It's been two weeks since I last posted. I weighed in last Saturday at a whopping 188 pounds (no pic). I was so disappointed in myself. I feel like every week I have to start over. I have an awesome week and then the next week I blow it. I am the yo-yo dieter at it's finest. I just was so determined to lose it. So, I won't go into any great detail but this last week has been very emotional and hard and blah blah blah, but again I was determined. I went to the gym twice and went to the park once and walked a few miles. Did I mention this was spring break, so I had the week off? Well it was, and with all the stress of life this week I told myself I was not gonna sit on my butt. So I made myself clean, and get out of the house, go shopping, even got a mani and pedi with my Momma, and decided not to sit on my butt. All of it paid off.... I weighed this morning at :
That is a loss of 1.8 pounds this week. I am back to what I was two weeks ago, before I gained what I did last week. I am still struggling with the food part of the diet. I make horrible choices. Hubby and I both talked the other night about how we both need to start eating better. He said that he knows it is his fault. I told him no, I could say no. We both had made bad food choices the last few weeks. If we want something we eat it, no matter what. So, as a family we are changing and I think that is what it is all about. It is hard for one person in a family to diet. It is not easy to sit down and eat grilled chicken if the other family members are eating it fried, etc.. So as a family we are going to become healthier. Yea!P.S. I just got done walking three very hill-filled miles with my girl Brooke. Whew am I beat! ;)
on facebook. It is a picture of me reading to my class. Oh my gosh!!! I cannot believe how big I have gotten. I know I have gained, but oh my gosh! This is horrible!!!! I have got to lose this weight. I am so disgusted with myself. =( 
had so much fun! 
Of course I left my camera at home, but my friends got some pictures of us, so I was excited. More to come. 
That is a loss of 1.6. I am super excited about that. Could have been more, but I cheated and had pasta and ice cream last night. lol! What was I thinking the night before a weigh in?
and a granola bar for breakfast. 
Lunch time was there before I knew it. 
I had soup, carrot sticks and a yogurt. I love Monday's. They are always my busiest day, but also my most tiring day. We didn't make it to the gym on Monday. Hubby had a headache and we had a late meeting with our insurance agent. I just made a turkey sandwich and had a handful of chips for dinner, and got in bed to watch The Bachelor. Then it was off to dream land.
Then had a mid morning snack of grapes and almonds.
I left work, and got my tan on. =) Rushed home got my gym clothes on and headed to the gym. I hopped on the elliptical machine, got a 35 minute cardio workout, and then did some upper body weights. I love how I feel after the gym. Came home and warmed up a lean cuisine to eat for dinner, while I am watching the Biggest Loser.
Now I am having a granola bar for dessert. 
A friend let me borrow it and I am super excited about it. It is a little snug, so I am hoping to lose a few pounds by next Saturday (26th). I started tanning yesterday to get rid of this pasty white skin. lol So, my motivation for this week is this dress and the gala. 
Omgosh look how tiny I was. Look how little my face and neck were. I so wanna be this little again. Wow! No more dreaming, I will look this hott again!!!
He surprised me with roses
and a necklace with matching earrings. 
He grilled steaks, made baked potatoes and garlic bread and we had a romantic candle lit dinner. It was so yummy. He is so romantic. Then Tuesday I was beat, so I just made a little stir fry out of the left over steak. I didn't go to the gym, but I did get a good workout cleaning house while I watched biggest loser. Today was my sweet niece Ava's birthday. 
She turned five today! 
I cannot believe she is five already. Seems like just yesterday we were at the hospital anticipating her arrival. I remember holding her for the first time and not wanting to put her down. I can't imagine my life without this sweet angel. She truly has my heart and I am so blessed to be her aunt.
a few weeks ago, and she asked me yesterday to be her Matron of Honor. I am so honored and excited!! This is some huge motivation for me also. Her wedding is on October 8, so I have exactly 8 months to get to my goal weight. I have my 150lb goal weight by my 5th anniversary, but my ultimate goal is 140lbs. It was originally by the end of the year but now I would like to be 140lbs by Brooke's wedding. So, I have 8 months to lose 49 pounds. That is an average of 6 pounds a month. Very do-able. I need lots of prayer and encouragement to get there. I have the reason/motivation now, I just need the willpower to make it.
and waited for the doctor's office to open and headed that way. I stopped by the store and grabbed a 12oz mountain dew. 
