Today is the day!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince comes out at 12:01am tonight!

I don't know if you can tell . . . I'm ridiculously excited. I only been to a midnight movie once or twice before - and it's never been Harry Potter. Plus, I saw all the movies before I read all the books, so number 6 is the first book I read before seeing the movie. And it looks like it's going to be soooo good!

But this is not about that. This is about me slacking off and not writing last night. This is about me not really keeping track today. Boo on me.

I'm still excited about my epiphany, tho. I think it will eventually change my life.

Let's see if I can remember what I ate yesterday . . .

Nutrigrain Bar [130]
Coffee [80]


Err. I can't remember it all. I know what I ate for dinner and breakfast but the middle of the day is all fuzzy.

Let's see if I can do better today:

Nutrigrain Bar [130]
Coffee [80]
Nutrigrain Bar [130]
Dark Chocolate [60]
Half of a P'zone [680] HOLY CRAP!
Candy [300]
Fresca [0]
Lime Tortilla Chips and Sour Cream [200?]
Tacos [600?]
Sam Adams Light [120]

Total Damage: 2300.

Ugh. And considering I'll be up until like 3am this morning, there is a good chance there's more to come. But, I did a heck of a lot better today than I did the other day. So, it seems there is hope for me yet. I've kind of fallen off the exercise wagon [and I'm not getting back on tonight - but maybe tomorrow . . .]

No worries, tho. It's HP mania time! Go Griffindor!

A Push and an Epiphany [Day.Four]

[Editor's Note: Dude, you've got to see this movie.]

Ahhh! I'm getting behind on the daily blog writing goodness. I started this last night at 12:30am [which is still yesterday for me]. We started watching a movie [I'll rave about that in a minute]. My original intent was to finish my blog after the movie, but by that time it was 3am and I couldn't muster the energy to sit up in bed.

So, I decided to blog AS SOON AS I awoke today. And, [drum roll, please] that's exactly what I'm doing! This is exciting on so many levels.

Now, of course, I could add that my "awoke time" was a bit later than usual [Noon thirty to be exact - but, since I didn't go bed until almost 4am, I didn't exactly "oversleep", I just adjusted my schedule slightly . . . ]

Sigh. So now I've got to remember what I ate yesterday. This will be a good exercise for me, tho, because I don't feel like I ate a lot and yet the scale wasn't very kind to me [I'm refraining from daily scale updates - I'm going to post weekly since I fluctuate so much].

Hmm. Okay. What did I eat?

A Nutrigrain bar on the way to church, I think [130]

Coffee with Cream [150]

A doughnut [Ms. Beverly, one of the sweetest women EVER, who volunteers her time picking up, setting up and giving out the doughnuts and the bagels at church every Sunday, knows my favorite [Chocolate Kreme Filled] and saves one for me (:] [310]

A bagel and cream cheese on my way to the Little Gym interview [400]

Ginger Ale on my way [long trip from CRCC to TLG] [200]

Piece of Dark Chocolate [60]

Coffee [80]

Ice Cream [300]

Wendy's Spicy Asian [I was sucked in by the commercial - it was kind of a mistake] [550]

Root Beer at Priscilla and Mike's [160]

Coffee with Caramel and Cream [250]

Tuna Melt [Jermaine made tuna, it was awesome!] and a couple crackers [400]

An orange [50]


Wow. It's all very clear now. I did NOT do well.

Grand Total: 3040

OH my goodness. I had NO idea.

Funnily [as Amie Berryhill would say], I don't feel like I failed. I feel empowered. I thought I did well, and I was pissed because I thought the scale was just being mean. Now that I know I can not do that again. Live and learn. :)

Emotions - I felt pretty awesome all day yesterday. I felt very alive. I guess it should be noted that I was majorly wiped out after the interview. An hour a half of jumping up and down with crazy five year olds [which I have to admit - I loved] and the mental strain of knowing my every move was being evaluated]. Also, I was tired last night while watching the crazy late movie, but opted for the orange because I didn't want to blow my diet. :P Riiight.

