Happy Hump Day!!! hehehe..

Morning blogland!! It's bright and sunny here and the snow is melting away (again)! I heard on the radio that it's supposed to go up to 12 by the end of the week!! WOOHOO!! I'm SOO ready for that!!!
I'm sure all of you have tried these lil gems before, but just in case you hadn't I had to give them a shout out.. I LOVE them!! I just had one for breakfast with a Source raspberry cranberry crumble and an All Bran bar, and I feel great! The best part?? They're only 1 pt!!! Now I'm a bit of a cheese freak, but I've ALWAYS loved Babybel cheese, and when I found out I could still eat them I was pretty psyched.. With a couple crackers they'd also make an awesome afternoon snack!


Well, I'm off to work now!! I don't have time to check any of your blogs this morning unfortunetly, cuz I'm running a little late, but I'll be checking in when I get home from work!!! Hope everyone is having an awesome day!! :-)

Yayyy!!

So I spent most of my afternoon at the GDT and was inspired by a particular post.. I guess this girl wasn't feeling well today, bad head cold (not me), and wanted to know how many people workout when they're sick.. At this time I still felt pretty awful, but I read all of the replies and kept up with it throughout the afternoon.. Low and behold because of that post I was inspired to get off my butt!! I did 40 minutes of strength training exercises that I actually found on the Weight Watchers website.. They have exercises that cover upper body, lower body and core body.. I really liked them and could totally feel it afterwards... Well doing those exercises inspired me to get on the eliptical, so I did 20 minutes on there too!! I'm feeling pretty darn good right now!! Thank you for all your replies about working out, I really appreciate hearing all the different perspectives!! :-)

Kind of Annoyed

So I have the day off work today, and I had all of these great plans! I was going to eliptical, and then start a strength training routine that I would do along with the eliptical on each day off work.. I was all psyched about it because weigh in is on Thursday and I thought, what an awesome time to start this!! I keep hearing from people that it's bad to workout the day before a weigh in, so I thought Wednesday would be out for that reason.. I was SO excited! I even got help from Shaunna (thank you!!) deciding what weight my dumbells should be to start off with.. So then I wake up this morning and I feel like crapola!! lol!! I'm just blah.. And I'm afraid that I'd passout if I did any of the things I was excited about.. Grr!!! So instead I'm going to blog, spend some time on the GDT and download some music for my new toy.. Oh, and I'll probably take a LONG nap later!!

My question to you fine people is this, what are your opinions on working out the day before a WI?? Because if I'm feeling better tomorrow I may want to get on the eliptical for a little bit, or at least do the weight training thing.. Any thoughts?

Happy Birthday To Meee!!!

Okay, so it's not really my birthday.. BUT last night I got my first birthday present! :-) My birthday isn't until April 9th, a long while away yet.. But, my Mom, her husband, and my Grandma decided to go together and get me this pretty lil MP3 player from Sony.. I told my Mom that we had one at my store and that I really wanted it and she, knowing me SO well, knew that I'd want it early.. I'm taking the train to Kingston on the 14th of April, she knew I'd want to know how to use it and have all my songs downloaded long before then, which gives me lots of time to play with it.. I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture, but it's pink, and it holds 18 hours of music.. Not only that, but it comes with an armband so you can strap it to you when you're jogging or working out.. It also counts calories, has a stop watch and you can program it to play faster songs when you're moving at a faster pace, or slower songs when you slow down.. It'll just do all that on it's own!! And it's got a stopwatch, and you can program it to tell you when you've walked a km, or whatever distance you choose.. Isn't that cool?? Technology kills me! lol!! So I'm pretty excited about it, and am making lists of songs that I want to put on it.. My favorite thing about it?? The colour of course.. It'll match perfectly with my pink camera, and my pink cell phone.. Hee hee.. :-)

I had a pretty stressful day at work today.. On the weekend someone stole a $400 camera from my work section.. I was the only one working at the time, and it's always busy in our area, but I STILL feel responsible.. The security system that's supposed to prevent things like this from happening doeesn't work, so I had no way of knowing until I noticed that the camera was gone.. It sucks because I feel like he stole from me, not from my store.. Today was difficult because all of my bosses were in and the police were contacted.. I just felt so awful about it all.. I wish I knew who it was so I could hunt him down and kick his thieving ass!! I hate people like that!! Grrr.. Anyway, thanks for the vent! I talked to my head manager who I LOVE and she made me feel a lot better about it, and assured me that it can happen to anyone and not to worry about it, but to use it as a learning experience.. I felt much better after that.. I'd still like to kick his ass though.. :-(

