Superjayman's Battle of the Bulge

been awhile...

2010-11-08T18:48:00.000-08:00

But doin' good 163.8......Going to Aruba in one week!!! 4 pounds to go for Aruba! Gotta work hard this week!

Starting out the week on a high....

2010-08-16T07:35:00.000-07:00

170.8---one pound to go til the 160's! I think I am going to get 10 pounds at WW tomorrow and 5%. I love celebrations.

Yippee!

2010-08-15T20:55:00.000-07:00

171.6 --gotta love that number! 1.8 til the 160's. Would love to see that next week's w/in!

A new low....again

2010-08-11T07:23:00.000-07:00

Weight Watcher w/in yesterday down 2.0 pounds. Weigh in this am at home--172.8. 1.4 from 10 at weight watchers!

Thru the weekend....OMG it's Monday!

2010-08-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

So the weigh in for Monday morning....174.0. Which will mean a loss for the ww week! That is if I can "do" good today! Workout with Michelle at 10:30 and will geta quick workout in this evening.

Weigh in

2010-08-05T07:20:00.001-07:00

173.8

Wow - - I'm back !!

2010-08-04T20:37:00.000-07:00

Sorta sad if you think about it.....so here we go. A little older now and have gained some weight back! Weigh in this morning 174.6. My goal this time is to be at 150 by middle of November--Girls Trip to ARUBA! So the battle begins (or continues) Will update pix later!

Weigh in...

2009-04-16T22:09:00.001-07:00

Can't do a long post....but I did w/in this morning at 170.0. 15 pounds to go!!

I've almost forgotten how to do this.....

2009-04-14T21:39:00.000-07:00

So, I've been away for quite sometime. No I didn't get lost or stuck or kidnapped in Mexico. So, here I am at the tower overnight and I started to look at some of the blogs I used to read. And now here I am posting. I am staying over tonight, but I got this CRAZY idea that I would weigh in Thursday morning and post my results here that morning to make myself accountable for the last 6 months of not really doing much about my weight loss. My youngest brother is getting married in June and I'd love to be 15 pounds lighter for his wedding.

So, weigh in as soon as I can get on a scale (which will be Thursday morning). Let's see if I have anyone is still out there reading this!!!!

SJ

ONE MORE WEEK....and off to Margarita-ville

2008-10-15T07:18:00.000-07:00

Not quite where I want to be weight wise. I went to my meeting yesterday (Tuesday) and lost another .6. It just wants to come off soooo slowly. We had one gal in the meeting that lost 5 pounds in one week. Well, that's all I have left time wise. ONE WEEK. I am going to work very hard this week to get off as much as I can before my trip. I fell a little short in my trip goal weight. BUT, working with my trainer, Michelle, for the past 7 weeks has really changed my body shape. I can definitely tell a huge difference in my upper arms, tummy (no more muffin top) and my legs.

She's also bumping up my workouts with her as well this week. I plan to get on that treadmill every day for the next 7 days. It will be nice to get away for a few days....free from Mom's divorce, kid-free, and hubby-free. Sometimes, it's just nice to get away from the stress of every day life.

So, an update on the divorce. The house sold-finally!!!! And there are two major things that need to be accomplished in the next couple of weeks. I need to make sure my mom has health insurance coverage before the grace period expires on the coverage she has under my dad's policy. And her payments from his retirement fund should be kicking in soon. After that, I will no longer have THAT stress in my life. What a relief that will be. It has been a LONG year dealing with this.

BUT, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THAT THE DIVORCE IS FINALLY FINAL!!!!

Here's to hoping for a great week for me and for all!!!

CBB (Cancun Birthday Bash---3 weeks and counting!!

2008-10-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

So, 3 weeks from today. My workouts with my trainer seem to be paying off. I have not officially been to a WW meeting to w/in but at home I was 166.0. My mom has scheduled some surgeries 2 tuesdays in a row, and I have unfortuneatly missed 2 meetings.

So, my weeks have been CRAZY!!! Surgeries, my 40th birthday (ouch--it all goes downhill from now right? Metabolism gets slower---yeah, like that's what I need ---and even slower Metabolism!!!) I also have been planning my youngest's 5th birthday party. He wants an airplane cake.

We are bidding on days off for work. It's done by senority and I am #2 (out of 2 - ha ha) So next year instead of having Mondays and Tuesdays----I get one weekend day off---so excited that I will be able to spend one weekend day off with the hubby and boys. So, next year my days off will be Sundays and Mondays!!!

What else? On my mom's divorce----they got an offer on the house (the realtor took over anything that dealt with the sale of the house - agreed upon by both in mediation) My mom signed the offer letter, but my dad refused so the realtor signed for him anyway. He has to vacate within 2 weeks!!! She also found out (from the Pharmacist) that he had taken her off his medical insurance (which he wasn't supposed to do) He is a piece of work. I have never in my life disliked (and this is putting it nicely) anyone more than I dislike him.

I will be sooo glad when this whole business is done and over with. Can you believe that mediation was at the end of August and their divorce is still not finalized. Unbelievable!!!! The stress of this whole situation is getting to me. Sometimes, i feel like I am sooo overwhelmed with all this that I practically could jump right out of my skin. Enough about that!!!

Well, here's to a good week for me and you all --- and w/in next week!!!!

A small loss

2008-09-16T10:10:00.000-07:00

-.6 at w/in today---puts me at 167.4 and 12.4 pounds to go!!!! It was not what I had hoped for but my trainer, Michelle, said muscle weighs more that fat (we all know that right?---but it's still hard to fathom working soo hard for the last 2 and 1/2 weeks only got me .6).

So, my challenges this week are at trip to the mall Wednesday with my neighbor (and lunch out) and A GIRL'S NIGHT OUT (GNO) on Friday night. I will make good choices on both of these outings. You know CRUNCH TIME SJ!!!! I am at the 5 week mark on Thursday of this week and I need to make the next 5 weeks count for something.

My workout today was good but not great....I think I was down a little with the number on the scale and was a little behind the power curve during my workout. Friday I will concentrate on giving a little more during that 1/2 hour workout session. Maybe make up for the fact I wasn't on my game this morning.

Gonna go read some blogs!!!

Almost cried.....

2008-09-15T06:19:00.000-07:00

So, I went to try on bathing suits (I now know after giving birth to two kids) that I need a bathing suit that has an underwire in the top section!!! So, I am in the dressing room with at least 10 bathing suits and they all look horrible. I have 5 weeks to get this body into shape and it's gonna be a lot of work. This is what procrastination has gotten me. I knew 4 months ago I would be putting this body into a bathing suit....and now it's down to crunch time.

I am usually very prompt on what I do in life, except for weight loss. I am sooo sick of my body looking like this. Frumpy, bumpy and lumpy!!! I haven't weighed in for 2 weeks now (last week the hubby and I went to Glenwood Springs and had a ball---alpine coaster, caves and rafting/kayaking), so I missed w/in last week b/c we were gone.

I w/in tomorrow (Tuesday) and I am anxiously waiting to see if my money spent with the trainer is paying off. I start my 3rd week with her today (this morning, an early morning work out.) She is kicking my butt, but the soreness actually feels good. So far it's been great---never the same workout. The last time she put pink boxing gloves on me, and I got to punch the hell out of the bag. Who's picture did I imagine on the bag? Yep, my dad's --but that is another story entirely, that I won't go into here.

So, I will post w/in results tomorrow....here's to hoping....

A quickie!!!

2008-09-05T03:09:00.000-07:00

Been to the trainer twice now, and my third torture session is later on this afternoon. I have been extremely sore....this morning was the first time I could walk down the stairs without saying "ow...ow...ow" every step. She loves the lunges. And I don't. So, two more days of work and then the hubby and I are headed to Glenwood Springs for a few days without the kids. There are natural (smelly) hot springs there----that should do my muscles good if I can stand the stench. I didn't w/in Tues. I basically blew it off b/c of a headache. We will be away still for w/in this coming Tuesday. Anyway, an update for I don't know who....does anyone still read this?

A shocker...in my book!!

2008-08-26T18:11:00.000-07:00

So, w/in was today and I was down .4. I am not sure how but I will take this gift with a huge smile. 168.0 and 13 pounds to go. I called my friend up today (she is a personal trainer---works out of her home) and we are getting together next Monday to come up with a plan that will get me into some semblence of shape by the end of October (Cancun Birthday Bash-CBB!!)

I am hoping to lose some of my middle flab---you know, what I call "cat gut". When I was home for the mediation, I met up with a friend of mine (Amanda was there too). My friend Angie has had 4 children (one set of twins who are now 3) but she looks fantastic. She has taken off a lot of weight and now teeters tween sizes 6 & 8. I am soooo jealous.

Maybe some motivation for myself. I mean I can't have her looking so great and me still all frumpy (my youngest is just about to turn 5--yikes!!)

All for now

Back from Amanda's......and a couple pounds heavier!!!!

2008-08-25T08:30:00.000-07:00

So, to catch up. Misty (Steve's girlfriend --now fiancee obviously said "YES!!"

We (my mom and I) flew back from INDY last night to find out that 3 tornados passed thru our town (south of Denver) and one came within 2 miles of our neighborhood. My mom settled her divorce through mediation (all day Thursday) and she came out pretty good---but now my other brother is pissed off at her and me (he won't return my phone calls and told my mom when he called her back Friday morning that "this would be last time he would talk to her". It's a long story that I won't go into here, but it's just sad. I am hoping time will really heal this.

I am glad to be back home---I have eaten out soooo much in the past 5 days!!!! Let's list it out...
Panera
Olive Garden
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Pizza
Kabuto's (japenese steakhouse)
Olive Garden (again)
Cracker Barrel (didn't eat much here)

So, I am glad to get back and start eating like I was before leaving.

Definitely not looking forward to w/in tomorrow morning!!!

Small success.....but I'll take it.

2008-08-12T12:01:00.000-07:00

W'd/in this morning and was DOWN .6 (not as much as I would have liked) but I will take a loss any day over a gain. This puts me at 167.8 which all I have to say is "yay!!!"

Here are my challanges this week. Workin' on Wednesday. Off on Thursday to pick my brothers up from the airport (with one girlfriend) and spend the rest of the day with them. Friday I plan to work 5 1/2 hours of my shift and be home by lunchtime. Picking up second girlfriend ---(and the one to be proposed to by my youngest bro) later in the evening (9ish).

Saturday, THE PROPOSAL HIKE and our celebration dinner that evening. Sunday, the "bride to be" (I hope she says YES) will fly out in the evening and then, Monday everyone else flies back too.

Tuesday, day of rest---BUT NOT QUITE---have to pack to leave for INDY the next morning----can you say "YIKES".

Busy Busy Week----I am going to try to do good---That's TRY. I know Saturday night won't be great seeing that I have already made a cake to bring to the restaurant with us. I will have to post a pix---I think that it didn't turn out too bad!!!

So long

SJ

Weigh in day (I say with a huge smile)

2008-08-05T15:15:00.000-07:00

Drum roll please.....DOWN 1.6 pounds!!!!! I am now back in the 160's again (168.4). And I am soooo excited about this. I am going to have to be an angel this week though. Following this week my brothers and their girlfriends are flying out---you know for my youngest bro to propose to his love. I would love love love to see 166.9 before they get here.

The plan is....do great this week (which means lots of time on the treadmill) and writing every bite I eat down. Getting all my water in and not dip into too many flex points. THAT'S THE PLAN----HERE'S TO STICKIN' TO IT!!!!!

My brother is planning the hike to an awesome mountain lake and propose and then we are all going out to dinner to celebrate. Everyone will be gone by Monday the 18th in the evening....and my w/in day will be Tuesday morning----hoping just to maintain that week.

Then, Wednesday the 20th, my mom and I will be flying back to INDY for yes, you guessed it COURT! Well, she is being forced to mediate Thursday (which I believe will be short lived) and then the Final court date on Monday the 25th.

I will finally be able to see my BFF Amanda (you also know her as Strawgirl) and her new baby boy!!!! I am soooo excited---and keeping my fingers crossed that we actually get to go this time and not have the big let down of a court date gone bad (CDGB---lol you know like girls gone wild --GGW ha ha)

Anyway, I will be extremely busy this week ---exercising my ass off!!!!!

