Update on Weigh Day and Official Halloween Weight

On Weigh Day, I weighed in at 207.6lbs. Not good, but certainly not bad. That means that while I was on my cycle and being bad about eating, I didn't gain any weight. Granted I didn't lose any, but I didn't gain! As far as my Official Halloween Weight, drumroll please.........205.4lbs! I definitly didn't make goal, but I did lose 2.2lbs since yesterday lol. I think I was retaining a lot of water from being on my cycle. So now I will have to reformulate my next goal for Thanksgiving. I think I'll set that for being my deadline to get below 200lbs. If I reach that goal before then, I will reformulate it again.

I love my new phone!

I have been playing with my new phone a bunch and I just LOVE it.

This was my old phone.. it was a piece of crap!
Notice the huge cracking on the front lol.



And this is my sexy new phone!
The Blackberry Storm!


Anyway, tomorrow is my weigh day. I don't know how it will turn out. I can't really blame anyone but myself if I have gained or maintained. I am hopefully going to get back to the gym tomorrow.I think I am almost off of my cycle.

I will get everything on track tomorrow. I will get up and have a good breakfast, got to work, go to the gym, drink plenty of water, have a good lunch and a good dinner. I will NOT give up!

Tonight's Biggest Loser was a TEARJERKER!

I havn't cried for a biggest loser as much as I did tonight! Wow. Abby went home tonight. I also found out that both of her children and her husband were killed 2 years ago by a guy driving over 100 miles/hour. Holy crap. I can not imagine losing every thing I love all at once like she did. If you didn't catch the episode tonight, you need to look it up when they post it on the internets.

Anyway, I have been really bad today. I will have no one to blame but myself if I gain this week. Mom is right, we need to get each other back on track. I still havn't gone to the gym. I am going to wait until I am off of my cycle. I will be a lot more comfortable going if I wait until then.

I am so excited to get my new phone! I am really hoping that it gets here tomorrow! I will post an unboxing and pics of my old phone so you can see the shitty shape it was in lol. I won't tell you what I'm gettig. You'll have to wait and see!!!

OWIE!!!

I am felling like crap today. I started my cycle this morning and it is bad so far. The cramps are killing me. Pamprin hasn't done very much for me either. So all in all I am feeling very... BLAH. I just want to lay around and not move lol. I am just trying to drink some water and eat at least half way decent.

I decided yesterday that I will lay off of the scale for a little while. I am getting frustrated when I weigh every day, so I am just going to weigh on Fridays, my weigh day.

Vic and I get to order our new phones tomorrow. We have Verizon and they do the 'new every two' years thing. We are both pretty excited, I just hope that it doesn't take forever for them to get here lol.

Its getting closer and closer to Halloween. That means, for those of us who are interested in the paranormal, they have a lot of cool stuff on TV. Right now I'm watching a program called Ghost Stories.

Back to work...

Yesterday's Weight: 207.6

Today's Weight: 207.2

Difference: -.4lbs

Today I am finally going back to work. I spent the morning playing Warhammer 40k with Vic. We didn't get to finish, so we're going to pick it back up tonight. I'm hoping it isn't terribly busy at work tonight. It is a Saturday, but who knows, it could be really slow or super busy. I just hope I don't have to close with a certain person. One thing that really sucks is that I am not going to be able to go to the gym today or tomorrow. It will close at 8pm tonight and it is open from 12-6pm tomorrow and I work from 1-7pm. Blast!

Weigh Day...

Yesterday's Weight: 207.6
Today's Weight: 207.6
Difference: none

Well, at least its a loss since last weigh day. A .6lb loss to be exact. So that is OK. It didn't stay the same and I didn't gain. Today I did get up early and I went to the gym. I did 25 minutes on the elliptical and I did the lower body machines. I have also drank a lot of water today. My eating hasn't been super great, but not horrible. Here is the list of food I ate today in order of consumption:

bowl of raisin bran w/ whole milk

a few slices of turkey lunch meat w/ mustard

ice cream sandwich

2 turkey burgers with turkey bacon and mex cheese

ice cream sandwich

bowl of blueberry mini wheats w/ skim milk

So not terrible as far as calories maybe, but not very great as far as what I got out of some of it.

