Update

Hello.  I hope everyone is doing great.  I am doing just fine.  I am in my 5th month of pregnancy and I have been enjoying it.  We are having a baby girl.  her name is Camryn Denise Hartley.  We are very excited about her arrival.  We have started getting her nusery together and purchasing a few things. 

I have had an easy pregnancy.  No sickness, just a little tired.  I have only gained 5lbs so far.  I am amazed at that myself.  I have not been walking as much as I should, but I have a new favorite past time.....playing the WII.  I am telling you, that is a workout in itself!  The WII was a good investment.  I am going to try the WII Fit once I have Camryn.  It will be something slow that will get me back in shape before going back to work in January.  Everyone looks to be doing great in their weight loss journey.  I do however have to get on Chunkyfree!  I see she has not blogged in a while.  :)

Hello Out There

I just wanted to take a few minutes to say hello to everyone and I hope everyone is doing super good!  I do stop in and read everyones blogs and it is still inspirational.  Everyone seems to be doing great!

I am doing good so far.  Not too much weight gain, but I am sure that will change when I go back to the doctors on the 4th of April.  It's cool though, its expected.  I am now almost 12 weeks along and my  due date is now October 10th instead of the 12th.  I am excited about seeing what the sex of the baby is.  We just want a healthy baby, doesnt matter if its a girl or a boy!

I will check in on everyone later!!

Miranda

It all makes sense...BIG NEWS!!

Ok ladies, sorry I have been straight up MIA for the past week.  Well I did weigh in on Tuesday and was down to 239.2.  I was thrilled about that, finally I had reached 20lbs.  But I also wasnt feeling too well and ended up leaving work early on Tuesday.

I dont know if you remember, but I had talked about TOM being here, coming...etc, which mean my stomache was cramping, and I felt that it was coming.  Well, guess what??  It never did and why did it never come?? 

BECAUSE I AM 6 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!  I am thrilled, excited, and over the moon 10 times.  I went yesterday and had my first ultrsound, and the due date is expected to be October 12th.  Isn't this great?  We have wanted a child and that is the main reason that I was gonna lose weight because I didnt want it to be the reason that I could not have kids. 

So of course the heavy exercising is on hold for now, but I will not use this pregnancy as an excuse to eat, eat, eat.  I will still eat like I have some sense and will start walking with my hubby at lieast 3-4 days per week so that I wont be sitting here weighing 400 lbs when the baby is due. 

I hope everyone is doing GREAT and I will continue to check in and read your blogs and show as much support as I can.  I am going to need you all in October after the baby comes so that I can get back on track!!!

Miranda

Happy Presidents Day!!!

Yes I am going to continue to rub in the fact that I had today off and most others did not!!  You gotta love working for a bank.  No, I dont work in an actual branch with tellers and all, but in an east coast operations center and we observe the crazy holidays like the branches do.

Yes I worked out last night and it kicked my ass 100 times.  Man I was beat, but I had to do it cause I do have to step on the scale tomorrow after not weighing last week.  Wish me luck on that.

I woke up around 9:00 am this morning, ate some cereal and layed on the couch.  Then at about 12:30 i had a tuna sandwich and then at around 2 I had a pb and j sandwich for snack.  I was hungry.  I guess I should have eaten some fruit or something, but oh well. 

I will be working out tonight in hopes of getting that last push to get me into the 230's finally.  I think that it will happen, if not, then I wont get frustrated, I will keep on pushing.

I hope everyone has a great rest of the day.

Miranda

End of the weekend

I am sad to say, that No, I did not workout last night.  I think I have a pretty good reason though.  After my parents left I took a quick nap.  Then I woke up and ate the rest of my sub.  Then my sister in law to be called and said she would be here shortly with 2 of my favorite little people in the world....my 11 year old niece Alisha, and my almost 1 next week nephew CJ.  They live in charlotte which is about 4 hours away and I dont get to see them very often.  She was in this area for a birthday party so she stopped by on her way back.  It was GREAT to see them.  CJ is now waving and he is no longer walking like he was at Christmas...he is straight up running around the house and dancing.  Alisha is growing faster and faster everytime I see them.  Did i mention how much I love them?? 