Such a LOSER!!!!

2008-07-30T06:05:00.000-07:00

Yep....I lost. >>> 2 pounds <<< that is--- on my official first week after rejoining for the umpteenth time. I am hoping to see that number next week. I have decided to buy a bathing suit for motivation. I have checked at some of the stores in town, but it seems as though I missed the boat. I will sometime this week do some poking around on-line to see if I can find something. My weekend (Monday and Tuesday) has been extremely busy and my week is shaping up to be the same.

The weather out here in Colorado is going to be HOT!!!! the next few days. 100 tomorrow. It seems as if this summer has had more hot days than last. I am waiting til it gets back down in the 80's at least. My perfect day would be sunny in the mid 70's.

Anyway, starting the 2nd week today, and hoping to see another 2 pound loss. Then I will be back in the 160's.

Now 90 days til Cancun Birthday Bash (CBB)

2008-07-24T07:22:00.000-07:00

Only 90 more days to get smokin' hot. Yesterday went OP. And I am starting out the day today by proteining up for breakfast. My plan is to eat a larger meal at breakfast, then lunch and dinner will be lighter (4-5 pts.) On Wednesday's I meet up with the hubby for lunch---he loves Chipotle, so I decided to look up the nutritional facts on their food --YIKES. Without getting a burrito shell (in a bowl) I would use up 15 pts (or more) for lunch. Couldn't do it on my first day OP. So, we ended up at Subway, where I got the 6-inch veggie for 5 pts.

So, good choices my first day back and NOW ONLY 90 DAYS til CBB.

Is anyone else having problems with blogger and not being able to get the cool colors and text size??????

So I did it!!!!

2008-07-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

I joined (well rejoined) WW this morning...so all this week I will be accountable to someone! I will be w'ing/in on Tuesday morning (on the ww scale) instead of Wednesday mornings (on my scale). My official start weight today 172.0 (which is .2 down from last week).

Hopefully I will see some results next week.

Good....but not good enough

2008-07-17T07:39:00.000-07:00

Well, w/in (Wednesday morning) wasn't terrible---I stayed the same. Which is somewhat dissappointing in my book. I did get on the scale this morning (thursday), and my water drinking must be paying off. I was down a bit 171.8 (-.4), but still not good enough. I decided then and there that I am sick of this. I need to start going back to meetings. The first one will be Tuesday morning of next week, and I will go rejoin.

I had two great WW leaders in the past, and I am hoping that I have another leader that gets me motivated to finally get these last annoying, frustrating pounds gone. I was looking at my calender and my 40th birthday bash in Cancun is only 90 some days away. Not long ago, I had triple digit time to get down to 155, now I am in the double digit days---and I am starting to get panicky! I lose extremely slow. I only have 3 months to accomplish this.

I have tried this week to bump up my protein intake, and back off on eating soooo many carbs. Yesterday, I was so busy in the morning that I wasn't able to fit in time to get on the treadmill. So, at 11:40pm last night when I got home from work, I had my mind made up that I would get in some exercise before midnight. I ended up with 25 min on the treadmill, 250 cal. burn.

Today, at work, I plan to walk the stairs. It will be good training for my 8 mile hike in September with the hubby.

So far today,

Eggs w/crumbled bacon and cheese-----5 points----by the way soooo sick of counting points.

The hike....

2008-07-14T14:14:00.000-07:00

So, the news is that my youngest brother is flying out here to propose to his girlfriend. He will be coming out here the day before her to get things ready and he wanted us to find him a romantic, scenic, not well-traveled hike for him to bring a picnic lunch, wine and ring. So, here is a picture we took of the hike we did yesterday (my legs were killing me after we got back).

There are plenty of areas to put a blanket down, enjoy the view and POP THE QUESTION!!!!

They are planning the trip in mid-August!!! I am sooo excited, since I haven't seen them since x-mas last year.

W/I on Wednesday....keeping my fingers crossed (if I can get them crossed----still retaining water for some reason. My rings are really tight (which is not normal for me). I drank tons of water yesterday---made many trips to the loo!!!

Not so good....

2008-07-12T21:33:00.000-07:00

So eating hasn't been great the last two days. For some reason I feel extremely bloated. I plan to suck the water down the next few days and see if I can flush this bloatiness (is that even a word? I'm now making things up--spellcheck didn't like it either--lol) away.

I did work out today ----40 min. on the treadmill---400cal burn. Maybe, that will help too. We are tentatively planning on hiking somewhere near Idaho springs. If we do, I will post pix.

Update on the day.....

2008-07-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, CO

So, I made it! 25 min. on the treadmill and 230 cal. burn---a little slower paced than normal---I like to get 10 cal/min burn but it' s the first time I've exercised is some time now, and I took it a little easier.

Look at this gorgeous view from the loft in our house----"lucky me" (a quote by Julia Roberts --the movie Nottingham)!!!

Finally----no headache

2008-07-09T06:02:00.001-07:00

So, the four day marathon headache is gone. I went to the doctor yesterday as well as the chiropractor, and this morning I woke up better. This wasn't my normal migraine (yeah, normal). I had taken my migraine meds twice, and nothing.

So, I w'd/in this morning at 170.8. So, that's good. Down 1.4 since Monday. Now that I am feeling up to it....I will get on the treadmill this morning after I get Justin on the bus. I haven't been down there for a while now. I will probably start out at maybe 20 minutes and see how I feel, maybe more.

I have been bad about posting what I eat (okay, not posting at all---but now that the headache is gone, I will do my best to get that in. Today, I start my work week. A little modified (possibly) b/c on Saturday I have to get online and check to see if I need to appear for Jury duty (yuck!!!!)

I've had to do this only once before, and it sucked! So, if my number is listed online Saturday, I will have to go down to the courthouse on Monday morning. I usually have Monday's off, so work graciously gave me Sunday off, in exchange they put me as an admin. day on Monday to cover for jury duty (if I have to serve). If I don't (keeping fingers crossed), I will go back to my schedule as if it never changed and work Sunday morning.

Here's to hoping NO JURY DUTY AND NO THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT (for work that is, it makes my job that much harder!)

Gonna go poke around at everyone's blogs..................

So the W/IN

2008-07-07T06:06:00.000-07:00

172.2....which I am up .2 from the last time I w'd/in 3 weeks ago. So, considering 4th of July and the Birthday party, not good, but not tooo bad. I plan to post what I eat today later in an update. Still deciding whether to go to the meeting tomorrow morning---I still have 3 passes to use, so I would only have to pay for registration (yet again---they have gotten so much money from me on going back time and time again---this is my hesitation on going.)

Finally time to post.....thanks for asking guys!!!

2008-07-06T03:03:00.000-07:00

That's is --- inquiring minds want to know...MissJuly and Tallmama (thanks for getting me back accountable)

So, camping in Aspen was great. We did some slow (b/c Mom came with us) hiking. Tent camped and had dinner and S'mores by campfire. YUM. I came back not gaining (or losing?) a thing, so that was good.

The last week or so haven't been great --- kinda up and down the same 2 pounds. I have made it thru the big BLOCK party for the 4th and my 8 year old's BIRTHDAY party (yesterday) and am now in the mindset to BUCKLE DOWN get this thing done! I have even given some thought to going back and joining WW and be accountable to someone. For the next 2-3 months, NO big major events----no b/d parties, no anniversaries and no significant holidays to worry thru!

So, the hubby and I have agreed to cease eating out for a month, since this seems to cause me (and him) to throw away any sense of eating good while we are out. We have also agreed to do "the not eating after dinner thing too". This has always been hard for me, b/c for some reason, I feel the need to do mindless snacking before going to bed.

I am planning on posting, daily, my food journal to keep me accountable and will make the decision on whether I will join WW by tommorrow evening. W/I would be Tuesday mornings. I dug up my old membership book and it was about a year ago when I went to a WW meeting. Suprisingly enough, my last OFFICIAL W/IN wasn't far off from what I weigh now. I don't know if that's good or bad. Thinking negatively--in a year I haven't budged the scale, thinking positively----I haven't gained anything in a year!!!

As, I am finishing this post up, it is 1am on "monday" and I am now feeling better from a horrendous headache---the kind that after taking my migraine meds (it took a while this time for the meds to kick in for some reason) finally went away. The dog just woke me up (after taking a nap after I got home from work, and going to bed around 7pm). He needed to "go". So, now I am wide awake, and it's 1:15am-------YIKES!!

My oldest tracks back on to school later today (monday) which is okay with me....he seems to be needing to get back to school with friends. I now have a second grader.

All I know for now, and I will try to post daily (at least what I am putting in my PIE HOLE)!

Fessin' up...

2008-06-18T08:48:00.000-07:00

So I got on the dreaded scale today, and it wasn't pretty. I am back up in the 170's --172.0 that is. So I gained quite a bit in my quest for sweets. I am rather bummed, discouraged, you name it. I am back to my work-week and trust me, I don't wanna go.

We (me, hubby, 2 boys and my mom) are headed to Aspen on Sunday to do some "car" camping--drive up to campsite and pitch tent). We are going to do some hiking while we are there--bonus activity points. I just hope it's not that hot in the mountains. It is supposed to be near 90 in Denver over the weekend---it's now time to turn on the air-conditioner.

So, now the countdown starts again---I wasn't going to tell anyone at home when Mom's newest court date was set for, but I can't keep this to myself. It's August 4th, which means my new and improved mini goal of getting back down to 165.0 is only 44 days from now--to lose 7 pounds in a little over 6 weeks.

I am going to buckle down and at least get there. I've just got to realize that life happens (camping, oldest son turns 8 --two birthday parties--, Saturday night out with the girls--dinner and a movie, Fourth of July block party, and so on). Hopefully I actually learn not to turn a one incident (big big ice cream cone) into a 2 week eating spree.

All I know for now

A quickie.....

2008-06-12T21:43:00.000-07:00

I need a kick in the pants....I have been stress eating for days now and am feeling the effects of it. Clothes are definitely getting tighter. Ice cream has become my friend the last few days. On Sunday, one of my co-workers brought up to me in the tower---a huge mint choc. chip waffle cone. Let me tell you, this cone was filled to the brim with ice cream. I am guessing I ate at least 5 scoops and the cone---the real stuff too, not light/low-fat. It was handed to me and I ate the entire thing. Not really thinking about what I was doing. And of course, afterwards, reality set in and I realized "I ATE THE WHOLE THING" *&(^^$%$!!!!!!

Anyway, I have not w'd/in....TOO SCARED OF WHAT "HE" WILL TELL ME. I know I am up.

I need a kick in the pants, girls.....I'm waiting!!!!!

A NO GO!

2008-06-06T15:11:00.001-07:00

So, court's a no-go.....I am sooo disappointed. I had made several plans with family and friends when we flew home for Mom's court date and now I can kiss those good-bye. Amanda and I were supposed to see SEX IN THE CITY and I am bummed that I won't be going home.

This is so frustrating. I can't imagine what this feels like to my mom (well, in fact I kinda do....she called me angry, then sad---she was crying b/c she just wants this divorce to go thru and be done with it). Anyway, she got it off her chest and is in a better frame of mind.

All I know for now---other than I have been stress eating the last two days----which is NOT good!

W/I results....

2008-06-04T06:38:00.000-07:00

So, I am down a bit 168.8......which was only .6. But I guess I will take a little loss rather than a gain. I was soooo hoping for a bigger number. But, such is life.....

This morning my mom and I will be "taking a meeting" by phone with her lawyer. She is supposed to go to court next Wednesday and we don't know if the date is still good. I am hoping that we finally get this thing done and over with. We are on our 4th continuance since January. I am not keeping much hope that this thing will take place.

If it does, I finally get to see my BFF and her new baby----http://strawgirl--mylifeinablog.blogspot.com/. I am trying not to get too excited just in case the date falls thru. The only problem is when we get together, I do bad eating-wise. You know all the eating out and such.

