OH MY GOSH!!!!

Can ya tell I had a good day?!  lol.. I honestly, really truly, had an AWESOME day, actually!  I don't even know where to start, but I figure the beginning of the day is prolly the best.. ;)

So I woke up today thinking that tomorrow started the 30 Day Shred on Syl's blog.. and I honestly am still kinda scared out of my mind about it.. but I made my mind up that I was gonna do it, and I'm sticking to it, dag nab it!!  So I went to work, all normal and stuff, and eventually went home (after some detours to the craft store and Petsmart to see the kitties I can't take home with me).. And found myself TRYING to talk myself into ditching my workout.. the key word there is trying.. I wasn't successful!  YAY!!

Was feeling quite tired (woke up really early, after going to bed late), so I let myself take an hour nap.. and couldn't sleep.. so I just lay there for a while, and then got dressed for the gym and left before I could say something to stay at home.. lol.. I belong to my local YMCA, and for those who have NO IDEA where my town is, or what it's called for that matter, the fact that we even HAVE a YMCA is a miracle..  We have that and a Wal-Mart (which we say that's why we are considered a city instead of a town.. hehe)..

From past posts, you know that I LOVE Zumba classes.. and while I don't go as often as I'd like to, I go as much as I can but they only have classes at night on Mondays and Wednesdays.. :(     So today, Tuesday, they had a class called TurboKick.. and that last part is right, as in it KICKS YOUR BOOTY!!  I had to use my inhaler towards the end, which is saying a lot.. I'm feelin kinda wore out, but I know I'll keep doing it.. :)

Oh, and I found an iPod Podcast for a Couch to 5k program called 5k 101.. I have to use podcasts because I have an iPod Classic.. which is NOT an iPod that has App capabilities.. :(   So I did that after sweating my butt off during TurboKick.. I had to use my inhaler again, but I made it through.. and then high tailed my butt out before I passed out.. that's another blog all together.. lol

My OMG moment happened when I got home.. I've gotten kinda compulsive about weighing myself, which I've got to stop, and weighed myself after I got home.. I'VE REACHED THE 20 LB MARK!!  One day after my girl Katie got to her 20 lb mark, I reached mine!!  I'm exstatic.. nothing can burst this bubble.. or so I thought.. My sorority sisters father just passed away from cancer.. so I am sad for her.. but there's still that lingering happiness in the back of my mind that is making me wanna do a little dance..

So I'm gonna dance a little and try not to cry for my sorority sister.. 

Bright Idea..

I realized today that I wasn't taking this impending mini-marathon thing seriously.. I was not thinking of it as "It's coming up sooner than you think", I was thinking "It's in April.. That's a long time from now".. This is NOT a healthy way of thinking about something that I could seriously hurt myself at..

So I decided to blog my question to my wonderful (if few in numbers) followers, and after looking at a website suggested by Blubeari, I found that there are lots of smaller run/walks that I can do in preparation to the April mini-marathon.. and because I am an out-of-sight, out-of-mind kind of person, I decided to make something to put this in my face EVERYDAY!

Little background: I recently re-did my bedroom.. it had this gross wallpaper on it that had been on the walls for at least a decade.. lol.. so blah, blah, blah, and my walls are now a cute pink, and I have a good room to relax in.. and a big hole on my wall where there is NOTHING, and it looks weird.. So I decided to make something for the "hole" in regards to my future acheivements..

I had this purple piece of cardstock in my craft room.. decided to make it into something worthwhile.. something that will help me NOW, instead of in the future..

Welcome to my racing platform!!  Here is where I will post my mileage/time ran.. what races I will be participating in.. and the registration forms at the bottom that I still need to fill out..

I also plan to put up my pic that I take for each week of the Drop Dead Gorgeous by December Challenge..

I am making sure that I take this stuff seriously from now on.. because I don't want to be at the start line in April wondering "Why didn't I try harder to train for this?"

Question for ya..

So I have set myself up to fail, I think.. I have volunteered myself to run in the Kentucky Derby Festival Mini-Marathon in April.. and while I am still doing this, I am worried about it being my first time of running any kind of marathon, mini or otherwise..

So my question to all the people who are seeing this post is, where can I look online to find races in my area?  I tried a Yahoo! search, and all I got was years-old information.. I want current information about races/walks I can do before April 2010.. Any information about races/walks in or around Louisville, Kentucky.. actually any information at all.. would be greatly appreciated!  :)

Cake is the devil..

