Just a quick one

Hey everyone just a quick one before I leave work. Sorry I haven't been around much this week!  I have been super busy with work, school, and everything else! Tim had  a death in the family and with valentines day this week internet time and gym time and nearly every other time has been impossible.

Thanks to everyone that voted for us in the contest....we didn't win, but it was worth a shot ya know.

Oh and guys thanks for the words of encouagement on Monday, I needed it....I know we can't be our best all the time...heck this week def didn't go how I planned but I am not going to let it get me down. Hope you all have a nice weekend!

Weigh in #7

0.5 lbs gained.

I could have been more. I don't really want to talk about it because I am still feeling the effects, but lets just say I had the emotional weekend from Hell. I've got this problem to where I hold everthing that I am feeling inside until eventually it explodes and this weekend was one of those explosions.

I already knew that I wasn't really going to lose this week. Between mardi gras, my neices birthday , and the fact that I ate chinese with Tim on Friday I would have been suprised with a loss. I was expecting to maintain, but it could have been worse. I am such an emotional eater, and it is so hard to control that urge when you have had the weekend I did.

I overindulged on leftover birthday cake, but it could have been worse. In fact a few months ago it would have been worse.  Thank god my sister sent me copies of her pictures from christmas, as soon as I opened that email I realized what I was doing, put the fork down, and went to bed. This week will be better. We can't be on point all the time.

Is monday over with yet?

EP Help me with your Vote!

Ok Guys....Tim and I are in a cutest couple contest that a local radio station is putting on and I need your help. We are in 3rd place at the moment, but need to be in first or second to win something.  We are trying to go somewhere nice for our anniversary.

First Place Gets to choose:

Second Place gets what ever first place doesn't pick

So can you guys do me a favor and go vote for us? We are couple #61 and you can vote multiple times (it counts every single time you vote!) I think they are going to announce the winners on Valentines day.

Vote for couple #61

www.litemix.com/pages/couplesvoting.html

I love you guys and thanks so much!

Friday!

Finally! Sorry i haven't posted much this week girls, I guess I really haven't had too much to say....So far I am doing horribly on my gym visits this week. I've had to write a paper, and went with Tim to get his new tattoo....which took forever....I know I don't have any excuse....but yeah. I need to get on the ball this weekend or I am not going to make my goal of 3.2 lbs....what a way to start off the new month. I did start putting star stickers on the calander to keep track of when I go to the gym!

Healthy Snacks, Mardi Gras, & Pics

Healthy Snacks

Thought I would share a some snacks that I eat, incase you guys needed any ideas.

• 100% Whole Grain Fig Newton Minis (130 Cal; 3g Fat; 2g Dietary Fiber)
• Quaker Rice Cakes (60 Cal;1g fat; 0g Dietary Fiber) [PB Choc Chip are Yummy!]
• ACT II Mini Bags 94% Fat Free Butter Popcorn (100 Cal; 1.5g Fat; 4g Dietary Fiber)
• Organic Clif Bars (250 Cal; 5g Fat; 5g Dietary Fiber) [ I eat these for breakfast sometimes, or as a snack if i have not consumed a bunch of calories that day]
• The Skinny Cow Low Fat Ice Cream Sandwich (140 Cal; 1.5g Fat; 3g Dietary Fiber
• Special K Honey Nut Bar( 90 Cal; 2g Fat; less than 1g Dietary Fiber)
• Fruit with Cool Whip

Mardi Gras

Had a bunch of fun! And can you believe it, I acctually did not eat any funnel cake. Had a couple of moonpies though :) The parades were not as good as last year....but we still had fun. I'll post some pictures below

After Tim and I left downtown we went to the mall and I got my shoes that were my reward for making my goal this month. I swear girls, when I get skinny enough to be comfortable in heels Tim's wallet will be in trouble.....oh I drooled over many a pair tonight (great motivation for my workout...yes we still went to the gym after all that), but settled on a pair of black flats that I have been needing.

PICTURES

This is my Tim for those of you who have been wondering what he looks like. lol and this is the only decent pic I have of us from today. Tim has a better on on his phone I need to get him to bluetooth it to me. Look at me I'm rockin' that messy ponytail...it was windy!

2008 Best Float Award:

Kights of Revelry Ghostbusters Float 

Tim is obessed with the Ghostbusters! Has been ever since he was a kid...so of course this float was our winner hands down....like I could have chose another one. I like thier costumes, right down to the proton pack!

Hope all you girls are doing well!

Weight in Day # 6

I love magical scale numbers...that doll read 210.0 this morning...that means this past week I dropped 3 pounds and not only met my goal of 6lbs for January, but lost an extra 1.2lbs Bringing my total weight lost to 7.2lbs. I feel so great!

My goal for February is to rech Onderland! Which means I would need to lose about 10lbs. I would really liked to hit 20lbs lost by March 3rd...That would mean I would need to weigh 197.2 and lose about 3.2lbs a week. Totally doable, but would be alot of work...so If I make it AMAZING, If I just hit 199.9 I will still be jumping for joy and would hit 197.2 very soon afterward!