So, I don't have a expectations now that I am going to lose 3.8 more pounds before Sunday (which I wanted before I left for INDY)--- it would be a miracle if that happened. BTW, I did get up and got on the treadmill this morning....32:30 min/350 cal burn. And I plan to visit the airport gym today (this evening) to do my weight lifting circuit!

Catch ya later

I have some READER(S)....

2008-06-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

Yay!!! I am so excited that I have 3 readers---yep, plural.

So, W/in is tomorrow. I am hoping I see a loss---crosses fingers!

I got on the treadmill this morning....remember if I don't exercise in the first 2 hours of my day, I usually will find some excuse not to.

So, here was my conversation with myself while snoozing the alarm this morning:

First time alarm goes off--"Oh crap it's early...." hits snooze button.

Second time alarm goes off-- "Okay, one more snooze and I will get up. I need to exercise" ----- -hits snooze button for the second time.

Third time alarm goes off---"ahh, I will exercise later after my haircut and grocery shopping"---hits snooze button for the third time.

Okay, a few minutes go by, and I am actually having a discussion in my brain...."get your ass up and get on the treadmill". " But I don't want to---it's not fun!" "You'll feel so much better after you sweat" "OH, OKAY!!!!"

I shut off the alarm, get up, put tennis shoes on, and head to the basement with IPOD and water in hand. 32 minutes later, I have a 340 cal burn and my decision to exercise has paid off...I bound up the stairs a little proud of myself for sticking to it.

Off to see what everyone else has going on!!!!

Catch ya tomorrow.

A evening at work....

2008-05-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

So my day is finally over! Work was work---thunderstorms plagued us out east of Denver....so if you got delayed, it wasn't because it was an ATC delay----blame it on the weather.

Today went pretty good eating-wise. I got on the treadmill this morning for 35 min./325 cal. burn. But here is the OUTRAGEOUS thing...Denver International Airport has a wellness center and I went and checked it out today before work. It is small but has everything you'd need for a good workout. And, the kicker, only $90.00 for a year membership!!! Not $900.00 but $90.00 for a whole entire year!!! that's less than $2.00 a week.....needless to say, I joined and spent about 40 min. using the universal weights after I got off work tonight.

I will probably only go 2 -3 times per week, just to work out on the universal weight circuit they have set up---just to tone my flab. They have plenty of cardio equipment, but I'd rather do that at home (where I can watch or listen to what I want).

Anyway, hopefully in a few months I will be able to see a difference in the flab factor!

All I know

SJ

W/in results.....

2008-05-28T08:51:00.001-07:00

So, I got on the scale this morning, and walked away with a small smile on my face. 169.2--which I will gladly take considering I was cooking for extra people for the last few days. So, I am down .6 pounds from last week and I am only 4.2 pounds away from my mini goal (165.0) by June 8th. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this final court date actually takes place.

I haven't been "home" since Christmas, and I am needing that "fix" of seeing my family and friends. It's been extremely frustrating thinking I'm going home and then Mom's court date being continued time and time again.

I did get on the treadmill yesterday 35 min / 315 cal. burn. I have noticed that if I don't make the effort exercise within the first 2 hours of me getting up, I won't do it. And I am at that point now. So, I need to finish this and go EXERCISE!!!!

Whew....made it thru the visit!!!

2008-05-27T08:26:00.000-07:00

So, it's Tuesday morning and the IL's have headed back east. I jumped on the scale to see how "bad" I had done and was actually surprised to see 169.6----which means I was down .2. But, I have this theory about my body and the scale. It usually take 2 days for my horrendous eating spree to catch up to the number on the scale. So, we'll see tomorrow what the scale says for the official weekly w/in.

I am planning on getting on the treadmill as soon as I finish this post. Yesterday, I managed to put in 35 min on the treadmill and burn 300 calories. I am hoping to do around the same time, but increase that calorie burn.

The hubby and I are planning on seeing IRONMAN this evening, but will insist we eat at home and not splurge on popcorn. This will be tough---I love movie popcorn.

My oldest is "off-track" from school for 6 weeks. In our county (in Colorado) we have year round school. So, for the most part the kids go to school for 9 weeks and then track "off" for 3 weeks....and so on for the entire year. My son just finished 1st grade and has a longer period off for the summer break and in 6 weeks will start 2nd grade. He is all nutty because he doesn't have to go to school for a while. I'm sure I will be "NUTTY" real soon. -lol

Anyway, I'd better get on the treadmill before I lose all motivation to get on it at all!!!

Check in tomorrow with the official "NUMBER" from the scale.

I only have 12 days to get 4.6 pounds gone.....can I do it??

The IL's are in town....

2008-05-24T02:58:00.000-07:00

So, my in-laws just got into town yesterday (south of Denver, CO). They don't fly, so they drove two days to get here. I have done that drive twice (actually 2 1/2 time--for the most part). Once, when we moved the kids, animals, and ourselves out here in 2006. Once, one-way when I flew out to drive my mom out here, and then the last time to meet my youngest bro to get my mom's dog---we met in Vandalia, IL, slept for 2 hours and then drove back.

I plan to never do that drive again....it's way to long, way to monotonous, and I'd rather fly and use 4 1/2 hours of my time instead of 17 hours!!!!! I think it is CRAZY talk to drive out here to visit but who am I to say (I've only done it once to many times in my lifetime).

Anyway, so dinner wasn't great last night. My mom insists on always bringing ice cream to my house (just as a dessert, honey!) I LOVE ICE CREAM!!!! It's hard for me to resist....no, IMPOSSIBLE to resist. So, I didn't do great last night.

I am still aiming for at least 2 pounds this week, though! It's gonna be tough. The IL's leave out Thursday morning, so that will be my entire w/in week. Gotta get to work---yes, it is 4:06 in the morning and I am up at the butt crack of dawn on a Saturday!!

So long for now my faithful readers (I think I still have one---thanks, Miss July!!!)

FINALLY....I'M BACK!!!!

2008-05-21T06:07:00.000-07:00

Well it's been quite some time.....have you ever quit going to WW meetings and when you decide you have to go back, you won't b/c you've gained some of your weight back and then you don't go back until you get the gain back off (did that make any sense????)

Well, I've decided to start blogging again even though I've put on a few....I w'd/in this morning and the scale read 169.8. So, I am up a bit (which I already knew). My lowest was 165.2 and I am hoping to be back there real soon.

So, an update. Knee is better (still sore sometimes and if I tweak it a bit (lots of pain)). My mom and dog moved out and are living in an apartment across town. Final court date for her divorce is set the second week of June (April court date did not happen and was continued til the June date). We'll see. If this one gets continued, I am going to tell my mom to fire this chick and hire someone more competent. If we get to go home, I will get to see my BFF (http://strawgirl--mylifeinablog.blogspot.com/) remember---she just had a baby!!!

So, now the w/l thing....I now have new motivation (I hope). I have a group of girls that I graduated from high school with that are all turning 40 --yikes--and we are going to celebrate in October by taking a trip to Cancun. The two girls already booked are super skinny and I would feel much better about myself in a bathing suit (next to them) if I got these last 15 pounds off.

So, again, I approach this challenge in BABY STEPS. Five pounds---3 times/5 pounds x 3/3 "steps" of 5. I have until October to get this done. That's an average of 3 pounds a month. Simple right? We'll see.

I do have a short term mini-goal...that is to get back down to 165 by the time we leave to go home June 8th. It doesn't give me much time to do this but (and that's a BIG but) I am starting my work week today and I usually do better during my work week than on the weekends. I am planning (and have been for 1 day) to write every bite. Drink all my water. And get some form of exercise every day. I have broken out the pilates dvd -- I think it actually had dust on it.

So, mini-goal by June 8th *****lose 4.8 pounds in 17 days ******ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!

SEE YA!!

In a funk......

2008-03-03T18:29:00.000-08:00

So, the last two weeks have not been great. My knee is still giving me issues and I am scheduled to have an MRI tomorrow (Tuesday). I haven't been doing great eating wise either. It's like I have really "gone on vacation" with the weight loss. I keep going up and down 2 pounds. I have barely been getting water in and I can really tell. I need to recommit to this journey!!!! Bathing suit weather is just around the corner---not saying I'll get in a bathing suit--but being 10 pounds lighter may make me feel better.

On the dog front....my mom soooo wants me to like this dog, but it's really hard when he pees on my carpet. Yes, twice now. It would be bad enough for my own pets to be doing this, but when it's someone else's, it just makes it all the more worse. I just can't understand her fascination with this dog----I have nicknamed his "TAZ" because he reminds me of the Tasmanian devil. When my cats come out, he freakin' goes wacko.

I thought having my mom here would be a great experience, and I still think it would be
without that damn dog. He is the disruption, not my mom. We are starting to rethink purchasing a condo for her (as an investment for us---and her paying us a small rental fee to live there). What if this dog destroys the condo---he already scratches at her bedroom door if he isn't crated. And god forbid----I couldn't stand it to walk in the place and smell "pet odor" from him having "accidents" on the carpet.

You'd think that with my job (remember---air traffic controller) that I'd be "used to" tons of stress. But I will take a busy day at work, than deal with the dog situation. BTW, have I told you all that I think I have a teenager living with me now. That's how I feel with her here. I am constantly using up my time to do the things she should be doing. She's a BIG procrastinator. She sleeps all the time. In fact, this past Sunday----16 hours of sleep----just like a teenager would do. ARGHHHH!!!!!

Sorry to rant.....hopefully I can get back on this w/l train!!!!

SJ

2008-02-27T23:07:00.000-08:00

MIA...again!

2008-02-26T18:41:00.000-08:00

So to catch up....last week (monday and tuesday) the family went on a mini-vacay to Copper Mountain. The first day we were there we went tubing. Yes, even my 62 year old mom went. We had a blast. The next day I tried snowboarding for the first time and got my ass kicked by the mountain. I was on my backside more than I was on my feet.

So, for the past week now my body has been so sore (and in places that don't make quite much sense to me too!!!) But the kicker, the night we got back, after tucking both boys into bed, my knee gave out (of all place, on my stairs) and I took a mighty tumble and heard something pop in my left knee.

I have tried to wait it out, to see if it will heal on it's own....but now it is a constant dull throb. Doc visit coming tomorrow, if I can get in. I have been trying to slowly workout on the treadmill 20 min at a time...who knows maybe this is aggravating it?

Anyway, I managed to gain 2.4 pounds while we were gone---only 2 days---how sad!!!! I will officially w/in tomorrow morning. Not looking forward to putting that number in, though.

So, on the dog front....Killer is now a "Kill it"!!! lol ha ha. De-balled about 2 weeks ago. We've gotten him a bark collar---which some would say is cruel and unusual punishment. But if you could hear how much this dog barks and growls (especially at my boys and cats), you'd do it too!!

So, onto the Mom's divorce....yet another set back. We were supposed to fly back to INDY in less than two weeks from today, and her lawyer called and said she didn't have all of my dad's retirement info and that she'd have to asked for a continuance (once again). Remember, she was supposed to go to court Jan. 28th, but that date got postponed til March 10th....and now I am assuming 6 more weeks, so now we're talking the end of April.

But the end of April would put me back home to see a new born baby---STRAWGIRL'S that is. So, maybe it's not a bad thing....I'd rather her lawyer have all the info to fight for what my mom deserves!!!

Anyway, here's to healing my hurt body!!!!

TTFN

I'm almost there!!!!! First mini goal that is.....

2008-02-04T18:35:00.000-08:00

.6 away from my first mini-goal of 165.0. However, I have now lost my first 5 pounds (remember I am doing this in baby steps and thinking of my weight loss in 5 pound increments.... only 2 more to go----that is 5 more pounds, two more times.)
So, that's the good news on the w/l front....

Now, getting on to my life with the "dog from hell". Constant barking, he's a jumper, he chases my two cats around, and he's had two accidents on my fairly new carpet!!!! We also purchased an area rug, and he's been digging his claws into it and pulling up carpet fibers. This area rug wasn't cheap either. I am going Crazy!!!!!! The dog isn't neutered YET, but very soon.
You know, I wouldn't mind taking in a dog that behaves, but I think under the circumstances of how bad this dog acts, my mom asking us to put up with "KILLER" is a lot to ask of us!!!
I know dogs end up as part of one's family, my two cats and my dog mean the world to me, but they also behave.

