This is gonna be a boring post. I have no real news to report today. Nothing exciting or interesting going on. No brilliant thoughts to share. No drama (thankfully). Its just another day.
Lets see...I have a meeting night at my daughters school. They recently built a new high school in our town. They have remolded the old high school and starting this fall it will be for 7th and 8th graders. The old middle school will now be for 5th and 6th graders. And all of the elementary schools will be K-4rth. Anyway, my oldest is a 5th grader this year. So she will be going to the old middle school next year and the school is holding a meeting tonight to let all the parents know about all the changes. We still are not sure what they are gonna call the school. So since I have to go to this meeting I will not be able to go to the gym tonight. That kinda sucks but you have to do what you have to do, right?
Last night at the skating rink was horrible. They were SOOOO busy it wasnt even funny. It was just way too crowded to have a good time. We actually ended up leaving early. My kids stood in line at the concession stand for 25 minutes just to get two snow cones. And with spring break coming up I bet they will be even busier next week.
Weight loss...is going ok. Much better than last week. I am down 1.8 pounds since Monday...but I am not sure that I believe that. And I am not gonna be able to get a workout in tonight so I will not be suprised to see the scale go up in the morning. And it wouldnt suprise me a bit if I didnt lose another ounce before my WI on Monday. Weight loss can be so unpredictable!
Well ladies I have a bit of work to get done this morning so I had better get to it. I will be around to check on all of you in just a bit. Hope you are having a great day...HEY!!!...tomorrow is Friday....WOOHOO!
Do you ever feel like all you do is go to the bathroom? It is about 2 in the afternoon here and I have already drank about 50 ounces of water. I feel like I am going and going and going. I cant get my work done cause I have to go pee every 45 minutes...ok thats an exaggeration. But some days it does get on my nerves.
OK enough bitching.
Its skate night. To tell you the truth I am really not looking forward to it today for some reason. I would rather go to the gym tonight. Usually I like to go cause its a break from the same ole same ole at the gym. Who knows whats wrong with me today.
My youngest daughter is sick today. She is here at work with me. She has been sleeping on the couch (here in the office) for most of the day. So I am not sure if she will be in the mood to go skating tonight. The mean mom in me says that she shouldnt be allowed to go (cause she didnt go to school today) but the nice mom in me says that if she feels up to it then what the heck...let her go.
Not much more to report. It is another yucky rainy day here. Guess I am gonna go check on all my girls.
Ok so as you all know my mother had surgery last week. She has been having problems drinking the amount the doctors want her to drink. You know those little cups that come on the top of kids cold medicine bottles? Well that is the size of the cup she has to drink from. It is 30CCs, or 1 ounce. She is suppose to drink 8 of those an hour, or 240CCs per hour. Now she can have a pop sickle which is 60CCs but she HAS to be getting 8 ounces in every hour or she will dehydrate. When she saw the doctor yesterday he said that she was way too pale and she needed to step it up. She asked me "How are you suppose to do better when you know you are already doing your best?" My question to you is...do you know of anyone who has had this surgery and if so, do they know of any little "tricks" to help. She says that she cant drink it all because she feels like it is gonna come right back up. She is full after the first few little cups. She is home now but will end up right back in the hospital if she cant stay hydrated. And thanks to all of you that gave well wishes for her yesterday. I do not agree with her decision to have this done (and as many of you know she and I dont get along very well) but she is my mother and in certain situations I feel like I must help and this is one of those situations. So thanks again!
I hope everyone is having a great day. It is very, very rainy here and just kinda bluck outside. But I know spring is right around the corner so I am gonna stay positive today despite the weather.
Hey Tanya...I am proud of my hill-billyness you snob (lol)
Hey ladies! I know that I am usually here everyday and I have been gone for about 5 days and some of you (thanks Meryet) were starting to get worried. But I am here and I am o.k.
My mother had gastric bi-pass surgery last Wednesday. There were some complications and I have been dealing with that . I guess they have to make a loop in your intestines and hers were not long enough so when they tried to pull them they tore and she had some internal bleeding. Then they managed to "blow" 7 of her veins. Her arms were SO black. And she was having trouble drinking her 240 CCs of fluid per hour...thats about 8 ounces. So she had to stay at the hospital a bit longer.
My grandmother...who had a stoke in 02...lives with my mother. With my mother being in the hospital there was noone to care for grandma. So I was helping her and then helping my mother and it has been pretty busy for me. But I think things are finally back to semi-normal.
I have NO good news to report on the weight loss front. I did very well with my food last week but I was unable to get to the gym. For the first time I am reporting a weight loss of .6 for the week. Yup, .6! I am honestly not sure if I have reached a plat..ok I cant even spell out the word...or maybe its due to the lack of exercise last week. I guess we will see. I am back to the gym tonight. I am hoping that next week brings a little bit better loss.