This week I am going to strive to go to the gym 2 extra times....one morning session and one day that I normally do not go. Shouldn't have a problem accomplishing that.

Besides I will have to work off that funnel cake that I know I am going to consume tomorrow at Mardi Gras! Fat Tuesday Tradition Y'all!(don't worry Tim and I will share it, its the only time of year I eat these things). Hey maybe next year when I am all fine and stuff I'll acctually catch a pair of panties! (getting them throw at you is kinda a mardi gras compliment....i know...crazy huh)

Hope everyone is doing alright!

I'm not overweight, I'm Undertall!

New Pictures

So I finally found a decent before picture taken of me in August 2007 and got the guts to put it up. This picture best reflect what I have looked like for the past 10 months. Girls honestly it makes me sick to look at it. There is no possible way to carry off 220lbs gracefully when you are only 5 feet tall.

Or as Garfield says:

"I'm not overweight, I'm undertall."

I cannot believe I allowed myself to get back this way. 2.5 years ago I had lost 40lbs and was dow to 160...I gained it all back plus 20lbs. I posted some of my old after pictures for insperation, at the moment it just frustrates me to look at them.....but I am going to be that size again and I will be that size again soon. 1 year is not a long time....it is nothing!

I am struggling to get my water in today. I am only starting on my second bottle, usually I am finishing my 3rd by now. I will get my 80 ounces in before bed though. That is a promise!

Alot of my friends list has went MIA the past two weeks...guess I need to make some more efriends! I hope you girls are doing okay and didn't quit on me!

Chin up girls! Talk Soon!

PS....My Test scores arrived today at the last minute! I don't have to register for the test again. I passed with flying colors!

February Mini Goal!

I decided tonight on a new mini goal that I am going to strive to meet before March 3rd (my first weigh in day of March) I want to be in Onederland by March the 3rd! Specifically, I would like to be 197.6  That would bring my total weight loss to 20lbs Since registering at EP and at about 23lbs lost since December. 

Once I get into Onederland I am going to reward myself by paying for a few months of tanning in advanced at the gym (yeah Snap has Tanning beds) I have never tanned before and I want to have a bit of a tan before beach weather hits....that way I am not so freakin' white in my suit.

So there are my new goals. BTW I finished my entry from earlier. I was someone elses computer at work writing and they needed their computer. Plus it was time for me to get off. Sorry! :)

Exercise Recap 1-30-2008

• 1.60 miles on the elliptical
• 20-30 min weights with Tim

Talk to you girls soon!

(P.S. I feel sorry for any of you guys that read my blogs....they need a spell check on here, my firefox isn't even allowed to check the input for errors. This one isn't too bad, I think I finally spelt elliptical correctly.)

Aggrivation!

 Oh this isn't on the topic of weight loss, but I need to vent. I am in college studying to be a Secondary Education History Teacher. I have to have something we call canadicy by summer semester in order to graduate on time in spring '09.  Well admission to canadicy hinges on a test the ACT administers called the APTT.  Ok I took the APPT in December, my results should have been back before now, and I am worried that I did not pass a portion.  The deadline to register for the next APTT testing date is tomorrow, there is no late registration and no refunds. This test date is my last chance to pass and get canidicy....and my scores are MIA!

My advisor told me that ACT were giving out scores over the phone because of situations like mine. So I contacted ACT and spoke with a very rude woman that denied that score were ever given out over the phone.

(Sorry I was on someone elses computer and they needed it, plus I had to leave.....Finally home now...and still frustrated about this situation)

Anyhow when I called my advisor out she had found out that the State Department was trying to get ACT to tell us the scores for the APTT, but since ACT mailed the results out already they refused....soooooo my freakin date of graduation and career rests on whether I passed the first time or if they get here by tomorrow (so I can register to retake) if I didn't.  I am so aggrivated I could scream. I need to graduate Spring  '09. There is a new school district where I live and Fall '09 they are opening the high school...they will need teachers...and I want to slide right into that job! Plus my scholarship money runs out Spring '09 as well.

Guys wish me luck....I need those scores to get here!!!!!!!!!

Let Them Eat Cake

And they did, and so did I. It just sorta happened and I feel a bit guilty.  It's not that bad,you know.  I baked the cake for the guys in Tims band, it was delish and I could have overindulged, but I just had one small piece. which was about 1/20th of the cake I think. Do you know what I brought home? Nothing except my empty cake plate....I made those boys take all that cake somewhere else so it would not be here for me to eat. Let their skinny gfs consume it...I don't care as long as it isn't me! (lol that is bad huh)

Tomorrow (well it is today now) is another day at the gym and I plan on working out twice, or at least twice as hard...I will burn those calories off! And I will feel great doing it....and I will not feel guilty about the piece of cake I ate.....hey I worked hard on baking it....I had to make sure it came out alright!

I think I want to try and make on of those low fat applesauce cakes mentioned in my comments.....eventually....no more cake for me for a good while!

(This is why you guys need to keep me outta the kitchen and away from my baking ware while I am trying to loose this junk)

 I'm off to bed....late....Talk to you girls soon!