Half of Me:The Story of Fat Girl Slim

So I lost my gym ID. If you know me this does not surprise you in the least.

I am amazed I managed to hang onto it for 6 years, where much of that time it sat collecting dust.

It is $5 to get a replacement and I went in last night to get it. The girl takes my money and says, do you want to use the same picture?

HELL NO!

I tell her that for my $5 I think I have earned a new picture. I sit down, she pulls up my file and says, oh my God! You look totally different.

I should, that picture was from 2002. I had blonde highlights and was probably 270 pounds. I looked every bit of that at least. So I told her that there was probably an 80lb difference b/c that me and the current me.

I got my new picture - I am really happy with it b/c it reflects who I am now, not who I was. That person is gone, literally and figuratively.

I will have to lose it again in a year to get another new and improved picture.

Can't wait!
 
Bigguy said:
That is a sweet deal.
I would take it if I were you....
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You can go, too. You have learning to do. Power in knowledge, remember?

ali.smedley said:
I got my new picture - I am really happy with it b/c it reflects who I am now, not who I was. That person is gone, literally and figuratively.

I will have to lose it again in a year to get another new and improved picture.

Can't wait!
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That's really cool. When I lost weight before I had to get a renewed driver's license. They took the pic and were talking about how people hated their pic and I was like - I love mine! They looked at me like I had just sprouted a second head. lol
 
New pictures are always good. I am still holding onto my driver's license that I got when I was 16... It looks really bad. I had thick glasses, braces, and helmet hair... and it says Im 5'9''(I'm now 6'2'')... I look a little different now and am kind of glad to finally be "forced" into getting a new one this year so that I can quit getting people making fun of my old ID, lol...

:cheers2: to becoming a Senior Member :)

-Sam
 
In NJ they make you turn in your old license...I think I only avoided turning it in once...I am pretty sure I was thinner then...I get a new one next year :)


Ok so I am driving home from the gym tonight and this song comes on the radio ...during the chorus when they sing, shake shake shake shake shake it my darling daughter comes out with, shake shake shake shake the tushie...

Listen to the song and sing what she did during the chorus, it is guaranteed to crack you up :D

I'm still laughing...
 
ali.smedley said:
In NJ they make you turn in your old license...I think I only avoided turning it in once...I am pretty sure I was thinner then...I get a new one next year :)


Ok so I am driving home from the gym tonight and this song comes on the radio ...during the chorus when they sing, shake shake shake shake shake it my darling daughter comes out with, shake shake shake shake the tushie...

Listen to the song and sing what she did during the chorus, it is guaranteed to crack you up :D

I'm still laughing...
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I need a new licence ASAP....
Actually this conversatin just reminded me that I need a new one....so thank you.

Your daughter sounds like such a cutie!:D

Never heard this song before.....interesting..
 
Bigguy said:
I need a new licence ASAP....
Actually this conversatin just reminded me that I need a new one....so thank you.

Your daughter sounds like such a cutie!:D

Never heard this song before.....interesting..
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It seems like a good pick me up dance song - I really like it...she came up with it out of the blue, I almost drove off the road :D

PS - you're welcome
 
ali.smedley said:
It seems like a good pick me up dance song - I really like it...she came up with it out of the blue, I almost drove off the road :D

PS - you're welcome
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Well it certainly is not really my style of music anyway....

How old is Abby again? 3?

The joy of living in a podunk town is the DMV is not crowded. In Chicago you literally needed to pack a lunch if you needed anything done there.
Shit- Ill be 34 in like 3 weeks....
 
Bigguy said:
Well it certainly is not really my style of music anyway....

How old is Abby again? 3?

The joy of living in a podunk town is the DMV is not crowded. In Chicago you literally needed to pack a lunch if you needed anything done there.
Shit- Ill be 34 in like 3 weeks....
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I like so many different kinds of music but anything that gets my mood up is a winner in my book :)

She will be 4 in July...it went so fast, just unreal...

Good thing on the DMV, in NJ we had some sort of a national reputation on bad DMV service. They did a complete overhaul and it seems to have gotten better. TG I only have to get there once every 4 years.

I'm going to be 32 six days after you buddy :)
 
ali.smedley said:
I like so many different kinds of music but anything that gets my mood up is a winner in my book :)
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I agree, I occasionally can listen to some dance tunes. Not often but sometimes on a long drive- and I have some 600+ mile drives- they are good to get the juices flowing.
ali.smedley said:
She will be 4 in July...it went so fast, just unreal...
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School soon:) She going to any preschool now?
ali.smedley said:
I'm going to be 32 six days after you buddy :)
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Age is just a number. It just sucks that the number gets higher every year. :D I really am not upset about it unless I think about what i thought my life would be like at 34/35.
Give you a hint- not this, not that I have it real bad or anything. But that is proof that you know nothing at 20 years old- sorry to all the 20 yo who will read this, but it is true..
 
Bigguy said:
I agree, I occasionally can listen to some dance tunes. Not often but sometimes on a long drive- and I have some 600+ mile drives- they are good to get the juices flowing.

School soon:) She going to any preschool now?