Starting to feel much better cold wise! Thanks for all of your get well wishes! :-) I have tomorrow off work so I'm determined to do some psychology homework and get in some good workout time!! I want to see another loss this week!! I think I'm getting greedy, but in this case, I think greed is okay.. Well, I'm off to check out all of your blogs, hope you had an awesome Monday! :-)

Icckkk

I feel super icky today!! I'm soo sleepy and stuffed up and just have that weak and blecky cold feeling.. The worst part is, when I have a cold I eat like a crazy person!! You know the saying feel a cold starve a fever?? Well it's as if my tummy 'knows' it.. Or maybe it's all in my head.. Either way, I just wanna EAT! I have lots of flex left and all of todays points, so I'm gonna eat.. I'm just going to make sure that I don't over eat.. Grrr.. I hope this thing goes away fast!! I've been drinking lots of Neo Citron cuz it makes you feel all fuzzy and comfy.. And it has NO points!! lol!! Hope you're all having a great Sunday!! :-)

Good morning!!

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!!

So I'm not technically Irish, but any day that give you and excuse to drink beer all day long is cool with me! lol!! I always wished I was Irish though.. So I hope you're all doing something fun today!! I'm still nursing a massive head cold, so no green beer for me!! :-( I have to work today from 7-4, which normally would be an awesome shift, but because I feel like one of the zombies from Night of the Living Dead, I'm not looking forward to it as much.. lol!! Plus, we got a pile of snow last night and it promises to hold out throughout the afternoon.. Bleck! I was all into spring.. Have a great day everyone!! I'd love to hear about any fun plans you have, so I can live vicariously though you!! lol!! I'm off to finish getting ready for work! :-)

Do you KNOW how excited I am???

There's excited and then there's me!!! SUPER excited crazy woman!! lol!! Okay, I'm sorry about today, that was a lil mean not tell you, but in ALL honesty I was afraid that I would jinx myself.. So I didn't really do it to be mean.. :-( I hope you all still love me!!! So, this morning I weighed in at 227 which is an awesome 2 lb loss.. I came SOOO close to just using that as my weigh in weight for this week.. But I thought, no, I should really wait, just in case.. Well holy crapola!! Am I EVER glad that I did!!! I'm down to 225!! That's a 4 lb loss for this week.. I have NO IDEA how that's even possible.. I did stay completely within plan and had 13 flex left, but I still felt a little like I wasn't making great choices.. I've been faithful with WW for months now and it still continues to surprise me and give me those joyeous "I LOVE WW" moments! lol!! Thanks SO much for talking me through my down periods this week! The way I was feeling this could've easily been a gain instead of a loss, but you kept me encouraged and motivated.. THANK YOU!!! :-)

It's weigh in day!!!

So it's happy weigh in day for me!!! I'm excited cuz I took a peek this morning.. However, I'm not actually going to weigh in until tonight when I get home from work.. For some reason running around like a crazy chick for 7 or 8 hours gets me at my lowest weight, kinda like it is for people people first thing in the morning.. So I figure 'maybe' I can get a better number, if not I'm pretty happy with the one that I got.. hee hee.. Not telling what it is!! lol!! I suck, I know.. I don't get off work until 9pm, so the people out here in Ontario and East might be in bed by the time I post, but you Westerners might still be up! Either way you'll see by tomorrow!! Keep your fingers crossed for me and send me lotsa loser vibes iffn' you can!! Thank you!!! :-)

I freakin' LOVE you guys!!! :-)

Seriously, I read your comments before work today (and some last night), and you TOTALLY made my day!! I don't know what you're talking about ME being so supportive!! You are absolutely the most supportive people ever, and I SOOO appreciate it!! I went into work today feeling SO special and so inspired and I wish you were all here so I could squeeze the stuffin's outta you!!! :-) Thank you again!!



