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I’m starting a diet!

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It’s been said a thousand times before. At least here on my blog it has, heh.

I figured what better time to start a diet than right before a holiday where candy and chocolate are the main focus and upcoming holidays where butter, heavy cream and PIE are abundant. Right, Jen? Hee.

So this morning I am starting my diet. I’m drinking some coffee with fat free creamer and sweet ‘n low. I’m going to eat a Jimmy Dean D-Lights breakfast sandwich and I’m going to try to keep my portions down. This evening I’ll go on a short walk (still have to take it easy with my back ‘n all) with Gene and Z.

Baby steps, ya know?

I have to do this for myself. For my husband. And more importantly, for Z.

I’ll weigh in every Tuesday (I always start diets on weird days, what is up with that?) and post my stats on the sidebar.

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Dieting

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Here we go, back on that bandwagon again. I wanted to start dieting right when I found out I was pregnant last August so because I was with child and all that jazz, I decided to hold off on the dieting aspect. I tried to enjoy my pregnancy as much as I could and I think I gained a good 15-20 lbs throughout the whole thing. Which apparently for an already-overweight woman is a horrible, horrible thing (I hate you former-OBGYN!). So after I had Zoey, a good 2 weeks after, I weighed myself and I had already lost the 20lbs. I haven’t weighed myself since then, 10 weeks later. I went to weigh myself yesterday morning so I could enter my starting weight on Sparkpeople.com and boy was I ever surprised to find out that I had not gained 80 lbs in the last 10 weeks. I was actually sitting right at where I was pre-pregnancy. HOWEVER, I had gained quite a bit of weight after our eatfest in Disney World on our honeymoon last summer.

So, here we are, just barely a year after our honeymoon and only 12 weeks after giving birth and I am diving head first into the diet thing again. Going to log my food intake, water intake and exercise on Sparkpeople.com and see where I can get. I would absolutely love to lose 15-20 pounds by August 28, which is when we are flying out to Cali so Zoey can meet her other Grandparents.

I feel motivated to do this. I can do it! I just need to stick to counting my calorie intake and see where this lands me. Also, I am going to start cooking more often to help cut down our food bills and also up our nutrition.

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Writing in sick

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I had to leave work a bit early yesterday and go home due to being sick to my tummy. No one likes to have to run to the bathroom every 30 minutes while they are at work. Especially when you work in a small company where men and women share a restroom. So anyway, this is all leading up to my gigantic excuse for not writing yesterday. I slept way too much last night!

I’m struggling again today with headache and tiredness. However, I did eat Burger King for lunch and that is probably why. I’ve got to get myself back on track with my diet and exercise.. I have no idea why I’m having such a hard time at doing it this time around. I’ve been on and off diets for the last few years and I’ve never once had this hard of a time getting back on a diet. It really sucks :( I’m really hoping this weekend I can get my bearings and start over from scratch. I think I need some alone/meditation time to get through this hurdle. I’m really in need of a soak in a hot bath so I think that is going to be on my to do list for this weekend.

My Nikon D80 should be sitting on my door step when I get home this evening, along with the bag and extended warranty. Our 50mm lens came in the mail yesterday and the 18-200mm lens should be coming in next week. I’m really excited to start photographing things. Learning about apertures, lenses and ISO. It all sounds so confusing but interesting to me.

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The Chili Saga

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The doctor gave Gene some medicine to combat symptoms of motion sickness and basically diagnosed him as having Vertigo. Crazy because I’ve had about 6 or so Vertigo-like episodes in the last 4 months and I was starting to wonder if I have Vertigo. Hm….

Tonight we’re having Chili Baked Potatoes. Last night we had chili dogs. The night before we again had chili dogs. And tomorrow night? Chili with cornbread. If there is any trace of Chili after that, I will scream! Next time: HALF the recipe, at LEAST!

Going to try to go on a walk tonight. I’ve been slacking in the exercise department over the last couple of days due to Gene’s illness. I need to at least go on a walk because I’ve been having a lot of problems with circulation in my left leg today. It’ll feel so good to get some exercise though. I’ve lost 13 pounds so far and I have sooo many more to go. But honestly, I already feel like a million bucks!