Maybe all the stress of having the "DEVIL DOG" and my mom living here is making me not eat so much or something. B/C, I certainly have not exercised in probably 3 1/2 weeks now and somehow the weight is still coming off----go figure?????

All I know for now,

SJ

An update.....then I will go lurk!!!

2008-01-30T22:43:00.000-08:00

So, last weekend I spent a ton of hours driving cross country with my mom to meet my youngest bro---TO GET HER DOG!!! The dog's name is Simon---a miniture pincher, but I've nicknamed him "KILLER" or better yet, my brother renamed him "DEVIL DOG".

So, here's the story....Friday, I work a loooong day shift at the tower and go home with a mighty headache (day one of my migraine). I go to bed early and sleep, well, rather shitty. Saturday morning, I go to work at the butt-crack of dawn (headache still a blazen'---day 2) and stick it out for the rest of my shift.

My mom comes to pick me up from Denver International Airport (for those of you that don't know, I work at the tower as an air traffic controller) at 1:45pm. We start on the road at that time and head east to Illinois (I'm driving b/c it would take us a week to get there if my mom would drive---I bring radar detector and speed pretty much the entire way).

We get to our destination (Vandalia, IL) at 4:00 in the morning---yes, I said 4am---I have driven almost 1000 miles in 14 some hours. We get a hotel and crash. My brother, meanwhile, has left Indianapolis and is traveling west (with "KILLER") to meet us in Illinois. I tell him, "the earlier, the better" so we can get back on the road and get back home. BTW, still have headache!

At six o'clock ----yes, 2 hours later, my brother calls to tell me he is 1 hour away and "btw, you'll never guess what just happened!!!" (some background info--my brother has never had luck with cars. long story long---his blazer wouldn't start the day before and he has borrowed his girlfriend's car to get "KILLER" to us). So, it's dark, and he is in the passing lane, passing a Semi, and in the middle of his lane is a spare tire that another Semi has "lost" and he runs right over the damn thing (now I'm talking wheel, tire, and all).

After getting his heart out of his throat, he has to stop and rip off part of the front bumper b/c it is dragging.....needless to say major damage is done to the car ----over $2000.00 worth. He was pretty upset about the whole thing, but I told him the car can be fixed---he's just lucky he didn't roll the car, or swerve into oncoming traffic.

So, anyway, we finally meet up and get "KILLER" into my mom's car, and off we go (it's 7am). Back west on I70---1000 miles to go. We end up back home at 10pm (yes, that's 10PM). I am pooped and it takes me 2 days to recover b/c while all this is going on, I'm coming down with a cold. (headache's finally gone, btw)

So, long story long, I ate a WHOPPER (with mayo) and french fries on the way back home and I got on the scale and I had a LOSS----go figure??? 166.8. Ten more pounds and I think I will be back into size 10. Who'd a thunk it?

Sorry so long winded

SJ

A loss....yippee!!!

2008-01-16T22:30:00.000-08:00

So a loss!!! Down 1.4---168.0. 3 pounds til my mini goal--which you remember was 5 pound increments. This weight loss still includes some from when I was sick. My appetite finally came back with a vengence a couple of days ago and I am definitely making up for lost time.

I still have some chest congestion which seems to be a "good" excuse for me not getting back into an exercise routine on the treadmill. I am going to make every effort tomorrow morning to get on it, even if it's for 20 min. to slowly start back up.

BTW, did I mention it is freakin' freezing here...try 8 degrees on my way home from work tonight---with the wind chill, I guess somewhere BELOW freezing.

My mom's final divorce hearing is going to be delayed....probably upwards of 2 months. Her lawyer heard it in my voice when we talked to her today, that I'm pretty displeased with this...but, she said she hasn't gotten all the financial stuff from my dad and she wants to go into court prepared to fight tooth and nail to get my mom what she deserves. So now we sit and wait.

So, anyway, things have been crazy since the beginning of the new year....trying to get settled into a routine with my mom now living with us.

One final note....I guess I decided it was a good idea to practically take off my driver's side mirror today as I was backing my car into the garage. My attention was on not hitting my mom's car (which always seems to be parked in the wrong spot in the driveway) and CRASH!!! Crap!!! there goes a perfectly good mirror.

All I know for now...

SJ

Sadness, Sickness, and a Nuisance

2008-01-09T19:22:00.000-08:00

So, the sadness---I received the news that my aunt that lives in New Hampshire past away and attended her funeral back home in Indy this past Saturday. She was an awesome aunt....she crocheted (sp?) both my boys' blankees...she will be greatly missed.

The sickness---been sick since leaving Indy Saturday night---it hit me like a ton of bricks on the flight back to Colorado with my mom. I have been out from work since I left for the funeral and I still feel like crap.

The nuisance---While all of this has been occurring---guess who came to visit---yep TOM!!!

I did jump on the scale this morning and I was down----1.4----169.4. So yippee for me right now. I well expect this not to hold as soon as my appetite picks up again.

So that's it in a nutshell!!

TTFN

SJ

2007- A year in review.....

2008-01-02T22:42:00.000-08:00

So, a look back in time....finally got my mom out of Indiana and moved in with us here in Colorado. I finished all of my training at the tower and am settled in as one of three Traffic Management Coordinator's at the fifth busiest airport in the nation. We moved into a nice house in a great neighborhood and we are getting to know those around us--time will tell whether "great" friends come out of this.

On the weight loss and exercise front---I am doing much better than right after the holidays last year. I started the year (year 2007) at 184.something, and finished off the year at 170.8. This, remember, was my attempt at a "controlled" gain while I was home visiting family and friends just before Christmas. I weighed-in before going at 168.4 and I came back weighing 170.8. So my gain over the holidays-----2.4. I think "NOT BAD!!!"

So in a nutshell -----weight loss for 2007 around 14 pounds. I say "NOT TOO SHABBY!" If I do that this year, I will be at goal. So here's to a new fresh start at weight loss this year.....baby steps. I will attack it in 5 pound increments. 5 pounds, only 3 times. Maybe next year, this same time, I will be typing that I finally made it to goal---155 (oh how I'd love to do that!!!)

Let's everyone get back with it now that the holiday season is over!!!!! BTW,

Happy New Year!!!!!

I'm finally back....

2007-12-18T14:46:00.000-08:00

So lame excuse...but I've had nothing to report and have been super busy!!!! I keep gaining and losing the same .2 pounds and did not reach my christmas goal. So here I sit at 168.4 (or .6 depending on which day it is).

So, I am in INDY as I am writing this, staying at my BFF's http://strawgirl--mylifeinablog.blogspot.com/. We are eating at places that we don't have in Colorado and we miss tons. Tonight is pizza from a couple of pizza places we LUV!!! So, eating-wise not going great, but I plan to have a "controlled gain"---if that makes any sense.

I will be updating again soon....I have been "out there...lurking...reading all your blogs, but not leaving comments. So it will probably be after Christmas before I update again......so

Merry Christmas to you all!!!!

SJ

Down passed my vacay weight gain.....

2007-11-21T08:44:00.000-08:00

Finally!!!!

It's has taken a long while, but I finally did it!!! 167.8 was what "he" told me this morning. So now I have 26 days to get to my goal of 162. That's 5.8 pounds to go---an average of 1 pound every 4 days. But Thanksgiving is tomorrow and it is my Favorite Meal. We were going to celebrate with just our family of 4....but my neighbor graciously invited us to their house, so no leftovers to deal with.

If I can make it through the "one day" of not so good eating, and not have tempting leftovers in the house, I think I can sail thru this holiday! We'll see.

My big challenge will be to not gain much when we go home over Christmas. We will be eating out tons, and then the evening before when fly back to Colorado, we are having yet one other big sit down meal to celebrate Christmas with my family and the hubby's family. My MIL makes killer cheesy potatoes and my FIL makes these awesome rolls.

Anyway, all I know for now.....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL!!!!!

sj

Back again----in the 160's!!!!

2007-11-13T07:32:00.000-08:00

You would have thought I would have posted this the day it happened, but I have been soooo busy!!!! So, it's a good feeling, but I still have 1 more pound to get off that was "vacay weight gain".

NSV---I put on a pair of 12's (they are OLD NAVY and they are 100% cotton!!!) No spandex, no stretchiness whatsoever. I was sooooo excited that these fit, that I actually wore them to a b-day party on Saturday.

Hubby x-mas challenge-----We've both kinda slowed way down. He actually saw a gain, as well as me. On Friday of last week, I weighed in at 169.4, and this morning back up .4 (169.8). But I am going into my work week tomorrow and I am hopeful to be somewhere in the 168 range by Friday. BTW, I did my best to talk Hubby into eating out Sunday (we have done this regularly --eat out on Sunday's, and one of the rules was that we were giving up these dinners out). I broke him down and he finally caved. BAD, BAD SuperJ!!!!

We ended up at OUTBACK and decided to split a meal. I left there satisfied, but not stuffed. So, not good in the fact that we went, but good in the food decisions.

All I know for now, 34 more days til we leave. that's 1 pound every 4 days to get to my goal of 162.

R U going to put me in your little bloggy thing?....

2007-11-08T05:59:00.000-08:00

"Hell yeah", I respond.

So, last night hubby gets on scale (while I watch). Down 4.5 pounds! I look at him and say "F@#$ You!!!! He laughs. He's a third of the way done to his goal which is to lose 12 pounds before we leave in December. We've only been doing this for 3 days....3 days. Men suck. So I ask him what he is eating.....

Breakfast---nutragrain bar (140 cal)

Lunch ---- 2 mini rolls (160 cal) and Fiber One Bar (140 cal)---total 300 cal

Dinner-----taco salad ---this was last night (taco meat - 130 cal, cheese - 120 cal, chips - 150 cals, lettuce - 50 cal Total--450

Dinner treat - 2 graham cracker squares and cool whip free ---130 cal

Grand total for day---1020 cal.

Oh, yeah....he also burnt 400 cal exercising last night too!!

The dude is 6'5" and weighs 187.0 (oh wait, he lost 4.5 pounds---182.5)!!!!!

I tell him he needs to eat more....even if it's fruits and veggies. We'll see if he takes my advice and actually eats some food....I told him that that wasn't a healthy way to take it off.

Oh, BTW, I just got on the scale 170.0 (I really thought I would have hit the 160's, but soon!!!!)
39 more days and 8 pounds to go....goal - 162.o.

TTFN,

SJ

Standin' in a daze......

2007-11-07T06:51:00.000-08:00

At the pantry, yesterday afternoon. Normally, I can find something to eat easily. Not today. There's just nothin' in there that sounds good (bad). All the bad is gone. My boys only have through today to eat the rest of the Halloween candy or it will be in the trash by tonight. They still have some left, and of course I'm not going to let them eat it all---TALK ABOUT A SUGAR HIGH!!!

So the contest between Hubby and I is going great. Its been night 2 without snacking after dinner---I always eat something after dinner, so this has been a huge challenge for me. Last night around 9pm, my tummy was saying "FEED ME!!". Which I did not cave, because well I'd have to "pay up" to Hubby!!! He will be the first to have to "pay up"!!! I got a glass of water and went to bed.

I really want this week and weekend to fly by, so I can see how well this new plan will work for me. I already feel less pudgy around the middle and can't wait to see how much I take off and he takes off for comparison. It makes me crazy that men can do just menial stuff to their food intake, and the pounds just seem to fall off. Me, I gotta work extremely hard to get .2 off. I am looking forward to seeing the 160's again (remember, the five pound gain I had after getting back from vacation----still trying to get back there again. But I am confident that I will see the 160's (even if it's 169.8) by next Monday.

