Wish me luck...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
File This Under....
Crazy things I do for my job!
Nothing says welcome fall like getting hit in the face with water balloons all night.
Nothing says welcome fall like getting hit in the face with water balloons all night.
Man I love the school carnival......(please tell me you know me well enough to read the sarcasm dripping off that statement)
And the after. Not too bad this year. Last year my entire shirt and the front of my pants were soaked. Thank God we ran out of balloons early. :)
Happy Friday.
BYOC
1. If you were a character on Friends, who would you be and why?
Uh....duh....Monica. Because she used to be fat and I plan to be just as skinny as she is once I hit goal. :)
2. If you weren't in your current career what other career do you think you would have done?
Photographer!!! Hands down!!!!!
3. What did you want to be when you grew up when you were 6?
A pediatrition and a missionary....in fact at my grandmother's funeral several of her friends came up to me and said "Oh are you the pediatrition who goes on missions?" and I just said "yes ma'am" because apparently my grandmother really wanted that for me too. :)
4. Do you think everyone only has one soulmate or true love? Or are there multiple people for everyone?
I am waiting to find out...... :)
5. Repeat question. Summarize your week in real life and in blog land.
I have been pretty active in the blog world this week. I am loving to support from everyone as I go through my "hard core" week so I can put up some good numbers for the final weigh in of the challenge. Real life has been crazy but when is it not! I can't wait for Chicago!
Uh....duh....Monica. Because she used to be fat and I plan to be just as skinny as she is once I hit goal. :)
2. If you weren't in your current career what other career do you think you would have done?
Photographer!!! Hands down!!!!!
3. What did you want to be when you grew up when you were 6?
A pediatrition and a missionary....in fact at my grandmother's funeral several of her friends came up to me and said "Oh are you the pediatrition who goes on missions?" and I just said "yes ma'am" because apparently my grandmother really wanted that for me too. :)
4. Do you think everyone only has one soulmate or true love? Or are there multiple people for everyone?
I am waiting to find out...... :)
5. Repeat question. Summarize your week in real life and in blog land.
I have been pretty active in the blog world this week. I am loving to support from everyone as I go through my "hard core" week so I can put up some good numbers for the final weigh in of the challenge. Real life has been crazy but when is it not! I can't wait for Chicago!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
I Am Stressed....
and I just ate some cheetos. I only had about a third of the bag and the rest have been flushed down the toilet.
Lord give me strength to not take any more free chocolate from my secretary's office.....because I already did that too! Jeeze!
And since I am confessing, I probably should mention the Snackwell cookies that I had before my healthy lunch. Crap.
I am at 1000 calories for the day so far. Normally I am between 500 - 600 at this point. Grrrrrr.
I am getting a handle on this and I will overcome!!!! Right?
Lord give me strength to not take any more free chocolate from my secretary's office.....because I already did that too! Jeeze!
And since I am confessing, I probably should mention the Snackwell cookies that I had before my healthy lunch. Crap.
I am at 1000 calories for the day so far. Normally I am between 500 - 600 at this point. Grrrrrr.
I am getting a handle on this and I will overcome!!!! Right?
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Ummm....So.....Yeah
It is true what they say.
It isn't a myth or something that was made up just to make our dr's sound intelligent.
You REALLY should eat your protein first. Holy cow!
Yesterday I told you about the new to go meals that I found and how I didn't really like what I had yesterday but it did keep me full for 5 hours.
Well today, I had the Chicken Eggplant Marinara. It was 295 cal, 8g fat, and 34g protein. It was actually good! However I could barely eat half of it!
My sometimes logical brain would think that I should be able to eat anything at this restriction level....and I can, when it comes to sliders. But DANG, you eat something that is healthy and full of protein (some not so good for you stuff has a lot of protein, like the chicken nuggets from Wendy's and they do not fill me up like this did) and BAM....restriction! I am a believer! Protein first.
And Dawnya and Ronnie (and any other North Texas or Austin area bloggers) the name of the company is simplyfitmeals(dot)com. They have a store up in Plano almost to Frisco and another one in the Austin area.
