And an update for you!

I know that you want an update on my status! SO here it is!
I have been following my weight watchers VERY well! I only took Saturday off! YES!
AND i've been working out! OOH yeah~ Last week i worked out 4 days! This week i worked out yesterday and i will continue the trend until Thursday! I'm so proud!
Yesterday i earned 5 workout points! I worked out for an hour doing jogging and weights in the gym and then i went home and cleaned my kitchen for around 4 hours! Sweet! See the beauty below!


And now for the results!?!?
I'm at 163! Down 7lbs!
YES! here's to tracking and working out!

Da dada DA!

It's the new year! SOOO have you made your new years resolution? Clean more, eat in more, get out of debt, save money, travel more, workout more... oh here's an original one: Loose weight! Yeah that seems to be pretty typical but you know what??? It's mine! LOL! It started before the New Year though... I just started my tracking again after. I've been slowly getting into a pretty regular workout routine and now i'm upping my game. And starting yesterday I started tracking myself in my New Momentum Plan Weight Watchers tracking book. And NORMALLY i would NEVER start on the weekend, but you know what, no more weekend off for me! I tracked yesterday and said NO to a lot of foods that i wanted but didn't need and I did it! We had friends over and i STILL did it! It's POSSIBLE! I just had to REALLY think about was i hungry or did i just want to eat/munch b/c everyone else was.

So here is what yesterday looked like.
Coffee with FF creamer :2pt
4oz Sausage: 6pt (yeah i know... that stinks!)
1/2 c dirty rice :2pts
Salad w/FF dressing and a sprinkle of reduced fat cheese : 1pt
3 Miller 64 beers: 3 pts
2oz Potatoes: 1 pt
3oz chuck roast: 6pts
Veggies 1 1/2c : 0
misc. muchies: 2pts
Total: 23pts

I stayed within my points! I didn't workout but that's okay. I plan on doing most of my workouts during the week with hopefully a long run with Chris on the weekends... Here's to your new year and starting it off right!

watch out I'mback

So i've been bad about this blog but i haven't been too bad to myself!! I haven't gained ANY weight over the holidays!! WOOT! Now i haven't lost, but i haven't gained! So Now i'm back in my weightloss mode!
Breakfast: egg white veggie scrambles on top a low carb pita with some reduced fat cheese sprinkled and coffee with little creamer and splenda
Snack: Veggie bag (grape tomatoes, cucumber, carrots
Lunch: small side salad with FF Italian dressing and a can of Amy's FF veggie soup
Snack: WW berry yogurt!
Oh AND i worked out at lunch earning 4 points! OOOH YEA! But I'm going to try not to eat them! At least until i start really training for the Cherry Blossom b/c i don't NEED to eat more for a 30 minute workout, even if it was HIGH intensity! But what's funny is if i want to... i still have almost all my points left to eat since i worked off everything i've eaten so far! Crazy huh?? Lets see if i can keep this up!
Here's some holiday pictures for you to enjoy! I had great Christmas with Chris's family and MY family drove up to surprise me! YEA!
One of the Christmas gifts, I love my new Cake stand... more gift pics to come!

The arm... something happened to my arm and it wouldn't stop hurting so Chris's mom gave me this to help it... and boy did it! YES!

Jess with her new Coach bag! Every girl loves a coach bag!

My Topher was so excited to get a good Driver~

This is how my Mother-in-law does Christmas... WOWZA!

My family!

Us at the National Christmas tree... sorry so dark.

No Weightloss but New Spice set up!

So i didn't have a weightloss today, but at least I didn't gain weight right!?!? Anyway, I took time yesterday, on my day off (love government holidays!) to organize my kitchen more... I did this because the kitchen is a place of extreme disdain to me. I do not have enough cabinet space nor do i have enough counter space. Chris and I have solved this slightly by getting rid of our "eat-in" kitchen table, since we never used it anyways, and getting a kitchen cart with a butcher block top and cabinet doors! SWEET! Well i also despise my spice cabinet, since it's so cramped so I came up with the solution below! YEA! Isn't it pretty! I just love love love it! It was also VERY reasonably priced, i just need to order a few more for the teny tiny spices! YEA!

i know i know... here's your updates:

So i don't have any AMAZING weight loss update but i do have a plan. Here it is:
My friend Tina and I joined a group at work that will have us working out Tuesdays and Thursdays for a bootcamp and weighing in on Tuesdays during a weight loss group meeting! (Accountability!) Then Tina and I are also going to walk/jog/etc with each other during lunches (as many as possible)... and i'll doing my 30-min shred at home and walk the dogs. We have to bring in a food list this week and what a list it will be for me! YIKES! Oh well, here's to honesty!

I carved this pumpkin on Thursday(10/30)... took FOREVER! But it was fun and worth it! Then i made Chris some Old Bay Spiced pumpkin seeds! YUM!

i LOVE handing out candy to the kids and make them little bags every year... Chris puts up with my need to please but he did think i looked cute so he insisted on a picture! lol, I love that guy!

Here is my Humble little house on Halloween! I thought it was very cute!

This is my neighbors house for Halloween, as you can see she put me to shame!


So on Saturday 11/1 some friends of ours were having a Halloween party... of course Chris and I couldn't go b/c of his out patient surgery he had the day before but low and behold he fell asleep on the couch and I was DYING for some entertainment! So i called up our friends Tuck and Martiena and said "I'm IN!" and I had an hour to get a costume together... well the girl throwing the party wanted all the girls to be a little slutty and, well, i just wasn't comfortable with that since I'm just beginning my weight loss journey again. So i got inspired and decided to go as Dead Sexy! OH YEA! It was a HUGE hit actually! I must apologize to Christina though for having to sacrifice her bridesmaid dress to this cause~

One of my favorites, Martiena and I

And Tuck and Martiena as Bond, James Bond and his girl Eglours Tata!!

dum dum DUMB!

Yea so ummm i ummm ATE A WHOLE LOT FOR LUNCH! GAH! I did it on purpose too... not like "i'm going to get fat for lunch today" purpose but "i know i should make a better choice and i'm not" purpose. DOAT! Not so great of myself... BUT i did go to this lunch meeting where they are starting a class for getting back into the swing of things, meet once a week and weigh in and make a plan and then meet twice a week to workout... sounds good to me! $60 for 6 weeks.... i know i shouldn't spend the money but i can't do this on my own... i will follow my weight watchers and use these other tools to keep me motivated.. i need all the help i can get right now!

Some Photos of me that i wish were different

So these are my "Get your Butt in GEAR" photos... they are ones i wish i could change for the most part, but they will change and i will put new ones on here as it gets better... but i thought you might like a reference point to work from.
So this is me pre-surgery (had a sweat gland removed from my inner thigh) at my brothers graduation from law school (i just changed b/c i was about to get in the car for 5 hours). This was when i was getting back into shape, after the cherry blossom run... in May 08. But then after surgery it all went down hill!

This one i DEEPLY hate, it was the weekend after my honeymoon.... yep that's my fat arm, double chin, and oh if you could see the rest! I felt so ugly there, but this is what i will look at every time i want to give up!

This was March 07... please notice how my boobs are about to over take my poor husband and my arms are the size of his! GAH!

This is in February, Do you see my chin... granted i'm cheesin weird but still!

The 10 Mile Cherry Blossom Run at Mile 5 in April... i did it but i wish i had done it with a smaller butt~