The amazing shrinking woman (I hope!)

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:smilielol5: Besides, ....chocolate & red wine have anti oxidants, and pizza has cell vibrators in it! Makes you feel FUCKN GOOD down to the core of your very cells!!! hahah!! ;)
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CELL VIBRATORS???!?!?!? LOL! Sounds kinky to me Alta!

Thanks ladies for your sweet comments. I figure I didn't get fat overnight - it took years to get that way. And now that I"m pretty much at a healthy weight I'm trying not to get too worked up over cheating once in a while and bobbing up and down a few pounds. I know I can get back on track and lose it again fairly quickly.

Just not this weekend.

My whole weekend was pretty much a wash. I completely ignored my calorie budget for the 2 days, made crappy food choices, and didn't do a lick of exercise. Took the 2 oldest girls up to the city for the day on Saturday, so ate out twice. Too many processed foods, white flour, sugary stuff, no fresh fruits and veggies. Laid around on the couch catching up on snuggling with hubby.

And today I'm paying for it. UGH! I've got SUCH a horrible bloated feeling, but not taking a poo in over 2 days will do that to a gal I guess (sorry for TMI). Ate lots of fresh fruits and veggies today, and had bran flakes for breakfast, so hoping things get moving again soon. Not gonna weigh in until after that happens because I can SEE how bloated up my belly looks right now. Reminds me of those little ethopian children with the pot bellies.

So in getting back on track this week I ran my 3.5 when I got home from work tonight and felt like SUPER WOMAN!!! After the kids were in bed I did my upper body weight training and now I'm feeling pretty much like jello! LOL!

Hope everyone is making it a healthy Monday!
 
I'm SO glad today is almost over! It's been snowing off and on all day and I had to drive up to the city on crappy roads for a big meeting. We had a HUGE design problem in some software I'm working on and no one seemed able to give me any black and white answers to my questions, so I told them we are locking ourselves in a room and no one can leave until we have a solution to this problem! It only took us 3 hours! GAH!!!

I rushed thru the grocery store picking up a few things because I don't know how much snow we'll get and expect to be snowed in again. I was hoping to get on the road before the temps started dropping and the slushy roads turned to ice, but I didn't make it on time. It was a nerve wracking trip home and had to pry my fingers from the steering wheel when I got home. I felt SO stressed and tense! I felt a case of the crankies coming on.

When I got home I was trying to unload the car and get the groceries carried into the house, but all the barn cats were hanging out in front of the door to our house and laying all over the steps going up to our door. They were making me mad cuz they acted like they owned the place and would NOT move! One in particular would follow me back and forth trying to rub my ankles as I walked, trying to get into my car, and trying to get into the house (they are NOT allowed inside because I am severly allergic to cats). On one trip back I went inside and thought this one cat was going to try and sneak in, so I slammed the door shut. Then I heard howling and I thought OH CRAP! I must have slammed the stupid thing in the door!!! I opened the door and saw the FUNNIEST thing I've seen in a long time! The cat had put it's wet front paws up on the cold, metal door sill and they FROZE ON! It was trying to pull them off and was FREAKING OUT in the worst way - completely going ballistic! Hissing, spatting, howling, growling! I know I shouldn't have laughed but I swear it was the most hilarious thing to watch! I thought I'd die laughing!

I yelled for one of the kids to get a pan of warm water to use to free the cat. But before I could take the water from my 7 year old, she poured the whole thing on top of the cat's head. Boy was it MAD!!! But it finally got it's paws yanked off, leaving behind a bit hair frozen in place where it's feet had been. The rest of the time it took me to get the groceries carried it the cat sat off to the side just GLARING daggers at me and cleaning its wet fur - like it was MY fault!

The upside to the whole incident was that it made me laugh so hard that I forgot about being stressed and crabby!

Today is a rest day for exercise, and food was really good until about an hour ago. I realized it's mardi gras (fat tuesday) and figured what the heck! I'm going to have a couple glasses of wine, maybe a few cheese puffs, and some CHOCOLATE!!! I'm not catholic, so I'm not giving up any of that for lent, but you can sure bet I'm going to use that as a (not very good) excuse to go over calories today!
 
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When I was working up in the city in my main office I was not very happy to find out that nearly ALL my coworkers are sick. I swear I used half a bottle of hand sanitizer trying to prevent myself from catching it too.

I don't know if it's all in my head or what - but my throat felt ticklish today, and I've had a sort of tingle in my sinuses all day. I was hoping if I got a good run in that maybe I would sweat it out and not catch it, but doing my 3.5 miles tonight only seemed to make it worse. I'm starting to get a head ache and just feel run down.