PUMPING MYSELF UP!!!

Yesterday's Weight: 207

Today's Weight: 207.6

Difference: +.6lbs

I feel like I am in a rut. Not only with blogging but with the gym. I didn't go yesterday and I didn't go today. I am so bad! I also havn't been drinking my water like I used to. OK, you know what? That will all change tomorrow! I am going to get up first thing in the morning and go the the gym. I can also do that for Saturday and Sunday because I don't have to work till the evening on both of those days. I will also fill my Carrowinds cup, (holds a quart I think), a minimum of 3 times per day. I think if I go first thing, it will allow me to do whatever I want for the rest of the day without having to worry about making time to go to the gym. As far as eating I'm still doing pretty good.

• Breakfast: bowl of raisin bran (unfortunately with whole milk because that is all we had)
• Lunch: can of Progresso reduced sodium chicken and rice soup, peanut butter and jam sandwich on a sandwich thin, and some Breton crackers to go with the soup. I also finished off the last of the slim fast shake mix with some whole milk. 
• Dinner: 2 Boca burgers and a cup of unsweetened applesauce.

I'm not concerned with how I've been eating. I think I have been gaining because I havn't been drinking water, and not going to the gym doesnt help. I can remember when I first started going that I was excited to go everyday. I just need to get that back. I need to win this contest between me and mom lol.

I havn't written a post this long in a while. I think I have been preoccupied with crap going on with finances. I hate money, don't you? It just complicates everything. *sigh* Oh well. I'm going to try to look past that. My attitude doesn't help me lose weight if its not a good one. I can do this! I am doing this! I've lost 12.4lbs since starting this blog, and I refuse to gain those back!!!!!! 

Wednesday...

Yesterday's Weight: 206.4

Today's Weight: 207

Difference: +.6lbs

 I think that gain is just water retention in my muscles because I actually worked them yesterday. I had a big fruit and yogurt smoothie this morning for breakfast. Since I havn't been at work for the past few days, I've been doing a lot of house work. It seems like laundry is a never ending cycle. I'm sure I'll have more to write about later..

Going down again!

Yesterday's Weight: 208

Today's Weight: 206.4 

Difference: -1.6lbs

Woot! Going back down! Unfortunately, I didn't go to the gym last night. *smacks self on hand* BAD GIRL! But, I have the next few days off and I have no excuse not to go. Plans for today include going to the gym, painting warhammer 40k models, laundry, dishes, etc.

Only 11 more days till Halloween. According to today's weight, I have 7.4lbs to go till I'm under 200. Mom and I made a bet to see who can lose more by Halloween. Whoever wins gets a $20 gift card to Ross.

*edit at 11:38pm* So I finally dragged myself to the gym!!! It was 10pm by the time I got there, but I went! I can definitely tell the difference it makes when I havn't gone for a few days. My heart rate got a lot higher that it used to when I was going every day. I'm supposed to keep it around 160 but it was getting up to 170-180.  I just need to get back into going everyday. I am definitely going to go earlier tomorrow so that I can be home for Ghost Hunters. I'm going to go after take out the dogs and eat breakfast.

Biggest Loser was pretty good tonight. I totally thought they would send Daniel home, but Dina was sent home instead.

Blast..

Yesterday's Weight: 206

Today's Weight: 208

Difference: +2lbs

Darn, I gained 2lbs! I think though, that it may be because I havn't been drinking my water as much as I should and we had dinner at Bob Evans last night. I feel like I'm slipping back into my old habits! I must not let that happen! I've been getting lazy as far as the gym too. I WILL GO TO THE GYM TODAY AT 7PM! I WILL CONTINUE TO EAT RIGHT AND DRINK MY WATER!!! I may not hit my mini goal at Halloween, but I will get as close as I possibly can!

Doggie Day

Yesterday's Weight: 206

Today's Weight: 206

Difference: none

Today, since the gym has wacky hours, I think I may take the dogs to the baseball field so they can run around while I walk around the field.

I had the soup for dinner last night and it was delicious! I have a ton of it left so I will be eating soup for the next week lol .

Soup time!