Alrighty, so I had a good day at work.. it's my long day (long being 7 hours) and I LOVE this client and her family (I also love my other client and his family too, don't get me wrong).. My client's daughter, who is REALLY cool for being almost 50 years old, makes eggs and bacon on Saturdays.. and I love this!  And they usually have the carb-friendly Healthy Life bread, so I can eat that too.. but not today.. today they have this 45 calorie crap and it has 14 CARBS for 2 pcs.. I want my 5 carb bread back!!!  And of course, I don't look at the package until AFTER I ate the bread.. ugh!

Today was a busy day, as I took my client to the Art in Speed Park thing today.. got some walking in before I started to feel bad for pushing her on uneven ground in her wheelchair.. the weather wasn't too bad when we went.. I wasn't dripping with sweat from the heat, which I was ECSTATIC about.. long story, but the short-one-word explanation is Paxil..

Work day ended just as great as it began.. and I headed to the baby shower being held for my "little sister" from my sorority.. I'm so happy for her and her hubby.. can't wait to see the cutie.. but I walked in 30ish minutes late and am shocked that everyone is still just milling around.. I figured I'd have missed SOMETHING by then.. but as I walked into the party, I noticed the food and drink tables.. There was absolutely nothing on them that I could have.. not cool..

What happened to having meat trays and fruit trays?  Most baby showers I've been to have these, at LEAST!  But I didn't say anything, of course (I'm not a monster, even if it sounds like I have one in my stomach).. Point of the story is coming up, I promise..

So time came for the cake.. and I kept telling myself, "It's not worth it" over and over again.. Because it's not.. Cake and me, we don't have a love/hate relationship.. we have a plain ole HATE/HATE relationship.. my body doesn't react well to it (you can imagine what I mean, I ain't gonna spell it out), and my teeth hurt too.. So I made it through a whole baby shower without going sugar crazy and binging on crap that would only hurt my goals in the end..

I love you, my little sista!  And I had fun, no matter how hungry I might have been.. ;)

Happy Saturday..

So I had a few minutes before I have to leave for work, so I figured I'd come on here while I ate my breakfast.. well, my partial breakfast... I never eat breakfast at my house on Saturdays, and that's why I love working on Saturdays.. because my client's daughter always makes eggs and bacon for breakfast on Saturdays!!  I love it!  I don't have to lift a finger (unless my client needs something, of course) and I get to enjoy sticking to my diet.. :)

So last night was interesting.. I love when I have dreams about going totally bonkers with unhealthy food .. It makes me wake up hungry.. lol.. so today I get to sleep a little longer than normal, and what happens?!  I wake up at 5:15 am!!  WTF?!  No alarm and I woke up anyways.. not cool on Saturdays.. So I took a shower, and went back to bed.. So fresh and so clean, clean!  

Happy Saturday to you all!  :)

It's That Time...

It's that time again.. another weigh-in has come and gone (aka it happened this morning.. lol).. and I'm also at the tail end of my "monthly visit".. which is what I'm blaming on the fact that I GAINED 2.2 lbs.. grr!

** UPDATE: So it looks like I can't count... because I actually LOST .8 lbs.. I didn't gain at all.. which makes me that much happier!!  **

Why is it that it makes me retain water like noone's business?!  But then again, I guess it'll give me better numbers next week.. lol.. hopefully!  I turned in my info for the Drop Dead Gorgeous by December challenge, and took my pic today.. and while I think I look like crap, that's not the point.. it's that I have something to gauge what I look like at the "beginning" of this challenge.. But I found a pic of me taken a few weeks before I started my personal challenge and wanted to post it up here.. 

Here I am.. the night of my sorority's formal.. The dress I am wearing hadn't fit in over a year (it's my bridesmaid's dress from my brother's wedding).. and I was super excited it did fit.. lol

And here is my pic for the Drop Dead Gorgeous by December pic.. Yep, I know.. I'm hot stuff.. lol.. but I can definitely tell I've lost weight in my face, and my waist has gotten smaller.. so I'm excited to see where this challenge and the other one I'm involved in, 30 Day Shred, will take me..

So I didn't get to go to the gym yesterday.. I'm disappointed because my body hurt so bad.. And I am not going to be able to go today either, due to time issues.. my goal is to go tomorrow and Sunday, especially Sunday, as I don't have to work.. :)

Blog Hoppin' and Updatin'

So as I said in my last blog, I am looking at other people's dieting/weight loss blogs, and am wishing I'd done this a LONG time ago.. these are super creative and super encouraging (I like the word super.. can ya tell?!)..  Found a few blogs that have challenges on them.. and they are motivating me to step out of my comfort zone..

