Two days down

I have SO much to do this week, I can't even hardly think straight. I am just trying to take it one day at a time. I figured that was the best way to prioritize everything; what needs to be done today. Sad, really, because a few of the items on my "to do" list involve study, research, and pondering, and although there is a certain time frame and it will be "over," it isn't just a one time event. I don't even know if that makes sense. Just know, that if I don't work on those things while completing the rest of my to-do list then I will not likely do well on those things. (I know, I just cleared that right up, didn't I)

Today was my brother, Cody's birthday. I threw him a surprise party with several friends. Unfortunately, someone gave the surprise away. However, he didn't know there would be so many people, so it all worked out. It was fun.

Unfortunately, that took up my evening. That and taking him shopping to spend all his money. Can we count that as exercise? I wish. Another "unfortunate" thing for me was the fact that the party was at an all-you-can-eat pizza place. Thankfully I know how to monitor myself. I had a big salad and 3 small slices of pizza. I was weak, but considering it was all you can eat, I thought I did pretty good. I also had a small piece of cake. Dang, but I wish I could have exercised!


Breakfast:

• Cereal

Lunch:

• Leftover chicken and yams

Dinner:

• Salad and pizza

Snacks:

• 2 protein bars
• Cake

A new way to warm up

Tonight I was sitting in my living room and I was feeling awefully cold. My feet were especially chilled. Normally, that is when I'd take a nice, relaxing hot bath to get warm. However, tonight I decided to try something new. I exercised. Amazingly, that did the trick! I'm warm!

Breakfast:

• Cereal

Lunch:

• Peanut butter and honey sandwich

Dinner:

• Chicken
• Yams
• Corn

Snacks:

• Protein bar
• Special K cereal bar

I may need to do something drastic

I fell asleep in the chair again. The problem is, not only am I lazy, but I'm a procrastinator as well, which is a baaaad combination. So, yeah. I may need to come up with something drastic to kick my bum out of the chair at night and go to bed! I'll have to think about that one....

Anyway, not much to report for Sunday besides my food consumption:


Breakfast:

• 2 protein bars (I was running super late to do anything more than that)

Lunch:

• Leftover salmon
• Black beans and tortilla chips

Dinner:

• Mustardy chicken
• Corn

Snacks:

• Trifle 

I'm on a roll!

Two nights in a row. Wow. That's pretty impressive for me. :)

Okay, I didn't do much today towards my new contest. I did, however, make the best choice I could for dinner tonight (aside from not going out at all). I went to the Outback with my family tonight. That sounds a little ominous for weight loss, don't you think? Well, on their menu, there are a few meals with an option to make it a little more healthy. I don't know what they do, but the menu claims it's only 500 calories (I'm sure that's just the main dish calories). I got salmon, veggies and a salad (with dressing on the side....and I'm not a big fan of their ranch, so I used just enough to make it have a little flavor and not be dry). The salmon was delicious.....moist and flavorful (but not the usual Outback "spicy" flavorful...which is good, cause I can't handle much spice at all). The veggies were soooo good! There were pea pods, squash, carrots and broccoli. Really, really yummy (is it weird that I like veggies so much? It sure is to me!). Okay...I did have some bread too....with butter....but, I thought I did pretty good for eating out. Oh, and I didn't eat all my salmon. I brought some home for lunch tomorrow.

So, just a random thought.....my bra doesn't fit. Isn't that fabulous??!!?! It is, and yet it's not. See, I ordered a new one on the internet (that's really the only place I can find any that fit). I got a size smaller both in band and in cup. It fits fabulous in the band, but I haven't quite made it that far to the smaller cup size. It's so frustrating! I want to wear a bra that fits in the worst way!!! So, I'm stuck with what I've got for a while, because it's much worse to wear a cup too small than a band too big! What's even more frustrating, is the particular bra I have been wearing does not come in the smaller band size. This was the smallest band size available. Buggy.

On a side note...I've been in this kind of situation before. I've been kind of in between sizes. Sometimes I could wear the smallest of the bigger "women's size" clothing, but sometimes I could get away with the largest of the "normal" clothing. Does it seem like men have it so much easier? They know their measurements and they can walk into a store and purchase something off the rack without even having to try it on. So not fair!

