Mind Over Matter

Not letting food control me any longer!

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  • Name: Chantal
  • City: CANADA
  • Country: CA

My Weight Loss

Height:
Start weight: 225.00lb
Current weight: 169.60lb
Goal weight: 150.00lb
Lost to date: 55.40lb
Remaining: 19.60lb

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Before After

A dating story

Last Friday I decided to ask Travel Guy if he wanted to do something (it was 11ish). After an hour of trying to convince him, he drove to my place and we met up for a midnight stroll and a good talk =) He surprisingly talked more than I had expected and I was pretty  happy about that..we had a good time sharing thoughts and laughing. It was a good first meeting and loved that it was spontaneous like that, it's always better on the nerves. lol I hugged him goodbye and slept at about 1:15am. The next morning i had my hair cut and layered and it looked hideous. You girls would of laughed so hard. LOL My hair was all puffy and i looked like a rich bitch..so when I came back home i jumped in the shower to make it right again. lol

I had a fever all day Saturday and I started to feel nauseous after 6pm...and since I had a date at 8:30, I didnt want to cancel on him so I still went. lol Despite my fever and trying real hard not to throw up, it went really well...we whispered comments and laughed during the movie..but...he's so shy! He didnt even make a move on me. lol Better, he didnt even buy my movie ticket!! Which really made me think "oook...mr cheapskates" lol but I think he's just really really shy and nervous....because he obviously has an interest in me. Long story short, I only survived the movie and asked him to give me a ride back home. lol....So there I was, a few minutes after my date.. in my apartment building's elevator and thinking out loud: What the heck...he didnt even pay for my ticket?! lol

I find this funny because I always tell my girlfriends that if a guy is interested in you, he'll pay for you. But this guy is totally different so it really throws my theory out of the window. lol *sigh* Why can't I get simpler men =P But I'm drawn by the fact that he's taking things sooo slow and wonder if this man is really worth it because..I seriously think he is. We have so much stuff in common and have fun talking and being around eachother that I don't see how I can't wait a week or two more for him to get out of his shell. Anyhoo, going back to the story, I received an email from him on Sunday morning telling me that he had a great time in my company and then he asks me if i'd want to do something with him sometime this week or this weekend. lol THEN he suggests I come over to HIS place for a scary movie and some red wine (knowing very well that I cant handle a lot of wine). haha..so while I'm reading this I'm thinking "Finally......" lol....I'll sit close to him and take hold of his arm at the first sign of scariness. How about that. lol Gosh...as long as he loosens up a little being in his own condo and having a lil wine. lol We havent had a decent head-to-head so this will be interesting.....and who knows, he might even kiss me. (I'm so devilish..I know he's shy and I seem to like seeing him get nervous about all of these dating things and I want him to make the moves himself so he can have a lil more confidance in himself in the long run ;P   )

But, he's the DIRT you want to hear.

  • He's 27, going on 28 this December
  • He's 6'0", normal built, manly looking. lol..
  • He's got a nice voice that makes me feel at ease with him
  • He might need help in the clothing department  LOL
  • He smells darn good
  • He makes me laugh and laughs at what I say
  • He's a gadget loving guy..he even has that robot floor cleaner like Shelley  lol..
  • He seems like a really decent and caring guy
  • I find him hot (bwahaha)
  • He's got sexy hands (don't ask..i'm weird)
  • I still have no idea how he kisses yet or really gazed into his eyes soo...to be continued ladies!!
I'll keep you girls posted on the developments. I'm just happy that i'm not as nervous as I was last week. lol...I'm pretty calm around him and the butterflies have ceased to annoy me.

The pics of my professional wardrobe will be coming soon....be patient! ;)

Have a great week gals!!!

Confidence leads to success ;)

Sooooo...I have trouble sleeping these days, AGAIN. But, for happier reasons ;) I've got a date with an amazing man on Saturday night (if he isnt still sick) and everyone is respecting me much more at work because of my change in clothing =P I'll have to post a pic for you all....

Think of me this weekend!! I'll be back to normal soon i swear ;P After all these darn butterflies go away......he's too good to be true!! lol

I can't keep up!

I Know! I'm such a bad EP friend lately. My mind is so busy thinking about this guy..lol..I definetely need to meet him soon so things can go back to normal....although..they may never. lol For the better I'm hoping.

I wish I could talk about weightloss stuff but..all I have my head is : JF JF JF JF JF JF JF JF JF JF JF

He was feverish last night and he looks sick =( I'm hoping he's feeling better by Saturday!!! I have this sneaky plan of asking him out soon.

Take care gals and plsssssss dont be mad!!! I still love you guys xoxoxox

OMG!