I have some new products to report on! lol!! I tried the 3 Mushroom Pasta sauce from Knorr last night.. It was awesome!! I tried to find a picture to post here but wasn't able to.. I used 2 tsp of light margarine (Becel) and 3/4 cup of skim milk with the powder.. And then added 10 large shrimp and had it over some rotini pasta.. I used Healthy Harvest whole wheat/Omega 3 pasta.. It was SO good I was really surprised.. Altogether, because I used 2 cups of the pasta, it was 10 points.. I had a huge salad with it too.. I don't eat much during the day so I tend to have bigger dinners, but for that much food 10 points was pretty good!!

Also, I was able to find some Skinny Cow products yesterday.. YAY!!! I tried one of the vanilla ice cream sammiches last night and it was SO good!! It's actually a good size! I'm so used to everything healthy or low fat being a smaller portion, but this wasn't.. It was awesome, and only 3 points.. In all honesty, I would've paid 4 or 5 points for that baby!! lol!! Now we all have different tastes, so I can't guarantee that you'll like it, heck most of you may have already tried it.. But I was SUPER happy with the product and would absolutely buy this and the Knorr 3 Mushroom sc again..

Frustration..

I tend to be one of those people who hates discussing negative things.. I hate bringing other people down, or even just the risk of bringing them down.. Stupid, I know.. Like I have 'that' much influence over anyone elses' life.. For me it's always been about having fun all the time, at all costs.. Which is probably why I'm humungo.. So for the last few days I've been avoiding dealing with some frustrations.. I've mentioned them in comments to some of the other bloggers, but never really dealt with why I was feeling frustrated.. So now I am..

I have been pigging out!! Seriously, I've been eating and eating.. I'll be full, and I still eat!! All within my points.. Well, Thursday was my WI and I have 13 flex points left.. The problem is that I'm eating bad things.. Like in one day I'll have 5 WW cakes.. Or for dinner I'll have 17 pt burritos.. So am I following plan, yes, technically.. But not the way I should be.. And I've known it.. I guess this is better than what I'd usually do which is just go off plan altogether.. Still, I'm a scale junkie.. I weigh myself during the week so I can see what needs to be done before WI.. I haven't lost anything yet this week.. And yeah, I'm being a little tough on myself here, but that's how I roll..

So yesterday when I was trying on those jeans and setting new goals, I had a moment where I felt that giving up feeling, like I'll never reach that goal.. And it kinda lite a fire under my ass and made me want to do better.. When I'm at work I'm crazy busy, always on my feet, always running from one place to another.. My best WI weeks are always right after I've had a week with lots of hours at work.. But because I run around so much at work, and because I'm SOO not used to being on my feet for that amount of time each day, I've been neglecting any and all exercise.. When I get home I'm just too tired.. Now our hours have been cut back a little bit, so I'm not working as much, so I'm not seeing the losses I was seeing when I first started.. So I'm feeling frustrated, and eating more.. Stupid girl.. lol!! So today, I pulled my lip back up from the ground and stopped feeling sorry for myself.. I've eaten well all day, did some productive shopping, and even got onto the eliptical for a good 20 minute, 2/km burn.. I've made the commitment to exercise EVERY day off I have.. When I get used to working I'll up it to exercising even on the days I work.. I've also commited to getting my eating back under control..

So this is me fessing up to my human-like feelings, and it's me being accountable for my actions, and the way those actions will be changing..

My New Mini~Goal

I think it's important for us to set smaller goals for ourselves along our weightloss journey, smaller goals that we can celebrate when we've reached them.. I think it makes the journey itself a little shorter.. Anyway, today when I got home from work I decided that it was time to once again, pull out some old jeans and see how close I am to fitting into them.. I'm still quite a while away from being able to, and I knew that going into it.. About a month ago I tried them on and could barely get them up over my ass.. Well, this time they fit my legs and my butt, but wouldn't even come close to fitting over the spare tire.. lol!! Darn thing, deflate already!!!!!!!!! So these are my new 'mini goal'.. Right now I wear a plus size 22 (stretch). These babies are Old Navy (regular) size 20's.. And they haven't fit me in over 4 years.. The next time you see them, I'll be wearing'em!! Mark my words!! lol!! I'm gonna make'em my bitch!! hee hee.. :-)

Yummy soup!