By the way, only 39 more days until we leave for Indy. I am soooo excited to be going home. Yes, we've lived in Colorado for over a year and Indy is still home!!! My bestest friend is putting my family and I up in her house again. She's so great. We would have been staying with the IL's, but MIL started smoking again.....I have asthma and cannot take the smoke. Hubby had talked with his bro over last weekend, and I guess his mom had made some comment to his brother about us not staying with them over Christmas. Hubby finally talked to her and told her the reason we weren't staying there was b/c she's smoking again. (side note: she has been smoking for like 50 years or more. Several months ago, she got double lung pneumonia, and the doc said if she didn't quite smoking, and she got that sick again, that she would die. She made it a couple of months and then started back up again.) So sad that those little white sticks are more important to her than her life.

Anyway, all I know for now.

Excited to get on with an OP day (ughhh, am I sick????)

TTFN
SJ

I've been tagged!!!!

2007-11-05T06:11:00.000-08:00

The Rules:
1-Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog
2-Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird
3-Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
4- Let them know they are TAGGED by leaving a comment on their blog

Here goes:

1. I hate spders!!! Even pictures of spiders. They give be the goosebumps and I truely am scared of them. Even though I am ten thousand times bigger than them, and know I could squash em easily, I still am terrified of them.

2. I love animals, especially my good buddy Reggie (he's my cat). He sleeps with me every night and is always sitting up waiting for me when I get home late at night. I love him to pieces!!!

3. My biggest pet peev....people who can't drive. You know those folks that get in the left lane and drive way under the speed limit. Get outta my way!!! Or when you get stuck behind someone going slow (two lane road) and you can't pass them!!! Arrrggg!!!

4. I have no really good friend since we've moved out here to Colorado. My life seems to revolve around this thing called a FULL TIME J-O-B!!! Luckily my bestest friend (you all know her as--STRAWGIRL--)from Indy listens to me ramble on every day!!!

5. We just bought a big screen TV yesterday from BestBuy. We have been watching TV on a 27 inch screen FOREVER!!!!

6. I exercise to the series (on DVD) Angel (yes, vampires). I think David Boreanz is HOT---but shush, don't tell my hubby!!!!

7. My favorite TV shows are----Desperate Housewive's, Amazing Race, Lost, Ugly Betty and yes, Survivor (I know, it's a disease!!!)

Here's who I am tagging:

Randi

NCChris

Junkfoodaholic

CanadianCarolyn

Becomeanafter...

AmazinglySlow...

Kate

Grocery shopping day...

2007-11-05T05:54:00.000-08:00

So, most of the "bad" stuff is out of the pantry. Just a few last boxes of cereal and oreo cookies (the cookies I will bring into work on Wednesday). The boys' candy is almost gone--I have also given them til Wednesday to eat it or it will go into the trash.

So hubby and I discussed my "plan" til Christmas last night and he is on board. He actually weighed in last night and is going to do this with me.

Here are the rules:

1. No candy or sweets in house.(He can't make up his pan of brownies to sabotage me!!)

2. Absolutely no eating after dinner. This one will be hard for both of us and we have a "special" consequence if either of us is caught doing this (several years back when most states made wearing seatbelts a law, we both never did it. Well, we made a "contest" to ensure we both wore our seatbelts. The consequence for not putting on one's seatbelt was a "sexual favor" if you know what I mean. This seemed to work and I only had to "pay up" once or twice. Ha ha!!!) So, there will be a consequence for cheating after dinner!!!

3. We are giving up our Sunday dinners out. Last night we went to Ruby Tuesday's and that's it....until we leave for Christmas vacation----no more eating out on Sunday's.

4. I told him my exercise plan and he said he will help motivate me to do this.

So, there we go......grocery shopping today to stock us up on healthy snack choices and a family plan to help me out....We'll see!!!!

TTFN

Candy be gone....

2007-11-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

So, today, I brought what candy wasn't passed out at our house into work. Most of it was gone by the time my shift ended (and I did manage to stay out of it). I will slowly start to weed through the "bad" choices I have stocked up in my pantry. Today I threw away "GO-Tarts".

My boys are eating away at their Halloween candy (piece by piece) and my plan is to grab a handful every day and toss it in the trash. They won't notice and this should make them "be done" with their candy in a week---which is what I planned.

I did very well today to stick with the program---water, milk, fruits and vegs---and such. Although no exercise today...I am planning on sometime this weekend to get my Pilate's session in.

So that was my day....now let me tell you all about my drive home.

Okay, I will be the first to admit that I happen to be somewhat of a lead foot. Anyway, a Denver cop in an SUV merged onto the main drag that takes you away from the airport. Now, this dude is going fast and weaving in and out of traffic. I am modestly going 10 miles over the speed limit (65) and can't keep up with the guy. I end up catching up with him a few moments later because they are doing some construction in the left lane and everyone has to get into the right lane. I end up with one car between us.

So construction ends and now we have two lanes back. Cop gets into the left lane, and I follow. He speeds up to 70 mph and I follow along behind him. No problem, right---I'm behind him. Now as I am following him, he comes up to traffic in the left lane, who continually move to the right lane to get out of his way and I follow. Most of the time he is not allowing the minimum safe distance of one car link for every 10 mph....and quite frankly neither am I.

So, at the point where I get into the right lane to set up to merge onto another major highway (I signal and he gets caught behind a taxi going 55mph) That's the speed limit, where I merge (55---I am going 60.) So of course, I pass him. He immediately gets behind me (lights a flashin')

Me at this point says "shit" and pulls over. He gets out and asks me how fast I was going ---that I blew his windows out? I bite my tongue b/c just about ready to come out of my mouth is "you're the one driving like a bat out of hell ---I was just following you." Luckily my brain catches up and this does not come out of my mouth. All along I am thinkin -WTF? I only passed him going 5 mph over the limit. Anyway, he requests my license, registration and insurance card---which takes me FORVER to find. He looks it over, tells me I need to abide by the 1 carlink for every 10mph rule (yeah, so do you buddy!!! practice what ya preach!) and sends me on my way...YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN MISS. I answer "Yes sir!!!!"

And then I am on my way--thinking "shew---got lucky--NO TICKET". I take it easy for a few miles and when I get 10 miles more down the road, I look down and I am now going 10mph over the speed limit. I tried, I cannot slow down----it's not in my nature.

So that was my excitement for the night.....it was bound to happen. I have lived here for over a year and this is the first time I have been pulled over.

So lesson for the day.....DON'T PASS A COP, DUH!!!!LMAO

TTFN

A note to self.....A mere 46 more days.....

2007-10-31T22:22:00.000-07:00

Til my x-mas challenge ends...will I make my goal? Here's what has to happen:

1. I need to get committed (that's focused, not institutionalized--lol)

2. I need to come up with a reasonable exercise regimen and stick with it.

3. I need to get rid of my "red" light foods----Halloween candy included.

4. I need to work the program and not cheat.

5. I need to stock my kitchen with "healthy" foods, not junk food. It's not good for me, and certainly not good for my boys.

6. I need to think of the future---my mom has diabetes. I cannot have her tempted to eat the "bad" food that I continue to buy. She will be staying with us for a bit, until we can find her a place to live out here.

7. I need to enlist my family to help me get these last few pounds off----8 more to go for the Xmas challenge and 15 more to go until my goal.

So here goes:

1. Stop the excuses, and stay focused on the challenge---YOU CAN DO THIS!!!

2. Work out program--Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday --30 min on the treadmill (regardless) One day a week --Pilate's DVD.

3. Stay out of kids candy---it's theirs (not yours). Whatever is left in a week, gets tossed in the trash! No more cookies, sugar cereal (capn crunch, lucky charms, etc--boo hoo!!!) no more candy---replace these with fruits and healthy snack choices.

4. Stay on program---get in all my water, all my fruits/vegs, fats, milks and if I BITE IT, WRITE IT!!!!

5. Again, look in my pantry and get rid of the bad stuff.

6. My future has a lot of changes coming....why not have this weight gone by the time the "new" year rolls around? Maybe my mom will see me and get motivated herself to take a few off and get off her meds.

7. I need to tell my "boys" (hubby included) to get on my ass if they see me slip up or if I haven't exercised yet....I can take it!!!

46 days....it's now or never........

SJ

Finallly....she's decided to leave!!!!

2007-10-29T18:23:00.000-07:00

This is a personal update on what's been going on in my life the past few months. My mom, after forty-some years of a bad marriage, finally got the guts to leave. I have convinced her to start her new life with us, here in Colorado. She has been wishy-washy for months now, but she has finally taken the necessary steps to get out here.

She filed for divorce 6 weeks ago and just told her boss that her last day of work will be December 21st...I can say I am so tickled that she has made the decision to move out here----so excited---my mom is a great person that has led a crappy life. I just hope she will be able to find some peace and happiness out here with us and her grandkids (and away from a sham of a marriage).

She is planning on staying in Indiana through Christmas and I am flying back (one way) to drive back to Colorado with her. She is apprehensive to leave Indiana b/c my two younger brothers are still there (but I keep telling her that they are grown men and can take care of themselves!!!) And she will only be a 2 hour flight away from them.

Anyway, I haven't updated lately because I have been in constant communication with her trying to keep this ball rolling.

On the food and exercise front ----NOT THAT GREAT.....I have managed to pretty much maintain my weight for the last few weeks.

All I know for now,

Tah Tah

SJ

No witty title today...

2007-10-18T06:14:00.000-07:00

Oh, it's early. I worked a late night shift and I am now up early with the kids to get Justin up and going for school. How I wanted to sleep in this morning (two more hours would have been great!!)

Today is another late night shift but I get to go to my massage therapist before work. Yippee---I need it b/c I woke up with the dreaded weekly headache. Hopefully she can GET IT GONE!!!

Speaking of GET IT GONE---I have managed to get on the treadmill--get this--3 times so far this week. MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. I won't be getting on it this morning cuz I feel like crap, but my intention is to walk the stairs a couple of times at work tonight.

I am looking at the calender and as of today I have 60 DAYS---60 DAYS to GET IT GONE for the x-mas challenge. I am spinning my wheels in the eating dept. AGAIN!!! But with the exercise in the past 3 days, I can tell my belly is a little less pudgy.

So I really need to buckle down for the next 60 days and hit my goal. No scheduled parties or celebrations planned until Thanksgiving. So my mini goal is to be 5 pounds lighter at Thanksgiving than I am now. That will put me at 165.6--back in the 160's and I will only have 3.6 to go for the x-mas challenge.

All I know this early in my day,

TTFN

SJ

A big hit....

2007-10-14T18:47:00.000-07:00

So here's the FIRE TRUCK CAKE....it turned out great (I didn't have much left over)
We had about 25 people---adults and children and Evan had a blast. I don't have much time to chat...but I finally got time to post a picture!!!

Will post tomorrow!!!

TTFN

SJ

Checkin' in......

2007-10-10T08:12:00.000-07:00

Down .4-----170.6 and only 8.6 pounds to go til x-mas vacay. That's 67 days to go. On average, to meet my x-mas challenge goal, I need to lose .9 pounds a week. That's steady weight loss for 9 weeks....CAN I DO THIS???? I've only held a 3-week record on successive losses in this journey. IT WILL BE TOUGH BUT I AM UP FOR IT!!!

My big challenge for the week is EVAN'S B-DAY PARTY on Saturday. I have successfully made his yellow fire truck cake (and I must say it's my best fire truck yet----he had a good idea using his favorite color (yellow or as he says it "YEDDOW")
It looks pretty good ----pats self on back.....I will post pix of it soon.

So eating wise....haven't been too bad. Exercise dept----SUCKS!!! Haven't been on that treadmill in a couple of weeks now. I know this will help me get to my x-mas challenge goal and I just need to make up my mind that I will do it.

MY MOTTO FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR......

CARPE DIEM.......SEIZE THE DAY!!!!!!

ALL I KNOW

TTFN
SJAY

Birthday's come and go....

2007-10-03T07:18:00.000-07:00

And then there are more. Like my youngest this weekend (October 7th Evan turns 4!!!)
BTW, Thank you all for the Birthday wishes last week!!!!

We are celebrating Evan's birthday next week (the 13th---give me a break between celebration weekends)

We are planning a BBQ with a few of the families in the neighborhood and Evan is insisting on ONE MORE FIRETRUCK CAKE---I have done 3 already for past birthdays.

