DD did so well at her performance today!! I think we may have a future cheerleader on our hands!!

Okay all you creative people this is for you!! I want to make a shirt for me and DD to wear to the NKOTB concert in October. I am going to use customizedgirl.com to make them because after a wash the iron on shirts don't look all that great anymore. I want something cute but I am simply no good at thinking up things like this. I have been given a few other suggestions and here they are:

Hangin' Tough across the generations

Mommy and me Hangin' Tough

Savannah and me Hangin' Tough

Just call me, Mrs. Donnie Wahlberg

Just so you know, Hangin' Tough is my favorite NKOTB song and Donnie is my favorite.

Get to thinking!! I'll be back! :)

Today's weight - 189.6 (repeat from yesterday)

As I was driving to pick DD up from cheer camp yesterday I noticed they have added to the Wal Mart shopping center sign. The new sign reads Tokoyo Japanese Cuisine. Immediately my mouth starts watering for yummy fried rice and shrimp sauce. Dang it!! This new restaurant will NOT be good for my diet. Japanese is right on the top of the list of foods I love to eat. It is even above Krispy Kreme donuts and New York style cheesecake!! I must work out a plan of action before the restaurant opens!

Today is the last day of cheer camp and DD has a performance at 11:30. I can't wait to see what all she has learned this week. She has seriously talked non-stop about cheerleading since Monday. It's cute to see her this excited!

Today's weight - 189.4 -- whatever!!

Last night DD and I had Mexican for dinner, maybe that will account for the weight gain. I feel so rough from TOM that I honestly could care less if I gained 5 lbs. LOL!

I did my 20 minute bike ride as promised yesterday but I did not get on the treadmill. I somehow got the bright idea that I would clean out the garage during the heat of the day. Not smart I know! DD and I headed out and organized the garage and blew all the leaves and trash out. We also blew off the driveway. Around 7 PM I went out and cut grass while DD played in the sprinkler. I also cut limbs off the trees and burned the pile of limbs, leaves, and various other things. We made it into the house with just enough time to grab a shower and watch BB. The yard looks super nice today. I just wish it could stay that way with no work. I am NOT a yard person!

We also got our passport pictures taken yesterday!! Our trip isn't until October 2009 but I want to get those applications sent off next month so the passports will be here in plenty of time.

The new Miley CD is great!! I am loving it. DD isn't quite sure about it. She doesn't like that she can't sing along right now but goodness who can sing along with a brand new CD?

Today will be a lazy day. My back hurts along with my head and tummy and I just want to veg!!

Today 13 years ago I married my ex husband. Now of course I don't celebrate this anniversary anymore but I remembered writing down in my jorunal at the time that I was trying to lose some weight before my wedding dress was ordered. Well I went digging through the closet for all the wedding stuff. I have saved it all in one spot for DD. I found the journal and the entry where I recorded my weight of 188!!!!!!!!!!! I weigh the same thing today that I weighed 13 years ago. Isn't that exciting? :)

One more thing!! To all of you moms out there who have daughters who love Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, her new CD comes out today! We are going to get it after I pick DD up from camp and have lunch. Is it sad that I am just as excited about it?

Today's weight - 188.4 - still up 2.2 lbs from my pre-vacation weight

TOM did not show yesterday as expected. Instead I endured another day of bad cramps. Thankfully the scale was down from yesterday even though TOM showed today. He is being brutal on me this month :(

DD had a blast at cheer camp yesterday. She did cheers from the time she got home until she went to bed last night. Today they had to wear red, white, and blue (the school colors). She also found out yesterday that those who went to cheer camp get to help the cheerleaders cheer during halftime at the first home game. Boy she is over the moon with excitment over that!!

I am so glad today is not a run day. I will walk 20 mins on the treadmill followed by 20 mins on the bike after I dope myself up with meds to make these cramps stop!

Today's weight comes courtesy of TOM who will arrive today - 190

TOM is a whole day early and has totally messed up my official WI tomorrow. The cramps started last night and I woke up feeling horribly bloated today. Ugh! I hate TOM!!

I just dropped DD off at cheerleading camp. I live in a very small town so I was not at all expecting the large line of kids waiting to register for the camp. There seriously must have been 300 kids!! DD was nervous but once we got to the gym she quickly followed the cheerleader for her age group without even telling me bye. They have a little performance on Thursday to show all they have learned. I'm looking forward to it!

Today's weight - 187.8

When I saw that number on the scale today it made me so happy that I did not give into the constant growling stomach yesterday!! I am nearly down to my pre-vacation weight and that makes me super happy!

The eggwhite omelette with bacon really hit the spot last night and finally made my stomach be quiet. TOM is right around the corner so I guess that was the reason I was starving and wanted to eat everything in sight yesterday.

Okay I'm off to run. It's way too humid to go to the park today so the treadmill and I are going to do some bonding.

Happy Sunday!

Today's weight - 190 :)

I have listened to my stomach growl all day long. I had oj and a yogurt bar for breakfast, a cafe' steamers and an apple for lunch, that was quickly followed by raisin, date, walnut oatmeal. I'm getting ready to cook up an egg white omelette with turkey bacon and WW cheese in the hopes that some protein will calm this growling stomach. I don't know what is up with me today.

The weather was so nice here late yesterday evening. The temps were in the low 80's and there was a great breeze blowing so I decided that I would go to the park for my run instead of staying inside and doing it on the treadmill. I'm so glad that I did. I love running outside!! It won't be long until I can enjoy more outside runs!

 I hope all of you have had a great Saturday!

Today's weight - 191.4 - yep that Mexican did it!! LOL

I am so happy to say that DD and I will be going to see New Kids on the Block on October 30th in Charlotte, NC!! I really wanted to go for the VIP tickets so that we could be close to the stage but as a single mommy I simply can't spend $175 per ticket for the 4*VIP. No biggie!! We will be sitting in section 114 (right off the floor) which will be great for DD. I can't believe it!! I'm going to see NKOTB again!

I will never forget the last time I saw them. It was early 1990 and I went with my best friends from high school. Our seats were up in the nosebleed section. We held onto each other for dear life while we danced and sang. We were so scared that we were going to fall. We came home with no voices but seriously had the most wonderful time ever.

Sorry about this not being diet related!! LOL!!

Today's weight - 191.2 (down 1 lb from yesterday!!)

I went to Wal Mart today to pick up a few things I managed to forget yesterday and while we were there I saw Newton Fruit Crisps on the end of the aisle. I stopped the buggy to pick up the box to see how many calories they had. I am always on the lookout for things to satisfy my sweet tooth and not break the calorie bank at the same time. I was happy to see that each package (2 bars) only has 100 calories. I couldn't even wait until I got home to open the box. DD was complaining that she was hungry so that gave me the perfect excuse to tear into them in the parking lot. Boy are these things tasty!! DD said she thought they tasted like poptarts and I agreed they had a similar taste with a little sprinkling of sugar on the top instead of frosting. I bought the mixed fruit ones but there was a box of apple cinnamon right beside it. Look for these the next time you go to the grocery store!!

We went for another one lap walk/run at the park this morning. This wasn't my idea! I ran yesterday morning with DD and then did another 30 minutes of running after she went to church last night so my knee was giving me a fit. After having breakfast she ran to get her walking clothes on and told me that since she had so much fun yesterday she wanted to do it again. How can you say no to that? She did really well again today! I'm so proud of her!

I had Mexican for dinner tonight. Ugh! I probably shouldn't have because the sodium will most likely kill me when I step on the scales this morning but I really wanted it. Hopefully it won't mess me up too bad. The vacation pounds have slowly been melting away and I want that trend to continue!