It isn't a myth or something that was made up just to make our dr's sound intelligent.
You REALLY should eat your protein first. Holy cow!
Yesterday I told you about the new to go meals that I found and how I didn't really like what I had yesterday but it did keep me full for 5 hours.
Well today, I had the Chicken Eggplant Marinara. It was 295 cal, 8g fat, and 34g protein. It was actually good! However I could barely eat half of it!
Now here is the weird thing. For the last few months I have been going in and getting unfills from the dr. My highest fill level was maybe 8.25 and I am now at like 4.5 I think.
My sometimes logical brain would think that I should be able to eat anything at this restriction level....and I can, when it comes to sliders. But DANG, you eat something that is healthy and full of protein (some not so good for you stuff has a lot of protein, like the chicken nuggets from Wendy's and they do not fill me up like this did) and BAM....restriction! I am a believer! Protein first.
And Dawnya and Ronnie (and any other North Texas or Austin area bloggers) the name of the company is simplyfitmeals(dot)com. They have a store up in Plano almost to Frisco and another one in the Austin area.
Made It!
With 4 minutes to spare....
If you can't tell, that is my gym in the top right and my dashboard clock in the bottom left. I was trying to be artistic but there is only so much you can do with the iPhone camera!
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If you can't tell, that is my gym in the top right and my dashboard clock in the bottom left. I was trying to be artistic but there is only so much you can do with the iPhone camera!
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
It's Time...
For a new badge...
Exhibit A:
And this is me today...
I totally need to get more sleep! Look at those bags under my eyes!
And speaking of no sleep, I have been getting up 30 minutes earlier than usual to make it to the gym so I can get at least an hour of cardio each morning. I have to work off the sins of my weekend sugar binge, and it is the last week of the competition so I am going hard core! Hopefully I will make it back down to 188. I was 193 on Sunday and yesterday I was 191.7 so things are moving in the right direction.
I also found a Groupon for this new place that has prepared healthy meals to go. You can order online and have them delievered or you can pop in and pick up what you want for the week. So I stopped by yesterday to grab a few meals to try and so far....I am not really impressed. Here is what I ate today.
Calories: 273
Protein: 31g
Fat: 4g
Exhibit A:
And this is me today...
And speaking of no sleep, I have been getting up 30 minutes earlier than usual to make it to the gym so I can get at least an hour of cardio each morning. I have to work off the sins of my weekend sugar binge, and it is the last week of the competition so I am going hard core! Hopefully I will make it back down to 188. I was 193 on Sunday and yesterday I was 191.7 so things are moving in the right direction.
I also found a Groupon for this new place that has prepared healthy meals to go. You can order online and have them delievered or you can pop in and pick up what you want for the week. So I stopped by yesterday to grab a few meals to try and so far....I am not really impressed. Here is what I ate today.
Protein: 31g
Fat: 4g
On paper it looked really good....in my mouth, not so much.
This one had salsa, black beans, brown rice, and I believe ground chicken. It was not horrible but it was not great. I was however very full and still am and that was about 5 hours ago. I have a few others to try and hopefully they will be better, because this is a great and easy way for me (someone who DOES NOT COOK) to get some healthy protein rich meals during the day. I have really started to rely on fast food too much or just my regular old cottage cheese, greek yogurt and deli meat. It gets old people!
I hope you all are having a great Tuesday! Send me some good wake up vibes tomorrow because it will be the 4th day in a row that I am getting up early for my hour of cardio and if you asked me right now what the odds are of my following through with it, they wouldn't be good. :)
Monday, September 19, 2011
Liebster Award
Thank you to Rachel, MandaPanda, Kristin, Cat & Jessica for this award. I always gain so much from fellow bloggers, and I don't think much that someone might really be reading and learning from what I post. So, thanks! It feels nice to recognized in this way.
Liebster means ‘beloved’ or 'favorite' in German and it’s an honor to receive this award. The Liebster Blog Award is designed to bring additional recognition to those bloggers with less than 200 followers. If you receive the award, you should link back to the blogger that nominated you and nominate five more blogs. Also, don’t forget to let them know that you nominated them.