Diminishing Lucy, 

Half of Jess

and

Live, Smile, Run

I recently realized that my body can go longer than my brain can stand to run.. The other day, Tuesday, I went to the gym and had every intention to run/walk for 45 minutes.. and I ran for 12.5 minutes.. in 2 intervals, but I was happy with that.. until I realized that I couldn't ponder running/walking anymore.. with my (doctor diagnosed) ADHD, I find that I can't just run on a treadmill listening to music and looking at a stationary object.. and yeah, there's a TV above me, but I'm afraid to look up too long because it makes me off balance (yeah, yeah.. laugh it up, I do)..

So I've decided that I'm going to do some of these challenges.. The challenge from Half of Jess's blog is Drop Dead Gorgeous by December, and it sounds Freakin Fabulous!!  I haven't been slim for a Christmas in YEARS!!!  And I have all sorts of clothes that will look so cute.. on my slimmer body!  lol.. I'm thinkin I'm gonna do weight-loss for this challenge, as I'm afraid of doing exercise goals because of my attention span issues.. so my goal is to lose 35 lbs.. That'll put me just under 200 lbs.. :)  

The other challenge I'm going to do, along with the challenge from Half of Jess's blog, is the 30 Day Shred.. Syl is doing this DVD, which is done by Jillian Michaels, and is bringing people along with her on this journey.. and I'm dumb enough to voluntarily commit myself to this journey too.. So on Friday, I will be posting some interesting things.. a picture of myself, my measurements (GASP!!), my weigh-in for the week.. and posting the blog entry where you can see my entry for the Drop Dead Gorgeous pic and details for that.. Fun fun fun!!  Now to go see how much this DVD is gonna cost me.. lol

Blog Hop!

So I went to look at my friend Katie's blog, and am shocked when I see she has so many followers.. not because her blog isn't good (because I love reading it)... because they are so diverse in where they are blogging from.. and I want more followers too!  lol.. I'm not blogging JUST for me.. I'm wanting advice, encouragement, and laughter as much as every blogger does.. so I decided to join a blog hop..

I realized today that while I want followers, I don't put effort into searching for other blogs like mine.. even though I do for my scrapbooking/cardmaking blog.. so this is a really fun way of doing just that, I think.. so if you've gotten here because of the blog hop, THANK YOU!  lol.. and please, feel free to leave some comments.. :)

Oops!

Okay, so I forgot to blog my weight loss on Friday.. and then proceeded to have the worst weekend EVER!!  But I weighed in on Friday morning, and while it was a loss, I was kind of disappointed.. :( 

I'm now at 233.0 lbs!!

So I've lost a total of 17.7 lbs since I started.. and for not working out until yesterday, that's not bad.. yesterday was my first day back to the gym for good.. I am not going two months away from the gym again.. It can't happen.. So yesterday I went to the gym and walk/ran for 30 minutes.. 12.5 running, 17.5 walking.. and my body hurts in so many different places.. lol

But it was so worth it.. and today I'm going to the zumba class in a few minutes..  I've got to post pics of my before sometime soon, even if I don't want to.. lol.. what's the point of blogging if I don't want to see what I used to be, right?!  So I'm going to find one somewhere.. I'm sure I've got them all hidden somewhere.. 

Off I go to Zumba.. dance your ass off, indeed!  ;)

Jumping For Joy

Okay, so I woke up this morning (after a HORRIBLE night sleep) and almost ran down my stairs to go weigh myself.. and brush my teeth too of course.. lol.. and boy was I excited to see that I'd lost so much in a week (especially a week where I did such bad things on my diet).. 

I'm up to 15.9 lbs lost!!

I can't believe I lost another 3.7 lbs!!  And my scrub pants are hardly fitting anymore.. uh oh!  Time to go to the tailor (aka my Grandma) I'm getting there though.. but still, I'm going to have to step it up on the workout part.. I miss working out, and I've got to figure out a way to go in and have a job too.. which, I am running late for now.. lol

Have a good Friday!

Another One (Hopefully) Bites The Dust.. or Two or Three..

Tomorrow is my weigh-in day.. and I really want to weigh myself right now, just to get it over with.. and see if I've lost any more weight.. which I sure hope I have.. just a little over 7 lbs and I can get myself a new pair of jeans.. Tried on a pair of capris that I haven't been able to fit my butt (and thighs) into since 2 summers ago.. when I bought them!!  I'm totally psyched!!  It's so nice to see the results this way.. I can't wait to fit into my size 12 Tommy jeans again.. those haven't seen the light of day since 2004.. and I miss them so.. :)

Presents!!

