I did what now?

 I didn't work out yesterday, and when I stepped on the scale this morn it said I was up 4 lbs. Fuck that noise! Of course, since I was 180 the day before, no way this is "real" weight. But, it did make me think about my missed workout. It was then I decided. I would do it today and I would do it twice. Yes. Twice. TWICE. This may be the norm for crazy people like Fat Daddy, but for me this is a foray into unknown territory. 

Yeahh bitches! First time ever. 

Now I am sitting here with a pain between my shoulder blades, but it was WORTH IT. 

And, there was also a NSV! I haven't worn my Gap jeans in about 2 weeks, and when I put them on today and went about my bidness, they kept on falling down! Not drastically, mind you, but enough that I felt the need to tug them up at annoying intervals. So I did some a'measurin ('cause that's the kind of inquiring mind I have) and discovered I have lost an INCH off my hips! Woo! Does this mean that one day (perhaps 10 lbs from now) I might fit into a size 10?!?!? The mind reeeeeeels! 

Soo...I am thinking that I am down:

5 inches from bust

4 inches from under bust

4 inches from waist

5 inches from hips

3.5 from thighs

3 inches from arms

Cooolness. 

I wanted to give a shout out to Tiffany at From 12 to 6. I have been enjoying the heck out of her blogs. She's one of those super-bloggers that actually posts pics of food and recipes and shit like that (you don't want my recipes...for reals). She's also back to counting points and kicking ass at that, so if you need some inspiration...go forth and read! 

In other news, my girl at The long hard road out of hell is now my partner in crime! Hey partner! We are helping each other in our journey here. I have to say, if I hadn't told her this morning that I was gonna work out twice today, I probably never would have! See, already working. :)  That reminds me though, that doing this thing would be so much harder without all you fabulous bloggers and non-bloggers who read my blog, and especially those who comment. I am a comment whore. Please comment. It feeds my insatiable need for attention. 

FEED MY INSATIABLE NEED!!! 

I am hoping that the scale will be slightly kinder for my official weigh-in day tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath...wait...does holding your breath help when on the scale? Hmmm. 

Later!

EEK more poetry! Oh, and some weight stuff too.

Ok ladies and gents, I took a lil' blogging break, and yes, an exercise break and now I am back!I know you missed all this charm and wit.  Two days rest was odd. I haven't done this thing before unless I had a lot of shit going on and couldn't work out. Part of me feels like it was a fail...and part of me feels like I needed it. Blah. Whatever. I am back to working out every day until maybe Monday. Rock that shit.

I weighed in a little heavy this morn. Hoping that will go down before Monday, but it won't be getting me down. No siree. 

Let me welcome another lovely follower. She's from the U.K. and having a baby! So check out her blog here, and see what she has to say. 

So I was thinking yet again of my silly self at 16 thinking I was fat. I was 5' 10 and 159 lbs. I had a BMI of 22.8 I honestly thought I was a BIG girl. I saw my friends weights at 125, 130 and I just couldn't believe how heavy I was! What a heifer, right? Ha! I want to just slap that girl. Why couldn't someone have just told me I was the perfect weight for my height! That I was supposed to weigh more because I was five inches taller than my friends! It never occurred to me. Ever. I just wish I could go back and talk to that girl. Tell her.

If I could Talk Me at 16

I would say

Get it out of your head that 

You are fat

You are beautiful

Stop comparing

Yourself to others

You are beautiful

You are tall and strong

Look in the mirror

You are beautiful

Don't listen to

Amazon or thunder thighs

(Boys are stupid)

You are beautiful

See you as I see you now

See the truth

You are beautiful

That is all.  

