Category Archives: diet reward

100 pound rose bush

I love gardening, and do what I can in our limited space. When I lost 100 pounds, I decided to buy a rose bush. I wanted something different, and I’m fairly picky about the type of roses I get (no tea roses, nothing fussy, and they must hardy and fragrant).

We were at Lowe’s, and I wasn’t actually planning on buying any plants there, but I usually check out their sale area (neglected plants). I saw a floribunda rose there, and it looked solid, but just neglected. For some reason, the plant really spoke to me and I thought “Guess this is my 100 pound rose”. I saw that the structure was good, it just needed pruning and watering. So, brought my Charlie Brown rose bush home and planted it.

Now, a month later, it’s thriving and just started to bloom again. The name is Sunsprite, and it has wonderful yellow, fragrant blooms.

8 minute jogs

Today was Day 2 of C25K Week 5. That means two 8 minute jogs. No problem and I picked up the pace a bit on the second jog. Should be Tuesday when I do the 20 minute jog, if the weather isn’t pouring rain.

As my reward for getting into the 150s, I bought a rose bush. Can’t wait to plant it this week!

Today’s Menu:

Calorie goal: 1,350 • Consumed: 1,281 • Burned: 240
Net calories: 1,041

C/P/F ratio 43/27/30

Brekkie:
Wheat bagel with light cream cheese
coffee with skim milk

Lunch:
Boca burger
Zone Dark chocolate strawberry bar

Snack:
1% latte

Dinner:
3 oz of lean pork
roasted broccoli/cauliflower mix
1/3 oz cashews
1/2 cup applesauce

Snack:
Tomato romano soy crisps