My life as the Rotating Desk Organizer

1:05:47 PM EST

 Everyone out there is doing the weight loss thing.  I have to started (back in October though) and I have decided to do it in a new journal (just like everyone else)... Here is the link, please stop by and let me know what you think.....

http://journals.aol.com/ecco69/my-evil-ways/

Oh and on a personal PUBLIC note.... to little Miss Delta Burke in the great *CITY* of Mississippi....(you know who you are...Ruby Chick....)  I was just pissed that you ditched me...thats all.  I know you did what YOU had to do FOR YOU....sorry it took so long for me to get back to you.... hope you can forgive me!!!

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 2 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

2:56:47 PM EST

      Yes I know... its been way to long since I wrote.  So busy, but who isn't.  Work is crazy.  I now have a woman working for me.  Helping me out because there is just too much for me to do all by myself.  (it really cuts down the amount of time I am able to sit here and chat with my girls...lol).  They really need Evil to kick their butts now that it is  *cookie* season..lol 

 

          Today was the end of the Thanksgiving Challenge.  I lost 6.3 lbs this month.  That brings me to a total of 29.7 since the begining of September.  I have just 21.8 lbs to go until I reach my goal.  The girls over in my DIET group are the best!!!!! They keep me motivated and focused.  Without them I wouldn't be doing so well.  Thanks ladies!!!!!

 

    

       Today is my nephew/Godson's  CJ's 1st Birthday.... Isn't he cute with that red hair.  This was taken last month at his sisters 4th b-day.

 

   This picture was taken 3 weeks ago when me and my sister Julie (in the pink) went to California to visit my Grandmother.  She will be 93 next week.  I hadn't seen her in 8 years.  She is doing well.  We went to the beach that day.  A little cold for Cali, but hell of a lot warmer than NY.  Had a great time and learned that my sister is crazy and not going to be spending 3 days with her anytime soon...lol  Did have a lot of fun with my cousins though....if laughing so hard makes you burn calories... then that is how I lost the 6 lbs this month...lol

 

  Now is crunch time ladies.... the Christmas Holidays are upon us and it is NOT the time to just throw in the *diet* towel.  Waiting for the 1st of January to begin your *DIET* is NOT the answer.  Do you know how much weight you can gain by just saying you are going to wait until 2008 to begin.  I don't even want to think about it.  The least you can do is try to maintain the weight you are at now.  So not worth it to me to gain 10 lbs this month by eating a bunch of Ho Ho Cookies.... just to have to lose that 10 lbs and the rest of weight you have packed on.  So why not start TODAY.  Come join me and the rest of the girls over at THINCHICKS thinchicks@yahoogroups.com and join our weight loss Christmas challenge.  You have nothing to lose but weight!!! 

Till next time....

Evil/Christina

 

 

 

 

 

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 3 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

9:46:03 AM EDT

 

  Its over.... the Halloween challenge that has been going on for over a month has come to an end.  I LOST a total of 11.2 lbs.  WOO HOO FOR ME..... (doing the happy dance) Let me tell you.... it wasn't easy.  Lots of portion control and LOTS of time spent at the gym.  Working out sucks big time, but sure pays off.  

We are now ending this one, but starting the Thanksgiving challenge right where this one left off.  My goal is to lose 10 lbs by Thanksgiving.  FOCUS AND MOTIVATION is what it takes to keep me going.....(and of course pushing my girls around does help, even though they don't think so...lol)  Thanks for all the support girls and lets step it up cus the holidays are coming....

Evil

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 6 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

9:14:14 PM EDT

Another week has past in our DIET challenge.  Another loss for me and most of the girls.  I am on my own for the remainder of this challenge & have been for the past 2 weeks.  My partner had so stuff going on and figured why drag me down..... Ah she should know me better than that....  No one drags EVIL down....lol  I am the one that gives them the kick in the ass to work harder at the gym or just getting their butts moving....  (they actually hear me in their head yelling at them).... they must think I am *JILLIAN* or something...LMAO

I have lost 9 lbs so far for this challenge... I am down a total of 21.2 lbs  On my way to goal AND nothing is stopping me!!!!

