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OMAD Day One, The Retake

Disclaimer. I am not a medical professional, nutritionist, or anyone with any business giving diet advice. This is my own personal journey. When it comes to yourself, seek the advice of a medical professional.

I was doing the One Meal A Day thing before my vacation. I was only on it for a short time and had even dropped three pounds. Then vacation came. I ate like a fiend and gained the three pounds back. My vacation is now over and I’m starting OMAD again.

Today is a retake on day one. I overate so much yesterday, my body didn’t even cue me I was hungry until around 4:30 and that is not usual for me. My spouse had a rough day and I wanted to take him out to a Thai restaurant we both really like in Stratford called the Thai Hut, but unfortunately they are closed on Mondays.

We ended up at Harvey’s instead for some veggie burgers (I LOVE Harvey’s veggie burgers!). I really wanted french fries at that point, but eating one meal a day, some veggies needed to be in there. I ordered the garden salad (the only one they had) and it was typical of a fast food sald (iceberg lettuce and a couple random other veggies thrown in there). I’m pretty sure iceburg lettuce has very little nutrients in it, but it was again all they had. I also swiped some french fries from my spouse too (yum).

I took a calcium supplement later when I got home. I would have taken a multivitamin with it too, but by that time my stomach wasn’t stuffed enough. If I don’t take them when I’m eating, I will get super nauseated later.

I really wasn’t all that hungry today because of the weekend. Tomorrow might be a different story, but today went really well. I had a small coffee for breakfast and a couple Bubly sparkling water beverages. I won’t have another vacation for a while, so this round of OMAD should go much better.

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August 2020 Paper Pumpkin

This months Paper Pumpkin came. It’s $34.00 a month Canadian including shipping.

When I opened the box I thought it was going to be Fall themed. The pumpkin flyer threw me off.

It was sports themed… It wasn’t my favourite box from Paper Pumkin, but I’m sure lots of people were happy with it. I’m one of those “Goooo Sports!” people, which means I have zero interest in sports.

This is what the cards looked like when they were completed. There was supposed to be three of each one.

But this one… This was a nightmare. It took me four tries to make this one, and only two made it. It was my first time making a shaker card and I kept gluing things together wrong, tearing things, and having the little stars get stuck in the wrong spots. I am happy I managed to get two of them completed and I’m excited to make another shaker card. I’ve always wanted to try to make one and this kit showed me how. I feel confident I could make another one on my own.

These two cards were easy to make. The matching envelopes are really cute and made with good quality paper.

If I found sports more exciting, or knew people who liked them, I might have been happier about this box. I’m not sure who I will send these to. I will probably use most of them in the mini library. I’m still putting local gift cards in it every week with a card. Maybe they know a sports fan whom this would be relevant for.

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Amazon and Antiques

This weekend my Amazon order came in and I went to an antique mall. One of the things I love is stationery. Amazon has some really pretty paper and for good prices.

I bought this set and I love the paper. I don’t feel like the envelope matched that well, but it’s still a really cool set. I really love the paper. I have trouble writing straight and the lines will help a lot.

This was my favourite one from the first set. I love the colours. Each set came with a matching envelope.

I’ve been looking for an antique pie lifter forever. It’s not silver, but I like it and I won’t have to polish it. I found it at the Freelton Antique Mall, outside of Hamilton. I have been looking for an antique letter opener for years. They had them there, but they weren’t quite the one. They were plain, and I want a more elaborate one. I’m also looking for an unusual and really old coin, for good luck :). If I find one or not, walking through an antique mall can be a wonderful adventure.

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OMAD Day 5

Disclaimer. I am not a medical professional, nutritionist, or anyone with any business giving diet advice. This is my own personal journey. When it comes to yourself, seek the advice of a medical professional.

I bought one today. I already have one, but I have to step on it several times before it starts giving a consistent number. I snapped this one up at a Canadian Tire for $29.99. Hopefully the number on my old scale wasn’t way off and I have a wake up call tomorrow morning!

I also bought this ridiculous thing for $39.99. I’m going to need to write out my inner monologue here:

A “Oh cool it’s like a more fun push up”
B “Or you could do an actual push up… for free”
A “I can’t do a push up”
B “Even more of a reason to keep trying. Force yourself to do it
A “Yeah, I’m not doing that. This looks more fun and easier”
B “….”
A “This way I might actually do push ups… on this thing”
B “Maybe for a week, then you can put it with all the other fitness equipment that you don’t use”
A “But isn’t it better to try something new and see if it works. What if this is the thing that will set me off on a fitness lifestyle and I get ridiculously fit, all because of this pull up thingy?”
B “Is that what you actually think is going to happen?”
A “Pfft I’m buying it anyway”
B *sigh…

So I bought it. Now I have to use it because inner voice B is right way too often.

As for OMAD… At the office again, someone sent me home with some cookies. I am a cookie magnet these days! I totally ate a ton of them too, but I waited until the car ride home, after 6:15pm to get into them. I more of the leftovers from Muya’s (still delicious the next day!), and had some iced tea. I ate so much takeout yesterday I hurt myself. I was still down a pound this morning though (according to two out of five tries on the scale).