Well I have to go check on everyone. I feel like I have been gone forever!
So I sat on my bike for the first time in about 5 months. It felt a little weird. But what really seemed weird was when I sat on the back of my husbands bike. You see he had a Suzuki somethin-or-other and it was oh so uncomfortable for both of us. So he got an 07 Honda custom (1300?). And I couldnt hardly stand to sit on the back seat for more than 20 minutes. You see my butt was HUGE. So to solve the problem my husband bought me my own bike. So when I sat on the back of his bike last night and it wasnt uncomfortable...I kinda thought to myself "Damn we wasted all that money buying me a bike when I should have just lost some weight." I love my bike and I am glad I have it but spending $7000 cause my butt was too big...well I think you get what I am trying to say.
Well I have a meeting today with the "people" from the bank. Its got nothing to do with my personal finances. It is for work. We are trying to borrow some money. The company is fine right now but you never know what the future will bring so we are looking to have some money for just in case. They have this "loan" that you dont have to pay for unless you use it. So if we have $75,000 just sitting there it will never cost us a dime unless we have to dip into it. Then we have to pay it back plus interest of course. And with gas being $3.50 a gallon out here...well our type of business is one of the first to get hit in a recession. So we are looking for a safety net so to speak.
OK well "they" will be here in just a few minutes so I had better get going. I will be around after awhile to check on all my gals! Have a wonderful day!
OK so yesterday I read on a certain someones blog...you know who you are...that your mind couldnt tell the difference between being thirsty, hungry or in need of a good...ok you know what I mean. Anyway, I thought it was kinda funny and when I went to my monthly doctors appointment yesterday, I asked my doctor if it were true. And she said yes. Apparently they all three share the same neuro-connecter thingy (that is NOT the definition my doctor gave) in your head. So I guess the next time you think you are hungry...well I guess you could drink a glass of water or....
So at my appointment yesterday my doctor and I talked about a goal weight for me. At the start of this she said that she wanted to see me get to 140...at least. But now that I am down to 170 and have dropped 75 pounds she has changed her mind. According to the BMI thing and every medical chart/study know to man/woman, for my height and age I should be between 120-150. She says that I would look sick and in need of treatment if I went down to 120...well duh. She says...and I know this gets thrown out alot but this IS what she said...because of my bone mass and the way I am built, she doesnt want me below 140. I actually had to promise that I would stop at 140. She says 150 might be low enough...in her medical opinion. As you know I have been giving this alot of thought lately. And I think that I am gonna change my goal weight to 145. I know its only lowering the original goal by 10 but I really dont think I will be happy with 155. And to be honest and fair here at EP I just dont think I should have the wrong goal weight on here...so I'm changing it. So now I have 25 pounds to go!
I also told her that I was worried about the "P" word and she said, "AND...?" She basically said that I am so close to my goal weight that it is gonna happen. I might be stuck for a month or I might get lucky and only be stuck for a week. You just can never tell. But I am no longer obese and have significantly decreased all those health issues that come along with being obese. She went on about how I should be happy with my weight now and blah, blah, blah but we all know that until we reach that goal we arent 100% happy. So I think I have come to realize that I did lose 75 in 6 months but the last 25 may take 6 months...and I am ok with that. Of course I want it to come off NOW, but I know that isnt gonna happen. So I will just continue working out and eatting right and taking all the support I can get from all my friends here at EP and eventually I will move on to the next step...maintanence.
And thanks for all the nice things that you said yesterday. It is hard for me to take compliments. I have two half sisters and three step sisters and growing up everyone had thier "thing"...the pretty one, the smart one, the athletic one...and I just didnt fit into anything because I wasnt the best/most anything. Alot of things from my childhood stick with me to this day. And if you have been reading my blog for awhile then you probly know why. So to hear someone say things like they think I am pretty is just not easy to take. I know it might sound stupid but I feel like people only say it cause they are trying to be nice. And to be honest for awhile every time someone (here at EP) said that I looked good or whatever I just kinda set it aside and didnt give it much thought...cause I didnt think it was real. But I am starting to think differently. I know that all my firends here tell it like it is. I know that there are a certain group of people that would not hesitate to tell me that I F'ed up and put me in my place. I also now know that when they say nice things they mean those too. So thanks again for all of your NICE compliments!
Well I have meetings all day today...yippie! But I am gonna try to make my rounds before they start. Have a great day ladies!
Yes, yes thats what the scales said this morning. I was starting to get a little worried that I wasnt gonna get there or lose any weight this week. TOM left last night and he was hanging onto every pound he could...that is until this morning. Thankfully!