Anyway, the first thing my sister in law said was, oh my, you have really lost some weight.  She kept saying it over and over again.  She mentioned how my jeans were sagging...etc.  That made me feel so freaking good.  Of course my niece was like, Aunt Miranda, you look great, but you always looked great to me.  She is the greatest ever.  When I married my husband, one of the best things was gaining her as my niece. They left around 10 and then hubby and I watched a movie and went to bed.

I woke up this morning and had 4 little links of sausage, some egg beaters, and half an english muffin with butter spray and jam.  It was good.  Not too sure about lunch or dinner and cant say that I will or will not work out tonight. We will just have to see about that.  Hopefully I can get my butt back on track again with the workouts. 

Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend.

Miranda

Saturday

Thank god for saturday.  I didnt get to sleep in late this morning because I had to get up and clean a little.  My mom called me at like 8:45 am to tell me her and daddy were coming for a visit and that they were bringing my auntie.  I was having a good time sleeping until then.

My eating has been back on track, but I did not work out thursday night or last night.  But, I have not been eating bad.  I am about to get a footlong sub for lunch/dinner, because I am starving right now. I will get a work out in today as well.  I promise!

I am thrilled I am off on Monday.....gotta love Presidents Day!!  Oh and by the way, I am gonna give my parents my girl scout cookies.  They have the get the hell up out of my house!!!

Have a great Saturday ladies!!

Pizza Pizza!

That title cracks me up.  I had to take it back to when my sister and I use to work at Little Caesars Pizza.  Pizza is exactly what I had for dinner last night.  We decided to stay in.  So we got a brooklyn style pepperoni pizza, some hot wings, and some cinastix from Dominoes.  Yeah I see everyone's mouth watering, so please pause to wipe your keyboard.  LOL.......ok, back to the blog.

I ate 2 slices of pizza. 4 wings, and 2 cinastix.  It was so freaking good.  I did work out though, so I am cool.  For breakfast this morning I had a cheddar bo biscuit from Bojangles.  I dont know if Bojangles exists outside of NC.  Let me give u a "taste" of the biscuit.   It is a biscuit, with some old school cheese, that hoop cheese, melted to a crisp perfection.  Once again, I will pause so you will wipe the keyboard because of your watering mouth!.  I tore up that darn biscuit and it was so freaking cute....in the shape of a little heart.  During the month of February, they sell heart shaped biscuits.  For lunch, I had soup.

My valentines day has been great so far.  Hubby joked me and got the most beautiful flower arrangement and balloons delivered to me at work.  He is cooking me dinner as we speak...ribeyes, baked potatoes, and corn.  Once again, wipe your mouths please!!    I got him a card and I gave him a donation to his "I WANT A PLAYSTATION 3 FUND."  Yes, it was more than a $10 donation. 

I hope everyone has a great Valentines Day.  No working out for me tonight!!  Sorry!  Well I will be working out, just not with the DVD's or ellipitical...HINT HINT!

It Was A Tie!!

If you read my last blog, I mentioned that I did not want to work out, but my sister was the angel telling me to do it, but i had a girl scout on my other shoulder trying to feed me a thin mint!  WELL THEY BOTH WON!!

I did work out, at 7:30.  I did Express Cardio, but I did half a$$ it.  I did the modified version with Libby, instead of hardcore with Stephanie.  After working out, I showered and chilled and started watching the biggest loser.  Then the girl scout appeared out of no where and told me to eat some thin mints and to top it off with a cold glass of Milk.  So I couldn't tell her no, so I finished off the roll which was around 6 cookies and washed it down with some milk.  Man, I was in heaven!!