I drink lots of water, but I knew I would have to take a test, and didn't want watered down urine. Did you know that diet friends? Too much water can effect your test? So if you have to take a pee test drink comething other then water before hand. I didn't get the 20 oz, just the 12 oz, and I have been drinking it for 5 hours now. lol! On to the results: No flu thank goodness, just a cold. Do you want to hear how he told me though? Well, he opened the door and said " You're expecting" and then paused. Of course I got really excited until 3 seconds later he finished his sentence with "the flu, but we are gonna nip it in the butt while it's still a cold." Then a cried. :( It was not as funny as he thought it would be. They gave me two shots, a zpak, hydrocodine, and flonase. I took it with a handful of croutons. (2 pts?) Then for lunch I had a lean cuisine (5 pts) 
I don't really have an appetite, but I made myself eat it. Can't get better if I don't eat something. After lunch I went to my Grandmother's house. She is moving into an apartment in the city, yea. She is in the country now and it worries me her being alone out there. Anyway she is getting rid of a bunch of stuff in her house and she gave me....
This cute little Kitchen Cart.
Two of these awesome shelves.
It is a lot like mine but a little bit nicer. It has the glass top and five eyes, so we are gonna swap ours out. This really neat globe. It is something I would never buy, but I loved it for some reason. Needs a plant underneath it? ideas?
I racked up, and still am going back for a few smaller things this week. =) After all of that moving, Hubby knew I didn't feel like cooking so he came home from work with kfc. What a sweetie. Bad for the diet, but I had plenty of points left for it and it was delicious.
My body aches so bad. That's the worst part of this cold. Hoping I feel better by Monday so I can start c25k week 2! =) Yea!!
Although I only lost 0.6 I am thrilled with this number considering how sore I am. My eating this past week most definitely could have been better, but I worked out several times and am very sore. I will take my tiny loss and be excited. lol!!! I am hoping that next week I will be below my original start weight of 188 though. So Shooting for at least a two pound loss this week. The soreness should start slowing down this next week.
and yes.... I ate!!! and it was yummy. This is one of my favorite restaraunts. I did get grilled chicken though, but I ate a lot!!! On a positive note... Check out me and my cutie Hubby: lol
But I guess it is time to get back in the running mode. I have a 5k in mind for May, so I gotta get back in gear. My friend H2, text me today and wants to come to my gym and take spin class. I am so excited. I have missed her. We used to workout together all the time. Maybe she will join and I will have my workout partner back! ;) If she does, my plan is to run on M,W,F and do spin on T,TH. That should make for a Skinny H soon. hehehe! So, here I go off to start Day 1 week 1 of c25k. Wish me Luck!
Leslie Sansone's 2 mile walk away the pounds video. I don't know if it's just because I am sick or if I am just that out of shape, but boy did it kick my butt. I calculated on my calories burned calculator and it said I burned around 187 calories. So.... I burned off one piece of toast, lol!
This is us at the Dixie Stampede. 
We had tons of fun having snowball fights, snowboarding, playing mini golf, 
playing in he arcade,
riding go kharts, shopping, and hanging out. My diet was nowhere in sight. lol One of the many reasons I love and hate vacations. So... the scale tomorrow is not going to be a pretty one, but I will accept whatever it says and keep working hard towards my goal!
Ice Storm 2011
I lost 3.6 pounds this week!!! I am super excited, Yea!
I head to work and there in the teacher's lounge like every Wednesday is a table full of teacher's snacks. I told myself when we started school back to not take my break anymore in the Teacher's lounge, b/c there is always junk food in there. So it's day 3 of work and I haven't yet. Go me! Instead on my break I had a banana (2pt) and some almonds (2pt) in my classroom.
At lunch I warmed up a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup (1.5), Carrot sticks with Ranch (1.5pt), and a Cheese stick (1.5). It's so funny how all of it was 1.5 points each.
and made this:
Not pretty but oh so yummy. It was 7.5 points a serving according to my calculations. Since I had only had 10.5 points so far I went ahead and had 2 servings. ;) After we ate dinner, I hurried to get the dishes done and put my gym clothes on. I knew if I sat down I would crash and not want to go. So we headed to the gym. I burned 485 calories on the elliptical machine. Go me! I'm waiting a few weeks before I start to hit the weights again. It's been about 3 months since I have truly worked out hard. So I am going to take my time and work back up. 