Two more things:

Push - ohMYgosh, this movie was so good! It may be one of my new favorites. A must watch, for sure.

I had an epiphany last night [I love it when that happens]. Of course, it's one of those "everyone knows this already, it just really hit home last night for some reason" [yay God!]. I realized that I don't need to set a time where I'm supposed to have reached my weight loss goal. I've been a little bummed that I wouldn't be "bikini ready" this summer. But, this is "rest of my life" stuff. And if it is truly about changing the way I eat, move, breathe and live, then it doesn't matter when I get there. The important thing is that I'm going.

I had a fabulous weekend. I hope you did too. I'm pretty sure I love you. And if not, I'm really trying to. Happy Monday!

Ready.Set.Skinny.Revamp.Day.Three

My husband is incredibly strong. He's also very serious. But holding these orbs in place is super tiring.

As a result, he has fallen asleep face-down over the covers diagonally and is snoring loudly right next to me. I may hog the covers, but that's better than taking up the whole daggone bed.

Ahem.

Let's get down to it:

Breakfast: Chocolate chip cookie, a plum and a Starbucks mocha [which I allowed myself since I got up early to go and clean for someone]. My mood was up there. I like cleaning for people: they get a clean home, I get a clear head. [70+40+170]

Lunch: Weird stuff - I just munched since I was working. I was offered a PB&J but I politely declined. I don't like to stop working to eat [which is funny because when I was a smoker I used to take LOTS of smoke breaks]. When I do eat, I inhale [hmm, perhaps a byproduct of my smoking days . . . ]. Throughout the day I had: 2 FiberOne bars, a small bag of chips, and 2 miniature dark chocolate bars. [130+130+160+100]

Coffee at home as I got ready for Politics and Prose. Spirits were soaring. Good times. [70]

At the bookstore I ate a Nutrigrain bar while I listened to Mr. Soodalter speak. Afterward we had dinner at the little coffeeshop cafe. I had a grilled ham, cheese and apple sandwich. Jermaine was skeptical about the apple. He is so closeminded. ;) Ooh, and a cup of decaf joe, too. [130+ 300+ 100]

At home I gave in to my craving for ice cream. But I resisted the urge to go in for round two. [250]

Toe-tally: 1650! Sixteen- Fifty!? Woo-hoo! Best so far. Yeehaw.

Biggest regret of the day: Not taking enough pictures. Boo. :(

Good night wonderful person. Thank you for taking time from your day to read my silly blog.

Ready.Set.Skinny.Revamp.Day.Two

Man, I miss this kid!

It's only day 2 and I already don't feel like blogging. But I'm gonna. Because I'm cool like that.

Here's the rundown:

Coffee [70]
FiberOne Bar [130]

11am - I woke up late. I had a really hard time falling asleep last night. I met the morning with a very moody disposition.

Chips [200]

12:30pm - Since I woke up late I wanted something to eat, but wasn't ready for lunch yet. Feeling alright, perhaps still moody.

Grilled Cheese [300]

1pm - This was lunch.

Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich [170]

3pm - Bad fight with Jermaine. We made up, but not before I ate away some pain with this cookie.

Broccoli and cheese soup [350]
Asiago Roast Beef Sandwich [350]
Green Tea [80]

5pm - I think I might be over-estimating the amounts here. I was better by this point. And I ran into a friend of mine at Panera where I bought this food, which was fun. But, by the end of the meal I was feeling guilty for spending so much money on dinner and waaay [too] full.

Coffee [80]

5:30pm - Downed this right before Zumba class, as usual. But it didn't go well. I don't know if it was the coffee, but I ended up having to leave the class early because I felt sick to my stomach.

