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My size ten pants are TOO big. The only bad part about it is that I JUST bought them two months ago and they were $40 (I'm a super cheap-o, so $40 is a lot to me!!) I almost thought... I should buy the 8s. But they were just too tight and I didn't want to be the muffin top girl. Anyhow... now, I have a pair of baggy (yet slim fitting around the ankles) Levis. Yay. YAY!! Hahahaha!! Whooooo!!! Sorry, just got excited.

And how did I do it? Well, I would like to think that my appetite just got smaller and I ate very little all on my own. But I think our bottled water was bad and had been making me sick very slowly, like the mother in Flowers in the Attic. After a horrible bout of travellers' diarrhea, I'm down to my goal weight of 145lbs and in a size 8. It's awesome. Of course I still don't have the smoking bikini-ready body that I've always dreamed of, but maybe I'll magically fall into 12K and be able to afford a lower body lift. (Keeping my fingers crossed!) The only bad thing is I lose weight around my face and it makes me look a little old. Bleck. I wish I could keep the fat there and lose the fat in my lower back/upper butt. Can't they lipo it like they did Geraldo? Haha!

Anyhow.... the real secret is to obsess over food like you did when you were first losing. I calorie counted everything, I even had my husband doing it when he would make me breakfast some times (awwwwh, my love!). And some times it feels good and empowering to be a say-no-to-junk-food-i'm-eating-healthy snob! Heheh! But we'll see how I'm doing after this week though. At least my candy addiction is totally gone. Now I've just got to keep it away from me and I won't crave it.

Merry Christmas to you and Merry Christmas to me! And Happy New Year OH -- thank you for letting me talk freely about my weight!

Ciao!

Jessie

My youngest son is OBSESSED with climbing on the coffee table and thinks its funny when I tell him "No" and pull him down. It's all a game to him! Anyhow... Tuesday ended in a bust. Started out okay.... then had a graham cracker because I was too lazy to go out to the car and get my water bottle. Then I had another graham, then some goldfish... then another graham. So that was about 500 calories of junk!!!

I did make it to the gym (missed my step class, but did the ellipical machine - whoo 325 calories!). BUT then we went out to celebrate because Matt received payment for his first game (yay!) and we split a huge oatmeal cookie with the kids and I had an americano with cream and sweetener. Then I had some potatoes and cauliflower when I got home. I was starving. I asked Matt to get me some food. He said NO! and put me promptly to bed (thank goodness). Anyhow... today is off to a better start. I got out of going out to breakfast with my mom and ate some fish for lunch. Doing good. Whoo! Goodbye 10 pounds!!!

Breakfast: coffee w/ cream and sweetener = 125 / 1

Lunch: 1.5 oz fish with 1/2 potatoe & cauliflower gratin and 1 brussel sprout = 215 / 19

Snack: 1 serving of pretzels = 115 / 3

Dinner: 1 cup of goldfish crackers = 300 / 6
salad = 125 / 5
1 peppermint mocha = 245 / 11

totals: 1125 / 45
vitamins: yes
calcium: yes
water: yes
exercise: yes


So maybe I didn't do as great as I thought... I could see a lot better ways to spend 300 calories rather than on goldfish crackers. Ugh. Anyhow... well I as long as I dont eat anything else tonight I should be okay. Wish me luck and will power!!

It's day two of  getting back on track. It's hard sometimes because I get so "hungry" but I just tell myself no and I try to drink some water -- which I should do now. Anyhow... here's the list:

Breakfast: egg whites with cheese = 77 / 10.25
Coffee with cream and sweetener = 75 / 1

Lunch: clementine orange
1/2 c cottage cheese & 1/2 c red grapes = 145 / 13.5

totals:
vitamins: yes
calcium: yes
water:
workout:

I have 10 pounds to lose (gained back a pound after eating like shit when the inlaws were in town... also period is here.) So I don't care that it's Thanksgiving. I'm going to give thanks that I can choose to eat less and not pig out. I'm going to give thanks that I'm going to stay healthy and fit and be skinny in those size 8s!!  So we're back to counting calories and measuring everything religiously. It's amazing what you can do when you just put your mind to it and don't let bad habits take over.