I will get to the nominating, I promise! I just didn't want to wait much longer without telling these awesome ladies thank you!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
NSV
So although my food choices were not the greatest this weekend, I did have a little bit of an unexpected NSV. My niece's party was at Main Event and they were going to be rock climbing. My niece asked me when we got there on Friday if I was going to climb with her and first response was "Hell no!" but then I thought about it and couldn't think of a good reason why I shouldn't. Sooooooo.......
Here I am!!!!
Such a blast and such a good work out. Can't wait to do it again!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Strawberry dessert
This, my friends, is strawberry dessert.
It is a strawberry jello top, cream cheese/whipped cream center, and a butter pretzel bottom. All of that wrapped together makes the most amazing sweet and salty experience.
The picture isn't that great but the lighting in my sisters house sucks.
One silver lining is that my niece wanted chocolate cake for her birthday so I will have no problems refraining.
I did get up and run this morning so hopefully that will counteract the damage from yesterday.
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It is a strawberry jello top, cream cheese/whipped cream center, and a butter pretzel bottom. All of that wrapped together makes the most amazing sweet and salty experience.
The picture isn't that great but the lighting in my sisters house sucks.
One silver lining is that my niece wanted chocolate cake for her birthday so I will have no problems refraining.
I did get up and run this morning so hopefully that will counteract the damage from yesterday.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Southbound
Heading to Austin for the weekend.
And the food choices seem to be heading south too.
My mom and I split some chicken from long John silvers and since I hate long John silvers, I just ate the hush puppies. :)
And it is my niece's birthday party this weekend so there will be cake and strawberry dessert, which if you have never had strawberry dessert you are missing out. It is the sweet Jesus of desserts. I will include a picture if I get a chance. Have a great weekend all!
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And the food choices seem to be heading south too.
My mom and I split some chicken from long John silvers and since I hate long John silvers, I just ate the hush puppies. :)
And it is my niece's birthday party this weekend so there will be cake and strawberry dessert, which if you have never had strawberry dessert you are missing out. It is the sweet Jesus of desserts. I will include a picture if I get a chance. Have a great weekend all!
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Ha Ha Ha
....no the universe did not give me a boyfriend. Just an over abundance of advice on how I need one and how to get one :) Just thought the timing was funny.
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I Guess It's True What They Say....
If you put it out there, the universe will find a way to give it to you.
I cannot tell you how many times yesterday, I was told that all I needed now was a boyfriend! I just laughed it off but I kid you not, it's like I was asking for it since I wrote about it yesterday.
And Dawnya, I promise, at one point I will be using your "BOB" line. That was awesome.
Well here it is on Thursday again, and I am up on the scale....again. This is turning into quite a pattern. I know that I was super tight and getting to have real food again, had to do with some of the gain, but this is getting pretty ridiculous. Thank God that we have the challenge going on or I don't know that I would be working so hard to make sure that I have a loss each week.
Hope everyone has a great Thursday. We finally had a little cold front come in last night and I am looking forward to some cooler weather. Who would have ever thought that 83 could be categorized as cooler?
I cannot tell you how many times yesterday, I was told that all I needed now was a boyfriend! I just laughed it off but I kid you not, it's like I was asking for it since I wrote about it yesterday.
And Dawnya, I promise, at one point I will be using your "BOB" line. That was awesome.
Well here it is on Thursday again, and I am up on the scale....again. This is turning into quite a pattern. I know that I was super tight and getting to have real food again, had to do with some of the gain, but this is getting pretty ridiculous. Thank God that we have the challenge going on or I don't know that I would be working so hard to make sure that I have a loss each week.
Hope everyone has a great Thursday. We finally had a little cold front come in last night and I am looking forward to some cooler weather. Who would have ever thought that 83 could be categorized as cooler?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Unfill and More Comments
So the unfill so far has been a GREAT success! I slept through the night, no choking episodes. Woot! I can drink water without pain and am looking forward to having a wonderful day.
