Taking my life back from my stomach!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

After being almost three weeks overdue i was getting excited and ready to 'wee on a stick', i had even told myself that i would tell my sister what i was suspecting (dh already knew) when that time of month arrived. Disappointed, i've been working my tail off but not being as careful about what i was putting in my mouth... and it showed when i hopped on the scales today. While i know that water weight is typical while going through this, i let the numbers on the scale mess up my day today, and ate pity chocolate (somehow carrots just don't do the trick). Here's the deal, i am not going to let my appetite win this battle... this morning wasn't the best foodwise - and has anyone else noticed that it's hard to exercise when they are wallowing in 'Poor Me' land? Enough, i am not taking residence there... i refuse to change my address! i live in Sparkland where people are losing weight and taking their lives back, and i am going to be one of them!!!

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Doing a Boot Camp, Spark Style!!!

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Well, today was the first day of Sparks Boot Camp... and i was excited and a little worried but now having completed the first video, i am TOTALLY stoked! What a way to bring in the New Year! A team of us is also doing the Discovery National Body Challenge, and each of the teammates are just the coolest people on the planet (if you are reading this and haven't joined yet, check us out, i promise you'll love everyone on the team) - so i know the next eight weeks are going to be wonderful! i am so enjoying 2009!


i need to get my measurements recorded in here and as soon as i get my hubby to take a picture of me then i will have everything ready to record the 'before picture' so that i can see 8 weeks from now how all the hard work has paid off! Thank you so much Sparkpeople for being such an amazing website!

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My little brother the Miracle!

Friday, October 24, 2008

My little brother's wedding is tomorrow! Wearing heels and a bridesmaid's dress isn't my idea of having a good time but i am soo excited that he is marrying Tasha - they are perfect for each other!

Timmy was born premature and immediately lifelined to Johns Hopkins where they told us he would be blind (because of his time in the incubator) by first grade and definitely retarded because of how early he was born. A lot of prayers and love later i am happy to report that he is healthy and an amazing little brother (not that i am biased or anything - i love each of my 4 brothers and sister). Not only did God spare him both of the diagnoses the doctors had decided he was going to be faced with in the future, but he is an avid mountain biker, hiker and a brilliant graphics designer - his imagination is unreal!!

On a side note, the bridemaid dress i spoke of earlier... well, when i was fitted for it this spring they didn't have one big enough for me to fit into (this was before i knew about Sparks). Freaked out, i planned on dieting (but had no idea how), buying a girdle and paying a lot of money to have the dress altered. Thanks to Sparks, when the dress arrived a month ago and i went for alterations it fit well (i didn't even have to buy the Spanx), the only thing i had to do was pay to have the straps raised. At final fitting the dress was too loose!!! Thankfully there is a strap at the waist that is supposed to be tied that i can show my 'new' waist off with - i actually have a bit of a waist now!!! i will be adding pictures of Billie and myself in this dress as soon as i can.

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See ya 250, don't want to be ya... anymore!!!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Okay, so i'm only 6oz under 250... but its the first time in a long time that my scales has gone this 'low'! Sparks is saving my life... and giving me more energy! If someone would have told me that i could shed weight without having to eat a weird diet (like only grapefruit or all purple foods or, well you get the idea) or pop a pill (which just made my bank account skinny) i would have thought they were 'smoking' or selling something. But here it is a month and a half later and i am actually lighter and *gasp* liking exercise and myself! While i'm still trying to avoid mirrors and photographs (boy do i sound like a vampire); i am so much happier with the way i'm feeling and my clothes are fitting.

Before i started Sparks i purchased some styling scrubs that had been really reduced. Because they were my size i excitedly purchased them... when i got home and tried them on, i realized why they were so discounted they were so tight in the hips that my thighs resembled sausage stuffed into their casings. This weekend curiosity and a lack of clean uniforms brought me back to those pants and this time they fit well!!!

Sparks has my undying gratitude, their program is fail proof and the point system and challenges like NFC vs. AFC (Women who love football - and woo hoo the NFC won this week), Biggest Loser #6 (30 somethings with a 100+ pounds to lose - Go Gold Gladiators) and the Halloween Challenge(Hotties in Training) keep me pushing to go the extra mile to get that extra ounce off. Thank you everyone for the new me, you've changed my life!

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My thought process when i first joined

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

HELP Don't want 2 have 2 sew my mouth shut (I'd just figure out a way to stuff it in my nose anyway)

I just got married in February and when i looked at our honeymoon pictures i almost got sick... i hate all of the pictures, i look so much smaller in my mind! I am cutting out the crap and starting to make myself fit my self image!

As an aside, i recently went to a store and purchased some jeans, they fit great! i was so excited until i read the brand name - "Duplex jeans". I think their motto should be Duplex Jeans, for when you are as big as a house.


That is how i was thinking when i first joined Sparks, in fact i am embarrassed to say that was my introduction... that's how negative i felt! It's amazing what one week with Sparks has changed my opinion of myself and getting my life back on track - thanks SPARKS! Since being with Sparks it is amazing just how far my thought process about self image and getting healthy and yes exercising has changed... i can't wait to see what the scales says next week!

Winnie (my dog) is an excellent companion when i decide to take a walk... she likes to sniff around alot when we are going up hill (which is good because then i can catch my breath) but she's good at keeping a fast pace on the flat areas. Even though i am hating getting on the orbitrek downstairs when it would be so much more comfortable sitting on the couch, i do like the feeling once i finish and my legs feel like they each weigh a million pounds because it means that i am one step closer to getting healthy!

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