I LOVE this new EP Layout!!! We have private messaging now!! Woohoo =D And I now have another goal in mind...be one of those success stories! hihi You girls look awesome, by the way!

The BBQs went strangely well. I opted for veggy burgers the entire time and had diet cola...with a few sweets for dessert on Friday. I basically switched my supper and my lunch for three days....=) It didnt make me feel all big and bloated so I think it worked wonderfully!!! I went to play badminton on Thursday night and did nothing Friday because my brother ditched me again and didnt come visit me. Saturday I went shopping for a new professional wardrobe and spent a fortune =P For the good of humanity, of course. lol The people at work are already starting to treat me differently ;)

Saturday night I stayed home because my friend cancelled on me at the last minute to go dancing..and i was all pretty and had bought a new bottle of Captain Morgan spiced rum and diet caffeine free coke. Sooo..obviously I was bummed about all of this so I went online to find facebook guy online on facebook chat. So I waited. Nothing.  I gathered up my courage and started a tiny convo in the chat window with him =D Then I asked for his msn address...and we talked for 6 hours. lol It was so exciting..getting to know a new person, joking around and flirting like there's no tomorrow. Found out he's 27..going on 28 in December and quite shy and hardly has any relationship experience. This man is HOT girls. lol. Square manly jaw..nice arms..*fans herself* Well, I find him hot. lol I'm not too sure how I could of had found a shy-ish hot guy that hasnt been womanizing for all those years but I'm in luck. I just hope I don't scare him off. I'll be good I swear =P I'm secretely hoping to meet him in at least 2 weeks. *crosses her fingers* He already talks as if it's in his plans...so we'll have to wait and see!!

Went shopping Sunday again and spent another small fortune...and i dont think ill be setting foot in a mall for another month!! God im sick of shopping (for now..lol) but i got these killer outfits and mix and match stuff and its all sexy and professional. I'm actually trying this out to test people at work..since i want more respect and obviously people react to some artificial stuff in order to judge me so lets see how this week goes!!  So far so good..a man already waited until i got up in the elevator to hold the door for me on the 2nd floor (i was soo not taking the stairs with these heels..). haha...damn i feel hot. LOL

Hope you gals have a great week!! Take care

BBQ Heaven

Oooooooh I hate this. lol. 3 days of BBQ at work this week! Meaning...no gym until next Monday. Oh God. I still need to move so tonight I'm gonna go for an hour long walk and tomorrow i have another 2 hours and a half of badminton!

Last night went amazingly well. Flirted with a cute shy guy..and played with my  tennis elbow brace which worked WONDERS! I started hurting after a few minutes of play but it was hardly nothing. Afterwards I just iced my arm for 10-15 mins and slept with the brace......to wake up with a hurt-free arm! yayyyyy. I seriously love this sport...I cant wait till tomorrow!!

Sooooooo...I'm halfway through my The Other Boleyne girl book. It's seriously not like the movie. AT ALL. lol But I love it even more because of it. I know..I'm weird.

Onto something else, well, my brother is supposed to visit me this weekend. But i wont hold my breath. We may go party somewhere (hes such a party animal since hes joined the army!). Would be fun. I just wish we could engage in a real meaningful conversation..because..well..he has trouble expressing himself so its hard.

Well, I'm gonna try not to eat all of the burgers at our bbq and eat light for supper until Friday to compensate. Take care gals and....watch out for the BBQS!!

Staying active!

This week I have one thing in mind : staying active!! Yesterday I ran 4K and did 10 minutes of eliptical before finishing with some ab work that lasted 6-7 minutes. I then took a 40 minute walk after dinner =D My arm wasnt strong enough to handle badminton last night so I figured I'd move a lil and get my soul a lil fresh air. It felt wonderful...although i ate an entire bag of popcorn afterwards..LOL..oops. It wasnt THAT bad, it could have been cake or pizza..but still...I ate out of boredom. Which is a big nono. BUT, yesterday was a good day nonetheless.

Today I'm gonna be doing some walking and elliptical during my lunch break as well as some ab work. No running. My left hip kinda hurts so I'll take it easy with low impact...and then, tonight, I'll play 2/3 hours of badminton. God it makes me sweat. I have to run all over the place, plunge, stretch, smash...but I'll wear my tennis elbow brace thingy this time. It might prevent some strain.