Here is the list:

Breakfast: Egg whites with cheese = 77 / 10
coffee with sweetener & cream = 75 / 1

Lunch: 1/2 cup cottage cheese & 1/2 cup red grapes =  145 / 13.5

Snack: 1/2 pummello fruit = 30 / 0
1 graham cracker sheet = 65 / 1

Dinner: chicken salad w/ dried cherries, almond slivers, feta cheese, & dressing =265 / 20
egg whites w/ cheese = 115 / 15.5
peppermint latte = 170 / 10

totals: 942 / 71
vitamins: yes
water: yes
calcium: yes
workout: yes

I ROCK!! Working out every day! Taking vitamins & calcium every day! Counting calories every day! Even if it's thanks giving. Turkey and salad are good for you! Heheh -- lots of protein and veggies, no pie or crap with lots of butter.

I am going to lose these last 10 pounds on by my goal!! I'M AWESOME! WHOO!!!

Well almost a month... since I've blogged. I got a message from a fellow WLSer about losing the added weight afer the inital loss and I realized that while I've lost a lot, I'm not at 145 (8.8 pounds to go!) so I need to get back into things.. measuring my food, writing everything down,and working out like a mother (of two, hehe)

Anyhow, I haven't measured anything out today, but I'll just record what I've eaten. Tomorrow is Sunday and I'm back in FULL EFFECT!

Here's the list:

- 1/2 cup of egg whites, 1 TBS of shredded cheddar cheese & chopped tomato, 2 small slices of salted, buttered french bread
- coffee with cream and sugar
- iced coffee with cream & half chocolate biscotti
- large salad with veggies, feta cheese, & italian dressing
- 1/4 cutie orange
- spaghetti & meatballs with 1 brussell sprout (yuk)

water: none
vitamins: none
calcium: none

I'm down to 158!! Whoo -- 13 lbs more to go. I even squeezed into a size 8. It was muffin top city though, lol!

Okay.... so here it is:

B: egg whites + feta cheese = 75 / 10.5

L: grande iced coffee w/ 2% milk = 122.5 / 2.5
1/3 biscotti = 37 / .75

S: 1/2 slice of bread = 50 / 1
1/2 cottage cheese = 100 / 13
1/2 apple = 30 / 0

D: pizza bagel = 370 / 19

S: tostadas = 277.5 / 13.75

totals: 1062.5 / 60.5

not too shabby. got to get back into calcium routine. ugh. did 45 minutes of ourdoor biking. lots of fun. anyhow... time for bed!! tgif!

It's been a while. First my husband's cat died. It was pretty sad --- we have a flea problem at our house, despite the animals being frontlined. Fleas were getting on the kids and "flea poop" was all over the kitchen counters from the cat. I put my foot down and made the animals stay in the back studio at night. But then we let them back in because my husband said he would wash them and the cat bitzer got stuck in the wall (didn't even know there was a hole there.) But Bitzer did not want to be an indoor only cat and escaped after two days. I couldn't get her back inside. So we just let her stay out side all day and in the studio at night. One day I stopped seeing her in the flower beds and then I found that she hadn't been eating. She seemed really sick and she was skinny. She went missing for a few days and then my husband vowed to make her an inside cat again. Well we went to give her a bath and she died in the tub. It was terrible. I had a nasty headache from crying. Only other time I got that kind of a headache was when my Grandma died and my dog Gavin died. 
Then my mom had the next two weeks off of work and while I didn't eat bad, I didn't exercise or stick to my 1000 calorie/day plan. Gained 1.2 pounds back. The nurse said it could be from my period, which is due any day.

Anyhow... I'm back. Well I was back yesterday, but I was too tired to blog last night. I am keeping my calorie count under 1250 with 65+ grams of protein, 2 cups of veggies, and 8 glasses of water. Next monday I WILL be under 160. Even if I'm 159.9lbs. Whoo!

Here's the list:
B: egg whites w/ feta = 80 / 10.5
coffee with milk & sugar = 88 / 5.5
1/2 orange = 30 / 0

L: protein shake = 225 / 33
2 tostadas w/ beans, cheese, chicken, & salsa = 275 / 18

D: salad with feta, chicken, & dressing = 80 / 7
tall nf mocha = 170 / 10
8 grain roll = 280 / 7

totals: 1228 / 91
vitamins: yes
calcium: no
veggies: 1 cup
water: 5.5
exercise: 31 on eliptical machine (202 calories burned)

monday (310/ 9) - worked out twice

Whoo!