I had some cereal for breakfast this morning and some leftover spaghetti for lunch.  I think DH and I will go out to dinner tonight instead of tomorrow, since the places tomorrow will be slammed packed for Valentines Day.   I am thinking the Japanese Steakhouse, mainly because that is what I am craving right now.  We made a promise to not get each other anything over $10 for valentines day.  He got me a new laptop for christmas and I got him some pricey DJ equipment, so in my opinion we dont need any gifts for Valentines Day.  Plus his birthday is next weekend, so I am happy to only spend $10 tomorrow.  $10 cant buy much though.  Barely a card and a flower. 

I am about to add a picture of me back in May of 2006 when I was trying on wedding dresses.  The pic is actually the dress that I chose.

Have a lovely rest of the day.  I am off to read blogs now.

Attack of the cookies

Yeah you read it right, I think I downed almost the entire roll of those darn thin mints last night AFTER I worked out.  I mean, it like defeated the purpose of me working out.  I am in love with Thin Mint girl scout cookies.  I have an addiction to them, but am I gonna throw them out to resist the temptation....HELL TO THE NO!! 

Anywho, today was an ok day.  I had a blueberry bagel with spread for breakfast.  For lunch I had to go to the bank, so I stopped by quiznos and got a SAMMIE and a cup of broccoli and cheese soup.  MissV, I think u might like it without the chicken, since you are not eating meat.  There were a couple of bites, where all I had was lettuce, tomato, and dressing and it was still mighty good.  Snack was a 100 calorie pack of girl scout cookies.

For dinner I made me some baked spaghetti with whole wheat pasta.  DH didnt want spaghetti, so I fried him some chicken, and made some mac and cheese and some string beans.  I started to dive into his plate headfirst, but I was content with my spaghetti.

I guess I will work out tonight.  It is already 7:00 and I am in total rest mode.  After all those cookies last night I really need to get it together.

Work was ok, but damn, I hate lazy people.  I am not gonna get into it because it pisses me off just thinking about it.

Ok, enough is enough.  I guess I will go workout now.  I dont want to hear my sisters mouth about it, she is the angel on my shoulder saying, go work out girl.  But on the other shoulder is a girl scout trying to pass me a damn thin mint.  I will let you know tomorrow which one won!!

Have a great night!

Miranda

Girl Scout Cookies

Oh yeah, it is that time of year again.  The time to help out the kids and order Girl Scout Cookies.  Yes, I did order 3 boxes.  I ordered a box of thin mints, short bread, and the 100 calorie cinna-spins.  I have already eaten 2 thin mints.  They are so freaking good and there is nothing thin about those suckers.  I also had a 100 calorie pack of the cinna spins and they are really good and filling.  I think I need to get another box of those!  Ok, I just popped 2 more thin mints in my mouth.  A part of me is saying to trash the whole box, but I cant do that, I don't waste money like that.    They will remain at work though because if I take them home, the rest will be history!

For breakfast I had a small box of Frosted Cheerios with milk.  Snack was the 100 calorie cinna-spins and lunch was a pack of chicken noodle soup and a ham and cheese toasted sandwich.   I am not too sure about what to do for dinner tonight.  I think I will bake hubby and chicken and throw myself a grilled chicken breast on the george foreman. 

Regardless I know I have to workout tonight, because I decided not to last night.  We went to my mother in laws for a little while.  I came home, watched the UNC Clemson BB game (GO HEELS!!) and then I watched most of the grammys.  I must say that Tina Turner is still looking FIERCE!!  OMG, please let me look like that when I am 68.  Heck, let me look like that when I am 50!  She still looks awesome and can still move!!!

Tonight I will do Ultimate Calorie Blaster.  I am looking forward to it.  As I mentioned earlier, I will not weigh this week.  Seeing a gain is not an option for me, and I prefer to wait, because a gain will make me pig out.  LOL.  Hopefully I will be at my 20 total pound lost next week so that when I go the outlets in Smithfield on the 23rd, I can get a couple of outfits.  I will not get anything from Lane Bryant though.  I will go in the GAP and I will get me some outfits....thank god some of their clothes go up to a 20, but hopefully I can get into an 18 with no problems out of there.  Fingers crossed on that one. 

I hope everyone has a great Monday and good luck on all the weigh ins this week!!

Miranda