Travel guy emailed me AGAIN. He says he's on this 2 week supervisor course and he seems to dread it because he's so busy and all. But. Um. Wow. Supervisor. This guy is pretty successful and might not get intimidated by my own success because he's obviously higher up than me. lol So we'll see how this plays out. I want to take my time..lure him with a few emails until he's done with his course and then chat with him on msn for a few weeks..then we might phone eachother if things go well. I have this weird thrill of making men work for what they want. If they feel like I'm worth it, then they'll show interest and persistence...and then I know i've caught him good =P I suppose it's some auto-defense to make sure I don't get played before falling too hard for a man. I want to shine in a man's eyes..I want him to see me as someone special and amazing.

Well, I hope you gals treat yourselves like queens today!! Like we should always do. Take care xox

 

Badminton

Hey gals!!! Thx for asking me how it all went =D It was awesome!! Although...I now have tendinitis. Oww...so I have to wear this when i come home from work and I'll be wearing it during play next time (Maybe next week..not sure if i wanna risk making it worse right now)

It's painful but i'll live. On a brighter note, my arm is a lil stronger now and I bought myself a new raquet!! A much lighter one, too....so that'll help.

Spent the weekend with my mom playing bingo and all that. Watched journey to the center of the earth with RealD glasses (wow!!  makes movies much cooler), went out for supper too often and talked a lot..and shopped..lol..so yeah, that was my weekend!

I emailed the facebook guy because he didnt contact me within 5 days of his return to Canada (didnt wanna see too eager) and he emailed me back..hopefully he wont take too long to answer or else I'll move on to someone else =P Don't wanna waste my time with a man that keeps me hanging.

Sooooo..nothing much going on here except i'm running today at noon and taking a walk tonight..as well as eating veggies and chicken for supper. All's back to normal and im loving it xox Take care and happy Monday!!

Finally!

The REAL badminton sign ups are tonight...this is the 3rd day of sign ups so hopefully there's still room for more members!! I'm not sure if we'll play tonight or just pay and listen to all the weird rules they have...we'll see!!!

I'm a lil nervous about this new guy that added me to Facebook who ended up being a guy that one of my friend knows...he came back from Europe last Monday or Tuesday and he still hasnt contacted me. I had sent him an email and commented on some of his travel commentaries ..wanting to make a lasting impression..(he said we'd talk when he'd be back from vacation) but nothing yet! Erg..men =P So I wont email him again until next week sometime so I dont look too desperate to get to know him. lol

So.Hum.Yeah. Suffering from insomnia lately and it hasnt stopped. It takes me over 3 hours to fall asleep and by the time I fall asleep, it's 1am and I get 5 hours of sleep =P Thankfull tomorrow is my day off and I get to sleep late and wake up late. YAY!!!  But..I desperately need to work on my stress...soooo, tomorrow will be a fun and productive day!!!! Meaning...MASSIVE cleanup..lots of stuff donated and a lot of stuff in the trash!!!! It's gonna make me all happy and ready to work on some other projects I have in mind for my apartment!! OPERATION REDECORATE!!

Ok ok. I know I say this often..but this time I mean it *giggles* I have no man to keep me busy so I get to spend some time making myself happy (this all sounds soo dirty...LOL)

Have a good one gals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Life is good!!

ok, despite me being in huge pain because of a carnival ride gone wrong (lots of bumping into metal and getting my ribs squished by my friend) I'm happy. I may not be able to run but I walk a lot =D This noon I plan on walking 40-50 minutes and another hour tonight after dinner. I'm gonna eat healthy stuff ALL SEPTEMBER. That's my challenge. lol With only a few days where i can indulge in pizza and whatnot. Lately I've been eating crap and maintaining soooooo...I guess i should be thankful.

I'm registering for the badminton club tomorrow night with my friend and hopefully it wont be too..awkward. lol

Not a lot to report other than...TOM is coming and...I'm ok with that. I'm trying to be more of a positive person so I can attract positive people and situations =D  what did you think? LOL

Take care and dont give up...be happy NOW =D not later

Finger eleven?!!!

Thank you so much for reading my last post =D

Guess what!! I'm gonna go see Finger eleven TONIGHT! For really cheap..plus they're playing 15 minutes away from my apartment

 

I'm pretty psyched about that!!! I'm going with a friend after I go out to dinner with a friend......and have red wine. mwahaha. So my eating isnt going TOO good. lol Ah well. September will be MY month. I usually lose a lot during September so I won't let myself down and work my butt off =)

I've been feeling very light headed and tired lately....even if i did sleep 8 hours last night. What's going on?!! And now im freaking out because of the huge Maple Leaf meat recall because its all tainted with the Listeriosis bacteria which killed a lot of people already...but yeah...im just anxious probably. I'm glad we have a long weekend because i'll get to relax ALOT..which is exactly what i need. I might even book a massage this weekend......hmm..lol..

Hope you gals are doing great. xox take care

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