01/06/2009 15:22

Congratulations!!

I just wanted to take a moment to give a shout out to lose4logan!! She was the winner of the Losing During the Holidays Challenge in the 100 lbs group!! She lost 15 lbs or 7.68% of her starting weight!! Hop on over to her blog and congratulate her!

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01/06/2009 14:23

Back to work!! Official WI 1/6/09

Last week's WI - 185.4

Today's WI - 185

Total lost - 0.4 lbs

Considering how badly I have eaten I'll take this small loss. The only thing that has been my saving grace has been the Wii Fit!!

Today we are back at school after a little over 2 weeks off. While I am not happy about having to get up early in the morning I love that I am back on schedule. Working keeps me from snacking during the day so that's a plus!! I'm geared up and ready to do what it takes to remove these 5 lbs so I can finally get out of the 180's!!

I know I've been slack on visiting your blogs so I'm off to see what great things you have been up to!!

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01/03/2009 20:30

Oops!

I'm sorry I have been MIA. Dd came home on Thursday after being at her dad's for the week so I've been soaking her in!!

I finally recovered from my New Year's Eve. You can bet I won't be partying like that for a long time to come. Sometimes it's hard to remember that I'm not 21 anymore! I am headed back over to their house again tonight to hang out. Dd is going with me and is looking forward to being around some of the other children that are bound to show up.

Yesterday we went to see Bedtime Stories. What a cute movie this was. I indulged in Cici's pizza and popcorn and had little to no water so my fingers are all swollen and I'm feeling bloated. Back on track today though and that feels good!

I'm loving my Wii Fit! I finally unlocked the Rhythm Boxing today. I think that is my favorite so far. I did the Free Step the day before yesterday. 10 minutes of stepping up and stepping down and yesterday my butt was killing me. I guess it's working something there.

On a less positive note, I am off of the rollercoaster with L. Things simply weren't going to work out. He kept harping on the distance thing and basically wanted me to drive 3 hours every other weekend to see him while he did NO traveling to see me. That on top of the 4 or 5 girls that he text messages with. Plus while I was there he was looking at my digital camera and scrolling through the NKOTB pictures and actually got jealous of Donnie Wahlberg!! I was like WTF dude!! You have girls calling you and texting you and you are going to be jealous of a rock star who doesn't know me from Adam and wouldn't give me the time of day if he did!! I'm just not willing to invest my full heart into something that is only temporary. I'm okay with it all so don't worry about me. Eventually Mr. Right will come along. I just hope I'm not too old to enjoy him. LOL!!

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01/01/2009 20:53

Happy 2009!!!

Last night I did something I've never done before. I went out on New Year's Eve. Every year since I have been a little girl I have stayed home and watched the ball drop then went to bed. In the past several years I have ended up feeling sorry for myself on New Year's Eve. Sorry that I didn't have anywhere to go. Sorry that I was all alone. Sorry that I didn't feel better about myself. You name it, I was sorry for it! This year I feel great and I wanted to bring in the new year right!!

I went over to a co-worker's house and partied like a 21 year old. I am feeling the effects of it today. I've spent most of the day in the bed sleeping it off and I have literally had a gallon of water. I just can't get enough. I'm waiting on Dd to come home now so we can have collards, black eyed peas, and cornbread!!

2009 is our year!! Let's rock this thing!!

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12/30/2008 13:38

Final WI for 2008

Today's WI - 185.4

Last week's WI - 185

Gained .4 lbs. Not too shabby!!

This year I have lost 21.1 lbs. While that is not as much as I would have liked to have lost I am proud of myself!! 2009 will be the year I meet my goal!!

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12/30/2008 01:28

Will it ever end?

I've spent the good part of the day cleaning house. One of my Christmas trees is down, the Hannah Montana curtains have been hung in Dd's room along with brand new sheets and comforter. I've still got new clothes to hang and the other tree to take down. I will be so happy to reclaim my house again!!

I guess if I could stay off the Wii Fit my house could get cleaner sooner. I'll admit I'm addicted to it!! I think the hula hoop and the running are my favorite things. It makes me laugh when I am running and people around me fall down. Yes, I'm a little twisted that way!! Lol

My weight was up 1 lb this morning. Not sure what was up with that. Maybe it was lack of water or the three hour car ride. Hopefully it will be back down in the morning for the official WI. I went out to Mexican with my fellow second grade teacher tonight since she is going out of town tomorrow for New Years. Hopefully that won't do too much damage on the scales. I didn't overdo it so maybe things will still be good.