I always drink a coffee in the morning (black) and throughout the day I drink Bubly’s. Usually 3 of them. I don’t know if that many carbonated drinks is good for you. I used to drink tea, but that stuff is so full of chemicals, I don’t think that is the greatest choice either. If I try to drink plain water, I might drink a glass, but that seems to be all I will drink.

It’s the weekend tomorrow and I’m not planning to follow OMAD on weekends, just weekdays. I’m also on vacation now and have a feeling OMAD might not be in the cards until I’m back to work. I’ll try to somewhat behave though.

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August 20/2020 Mail

The mail came with a lot of really great things that I’m excited to try.

These cutting dies make a really nice tri/quad fold card. On the example it was done in red and gold and really pretty.

This alphabet set it cute. It’s letters with a stitched like pattern on them.

A couple embellishments came. I love the rain drops and the circles are cute.

I adore these gnome stamps and cutting dies. I like that you can use them for things other than Christmas. I’ll probably use There’s Gnomebody Like You.

Ah yes, and the new band for my FitBit (that I never wear anymore). This must be a sign I should put it on again. Now that it’s cooler, hiking might be back on the table.

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OMAD Day 4

Disclaimer. I am not a medical professional, nutritionist, or anyone with any business giving diet advice. This is my own personal journey. When it comes to yourself, seek the advice of a medical professional.

Today went really well. I had my morning coffee and later on a Bubly. I didn’t feel sick, I was hungry on and off during the day, but it went away. A friend of mine brought me her extra injera (I LOVE injera!). I stopped by Muya Injera on the way home and got take out. This was my dinner and it was delicious.

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Snorkeling Lake Erie

I recently purchased a full face snorkel mask, and action camera from Amazon. I tried them for the first time at Lake Erie, a couple days ago. I’ve only used the traditional snorkel that you stuck in your mouth. I’ve never felt like I could breathe very well and a lot of times I would get water down the snorkel.

The full face mask was better, I could even dive under the water and fully submerge the mask without water getting in the intake valve, but it did leak slightly around my forehead. There was a lot of pressure on my face when I dove under the water. My boyfriend’s mask didn’t leak at all and when we switched he didn’t have any problems. It must be the shape of my face. I still feel like I can’t breathe very well in it and had to take it off a lot, but I think I’ll adjust to it. I haven’t don’t much snorkeling in my life and need to get used to it.

I like the camera a lot. It has a case for under water, which prevents any sound coming through, but I’m okay with that. The water was too murky to be able to test it properly, but from what it did catch, I think it did pretty good. The mask has an attachment on the breathing tube for the camera and it attached easily. The whole breathing tube nozzle came off and I am so lucky I noticed it (that’s when you get the butt shot of my boyfriend). I will check to make sure the nozzle is attached properly next time and see if it happens again.

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I Quit Drinking

I decided to quit alcohol today. No particular reason. I was having breakfast this morning and the idea popped into my head, and I rolled with it. I would say I drink about 4 alcoholic drinks per week, usually wine and mostly while I’m writing letters, or messing around online.

I was really into wine for years. I would make it at home, or have it made at the wine shops (depending on if I felt like cleaning up after myself or not. Making wine is MESSY). I loved trying new drinks at the LCBO. I enjoy it, but I’m ready for a lifestyle change, and booze is on my hit list.

I watched a Ted Talk with a guy talking about The 100% Rule and what he said made a lot of sense to me. I was considering only drinking at social, or special occasions and I really wanted to try a shot of gin before hiking (I’ve heard it’s an amazing bug repellent). This guy made a lot of sense to me. He’s all about jumping all the way in, or your failure rate increases. I would probably go back to my regular habits of drinking alcohol throughout the week, if I didn’t cut it out completely.

So I’m jumping all the way in, no more alcohol. I feel good about it.

Update: This lasted about two months.

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Think It And It Will Be.

Manifest Your Dreams…

Many of us have heard of The Law Of Attraction. I watched the movie years ago, was motivated to give it a go, and then forgot all about it. I’m not convinced that this will magically turn all my dreams into a reality, but I’m also not convinced that it wont.

When I think of money, I think of horrible, old men, in old fashioned lawyers wigs (you know, the curly, long white wigs, and no, I have no idea why), and maybe that’s part of the problem. With negative associations with money, possibly I’m subconsciously repelling it from me. How can I attract something into my life that I have an aversion to?

I’m working on this. Associating money with panicked feelings of lack, are only going to perpetuate more bad feelings towards it. Now when I think of money, I consciously think of it with gratitude and positivity. I think of all the good things it can do for me, instead of focusing on what it’s like to not have enough of it.

I have fairly decent sized debt I’m focusing on paying off and there’s this tiny little thing I really want (a houseboat!). My goal is to tackle the debt first, then save for the boat. I’ve been reading a lot of financial books and it’s helping keep me motivated. They all say to stop buying crap you don’t need (guilty, guilty, guilty). I’m fully aware I do this, but after a few months I fall back on bad habits. Hobbies are a huge problem for me. If I get interested in something I’ll buy a ton of stuff for said hobby and then a few months later I’ll be bored of it. I’m going to need to read financial books until the day I pay my debt off completely. I’m OK with that.

Instead of using stuff, I’m focusing on experiences and being in the moment, to make me happy. Acquiring things has only ever made me temporarily happy (and cluttered up my home). I look forward to being free of debt and enjoying living my best life.