Holy Red Lobster, Batman!!

I think I used all of my flex points and maybe a few from next week as well. I ate, drank and was merry. And a little bit hung over. But it was ohhh sooo goood. My parents took Ty overnight and hubby and I went out with his BIL and fiancee. We went to Red Lobster for dinner. I swear officer, I had every intention of eating what I should. But then I ordered a fuzzy navel....just one. And then the shrimp trio. Seafood's healthy, right? Even if it's soaked in butter, alfredo, and deep fried? I mean, I got some omega acid out of it or whatever, right? That's what I tried telling myself. I won't even talk about the cheddar biscuits (Notice the plural?) And then we went to a bar. And then a different bar. And then a bar that had really cheap appetizers and munchies. Well, I'm a little scared to weigh in tomorrow. But you know what? I've done such a good job so far and I just felt like I needed to have a night off. I've done great today, and I'm sure I'll do great the rest of the week, so I'm trying not to feel guilty and give up because of one night. What's really funny is that my buddy called while I was out on my rampage and said she was feeling guilty because she ate some tortilla chips at Chevy's. I didn't have the heart to tell her about my debauchery. And hey, at least I wasn't cheating on my husband this time, because he was with me through the whole thing. No food hiding for me!! It was all out in the open!!! Well, I better go to bed because I've been trying to go to bed early for the last month, and so far I haven't been to bed before eleven. Maybe tonight. Yeah, and maybe tomorrow I'll wake up skinny.

Not-so-fat-face

My mom and I took Ty to the zoo yesterday, and I was really excited because when she took my picture with him, my face didn't look so chubby any more. Don't get me wrong, it's still chubby - just not AS chubby. Which was a nice change. Of course my boobs are still the same. I'm starting to notice my body slimming down a little bit, but not the girls. They are still as big as ever. Not in a good way either. Hubby is happy of course, but I'm really not. And I'm also starting to worry about the skin factor. After I had Ty, I had so much flippin skin!! I still do - it's kind of ridiculous. Now I'm wondering what will happen after I lose the weight. I've never really thought about surgery, but looking down at my tummy makes me reconsider. I'd have to wait though because I know we want at least one more child, but I think that will definitely be in the back of my mind. I'm so tired the words are blurring together a bit, so I'll try and write more tomorrow.

Ticket to Onederland, please!

That's right, I have crossed over. I weighed in last night and lost 2.4 lbs, which puts me at alllmmoooost 10 lbs. I was so close. But even more exciting: I'm out of the 200's. Even if it's only a tiny bit, I don't even care! My vacation this weekend was not as bad as I thought it would be. I think the most important thing that helped was that I didn't deprive myself of anything. I just had a little portion or a little taste and I really didn't feel like I was missing out on anything. I ate tons of this fruit salad with mint and lime juice - it was sooo good. And I danced my rear off at the wedding, so I even threw in a few activity points. I'm off today and I'm actually excited to go grocery shopping because I have some new recipes I want to try out. I think I might finally be getting it.

Where am I?!?!

Goodness gracious, I'm finally able to sit down!! Ty has been really sick for about a week now. It started out as a runny nose, no biggie. Then all of a sudden he was running a high fever and really lethargic. He was breaking out in hives all over, but then two minutes later, he'd be fine. I took him into the doctor, but they couldn't figure out what was going on. They finally just said he probably has a virus that he is allergic to as well. Yay. So that has meant many sleepless nights with the Cranky One (weird how they always seem to be sick at night, then the sun hits and it's like nothing happened) Anyway, I still lost 1.6 at my last weigh in (can you hear the angels, because I sure can) I was really worried that I had gained because I wasn't the best tracker while I was taking care of Ty. I am so excited though because my husband's sister is getting married this weekend, and I found a very flattering dress to wear. If they know what's good for them, someone WILL ask me if I have lost any weight. I told my husband if no one does, it's his job to mention it, hopefully prompting a comment. Downside is: his family is Hawaiian and they always have tons of yummy food. My plan is that I don't want to completely deprive myself, so I'll have a taste of my favorites, and then there should be enought fresh fruit and veggies to fill in the rest. His mom makes this really yummy haupia cake, but I'm scared to look up the points because I think one of the main ingredients is coconut milk. Enough said. Well, we are leaving ridiculously early tomorrow, so I better get my rear in gear. Have a great reast of the week and weekend!