So, I tried one of the Spring Vegetable Cup-a-Soup's for lunch today.. I was suprised by how good it was!! Because I don't eat meat (only fish) it's hard to find a vegetable soup that I really like that has noodles and is made without beef broth.. I hate the big chunks of veggies that you find in ministrone and other soups in a can.. I tend to stick to low fat cream of mushroom and low fat cream of broccoli.. But for 2 and 3 points a cup, they can be high depending on the type of day I'm having.. This lil gem was only 1 point for a cup!! I was thrilled, and I love the lil noodles in it! Now I just have to find some low points crackers to go in it.. lol!! And this was my first time posting a picture of food, so I'm pretty impressed with myself right now.. lol!! Okay, off to eat my soup and then to work!!

Some funnies..

~ Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.. Cora Harvey Armstrong

~ If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.. Catherine

~ I'm not going to vaccum til' Sears makes one you can ride on.. Roseanne Bar

~ Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.. Maryon Pearson

~ When life hands you lemons ask for tequila and salt

And my personal favorite:

~ Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut the bitch up with cookies..

lol!! Now that last one was my favorite cuz it was just hilarious and SOOOO what I used to be about!! I think we've all been there!!

International Womens Day!!!

Since today is International Womens Day, I thought I'd start my post by thanking my wonderful women blogger friends, who EVERYDAY touch my heart and inspire me to do great things.. I have no idea what I would do without you wonderful women, I feel like I owe so much of where I am now and the distance I've come to your support and kindness.. So thank you SO much!!

Okay, so that made me a lil weepy.. I'm such an emotional person, especially when something means a lot to me.. I'm also really, really tired.. I got a little over 4 hours sleep last night and had to be at work for 8am this morning.. I was in bed early, but wasn't able to get to sleep for about 3 hours.. I have a feeling I'll be crawling into bed early tonight.. lol!!

Work was good today.. I'm SO happy to be able to say that as it's been incredibly stressful lately.. I work in Customer Service and the Photo Lab.. We're constantly running back and forth between the two so I get lots of exercise, but I also have to hear lots of bitching and moaning.. Now, in some cases I really do feel badly for the person if it was a big mistake that was made.. But in most cases it's something trivial and they end up being mistaken because they've read thier receipt wrong.. I just smile and apologize for other peoples' mistakes.. It's hard sometimes.. Anyway, rant over, work was good today.. lol!!

And I had my WI, I'm down another pound this week.. Is it awful that I was hoping for more?? I think because I had such a good week last week that I'm a little spoiled.. But then part of me was also dreading it because I was afraid I'd be up.. So I'm gonna take that 1 lb and be happy with it! It's a pound in the right direction and the best part is that I'm now in the 220's!! YAY!!!! I'm pretty psyched about that!! And having these losses makes me want to be even better this week!!

SOOO Excited!!!

So I 'just' booked my appointment for my 30th birthday tattoo!! You've already seen it, it's a couple of posts down, the Luna Moth.. I'm going to get it on my upper arm/shoulder.. I'm SOO excited!! Tattoo's are most definitly addictive, but because I'm so picky about what I get I generally take years in between getting them.. I have two already, this will be my third.. And I have another one that I'm waiting to get at goal.. She's a beautiful fairy.. I LOVE tattoos!!!!

And I just booked my train ticket to Kingston!! SOOO excited!! I love my city, and I miss it SOO much!! I was raised where I live now, in Renfrew (Ottawa Valley), but I moved to Ktown and lived there for 7 years.. I've been back in Renfrew now for almost 3, and I miss Kingston all the time.. Not to mention one of my bestfriends who still lives there.. It's been 5 months since I've been back, so I'm so excited.. It's such a beautiful city.. Part of me is still there, I think.. Sometimes I think about moving back, but I like being close to my family.. I'm torn!! lol!! As soon as my train gets into Kingston I'm going to see my hair lady, she's fabulous!! She'll make my hair look like a Pantene Commercial.. I LOVE her.. Then the next day I go for my tattoo!! I'll make sure to post pictures of both after I get home!! How will I be able to wait another month?? lol

I just hope I can loose a few more pounds before I go, that would be the one thing that would make my bday weekend away even more special!!

Ever Have Those Days??

