Afraid to look!

So last week was a GREAT weigh in. Check this out....

That's down 2.6 pounds. BUT I was too afraid to get on the scale this morning after having a week of family, friends, and bad choices. Not only were the choices bad, but portion control was an issue too. Tomorrow I will weigh myself before I head to the gym. Real life is here and not going anywhere so I have to jump right back in.

Tomorrow I'll be sporting my new Body Media Fit armband! Thank you Mikki! It was at the top of my wish list. I anticipate this being another level of accountability and still my weakest point is logging/tracking my caloric intake. New changes, new promises to myself. Gotta get busy to meet my first short-term goal of being 225 by my mom's birthday which is January 30th. It will happen...the only thing stopping me is ME.

Saying Goodbye.....

Tuesday was a difficult day for JaiCie (my Frister)and I. On that day, we had to say goodbye to Charity (chihuahua) and Charlie (a poly-dactyl kitty with lots of machismo). It's fitting that they went on the same day because the were buddies.

I've mentioned before that my frister is an amazing photographer...check this one out!



Charlie spooning Charity...I love it! Check out those toes...

Here's one from today of me with Mr. Mandela the African Grey. He's a sweetie and loves me a LOT...a little toooo much because when he gets excited, he tries to feed me. YES, like mama birds feed their babies. EWWWWWW



Love your fur (and feather) babies....saying goodbye is so hard but know that they LOVE you unconditionally. Be good to them and be as amazing as they think you are!

Disappearing Act...New Goals/Prizes

Ok, you probably thought I disappeared but NOPE...I did not. I just haven't found time at home (where i have access to my photos) to actually get on here and blog. SOOO I decided to blog minus the pictures of the scale. You'll just have to trust me! I'll likely post the photos later just to appease my sense of continuity.

So, Monday the 6th, my weight was 239.4 (down 1 pound) and Monday the 13th I was 237.4 for 2 more pounds down. Yippeeee

Right now, around the holidays I've been realllly thinking about my mom alot. I know she'd be very proud of my progress and I want to make some committments to her and to myself with specific target dates/weight goals. My mom's birthday is January 30 and she would be celebrating her 71st birthday. My goal is to be at or below 225 by then. That's a 12.4 pound loss. It's a lot especially considering the holidays are here but I CAN DO IT. I will do my very best.

My second goal is to be to "onederland" by Mother's day in May. Regardless of when I get to that goal...where I'm consistently less than 200 pounds, I will celebrate and honor my mom by having her beautiful wedding band sized so that I can wear it. It will be a promise ring to myself....a promise to never go back to the 200s.

More later on the emotional day my frister and I had yesterday....

Keeping (a little too...) Busy!

Yesterday I had one of my best workouts with Chris and I felt this great surge of motivation to come everyday and keep the forward motion. I want to start seeing a loss again and that's only going to happen with better eating and MORE exercise. HOWEVER...life keeps getting in the way! I know, it probably sounds like an excuse, but here's what Thurs-Sunday looks like:

Thursday, 5:30am workout with Chris, work 7am to 5 pm, drive to Seattle for a GREAT performance by Straight No Chaser at McCaw Hall with Mikki. They are an amazing acapella group...I tried to insert a link but for some reason I'm not able to do it. Not sure why the link icon isn't working! Google them...it's worth it! "Straight No Chaser - 12 days of Christmas". Anyway, bedtime after the concert was about midnight.

Friday, woke at 4:00 am with a migraine (grrr...but thankful for Maxalt!), worked my day job til noon then lunch with Mikki and JaiCie (thank you for leaving the house when you didn't really want to JaiCie!) then off to job #2 until 11 pm tonight. Just under two hours to go but who's counting! I should get to bed by 12:30 after I get home from work and take a shower.

Saturday - wake up at 5:30am to head north to Olympia...pick up my friend Dick then he, Mikki and I are headed to Seattle where we'll board "The Snow Train" to Leavenworth. It's supposed to be an amazing train ride with a spectacular tree lighting once we arrive in Leavenworth. For those of you from somewhere other than Washington State, Leavenworth is a quaint Bavarian town in the Cascade mountains. It's beautiful this time of year and it's like a little Christmas village! I'll post pictures! We won't get back to Seattle until 10:30 pm so I won't get home until after midnight again!



Sunday - I work from 8 to 12 then home to do what I love! Quilting in my studio. SIGH...Monday morning to the gym to repeat the workout Chris gave me because he wanted me to do it at least once before I see him again Tuesday morning..

HRUMPH....see what I mean about life getting in the way? I keep fantasiznig about having an in home gym (not a crappy quality - but a GOOD treadmill, good mat, bosu ball and free weights (which I have some now). Oooh...remodel idea! I should convert my back deck (it's BIG) to an enclosed sunroom type thing with all that kind of stuff!....dreaming.

ANYWAY...I don't typically do a lot of "going out" type of stuff, it just happens that I've got two things in 3 days. My biggest goal right now is to NOT gain during the holidays.