Eye of the Tiger

Whew! I did something today that I am so proud of...I stayed on the elliptical for 45 minutes, burned 696 calories, and went 3.6 miles! I have never ever done that! It was awesome. My best friend Pam, gave me the motivation to push it to 45 minutes. She is so great! I think I will try to keep that up for a little while, and then bump my time up to an hour. My clothes a fitting loose and my pants are really baggy, but I am trying to hold out on getting a new wardrobe until I'm like a size 18/20. My weight, after working out, was 340. I want so bad to weigh in tomorrow and the scale say 339. I am realizing, though, that I can't rush the process. I have a tendency to want things right then and there. I guess you could say I am compulsive to an extent. If there is a deadline, I like to start early, rather than procrastinate. That's because when I procrastinate, things won't get done until the last minute.
In other news, I got accepted into UCF! I will be majoring in Psychology/minoring in Film Studies there in the Fall. I am so excited! Orlando here we come! I feel really good about things.

40 lbs gone!!!

Bye Bye to 40lbs! This morning I stepped on the scale and to my surprise, I was down another pound! I am so excited about how fast and safe this weight is coming off. I really feel that come July, I will be in the 200's! I walked an hour yesterday though because I chewed a sliver of cake that I made, and then spit it out. LOL...
Mother's Day wound up having a good finish. DeAndre cooked me dinner, gave me a beautiful frame to put a picture of Kayla and I in, and gave me a new glass blender. It's digital too, so it's really cool. I can make my smoothies more often! Then he drew me a bubble bath with rose petals, and gave me a massage. I actually felt like a Queen! :) He also apologized. What a great ending to my First Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy mother's day! Well at least it should be a happy one. I have my health, people who care about me, and the Lord. However today has not been what I expected. I expected to relax, be made to feel like a queen. I should have known. A mother's work is never done. This morning, getting Kayla ready for church, I hurt my neck. Then while I was in Walmart I felt like my heel of my shoe was breaking, and my feet started to hurt. So I have a sore neck, sore feet, and hurt feelings. See, I received a $7 coupon for baby formula. This was going to be great considering how expensive formula is. However, at some point during my shopping, I lost the coupon. It's almost as if someone stole it. I wouldn't be surprised. I mean I retraced my steps twice! To make matters worse, I have the most frugal Husband in America, so needless to say he was not happy. I felt incompetent, and inept. It's just frustrating. I thought my mother's day would be going differently. Hopefully the rest of the day turns around.
On a side note, and what this blog is really about, I have now lost nearly 40 pounds. 2 more and I will be there! I can't wait to weigh in tomorrow.

Exciting stuff

Alright, so I submitted two videos to the Breaking Bad contest. The grand prize is $1000, a walk-on role on the show, all expenses paid trip to New Mexico where they film the show, and $100 a day while the winner is there (3 nights and 4 days I think). It's so exciting. Pop recorded it for me, Mom was there to give advice, and they turned out great! Hopefully I get enough people to vote for me.

Down 24 lbs!

Whoo Hoo! Who is that girl losing all that weight? It's me! It's me! LOL! Really though, I wish it was coming off faster. I want this weight gone, like, yesterday. I can't remember if I mentioned this, but I am on a walking team at work. We also do taebo during lunch, and every time I walk, or workout, I feel better. I love it. I think I may be addicted. hmm... Today I go weigh in and have my inches measured. Let's see if I lost any inches. I think I have, but the question is how much? :)

20 pounds is a huge deal

I know I said I wouldn't weigh everyday, but as of this morning, I have lost 20 whole pounds! I actually feel like this is going to happen for me. My body is letting go of the fat, and it's doing so in a healthy manner. I think it is working so well for me because I want this. Example, yesterday DeAndre and I went to Texas Road House for dinner. I new before hand what I could have, I even brought my own dressing and a piece of melba toast for my salad. I had a 6 oz steak (no steak sauce which actually made the steak taste that much better) as well. Well you know the server brings out those yummy rolls. You know the ones, with the slightly sweet butter. Mmmm...I was able to resist, while DeAndre ate them. I just kept saying to myself, "I have been working too hard to mess up on some rolls." I have to think like that. Like that kind of food is a drug. I've been sober from it for almost 3 weeks, and I am hopeful that when I get to stabilization, I want fall back into the same old habits. I will beat this!

Trying not to weigh everyday

It's so hard not to weigh everyday. I'm going to start limiting myself to weighing on monday mornings, wednesday mornings, and friday mornings. Maybe I'll sneak in a thursday weight check. Having said all that, I weighed myself this morning, and I am 369! Hooray! This is working. I'm feeling better, have more energy, and actually enjoy working out. Yesterday I even did taebo during lunch!:) I predict that if I weigh myself on Monday, I will be 365, maybe less. :) Here's hoping!