Whew! It's my Birthday!!!

That's right, you read that title correctly. It's my birthday!!! I'm gonna party like it's 1984! Well not really, because then I was just a gooey twitching pile of baby in the hospital. But you get the idea. I've decided that I'm not going to count calories today. I will try to make the best decisions as I see fit, but I'm not going to sacrifice on my birthday. For all the Catholics out there, consider this my Fat Tuesday. Oooo I'll have to get a piece of king cake. I've been craving some so bad. I'll post about all my eating later.

I haven't worked out since Tuesday. Yesterday I was starting to feel sick, like the hard to breathe phlegmy kind of sick. I blame my husband for having bronchitis. I came home from work two hours early and took one of his pills and went to sleep. I slept for two hours in the living room recliner and then went and slept another two hours in my bedroom. It's crazy when you wake up at 7 at night and I'm like whoa...I slept that long?! I'm feeling better today, but I'm still not going to work out. We're going out of town this weekend to see my father-in-law for his birthday. I'm a little nervous about it because both my father-in-law and his girlfriend smoke and my husband and I both are sick with a respiratory infection. Those two together do not make me very happy. He said he'll talk to his dad about not smoking while we're there. I wonder how well that's gonna work. Anyways...tata! Have a great day everybody!!!

Eh kinda day...

Yesterday I did end up going to the gym. My husband asked me if I felt okay and I felt great so he said he wouldn't mind. He's sick right now so I think he really didn't care. I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike and tried to do 20 minutes on the treadmill but I got winded so I stopped after 10. I did some leg weight machines and worked on my abs. I was so tired and hungry after that I didn't even bother to take a shower before I went home. I went by Wendy's and got a cup of chili to snack on before I made dinner. Last night it was the Zucchini noodle lasagna. It wasn't done baking until around 9. I weighed 309.2 last night. :-| I think I'm starting to put on water weight for that time of the month....joy.

Tonight I plan on taking my monthly measurements. I've been nervous about this since I thought up doing it. I mean day to day weight fluctuations I can blame on water weight or having a heavy meal or something....but if I don't see results in my measurements I'm going to be so down trodden. Wish me luck!

You will not believe this...

Yesterday....I drank a Dr. Pepper. Not only did I drink one can of Dr. Pepper....I drank TWO cans of Dr. Pepper. I know, I know I said no more Dr. Peppers, but I had to. Because I gave blood!!! HA HA HA! I had all of you fooled. You thought I fell off the bandwagon. Nope, I did a good deed and needed some sugar and fluids. That was my first time to donate blood, and it was particularly fun either. I kinda had a, not really reaction but thing maybe? Basically I lost all my color started to sweat like a pig and was about to pass out. The ladies at the lifeshare are good though, they immediately knew I was lying when I said I was okay and put ice packs on me. They put a fan on me and gave me a Dr. Pepper. Bless those sweet sweet women. I sat there for some time after and talked to them. The one who actually did my blood draw was a pretty lady in her late 20's to early 30's who had seen me several times before when I came in and got my iron checked to see if I had a high enough level to give or not. Finally this time after taking iron supplements for two weeks my hematocrite was at 38 which is there limit for cut off so I could donate! Well I was telling her how I might go next door and get a quesadilla from Dilla's when I felt up to it and she said she had never eatten there before but she heard it was suppose to be healthier for you than other place even though one time a co-worker of hers got something from there and it looked greasy. So from that I guessed she was into healthy living and talked to her about my cooking WW meals, and she said be sure to drink plenty of fluids and I told her about my 2 liter bottle of water in the car. She drinks a lot of water too, because she had gastric bypass in October of '07! Crazy! She was telling me how horrible it was. She gets sick all the time even though she eats the right foods. She can't throw up when she gets sick so she just dry heaves for half an hour. Then she told me about all of her loose skin that was suppose to be removed and they had to cancel the surgery because she won't stop losing weight! I wish that was my biggest problem! She also told me about how she had to have an iron infusion because she doesn't use a large portion of her intestines which is were all the minerals and vitamins and nutrients are obsorbed into the body. And she said most people who have bypass surgery lose their gal bladder. Can you just imagine? I've heard about what happens to you after you lose the gal bladder, it isn't pretty. Nobody ever tells you about the bad parts of gastric bypass until it's too late. Well I am SO glad I met her. Even though I'm getting this weight off the right way it would've been so easy for me to take the easy way out and get lap band or bypass. Man did I make the right choice.

