Presents..

We all love them, right?! 

Well, I have found something that I am so putting into my Presents "shopping cart"..  Wanna see what it is?

Isn't this top HOT!?  I want it so bad.. and if it wasn't in sizes 0-10, I would buy it tomorrow morning (aka payday).. lol.. so it's going to be part of my "180 lbs" goal.. I still plan to buy it soon, prolly next weekend, but I plan to start a box for stuff I will be fitting into soon.. :)   I know this is probably a stupid idea, as I'm setting myself up to spend tons of money on stuff I won't ever be able to fit into.. but I'm definitely going to use this as motivation.. If I spend $60 on a shirt (yeah, I know, but it's too hot not to get), I KNOW I will do whatever it takes to get my boobs into it.. lol

OMG, it fits!! IT FITS!!

Okey dokey.. one of my presents for getting 20 lbs off was a new pair of jeans.. well, because I was in between a size 18 and 16, I decided to wait a bit until I could fit into a size 16.. Well, my wait is over!!  I went to Target (a store I used to hate, and most PS girls will understand this I'm sure), and bought a pair of their brand jeans in a size 16.. They are a little snug, but they button and I don't have a muffin top, so I'm good!  :)

I plan to post pics of me in my smaller jeans later (once they get out of the wash).. but my title is actually to do with this dress I got from a friend like a year ago.. If any of you have paid attention to my pics, you'll know I'm not exactly flat-chested (no offense intended to those who are).. This has been an issue with fitting into formal tops that are sized with #'s instead of letters.. lol.. I can deal with that, if it means that I'm still my boob-aliscious self.. ;)

So I tried this dress on, as I am keeping to my word and getting out more, for a formal sorority meeting I'm going to tonight.. and was AMAZED when it actually zipped up!!  HOLY COW!  This thing has never fit.. NEVER!!  So I took some pics.. they are on my Changing Thru Pictures page..  Hope you all had a great weekend.. I'm off to cheer on my Indianapolis Colts and eat something before getting my nails done and going to my meeting..

New Look.. In So Many Ways

So I hope you like the new look of my blog as much as I do.. I've been meaning to do this for a while, but better late than never, right?!  lol.. Thanks go out to Katie who pointed me to Erika's blog about how to add pages to my blog.. But like my title says, I've got a new look in so many ways.. and I'd love to show you! 

When I weighed in this morning, I was at:

228.0 lbs

Today is the first day of my "Restart".. my ticker at the top of my page will still show my total lost though because I worked hard to get that weight off.. and I'm proud of it.. :)   I'm thinking I'm going to start planning my meals out (as much as I can while eating with my parents some days) on Sundays and make sure to cook it as ahead of time as possible, because I have lazy days where cooking just makes me wanna vomit.. sorry, but it's true..

My big problem I'm running into is breakfast.. I don't like to eat at 6am, and my meds make me not hungry for a while into the day.. so I'm going to have to make myself eat SOMETHING.. This part of the Adkins diet is always tricky because I have to pay attention to how much of things I eat.. which is good calorie-wise, but it sucks carb-wise.. You know how many foods have 2 grams of carbs per TABLESPOON?!  like ketchup?!  I love ketchup!!  and I'll have to watch how much I use of it.. lol

I was planning to do the "Induction" part of the Adkins again anyways, but it was gonna be the last two weeks of October (so I could be that much skinnier before my 27th birthday.. hehe).. so it's a little bit sooner than I planned, but it's still happening.. :)  I'm excited to get back into this, and am gonna get ready to go to the gym as soon as I'm done writing this.. can't wait to go to zumba again!  I've missed it so much.. 

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?"

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.. ;)

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