Age is just a number. It just sucks that the number gets higher every year. :D I really am not upset about it unless I think about what i thought my life would be like at 34/35.
Give you a hint- not this, not that I have it real bad or anything. But that is proof that you know nothing at 20 years old- sorry to all the 20 yo who will read this, but it is true..
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She is in a private daycare...she was in a state-licensed daycare from 6 weeks (9/04) until May of 06. That place closed and her teacher there decided to take her and three other children her age into her home. It is a really good environment for her and pretty cheap (30/day). No tax write off but I don't care b/c I save so much. She woman has taught them so much, letters and numbers, how to write their name, etc. She is actually putting them on a homeschool kindergarten program in the fall since they are so far ahead...so it will be interesting to see what happens when she has to go to actual kindergarten in fall 09.

Age is just a number but I can tell you that I knew nothing at 20 and make some choices that affect my life to this day. With age comes wisdom I guess, you know? I don't know that this is where I thought I would be either. It isn't bad, just a little different that the life the 22 year old me thought I would be living. :)
 
ali.smedley said:
She is in a private daycare...she was in a state-licensed daycare from 6 weeks (9/04) until May of 06. That place closed and her teacher there decided to take her and three other children her age into her home. It is a really good environment for her and pretty cheap (30/day). No tax write off but I don't care b/c I save so much. She woman has taught them so much, letters and numbers, how to write their name, etc. She is actually putting them on a homeschool kindergarten program in the fall since they are so far ahead...so it will be interesting to see what happens when she has to go to actual kindergarten in fall 09.
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$600 a month for good preschool? That is great. Really great. If the teacher knows what they are doing your daughter is getting it all including close attention. The only concern I would have would be getting her acclimated to a large group of kids but that should not be a big issue if any. My wife is a preschool teacher remember? Any questions you have on her development or schooling just ask- my wife is an expert in the field.
She sounds like she is very far ahead of the curve at this point- she comes from good stock.:)

ali.smedley said:
Age is just a number but I can tell you that I knew nothing at 20 and make some choices that affect my life to this day. With age comes wisdom I guess, you know? I don't know that this is where I thought I would be either. It isn't bad, just a little different that the life the 22 year old me thought I would be living. :)
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Don't I know it.
I am sure I will look back in 15 years and laugh at what I thought I knew now..
Life is what you make it. Mine ain't too bad right now.
 
Bigguy said:
$600 a month for good preschool? That is great. Really great. If the teacher knows what they are doing your daughter is getting it all including close attention. The only concern I would have would be getting her acclimated to a large group of kids but that should not be a big issue if any. My wife is a preschool teacher remember? Any questions you have on her development or schooling just ask- my wife is an expert in the field.
She sounds like she is very far ahead of the curve at this point- she comes from good stock.:)


Don't I know it.
I am sure I will look back in 15 years and laugh at what I thought I knew now..
Life is what you make it. Mine ain't too bad right now.
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You got that right...get busy living, or get busy dyin...

She spent her first two years in a big environment so I am not really worried...I am thrilled with this woman, she is like a God-send...flexible on time, lets me bring her 4 days/week to save money, teaches her things :) If she had to rely on me to teach her something, poor thing would be in much trouble...a teacher I am not.

Thanks for the offer, your wife is a saint in my book - I could never spend my days handling small children. Although, many of my clients resemble small children so maybe it wouldn't be that different...
 
So I managed to drag my pathetic self to the gym for my missed workout...I was going to do the stair machine again (it is growing on me) but the only two that were available were either (a) facing a wall or (b) in with the treadmills, etc. I don't have the stamina to stare at concrete for 30 mins and am not confident about how I look on the dang thing to do it with actuall witnesses...so elliptical it was.

I did 30 mins (all I could do given the fact that the daycare closed at 8pm and I got there at 730)...I was pretty pleased, 2.64 miles and 485 cals burned...I stayed in the mid to upper 80s as far as RPMs go. I come home, feed Abby, bathe her and get her to bed and next thing I know it is 930.

Do I feel like cooking? HELL NO :D Bad move on my part...I picked on small things but nothing kept me filled so I kept picking. I need to get this part of my eating back on track. The last few weeks I have been ignoring my macros and not taking my vitamins which I am sure is a contributing factor as to why I got sick out of the blue.

I hate that I slipped up but my eating as a whole was better than yesterday so that is an improvement. The Cadbury mini eggs are now finished so I dont have to deal with that any more. Every day if I can get a little more on track, I will be happy with that. Eating the sugar and junk over the weekend just makes me want it more. I need to get it out of my system.

I made a chicken breast with sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms. Now granted it is really late but I feel better putting something that resembles a real meal into my system.

Good Job Ali :D

Put one in the win column.
 
You work too hard.:)

Identifiing the problem is the first step. You have done this. Now that you realize what is broken it needs to be fixed.
And good job getting chicken cooked so late. I often think of doing something like that but figure it is too late and end up eating cat food or something.:D
 
Bigguy said:
You work too hard.:)

Identifiing the problem is the first step. You have done this. Now that you realize what is broken it needs to be fixed.
And good job getting chicken cooked so late. I often think of doing something like that but figure it is too late and end up eating cat food or something.:D
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I got a bunch of Perdue perfect portions on sale and keep the on hand, they cook pretty quickly. I know the problem, it is just ignoring the thing in my head that drives me to eat like crap when I know better...it aggravates the heck out of me that after all this time it is still a battle.

I don't know if it is laziness or what, I just need to get back to it and stop w/all the excuses. I have goals to meet and this isn't helping me reach them.
 
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