Sunday, January 31, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Happy Birthday to Me

Holding steady at about 122 (+ .4 over LDW given the new girls). Oh, I feel SO much better not having the pressure of losing right now.

I had a great birthday. I got this kick ass new toaster, fab-o fluffy socks, assorted green teas, bath stuff, and a great 2010 calendar from Astrology Zone with all the important dates marked.

We went to dinner and had Italian style pizza, soup, and gelato. I left full and happy. :)

Hope it's a great day for you!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

tee-hee... bacon...

Yea, remember that whole avoid sodium thing? Heh. Bacon and eggs for dinner.

My husband took the kids out last night to buy me a birthday cake and presents and brought home some chili infused chocolate as well... and I'm afraid I couldn't resist it, so much for the low carb deal as well.

I'm up to 122.3 today, and I've made a decision. I've told my fitness program that I want to maintain this weight. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I was feeling so much pressure from the program it was stressing me out. :) I know what I'm doing and how to release these 5 or so pounds without the program, so as I release, I will simply tell the program to maintain that new weight. Pressure gone. I am still a little swollen, I weigh what I did when I met my husband, I wear a 4, and I'm healthy. Yes, I would love to be 117 pounds, but I won't stake my happiness on that. I'm still healing and priority #1 has to be my health and feeding my body what it needs to repair itself. I have HCG on its way and can do another short round in May, if I need or want to.

Breakfast? Coffee with half and half and a slice of Julian Bread with butter. Divine.

On a completely separate subject, I have set my DVR to record the Tyra Bank's Show today. It's about a 7 year old and an 8 year old who are transgender. My nephew was born a girl but we always knew the day would come when he'd say he was actually a boy. So far I'm really impressed with how his friends have accepted him as a boy. He's even had a girlfriend (he's 15). I think this is one of the most misunderstood conditions. Hopefully the show will help people to understand that it isn't about being gay (which I am also supportive of), it's about being another gender entirely.

My nephew wants to get the hormone treatments as soon as he can, but his father is resistant unfortunately. He is also saving money for an operation to change his sex officially. I spent about as much on myself to enhance my femininity. I hope to figure out how to raise money for him when the time comes.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

THAT'S better. -2.5 pounds

I've just set the pot of water on for more green tea. :) In counting calories, I went WAY over but the steaks and tea did the trick. 121.5 today. If I can eat clean, clean, clean and get my water/tea in, I am confident I'll continue to move in the right direction with the scale. I am worried though that I'm not getting enough fiber so I think I'll have some julian bread today and see how that goes. Well, maybe tomorrow. I don't want to rock the boat! Lesson learned when trying to release... AVOID SODIUM! I love those chicken balls but I simply have to wait until I'm at or under LDW.

My son has a field trip to one of the local TV stations today. Yesterday they did some kind of weather experiment in their class and then were quizzed on it. A few kids, my son included, got 100% of the quiz correct. That gave those students an opportunity to write an essay about the experiment and two of those would be chosen to do the noon weather report on TV. So proud to say my son is one of the two! Can't wait to see my little meteorologist!

Thanks for all the kind and encouraging words yesterday! I was more than just a little freaked out at the scale and I really appreciate you all talking me down!

Hope it's great for you today!

Monday, January 25, 2010

What the...? *sigh*

2.2 ... GAIN. I have no idea what caused this. I ate 30 carbs and 120 grams of protein. Salt - it's the only thing I can attribute it to. That and possible TOM (no uterus so I never know). I ate these absolutely scrumptious organic chicken/cheese/spinach balls you can get at Costco. It is DEEEELISH, but loaded with sodium. I'm just depressed. I am right around where I ended up after R2. Again though, this has to be water as I didn't eat 7000+ extra calories.

Mr. helderheid said this morning, "I liked it better when you weren't weighing everyday."

I have 2 filets left from my 4 pack from Costco and they have to be eaten today so it'll be a steak day today. I'm thinking tomorrow I may either do Jay Robb protein shakes or chicken and eggs. I'm going to also look around online for a candida diet.

Lavenderdiva, antibiotics kill off the good stuff in your gut which can cause a fungal overgrowth. Cravings include sugar, carbs, and alcohol. I'm not having terrible cravings but I was on antibiotics for 3 weeks.

So foo foo. I've changed my goal to 119 by 2/12. I'm really hoping this is a fluke. This is the only time since I started weighing that I was surprised. I knew after the pizza and wings I'd have a gain, and I lost on all the days I expected to. I was fully expecting a nice drop this morning. So, it will be interesting to see if I can get a grip here. Oh 100 teens... come back!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Moving in the right direction... albeit slowly.

I had SO hoped that the steak day would have undone the damage of Friday night, however I only had about a pound loss (between the scales), but at least there was a loss, leaving me with 5 pounds I really want to shake. It's doable. I'm sure those wings are still kicking my ass. :)  I'm just tired and I fear I may have a candida overgrowth which would account for the cravings. Not a shocker given I was on anti-biotics for 3 weeks. I did take pro-biotics, but perhaps not enough. I've forgotten to take them the past week. I'll get back to that.

Okay, enough about me...

LAVENDERDIVA, you GO GIRL!!!!!!

I love this protocol. :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

I was sure I was a C cup (NSFW)

34 D!


I hate how expensive VS is. I had to come up with $40 out of pocket AFTER the $75 gift certificate for 2 bras and 3 panties.

That said girls, here's the fashion show...