Needless to say after giving yesterday I did not work out. I did however want to work out today because I feel fine but my hubby isn't comfortable with me doing that just yet. I might sneak in some home workout before he gets in. No cardio though, I'm not that crazy. Last night I weighed 304.5. I can't believe it. That is so AWSOME!! Maybe I can make it to 300 before February's over. That's pushing it I know but a girl can dream can't she?

*Yawns*

I am so tired this morning. It feels like I can barely keep my eyes open. I only stayed up til 10:30 last night! I feel like such an old lady now. To bed at 10 and up at 6. My hubby and I did mostly good this weekend. We worked out on both Saturday and Sunday. Yesterday he had me do my arms...bleh. I haven't been working them since I don't care to have big arms and MAN am I weak! I could only do like 20-35 pounds on most of the stuff. I'm a little stiff today but nothing seriously bad. We were bad for lunch on Sunday though. We went to Chili's. I got the Chili's classic sirloin. 8oz. with an herb butter sauce, broccoli and sauteed mushrooms to go with it. I feel remorseful for my strayed ways. Guess I'm going to have to be even more strict with myself now. For dinner we were good. We made turkey meatloaf. Added some shredded carrot and celery for filler....it tasted goooood. I opened a can of sweet peas and sliced new potatoes for sides. Not sure how many points that is but I can probably look it up...not sure I want to though. Well I'm off to get breakfast...my stomach is starting to growl at me.

I feel productive

Yesterday I feel like my hubby and I got a lot done. I didn't actually get out of bed until 12:30 which is unusual for me since I've been getting up at 6 for work. When I got up I ate two roast beef sandwiches with a light coat of mayo and 2% milk cheese. I really need to buy some lite mayo. That's like the only condiment that I like and it's loaded with fat, straight fat. I remember when I was younger I would make mayo sandwiches....and I wonder how I got this way so fast. I'm off topic. After that I did the dishes that have piled up for the past three days because my husband said he would do them but he never did, so instead of nagging him and making him pissed I did it myself. Then I started another load of laundry because Saturday is our laundry day. After that we headed out for the gym. It was about 4 when we left. We worked out there until they closed at 6. I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike with the random hill program at level 9. Then I tried to do 20 minutes on the treadmill with an incline of 4.5 and speed of 2.5, but I only make it about 13 minutes because I gave up. Not the best mentality I know, I'll have to do extra today. Then we did weights for the rest of the time. My hubby wanted me to focus strictly on my legs so I can work on one muscle group in a day. I still did my abs too, and my triceps. When we got back home I cooked spaghetti squash with meat sauce for dinner. And after that we put all of our laundry up. Whew busy day. Last night was the first night that I've been below 309! I weight 308.6. WOOO!

Weight Update

Yes that's right. That weight up there on that ticker has been updated. It says 311. THREE ELEVEN!!! I can't believe it. 17 pounds down. But I won't get a big head...I still have a long way to go. And I will stay at it with an increased vigor.

Last night my husband and I tried a new recipe from a different website than Gina's. It was....different. Beefy noodles in sour cream sauce. I'm not used to V-8 juice or I think I would've enjoyed it more. It wasn't bad, just different. I think tonight I might make spaghetti squash. Mmmmm.

Last night at the gym I did 20 minutes on the bike at level 8 out of 20 and I did 20 minutes on the treadmill at an incline of 4.5 and a speed of 2.3 to 2.5. I was a little more tired on the treadmill since I did it last. After cardio I did weights. I'm rather proud of myself. I did two sets on each machine and then did another rotation on the machines with one to two more sets. And I'm not even sore. W00t!

Feelin' Good

Yesterday I went to the gym after work. I did a half an hour on the stationary bike. I started doing the one that looks like a real bike instead of a paddle boat type bike, and man does my butt hurt. The bottom of my hips bones feel like they're bruised, I'll probably just do the treadmill for cardio today. After the bike I did weight machines. I worked everything. Triceps, abs, hamstrings, glutes, quads, I mean everything. I tried focusing with more reps on my abs and triceps. I so want to tone away my belly and lunch lady arms. My next measurement day is coming up soon. Next week! I can't decide if I want to measure before, on, or after my birthday. If it's bad news I don't want it before or on, but if it's good news it would be a perfect birthday present. My morning weight was amazing (307.6) but I still feel like I can't count that. My nightly weight yesterday was 310.6, it still shocking me how I can lose 3 pounds of water weight in my sleep.