The comments I am referring to are actual comments from people I encounter on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Some see me everyday and some haven't seen me for a while but they "recognize" my weight loss at different times. For the most part I am happy to have a compliment, but the COMMENTS that come after the compliment could use some adjusting. For example, this is one I have gotten at least 15 times, "You are looking really great. I am so inspired by your weight loss.....now we just need to get you a boyfriend."
Um....ok....because that is now going to make me complete? or did I just not deserve a boyfriend when I was fat? or do you really think that I have done all this work for someone other than myself?
Could just be the sensitive fat girl that still lurks within but dang, just believe that I did this because I wanted to do it for me! Not so some guy could get into my now skinny jeans. Although, I am not ruling that out. :)
Anyone else getting the backhanded compliments?
The comments I am referring to are actual comments from people I encounter on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Some see me everyday and some haven't seen me for a while but they "recognize" my weight loss at different times. For the most part I am happy to have a compliment, but the COMMENTS that come after the compliment could use some adjusting. For example, this is one I have gotten at least 15 times, "You are looking really great. I am so inspired by your weight loss.....now we just need to get you a boyfriend."
Um....ok....because that is now going to make me complete? or did I just not deserve a boyfriend when I was fat? or do you really think that I have done all this work for someone other than myself?
Could just be the sensitive fat girl that still lurks within but dang, just believe that I did this because I wanted to do it for me! Not so some guy could get into my now skinny jeans. Although, I am not ruling that out. :)
Anyone else getting the backhanded compliments?
Monday, September 12, 2011
A Representation of My Weekend in Numbers
187.8 - My weight Sunday morning! (I am entering never before seen territory!)
28.6 - My BMI which officially makes me overweight and NOT obese!
3 - The number of unfills I have had since May, and I am SOOOO tight right now, that I actually scheduled to have unfill #4 tomorrow morning.
2 - The number of frozen yogurt cones I had....see above.
4 - The number of times I woke up last night choking on stomach acid....see above above.
2 - The number of local bloggers I met up with yesterday for a nice lunch at Whole Foods. Hi Beth Ann! Hi Fluffy!
17 - The number of days until Chicago baby!
Hope everyone has a great week!
28.6 - My BMI which officially makes me overweight and NOT obese!
3 - The number of unfills I have had since May, and I am SOOOO tight right now, that I actually scheduled to have unfill #4 tomorrow morning.
2 - The number of frozen yogurt cones I had....see above.
4 - The number of times I woke up last night choking on stomach acid....see above above.
2 - The number of local bloggers I met up with yesterday for a nice lunch at Whole Foods. Hi Beth Ann! Hi Fluffy!
17 - The number of days until Chicago baby!
Hope everyone has a great week!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Co$tco Cake Blues
So some of you may be familiar with my affinity for co$sto cake....as demonstrated here. And so after that little set back, I made some goals and lost the weight that I gained from my little indiscretion.
Then last weekend happened. We have 11 birthdays in the month of September and so we all get together and celebrate over Labor day weekend....and what kind of cake did we have? Yep...co$tco cake. And in the beginning I was smart about it. I had a small piece on Friday....another not so small piece on Saturday BUT I worked out an extra 45 min since I knew that the weigh in was Sunday and I didn't want to have a gain. And I didn't! I weighed in at 191. I was very happy about that....so happy in fact that I had another piece of cake that afternoon to celebrate. And then again on Monday...I like to celebrate, what can I say?
So needless to say that led to a bit of a gain on my Tuesday morning weigh in. I am no longer at 191, but I am doing everything I can to get back there and then some.
This seems to be a pattern with me lately. I will gain after my Sunday weigh in and then work my butt off trying to get the new weight off an hopefully drop a little more so I can report a loss the next week. It's a crazy viscous cycle and I would like to get off. I don't know what has happened to my willpower. When I first started I could pass up that cake without a second thought and now....now it calls to me. I need to find a way to cut to connection...
Oh and by the way, guess what we are having again this weekend? My mom is throwing a surprise birthday party for one of her friends and her favorite cake? Co$tco cake...Lord give me strength.
