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