#101 Hump Day Confessions

It is the middle of the week aka Hump Day. Instead of rambling about something which would probably be about my weight loss struggles, I have decided to do my confessions. Read or don't read them, that is up to you. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday. 

• Yesterday I had to try to remember everything I ate over the weekend cause stupid me didn't track. I probably didn't get everything right, but I hope it is better than nothing. 
• Who cares if I read the 50 Shades of Grey series!!!! I thought it was a great story when you got past all of the "Adult Content" or "Mommy Porn." it was great to watch/read a relationship grow as well as a man, who by his own account is "50 Shades f@#*ed up," grow into a loving and caring man. 
• My parents backyard, my front yard is starting to look great thanks to me and my brother-in-law aka the Weekend Warriors. He about killed this past Memorial Day weekend, but I earned a lot in fact all of my Activity Points for the week and then some. The most for the week WW allows is 42. I think if I remember right, I am ate 45; and that is just for 2 days of work.
• Today is the first day that I have been able to put my contacts in my eyes. I have been using my good old glasses for the past week and a half. Thank you allergies for the watery, itchy eyes as well as the runny nose.
• I am supposed to be getting in my house on Friday and the bees are supposed to be gone. Maybe I will get to sleep in my own bed and sit on my own sofa. 
• I need to find another book to read. I have a stack of books on my bookshelf of the books I would like to read this year. I need to look at them and pick a book. Over the weekend I finished City of Lost Souls, the latest installment of the Mortal Instrument Series by Casandra Clare. I know it is YA (Young Adult), but I don't care. It is a crazy good story. 
• I am almost half done with the 60 books I said I would read on Goodreads. I am at 25 books read this year so far.
• Today is Salad Day, it worked last week so I am going to try it again this week. I will only have salads today. I will get my veggies in and it will help me stay on target. Crossing my fingers it works. 
• I hope everyone has a great day. See everyone tomorrow for the Face the Scale blog
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#100 Weekend Wrap Up

Woo Hoo!!!!!! Today marks the 100th post. WOW!! I can't believe that I have that much to say. This blog has been through different reasons of its purpose. It started out as a project for one of my imaging classes in college. Over the years it has been something to showcase my artwork to an online journal to a blog about my weight loss journey (what is its being used for today). I would like to thank all my readers for actually reading it. Also, I really wanted to thank everyone who has messaged me advice via Facebook Wall or Message. Keep reading everyone; also, if you want to give me advice don't hesitate to message me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Bee Update: This morning it looks like all the bees have gone/died. I am knocking on wood as a type this. Lets just hope now I can clean my house and move back in. Don't get me wrong, I love staying with the parents but there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed or reading on your own sofa.

Weekend Warriors: The past weekend, Memorial Day Weekend, my brother-n-law and I did Weekend #2 of what I now call our Weekend Warriors weekends. For the last 2 weekends, we have sort of been redoing my mom's backyard. In all honesty, I actually had fun doing the yard work. It was hard, HOTT, and took a lot out of my but I earned all my activity points allowed for the week and then some. Doesn't this mean I don't have to do anymore activity this week? Probably not, but I thought I would ask. I wish I would have taken some photos, but I will try to when all is said and done.

Memorial Day was fun and laid back. We grilled burgers and veggie kabobs. We were supposed to swim but no one did. My grandmother came over and will all just chatted around the table. It was my kind of evening.

#99 Weekly Weigh In

One more blog to reach 100. Wow that took a while.

Anyway, sorry this is so late; I have been a little busy today. I lost 1.6 pounds this week which brings me back to my to my total pound weight loss of 30. WOW. I am so glad to be back to this. Lets just hope I can keep it up and continue to lose so that I can get pass this plateau that I seem to be on and have been on since October 2011. Lets hope I kicked in it royal nasty behind.

When my leader weighed me last night, I was practically jumping for joy and I couldn't hold my excitement. The meeting as a whole did great as well. As a group we lost about 25 pounds.


What was different this week?
First, I actually tracked everything I ate. I wasn't dishonest with myself and lie on the tracker that I only see. I tracked everything that entered my mouth. Also, I did some exercise in the form of yard work. To be honest, I could have eaten a lot more fruits and veggies, but today marks the start of a new week. So I get to start fresh and try to incorporate more fruits and veggies.

I also stayed closer to my points target and if you count the activity points I earned from the yard work I didn't use any of my weekly points. (which carry the full week, but once a new week comes you lose them; I so didn't know that.

The 365 Day Challenge
I got this idea from the a blog post from Undressed Skeleton. I came across this blog on day from Pinterest. When I read her story, I almost cried. Anyway, this blog is slowly becoming one of my favorites. Anyway, she challenged readers to a 365 day challenge of something you wanted to accomplish in a year. Since I am definitely not ready for swimsuit season this year, I am challenging myself to be ready next year. I am going a step further in saying I will like to be in a 2 piece swimsuit, which I don't remember that there was a time that this body, me, was ever in a 2 piece.

My 365 Day Challenge

3 day weekend for Memorial Day. Have a great one everyone!!!