I do NOT have time to be sick right now! I probably shouldn't complain though - I have only had 1 cold this whole last winter I think. I'm probably overdo for a whopper head cold.

Honestly, I'd really rather just skip the whole thing though.
 
Howdy do folks! It was a BEAUTIFUL day here today - lots of snow melting. But I know it's just mother nature screwing with us because there is a winter weather advisory starting tomorrow moring. We are supposed to get rain, sleet, and snow tomorrow. Mr. Weatherman says that they can't predict who is going to get what, or how much because it all depends on which side of the front you are on. Last time we had a spring storm like this, we were without power for over 3 weeks! I sure hope we don't have a repeat of that!

I ran into an old coworker of mine last week while out shopping. She retired 4 years ago and I hadn't seen her since. She saw how much weight I had lost and I could tell she had lost a lot as well. We got to talking about it. She said she had TONS of old professional clothes that she always hoped to fit into again one day while she was working. But she never did lose the weight. Now that she's retired, she's lost weight - but now she has no place to wear all these old clothes. She tried to sell them at a consignment store, but they wouldn't take them because they were over 2 years old. I thought that was rediculous! I remember her as always being dressed quite snazzy - and as far as I'm concerned women's business attire doesn't really change all that much.

Anyway, she asked me if I wanted her old work clothes that were smaller (mostly sizes 8 to 10) and I told her I would take them. I stopped by her house today to pick them up. HOLY SMOKES! I don't have room to put them all now! I now have a TON of beautiful clothes that fit me pretty well. All the tops fit perfect, as well as the dresses (my top - boobs - is a couple of sizes bigger than my bottom half). The skirts are a tiny bit big, but I can make them work.

It was fun to try them all on tonight and model them for the kids. And it gave me the incentive I needed to get my weight training work out done tonight.

Looks like I'll be cleaning out my closet this weekend to make room for the new clothes!
 
That's so cool about the clothes Tig! Damn I wish I could find a deal like that! Thanks for all your support the last couple months - it's been fun getting to know you and reading your updates. I'm going to need a kick in the butt when I get back so I hope I can count on your continued support! Take care while I'm gone and keep kicking butt yourself!! See you April 1st!:grouphug:
 
Lisa - I've enjoyed getting to know you as well and I can't wait to hear all about your trip when you get back!

Speaking of needing a kick in the butt... I need one!

Normally I run right after work, then fix supper so I can relax for the evening. Well, today I think winter is giving us one last slap in the face because we've had blizzard conditions most of the day. They cancelled school early, so I left my office in town, picked up the oldest 2 girls from school and slowly creeped my way home. I could hardly see the hood of my car, let alone the road!

Well, with leaving work early I had time to make up (which I could do from home). By the time I finished work for the day, I didn't have enough time to get my run in before I had to start supper. Now that I'm out of my routine I'm finding that I'm having one heck of a time trying to convince myself to get on that treadmill. I just want to have my nightly glass of wine and veg out for the evening.

If someone finds my ambition, please send it back home to me. Thank you.
 
Kick butt here....you know you want to run - it makes you feel great when you are finished - hope you made it - if not, there is always tomorrow.
 
Thanks Jennifer! I did do it! It's WAY past my bedtime, but I did finally haul my lazy butt off the couch and got on the treadmill.

And now I'm going to bed!

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........
 
Hey Tigs!
Lol at the poor cat with it's paws stuck!
Hey what a bonus on scoring all the flash clothes, how cool is that?
I like how you had a couple of days off to snuggle on the couch with hubby. I've been trying really hard to let mine know I appreciate him, but it's been so hard to fine enough time lately. I watched the footy with mine last night, he was stoked (I usually never watch, just not my thing but he lives for it - The South Sydney Rabbitohs).
Well done with the exercise Tigs, I'm so jealous of your motivation right now! I've been such a lazy thing lately :( I really need to take a leaf out of your book :)

Thanks so much for visiting me, it means a lot xx
Hope you have a great week next week!
 
Hey Jess! Great to see you stopping by!

I think today's page in my book of motivation is missing. :biggrinjester: I'm supposed to lift weights today, but I've felt tired and crabby all day. I'm chock full of PMS because I'm due to start that TOM within the next week or so. I just don't feel like working out today. So I'm just not gonna, an no one can make me! What I DO feel like doing is stuffing my face with anything and everything in sight!

I figure with this crappy mood I'm in I'll be lucky if I can keep the calories below maintenance - and if I can manage that I'll be happy.

I'll worry about exercise when I'm not feeling quite so bitchy.
 