Yesterday's Weight: 208.2

Today's Weight: 206

Difference: -2.2lbs

Holy cow! Didn't expect that much of a drop in one day! I hope it stays that way. Anyway, I just finished putting togeather a soup because today is COLD! Fall is definately here. I chopped up tons of veggies and added all the ingredients into my croc pot and put it on High. I don't know yet how it will taste but it smells AWESOME. So here is the recipe if you are interested:

Cold Day Soup

Ingredients:

• 3C Progresso reduced sodium chicken broth
• 3C V8-low sodium
• 1 envelope Lipton onion soup mix
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 2C fresh green beans, cut into 1.5" peices
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
• 1-1/2C baby carrots, chopped
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 7 baby red potatoes with skin, chopped
• 1/2 head of green cabbage, chopped
• 1 can chickpeas, drained
• 1 can no salt diced tomatoes (not drained)
• 1 can light red kidney beans, drained
• 1 can great northern beans, drained

Directions:

• Place liquids, bay leaf, and onion soup mix in croc pot. Mix together. 
• Chop and add all veggies and beans. Add to croc pot. 
• Set croc pot to High. Place lid on top. 
• Mix every so often. 
• Its finished when the veggies are the texture you desire. 

I'm pretty excited about my soup. My hands smell so good from all the veggies. I filled up the croc pot so I will have a LOT of soup. Plus, I'll be the only one eating it because Vic doesn't like all the veggies lol.

Weigh Day!

Yesterday's Weight: 210

Today's Weight: 208.2

Difference: -1.8lbs

I was very surprised to see that number when I stepped on the scale this morning. Thats a 1.6lb loss since last weigh day! I'm just glad its a loss. As far as food today I had 2 servings of slimfast shake for breakfast, and some raisen bran at lunch time. Not quite sure what I want to do for dinner. I think I'd really like to make some soup.

Measurments

Yesterday's Weight: 209

Today's Weight: 210

Difference: +1lb

I am dreading the weigh in tomorrow! But I guess I just gotta keep on keepin' on.

I had taken some measurments when I started this blog. I wrote them on a peice of paper and then I think they were thrown away. So, I took some more this evening and I luckily have something to compare them to.

These measurments were taken when I was in the 230s:
Bicep: 16"
Thigh: 25"
Hips: 45"
Waist (just below navel): 51"
Neck: 16 1/2"
Bust: 48"

Measurements taken tonight:
Waist(just below navel):46.5"
Hips: 44.5"
Thigh: 25"
Neck: 16"
Bust: 45"
Bicep: 14.5"


Difference: 
Waist: -4.5"

Hips: -1.5"
Thigh: no difference

Neck: -.5"
Bust: -3"
Bicep: -1.5"
Total: -11" 

Not bad! 

Feeling blah..

Vic and I just got back from the gym. We weren't there for very long. We got onto the treadmill for 15 minutes. After that we both hit the bathroom and I started feeling bad. I'll spare you the details. Anyway we left shortly after that.

I don't really want to go to work tomorrow. I'm dreading weighing myself tomorrow too. I'm hoping that it was just water weight that I had gained. There is one thing that I am hoping will happen tomorrow... but thats something else completely. I am watching Ghost Hunters now. Yay.

Foods for today:
Breakfast-slimfast shake
Lunch-salad, soup, and a few breadsticks.. but thats ok, I didn't have very many calories today.
Snack-1 serving Cinnamon Life cereal
Dinner-baby carrots, 2 hardboiled eggs made up deviled egg style with a lot of mustard and a tiny bit of mayo mixed in the yolk, turkey/lettuce/mustard sandwhich on a sandwhich thin.
Dessert-fat free choc ice cream

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WTF?!?!

Yesterday's Weight: 208

Today's Weight: 209

Difference: +1lb

That's what I said when I got on the scale this morning. WTF?! I'm just hoping that this pound gained is just water weight. I think Aunt Flo is going to be here soon. So maybe if I get plenty of water I won't hold much. I was planning on getting up at 6am this morning, but as soon as the alarm went off, I thought, "F@#$ that!" and set the alarm for 7am instead. So I did actually get up at 7, even though I didn't really wanna get up then either. I got to the gym by 8:30 and was there till about 10. When I got home, Vic had just woken up. We went to this hobby store in town and looked around. Now we're just hanging out. I think we are going to play some Warhammer 40K. I think we will have an early dinner and then head to the gym after that. Since I did all of the lower body machines this morning, I will just hop on the treadmill for at least 30 minutes, I hope. My plan for tomorrow, since I have work at 8am, is to get up around 5:30am (hopefully) and get to the gym around 6. Then leave by 7:30 for work. I think I get off at 4pm so I need to pack a lunch tomorrow too.

