Wednesday, October 28, 2009

I'm around...

Just dealing with a crapload of illnesses around here.

Saturday I woke up and had lost my voice, couldn't breathe, and just felt like crap. Went to urgent care, got a Z-pack, and feel much better now. Unfortunately, Matt is sick, Adrian was sick (yesterday), and Collin has been sick since this weekend. We found out after two doctor visits that the little guy has strep throat. I honestly freaked myself out and thought for sure that he had H1N1 after Matt and my mother-in-law kept yapping in my ear about it (and I promised myself that I wasn't going to be one of THOSE people). It was pretty scary though; his fever got up to 104.9 and neither Tylenol or Motrin would bring it down. He finally seems to have turned a corner. Let's hope so since I only have 2 PTO days to last me until January.

I haven't weighed in and probably won't until after Halloween. I'm not binging but I'm not on Weight Watchers like I should be. I haven't been able to work out either. I may on Friday though...

I just wanted to let y'all know that I'm alive. :)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Sick a-frickin-gain!

I noticed last night that my throat was hurting a little before I went to bed last night. I ended up getting next to no sleep because I woke up at least a dozen times with a stuffy nose and really sore throat. I barely made it through work. I would have went home had I had more PTO time left. I came home tonight and have been hibernating in the bedroom in full-on sweats and comforters. I finally broke down and bought one of those Temporal Scanner thermometers since I can't ever get an accurate reading for Collin. I doubt I'll ever go back to regular thermometers again. Anywho...my fever is a smidgen over 100. I just downed some Theraflu so I'll hopefully get some sleep and get to feeling better tomorrow. I'm just peeved about being sick. This kind of shit always happens to me when I finally get motivated to eat well and get on a good workout schedule. Argh!

I'm really going to be pissed if this screws up my weigh-in next week.

Monday, October 19, 2009

It's my own fault!

I only lost 1.2 lbs. this week. I don't think that it was the Chinese food or even the mounds of Smarties I had every day last week (which I logged by the way). I am having a difficult time getting in my veggies and I think I might have had 16 oz. of water yesterday. I also had low point days on Saturday and Sunday. So...that's what I think the deal with that was. I'm happy though. A pound is a pound is a pound.

I jogged again today. I shaved another 1.5 minutes off of my normal path and jogged almost an entire mile - I had to take a minute break (or so) to catch my breath but I felt awesome when I was done! I think I'm going to shoot for jogging or using the elliptical three times this week. I'm really enjoying exercising again...thank God!

Oh, and sorry I'm blogging so late. My frickin work has blocked portions of Blogger - like the one I need to sign in and create a new post. Douchebags. What pisses me off the most is that for the most part, I only get on-line on my breaks and during lunch time. It's the Effers that abuse the privilege that ruin the rest of it for us.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Damn you Chinese Buffet!

I had a bad day yesterday. It started with Burger King in the morning. I decided to take Collin to BK for breakfast and bought myself a frickin Croissanwhich (sp?) meal. I originally intended to buy just coffee but caved. Lunch I did well and didn't have my normal afternoon snack. That caused me to be starving by the time I got home. Adrian has been going to the high school football games on Friday so me, Matt, and Collin have been going out to dinner. I wanted something quick so we went to the Chinese Buffet. It's SO delicious but I know it's SO bad!

On a positive note, I am fairly certain that my stomach is shrinking. I was only able to eat one plate of food and a dessert there. I am really starting to detest that stuffed feeling after eating.

You want to know what's crazy about yesterday? I don't feel that guilty about it. I'm realizing that although I'm still slipping up a little that I'm really pushing myself and making myself more accountable. I have been able to keep off about 25 lbs. for the past year. Although I wish it was more, this is the first time in my adult life that I've accomplished this.

I credit a big part of it to getting rid of my bigger clothes. I might slip up for a couple of days but as soon as I get uncomfortable in my clothes, I get right back on the wagon. Another thing that has helped me is planning my meals and keeping food that I know will trip me up out of the house completely. I also know that my weekends usually result in higher point days. That helps me pass on food during the week.

Speaking of that, I passed on not only Donato's pizza this week, but donuts too! There is always food being brought in to work and I'm learning that if I want to be able to have higher point days on the weekend, that I have to pass on stuff during the week. The crazy thing about passing on these two things was that I didn't feel deprived! I think that's probably the first time ever.

So yeah...I slipped up but I really feel like I've accomplished some things this week so that, to me, overshadows the couple of slip-ups.

P.S. I worked out twice so far this week and even started back on HIIT yesterday - 1.9 miles and 324 calories in a 1/2 hour. YEAH!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Down another 2.4 lbs...

Despite the bad day on Tuesday, Cici's on Thursday, and Rally's on Saturday. Oh, yeah...didn't mention Saturday, did I?