When you WISH with all your heart that you could just press fast forward and have the weight fall off you?? Seriously, I wish I could speed this process up.. You're probably thinking 'uhmm, yeah Jen, try everyday' and you're right, if I really thought about it I'm sure everyday I would wish to be at my goal weight.. But most days I find myself just happy to be commited to this journey, and happy to be feeling healthier.. Because in all honesty, by doing this day by day process we're not just loosing weight we're gaining other positive things.. The ablility and the strength, not to mention the patience, to really work for something that we want.. That must develop some kind of good juju for us right?? If you don't know what juju is, it's kinda like karma, but not so much in the 'do unto others' way.. Anyway, most days I'm temporarily satisfied with my progress, at least these days.. But today, ALL day I just really wanted to be at that end place.. I felt fat and frumpy all day! It didn't necesarily bring me down or anything, it just made me wish I worked by remote and could press fast forward..

My Celebrity Look-alikes

http://www.myheritage.com

Finally did the celebrity look a like thing that Amanda did.. Yeah, I'm a copycat.. lol!! It was lotsa fun!! I only did it the one time, but if I get other face pictures I think I'd try it again, just for fun.. :-)

My Saturday

Feeling ickey again today.. I woke up and my damn throat was sore again!! lol! It's taking a while to kick this thing.. I was totally feeling better a couple days ago.. I think maybe it's because I've been working so much.. But, I have this weekend off so hopefully I'll be feeling better by Monday! :-) Did I mention that I'm also wanting to eat everything in sight?? It's awful!! Luckily I still have all my flex, but I'm kinda trying to hold onto them since my WI day isn't until Thursday so they have to last me.. But then I think about how many of them I actually use during the week, which is none.. So I think I might dig into them today, it's what they're there for right??

I posted the pretty moth because it's the next tattoo I'm thinking about getting.. It's funny because everyone always thinks that butterflys are the pretty ones and that moths are ugly.. I think it'd be cool to have this on my arm and someone will say, ohh, what a pretty butterfly and I can say, actually (in my smart voice, lol!), it's a Luna Moth.. hee hee.. Yeah, sometimes I wonder what's going on in my brian.. Anyway, it's beautiful and feminine and I think it'd make a great tattoo!! I'm hoping to get it done when I'm in Kingston for my birthday.. I have a gift certificate for my fav tattoo parlour down there.. The way I'm talking you'd think I'm a tattoo' Momma, but I only have two.. I'm just really picky and like to think it through completely before I get one.. Cuz it's permanant right? And I've heard that removing them is WAY more painful than getting one..

Okay, gonna go stuff my face with somethin'! lol!! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!! :-)

Yay!!

So my WI went well!! It did turn out to be 230 lbs, which is down 3.. I'm pretty excited as 3 is a fairly good jump down.. Secretly though, I was kinda hoping that I'd be down to 129 today.. lol!! Serves me right for getting on the scale before it was time!! So yeah, I'm pretty excited and happy and I hope that I can keep it up!! I'm almost into the 220's!! Wow!! Yeah, you guys know, I love Weight Watchers.. lol!!

I just found out tonight that I have a new lil nephew!! His name is Jake and he's white and wriggly and puppyish, and I love him already!! My bestfriend finally got the dog she's been wanting for SOOO long! And I swear, I'm as excited for her as I am for my other friend who's having a human baby.. I can't WAIT to meet him and spoil him and give him kisses!! lol!!

I'm going to go treat myself with a frozen pizza for supper and some Survivor on the tv.. Thanks SOO much for your encouragement and for sharing my excitement over the loss.. Have I mentioned that you guys are the best bunch of supporters a girl could have?? Thank you!!! ~ xo

Starting to feel better..

