AmbaLove is Tracking the Journey!

Argh!! Where has summer gone?? I have to go back to work on Aug. 9th, which had seemed so far away...until I counted the days...it is only 3 weeks away!!

I am a special education teacher and I am transferring into a different district, so before school even starts I have to do almost 2 weeks of new teacher induction training.

I planned on being in better shape before my new job started...I guess I didn't realize how quickly six weeks pass.
 
Well, I weighed in Monday and again today, just to get back on schedule. Today's official weigh in at the dietician has me down another 1.6. I almost always lose 1.6! What can a girl do to bump it up to just 2 lbs???

Seriously. .4 lbs is NOT that much extra, but seeing a 2 versus a 1.6 seems bigger. And 8 lbs a month vs. 6.4 is significant.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUCCEED IN A 2 LBS A WEEK CLUB CHALLENGE SOMEDAY.
 
Summers do go by fast... I havn't had a summer off since I started college I dont' know what I'm going to do after graduation!

I know 2 pounds would look soo much better on the scale but at least you are consistently losing weight... 1.6 pounds might be all your body is willing to give up in a time period.

Your doing so well and working so hard:)

Have fun at your Harry Potter party tonight (my book isn't gonna get here till monday)
 
Well....at the Harry party, I ate a lot of strawberries and fresh pineapple...drank a lot of water...had a large sweet marie bar and one bite of chocolate/cream cheese/mint brownie. But the one bite was seriosly so rich, I didn't feel the need to finish it. So I didn't.

It was the first sweet marie bar I ate since January (when we were all shut ins from the ice storm)...they are sooo good. (They are like rice krispie treats with no marshmallow, use PB and corn syrup instead and top with melted chocolate.....ahhhh....)

But when I weighed this morning my weight was still down. But I also went to bed without dinner last night! (I fell asleep at 5 pm and slept til 7 today!)

Harry Potter is over. Sad.
 
HI

Well done on all those inches lost!!

Harry Potter...over Just not fair!! Hope she brings another one out in 10 years or so an update on whats been happening
I am half was though the last book hubby keeps moaning that all i am doing is reading but he really doesnt understand!!
Anyway Im off back to the book!
Sarah
 
Hey you,

Glad to hear the book is good .. I plan to get it once I can get my hands on it...lol should be a while...

but anyway ...sounds like your doing awesome on your inches and diet ... :)

I am at 292.4 now .. not bad ..still the same for two weeks or more .... but I went hiking yesterday and I just ...conquered that mtn. ...

I hope your doing well and hope to hear from you soon .. I have missed you all ...

always
natalie jo
 
Great job eating the fruit at the Harry Potter party.

I stayed up until 4 this morning reading it... after almost a decade I was not going to sleep without knowing the ending. Its soo sad its over I want more!!

I hope your enjoying this beautiful Sunday
~Jenna
 
Great job at the HP party! And hey, good for you that you treated yourself. Total deprivation doesn't last long! For me, its the QUANTITY more than the item, that counts.

So so sad that HP is over.... :(
 
I have a headache today, and I have to wonder...did the sugar/carb diet I ate for 18 hrs have something to do with it? My body is used to protein. it is used to not having much sugar. I think I confused it at the Harry party. A lot of what I ate WAS fruit, but, chemically speaking, that is a sugary carb. I had relatively little protein. Ah, well. Drinking LOTS of water to get the detox flowing.
 
Felt the need to "redecorate" so I changed my ticker style. Kind of fun to see something new...I really wanted a rubber ducky in the bubbles, but they didn't have a rubber ducky.
 
I'm sorry about your headache :(
Its possible your body is shocked from the changed food and sleeping schedule.

You can try different sites for tickers... 3fatchicks.com is where I got mine I dont' remember if they have a ducky but you may be able to find one there:)
 
Yeah, I made one at 3fatchicks previously, but I didn't like their choices as much as tickerfactory.

You know, ladies, I really am enjoying getting to know all of you! It is fun to hang out here in cyberspace with you! Thanks for all your support, advice, and listening ears. It is neat how even on a forum, you make your own little group of friends.

Hugs to you all, Amber
 
Helllo :)
I think I saw a rubber ducky at one of the sites. Sometimes I don't understand why they produce some of the tickers and strange layouts for others ... its odd how they choose tickers that don't match the sliders ...

anyway ...
I like your new ticker ...the bubbles are awesome! Love it!

I hope you are feeling better. I have the same problem .. I can't eat much of anything with sugar, except fruit ..only a little ..and my rasp tea ...but thats it ...the rest of the time is total diet food ...my body ..stomach doesn't react well to other things ...

good luck hun.. I hope you dooo feel better soon ..

always
natalie jo
 
Well, the headache is still there today, but it is not as bad. I am refusing to take anything for it, I want to let it go away on it's own. I am not crazy, I just want to see how long one night afects my body (for future reference, if I ever want to do it again).

It is 3:15 pm, reckon I should eat something today? I haven't yet because I slept super late...after staying up til 6, waiting for my husband to finish Book 7.
 
I'm sorry your headache is still there :( Hopefully it goes away soon.

Did your husband like it?

My b/f didn't want to read it ... "because he doesn't really like the books" ... except as I read it I had to tell him everything that was happening LOL and he fell asleep before I finished... so he woke me up at noon after stayin gup till four in the morning so that he could find out the ending and he was bored HAHA!

I hope your feeling better later... maybe something light to eat will help?
 
Hey there! I hope your headaches go away soon. I always have headaches when I don't have something with caffine, but they have gotten much better lately.

I have to say I read thru your diary and I am so jealous your husband walks with you! Mine just says I'm crazy, b/c he's on his feet all day so the last thing he wants is to walk. His doc says he really needs to lose about 75 pounds, but he's one of those that listens to nothing. He's 5'5" and weighs 235. I have BEGGED him to work with me - us to do it together, but he says "to hell with a diet" blah blah blah. *sigh*

Anyway, I'm glad you have that support and "closeness" time. I wish I had that. :cry:
 
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Leo- Your husband weighs 135 and needs to lose 75??? Surely that was a typo... did you mean 235?

My husband is short, too, only 5'4"...cute, though!
 
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Jenna, my husband LOVED the book. It is his favorite of the 7. I still think I like 5 best.

Leo- I am VERY lucky to have my husband. he has been AWESOME and so supportive through everything. He is encouraging me to do what is good for me. He also told me today that my pants were "sagging and bagging, so I must be slimming down!"
 
Tonight I made turkey chili. It was fantastic! My husband and our 4 friends who were here didn't even know it was turkey until I told them!! They have all eaten my chili before and they could not tell the difference.

I am getting better at cooking with turkey. I love the fact that it is so healthy and versatile.
 
Turkey Chili is sounds really yummy. Turkey is so great... I have "turkey cutlets" in my freezer I gotta cook some night:)

I'm not sure I can peg one of my books as my favorite... the world she created was my fantasy when I was little and my family started to go to shit... I just loved it all ... I always craved more and more:)
 
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