award and ww update

thank you, thank you, thank you!!
thanks so much to mrs. d, and jenny for my very first blog awards!!
i can not express how much the ALI blog community has helped me to feel better about myself and has made this roller coaster so much more bearable.

everyone knows the rules here:

so here we go, 7 things you may, or may not want to know about me.

1. I am obsessed with All My Children. I can't even explain it. I also don't tell anyone IRL about it. I have been recording and watching AMC since I was 13. It's my cousin's fault.

2. I am afraid of the ocean.

3. I have a "thing" with scratch off lotto tickets. I try not to buy them, but i can't help it.

4. If I won the lottery (i mean really won) i would probably go back to school. indefinitely.

5. I wish I could eat pizza and macaroni and cheese every day for the rest of my life.

6. I have two of the best friends a girl could ever ask for. they keep me grounded.

7. I was the drum major of my high school marching band my junior and senior year.

I will be breaking the rules here....
i am passing this award on to:
No, I'm not pregnant, just fat.
Infertility Musings
Calmly Chaotic
and
A hope and a wish for a gift from a petri dish

as for the ww update. i am still going strong. i have been working out. if you actually knew me, you would be shocked. it's a bit crazy. but i am feeling so good.

last week i was doing so well i was really excited for weigh in time, but then the weekend happened. saturday night i went out with my 2 besties. drank way to much, fell down in a drunken stupor, and smoked a cigarette. ( not a whole cigarette, as i might of thrown up on myself because it was so gross.)

sunday was the superbowl. i read somewhere that the average person consumes over 3000 calories on superbowl sunday. without a doubt i did not consume anywhere near 3000, but the sausage and peppers on a martin's potato bun was AMAZING!! also had a couple chicken wings.
over all i still lost weight. i think it was 1.6 pounds. that is a total of 15 pounds since Jan 3rd!!

WOOO-HOOO! Yeah Baby!!

i am so excited, and planning to kill it this week!! (Garlic festival this weekend... i might need to change my weigh in day, so the weekend isn't fresh in my tummy!)

8 more weeks and 15 more pounds to my goal!!

weight watchers week 3

Weight loss in week 3= 4 pounds

Total weight loss so far= 12.4 pounds!!

YAY!!!

After i entered my weight loss for the week, weight watchers sent me a note about how i was loosing weight too quickly. it seemed to me that they might think i am careening down into a terrible weight loss hole..... i think it will be o.k.

i am feeling great! starting to feel better about my body, and truly excited about the weight loss. i hope that i can continue with this momentum!! April 1 is 6 weeks away, and i would be so happy to have met my goal of 30 pounds in 3 months. 3 pounds a week sounds so good.

it has been easy so far, and i plan to start exercising this week....i wanted to get the food thing under control before i began the dreaded exercise. i have decided to exercise on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and saturday. these are the days i either don't work, or only work at night, so exercising in the morning won't be an issue.

i have sucked at ICLW this month, and i am truly sorry about it. i am hoping to catch up tonight and tomorrow afternoon..... to those who have stopped by to visit my blog, Thanks!!
I love the comments, and i will be stopping by your blogs as well!! :D

turns out the stomach virus is good for a diet

so the weekend away was good.....

great to see the family, great to see my SIL.... I love her so much and i am so happy she is with us and healthy ( she had a massive stroke last year, but is doing well! clearly a long post for another day.)

we drove to st. augustine on friday afternoon.... my niece was celebrating her 5th birthday, so we went to celebrate with everyone :D

spent friday night just hanging out with the kids.... DH is the perfect jungle gym for a 2 year old and a 5 year old!!

saturday i got to spend some time with SIL.... i miss her so much, and i am so happy she is doing well. then the big festivities..... Niece's birthday party. It was an art's and crafts party held in the classroom of Hobby Lobby.... it was super cute!! Face painting, and all the kids got to decorate tiara's/crown's. And then, DH stole the show...... he busted out some balloon animals for the kids!! i have no idea how DH knows how to make balloon animals, but he does it from time to time and it is always a hit.

sunday we went to breakfast... BIL was not feeling so hot, so we left shortly after breakfast and headed home (4 hour drive).

we both felt fine all day sunday, but i woke up around 5 in the morning on monday. things were not good. my stomach felt like it was being ripped apart. to put it nicely, it was coming from both ends. DH started to get sick shortly after me. we both missed work on monday and basically were bed ridden for the whole day.

turns out someone at the birthday party brought along a nasty virus. from what i have heard, about half the kids and adults were sick.

i am feeling so much better....thank the lord!! i have not been sick like that since i was a kid!

the silver lining...... weekly weight loss 2.8 pounds even after a major cheat day on saturday!! and then when i weighed myself this morning (after basically living on crackers for a day) another 2.8 pounds!!! whoooo hooooo!!

i am wearing my favorite michael kors pants that have been locked away in the closet for a while now!!! i know i might come back a little bit but still..... things are going well.

a healthier me

its time.

i gained 20 pounds in 2010. i also gained 20 pounds in 2009. i let those 20 pounds go because i also quit smoking in 2009..... i figured an extra 20 pounds was worth the not smoking.

but really, the extra 20 pounds plus another extra 20 pounds is 40 pounds of extra fatness... not good.

so i joined weight watchers again. i have done it before, and i know the deal. it's easy. and i like food way too much to not eat whatever i feel like eating. weight watchers gives you that freedom.

week one started on january 3rd. i weighed myself on sunday night, the 2nd. i weighed myself after eating a delicious prime rib dinner. (i know i should have weighed myself monday morning, but it's kind of like tricking myself into thinking i lost a little extra) :D
when i weighed myself yesterday morning i had lost 5.6 pounds!!! YAY!!! HOORAY FOR ME!!!

i have several goals on this weight loss journey...but, right now i am working towards april. april 1st is the day that i am again eligible for health insurance. april 1st is the day that i will call dr. d and tell him we are ready to unfreeze those beautiful little embabies and do the transfer!! so the goal for april 1st is 30 pounds.

i will do it..... i am ready.... i am creating a healthy place for our embabies.