Battle Plans..

As I look over everyone's blogs, I notice that I am not the only one that knows to have a battle plan for these next few days.. and mine is getting more defined as I sit here at work..

One thing I did notice is how much people are upping their water intake to keep themselves from eating too much.. Now call me stupid, but I never thought about that... lol.. but I know why I didn't think about it.. because I am bad at getting all my water in.. like right now, I could prolly do some damage to a bottle of water, but I'm not getting up to grab a bottle.. :(

Well, now I am... brb..

haha.. got my water, plus some grapes! yummy! my plan is to keep to the smallest plate I can, and fill up with white meat and veggies.. and not exclude anything that i honestly want.. Like I know I can totally disregard the dessert table.. I'm not a pumpkin pie fan (gasp!), and I can have cookies whenever.. but I am going to have some of my mom's broccoli casserole, and a cresent roll or two..

My game plan is to do Just Dance or Just Dance 2 when I get home from eating.. this way I get some form of exercise.. and then to my BFF's house to meet up and nap.. lol.. our Black Friday plans?? Leave for Edinburgh at 10pm.. and shop til we drop.. hopefully we'll be done by 7am.. lol.. HOPEFULLY! I am not going with too much money, as I don't NEED that much.. and while Edinburgh has a Carter's outlet, I've got to keep away from it.. hehe..

Birthday Weekend.. Overview and Wrap-up (Part Two)

Didn't want to totally bore people with my whole weekend in one post (because even I was kinda tired of writing about it.. lol), so I'm breaking it into two entries..  This one covers Saturday and today (Sunday)..

Saturday morning started off REALLY early (after getting in bed at 3:30am) to go shopping in Indianapolis, Greenwood and Edinburgh with my best friend, Amanda, her mom (and my second mom) Donna, and our good friend Jenni.. I woke up at 7:30 am, got on the road by 8:30, and we were on our way to shop til we dropped.. I had $160 with me to go shopping (which still didn't last very long, thanks to Victoria's Secret.. lol).. and boy, did I make out with tons of stuff..

Plus, snacks at Cinnabon (couldn't believe I've never had one of their cinnamon rolls).. And lunch at Applebee's.. including a mudslide (which was made wonderfully, aka you couldn't taste the alcohol).. that seems to take some skill.. :)

Saturday night was boring (thank goodness!).. showed my mom my loot, did some scrapbooking, and did a little cleaning.. Only bad thing was that I was getting sick.. I can't stop coughing, and it's gotten worse since Thursday.. I went to bed loaded with Mucinex, Vicks going through my mini humidifier, and one of those Breathe Right strips on my nose.. I looked gorgeous!  lol

My alarm for my race today (that I honestly was looking SO forward to doing on my actual birthday) came WAY too early, but I got up and then proceeded to go back to bed after realizing that I couldn't even go down the stairs without coughing so hard I actually peed a little (yeah, I was amazed when it happened).. I was so pissed that, of course, on the one race day that I had actually wanted to race, paid in advance for, and bought a running outfit for, I wouldn't be able to do.. 

Yeah, I can imagine once I get into running races that I will be able to figure out how I can do it with a cold, but I didn't want to run/walk my first race and either have to not finish or have to use my emergency inhaler because I pushed myself too hard.. So I signed up for another one to make up for it, on December 4th, in my hometown.. :)  Plus, I get to run with Santa!!  YAY!!  lol

Today brought my family over.. for some of my momma's AWESOME cooking.. Our tradition for me and my brother's birthday is that we get to pick what we want her to make us (or order).. This year I chose baked chicken, mashed potatoes, homemade mac'n'cheese, broccoli casserole, rolls, and instead of cake I wanted mini-cheesecakes..

Aren't they just so cute?!  And SO much healthier than cake.. because right now I can only eat one of these at a time.. ya know what I mean?  I can't eat more than one without feeling so gross.. lol.. and the sugar icing on cake makes me SO sick anymore..  But after eating food, I got to open my gifts, and was so excited to see that my brother had been able to get what I absolutely wanted in such a short time.. Wondering what it could be?  Well, wonder no longer.. :)

I asked him for this on Monday (like not even a week ago).. and he was able to get it in the color and size I wanted.. YAY!!  I can't wait to wear it when I start running outside in a few weeks (or sooner, ya never know).. :)   

Well, that's the end of my birthday weekend.. complete with TONS of birthday wishes on my FB wall.. I hope you all had a great weekend too!  :)

Before I totally sign-off and go blog hoppin, I have a question for you runners (new or not).. What brand/kind of shoes do you run in?  Are there certain ones you wouldn't recommend? 

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..

Day 4...

It's always so sad when I find myself counting the days I've been ON a diet.. but hey, when you only have to eat only a few certain things for a certain amount of time, and then you get to eat a little of the good stuff after that, you would too..  lol.. So I have not done the Adkins Diet in forever, and totally forgot some of the things I've learned over the years of reading and doing this diet.. 

1. Don't eat too much cheese~~ it makes you constipated..

2. Make sure to take your vitamins~~ my skin has gotten lots better 

since i started taking them with this diet..

3.  FYI~~ Ranch dressing has LOTS of carbs in it if you 

layer your salad with it like i used to.. 

4.  Veggies are not always your friend~~ did you know lots of cucumbers 

can make you gassy?!  neither did i until tonight, when my 

grandma said how much pain i'd be in after 

eating a huge cucumber by myself.. lol

So please, if anyone is going to do the Adkins Diet, make sure to remember these kinds of things.. they will help you out a LOT! lol.. 

I haven't gone to the gym yet, which I'm kinda dissapointed in.. but then again, I'd always planned to take the first week and focus on starting this eating part.. HOWEVER, I thought that when I didn't know I was working all weekend (live-in position) and couldn't leave to go to the gym.. So I'm hoping after work to go to the gym for a bit and then go to Seymour, and on Thursday go to the gym when I get back from shopping.. 

Speaking of shopping... I can't wait to shop for a smaller size clothes!!  Just two days ago I was holding up a pair of jeans that were SLIGHTLY baggy.. and my eyes bugged out of my head, I think..  I can't believe my booty is that wide.. ha, and then I realized that my booty isn't that WIDE, it's just a bubble booty, and big jeans for my cute booty is okay with me.. lol