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The Update

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I have been so unbelievably busy! I know that is always the excuse but I really haven’t sat down at my computer long enough to write up a post about what has been going on. The biggest thing is that on Friday my Aunt/Uncle and their kids came into town from Illinois for my Bridal Shower that was on Saturday. I had such a great time with them and I had to fight the tears on Sunday morning when it was time for them to say goodbye. I love them all so much!

Bridal shower was great. Surrounded by friends and family and felt so extremely grateful for everything.

I’m getting REALLY excited now about the wedding. It’s comin’ and comin’ fast! Only a little over 4 weeks left. Can you believe that? I sure as hell can’t! The great news is that THREE of my long-time (I’m talkin’ about 10+ years back) Internet friends are coming to the wedding! I am ecstatic to finally get to be with them and hang out and stuff. I just keep thinking this may be the start of some great “real life” friendships. I know they live far away, all of them, but I think once you make that FIRST move it can only lead to more “meetups” and stuff like that. Anyway, the point is that I am beyond thrilled that they want to be there with me on my special day. Means the world to me.

Work has been busy as usual. Life has been crazy. There are 4 day old dishes in my sink at home. There are boxes and gifts scattered all over my living room and kitchen floor. There are Thank You cards that need to be written. Just a lot of stuff that needs to get done! Yesterday was Malinda & Layla’s birthdays so we celebrated that and didn’t get home until after 11 PM. Tonight there is a band playing, Broadway Calls, in the city and we’re SO going! Their music gives me goosebumps. Love it.

So… Maybe tomorrow I can catch up on “life” things, like writing Thank You cards and doing dishes and cooking an actual meal and hey, I got a great idea, going to the GYM! Ugh. Need to lose weight :( I’m down 10 pounds but I need to lose another 5-10 in the next 4 weeks.. If I go to the gym and do what I need to do, I think I can achieve that.

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Disappointed in you, March

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The weather today was beautiful. March made a grand entrance by showing us clear, sunshiney skies and temperatures reaching the low 70s. And so I’m sitting here, feeling pretty confidant in Mother Nature and feeling my spirits slowly rise when out of nowhere Forecast Fox pops up a Severe Weather Alert. What?!?!? So I check it out and we are in some kind of wind advisory at the moment, which is going to bring in a cold front that will turn into severe storms tomorrow evening and best of all? (follow along with the sarcasm here) Monday the storms are said to turn into snow. Now, If I remember correctly I told everyone via a tweet to leave their stinkin’ snow out of Oklahoma. But apparently no one listens!

I’m going to try to get through the next couple of days without punching holes in the wall and crying. I’m going to keep going to the gym and eating right. I refuse to let this pull me down!

Anyway.. Good news is that I’ve been eating right over the last few days and as of this morning I had lost almost 7 pounds. Of course, we ate a buffet tonight with my parents but I think I did pretty decent in my food choices. I definitely ate too many calories and fat but I also had only eaten a small bowl of cereal and about 1/4 of a sandwich total earlier in the day. I know it’s a stupid excuse but it works for me ;)

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The Life Style Change Begins, Again

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So this morning I browsed a few blogs in the dieting/weight loss category and got the much needed inspiration I’ve been looking for. I am so happy right now. I feel so good about it. Yeah I ate way too many Conversation Hearts this morning and way too many Sour Cream & Onion Rice Crackers (which are actually really low in fat and calories, but I ate TOO MANY). But I feel a lot better. For lunch I am going to run home and eat some leftovers from the fridge and just relax. I’m really excited to get back into this whole dieting thing. I really don’t even want to consider it a diet.. It needs to be much more of a lifestyle change than anything. The word diet in this day and age seems so temporary. Like a quick fix. I want to be healthy! I don’t just want to lose weight, I want to be a healthy person.

One of my biggest motivations is that I really would like to extend our family in the next few years and I really want to be as healthy as I can before I do that. So here it goes.. I’ll try to post regularly about how I’m feeling and how it’s going.

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