05/29/2009 03:26
Down 7! :)
Went to my first official weigh in at my second meeting this week and I was down 7 pounds! Woo Hoo!! :)
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- Name: Rachel211
- City: Cocoa
- Region: Florida
- Country: United States
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| Height: | 182.9cm |
| Start weight: | 262.00lb |
| Current weight: | 251.00lb |
| Goal weight: | 178.00lb |
| Lost to date: | 11.00lb |
| Remaining: | 73.00lb |
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05/18/2009 22:50
A carton of milk, a loaf of bread, and a sticka butter...
Anyone remember that blast from the past on Sesame Street? :)
Well I am sitting here on WW day 2 (even though I haven't been to a meeting yet to get weighed) and I am really really really really wanting to eat something. I'm hungry, but not hungry enough to eat something before dinner.
But the only problem with that is that I have to go to the store to get stuff to MAKE something for dinner! I hate going to the store hungry. It makes shopping so much harder! Although I have found that if you go up to the registers and get one of the cold diet cokes and drink that while you shop it takes the edge off.
One other thing that is a little tough for me right now is that Harper, who has been just pretty much not eating for the last two months, has all of a sudden become a "Cookie?Eat?Hungee?Dinner?" monster! I swear she went from refusing to eat more than two bites of ANYTHING to now trying to break into the fridge to pull out a carton of milk! I guess we should save up a little for the growth spurt that I am sure is to follow next month. She gets all chunked up and then, bam! The next morning she is a bean pole and two inches taller. ;) It's tricky on me because I have to go into her snack cupboard constantly to get her out stuff. It's all like grahm crackers and fruit leather - but when you are really hungry you will snack on pretty much anything!
Counting down till dinner.....
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05/18/2009 03:40
$40 a month is okay
So I have been dealing with the whole diabetes thing for a few weeks now and she was right about it. I have been checking my blood sugars for a while now and I am having a hard time keeping them even in the 'good for diabetics' range and way, way over the normal healthy range. Sigh. I guess I should be glad that we caught it early and it probably hasn't caused a lot of damage or anything yet.
I talked to Terry today about what I need to do to keep myself on track. I have been TERRIBLE the last week because my sister was in from out of town and we ate nothing but junk. We weren't really trying to be bad, but it was tough with 3 adults to feed and 3 kids under 4. Sure you could make a giant salad - but then you have to make a whole separate meal for the kids. (As much as we would like them to kids really don't care for salad much)
Terry and I decided that I should go back to Weight Watchers meetings. I started them a few years ago and I really liked them, but then I found out I was pregnant and had to drop out. But I liked the idea of having to go in and be accountable for your weight that week. It's not like they judge you or anything - but I don't know - something about being able to go in and show off how well you are doing. I have always been the straight A's teachers pet in school and maybe that just comes out in me at those meetings. ;) I know that if I am the only one holding myself accountable that I am a MAJOR push over. ;)
The cost is about $40 a month - but I have been babysitting my nieces lately so my sister in law can save on daycare and she pays me about that much. So I am just going to put the money towards that.
So here I go! The post below is the first new recipe that I am trying out for Terry and I that has less carbs (yes, I know its noodles, but they are Dreamfields low carb and there is only a little bit spread around the plate. Normally I would have about, oh, 4 times as many noodles as that!) and that is still not some gourmet dinner.
Here we go!
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05/18/2009 03:24
Gobble gobble gobble!! :)
Tonight's new meal:
Turkey Piccata!
I give it a strong 8!
Total WW points for one serving: 8
04/29/2009 15:17
$hit! Way to go....
I've got diabetes. Fuck. 
04/01/2009 20:44
I'm still here! Just being bad.... ;)
Hey Guys!
I'm still around - I've just been super busy getting ready for some company at the end of the week and well, eating like crap and not wanting anyone to know about it. ;)
There. I said it.
I'll be back soon!
Rachel
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03/29/2009 05:06
Curses! Foiled by my own Grandmother!
So I am actually feeling a lot better today - thank goodness. I still have the cold but its just annoying now more than anything. That was great since we went to that walk this morning. No biggie - it was just one lap around Lake Eola which is I think like a half a mile or something. That part I wasn't worried about - it was the actual getting up at 6:00am to get down there that had me grouchy. But it went great - Viv was really happy, about 50 people showed up for the pretty much unofficial event making it a complete success, especially in the eyes of a seven year old where 50 people look like 500. ;)
After we got home Terry knew that he wanted to go fishing on Sunday morning so when I went in to take a nap to try to chase away this cold, he let me sleep for 3 1/2 hours straight! Man, I guess I was more tired than I thought! That was good though, probably why I am feeling so much better tonight. So I guess he can go fishing in the morning without guilt. ;)
Anyway, what finally woke me up was the doorbell. It was our mailman with a package from my Grandmother of all people. I get cards from her on my birthday and stuff - but this woman has 10 kids, like 17 grandkids and 3 great-grandkids so we don't expect to hear from her very often. But apparently the last time we went to visit she was so flattered by the fact that Terry loved her homemade cookies so much that she sent us a whole box FULL of cookie goodness! Monster Cookies, sugar cookies, pinwheels, and my all time favorite grandma cookie - ginger snaps that she somehow doesn't make snap and are all moist and chewy. Drool..... so goooooodddd......
