KICK ASS!

I went in for my first Weight Watchers weigh-in tonight.

I have started my weight-loss with 2.4 pounds!

It's not much and probably would have been a little more except I had a few beers on Friday and Saturday night. Granted I stuck to light beer but who knows how many points Jagermeister will turn out to be. Between the beer, the chips and salsa, two dance recitals (and no healthy food at the concessions) and going out to dinner on Sunday night, I think 2.4 pounds is still good.

Since my WW place is closed on Memorial Day, I plan to weigh in a few days early on Friday. Then, maybe I can enjoy my Memorial Weekend up at the cabin with fishing, family and food.

KICK ASS!

~xoxo~

Weight Watchers has me by the balls.

It's okay though ~ I need it.

I'm headed in to day four of my first week back on the WW bandwagon. So far, so good. I've been walking every day (which still hurts due to the Jagermeister incident a few weekends ago). I have been going over on my points but only by a few. I figure it's the first week so that will happen. I went grocery shopping today and bought food ONLY for me. A couple of Smart Ones meals, some Healthy Choice french bread and a kick ass Lean Cuisine pizza. I had it tonight and damn...good stuff. It was the Roasted Garlic Chicken pizza. YUMMY IN MY TUMMY!! Mister Hunzer would have to disagree and say that it was bad on my bowels...poor fella. Got his ass kicked in the Dutch Oven Playoffs tonight.

I bought a bunch of the 100 calorie snack packs of various treats. I realize it's probably a big marketing ploy and it will work against me in the long run but for now, I'm digging these snack packs. The ones I have tried so far have been GOOD and only TWO POINTS each! I tried the Sunchips one (in cheddar, of course) and the Hostess Cupcake one. You get three TEENY TINY chocolate cupcakes in the package but they are too cute to resist. Damn good too.

I've been eating a lot of fruit ~ LOVE bananas. I eat them so much that I'm expecting a monkey to come flying out of my ass any day now.

The hardest parts for me are:

1) eating breakfast
and
2) eating five small meals a day versus three large ones.

I'm not a breakfast person but I have been making myself eat breakfast this week. Mister bought me some Special K cereal with chocolate bits in it. Frankly, it tastes like shit. Sorry hun ~ I know you were trying to help. I'm a SK Red Berries kind of gal. Next time think "Chocolate equals poop. Red Berries equals a hot sweaty shag fest."

The "five small meals" deal is a little difficult when you have five other mouths to feed and they can eat whatever the FUCK THEY WANT TO EAT AND DO IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WHICH MAKES YOU WANT TO SCREAM.

(I'm not bitter. Or jealous. No, not at all.)

I kid ~ but honestly, trying to remember to eat five small meals on top of trying to get everyone else fed and all that jazz is not the easiest thing in the world for me. But I will prevail.

Oh ~ and thanks to you girls for recommending the Skinny Cow and WW desserts. I had completely forgotten about those so I stocked up at the grocery store today. Now I just need to figure out a way to hide the chest freezer so the kids don't dip into my stash...

Later lovelies!

~xoxo~

(PS ~ Sara girl, thanks for the audible.com idea. I will be surfing that tonight for sure!)

Losing that Ass ~ Week One

Hey kids.

I joined Weight Watchers again. I did WW after my second child was born and was very successful at it. I was also nursing him exclusively at the same time so between the nursing, the diet and the exercise, the weight just fell off of me.

This time it will be more difficult. I'm not exclusively nursing my infant son...in fact, he only nurses once a day (when he first wakes up). I'm thirty years old versus twenty-six years old. I want to lose 30 pounds versus 20 pounds. I'm taking Lexapro for anxiety whereas I was not taking it when I lost the weight the first time.

Even with the odds stacked against me, I know I can do this. I bought a monthly pass for the meetings because frankly, I need to pay to weigh. If I have to do it myself, I will not lost one pound.

I've been pretty good since this started yesterday. I went for a 40 minute walk today with one of the hounds while listening to James Patterson's "Step on a Crack".

That brings me to my next subject...audiobooks. WHERE have I been? I was hesitant to try audiobooks because I thought I would be bored. I downloaded my first one last week ~ "Mary Mary" by James Patterson. I listened to it during my drive down to Little Rock and on the way back from Little Rock. I'm in love with the concept of audiobooks!

This was one helluva boring ass entry but hey ~ I can't be entertaining ALL of the time.

When I hit my goal weight, I will be posting a before and after picture. I already know which "before" picture I will use. It will be the one of me and Aaron Lewis from his show in March.

I would love to hit my 10% goal by the time I see Staind in July. Send good luck vibes my way!


(Fuck man, I would KILL for a bowl of ice cream right now. UGH!)

xoxo

People of the Internets...

meet the String.

Yes, it's just a fucking string. But this string holds importance to me. I hope to see this string start shrinking in size each week.

You see, I had a baby boy 11 weeks ago. While I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight and all that jazz, I'm not comfortable with myself AT ALL. If you have had a baby, you know that things shift afterwards and you look completely different post-baby, even if you weigh the same as when you GOT pregnant.

About ten days ago, I had surgery to take care of some complications from my c-section. I finally feel somewhat normal for the first time since I found out I was pregnant. I have energy again!!

Yet my body disgusts me. Annex sent me her pics from our trip to Burbank. Yeah, I'm a real fucking hottie. GAG There is nothing like seeing your self in photos to really show how nasty you are.

I have a plan in action to start working out and toning the bod. I don't want to diet beacuse I'm nursing. When you are breastfeeding, you are actually supposed to increase your daily caloric intake by 300-500 calories. Cutting calories is a big no-no.

I don't have a scale. Scratch that. I *do* have a scale but it's broken and really needs to be thrown in the garbage. I refuse to buy another one. I don't want to have access to my weight at any given moment.

This is where the String comes in.

I took this string and wrapped it around my waist. This is the circumference of my waist right now. As I work out, I hope to be chopping off bits of this string on a weekly basis. Some day I will measure this string but for now, I like that I do not know the actual measurement.

So wish me luck on this endeavor. Based on my latest weight at the doc's office, I figure I could stand to lose about 20 pounds and still maintain a healthy weight for me and for the baby.

~ My Elliptical Machine is no longer a clothing rack.
~ My 32oz. jug from the hospital (says "Maternity" on it...lol) will be filled with water throughout the day
~ I'm starting my dance classes again on January 3rd ~ tap, jazz and hip-hop. That means I will be dancing and conditioning for two hours every Wednesday night. I had to take a year off of dancing because of school and then the baby. I'm ready to start it again. I miss dancing. Especially tap. I love tap!!
~ I have a new Pilates DVD and Ball. I could take Pilates at my dance studio but that will put me there an extra hour on top of my two hours per week and my daughter's hour each week.
Plus I queef like crazy when I do Pilates. Kind of embarrassing in a group situation.


I'll say it again...men have it so fucking easy.