...is this thing on?

Wow...another week of non-posting, but this time it wasn't entirely my fault.  I don't know what was going on last week, but I couldn't get my posts to save or publish...so I suppose they're lost in limbo until the end of time!

I'm back at 133.2 pounds, still having tummy aches and dizziness, and finally going to cave and make an appointment with my doctor.

I'd like to get up on my soapbox this morning, for something (almost) completely unrelated to diet, nutrition or fitness.

To the girl on the bus this morning:  CLEARLY you are having a rough start to your day.  And I apologize for whatever made you SO upset that you had to take it out first on an unsuspecting bus driver, and then on the rest of the bus.  HOWEVER...whatever it is that is bothering you today, is ABSOLUTELY NOT a free pass for you to take it out of everyone around you, and potentially put an innocent person's livelihood at risk.

The bus driver didn't see you coming to catch the bus, so he closed his doors.  When he saw you, he opened them again.  There was really no reason for you to start yelling at him.  And when he pointed his finger to indicate that there was a mirror right there in which he hadn't seen you, and you shoved your way past him and inadvertently into said finger, you in no way, shape, or form needed to call the police to report an assault.  NOT EVEN A LITTLE.

Thank you for forcing the bus to go out of service.  Thank you for forcing an entire bus full of people to wait, and then crowd onto the next (already full) bus.  Thank you for shouting obscenities while we waited.  And thank you for making RIDICULOUS comments like "If I'd said that he raped me, you'd tell me that I'd jumped on his d!#k" - because being accidentally hit with a pointed finger while causing a scene is TOTALLY comparable to that scenario...  Thank you for getting on the next bus, so that the cops really didn't NEED to come.  Thank you for letting me make a statement to the police, and delaying my morning. 

I hope you have a better day now that you've made others around you late and grumpy.  It certainly must have helped whatever was upsetting you.

xo Mandy

Your day will be what you make of it.  If you hold onto things that are upsetting you, it will only bring more irritation, frustration and upset to you throughout the day.

Toonie-Tuesday

Hmmm....Is it strange that the first thing that comes to mind when I say "Toonie-Tuesday" is deep fried chicken?

I managed to remember to get my lemon water and supps in, followed by a bowl of my favourite cereal, same as (almost) always:




Since my mom brought the world's biggest bag of Honeycrisp apples from Smith's Apple farm back home (www.smithsapples.com), there will be a shift from grapefruit in the mornings for a little while.  There are actually SO MANY that my boyfriend, of all people, suggested that we make PIES and freeze them.  PIES!  So my morning snack was an apple, followed by none other than plain 0% greek yogourt.







By the time lunch rolled around, I was having MAJOR sweet cravings, but lucky for me, my boyfriend made me a special salad, filled with peaches and pecans...mmmmm.  Oh, and there was some steak and potato in there too!

Lunch #2 was a little later in the day (about 4:45, on my way to the baseball game) but was just steak and potatoes, as once again I'd eaten the WHOLE salad with Lunch #1.  Maybe I need to start packing two?

Our ball game was the third in the first playoff round, and though we battled hard, and once again made a big comeback from behind, the game ended in a loss, with a score of 12-9.  Better luck next season!

After the game, I had a can of Coors Light.  I decided that the last game of the season was reason enough to justify ONE.