a 9:15 hockey game last night so after the gym we had to have a quick, easy dinner since home is an hour drive.  We decided on McDonalds.  I got the Classic Grilled Chicken Sandwich and a side salad with the low fat vinaigrette.  Honey got a Double Cheeseburger Meal.  They have nutritional information on a flyer so I took one to read while eating.  I was reading off numbers of various food items but not telling him what he was eating had.  When I finished he just kept looking at it and finally decided to look to see what he was eating.  He then says “great, now you got me conscience about this sh**.”  I say “Good, and you should be.”   I was very proud of him as he usually gets 2 double cheeseburgers but since he was gonna be playing hockey he needed somthing “light”.  He doesn’t eat salads etc so that is considered light to him.  He even bought 4 cases of water over the weekend so he can try to start drinking more water at work.  I told him how I lost weight just by upping my water intake a couple of years ago. 

I need to stay vigilant on everything.  I’ve been slacking since my father passed away in October.  I did however do 40 minutes on my treadmill Saturday instead of cleaning the house so the hous is still a mess but I got 40 minutes in.  Was gonna clean on Sunday but we spent most of the afternoon grocery shopping then the NHL Allstar game was on so had to watch that.  Yesterday I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 on the treadmill at the gym.  I got a new heartrate monitor watch for Xmas and I absolutely love it.  I program it with my birthday, gender and weight.  To finish programming it you take your heart rate when you awake (naturally, not by an alarm) and that sets your resting rate.  When you begin your workout you start the stopwatch and after you get your heartrate up you take a reading.  When you cool down you take another reading.  I take my more than that as I do HIIT so I bring it up and down a lot.  When you take a reading it shows you the percent of max you’re working at and calories burned.  When you finish your workout and stop the stopwatch it will show you total calorie burn.   I say it’s more accurate because it’s based upon how hard you are actually working so it pushes me to work more to get and keep my percent of max up over 65%. 

I finished rearranging the bedroom upstairs so I can do my DVDs up there.  I just have to get them all together now.  I also still need to get a step but that’s not a biggie to start my carido kickboxing DVD and my Firm Resistance Band DVD.   

Okay, I’ve lost my train of thought.  Something distracted me and I have no idea what so I will end this now.  Take care anyone who has suffered through this and have a great week. 

Okay this has nothing at all to do with weight loss, etc.  I need to get a new vaccum and have no idea what to get.  The one I have now just doesn’t cut it.  I need something that is relatively inexpensive (under $200) and picks up cat hair and small wood chips.  With 4 cats and a wood burning stove we have lots of hair and small wood chips.  I have a Eureka “The Boss” (yellow, lite weight) and it just doesn’t pick up the hair and wood like I want.  If anyone has cats/dogs and wood etc that they have to vaccum up what do you use and do you like?  My hand held Dirt Devil does great on the furniture but I need something for the rugs in the living room and dining room.  Thanks bunches.  I know I  can count on my Buddy Slims to give me great suggestions.