I was supposed to run today, and was kind of looking forward to it. But I really screwed that up for a while. I went and stubbed my toe really badly. My middle toe is now swollen and red, and it hurts to walk, let alone run. And I can't get a shoe on without major pain. OWIES!!!!
 
Tigpuppy said:
I'm going to try and record what I eat and any exercise I may get.

Breakfast: 2 chocolate chip muffins made from a box mix, except I replace the water with 2% milk and the oil with apple sauce. Washed down with a glass of milk.

Lunch: Spring salad mix with 2 eggs cut up and 3 slices of canadian bacon cut up. Couple tablespoons of Robusto Italian salad dress (I always pour the oil out of every newly opened bottle, so it's mostly vinegar and spices I'm eating).

Snack: Dried fruits (apricots, blueberries, cherries, and cranberries).

Supper: Grilled talpia and gave in and had a cup of the kid's mac and cheese. Also had a small glass of sangria.

Activity: Finished digging my garden (by hand) and mowed the entire lawn (about 6 acres) using the riding mower. Did the trim work with one of those push mower troy built things. My arms/shoulders are killing me and I have blisters on my hands! OUCH!

I've noticed the last few weeks how 'mushy' my flesh has gotten. The fattiest areas seem more lumpy. I wonder if this is because my skin is looser or if the fatty areas are disappearing unevenly. My belly looks especially wrinkly. When I had more fat it sort of smothed out all the stretch marks. Now that I'm losing weight the skin is sagging more. I'm afraid carrying twins has done permanent damage to the skin on my tummy though. Even if I lose most of the fat in that area, I don't know if the skin will ever shrink back up.
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Oh no!!! Your poor toe, hope it gets to feeling better soon!!! It can't be good to not be able to wear shoes comfortably :( Reread your cat story, maybe that'll take your mind off of it, haha. HILARIOUS story!!!
 
Thanks for stopping by!

My toe IS feeling a lot better today. I left my shoes off all morning at work, but this afternoon I put them on and my toe isn't feeling too bad. I think I'm going to attempt a run tonight after work. If it hurts too much, I'll probably just take off my shoes and do a brisk walk barefoot.

Last night while making supper the kids were all acting crazy and I was crabby and not paying attention to what I was doing and ended up salting the food TWICE! We ate it anyway, but I think it might have been a mistake for me. All evening I couldn't seem to get enough to drink - I was SO thirsty! Woke up this morning feeling REALLY puffy. My fingers were stiff especially. Not to mention that I'm about to start that TOM. So no big surprise when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw a BIG 5 lb jump. I'm gonna have to really push the water today to clear all that salt out. And I'll maybe have some coffee and tea today too because I've found when I'm retaining water like this coffe and tea gets me peeing a lot. If I remember correctly it acts as a diuretic (is that spelled right? It looks funny to me).

Anyway - today I've been thinking a lot about maintenance. I've been holding pretty steady at my current weight (well not TODAY'S weight of course!) of around 135 lbs, give or take a couple of pounds on either side since early November last year. But it has seemed like such a struggle. I feel like I have to constantly be vigilent about what I eat because every time I stop counting calories for a day or 2 it seems like I go crazy and overdo it and the weight starts creeping up WAY too fast!

As I was entering my foods online yet AGAIN to plan out my meals for the day I was thinking how much this sucked and wondered to myself "Is all this trouble really worth it? Why can't I just be normal about food and eat when I'm hungry and be reasonable about the portions instead of going crazy and stuffing myself with bad things all the time?!?!?!" I guess I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and thinking that denying myself all the foods (sweets and baked goods especially) that I have always loved for the rest of my life is a lousy way to live. I know I can have those things in moderation from time to time, but that's the problem. I almost NEVER have them in moderation! :banghead: I can't say no!

Then as I was walking down to the restroom in my office building this morning there were several teenaged boys waiting in the hallway. I was wearing a short skirt and heels today, with a low cut shirt. I could feel their eyes on me, checking me out, and when I glanced at them they were all grinning at me. Right then I thought "OH YEA BABY!!! All this trouble is SO worth it get get looks like that!"

But then while I was at home for lunch today the twins asked me if I would make no bake chocolate cookies for them tonight when I got off work. I wanted to say no, because Mommy can't leave them dang things alone and they make me into a fat ass pig! But that's not really fair to them either. It's not their fault that I have no self control. It made me crabby all over again and I was thinking who the hell cares of some stupid teenaged boys chock full of hormones look at me like they'd like to eat me alive? What does it matter??? They'd probably ogle anything of the opposite sex! Giving up no bake chocolate cookies is SO NOT WORTH a few looks from some punks who are still wet behind the ears! WAAAAAA!!!!!!!! I want cookies!!!!! Screw this whole calorie counting shit! IT SUCKS!!!