So, an update on eating....no too bad. I am down 1 pound since THE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE STARTED. 75 MORE DAYS TIL WE FLY BACK TO INDY!!! I had originally set my goal at 8 pounds....but I am going to try for 10. So with the pound loss from last week...start weight at 172 (now down to 171), I only have... 9 POUNDS TO GO....ONLY 9, YOU CAN DO THIS EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE HALLOWEEN SEASON!!!!!

When I meet this 9 pound goal, I will be sittin' pretty at 162. I would be estatic, jumpin' round doin' a little dance!!!!! A little Soal train, Dance Fever...Hell put me on Dancin' with the Stars, So you think you can Dance.... (okay maybe not!!!)
Went well off on a tangent there....the visual I put in my brain---SCARY.

So, back to work today and this should be an uneventful week for me....no neighborhood chili cookoffs (last Saturday---no I did not win--sniff sniff, cry cry.)
No b-day celebrations, no halloween candy in the house

All I know...

TTFN

A TALK TO MYSELF....

2007-09-26T23:02:00.000-07:00

I just happened to be looking at my old posts from Roni's website, and I made a realization. I am spinning my wheels, trying to lose the same few pounds over and over and over again. Enough's enough!!! You are getting into the "season" of celebrations....first one is tomorrow (remember ol' girl---you turn 39 Thursday) "They" say that once you hit the 40's, weight loss is sooo much harder.

Okay, so your birthday comes tomorrow, and then next is Evan's b-day (Oct. 7th). Then, of course, is Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and then New Year's. You always gain weight during the last few months of the year. Wouldn't it be great to actually lose during this time period. DON'T DO WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE!!! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND INSTEAD OF LOSING THE SAME FEW POUNDS----ACTUALLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS TO YOUR GOAL WEIGHT!

YOU CAN DO THIS---DONE IT BEFORE.

GET TO YOUR GOAL-----BELOW 164 BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE FOR X-MAS VACAY. THAT'S ONLY 8 POUNDS---YOU'VE ALREADY LOST THAT AND THEN SOME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. BUT INSTEAD OF TAKING IT OFF AND THEN PUTTING IT RIGHT BACK ON ----- LEAVE IT OFF!!!

From this moment, you have 80 days to get this done----you will be half way to goal weight (155). All you need to do is commit to 80 days.

THE COUNT DOWN IS ON!!!!! 80 DAYS, 80 DAYS....

UNDER 164.....YOU CAN DO THIS.....UNDER 164!!!!!
TTFN, SELF!

Workin' my way back to you babe....the 160's that is!!!!

2007-09-19T08:57:00.000-07:00

So this week was fairly successful....down 3.0 pounds/170.8(YEAH ME!!!) Only 2 more pounds to go til I get the vacation gain back down.

I made a discovery over this gain....before when I was up in the low 180's (January 2007), I felt the "FAT ME". After finally hitting the 160's again, and after coming back from vacay 5 pounds heavier, I realized the new "FAT ME"--clothes were tight and I was mushy around the middle) is now at a lower weight --say mid-170's. WEIRD!!!

So this week I will get the other 2 pounds off (my previous short term goal was to get the vacay weight off by the end of September). Long term....we will be going back to INDY in December (the week b/4 xmas), I want to be below 164.

Oh, I have also discovered a great breakfast....Peanut butter toast ---one slice of lo-cal bread (.5 pts)
1 Tablespoon RF Peanut Butter (2 pts) and hot cocoa (diet-2pts)

4.5 points for the breakfast and it carries me til lunch no problem!!!!!

As TIGGR SAYS:
TTFN (ta ta for now!!!!)

Bad Girl!!!!! Bad Scale!!!!!

2007-09-13T11:03:00.000-07:00

So, after we got back from vacation, I jumped on the scale....remember HE told me that I had a 3.2 pound gain....well that's not the entire story. By Monday of this week that 3.2 had increased to a whopping 6.0 pounds. My clothes are tight and I am just kicking myself for this.

So the official w/in this morning is that I am back up in the 170's by a lot ----173.8. I could just SCREAM!!!! Why did I go OFF Program sooooo bad? Definitely was not worth it. I keep thinking to myself that these 5 pounds will take me forever to get back off. It ALWAYS does!!!

I did get up this morning and spent 30min on the treadmill. 300 cal burn. I am spending the night at the tower (so I can get extra sleep) and I am hopeful that I will feel like getting back on the treadmill when I get off work tomorrow. We'll see.

So now a new WW week starts for me. I just want to see the 160's again and fast b/c my clothes are tight and I definitely feel squishy around the middle. Funny how just a few pounds will do that. So my goal for the rest of the month of September is to focus on these 5 pounds. GET THESE OFF----YOU WILL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER!

Menu so far...
Peanut butter toast----2.5-----2.5
peach------------------1.0-----3.5
Turkey pastrami sand---5.5-----9.0
pretzels---------------2.0----11.0
popcorn----------------4.0----15.0
panini-----------------6.0----21.0
green beans------------0.0----21.0

TTFN

Some pix from the trip....

2007-09-10T18:51:00.000-07:00

Justin at a lake where hubby took him back country camping~~~~~

Justin took this of us----Brett and Connie in Telluride (ski town)

Whew....it's been a while!!!!

2007-09-09T12:23:00.000-07:00

Hi girls!!! Whatz up?

Been out of commission for a while. Believe it or not I still am not 100% well. Was diagnosed with a sinus infection the Thursday before we left on vacation and took all of my antibiotic and still am just not right.

So here's what's been happin' for the past few weeks. Of course, I had an awesome time at home in INDY. Met up with lots of friends and of course, family. Strawgirl put me up for the few days I was there...and I came back only gaining 2 pounds (which I thought was okay!)

When I got back to Colorado, my in-laws were here and we did go out to dinner with them (RED ROBIN---just can't say no to those french fries ---bad bad bad!!!) Brett's parents were gracious enough to watch the boys for us Thursday night (August 30th) and we got to see KAMELOT (a band we really LUV) in concert. The concert was awesome and of course, we went out to dinner. We settled on Macaroni Grill and it was yummy! The in-laws left the next day and we packed up for our vacation.

Early Saturday morning we set out for Gunnison, CO for a rafting trip down the Gunnison River. We had a good time----first rafting experience for our boys. We've been several times without them. We were just lucky that one of ours didn't get tossed out of the raft like one little boy in the other raft that went also. SCARY!!!!

After rafting, we continued on to Ouray, CO (destination for the week). BEAUTIFUL I must say. We did drive over to Telliride one day (ski resort town) and Brett and Justin went back country camping one night (two days ---hike in, camp overnight, hike out). Evan, we have decided, is still too young to hike a long distance (w/out complaining the ENTIRE time) Evan and I stayed at the hotel and walked into town twice to go shopping.

So let's just say for about 2 1/2 weeks my eating has been terrible. When we got home, I jumped on the scale and HE said I had gained 3.2 pounds!! I am going to give myself until this Thursday to hopefully work it off and w/in on the 13th. EEEEKKKKSSSSS....I have a lot of work to do in the next 4 days if I want to see the 160's again....

YOU KNOW....THE FUNNY THING IS...DURING THIS PERIOD OF "OFF PROGRAM"----NOTHING REALLY MADE IT WORTH WHAT I NOW SEE ON THE SCALE!!!!!! FUNNY HOW THAT IS!!!!

That's all I know for now.....hubby is gone so I am going to catch up (try to catch up) on all your posts!!!!!!

TTFN

I'm back....

2007-08-24T08:20:00.001-07:00

So I did w/in on thursday down .4 168.8. This was more realistic from the 167.4 on Wednesday morning (I know I was dehydrated from being sick and as soon as I started really pumping in the water my weight went up----but here's to dreaming, right?) Soon I will get there and beyond.

I am feeling better now, just a slight cough. I am hoping to be in much better shape by tomorrow morning when I attempt to fly out for INDY. Can you say excited!!!
I am really going to try to do good - Strawgirl will keep me in check --I hope.

I actually got my hairdresser to work me in while I am home. Can't believe that I have lived in Colorado for just over a year now and have not attempted to find someone to cut my hair out here. It's funny how you can't give up a good hairdresser once you find them.

That's all I know for now....you girls have a great weekend and I am sure Strawgirl will rat me out after our weekend together---ha ha

TTFN

Activity points....

2007-08-22T12:31:00.000-07:00

It's now Wednesday, feeling better than Monday and Tuesday. Basically, I just laid around and did nothing. So, back to the title of this...can I count blowing my nose as an activity point or two or three ---ha ha. Up until today, it has been non stop.

My eating hasn't been up to par b/c of how bad I have felt (which is weird, usually when I am sick (that's when I am NOT pukey sick) I still have an appetite). Not this time around...I decided to get on the scale this morning and 'he' said 167.4. Now I am not celebrating at all b/c when I do get sick and then start to feel better, I then start to eat again. This weight will only be temporary (for the time being ---hopefully I will see it soon on my own accord) and as soon as I start back to drinking the water and eating real food again, I am sure I will see a gain (small I hope!!!)

Anyway, I called in sick for work today...my coughing is driving me nuts. The sore throat is gone and the "bowling ball" head has finally subsided!!!

All I know for now,

Just resting up so I will be well for my trip home!!!

TTFN

Feeling pretty crappy...

2007-08-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

Yep, it's official....sore throat, runny nose, stuffed up nose THE WORKS. I feel like total shit. The funny thing is I haven't been around Evan all that much but somehow I got "the ick". I was driving home yesterday (after a crappy day at work---women get NO respect in my profession--I have to work with huge bunch of assholes!!!)
and I felt like I had a mild sore throat--but now it's turned into the "real" thing.

Anyway....

Hubby and oldest were supposed to go camping this morning but last night Justin started feeling bad...he's still in bed as I am typing this. Soooo, hubby asked if I would mind if he still went (not camping overnight) but on a day-hike. So, all three of us "sickees" will be veg-ing out here at home all day. Sounds like a fun time---just what I wanted to do on "my weekend".

My plans to exercise "every" day this week will obviously be hampered. NO WAY this body will be getting on the treadmill today!!!

Gonna go rest....

TTFN

A look back.....

2007-08-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

I was just looking at my w/in (progress) over the last few weeks. I have actually lost 3 weeks in a row. That just does not happen with me. Weird!!!!

Anyway, the happenings of the last few days:

Hubby got a job offer with Western Union (here in Denver). Just some background info...When we were living in Indiana I was fortunate enough to work part-time (20 hrs a week) starting in 2000 when I had Justin. I worked part-time up until the time we moved out here to Colorado. My husband then took on the role of house hubby when we got to Colorado and I went back to work full time. (sucks, by the way!!) He's been working part-time doing some consulting work for the company he worked for in Indiana. He planned to do this for 1 year so he and the boys could "explore" the mountains out here. Well a year has past and he put his resume "out there" and got offered a nice position with Wester Union...he'll start back full time middle of Sept. Can you say DAYCARE!!!! Speaking of daycare---youngest came home with first runny nose---he's only been going for 2 weeks so far....we started him early (before hubby got word he'd be going back to work, so Evan would be used to going!!!) I guess we will just have to get used to being sick a lot!

This weekend has been pretty uneventful....but I am gearing up to fly back home and spend some quality time with my friends "back home" in Indy. I will be gracing my presence at Strawgirl's house (what are BFFs for?) I am hoping this week flies by....I am soooo excited to go home (by myself, BTW--no kids, no hubby)

That's all I know....

TTFN

Stayin the night.....

2007-08-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

So this is my second attempt to not go home from the tower (Denver International Airport---DIA). With our wacked-out schedule, I get 4-5 hours of sleep on the nights I work late and then have to be back in early the next day (this is because by the time I get down from the top of the tower cab, wait for the train to the terminal building, walk through the parking lot and then drive home---takes about an hour door to door).

Last week I wasn't the most comfortable, but was willing to give it another try. Anything for some more sleep!!!! Anyway, my shift was uneventful tonight ----NO thunderstorms---Yeah (makes my shift much better)

So, I am loving the goals everyone seems to be posting....

Here are mine...