#98 Face the Scale

So it is that time in the week where I must meet up with that evil scale. I seem to never know what it will say cause I think it is silly to weigh myself outside of the WW meeting. The scales are different and my weight fluctuates so much during the week that I don't want to know. I remember one time weighing myself in the morning of weigh in day and that evening I had a 2 pound weight gain in the matter of hours. I was so disappointed in myself.

I have done everything that I am supposed to do this week. I tracked everything, drank all my water each day, ate more veggies and fruits, and earned some activity points. Now lets just hope my body has reacted the way it has supposed to. I just hope and pray that my weight goes back in the right direction, DOWN.

So excited for Scooshi and a Moovie with my sis and her hubby!!!!!

#97 Hump Day

So it is Wednesday meaning it is time for the Hump Day blog post. At the end of this post I will be adding more confessions since I only had about 3 yesterday. Anyway back to the day at hand. 

In an effort to change the direction of my weight loss, I have recently decided to make Wednesday, day before weigh in, Salad Days, meaning that I will only eat salad as my man meals (just Lunch and Dinner). Today I think I will have the Tropical Chicken Salad from Castalano's. It had lots of lettuce, onions, strawberries, oranges, and pineapple. It usually has nuts and cheese, but I think I will ask them to take it off. Now this salad is big, so it usually lasts for two meals. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. 

I have been tracking every little thing I have put into my mouth. I need to be brutally honest with myself and the world; I haven't been tracking. For the last two weeks, I have been religiously tracking (HONEST TO GOD). Last week I maintained because I went way off the weekly points. This week, however, it is Wednesday and I still have like 10-15 left, which is great. At 29 daily points, I can go down to 26 daily. During the week, I try to stay within 3 points of that 26 points. Most days, I don't got but 5 over, so thats good. The weekend is little different. On Sunday, I went way over. That's because I ate dinner from McDonalds.

I am hoping that this week I will get back to 30 pounds lost, but I don't want to get my hopes way up so that I am disappointed in myself. When I finally get to my 35 pound mark I will shout it out to the world, which is my goal for Walt Disney World. Not if only I could actually exercise. I have been a little eager to  workout on my Wii Fit, but with the infestation of the bees (in my house), that isn't doable. 

My Confessions

• I am reading two books at once. Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz and City of Lost Souls by Casandra Clare. Both books are about the supernatural. I am so excited to read them both. These books are adding my my goal of reading 60 books before 2013. So far this year I have read a total of 23. By Monday, I am hoping to be at 25 which is almost half way. 
• I miss Zumba. I really do miss going to my Zumba Class at Zumba Fitness with Tamaira. As much as I ate to admit that haven't been going, I just haven't. I miss the way it makes me feel afterward. I am filled with lots of energy and happiness. Hopefully today I will be able to go today. 
• This week I didn't do great in not going to McDonalds and getting my McCafe. They went up in price, which isn't too great on my bank account. Hopefully when I get back in my house, I can go back to my Starbucks Via. Maybe I can sneak in my house and get it. 
• I can tell I have changed my ways. I am not wanting/craving great salads and grilled chicken. Although, I won't go a day without dreaming about ice cream, cookies, candy, or cakes, I find myself wanting fruit and veggies instead. Thank you Weight Watchers.

#96 Two in One

Yesterday I had every intention of posting a Weekend Wrap-up cause it was a busy week, but like most Mondays at Tradewinds Travel the phone was ringing off the hook. Besides it kind of slipped my mind at the end of the day. WARNING....this is a long one.

Weekend Wrap-Up
So my weekend kind of started off crazy. After my WW meeting on Thursday, I received one those panic calls from my mother telling me, "not to go to my house." For those of you who know me, know that I don't really panic to easily or often so I asks her why. She told me that my neighbor walked over to my parents house to tell her there was beehive hanging off the peak of my back door.

My house is an A-Frame house:

The beehive wasn't there that morning. I braved my house to get some clothes because I was going to stay at my parents house. Inside my house, there is a spiral staircase that is right next to the window/wall  where the bees were. So, curious me decided to peak. BIG mistake; I saw the size of this hive. It was about 3 feet wide and about 5 feet long. (I am NOT exaggerating.) Sorry no pics. Thats when I started to panic. I gather my girly things (makeup, deodorant, etc.), and left. I also had a pair of jeans and one shirt, as well as the clothes I wore to dancing.

So on Saturday, the "bee man" came take the nest.

Around noon, my brother-in-law and I worked on my front yard and palm trees clearing it out. After almost passing out (too long to add) and cutting my feet out with the palm trees, we were done. Sorry these aren't better photos. I took them with my cell phone.

After we finished, I went back to check on the bees about midway through cutting and picking up. I saw that the bees were gone. But when I went back they were back. I called my dad, he didn't believe, so I took this photo to prove it:

They were back but not as many. We figured that the worker bees were slowly coming home to their Queen. Needles to say I am still at my parents rewashing clothes to have stuff to wear.