Good news... I lost weight this week. Not as much as the past 2 weeks but I'm down 10.6 pounds in three weeks. Awesome. I guess I was eating A LOT of crap food -- I cut out the junk and my weight just dropped. Now my kids are better, I'm back to the gym. I went and di yoga today. Boy did I need that! I felt great yet really tired afterwards. Also, I went to Macy's and tried on some Levi's. I am  no longer a size 12. Not yet a 10 though. They were a bit snug. But I'm waiting to buy my straight legged jeans when I'm a size 8. Whoo. Super excited.
Also, we are moving. It's going to be hectic and while my husband wants us to move in a week I don't think it's going to happen because I have two small babies (8mo & 23 mo) next weekend is his 2nd birthday party, and the week after that I'm going to San Francisco. Also, I have a feeling that he is not going to help at all and I can't find a place in a week. Not with naps & babies and everything. But it's nice to dream and hope. I wish this place didn't have the flea problem. But our animals are so gross -- and we frontline plus them too -- that we don't let the cat in the main house because she'll get on the counters where we prep food and get "flea dirt" everywhere. The dog is miserable. The cat has stopped eating because she's depressed about having to live in the studio. It's really a nightmare. I even found a flea on my little baby (he's crawling on the ground and one got on him!!) It was just HORRIBLE. Plus we have mice living in the walls and the electricity is a nightmare. It will be freezing this weekend. Wow,... i just talked myself into finding a place. I just want  to find the right place. Sigh.

Anyhow, here's the list:

B: protein shake = 225 / 33
3 glasses of water

L: a few bites of chicken salad that I threw up = 0 / 0
iced coffee w/ 2% milk = 120 / 3

S: puffed baby treats = 50 / 0

D : 2 yaki tacos from islands = 640 / 52
diet cola
cheese fries = 155 / 0
iced coffee w/ half & half & nonfat milk & sugar = 75 / 1

ok... got to watch the office so this will be quick! can't wait to weigh-in tomorrow but i'm sure it won't be anything to celebrate about.

the list:

B: tall  non-fat mocha = 170 / 10

L: 1 graham cracker = 70 / 1
1 fresco taco = 150 / 7
1 c cottage cheese = 200 / 30

S: salad w/ feta, katamala olives, & dressing = 125 / 2.5
6 fruit snacks = 60 / 0

D: chips & salsa with carrots & cauliflower = 150 / 1
fruit snacks = 80 / 0

S: decaf coffee w/ cream & sugar = 65 / 1
20 pretzels = 110 / 1


totals: 1180 / 53.5
vitamins: yes
calcium: yes
water: nope

lots of carbs today, not a lot of protein & water. ugh... weigh in tomorrow -- and the start of exercise!!!

Went out for breakfast with my mom & the kids and I was reminded why we never go out to eat any more. Horror show. Kids crying everywhere. UGH. I didn't even get to finish my coffee. Then Jaxon knocks over my doggie bag. Like I needed 3 uneaten pancakes. Ended up throwing them away. Not very good. Anyhow... still got some day to go. Workouts resume tomorrow as a "jumpstart" to my week. I haven't worked out since last Wednesday due to the kiddos being sick and it's time to get back to it.

Anyhow... here's the list:

B: scrambled eggs, rosemary potatoes, 1/2 slice of bacon, a few bites of pancake, 1/2 strawberry, 1/2 cup of coffee with sugar & milk = too many to be worth it / not enough

L: 1 cup cottage cheese & 1/2 cup red grapes = 255 / 30.5

S: 20 small pretzels = 110 / 1 

D: hamburger w/ 1/2 slice of bread = 195 / 13.5
graham crackers = 75 / 1
seltzer w/ juice = 75 / 0

totals: 705 / 46 (plus breakfast -- i'm thinking i got at least 15 grams of protein from the eggs).
vitamins: yes
calcium:
water: 3 glasses crystal light
exercise: day off

Okay... so tomorrow is my jumpstart back into things full force. I have an early morning dentist appointment (yay) and then my dad's coming over to help me put up a new screen door. It will be nap time (time to spray for flies outside) and then pick up brianna & memaw (go to lowes?) and we were all supposed to go to my sisters but i HAVE to go to the gym instead. I have to start working out. Cardio four days a week (and hopefully yoga on two days). I feel like a slug and I know working out will get me back into protein shake lifestyle and water lifestyle. At least I've been taking my vitamins and calcium. I gotta go get my blood work done for my 4 year anniversary! I need to be under 160 (159.9999 will be good enough lol).

Anyhow... time to put my feet up and figure out where I'm going to put my TV with my new living room layout. Happy Friday!