1. Stay within my points.....23
2. Drink 100 oz water
3. Exercise 6 out of 7 days....tall order but I really want to give myself a buffer b/c I am going home (INDY) to see all my peeps. I thought if I do really good this week up until next Saturday (Aug. 25th) maybe I can lose 1 more pound before I go---some wiggle room when Strawgirl and I go out to eat!!!!
4. 5 Fruits/veg.
5. 2 Milks.

Menu for the day:

Fiber one bar----------2
peach------------------1
turkey pastrami sand.--5
chips------------------2
teddy grahams choc-----3
taco salad-------------8
watermelon-------------1

total------------------22
Water-----------------100+
Milk------------------2
Fruit/veg-------------5

Exercise-----------30 min on the ELLIPTICAL

All I know for now....gotta get some sleep----that's the whole point of me staying in this Hell hole!!!lol

TTFN

SV...SV...SV...SV...CAN YOU SAY "EXCITED"!!!!!

2007-08-16T08:56:00.000-07:00

So I FINALLY did it!!! This is me....

J U M P I N G UP AND DOWN!!!

169.2 AT W/IN THIS AM!!!!

One mini goal down and several more to go....next up will be 165.0!!!!!
But for now I will bask in the glory of hitting the 160's.

I know a loss is a loss is a loss...blah blah blah!!!

2007-08-09T14:50:00.001-07:00

I so wish I had not weighed myself on Monday. Stupid scale. Why does that number mean soooo much? So I was down a bit, but I can't seem to get to the 160's AND stay there.

Strawgirl is right (talked to her today on the way into work)...I cannot seem to put it all together. I've now have the exercise thing down (again) and the eating goes bad. So, this ww week I will do my best not to stray, not to cheat. Okay, right there was an excuse. I WILL NOT STRAY, I WILL NOT CHEAT!!!!

Weekly goals:
1. Drink all my water.
2. Get in all my milks/fruits/vegs.
3. Exercise 5 out of 7 days--26 min today on treadmill 271 cal burn.
4. Follow the program --eat within my point range.

That's it folks...$#@# scale!!!

BTW, some were asking about the exercise....I started out only doing 20 minutes on the treadmill. Every workout I have added 1 more minute (now up to 26 minutes). I plan to stop at 30 minutes b/c in realistic terms--right now 30 min is what time I can afford for exercise.

TTFN

$#@!%&(&(^^$^%#*^$ SCALE!!!!!!

2007-08-09T11:32:00.001-07:00

Will post a little later.....just thought that my title summed it up!!!!

EEEEK!!! Weigh in tomorrow!!!

2007-08-08T16:11:00.000-07:00

So a brief update...I have done really good in the exercise department this week. I have managed to meet my goal of exercising 5 of my 7 days. I am now up to up to 24 min on the treadmill--tomorrow I will add another minute and slowly bump the workout back up to at least 30 min.

I got on the scale on Monday and I saw the 160's for the first time in a long time. However, after doing a little dance to celebrate, I found myself using the "number" as a reason to eat. See how I self-destruct. I can always justify a reason to put food in my mouth--A DISEASE I TELL YA!!!

I wish Monday's number could have been the "official" w/in for me, but it wasn't and I will be jumping on the scale tomorrow morning. I just hope I haven't done that much damage in the past two days to spoil my victory of getting into the 160's.

Here's to hoping for a success.....

TTFN

Checkin' in....

2007-08-03T14:58:00.000-07:00

Boring day at work....Yeah--no thunderbumpers!!!! Just a quick post on what I have eaten today

Banana (2)
Fiber one bar (2)
SW chicken panini (6)
Chips (1)
1 pb cracker (1)
handful of carrots (0)
planned dinner:
Pork chop (4)
rice (4)
broccoli (0)
cocoa (2)

Total 22

I will get on the treadmill later for 23 min!!!!

TTFN

W/in day and a slight loss....

2007-08-02T14:37:00.000-07:00

Down .6.......which is great considering that I haven't been the best, but trying to make up for it. Got on the treadmill again this morning for 22 min. Three workouts in a row. Let's see if it becomes a habit!!!!

Menu for the day

oatmeal (4)
banana (1)
cocoa (2)
Hot dog (2)
bun (1)
chips (1)
carrots (1)
jello (0)
pork chop (4)
green beans (0)
sm. salad (4)

total (20)

22 min treadmill 211 cal burn
fruits/veg 5
milk 2
water 100

TBA--to be accountable...

2007-08-01T15:44:00.000-07:00

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast---hot cocoa-----2
------------oatmeal-------4
-----------banana---------1

Lunch---turkey pastrami---2
--------cheese slice------2
--------mayo--------------1
--------lettuce-----------0
--------2 slices bread----1
--------chips-------------1

Dinner---green beans------0
---------panini-----------6

total--------------------20

milk--2
vegs--5
water-120oz
excercise -21 min treadmill 189 cal burn

On the road again....

2007-08-01T14:07:00.000-07:00

Okay so I haven't updated in a while...here goes...

Mom visit went well. The boys were sad to see her go. I didn't do great eating-wise while she was here. I tend to let the eating go to hell while anyone visits...you know a good excuse to go out to dinner, not exercise etc...

But I have gotten on the treadmill the last two mornings...not for a long workout---you know ease my way back into it. But I am TRYING now, which is better than what I was doing just a week and a half ago!!!!

So, I will get in at least 20 min on the treadmill every day this week and I am adding 1 minute more each day til I am back to 40 minutes. My goal for the month of August is to lose 4 pounds (Hubby's parents due to visit on the 27th). It's a small goal, but I seem to be doing this WEIGHT LOSS journey at a snail's pace, so I am making myself be in it for the long haul!!!!

My birthday is coming up on September 27th and I am hopeful that I will be 8 pounds lighter on that day (you know, my birthday present to me!!!!) I am trying to get back home to Indiana soon (maybe sometime around my b-day---I would loooooove to have 8 off by then)

That's about all I know...

TTFN

IN NEED OF AN INTERVENTION!!!!

2007-07-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

A sugar intervention, that is....I cannot stop craving and eating all these sweets!!!I have been in the process of getting ready for Justin's b-day party (we postponed it because his friends were off school and on vacation). It's "Spiderman" themed and I am just finishing up on the final decorations on the cake. I will post a pix of it later--pats self on back ----it turned out not bad!!!

So, I have gotten into cake batter, icing and the like. I cannot get off the sugar kick. I did w/in this morning and of course saw a GAIN!!! Up 1.2 which, after eating the way I have all week and then some, was a gracious gift. So now I am back to needing 1.8 pounds to get in the 160's. Why o why do you elude me???

So, here is the plan.....the sugar has to go. Today, I will start taking baby steps to get my eating under control. First, I will track everything that goes in my mouth and get the minimum water in.

Okay, here's where I throw a bit of a temper-tantrum ......I just don't want to DO THIS---THIS DIETING THING!!! I AM SOOOOO TIRED OF IT!!! BUT I KNOW I HAFTA---RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I KEEP TELLING MYSELF.

This weight will not come off if I keep doing what I have always done!!!!! I KNOW THIS---I just need to DO IT and DO IT CONSISTENTLY!!!

-------> Pep talk to myself (ha ha) <---------

TTFN

BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY GIRLS!!!!!

2007-07-21T06:07:00.000-07:00

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for all your support and encouraging words. Things are better, and because my Cyber-friends are AWESOME I will "get it together" NOW!!!!

So, here's what's up....my mom flies in on Monday and my boys are sooooo excited. They haven't seen her since March (when we flew back to Indy). I am planning on getting back either to walking with my mom outside or getting back on that treadmill. I'm sure we will go out to dinner a few times while she is here but I will plan my day around where we are going.

Anyway, my hubby said I am always on the blogsite (you know this gets addictive---and I do have to admit that I spend quite a bit of time on here--as does my hubby with MMA-that's mixed martial arts - if you didn't know) So I will be cutting back a tad (which sucks b/c I love reading everyone's blogs) but I will try to at least post every few days and catch up reading when I am at work on a break!!!

TTFN

The big showdown...

2007-07-18T16:23:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a few days...you know I thought I might have a peaceful weekend at home just veggin' and all was going well until the whole family ended up at Target. The hubby and I got into it over something extremely trivial and this set the tone for a day and a half. We just don't argue much and life always seems so "hunky-dorie". Not for the last day and a half, though. With us not "talking", you know the silent treatment always works well to solve problems, my eating went to hell. In fact, when we got home from Target, I made myself two huge Margarita's (which were pretty good going down---I'm not that much of a drinker by the way).

So, last night after dinner, while cleaning up the dinner mess, I start balling. Not loud crying, but tears just streaming down my face---Does anyone notice....NO!!!
In fact, I disappear into the bathroom (so I can let it all out), does anyone notice...NO--I'm gone for a good 1/2 hour.

Boy, I really miss my friends!!! Since our move, I haven't found that close friend (you know the one you can tell anything to, cry to and they will listen). Most of the gals I work with don't live close and have there own issues.

I gotta say that is the thing I miss the most about living so far away from my friends I left in Indiana...I have two really close friends there that I consider my sisters and yet they are sooooo far away. (Crying as I write this)

I really need to get away!!!!

Anyway, things did get better this morning with the hubby and I am now trying to back pedal with all my food indiscretions (I really have lost count on how many points I have eaten in the last day and a half). And to top it all off, W/I is tomorrow morning.....the scale will not be kind I'm sure!!!

Thanks for being my sounding board (not crying anymore --- for now)

TTFN

Gotta get my act together!!!!!

2007-07-15T21:56:00.000-07:00

Boy I just can't get "with the program". My appetite is huge and I'm not sure why.
I can't seem to get the motivation to exercise as well. I am trying hard today to get my water in to combat the "bloated" feeling I have. So, today hasn't been great eating-wise. The hubby made, of all things, brownies. I actually stayed out of them UNTIL this evening...I keep cutting little slivers off. So, all in all, I have probably eaten the equivalent of one whole brownie. Here's what I have eaten today:

B-------cheese stick.....(2)
--------pastrami.........(2)
L-------SW grilled
--------Chicken salad....(7)
D-------oatmeal..........(4)
--------cucumber.........(0)
--------snackin' on
--------cereal...........(2)
--------brownie(LF)......(4)

total--------------------(21)

I need to get my act together now!!!! I really really want to see the 160's soon!!!
I am going into "my weekend" and have NO plans to go and do something "outdorsy". I told the hubby that I want a weekend home, so that when Wednesday rolls around and I have to go back to work, it actually feels like I had some time off. I am planning on getting some stuff done around the house this weekend--fun fun!!!

BTW, the ITC mini-goal has now been added to my list. Thanks Colette!!! ha ha
And (Colette, this is for you) since I don't use the dressing for the SW salad, I will save them and then send them to you. I do think the dressing is AWESOME (I just usually don't add it)....they should put it on the shelves...it would do very well.

TTFN

Not a great nite....

2007-07-14T03:04:00.000-07:00

So I have managed to make it thru my evening shifts at work (Wed/Thurs were NUTSO)!!!
Eating wise: didn't do so hot when I got home last evening.
22
Breakfast: peach-------------------------21
jello-------------------------21
cheese stick------------------19
McD's SW grilled salad--------12
(no chips - they forgot to
put these on)
taco salad---------------------4
Peanut butter------------------1
cheese stick..................-1
chips.........................-4
cheese dip....................-8

So as you can see, kinda got the munchies at the end of the night...why didn't I just go to bed?

TTFN

YIPPEE!!!!!!

2007-07-12T15:01:00.000-07:00

A loss...only .6 but I see this as a gift. Now I am only .8 away from the 160's. I really wanted to get there today but being soooo off program this week didn't help my case. I'm with Strawgirl when she says she's bored of this. This week's topic was on PLATEAUS. How do you stay motivated when your weight fluxuates between the same 3-5 pounds week after week, month after month....it gets very frustrating.

I am going to try my hardest to see those 160's by the end of my WW week. My mom is coming out to visit for a week, the last week of July. I would loved to see 2 more pounds by then.

tonight is CRAZY at work. There are thunderstorms surrounding the Denver area....so I must get back.

TTFN

Back to the grind....