Crazy Episode of TBL!!!

Wow! I did NOT expect that. The teams were split from pairs to black and blue. Once again, Tracey won the temptation and got to choose the teams and their trainers. In the end, Black team lost more weight than the Blue team and Liz won immunity on the Blue team. I was sooo sure that Tracey would go home, until Coach Mo 'fell on the sword' as one of his teammates put it. So everyone voted for him and he went home. But, he ended up losing a total of some 70+lbs and hopes to be down to 150lbs by the finale. I must say though, that show is soo addictive and inspiring!

So I didn't end up going to the gym because our friends weren't going to go and we were going to go on a walk at 9pm. When I finally realized it was 9:38pm and the show wasn't over I felt soo stupid. TBL is on for two hours! Doh! So I didn't even get to go on a walk with them. So, I've decided that I am going to get my butt up early and go to the gym and kick my ass! Hopefully they'll want to go after they get off of work so that I will have two workouts tomorrow. Even though I didn't get to the gym, I still feel that I ate really well. Especially at Olive Garden! Thanks to TBL calorie count book that my mom gave me, I found out that the bowl of minestrone soup at OG is only 164 calories! I am really proud of myself for not ordering my usual zuppa toscana soup, It has lots of potato so I'm sure its carb heavy. *OK, I just looked up the nutritional info for Olive Garden on their website: http://www.olivegarden.com/menus/garden_fare/nutrition_information.asp According to this it says that the serving of soup I had was only 100 calories! It also says that the zuppa toscana has only 170!* I am proud that I only had a tiny bit of breadstick! I always normally eat one or two of those and I usually get a slice of the black tie mousse cake which has 760 calories per serving!!! But I was soo good and had 3 helpings of the salad and one bowl of soup and a tiny bit of breadstick. I drank tea sweetened with Splenda. I did eat the 4 after dinner andes mints, but that was only 105 calories. Next time though, I think I will skip those.

 Now I am watching a new show called Ghost Lab. So far its alright. Its definatley no Ghost Hunters, but not bad.

Nine pounds and 18 days to go! I've gotta make this goal!!!

WE CAN DO THIS!

Biggest Loser comes on tonight...

Yesterday's Weight: 209

Today's Weight: 208

Difference: -1lb

Not much going on today. Vic and I went to Hobby Lobby and I got some new brushed and some paint. I really want to get back into painting.

Today's Food:
Breakfast-I scrambled two eggs and topped them with some ketchup, but I ended up spilling them so the dogs ate most of those lol. I also had about 1 cup of fruit smoothie, and some frosted mini wheat cereal.
Lunch-Lots of salad, a bowl of minestrone soup, and a small piece of breadstick at Olive Garden.
Dinner-Butterball turkey burger with swiss and colby jack cheese on top, an apple, and a slim fast shake.
Dessert: 1 cup of fat free chocolate ice cream.

We're going to the gym around 8 I think. Which sucks because we will miss Biggest Loser, UNLESS... I need to get some headphones.. They usually  have it playing on the TVs at the gym..

Getting back to the gym...

Yesterday's Weight: 209

Today's Weight: 209

Difference: none

Today I will finally be getting back to the gym! Vic and I will be meeting my friend from work at the gym at 7pm. I am going to totally kick my ass today! I really need it.

So last night I decided to make up a bunch of plastic containers of measured out foods that I wrote the calories on. I think it will help me to count calories easier and I don't have to worry about being to tired or lazy to measure something out.

There are only 19 days until Halloween! My goal is not to miss a single day at the gym! I really want to be under 200 by then. I'm not sure if I will do it, but I sure will try!

Getting closer...