Crazy day

Hey all. So today was interesting to say the least. This morning one of the students at my school collapsed, unconscious and had to be taken away by ambulance. The admin wisely had us hold the kids in our classrooms as this happened just before recess. We sat in 'lockdown' 20 minutes or so, and the paramedics were able to take the boy away without 1000 kids milling around. Of course speculation abounded. The kids had the info sent around the school in about 10 seconds flat, I might add. Cell phones. Curse them. The staff then got together to hear what the situation was. We had to be very mindful of the boy's friends, who may be upset, and any other student who witnessed his collapse, or just found the whole thing upsetting. We also had to make sure to quell the rumours floating around. I was really impressed with how the staff and admin handled everything. They had the ambulance there very quickly and they evacuated that classroom immediately so there wasn't a crowd of kids watching everything. There were a few students through the day who seemed hard hit. It was really tough not knowing very much about how he was doing. Eventually we got word that he was 'responding', so that was good news. I had a discussion about it with my gr. 10 class since most of them knew the student. They were quiet and thoughtful throughout our talk. I was so impressed with them...such a great group of kids. It's so scary to have a student have a medical crisis in school. We are responsible for the health and safety of every single one of those 1000 kids, and many of them have chronic health issues, severe allergies, etc. I hope I never have to see a child collapse in my room! 

Anyway, stressful day today, that's for sure. 

I am taking a day of rest today. I noticed that my legs were really sore yesterday, and my back muscles were acting up a bit. I have to remember to let my body rest here! 

So my weigh-in yesterday was exactly what I expected. My body can't be original, refreshing or new. Nope. Threw that 180 back at me once again. I just hope this isn't the beginning of another plateau from hell! If it is, I guess I will just have to put my big girl panties on and get through it. 

I wonder if I can meet my goal by Christmas. Hmmm. I am not really worried about the feasting around that time. I think that I have eating down pretty well...portion control, healthier choices. If I don't deprive myself of everything, and let myself taste bits of things, I won't feel deprived. Which reminds me, I have been SO happy with my lack of craving for my nemesis, the baked goods. It used to be something I would just stew over....think about...want....and then finally cave.  I'd go bake a cake and eat half. I can't count how many times I burned my mouth on gooey, cakey goodness because I was too impatient to let it cool off. Must stuff in face NOWWWW! Or better yet cookies, 'cause, well, the batter! I haven't had that craving in a lonnng time. Fo shizzle. 

I'm keeping on here, folks. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow. 

Girl with the pearl earring...move on over!

I don't normally post on a Sunday, but hey, gonna walk on the wild side here. Plus, I may not get a chance tomorrow due to my MIL's b-day dinner. Mmm Greek food! 

I am very proud to report that I didn't eat even ONE piece of Halloween candy this year. Yeahh! I wish this was due to superhuman feats of willpower, but it was rather the lack of exposure to said sugary badness. For some reason, the gods of weight loss were smiling upon me and set not a single piece in my path! Luckily, too, we don't get trick-or-treaters here, so no need to buy that shit and have it in the house! Bonus! 

The scale is still stuck on repeat, as expected. Yay. But, I am working out, eating well. My cupboard ransacking hunger craze yesterday only resulted in me eating a 250 calorie meal-replacement bar, so it could have been worse! 

Oh, and check out this coolness. Today at the mall the husband and I were getting lunch, and I was across the food fair from him (went to Subway and tried the flatbread- and Jessie's right, totally tasty!). When I got back to the table, he says to me, "You know, I didn't see you over there at first. I looked right at you and didn't recognize you from behind! It wasn't until I saw your Beatles bag, that I realized it was you. You look so THIN!" 

I just looked at him with this big smile. What a cool thing for him to tell me! He's said before that he'll just look at me and almost be stunned at how different I look. I love that he constantly tells me that he has always thought I looked good. :) Mega brownie points for him! 

I also did something rather impulsive today. I have not been able to wear earrings for quite some time now. I decided in my 20s that I didn't like my ears, or the way earrings look in them. I let the holes grow over and haven't really thought of it since. Today, I saw some cute earrings and thought, hey, I kinda wish I could wear these. Now, I coulda gone all hardcore and just shoved those suckers onto my ears....but I'm not so big with the self-inflicted pain. We decided to just search the mall for an ear-piercing place and do that shit right. 

Et viola! 

(Hint: check out the ear)

I should be able to wear different earrings by x-mas. Helloooo Christmas presents! I have to say I wouldn't have done this 40 lbs ago. My feeling is that it's confidence. I am feeling WAYYY more confident in how I look these days, so it seemed silly to me to be hung up on my perceived ear-flaws when I just wanted to wear cute earrings! Jason said he's noticed a definite increase in the confidence area. I would say this is a definite NSV! 

Here's to a good week...full of healthy food and exercise!