Over at Thin Chicks I am partnered with Emmi.  Actually I didn't really have a choice.  I said I would join her group and she said YOU ARE MY PARTNER...lol  Guess she wants the daily ass kickin I dish out when you don't stay on plan and focused.  Why don't you ask her what I threatened to do to her when she said she had a SONIC BLAST (620 calories ) tonight.... OH and while you are at it...ask her what I threatened to do to her HUSBAND if he brought that SH*T in the house for her one more time..... CAN SOME ONE SAY ROAD TRIP?????? lol

Took the night off from the gym.  But back there first thing in the morning.  Hitting the weighs first before all the Big Beefy Guys get there and take over all the machines.  Geez, you should see them.... looking at themselves while they are pumping iron "oh yeah ladies... look at my muscles...."    Yeah enough to slap them and say "get over yourself and move over bitch"

 

 

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 4 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

12:36:25 PM EDT

Over in my D-I-E-T group, today is the end of the second week of our challenge.  I lost 3 lbs this week.  That is a total loss of 8.5 lbs so far.  I really have been working my butt off at the gym (6 days a week).  Results are showing and I have no intention of stoping now...... GO SEXY RED DEVILS.!!!!!!

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 4 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

9:57:37 AM EDT

Saturday was my daughter Samantha's 20th birthday.  It is hard to believe that I have a 20 year old in her 3rd year of college.  Where has the time gone??

This is Sam.... She wanted to get a tattoo and has been talking about it for a while.  She decided to get one on her foot, because she doesn't want it showing when she starts working.  Me and my best friend took her to get it.... The whole way there, she kept asking me if it was going to hurt.  I am not going to lie to her and say no it wouldn't.  I said that she is getting on a part of her body that doesn't have any *meat* on it, so it probably will.  I told her that once they started it, they couldn't stop.  She would just have to go through with it. 

 

Well let me tell you.  Me and my best friend laughed so hard the whole time.  Sam isn't the kind to *hold back* on what she is thinking....She let it known that IT HURT, and it hurt BAD... That girl, cursed at the guy for hurting her, dug her fingers into my hands to the point that I had to give her a magazine to squeeze the crap out of, otherwise I wouldn't be able to type this entry...lol.

At one point she says to me (in pain) "WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU, TO ALLOW YOUR DAUGHTER TO GET A TATTOO.  WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"

She also said that she is NEVER going to get another tattoo, ever again.... Yes I laughed at that one too and said.... "Yeah, wait till you give birth.... I said I wouldn't have another baby after the pain of giving birth to you and you have a brother and a sister...LMAO.

OMG... it was the funniest thing.... She survived and LOVES her new tattoo

I have been going to the gym RELIGIOUSLY everyday.  I am in that challenge with my girls and kicked major butt last week and there is NO WAY IN HELL going to let anyone beat me this week. (yes I know... I have competitive issues..lol)  Worked out with weights on Sunday and Monday.... now I am paying for it.  It even hurts when I sit....(didn't know I had muscles in my ASS...lol) 

 AHHH... this is the bitch part of working out.  I HATE washing my hair after I work out.  I sweat so much and my hair gets all gross.  I wish I could cut it all off to make my life easier.... BUT I HATE SHORT HAIR on me!!!  The things us girls have to deal with to look beautiful...lol.

Have a great day ladies and will update on Friday to let you all know how we did this week in the challenge!!!

 

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 5 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

8:01:33 PM EDT

Hey Everyone....Today was weigh in day for me and my *SEXY RED DEVIL* partner Erica in the Challenge over in our D-I-E-T group.  All I can say is..... WE KICKED THE SNOT OUT OF OUR COMPETITION !!!! (actually Sherry said that, but thought is was good enough to use it)  I lost a total of 5.8 lbs this week and my girl did just as well.  (i am sure she will tell you as soon as her computer gets fixed).  I started out Tuesday morning at 174.3 and today I am 168.5  I didn't deny myself anything I wanted.  I didn't starve myself....  I used portion control.  Drank my water (about 60 oz a day) and did a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio each day.  I am really happy with my results and it gives me the motivation to stay focused.

I have a question for you ladies out there.  If someone is eating 1500 calories a day and burning 400 calories doing cardio, doesn't it make sense NOT to eat 400 more to bring your calorie count back up to 1500.  Isn't it technically eating 1900 calories and a sure fired guarauntee NOT to lose weight??? Does that make sense???

 

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 5 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

1:28:12 PM EDT

 So last night I was watching The Biggest Loser and was thinking (the same damn thing as Sherry).  What the hell is with all of the *LOW* weight loses on all the teams.  I mean really.  If I was working out 3-4 hours a day like them, I would be losing double digits.  I even said to my daughter Lucy that the reason they aren't losing lots of weight is because they are eating too much.  Yes they are probably eating a lot healthier foods, but they are eating too much of it.  I know they are!!!

 I got a new girl in the office with me to help with all my work.  She goes to the same gym as Eric (the winner of TBL last year) He said that while they are on the Ranch,  they work out 3-4 hours a day.  So I am sure that you need your energy to sustain exercise like that, but you know and I know when it comes down to it.  To lose weight, you need to cut back on the AMOUNT of food you consume! RIGHT?!?!?