Down 1.2

I lost 1.2 lbs. last week. Part of me hoped I'd lose more, but the other part knew I wouldn't because I didn't make the best choices for how I used my points. Oh well, it's a new week. And overall I've hit the 5 lb mark - 5.8 to be exact, so that's very exciting. We're walking the big trail again tonight, but this time we're walking the opposite way, which means bigger hills, but the hilly part is shadier and cooler. So we'll see how that goes. I have never been a runner, but one of my long (very long) term goals is to run this trail. I see people doing it all the time, but I've never even dreamed of doing something like that. But one day, I'm going to do it. But for now, we'll just focus on walking it.

What a weekend!

I don't even know where to start. I have been walking with my buddy a couple nights a week, and last night was a pretty cool evening, so we decided to tackle a new walking/biking trail they put in near our house. It's about 3.5 miles, and let me tell you it is MAJOR. The hills were killing us. I had to laugh (at the end after the sweat was drying and my breathing didn't sound like a freight train) because as we were chugging along, I was pushing Ty in the stroller, and he kepy leaning forward and pointing and shouting "GO GO GO!!!" People were like encouraging us saying how brutal it can be. But we did it!! Our faces were beet red and boy were we sweaty, but it was good bonding. I also shared with her my new favorite snacks: The Fiber One chocolate oat bars and also a wedge of Laughing Cow light spreadable cheese and reduced fat triscuits. Yum. One wedge + seven triscuits = 3 points!

(If you're squeamish, you might want to stop here. It's nothing too bad, but I thought I'd throw in the disclaimer just in case.)

Then I came home and got out my new mandolin slicer. (There are some of you who may already know where this story is headed.) I was so excited to use it because I was going to use it to chop up veggies and fruit to keep in the fridge for the week. Yeah, I sliced the tip of my pinkie finger off. Not the whole entire finger, but a substantial bit of my finger is now gone and won't grow back. I was horrified. I still am. I have been wounded in my quest for health and weight loss. I couldn't look, I just felt that I'd cut myself, grabbed a paper towl and wrapped my finger in it and went to find my husband. I must have been totally shocked, because I found him and said "please, don't say I told you so or anything smart, but I cut my finger and I can't look at it." Then I started crying. There was a lot of blood, and it hurts. A lot. And I can't look at cucumber slices because that's what I was cutting, and I'm a little scarred now I think. Tom had to throw away the plate of them for me. I asked if they could glue everything back together (my finger, not the cucumbers), but everyone looked at me like I had lost it. Other than that debacle, I had a good weekend point wise. I have my weigh in tonight, so I'll post the results later.

Shameless Mom-tactics

I really wanted a scoop of ice cream tonight, but the freezer was empty. So I packed Ty into the stroller and walked down to Baskin Robbins. I have to admit, I totally used Tyler. Because when a mom and a little kid come in, it's like "oh, look at the mom and her son, theyr'e out getting a scoop of ice cream together!" If I come in by myself, it's more like "oh, look at that lady! She hoofed it all the way down here by herself to add some ice cream to that butt!" There are some things that we don't usually do, but with our kids, it's ok. Another prime example: I wanted to get the new Harry Potter book at midnight when it came out. So I dragged my two nephews along with me so that I wouldn't look like a big dork all alone at the bookstore. It was actually really fun, we got posters and made wands. They had a blast. They are 5 and 12, so any opportunity to be out past bedtime was major -plus the fact they are huge fans as well.

I did get some activity in today though. I decided I'm going to log my activity on my blog as well as my points tracker so that I feel a little more accountable. I made sure my trek for ice cream was a brisk one so that I could count it, I did 25 min. of Turbo Sculpt, and Ty and I danced like crazy today to the Sgt. Pepper album while I was cleaning. I'm a big Beatles fan, I grew up listening to all my dad's music. I don't know how many activity points that equates to, but at least I know I was active. That's one of my main goals - even if I don't know exactly how many points an activity is, I'm trying to stay moving a lot more. Well, I'm off to read a few more blogs and then try and get to bed before 11. We'll see!


Points: 23.5/24 Activity: 25 min. TS/15 min brisk walk/15 min dancing =)