Sigh...

Can you tell I'm in full blown, bitchy, PMS mode today?
 
Tigpuppy said:
Thanks for stopping by!

Anyway - today I've been thinking a lot about maintenance. I've been holding pretty steady at my current weight (well not TODAY'S weight of course!) of around 135 lbs, give or take a couple of pounds on either side since early November last year. But it has seemed like such a struggle. I feel like I have to constantly be vigilent about what I eat because every time I stop counting calories for a day or 2 it seems like I go crazy and overdo it and the weight starts creeping up WAY too fast!

As I was entering my foods online yet AGAIN to plan out my meals for the day I was thinking how much this sucked and wondered to myself "Is all this trouble really worth it? Why can't I just be normal about food and eat when I'm hungry and be reasonable about the portions instead of going crazy and stuffing myself with bad things all the time?!?!?!" I guess I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and thinking that denying myself all the foods (sweets and baked goods especially) that I have always loved for the rest of my life is a lousy way to live. I know I can have those things in moderation from time to time, but that's the problem. I almost NEVER have them in moderation! :banghead: I can't say no!

But then while I was at home for lunch today the twins asked me if I would make no bake chocolate cookies for them tonight when I got off work. I wanted to say no, because Mommy can't leave them dang things alone and they make me into a fat ass pig! But that's not really fair to them either. It's not their fault that I have no self control. It made me crabby all over again and I was thinking who the hell cares of some stupid teenaged boys chock full of hormones look at me like they'd like to eat me alive? What does it matter??? They'd probably ogle anything of the opposite sex! Giving up no bake chocolate cookies is SO NOT WORTH a few looks from some punks who are still wet behind the ears! WAAAAAA!!!!!!!! I want cookies!!!!! Screw this whole calorie counting shit! IT SUCKS!!!

Sigh...

Can you tell I'm in full blown, bitchy, PMS mode today?
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I know exactly what you are saying. That is my worry too. I can't stop at just one cookie- otherwise I would have been thin to begin with-LOL. I have been asking myself these same questions. I came to the conclusion that I am not going to be able to give in to my cravings for a while- at least until I have maintained for a while. I don't know about you but I KNOW( as you do for yourself) how hard I have worked to get down to almost my goal weight and no cookie is going to make me blow that-LOL. I think we forget what we felt like at our heaviest and how we got to that point. I wish I could close my eyes and be at that point of life in my mind. If I could, I don't think I would want that cookie anymore. I have a feeling that maintenance is going to be harder than dieting for me. Knowing what I can eat or can't stop eating is going to be very hard for me. Trial and error and constantly monitoring is the way it will HAVE to be for me.
 
Aw Tigs....maybe you can designate 1 or 2 nights a week for x number of cookies/sweets - and stick to it.

Alternatively - you could always hang a photo of your beginning journey in the kitchen.

You've come so far and you love your new body.
 
Tiggy, Tiggy!! :grouphug:! Yes, we all get bitchy. :D! I know that this feeling too shall pass. It's just about balance, doll. You have been working at this for quite a while, and though you have been at the same weight since Nov. give or take, you look great, and FEEL great on most days. That counts for something. You often get impressed with your new physical abilities, and I do too!

It's okay to have no bake cookies. Maybe just bake them in alternative form. Fiber one cupcakes or something like that? (Not really sure what no bake ones are)..or Just PLAN for a splurge of no bake ones. Push yourself harder for 2 days working out, and PLAN to eat a whole RACK of muffins, or a whole sheet of cake. Just Plan for it! That way you can do what it takes to be able to have that whole sheet. All in all,...I've had your same thoughts many many times. That's why a lot of people gain their weight back. We make ourselves think that we are deprived. We just have to change our perspective of it.

I noticed that you vary in lbs like I do. 5 up and 5 down. I remember when years ago I would maintain at 142 every other day was 147. Regardless, I always find myself having to remind myself, that my body can not change that much with 5 lbs. It just can't. 35, yes. 5, it can't. :)
Also, Thanks for the reminder for Green tea!! I went over to the stove to heat my water as you said it.

At first as I was reading your post, I thought..."Wow. This woman walks barefoot? That's HARD CORE!" You go woman.
 
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Meh, I know what you mean. Is it worth it? Will we be counting calories forever? I'm not sure I want that. But we're happier now then we were when we were overweight, right? So I guess it's worth it..I don't know. Eat some damn cookies, skinny--Just be good tomorrow :p xxx
 
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