My sister and her family were over on Saturday. Now my sister has always been the skinny pretty one...kwim? And she used to be a dancer, if you know what I mean. She always had the perfect body. Well she stopped dancing and quit drinking and using drugs, got married and had a second child. When she did all of this she gained about 85 pounds. She is 5'3'' and weighs around 200 pounds. She hadnt seen me in awhile and she was actually upset when she saw me on Saturday. She said congrats but...well it wasnt real. After they left my DH even said something to me about it. If he noticed it...and lets face it men miss alot...then I dont think I was wrong. There were some comments that she made and kept making that just didnt sit well with me. Oh well I guess is all I can say. I damn sure aint gonna gain the 75 pounds back so that she can still be the "skinny sister"!
I hope you ladies are having a great day and I hope all my FIT girls had a great WI this morning. I am on my way to check on all of you!
Hey all! I hope that everyone had a great Friday. It went well this morning when my daughter got her braces. She seems to be doing fine so far. She is pretty excited about her nex visit. If she is a "super brusher" between now and then she will be able to get colors.
For some reason I cant seem to be able to upload my pics to my blog so I just put them in my photo gallery thingy. I wanted to posts some pics from when I weighed 276 and some from my wedding when I weighed 142 but I havent been able to get those downloaded...they arent on a disk or saved on the computer. I just have he pics...so these will have to do for now.
Tom is here so there is no weight loss to report. The scales are not my friend this week.
My sister and her family are coming over tomorrow night. We are going to make homemade manicotti and for desert fresh homemade fruit salad. I have checked all the nuitritional info on the manicotti...my husband has made it for me before...and it is well within the limits that I feel comfortable eatting. And I'm sure that we will all end up playing the Wii and that will be some good exercise.
I am gonna make my rounds and go see how all my FIT girls are doing. Hope you all have a wondrful weekend...be safe, the weather is aweful!
As most of you know, I gained 103 pounds after I got married. Now my husband is not a big man. He has never been overweight a day in his life. And if you read one of my posts a week or so ago you would know that he has a body fat % of 8! So he is a pretty fit guy. Anyway, he never once said anything about my weight gain. NEVER. And I was thankful for that. I was/am thankful that my husband loved me for me but after a conversation I had last night I am more thankful and greatful than ever.
I was at Walmart with the kids and we were just kinda looking around and they were off looking at toys so I went to the clothes. There was a clearance rack with a bunch of jeans on it for $7 so I thought what I heck I should buy a pair of 10s since I dont have any. There was a lady that came up to the rack and we started talking. Eventually the conversation went to weight. She told me that she had put on about 25 pounds. And that her husband was "on her ass" about it. Everytime she ate something he had something negitive to say. He had tried to tell her that if she lost the weight that he would buy her something nice,,,a ring I think. He had told her that if she gained much more weight that he would leave her. As she stood there telling me her story I wanted to cry. How she must feel...and how it must feel and how lonely you must be to tell this to a stranger! I felt so bad for her.
So today I am a very thankful Brelee. I am thankful for him and for all of you...have a great day!
SO last night my oldest daughter had a concert at the high school. Well it was all of the chiors in the elementary schools, the choir from the middle school, the choirs from the high school and the jazz band and all that stuff. Anyway, the entire town was there. I mean I think everyone there had a kid that was singing or playing an instrument. There were about 700 kids there and for a town the size of Franklin...well that is huge. Anyway, like I said EVERYONE was there. It started at 6:30pm. I kept an eye on the clock cause I knew TBL started at 8pm...I watched my daughter with the other eye (lol). I had set my DVR to record it just in case but I didnt want to miss the start time. So it 7:30 and the concert is over. Now I have to fight the entire town to get out of the gym and to my car and out of the parking lot. I had both my daughter with me (DH was home in bed not feeling well). I told them to hold onto me and that we were gonna get outta there fast. I wasnt rude or pushy...I was just in a hurry. We made it out of the gym fairly quickly and then out the main doors. We were walking VERY fast to the car. Then I hear my 8 year old...she is out of breath! So I pick her up and keep on going. By the time we got to the car my oldest daughter was breathing heavily. They were both like "Dang mom did we have to run all that way!". I wasnt even winded. I was like "What are you talking about...that wasnt that far...I'm fine why are you two so wore out?' So then its time to get outta the parking lot and down the road...I was home by 7:47! Woo Hoo! I suggested to the girls that maybe when the weather warms up we need to go for a jog a few times a week.
OK well I have a bunch of stuff going on here at work today so I dont have a bunch of time...I will make it around to everyone eventually. OH...Friday I probly wont be around. My oldest is getting her braces put on (finally) and I have a feeling that I will be pretty tied up with her all day (lol). So anyway, have a great day!