Confessions

• I love being barefoot. It must be a cajun thing, however like most girls, I have lots of shoes in my closet. I wear them, but as soon as I get home I kick them off. 
• I have been back to taking a dance class for about a year, but I still miss everything about it. I miss getting excited about showing my loved ones that what I have done over the year. But I don't miss the nerves/butterflies I get deep down in my gut right before getting on stage. 
• I love desert!!!! No matter how much I lose weight or how much I want something and can't have it, I have a major sweet tooth especially that for ice cream. Vanilla, chocolate, cookies & cream and everything in between. Doesn't matter, I have never met an ice cream I didn't like except for maybe the ginger and green tea ice cream at China at Epcot. 

#95 Weekly Weight-In

Wow, after this post I only have 5 more posts to reach 100. Yippi.

Back to the task at hand. As most of you know, especially if we are friends on Facebook, I maintained my weight. I could take this or leave this. On one hand, unlike the last two weeks I didn't gain anything, but on the other, I didn't lose anything either.

Last week, I tracked everything I ate, but like I said on yesterday's post, I pigged out for Mother's Day and pretty much the entire weekend. So today, I decided that I was going to put on my new member hat. So far today I have tracked everything, which is good for me, since recently I haven't been tracking at all whatsoever. So I am already do better right.

So back to the "New Member" status. Last night between WW and dance class, I began to re-read my new member book that was suggested by my leader. I think it help me to become a new member again. I am hoping it will give me the jump start I need.

I need to start setting my mini goals like i did previously which I hope will help also.

Mini Goals

• Track. So far so good, but it is only the first day. I am determined to keep this up, so that I can get closer to my goal of finally shed the rest of my weight. I need to be completely honest with myself on this even though I may not want to see what I eat.  
• Exercise. I need to get my motivation back and start doing some exercise. I plan on going back to my Zumba classes twice a week. Also, I will try to do at least 2 more time to do Zumba 2 on the Wii. Also, our pool is ready and I can do some laps.
• Eating fruits and veggies. I need to eat my fruits and veggies, at least the daily allowance, but need to do more. Eating this helps with hunger. I also need to plan better meals during the week so that I get these things in. 
• Read another book. I don't need to explain anything with this one. It is self explanatory. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Happy Friday everyone!!!!!!!

#94 Face the Scale

In about 2 hours, I will be hitting the scale. This week I have made special efforts to track every little thing that has touched my lips, so I know that will help a bit. However, I pigged out on Mother's Day and the day before, so I don't know how I did. Now I just need to stop snacking so much.

So for, for my no diet coke/fast food, I have done pretty good. I have only had 1 diet coke since Monday, and it wasn't the large like I normally get; it also has tons of ice. So really it was a small, right? lol

As far as exercise, I haven't done a damn thing. I know that isn't great but I sort of have been concentrating on tracking. I have been so tired this week. I don't know if it was allergy meds or the lack of diet coke. I also have been not taking the daily trips to McDonald's McCafe' every morning. Better luck next week.

#93 Hump Day

As everyone has figured out, (if you read the blog) the last couple of years, has been about me. As selfish as that sounds, I believe everyone needs to take time out for themselves. About 2 years about, I had attended a family wedding. When I saw, the below photo, I really upset that I let myself gain that much weight. I was tipping the scales over 200 pounds; I was very heart broken.

I had decided that I wasn't going to let myself gain anymore weight. As my weight loss journey has gone on, it has sort of been like a roller coaster ride with all of its ups and downs. Recently, I have been a little down because I have been playing withe same 2 or 3 pounds; staying around the 30 pound mark, which by all accounts is great. I just think now it is time to move past it. 

I am ready to be done with this weight loss thing. I have every belief that I can accomplish this in 2012. 

#92 Confessions

• I have been maintaining my body weight even though I don't want to. This sucks butt cause lord knows I would like to lose an additional 30 pounds if not more. 
• I have a love hate relationship with exercise. I love the way it makes me feels, but it takes so much for me to actually do it. As I am trying to save some money, I have decided that I will make use of my Wii and the Zumba 2 game that I have. I just need to make myself do it.
• Also, our swimming pool is clean and ready for use. Now I just need to get in it and start swimming laps. 
• I don't know if people actually read my blog, but I could care less. It is out there and if it helps someone else, then I am happy. 
• I don't know what I would do without my coffee in the morning. 
• I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Real Housewives of New Jersey; my fav housewife is Theresa. She cracks me up. I feel bad for her sometimes. I can see that she is sincerely trying to apologize. It is just up to the others if they accept it. Don't get me wrong I absolutely love all the drama, but I hope these women don't actually act like this. In my opinion they all need to grow up a bit.
• I am over American Idol. It is not the same as it was in the beginning when you could actually see the progress. It seems to me that all the contestants recently are trained and are professionals. 
• Finally, I realize that I haven't posted in while, but I have been sort of down because I keep losing and gaining the same weight; it royally sucks. Since then, I have been tracking everything that I eat.  Let's just hope I can keep this up. On the downside, I haven't been exercising.
• I have sort of lost my motivation for losing weight. I need to go back and read my new member book. I also need to go back to my first blog on wanting to lose weight and what made me go into my first WW meeting which was about 2 years ago.