And on another side note...why the HECK do they charge $2 more for larger sizes? I mean, really! I do believe they try to get away with it using the excuse that it uses more material, but that doesn't make sense at all!!! If the cost of the clothing is relative to the amount of material used, then why do baby clothes cost so much....or bikinis for that matter? It's so stupid!!!

Okay. I'm off that particular soap box for now.

Breakfast:

• Some kind of earth-friendly, organic, healthy for you, packaged in recycled cardboard cereal. I can't remember what it's called.

Lunch:

• Hot dog
• Little tortilla rollup thingies
• Strawberries, grapes and kiwi

Dinner:

• Salmon
• Veggies
• Salad
• Bread

Snacks:

• Protein bar
• A few Swedish Fish

And the winner is.....

ME!!!

Can you believe it? Of course you can't. Y'all thought I fell off the wagon and blew the whole Biggest Loser contest. Admit it. I don't blame you. I mean, how could you think otherwise when I never update my blog???

I apologize.

Anyway. Yeah. I won our contest! I was pretty dang excited. And it was really, super close! It was like a photo finish! It was like Michael Phelps winning that gold medal just because his opponent cut his fingernails the morning of the big race. My final weightloss percentage was 12.55. The person neck and neck with me....12.22. Isn't that crazy??? It was like the real show. When it is a matter of one pound. Wow.

I must admit I was quite disappointed with my final weigh-in though. Wait. Let me go back a bit. I just remembered that you don't know how I did last week. I ended up losing 3 pounds...202.....for a total of 29 pounds. Today when I weighed in, it said 202. *frown* So, I tried it again....203. Oh, no! That would never do! I tried it a couple more times with 203. Then I decided to try Horton's trick (from Horton Hears a Who) I took a deep breath, held it, and stepped back on the scale. 202!!!! Wahoo!!! (I tried holding my breath a couple times with the same result...I think I'm gonna have to remember that trick). So, my final, final weight loss was 29 pounds. Do you realize how irritating that is?? I mean, really? Bah!

So. Yeah. I won $250, so I'm over the irritation. How cool is that? I'm gonna save to go towards a new wardrobe. I'm going to combine it with the $500 I'm gonna win next time. That's right. We're starting again. We've got a couple more friends who are joining us (a total of 6 of us) and we've upped the anty to $100 each. Wowsers! Kathi is convinced that she is going to win, but she's wrong. It will be me. However, I know her. She is going to be a force to be reconed with! Did you watch the Biggest Loser when Ali won? Remember how she had been voted off, lost tons of weight at home then was able to come back, kept losing tons of weight and ended up winning the whole thing? That would be Kathi. Did you watch the episode with Tara? Remember how she won all the challenges, even with major disadvantages. That would be Kathi. No matter, though. Tara didn't win that season. The winner will be me this time! Bwahahahaha!!!

Anyway, I'm fired up. I'm ready to go. I had ice cream tonight so I could start again tomorrow. Hehe.

Here are the first and final numbers and pictures for this particular contest. Couple things to note:

1. Lost at least 0.25 inches.....everywhere!!!!
2. Take a look at how much was lost in the bust!!!

Date...................1/4/10..........4/30/10............Total Lost

Neck...........................14.5................13.75.....................0.75

Right Arm..................15....................14.75....................0.25

Left Arm.....................16...................15.........................1

Bust............................52....................46.........................6 <---WAHOO!!!!

Midriff........................40...................37.75....................2.25

Waist..........................43...................39.5......................3.5

Tummy..........................51.5.................47.75....................3.75

Hips...........................53.75...............50.........................3.75

Right Thigh................28...................26.5......................1.5

Left Thigh..................28...................26.75....................1.25

Right Calf..................15.5.................14.75...................0.75

Left Calf.....................15.5.................14.75..................0.75

Total Inches..............372.75..............347.25.................25.5

Weight.....................231....................202.......................29

Percentage Lost..........................................................12.55%

And pictures:

What's that? You want to see just the before and after pictures together? Okay....

And, how about the much missed progress chart....