So basically even though I got my exercise done early, my eating day pretty much went down the crapper. And I got a belly ache from eating bad since I was doing so well all week and then let my guard down. I hate that. It's like not only are you feeling regular guilt for being naughty, but then your own stomach is kicking you when you are down! Okay, okay already Tummy! I get the point! ;)
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Lake Eola
03/27/2009 22:15
Orange and brown with a bungee cord!
My new shoes that is! I just picked up some new tennies at Payless and I am hoping that they work well for me for at least a little while. I have HUGE FLAT FEET and I have a terrible terrible time trying to find shoes. I usually have to buy inserts and all that jazz just to get them to fit right. I know I am in the minority in this, but I honestly miss high tops. They were the shoes I had the most luck with when I used to play basketball.
The main reason I went out and got new shoes in the first place is that I know that in order to actually lose a significant amount of weight I will actually have to get out there and hit the pavement at least a little bit. Back when I lost a bunch of weight the first time I know that was what worked the best for me. When I started running the pounds just fell off. Unfortunately for me running does not come easy and that was also a LOT of work for me. But I gotta do what I gotta do.
But UGH I am still sick!! If i didn't have a two year old running around I would have seriously stayed in bed all day today. I feel like crap. And it stinks because tomorrow we are going to support my little niece Vivian in her walk against Epilepsy. Normally that would be no big deal, but I have been sleeping like crap, I'm sick, and it's at 9 am about an hours drive from here. Sigh.... I'm going to suck it up, do it, and then sleep the rest of the day as soon as we get home!
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03/26/2009 19:28
The Christmas Sundress
So I was mentioning yesterday about the Christmas party.
Terry's family isn't very large so at Christmas time we get together once a year with this group of women that Ginny (Terry's mom) was friends with way back in grade school. First it just started out as them and their husbands - but then everyone started to have children and it was harder to get together. So the designated one day a year, I think its like the 3rd sunday in December or something like that, that they get together to see everyone and all the kids, and it's called "The Childrens Party".
Well, Terry and I have been together a little over 5 years now I think and even in that short of a time the party has swelled to include all of the original people, plus their kids, those kids spouses, and now every year there seems to be more and more grandchildren. I think just over the last two years there have been like 8 new kids to include!
It's a fun party and the people are really nice, but these are not people that any of us really communicate with on a regular basis. I think the best way to describe this party is like having your high school reunion every year. It's like a friendly competition to see who is doing well or what's going on in everyones life. It's not mean spirited or anything, just more like a chance to brag about your family and be proud of them.
Now I guess this would be just like any other families Christmas party, but this one has one difference. A lot of these families are VERY well off. I mean like living in small mansions well off. And for me this change from going to christmas parties where there are card tables shoved in corners to fit everyone and football games and very loud games of Trival Pursuit going on - to being at the (as I call it) the 'Kennedy Compound' is very odd.
I guess Terry doesn't see it the same way I do because he grew up with these kids and actually went to school with a lot of them. Heck, most of them were just living in normal houses until recently really. But when groups of people who really aren't even technically related to you do things like throw you a engagement party on their back patio overlooking a lake, beside the vanishing edge pool, that is catered, with a bar, and tablecloths and orchids and signature cocktails - well, having parties with these people can get to be a little overwhelming.
Like I said - these people are all very, very nice and friendly - but I always kind of feel like the Beverly Hillbillies when we go to see them. We can't afford designer clothes or fancy cars and I can feel that when we step in the door. And I guess having a weight issues kind of goes with that too. At least with all the 'kids' I think that Terry and I are about the only ones who have weight issues. And in a way that makes me feel like I stick out even more. And with the girls there is the clothes - I know that Nicole (Terry's sister) and I dread finding something to wear to these things. It seems like everyone knows what to wear but us! One year all the girls will come in fabulous sundresses with awesome heels and we show up in jeans and a sweater. Then the next year the opposite happens and we look overdressed in clearance dresses from Dressbarn.
I'm sure that I am the only one who notices it - but just once I would like to be able to go to stuff like this (or any other occasion for that matter, weddings, showers) and feel like I look NICE - and not like I had to try to find the least awkward, appropriate thing in my closet. This year I just want to be able to go out and look around for a dress that I LIKE - not just settle for what I can find that will fit me. :(
I'm sure you have all felt like this at least once before right?
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03/25/2009 23:13
I'm looking forward to smoking...
Looking forward to being SMOKIN' HOT THAT IS!
Haha ;) Sorry, I'm in a goofy mood.
Anyway, usually when I set a really specific goal it helps me to find some inspiration pictures. And living in Florida that means sundresses. Heck, I can't even hide under a sweater at Christmas! I usually have to find a sleeveless red dress with some green sandals!
So since there is a wedding coming up (and actually a dressy x-mas party a few months later) I thought I would do a little messing around in photoshop.
Which ones do you guys like?
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