Matt & I went to a 30th birthday party for one of his friends and I didn't eat or drink anything. Bad news is that we didn't get out of there and weren't able to eat dinner until close to 10:00. We ended up running through Rally's drive-thru Saturday night but I am happy to report that I got a small combo meal with a diet (instead of the super, super sized one). I really, REALLY wanted a milkshake but I didn't get one. Today I even skipped free Donato's pizza at lunch. Seriously...who skips out on Donato's pizza (almost the world's best pizza)???

Actually, the bigger reason why I skipped out is that I hate eating in front of people. I get nervous about people thinking that I'm eating too much or that they're watching Fatty McFatty, I mean, me eat. Neurotic, I know. Whatever works, right?

Oh, official weight as of this morning...229.9 lbs. My short-term goal that Weight Watchers made for me is 220 lbs. from 232.2 lbs. (when I started WW in July). Kind of depressing now that I realized that I've only lost 2 lbs. Oh, well. I'm still plugging away and that's all that matters...

Back to yesterday (God, I'm A.D.D. tonight!)...Matt made the most delicious low-point French Toast for breakfast. He is getting burned out on cooking so I told him that I would start cooking at least once a week. I'm pretty stoked because I found several WW recipes that are low in points and easy to make. I made stir-fry chicken with red/yellow peppers and cashews last night. Yummy! Collin didn't approve but I think that's just because it was too flavorful for him. The next one I'm making is Balsamic Chicken w/mushrooms. I actually might make this tomorrow if I can get my math homework/studying done tonight.

Let's just keep our fingers crossed that I don't give anyone food poisoning because that's a real possibility...

Before I forget...I did work out twice last week. Yay! Dare I shoot for three times this week???

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Gah!

So the dreaded Aunt Flo is here and I have the munchies like you wouldn't believe. Plus, I'm STARVING! So, I did shittily with my eating twice this week. Tuesday was completely awful. 40-some points (I only get 29 per day). Yesterday was actually good but today totally sucked (well, actually not until dinner - I did very good all day). We had to shop and didn't have time to cook dinner so we ate at CiCi's Pizza for dinner. I guess it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I had a serving of pasta in Alfredo sauce, 4 (small) pieces of pizza, 3 (small) cinnamon bun thingies, 3/4 of a piece of apple strudel pizza, and a two small brownies. Guess who is definitely out of flex points this week??? Ahh!!!

The good news of the day is that I kicked my own ass on my lunch break. I decided to get on the elliptical since it was raining outside. I went for a half hour, went 1.7 miles, and burned 320 calories. Oh, and that only earned me TWO effing activity points. That's just not even right!

On a funny kid-related note, I had an interesting conversation with Collin tonight. I was getting him ready for bed and made him go potty when I noticed that his weenis was a bit inflamed on the tip. This happens a few times a year because I think his circumcision was botched a little but don't get me started on that topic. So anyway...I decided to clean it up with some hydrogen peroxide and put some ointment on it. As I'm doing that he tells me to "Stop touching it Momma. You'll make it bigger if you don't stop!" It was funny, yet disturbing at the same time. He then mentioned something about twisting and touching it and so I'm pretty sure he's discovered the art of touching himself. Oh, joy. And so it begins...his journey to manhood when he'll never stop touching his peen. I told Matt and I think I saw a glimmer of pride in his eyes.... :oP

On a totally different note, I'm almost ready for Halloween. I'm going to be an Oktoberfest girl. I have a schweet costume and even schweeter shoes. Check these bad boys out:


I can't wait to wear these AFTER Halloween too! :D (those are 4-inch heels, by the way)

Monday, October 5, 2009

Well...it only took me 3 months but...

I started jogging again today. I was actually pretty pleased with myself. I did the 1.25 mile course here at work on my lunch hour and did it in 24 minutes. I jogged about 1/2 of that. That's definitely not lightning speed by any means but I can't believe I was able to jump right back on! :) I'm sure my body will hate me for this little stunt tomorrow.

Confession Time:

I only worked out one day last week. Too much schoolwork, poor planning, and just pure laziness contributed to all of that. I did not binge but I did go over my points on 3 of those days. I still managed to lose right about 3 lbs. so I'm happy with that.

Goal for this week: Work out twice and stay within my points for 5 out of the next 7 days.

I WILL do this! :D

Sunday, October 4, 2009

New glasses

So...as you know, I'm getting old (had the big 3-0 this year). I went to my every other year eye exam and was told that I need glasses. Good news is that I only need them to read.

This morning, I'm drinking my coffee and surfing the net before I get started on homework (my weekly Sunday routine) and Collin is snuggling with me. He looks over at me and says, "I want big eyes too, Momma."

Great. The one person I thought I could count on NOT to play on my insecurities did. Thanks, little buddy. Momma loves you too.