So I had yesterday off of work, and spent the day sipping Neo Citron and watching movies.. I think it made a difference because I felt much better this morning.. My chest/throat isn't as sore, and actually right now it's barely bugging me at all!! I had more energy and everything.. So I went into work early today because I have four orders of slides to do.. We scan every one of them and then write them all onto CD's so that people can preserve those memories.. It isn't difficult but it's extremely time consuming.. So I go in early, finished one order and did another one, and around 3pm I start sneezing and feeling congested.. And of coarse this is after I volunteer to work for my boss tomorrow so she can have the day off (she's sick too), so I HOPE that customers take it easy on me tomorrow and that I can get the rest of my slide orders finished.. Normally there would be two of us on for at least 1/2 of the day, but with her sick I'll be all by my lonesome for 9 hours.. So keep your fingers crossed for me please!! lol!! I'm going to have a Neo Citron here in a little bit and try to be in bed by 10pm.. But there's SO much good tv on tonight!! So I'm going to watch Lost, America's Next Top Model and tape Criminal Minds.. That way I'll just be missing Medium.. Grrr.. lol!

Good news, I weighed myself when I got home from work and the scale was down to 230!! Yay!! That means that I could be down 3lbs for this week, if it holds until tomorrow.. That would be awesome!! I just can't believe it!! :-) Have I mentioned how much I love Weight Watchers?? No?? I LOVE WEIGHT WATCHERS!!! lol!! I know that it's also due in part to my job, because I'm so active when I'm working.. That's really what's making the difference.. So let me see here, because of work I loose weight faster AND I make money!! Bring on the work!! lol!!

It's Oscar day!! :-)

I love awards shows!! Well not so much the music ones because it seems to be centered mostly around music I don't listen too, like rap and dance .. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some of the songs, but I'm a rocker, I like the hard stuff.. I've been waiting for the Oscars for over a month now.. I love them.. And I love the red carpet.. To see what designers everyone is wearing and what jewelry and how they did their hair.. lol!! I love it all!! So I'm psyched..

Not feeling the greatest though.. I've had a really sore throat for two days, this will be my 3rd day.. It seems to be getting worse each day, but I'm hoping it'll start feeling better after today.. I've had to work all w/e and it's SO dry in there that I don't think it's helping me much.. I feel great though, besides the sore throat.. I'm hoping for a great WI this week!! I just realized that it's almost March already!! Summer's coming!! Time to buckle down and loose some poundage!! lol!! Have a great Sunday!! :-)

Funny joke for a sunny Friday :-) (bad language)

An Octopus walks into a bar and says "I can play any musical instrument you like".

An Englishman gives it a guitar which it plays better than Hendrix.

An Irishman gives it a piano which it plays better than Elton John.

A Scotsman throws it a set of bagpipes. The octopus fumbles about for a couple of minutes without a sound from the bagpipes and the Scotsman asks, "whats wrong wit ya, can ye not play it"?

The octopus says, "Play It? I'm gonna fuck her brains out once I get her pyjamas off."

Good WI! :-)

So I did my WI a lil while ago, after work and I was back down to 233! Which means that I was able to loose what I put on in a week and a half in only a week!! And that's with one off points day and a small veggie pizza!! I'm thinking it's cuz of working and being on my feet all the time.. I'm PSYCHED! I like to get back to where I was as soon as I can, because now next week if I have a loss it'll actually be a loss rather than a re-loss if that makes sense.. I'm sorry, I'm exhausted! Two long days at work and no day off til Tuesday.. I'm not really complaining though, cuz I love my job! And I LOVE the activity it gives me! I'm almost addicted to it.. Normally I'd think that was kinda bad, but then people get addicted to exercising for the same reason I'm sure.. I'm still not at the point where I can exercise though.. My feet are just too sore from carrying around all this weight, but I think I'll know when I get to the point where I can start working out again.. Yay me!!! I'm having one of those VERY rare, 'me loving' days.. lol! And I'm excited for Thursday night tv!! I never really know how to end these posts so I'm just gonna do this: THE END.. lol! :-)

Boring day..

Nothing exciting happened today.. Found a couple of new yummy things to eat.. Well, jello isn't exactly new, but I happened to have a couple of sugar free jello packages in the cupboard and we had some light Cool Whip in the fridge.. What a yummy treat!! And filling too, I was surprised.. And all for 1 lil itty bitty point! :-) Got some new yummy food from M&M Meats.. I got the single serving scalloped potatoes, 8 pts/serving, high but not too bad if I'm having it with some low point fish.. I also got some sole parmesan that I'm looking forward to trying.. I figure these quick and easy meals will come in handy after a long work day..

