Heres to a new me......

All About Me

I'm 27 years old and live in Appleton, WI. This is the year I get my act together and lose the rest of this weight. I like to create jewlery with beads. If you are looking for something, let me know. I'm always looking for new projects. :)

Starting Weight:

I'm thankful for the support that I have. Especially for my Darlin Diva who is making the same journey.

I like to joke around. If I offend you, I'm not sorry. Afterall, this is MY piece of the web.

I'm a movie buff. I like quotes. I like inspirational stories. I'm into cars. I like to race cars. I like to travel. I like piercings and tattoos. I like to clearance shop.

Never let someone else tell you how to live or think.

I can't stand: slow drivers, stupid people, no common sense

I'm an accounting student, working on my 2 year degree.

I'm a fiesty and fun redhead that likes to have fun.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Slacking, ER, and Lack of Sleep

Quiet

Last night I got a desperate call for help at 9:20 from a friend that lives an hour and 20 minutes. He needed to go to the ER and wasn't able to drive himself. His roomies were working, his parents weren't going to drive the 2 hours to take him, and he called me for help. I made the decision to take him, because he needed the help. We got to the hospital at 11 and didn't leave until almost 2. After I dropped him off at his apartment, I tried so hard to make the drive home. I made it as far as Oshkosh and I had to pull off to sleep for a few minutes. I finally laid my head on my pillow at 4 and had to be up no later than 7 for work. He ended up having to go back today, but he caught it while he could still drive. (Thank goodness because I wasn't going to be able to make that trip again on so little sleep.) He was finally diagnosed with migraines, and for anyone else that has them, knows how bad they can be. After 4 days with this one he finally agreed with my pleaing to him to go to the doctor.

I'm sitting here writting this, sad, and very tired. I'm going to be going to bed very shortly, and skipping the gym tomorrow. I really need to catch up on my sleep. I haven't been remembering to journal all my food, but I'm making a very big effort to stay within what I know are my points. I also haven't been logging my exercise in the Darlin Divas journal(Sorry Tia!). I haven't had a day under 10k in steps lately, and have been closer to 20k. I'm still working on everything, I promise!

On a good note, I went shopping for some jeans last night. My 24s are falling off, my 22s were starting to get big, so I decided to tempt fate and try those 20s on. THEY FIT!! I was so happy I did a little happy dance right there in the dressing room. I decided to tempt fate once more and try the 18s I brought along as a joke. THEY FIT TOO!! However, they were a little uncomfy to sit in, so I oppted for the 20s because I really needed them right away. I'm sooo close to being out of the plus size clothes, I can taste it. I'm able to fit in Misses XL shirts now, in just a short time I will be in 18s. My scale isn't moving much, but the inches are coming off. Inches are better than pounds right now in my eyes.

I'm signing off now, and will try to writemore often.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Frustration

Frustrated

Yesterday was my first day back to the gym. I didn't push myself as hard as I feel I should have. I didn't want to be overly sore. I'm going to push myself harder tomorrow and see how hard I can go. I'm thinking about getting some of the exercise dancing dvds, but I'm having a hard time justifying them. I have a rather large collection of exercing vhs/dvds that are collecting dust right now.

Here I am, all set tonight to go back to Weight Watchers. I was just going to do the weekly fees because cash is a little tight right now. I checked the website for the meeting times, just to find out they raised the weekly rates again. So I don't think I'll be going back to WW for a while. End of February I will have all my bills paid off, so we will see then.

For now I will be counting calories/points. I really feel that with the support of my friends and family, I can lose the weight on my own. My biggest challenge right now is cutting calories and still feeling full. I think I'm eating at my desk out of boredom more than anything right now. I'm increasing my veggies in a big way. Today for example, I had a banana with my breakfast, orange on first break, apple with my lunch, cherries and an apple for afternoon snack. Is this fruit overload? I haven't decided yet. I'm really trying to stay away from the vending machine, but so far not quite as successful as I had hoped I would be.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

First Entry

Chillin'

Well...here it is. The first entry of my first journal. It took me forever to take this first step, and I'm not sure why. This is my little piece of the web, to vent, cry, praise, celebrate, etc. I'm new to this.

I'm using this as a place to vent and maybe make some new friends. I'm currently on my journey from fat to fab. I've been doing well, and took about 2 weeks off from the diet and exercise routine. Between holidays and family emergencies, I just had to break for a bit. Did I gain some back? Yes, but not as much as I had feared I had.

This is a new year, and I'm working on the new me. I have a diet/exercise/weight loss journal that I will be doing with my partner in crime, Tia. You are going to probably see her name alot in here. Shes been a big help in my journey this far.

I'm going to keep my first entry short. If you are reading this and in the same boat, please feel free to email me. I'm always looking for other people working on themselves to chat with.

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