Total so far: 1730

Since then I've had:

Cookie [70]
Ice Cream [200]
Ice Cream Again [100]

10 -11pm - Yikes. Wanted some kind of snack. Think I went in the wrong direction. My mood was decent, though. I tried not to go overboard, and I don't think I did. But in hindsight, I should have had the plum I was considering instead. :)

Grand Total: 2100

Blah. Not good. But at least I'm keeping track.

Aiming to drink lots more water tomorrow.

Good night!

We're Back to Counting Days

[Yay! I felt beautiful at my reunion, even if I wasn't as thin as I would have liked.]

Hello world!

I've been working on this blog for about two hours, but I had the TV on and was getting absolutely nowhere.

So, click.

Time to get down to business.

I just reread my last blog and it made me really happy. I've been doing a lot of soul searching these past few months, working on being comfortable in my own skin, figuring who I am and what makes me tick. I've thought of that blog often, but I was thinking, [and this sounds really bad] 'Ok, so now I've got to be healthy and not obsess, and lose the weight but not too fast and yada yada yada.' Almost like the "good works" way to getting skinny instead of the "saved by grace through faith" way.

I'd totally forgotten the "Imagine" part of the blog!

That's the best part! Sigh.

Time to back up, revisit and remember.

What was I imagining again? Oh, yes, this:

Imagine myself daring to dream that I could be really, truly healthy in mind, body and soul. Imagine myself filling up on yummy, healthful foods. Imagine exercising practically day and absolutely loving it. Imagine food and exercise becoming opportunities to love and spend time with God and people. Imagine really feeling good and warm and energetic and getting those feelings from Jesus and people and exercise and not from caffeine or sugar. Imagine not obsessing over my bathroom scale. Imagine feeling comfortable in my own skin. Imagine becoming an aerobics instructor and being qualified and excited to teach others these wonderful things that God is teaching me. Imagine helping other people dare to dream this dream for themselves.

That is truly madly deeply so so SO what I want. And so it is with that sentiment that I restart this blog. It will be modeled after the Ready.Set.Skinny blog I kept on Myspace - I'm aiming for humorous healthful goodstuff. I'll be posting what I ate, how many calories it added up to, the exercises I do and how much I burned. I'm going to add in the times I ate, and my moods during my chow sessions and post-exercise.

I know that I'll keep it up for at least 30 days, to try to establish a healthful routine. After that, we'll see what happens. But if you're interested you'll have something new to read everyday for at least a month!

I didn't eat very healthfully today, but in the spirit of not waiting until morning to start getting skinny, I'm going to post it.

Breakfast: FiberOne Bar [130]
Coffee (yes, I'm back on the 'feine) [70]
Ginger Ale [120]
Tuna Salad Sandwich a la Priscilla [200ish]
Cottage Cheese [100ish]
Chocolate Chip Cookies (6?) [360]
Chips [400]
Ice Cream with whipped cream and chocolate syrup [300]
BBQ Chicken Pizza [300]
Coffee [150]
Ginger Ale [100]

Yikes. Survey says: Total - 2230

Oh my.

Hmm, well, you have to start somewhere, right?

I think I want to aim for about 1400 calories a day for now and see how that goes. Wish me luck!

I did exercise today! I forced myself to go, but I was glad I did. I walked/ran on the treadmill for 42 minutes. 300 calories and almost 3 miles. I was extremely tired right after I did it, but I think it gave me energy to work on this blog. (:

I'm not sure about my moods while I ate, I'll have to write it down as the day goes on, I think.

Ooh, almost forgot - the not-so-fun part. My weight and measurements.

As of right this moment I'm 168[ish] and I measure in at 36-31-43. The 31 is the skinniest part of my waist. The belly button part of my waist is closer to 38 or 39. Youch. That's not fun to write.

But it will be fun to watch it come off! And it will be fun to do it the God way. Because, honestly, the Brandy way pretty much blows.

And I'm convinced that God cares about this. Which is pretty amazing.