I beat the Diet Bet! Woot woot! They aren’t pretty, but here are the official before/after shots from the bet: I am not used to being able to see a very big difference until I have lost 30-40 pounds, so color me amazed that I can actually see the ten pound difference! It is weird … [Read more…]
Do you ever have one of those days where the one thing you don’t want to do is exercise but when you get home you do it anyways and afterwards the very accomplishment of it makes you feel more proud than the time you ran over five miles without stopping? Yeah. I’m having that day. … [Read more…]
A lot has been said lately on this blog about Katie from Runs For Cookies, just like back in the day when I just got rolling. I learned from her that it is pretty important to only make changes that I’m willing to change. If I want to eat ice cream for the rest of … [Read more…]
Today marks one year of Shazamming it through the universe, skyrocketing to 170 pounds. Last year, when I got referred to Katie’s website, she was posting about this virtual 5K thing she held to celebrate her birthday. One year later, it only seems fitting that I celebrate my one year blogiversary with the second annual … [Read more…]
I’m a very texty person. If you want to stay in contact with me, text. I despise the phone. Unless you are my mother, text me. My husband and I text a lot. Every morning at 8:50 he sends me a picture of my kids hugging, since that’s when they say goodbye and my daughter … [Read more…]
This is me today. I haven’t worn this dress in several months and I was really pleased with the way the horizontal lines don’t appear to swoop around quite like they used to. I haven’t lost a ton of weight since I last wore it, but my skin has tightened a lot and my tone … [Read more…]
Last week I made, what I felt, was a pretty intense laundry list of working out. Added to my work week, I was pretty uncertain about whether or not I’d be able to do it. Well, I managed to make my goals- better yet- I surpassed my goals! Goal: 2 hours on elliptical Accomplished: 2 … [Read more…]
Today we took it easy. After pushing so hard yesterday, we were feeling a little worn out so we just went for a family walk today and skipped the elliptical, the running, the weights… It was nice out today. Cold but clear and it seems that the rest of the neighborhood heard the sun’s faint … [Read more…]
This is the only picture I’ve taken in several days and, if you read here with any regularity, you know that I hate photo-free posts. Anyhow… My dad made me this necklace when he first started slumping glass many many moons ago and I texted it to him to show that it was made with … [Read more…]
My goal at my diet bet was to weigh 214.7. I had all this angst that I wouldn’t be able to do it, but it turned out not to be a problem. I’m sure glad I blasted most of my holiday weight off, though. Bleh! I think I am definitely going to do another bet. … [Read more…]