Yesterday's Weight: 209.6

Today's Weight: 209.0

Difference: 0.6lbs

Still going down! Not much going on. Can't wait to get back to the gym tomorrow. I tried greek yogurt for the first time this morning. It wasn't bad, just a lot thicker. But I have to go give all three dogs a bath, so I will write later if I can.

Dogs are all bathed. Poor guys got a bunch of fleas when we were visiting everyone. Anyway, food for today:
Breakfast: banana and Chobani strawberry greek yogurt
Lunch: frosted mini wheats cereal with skim milk, and a turkey burger with a little swiss and colby jack cheese on a sandwich thin.

Dinner will probably be a taco salad. Only 10lbs to go till I am under 200! woot. I'm not sure if I'll make it there by Halloween, but I will sure as hell try!

I'm also excited about getting a new cell phone. Vic and I have decided to go with the Blackberry Storm. Its a smartphone so I am definately going to get some apps for calorie counting and stuff like that if I can find any!

Weigh Day!

Yesterday's Weight: 210.6

Today's Weight: 209.8

Difference: -0.8lbs

Its weigh day once again and I am very happy to report that I am down 2.2lbs since the last weigh day!

We'll be driving back home tomorrow. I keep thinking, 'The next time I see my friends and family, I will be soo much thinner and I can't wait for their reactions!' I may not see some of these people until Christmas or after! I know I'll probably see my mom around Thanksgiving. I am really wanting to move back, and Vic is going to try to get a job up here. I just have no idea when that will be. 

Thrift store!

Yesterday's Weight: 210.2

Today's Weight: 210.6

Difference: +0.4lbs

I <3 the thrift store. Vic and I are getting ready to go to one. I'm actually kinda surprised that I didn't gain more weight. I'm very glad that I'm still seeing the 210 at least!


Well we're back from the thrift store.. I got some nice cheap tank tops and a sweater. We also bought a couch and loveseat for $10 each! So we're going to store the couch in Vic's mom's garage and she is going to use the loveseat in her house until we moove back up here.

I am really wanting to count my calories! I am going to look for a calorie counting book to have with me if I am not at home or can't see nutritional info. I really NEED to start doing that. I think that if I start counting them again, I may lose more weight. I don't always feel that I am going to high, but I still may be eating too much.

El Burrito=Gordo! Yo soy muy mal!

If you do not know spanish, gordo=fat and yo soy muy mal=i am very bad. El Burrito is a mexican resturant here in my hometown. It is sooo yummy, but I know I overdid it :(. I got chicken nachos and a side of refried beans. The nachos are basically marinated chicken, melted cheese, sauteed onions and peppers, and corn chips. I'm sure the calories were insane. I'm hoping though that because I ate so few calories for breakfast and lunch, that it won't be too outrageous. BUT, if I do end up gaining weight because of it, I have no one to blame but myself. I could have gotten a salad, but I CHOSE to get the nachos. I at least recognize that I ate something that could make me gain weight and make my weight loss journey longer. I will try not to be so weak in the future. I think the thought process that went through my head was, 'I'm not in my home very often, so I should get my favorite thing here..' I am very glad that I talked myself out of dessert! I also realized that I was full but I kept eating. Yo soy muy mal! But I am determined to not let that happen again. I've dissapointed myself.

Breakfast: EAS protein shake, banana
Snack: gala apple
Lunch: roast beef sandwich, 2 pretzel rods, small handfull of peanut M&Ms
Snack: a few more peanut M&Ms

I need to stay away from the jar of peanut M&Ms that my mother-in-law has on her island in her kitchen! Every time I walk by I want to grab a few. I have at least been drinking my water and at dinner I had unsweetened tea that I put some sweet n low in.

I will be very surprised if I lose or maintain my current weight tomorrow.

Woot, found somewhere with internets!

Last time I weighed: 210.2

Today's Weight: 210.2

Difference: none

 I am happy to report that I havn't gained any wait since we've been on our little trip. While we were staying with our friends and their parents, I wasn't exactly able to eat like I wanted to. I weighed myself this morning and I am at 210.2lbs. Now we're at Vic's mom's house. Hopefully I can do better here.

Preparing for our trip...