 

 Me and the girls over in the group are doing another challenge.  I think we all had a very rough summer (most of us in the group) with a lot of family issues.  More than you can imagine.  It was all time for us to pull up our big girl panties and get serious about losing this weight, once and for all!!  I personally started a while ago, but go sick and kind of just stalled out.  I didn't gain back the weight , just maintained it.  Now that I am back to feeling better and back from my trip from Florida.  I am back on track ... yet again..lol. 

 

 I was telling my girls in the group that I let my daughter Lucy join the gym with me.  Lucy is 12 years old and she DOESN'T have a weight problem. 

   (i am the lucky one and the ONLY one in the house out of 5 people, that has a weight problem...lol) My son asked me why does she need to join the gym.....

My Response.... because I want her to have healthy exercise habits and make exercise a part of her life so that she doesn't go through what I go through EVERY SECOND OF EVERYDAY!!!

We need to teach our kids from the time they are little to have exercise (any kind of movement)  part of their everyday life.  Just like brushing your teeth every day, you need to exercise everyday!!!

Besides.... that little bugger can out run me on the treadmills and THAT CRAP HAS GOT TO STOP.  I am NOT going to let a 12 year old run faster than ME at the gym....lol (a little healthy competition between a mom and her daughter)lol

Todays weight... 172.2

Have a great day!!!

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 5 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

11:30:17 AM EDT

I want to hear from all you people out there who have struggled with their weight..... WHAT IS OR WAS YOUR BREAKING POINT??? When do you say enough is enough... and then FINALLY do something about it...

I always stay within my 20 lbs range.  I always flip between 160 and 180.  Mostly hover around 170.  But one day about 6 weeks ago... I hit an all time high of 186.5  I almost fell off the scale and cried uncontrollably.  How could this of happened???  How did I let this happen???  I YELLED.... ***I AM LESS THAN 15 LBS FROM BEING IN THE 200'S***  That was my *BREAKING POINT*  It was the day that I said enough is enough.  I have GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 

 I said I am going to eat right......

 Go to the gym and start back up with cardio and weights. 

 Drink water.. (lol don't we all feel like this...) 

I had to make a LIFE CHANGE.  Not do all this stuff for the moment... but do this stuff everyday for the rest of my life.  And I have been.  I am down 17.6 lbs as of this morning.  The only way to do it is slow and steady.  Don't get me wrong.  The first week I was dropping like 1.5 lbs a day.  Hell I thought *WOW I am going to get to my goal in NO TIME*...lol

             

 Yeah.. the *scale gods* have something else planned.  They weren't going to let me get off that easy.  So I have been taking it one day at a time and NOT focusing on how well or bad I did the day before.... Just STAYING IN THE MOMENT.   Don't get me wrong.  My weight does go up and down...(you know us girls and the TOM we get.) but so does the weight training I do.  I never lose my focus and just keep going NO MATTER WHAT THE SCALE SAYS.  This time, I am going for it!!! 

So, have any of you had a moment when you said *what the hell did I do to myself* and finally DID something about it? 

Christina

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 3 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

8:29:41 AM EDT

Yesterday started our Challenge.  I am so excited to start bossing these girls around to start losing weight...<VBEG>  Seems like so much has happened to each and every one of us this summer.  Now its time to kick things into high gear and no one better to do that than ME.  (the girls are a little afraid, cus I get in their face and don't take ANY excuses from them....lol)  Its time to really focus, get to the basics of portion control, healthy food choices, drinking water and moving your ass to break a sweat.  We all know this works, so now its time TO DO IT!!!

I am down 16.1 lbs so far, and 1.6 from last week. I did start a weight lifting routine, so don't expect to really see too much on the scale front, as far as a weight loss, (water retention from working on your muscles) but took my measurements to judge that way, plus the way my clothes fit.  So we will see what happens.  Just wanted to say good luck to eveyone who is willing to let me kick their ass into shape for the next 6 weeks!!!

Tonight is THE BIGGEST LOSER.  I am so excited and can't wait to watch it.  Jillian is a great kick butt trainer.  She's HOT!!! lol

Today Donna goes for her Liver Biopsy.  She is scared and nervous.  Nothing like getting a needle stuck through your stomach, into your liver and have a piece pulled out.  Nice huh???  I am hoping for the best and that her Hepatitis C is not that bad.  If she starts the meds to cure it, she will have to stay on it for almost a year.  The meds make you feel like you have the flu.  (Can you imagine having the flu for 1 year????)  Will give you an update as soon as we know.  Have a great day.....

Christina

Written by ecco69 Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 3 comments: Show Recent | Add your own