Who doesn't like presents?!  I surely LOVE presents.. and have decided to give myself presents for reaching certain weight loss goals.. like this week, because I lost over 10 lbs. (and have stuck to this damn diet past the 2 week induction), I got myself a new workout outfit.. lol, just a tshirt and shorts, but I really like them.. and I wore them yesterday to Zumba.. So I thought that I should reward myself at certain goal markers..

20 lbs.~ new pair of jeans

25 lbs.~ new shirt

40 lbs.~ new VS bra

And that's as far as I've really thought about it.. lol.. I'm thinkin at 25 lbs (which is also 10% of my starting weight) I'm gonna buy me a bicycle.. It seems like a good idea, and I've been wanting one for a while but it's so hard to think about spending 100's of $ on a good one.. but since the 20 and 25 lb goal are so close to eachother, I figured I'd split em up, and still get a new outfit..  

Cheater cheater, Pumpkin eater..

So today was my "nephew" Rylan's 4th birthday.. and I originally wasn't supposed to be going (was going out of town) but my trip got cancelled so I was excited to go.. I missed last years and didn't want to miss another one.. He's so cute and smart!  But I decided to use today as my "cheat day".. which is a 1 hour period where I can eat whatever I want, no counting carbs.. and what did I decide to "cheat" with?

10 Pc Chicken Nugget 

Medium Fry

small piece of birthday cake with whipped frosting

homemade dip with cheese, veggies and beef

Not too bad, but I didn't gorge myself like I had thought I would.. I finished that with 35ish minutes left and didn't even go for seconds, so I didn't do too bad, I think.. This "cheat day" is what I use to not go out of my mind with wanting to visit with my fave guys Ben and Jerry, or want Chicken Nuggets, or just to not have to scour a menu for a steak on a date.. lol

So I won't get one until after this coming Friday.. I get one 1 hour cheat a week.. and I try to use it when I go out, not when I am at home.. it's no fun to eat bad without anyone else doing it too..

better late than never, right?

okey doke.. so I totally missed blogging on here Friday, but I did remember to weigh myself that morning.. and I was pleasantly ECSTATIC! lol

i lost

12.3 LBS

in the past 2 weeks!!

WOOHOO!!  So on that note, I made my slimmer butt go to Zumba class Saturday morning.. and boy did I wonder how I could have not done this class for the past 2 months.. I missed it, and my body noticed that I hadn't done this in a while.. I was huffing and puffing before we'd been at it for 20 minutes.. and it's an hour long class.. plus, i absolutely LOVE the teacher for Saturday's class.. she kicks our butt!  

But I have found this awesome juice that tastes better than the regular stuff, and again, I was pleasantly surprised it tasted so good, because it's labelled as diet.. has only 2 carbs in it for an 8 oz glass!  Love it!  I drank half the bottle yesterday.. lol

So I had a dream last night about the mini marathon that I told Katie that I was gonna do with her.. and in my dream, it was March and I hadn't touched a treadmill yet.. lmao.. so I'm definitely gonna start going to the gym as much as possible now and make sure that I can run at least half of the mini.. if not the whole thing.. 

Hope y'all had a good weekend, and enjoy the rest of Sunday.. I'm gonna go eat my yummy breakfast now.. eggs and bacon!  Yum!

Daily life...

Daily life with this diet is kinda easy.. it's when I do something that isn't "normal" for me, like go out and have fun, that it's hard..  last night I went out and hung out with a guy I haven't seen in like 10 years.. He used to be a friend of my brother's.. and while they don't talk anymore, I didn't think that should hold me back from hangin out with him..

Well, with the carb diet thing, I can't drink most liquors.. but I can drink Bacardi (according to the commercials) and Diet Coke.. so I played my version of beer pong with it.. and with only a salad in my stomach (the Bacon Cobb one from Wendy's again.. love it!) I played.. Yeah, that didn't last too long with all the alcohol.. so I had to search the guys house we were at, and found some lunch meat and some bread... OMG!  I broke my diet for bread!  But, I didn't go off the deep end, like I prolly would in the past.. my deep end being going on a carb frenzy.. lmao

So it ended up being a fun night.. kind of an experiment with this diet.. I still need to make myself go to the gym.. easier said than done though.. if anything, I plan to use the gym at the hotel I'm going to in 5 days.. lol