I work from 12-9pm tomorrow, 9 hours.. Not a huge deal but because I'm on my feet the entire time, I'm bound to be exhausted by tomorrow night.. Then it's home to eat and then right to bed because I have to be up at 6am to open the next day.. Grr.. I'm hoping I'll get Sunday off..

So I switched my weigh in day to Thursday.. I find that my best time to weigh in is after a long day at work and Thursdays I always work at least 8 hours.. Not sure how I'll do with the flex points since I tend to use most of them on weekends, but then that leaves me very few for during the week.. We'll see..

Yep, so this post is as boring as my day!! lol!! I'm going to bed! Nighty, night blogland! ~xo

I NEVER change my clothes! Seriously!!

lol!! So I just realized that in EVERY picture in my blog (okay except for one), I'm wearing the same shirt! People are gonna think I'm some big stinky girl who goes around wearing the same damn shirt everyday!! lol! And the funniest part is that out of all my shirts, I wear that one the least! So, I'm making a mental note right now that next time I'm near a camera I'll be wearing something different! lol!!! :-)

I was just looking through the pics I have on my computer and found this one.. Thought it was funny.. This is what happens when me and my friend Jose Cuervo get together.. lol!!

changed my blog

Hey, guys!! I hope you approve of my blog changes.. I liked it before but it just wasn't 'pretty' enough for me.. lol!! I thought about changing to another type of blogging, but I like blogger.com, and was able to find a new template that I could work with.. I also FINALLY figured out how to add links, so I added you.. If there's someone I've forgotten or someone who would like me to add them please leave me a comment.. As for the bloggers that are on my list, I'm so happy to have you there as it will help me keep up with all of your blogs! I look forward to reading them more regularly.. I'm hoping to have some new pics to post soon!

My Lily

This is my Lily.. I figured I posted a pic of my dog, I should post one of my kitten.. You know how kids are, you have to keep it fair! lol!

Totally screwed up!! :-(

But I'm not going to pout about it too much, because I made the decision to be bad everytime I put something bad in my mouth.. I don't know what happened! I was fine, going strong, doing well.. Then it was my bf's birthday and I was even okay that night, making pretty good choices.. But then she got really sick with bacterial pnemonia and everyone around her got it.. I got sick, but it was more just my body fighting it, so I wasn't full blown sick.. Well, I just didn't 'feel' like counting points or measuring things.. I think that's where it got out of hand.. Then last week I decided that I'd already been bad for one week, what's another?? Duh.. So now it's been about a week and half of badness, but I'm back.. And I'm trying not to kick myself for the last week, instead I'm trying to use it, I'm just not sure for what yet.. lol! It's funny, I'm looking forward to having that 'good' feeling again, the feeling you get when you're exercising and making good choices, but am not really excited about being OP's again.. I think it's because I'm doubting my ability to actually do it.. So, I'm just gonna do it and not think about it.. More than anything I missed you guys!! And the GDT!! So I am excited to be back in some ways!! lol!! Thanks for your messages while I was away.. Kathryn, as always you ROCK! You're part of the reason I'm back OP's so thank you! And happy Valentines Day to everyone! ~xo

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Had my WI today!! And I'm down 3, yes ladies and gentlemen I said 3, fricken' pounds!! I'm SOOO happy right now! That's 5 lbs in the last two weeks!! I'm figuring I'll stay the same or have a little gain next week, but that's okay! As long as I have the odd good WI I'll be a happy camper!! :-) Last night was Belly Dancing.. It was about the middle of class and we were practicing our front and back (they have a fancier name), figure 8's and my teacher starts coming over!! I'm WAY at the back of the class, so all these thoughts start flying through my head.. "Is she coming over here?", "nooo she'll go the other way", "wait a second she IS coming over here!", "maybe she's coming to talk to the girl beside me", "OH NO she's coming to talk to me!", "what am I doing wrong???" lol! It was like high school all over again!! But it was all good.. She came over to me and whispered quietly about how beautiful my figure 8 was! And she said, "seriously, I noticed it all the way across the room, beautiful job." I was stoked!! Now, this was only my 3rd belly dancing class, so I'm still at the point where NOTHING feels right to me.. I do what she says and follow her movements and HOPE that I'm doing it right.. So her feedback was SO confidence building for me!! She's a great teacher! LOVE bellydancing!! :-)