Then last weekend happened. We have 11 birthdays in the month of September and so we all get together and celebrate over Labor day weekend....and what kind of cake did we have? Yep...co$tco cake. And in the beginning I was smart about it. I had a small piece on Friday....another not so small piece on Saturday BUT I worked out an extra 45 min since I knew that the weigh in was Sunday and I didn't want to have a gain. And I didn't! I weighed in at 191. I was very happy about that....so happy in fact that I had another piece of cake that afternoon to celebrate. And then again on Monday...I like to celebrate, what can I say?
So needless to say that led to a bit of a gain on my Tuesday morning weigh in. I am no longer at 191, but I am doing everything I can to get back there and then some.
This seems to be a pattern with me lately. I will gain after my Sunday weigh in and then work my butt off trying to get the new weight off an hopefully drop a little more so I can report a loss the next week. It's a crazy viscous cycle and I would like to get off. I don't know what has happened to my willpower. When I first started I could pass up that cake without a second thought and now....now it calls to me. I need to find a way to cut to connection...
Oh and by the way, guess what we are having again this weekend? My mom is throwing a surprise birthday party for one of her friends and her favorite cake? Co$tco cake...Lord give me strength.
The Power of Comments and a Thank You!
So my alarm went off this morning and I soooooo didn't want to get up and go to the gym. I grabbed my phone and checked for messages (hoping that my workout buddy was skipping and that I could too) when I saw a comment from Annie.
It was enough to push me out of bed and to the gym so THANK YOU Annie!!!! My workout today was dedicated to you!
It is funny how comments can change the whole game. I remember when I first started blogging and there were no comments and no followers. I knew they would come eventually but it was hard at first because it just felt like one more thing I was doing on my own. Then, the fabulous Amy, linked my blog to hers and the comments and followers started flowing in. I will be the first to admit that I don't comment nearly as often as I should. Since I read at work (shhhh don't tell anyone) it makes it difficult to do but I am going to make a concentrated effort to comment more.
It could change someone's day....I know your comments have changed mine.
It was enough to push me out of bed and to the gym so THANK YOU Annie!!!! My workout today was dedicated to you!
It is funny how comments can change the whole game. I remember when I first started blogging and there were no comments and no followers. I knew they would come eventually but it was hard at first because it just felt like one more thing I was doing on my own. Then, the fabulous Amy, linked my blog to hers and the comments and followers started flowing in. I will be the first to admit that I don't comment nearly as often as I should. Since I read at work (shhhh don't tell anyone) it makes it difficult to do but I am going to make a concentrated effort to comment more.
It could change someone's day....I know your comments have changed mine.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Damn You Ranch Dressing!
I just had the chicken nuggets from Wendy'$. 220 calories...not too bad for lunch on the go. Then I just looked up the calories in the ranch dipping sauce...200 calories!!! Dang it! I need to start carrying my fat free dressing with me when I go out. :(
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Playing Dress Up
Man...there is such a difference in these two pictures, but the biggest one to me has to be the smile. Which one do you think is real?
So I have been shopping quite a bit lately. I am finally moving towards sizes that I have never worn before. Up until now, I have had a stash of clothes that I could always fall back on. They were divided out very nicely by size and I would grab a new bin with every new milestone and I had an "instant" new wardrobe. Not so much now.
196 was the smallest I remember being as an adult, and as of this morning I was 191. I find this to be very exciting and very scary all at the same time. I am in a constant state of buying clothes and then turning around a few weeks later and not being able to wear what I just bought. For example, the jeans in the picture above on the right were almost falling off of me by the end of the day and it was the first time that I had ever worn them.
So I am officially stating here on this blog, that I will not be shopping for the entire month of October. I will NOT buy any clothes or *gasp* accessories for the entire month because I just can't stand to waste money on clothes that won't fit a week later. (Now watch me hit another monster plateau in October.)
So you have permission to call me on it if you see me posting new fun finds!
Who would have ever thought that I would complain about clothes getting too big?
(And we all know I am not really complaining, :) I couldn't be more blessed to carry such a "burden")
Now this all starts as soon as I get BACK from Chicago. :)
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