Day 2

Day 2

Day two went well too, for the most part. I had a good breakfast and lunch, but you remember those cookies? They were nothing compared to the "last day of school" party in the HS library, replete with A HUGE sheet cake with piles of sugary frosting and several buckets of ice cream. I did really well with it. I had one piece of cake and a small scoop of ice cream and then went and hid in my ISS room. (amid heckling for being the most reclusive staff member. But one of the teachers I really respect said that I was smart for knowing my limits) Later one of the teachers offered me a 9 x 13 section of left over cake to bring home, but I said no thanks. I heard from another teacher that she had had 3 pieces of cake because they were trying to get rid of it. I felt pretty good that I hadn't stuck around... plus she looked like she felt pretty sick!

For Dinner I had Nalley's vegetarian chili- it's very good. The first time I served it Jason had no idea it used TVP (textured vegetable protein) instead of meat. When he found out, he was like, "oh, ok." :) It's less calories than regular canned chili and it takes great... added bonus is that it takes a total of 5 minutes to prepare. I like to serve it over a piece of torn up bread and sprinkled with cheese and a few fritos corn chips. It's a whole meal in 5 minutes. It can still be high in points (weight watchers) if you don't watch your portion size. I used a smaller bowl ( a blue one because I've heard that blue helps suppress appetite... I know I'm nuts)

And for my final proud moment of the day.... I went to a really fun Mary Kay Party that a lady from my ward put on and she did this really cool candy bar game where each candy bar represents another aspect of Mary Kay and if after she explained them we could remember what they represented we could have the candy. I remembered all of them and there was a lot of tempting candy, but I opted for the pack of gum instead of a chocolate bar... I got some other candy, but I'm going to save it or give it to Jason.

I'm happy that I'm making more conscious decisions about my diet. It does take alot more mental effort. Even though I'm not writing down and tracking points, I am very aware of what I eat and so I think it's helpful! :)

Ok, I'll stop now, I've got a bunch to do today! :)

Day 1

Ok folks... here it is!
June 1st was day one. Here's how it went

Weight: 190

Food: I feel pretty proud of my food choices today.
Breakfast: Soy milk and banana
Lunch: Healthy choice meal and 100 calorie cookie pack
Snack:I only had 2 cookies from the staff lounge (and I was alone with them- four plates of them...) Dinner: I opted for a 6 inch turkey sub in lieu of my usual foot long. I concentrated on eating slowly so it helped me feel full.
Snack: Sugar free jello pudding served cold.

As far as exercise goes: I got up early to do some wii fit-

I went to my weight watchers meeting and got motivated to incorporate more activity into my lifestyle. I will be bicycling to work the rest of the month and that should help.

Day one counts as a success...

(I know I'm posting on day two, but this will be one day off because I still have a lot of time to screw up day two... and a lot of time left to make good choices.

He knew what he was talking about.

Here are some quotes from one of my all time heroes... (I was born on his birthday)

• "You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."—Abraham Lincoln

• "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will."—Abraham Lincoln

"I would rather have people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance. ... Abraham Lincoln

I think the USA could do well to remember the wisdom of this great man.

OH MY WORD!

Apparently this is really going to happen this August. Not like the 1994-1995 hype that ended with Archie getting back together with Cheryl Blossom. I can't say I'm really that surprised that he's picking Veronica. It's just another case of a guy being too silly to know what's good for him. As much as I really like Betty, she really could do much better. I certainly wouldn't want to marry a guy and then wonder for the rest of my life if he regrets his choice. Best to look for other fish in a bigger pond... It's only taken them oh 50+ years to get here.... Oh well.

30 Day weight loss Challenge

That's right. I don't know if it's hormones or what, but I am sick to death of feeling flabby and fat. I have been waffling in my weight loss attempts for weeks and I just need a good shot in the arm (or kick in the rear) to get back on track. So what am I going to do? A 30 day weight loss challenge!

Side note: what makes this even harder is that I just finished writing 50 articles on weight loss for www.contentdivas.com and spent the whole time feeling guilty that I KNOW all about weight loss, but I'm fat. >:( explain that.... I guess it's a classic case of those who can't do teach... but who wants to take weight loss advice from a chubby girl? It's at times like these I thank my lucky stars I'm a ghost writer.

ANYHOW! 30 Day weight loss challenge. I'm just making this up as I go because I couldn't find something online that fit exactly with what I was going for. (BTW I'm starting June first, and anyone who wants to play along can feel free to.) I will be posting daily (Egads! Bear with me.) about my progress, but here is the catch. I will not weigh myself only twice - June 1st and then not until JUNE 30th. There will be pictures, actual measurements, and yes my real weight posted. (Not even my driver's licence has had that kind of honesty.)

I guess today I'm just kind of warning everyone that things could get ugly... and I actually WANT people to comment- keep me honest. If I think someone out there is keeping tabs on me this will probably work better.

~Kelly

Really?

I woke up to a blizzard again this morning. I'll post pictures later.

But since I'm still sick and feeling crappy, I have decided not to be mad. Being angry at the weather is probably the stupidest thing to be mad at. There is nothing I can do to change it, so I'll just raise my eyebrows and say, "really?" and then trudge out into the snow to scrap the inch or two of crusted on snow off my car and begin my day...

I'm beginning to doubt Montana.

Happy Mother's day

This is my very digital scrapbook layout. I made for my mom. I need more practice, but I think it turned out nicely. :)