I've got to get back into running tomorrow. I've been doing the interval training on the treadmill but with my next 5k coming up Valentine's Day weekend I need to step it up in the running department. I emailed my friend about staying at her hotel for the weekend. I haven't heard back from her but I am hoping they aren't all booked up. L said he wanted to come to the beach that weekend for the race and to spend Valentine's Day with me. I thought that was so sweet. It is amazing how quickly someone can get to your heart!!

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12/28/2008 16:38

I'm home!!

I hopped on the scales when I got home this morning and they are down to 184.8!! Oh my goodness isn't that totally fantastic?

I am off to clean my house. There are presents everywhere and both of these Christmas trees have to come down pronto!! After that I'm going to mess around on the Wii Fit for a little while. Yes Santa pulled through and bought it for me!! I love my parents.

I just wanted to jump on here really quick and post a couple of pictures for you. My weekend with L was super fantastic!! We went to the movies and saw Marley and Me (really cute movie) and then to the cheap theater to see Saw V (no so gross the second time around). We watched a couple of DVDs at his house. I laughed until I cried watching Step Brothers last night. We had a hard time falling asleep because we kept quoting lines from the movie and cracking each other up. We went bowling. Both of us sucked big time at that but we had fun anyway. We played Laser Tag. He won at that of course. Somehow he kept sneaking up behind me and shooting me. Of course maybe it didn't help that I wasn't really quiet while playing it. There are tentative plans for him to come up here this weekend. I won't even go into detail over how hard it was to leave him this morning. I was a mess!! Anyway on to the pictures!!

Here we are before leaving for breakfast!! He hates to smile in pictures, but I managed to coax one out of him!!

Here we are after bowling. Goodness those beautiful brown eyes of his make me go all weak in the knees. LOL

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12/25/2008 20:05

Merry Christmas

I only have a quick moment but I wanted to stop by and wish all of you wonderful people a very Merry Christmas!! 2009 is going to be a big year for all of us. I have a good feeling about it!!

I won't be around again until Sunday afternoon/evening. I'm headed south to spend a few days with L. Things seem to be going well after the relocation talk yesterday morning. We both sort of took the issue out of discussion for the time being. Spending a few days with him is just what my heart needs right now. Wish me luck. I shall return with pictures!!! :)

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12/24/2008 16:42

A bittersweet Christmas Eve

Several days ago L sent me a text and wanted to talk. I was hesitant but I agreed. He told me how sorry he was for the things that he did and that he was only trying to impress me and make me like him as much as he liked me. He said he talked to a few of his friends and they all told him how wrong he had been and he wanted to make things right. We agreed that we would take things slow and easy and see how things went. Since then things have been great. We made plans to see one another this weekend and I was feeling really good about our relationship. This morning I woke up to a text from him asking if things got really serious between us would I be willing to relocate. I texted him back saying that I really needed to be near my mom. She has a very rare muscle disease and it is important to me that I am close to her. He called a little while later and told me that when he got off work we really needed to talk. He isn't off work yet but we have talked several times. Things aren't looking good. He isn't willing to relocate either due to his business being based there and the fact that all of his family is there. He says (and I agree) that as the relationship progresses to something serious this could become a sore spot between the two of us and that eventually this would bring us a great deal of pain. The conversation was filled with a lot of "I care a lot about you" from both of us. At one point he tells me that he loves me and I completely lost it. I've been crying since then. He handled this crying like no other guy has. He talked and talked and tried to make me smile and laugh. He begged me to please not cry. He was very sweet. This weekend is up in the air and the relationship is at a standstill and even possibly an end. Why in the hell does this shit always happen? Merry Christmas to me!!

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12/23/2008 15:57

Official WI 12/23

Last week's WI - 184.2

Today's WI - 185

So I'm up .8 lbs this week. That isn't too bad considering TOM arrived in full force yesterday. Of course I would have loved to have seen the scales go down yet again but that isn't very realistic with TOM in the house. I'm happy with 185.

Woke up today with a wicked head cold. I'm already taking some OTC meds for it. I'm just hoping it kicks in soon. Santa doesn't have time to be sick you know!!

Tomorrow we are headed to my grandparent's house for dinner and presents. I can't believe it is Christmas already. I'm so excited!!

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