2007-07-11T09:50:00.000-07:00

Last week I was fortunate to only have to work 3 days….now I am starting my week (a long week as there are Thunderstorms forecasted every evening this week—you all know this makes my job tough). Anyway, 3 of my 5 shifts include the pleasurable experience working with “DAN the MAN”. This guy is a Type A person to the nth power. Everything has to be done his way, or I’ll never hear the end of it.

Anyway, enough bitchin’ about work….

W/in tomorrow morning and I am going to start back posting everything I eat:

range 20-25/target 22 Pts Banked - Points

Cheese (I measured!!!!) 2pts. 2 / 20
1 egg/ 1egg wht 2pts 2 / 18
2 slices bacon 2pts 2 / 16

watermelon 1 / 15
cheese stick (2pts) 2 / 13
turkey pastrami (2pts) 2 / 11
jello (sf) 0 / 11
SW grilled chicken salad (8pts) 8 / 3
hot cocoa (2pts) 2 / 1

water - 16oz so far

OUR TRIP TO WINTER PARK, CO....

2007-07-10T16:04:00.000-07:00

So, we got back from our last “HURRAH” before Justin starts school tomorrow. We’ve had a busy, busy day today—met the teach, school supplies shopping, grocery shopping, laundry, and then baseball pix tonight followed by baseball game. Then hurry home to get kids to bed so they can have plenty of sleep before the first day of FIRST GRADE!!!

So, the alpine slides were fun, until mine started to go out of control (lost balance a bit while looking back to see if Justin was catching up with me). I lost about 2 inches of skin trying to “right” the cart you ride down on. Also, burned my knee a little thru my jeans…luckily I had on long pants or I would have skinned up my knee pretty good as well. After that, I slowed down a bit til we finished up.

We went and played mini-golf, went thru a maze, and the boys climbed the rock wall. I forgot my camera but here are some pics I found that will give you an idea of what we did:

Gonna w/in Thursday morn…meet the teach conflicted with Tuesday w/in (ironically, I saw my leader at Walmart grocery shopping after meeting the teach!!!!)

TTFN

BBQ UPDATE!!!!

2007-07-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

EEEEKKKK….didn’t go so great! I will be getting up early tomorrow to try to work it off….

We are headed up to the mountains tomorrow to have one last HURRAH before my son goes back to school (year round school here in Castle Rock, CO). We are going to a ski resort that (during the summer months when there isn’t any snow) has alpine slides. We have done this once before in Breckenridge, CO when we first moved here. You buy an all day pass and can go on the slides all day.

The slides are very long (you get on these boards with wheels and a brake) and basically “ride” down the mountain. I will take pics tomorrow and then post later.

I am still hoping to see the 160’s on Tuesday….even though tonight didn’t go great.

TTFN

SNEEKED A PEEK....

2007-07-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

So, I decided to jump on the scales this morning…down a little BUT only .6 away from being in the elusive 160’s!!!! Here’s my problem…BBQ tonight. So far today, I have eaten a cheese stick (2pts). I am trying to save most of my points for tonight. Of course, as I am writing this, my deep dish dutch apple pie is baking and it SMELLS SO GOOD!!!

I still am planning on taking Good For Ya ground beef patties and I plan to not eat a bun (why waste pts. on bread). My challenge will be to stay out of the chips and desserts…but of course I will sample my pie. They are planning on playing volleyball, but my back is absolutely killing me. I don’t know if this back flare up is from hiking sooo much last week. So, I don’t plan to participate in volleyball (although I could earn an activity point)

Anyway, here’s hoping I don’t blow it tonight for Tuesday w/in….160’s will I see you this week?????

TTFN

Ho hum....

2007-07-07T03:38:00.000-07:00

Not much going on...can't seem to get back on track after this past week. That will be my focus today. Tomorrow the whole family will be going to a BBQ (co-worker is throwing it). I was asked to bring of all things APPLE PIE!! I do make a mean homemade dutch apple pie, but of course, not WW friendly. Someone else is bringing icecream---apple pie a la mode---that will be hard to stay out of.

I am going to take lower fat burgers (96/4) and some LF hot dogs for us...and maybe I will try strawgirl's idea of grilled veggies...anyway that will be the plan. Of course, this week I have been eating kinda every thing in sight. So, we'll see.

TTFN

No w/i, because I slept in...

2007-07-05T08:30:00.000-07:00

Yes big cop out, but we didn't get home from fireworks until 11:45pm last night and I must have just turned my alarm off. The fireworks show was awesome here in Castle Rock. They lasted for 50 min. Usually, the ones I've seen only last for around 30 min.

Anyway, to update my week. My bro and his girlfriend (by the way is skinny, tan, tall and no---let me repeat that NO cellulite on her body whatsoever) JEALOUS!!!!
Okay got off on a tangeant, anyway they flew in on Monday ready to see Colorado. That evening I made pasta and then we worked it off by hiking "the rock" in Castle Rock. Short hike and you get a view of the city and a nice sunset!!!

Tuesday, we decided to get up bright and early (hence, the no w/in on Tuesday am) and drive to Colorado Springs...we hiked in the Garden of the Gods and then went to Wendy's for lunch (I got a chili --no cheese and ate a few fries). After lunch we went to a waterfall (did another short hike) in a city park down in Colorado Springs. We we home after that and got cleaned up and went to Red Robin---love their french fries...so that got me in trouble...but I got the ceasar chicken wrap (dressing on the side) and only ate half of that.

Wednesday, we got up even earlier and set out towards the west/northwest of Boulder to do a 6 mile round trip hike...which was AWESOME!!! We hiked back past a lake to get to a mountain lake at about 10,800 ft. The scenery was beautiful. My calves and hips are killing me today. After spending most of the day in the mountains, I got the bright idea to "spend" the calorie burn from the hike on Maggiano's. It's this Italian restaurant that my hubby, kids and I love. (slaps self silly on face)
My bro and his GF had never eaten there, so we went. We ended up ordering 3 meals to split between all of us and still brought leftovers home. The portions there are HUGE!! We then went home, rested, and then off to fireworks...

So, here I sit on Thursday, after sleeping past my WW meeting, thinking why can't I get this to click....either I eat good --no exercise. Or I exercise (no lack of it this week so far) and I eat bad. I can't seem to get the two concepts to mesh together. BTW, taking today off in the exercise department---TOO SORE!!! Will resume it tomorrow.

Here are a few of pix...

Thank Goodness it's my weekend...

2007-07-02T09:00:00.001-07:00

I made it thru my work week and I start a long weekend...Don't have to be back to work until Thursday. Big challenge this weekend is Reno (nickname for my youngest bro) and his girlfriend (first time meeting) are flying in this afternoon. I haven't got my workout in today (I will push myself to do it tonight --even though they will be here)

We've been busy cleaning and getting the house ready for them. Also, have to pick the dog up---he's getting gussied up at Petsmart right now. So, busy busy morning.

I plan to w/in tomorrow morning before we head to Colorado Springs. I really hope I see a loss, even if it is .2!!!! TOM came early for me. I take the pill that allows me to have what I call "Quarterly Reports"--yes, only 4 times a year....love it!!! But it may cause the scale to be "NOT SO NICE" Sorry if that is TMI!

Anyway, I will post w/in results tomorrow after I get back.

TTFN

I DID IT!!!!

2007-06-30T09:37:00.000-07:00

Can't believe it but I stayed with my plan to exercise 5 times this week. Yes, including today. It was 8:40pm by the time I got done snuggling with the youngest and I really wanted to just go to bed myself. But, I made myself go down and workout...30 min on the treadmill and 280 cal burn.

Today wasn't the greatest eating wise---I just had the munchies tonight. Tomorrow I will do better. We will be getting ready for my younger brother to show up on Monday.

We are planning on a couple of short hikes and then going up to Rocky Mtn National Park on Wednesday to see fireworks.

Not much else---

TTFN

NSV!!!

2007-06-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

I had the early shift today (even earlier tomorrow). I got up at 4:30 and managed to get on the treadmill later that evening. This is unheard of. Usually I end up horizontal on the couch. When I decided? to go exercise, I said to my hubby "I'm going downstairs to get on the treadmill, unless you don't want me to and I will stay up here..." You know, give him the responsibility on whether I worked out or not. Here's what he said to me..."you'll just fall asleep on the couch!" Which is very true.

So I did 30 min on the treadmill (270 cal burn). ---pats self on back ---- ha ha

Can I do the same thing tomorrow (getting up an hour earlier, 3@#%#ing :30 in the morning? We'll see...

TTFN

Just another day...

2007-06-28T22:08:00.000-07:00

Back on track and back on the treadmill this morning (Thursday). I think I have made up for my goof on Wednesday with the miniburgers. I would like to see a loss this week b/c that would be 3 weeks in a row...that never happens for me. Busy day at work today with a thunderstorm that parked itself just north of the airport. I had to stay 2 hours later to deal with it and the delays it was causing.

When lightning is that close to the airport, the "ramp personnel" can't load/unload everyone's luggage. Don't blame them from being a little skittish with all that metal around them. So this tends to back things up a bit!!

Anyway, don't know much more...

TTFN

2007-06-27T23:58:00.001-07:00

My apologies...

2007-06-27T22:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry to you all for not immediately, after getting home from my evening shift, getting online to catch up on everyone's day. But (drumroll, please) I got on the treadmill ---for the second time today---and burnt 260 cal. Yeah me!! So, today I got in 2, yes 2, 30 min workouts total of 520 cal burn.

I guess I need to tell you all why I needed this second workout...I went to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch and caved. I got the salad bar(good choice) and also go the two mini-burgers/fries that you can get with the salad bar (for only an extra $1.00 - BAD CHOICE!!!)

I know the second workout won't make up for the goof--but maybe it will help. Tomorrow I have a mid-day shift, so I plan to get up and get back on that treadmill.
Tomorrow I will make better choices to make up for the bad one today.

Here's what I ate...

Breakfast - jello ---not nutritious but I knew I was going out to lunch 0 pts
lunch big salad at RT (I got the mini burgers/fries to go) 8 pts
Dinner - 2 miniburgers (believe it or not, I think these are.....) 16pts
a few fries (they were soggy ) 3 pts
Grand total 27 pts

Screamin'!!!!! (with joy!)

2007-06-26T09:39:00.000-07:00

Went to w/in today and was DOWN 1.8. So excited...this journey of mine is a slow one. I weighed in today at 171.2. So only 1.4 til the 160's. Maybe, just maybe, it will be next week? 23.2 pounds to go for my goal of 148.0.

Verdict on shopping in my closet last night---found some 12 capris I can fit into as well as some 12 jeans and pants. I even got into 1 pair of 10's that will go into the work rotation.

I have hung up some pants that were slightly tight and will use these for motivation for the next few weeks (months--whatever it takes)!

Shrek 3 was okay...maybe a little 'dark' for Evan, although he didn't wake up last night. My other 2 (hubby and oldest) will be coming home this evening from camping and we have a baseball game tonight.

I don't have too many challenges this week, but on Monday of next week, my kid brother flies in with his girlfriend. This will be the first time to me her. Of course, my mom says she is beautiful and skinny!!!

TTFN--glad we have this temp? forum for me to CELEBRATE my loss---they seem like they don't come often enough!!!

Some Pics

2007-06-25T19:34:00.000-07:00

This was me at my lowest since having kids....

Makin' my own motivation....

2007-06-25T19:14:00.000-07:00

After playing around with this new blogging site, I have figured out some layout stuff by trial and error.

Alright, today I decided to let go of the past....my closet is full of outdated clothes that I was hanging onto so "I could try them on because they once fit". I spent a good hour and a half deciding on what should stay and what should go. So far, I have come up with four bags of mainly pants. Some of these still had the tags on them --lol

While I was doing this, I received a call from the Cerebral Palsy Foundation in Colorado asking for donations. They will be here next week to pick up my 4-5 bags of clothing. It was meant to be. So, tonight, after Evan goes to bed, I am going to see what actually fits. I figure that may be this will be the motivation I need to get the rest of this weight off.

I'll let everyone know how shopping in my closet goes tomorrow.....

TTFN (Ta Ta For Now)