Yesterday's Weight: 211

Today's Weight: 210.2

Difference: -0.8lbs

Had to go into work 3 hours early today :(. I still havn't packed for our trip. I really need to do that. I'm happy to see the number on the scale steadily going down! I'm taking the scale with me on our trip so that I can weigh myself everyday and on my official weigh day. If it keeps going down steadily like this then I'll be able to meet my Halloween goal no problem!

I'm not sure how often I'll have internet access and access to a computer, so I may not be posting much, but I am going to take a small notebook and write a little bit in it so I can recap the week when I come back.  I plan to take a bunch of pics so maybe I can post those too.

Hanging out...

Yesterday's Weight: 212

Today's Weight: 211

Difference: 1lb

Today was pretty chill after work. When I got home, Vic and I played an rpg on the computer. By the time we finished, the gym was closed. So no workout today, but its no big deal because I didn't have a lot of high calorie foods. I started the day with a banana and a protein shake. Lunch was another banana and a bowl of raisen bran. For dinner, we had a salad and fish. I did have another bowl of raisen bran as an evening snack and some grapes. I got this yogurt from the grocery store. It sounded pretty good, it was pumpkin pie falvor. Let me tell you, it was DISGUSTING! Yuck! It was kinda like plain flavor yogurt with a pumpkin pie spices.

We went to the thrift store a little while ago. I got a nice shirt that is practically brand new, it still had a 'M' sticker on it. THATS RIGHT! MEDIUM!!!! I got a MEDIUM shirt and it actually FIT! I also got a long-sleeved hooded jacket that seemed pretty new too. Vic got a fleece sweatshirt and a long-sleeved shirt. 

I don't think I'll be able to go to the gym tomorrow either. I go to work from 1-7pm, but the gym is only open from 12-6pm. I could go and do 30 minutes of cardio and then go to work, but I'd be sweaty and gross :(. I might just see if Vic wants to go to the dog park and we can just run around with the dogs.

Late..

Vic and I went out on a date night thingy. We ate at a resturant called O'Charlies. He had a three cheese bacon burger and I had the tortilla chicken salad. It was really good. It had red and green peppers, jalepenos, corn, onions, black beans, carrots, chicken, tortilla strips, and of course lettuce. It came with a spicey 'southwest ranch' that I barely used any of. I will admit that I was a bit naughty and had a chocolate milkshake. BUT, in my defense, they do make theirs with ice also, so there was less ice cream. After that we headed downtown for our movie. Before we got there, I got a call from my manager asking me to come into work tomorrow, of course. So to make a long story short, I ended up agreeing to work tomorrow morning, well this morning technically, at 7am-1pm. Vic is NOT happy about it. It was our only day together. I wish I hadn't answered the phone :(. Vic said that if I have to work tomorrow, then he doesn't want me to work on Monday, so we can leave earlier.

Anyway, the movie was pretty freaky. I'm tired and I'm mad at myself for agreeing to work tomorrow so early.

Weigh Day!

Yesterday's Weight: 212.4                      

Today's Weight: 212

Difference: 0.4lbs

Woot! Another 1.6lbs down since my last "official" weigh in! I'm a bit nervous though about going to visit the fam and friends. The closest gym is too far out of the way to go to. I'm just going to have to get out and walk/jog.

Today I'm waiting for Vic to get home, then we'll probably eat then go to the gym. Then we're going to go see Orphan at the $2 movie theater.
 

As far as food today, I've had a pb&j sandwich and a banana for breakfast. I had a turkey bacon turkey burger with some cheese, and a few peanut butter filled pretzels. As far as dinner I'm not sure what we'll do.

*Phew! Just got back from the gym. Since I went alone today, Iworked my arms and did 20 minutes on the elliptical and 15 on the bike.

31 days

There are 31 days until Halloween. 31 days for me to get to onderland. 31 days to not skip on the exercise.

ANOTHER day off... (rolls eyes)

Yesterday's Weight: 212.6

Today's Weight: 212.4

Difference: -0.2 lbs 


I worked out twice yesterday. I probably won't go to they gym till after Pip's puppy class tonight. I think I may need to actually start counting my calories. I think I may be going over what I should be eating. Not much else going on today. Its a pretty boring day. I'm just hanging out and doing laundry...fun fun.