"Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen

So, yesterday, Nate told me that my face is looking thinner. That felt so good to hear. It hadn't even been a week and if can see it, then I'm doing something right!! I also found out that we have 5 pregnant women at school. Holy crap! I better not drink the water ;)  This week was really long so I am happy to have it over with. And today is weigh in day so I am excited to see my progress!!

So weigh in is this morning and I am feeling really good. I had a weigh in for the Fitness Challenge at school on Thursday and it said 6 lbs. down. So I am hoping that it stays 6 or even more. If it doesn't, I know that I truly did my best this week. I am really proud of myself. But here is the thing that knocks me off track everytime. For some reason, after I weigh in and it's a good one, I feel that I have the right to go and eat whatever I want. BUT, not this time!! What was I thinking all of those times? I have to be really careful because in the past, one little mess up throws me off track and I just quit. My will power seems to be a bit stronger this time. 

After the weigh in is my nephew's birthday party. He is turning 7 and I can't believe he is getting so big! I am sure they will serve hotdogs and hamburgers so I have to figure out something so that I won't go crazy (I don't even want to eat any of that!) I have let myself have 1 fun (but controlled) meal a week. Since Nate's birthday was yesterday, we are going over to our best friends (Damon & Jenn) house to watch the football game and we are bringing Papa Murphys. If you haven't heard of them, check out their website below. They make your pizza and you take it home and bake it. So delicious!!

Papa Murphy's Take N Bake Pizza

I love that they have the Nutrition Information on their website so I can calculate my points. Well, wish me luck! I will post my results when I return. Thanks so much for reading! It means the world to me when the counter continues to climb! Recommend me to your friends! :) *hint hint* LOL.

"Texas Fight" - The Texas Longhorn Marching Band

As many of you know, I am a diehard Texas Longhorn fan. I am currently watching Texas play Alabama in the National Championship. Texas lost Colt McCoy due to a shoulder injury and had to bring in their #2 man Garrett Gilbert, who has not played in 1 Longhorn game until now. Talk about PRESSURE!! He isn't doing too well so I can only imagine the stress he is going through right now. Praying for Garrett and Colt and heck, the entire Longhorn football team. Nate and I made a bet. He is rooting for Bama because he hates Texas. If Bama wins, I have to walk every day next week, even if it's 0 degrees outside.  That's gonna suck. I think he is just getting a 6 pack if Texas wins...I told him he does that anyway so what does it matter? lol

So, I weighed in at work this morning. We started our school's Fitness Challenge. We can't call it "The Biggest Loser" because "somebody" complained that it focused too much on losing weight....and that's a bad thing how? But when I weighed in, I was 6 lbs. down from starting weight on Saturday. So YIPPPEEE!! So far, so good. I even felt better this morning as I was driving to work. Normally, I feel gross and full. But now, I feel very balanced. I don't know if that's hard to understand but it's what I feel. It's good! :)

"If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks

My week so far has been pretty uneventful. Go to work, go home. That's about it. But to be honest with you, I am glad it's been so boring. I eat better when I can plan my meals.

I bought some brown paper lunch sacks to carry my lunch in. On Monday, I asked Nate to write a note on my bag for me. Something to lift my spirits. He wrote "You are the brown bag special of my life". LOL Kind of cheesy but sweet. I asked if he would do it again for today's lunch but he was busy so I wrote my own inspiring words. On one side, I wrote "Smarter, Better, Faster, Stronger", on the other side, I wrote "If you bite, write it!" to encourage me to journal my food intake.  When I grabbed my lunch this morning, I saw that Nate had written on the sides of my bag "Do it for Bubby" which he means Nathan, of course, and the other side said "Daddy and Bubby are SOO proud of you!". It was such an awesome surprise! I might just keep my lunch bag lol. I'm glad he is thinking of me on this journey. If you don't know my husband, he weighs 135 soppin' wet.

We are going to be doing our Fitness Challenge here at the school this week. I am going to participate in that as a double motivator. I am notorious for dropping out though. When you gain, you have to pay $1 per pound gained. If I knew that I would gain, I would drop out of the competition instead so I wouldn't have to pay.  I told our school nurse that if I dropped out for any non-emergency reasons, she was allowed to forward my weight to the entire school. How's THAT for motivation??

The nurse said (through email) that I sounded motivated this time. I told her how at my Weight Watcher meeting, someone had said that with every year, we are getting older and fatter. Ain't that the truth? I am just getting older and subsequently, I AM getting fatter. It's time to put a stop to it. She gave me a quote that made her think of this:

When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no “I’ll start tomorrow.” Tomorrow is disease.
- V.L. Allineare


I am all about the quotes so I thought that aligned perfectly with my feelings. Have a great day! :)

"Even Flow" - Pearl Jam

So today was a really good day. I guess it really started last night when I packed my lunch for work and wrote down all of my meals last night. Definitely have to repeat that again for tomorrow. Nate asked me if I wanted to watch the Texas game Thursday at Wings, Pizza n Things...of course, I told him no. There is NO way I can be around that stuff without digging in and that just ruins it for me. *pats self on back*

I even did my first little bit of exercise and trust me - I deserve a damn cookie. It was minus BF cold out there. I walked around my neighborhood for 30 minutes so that felt nice to do. I really didn't want to because there were other things calling my name but I said to myself, "Self, you need to do this for you. Take some time out of your day JUST for YOU!" And I did. So yay. :)

I was reading CNN.com today and saw that Time.com had an interesting article. People getting PAID to lose weight. There are also websites that do the opposite - TAKE your money if you don't meet your goal within a certain amount of time and donate it to your "anti-charity". I thought that was funny. The article is below.

Cash for Weight Loss

Ok, so KISD is really big on teaching the students about technology which, I couldn't agree more with. I love the fact that we are training kids for jobs that haven't even been created yet. That blows my mind! So, because I am a tech. convert, I've been wanting to do something really fun that the kids can create using our Mac computers. I had a Eureeka moment today. My kids will be producing a digital documentary about one of the topics of Spanish culture. They have to actually create a documentary on the computer with video, pictures, dialogue, you name it! The best part is, they don't even need a video camera. Score! :) I'll keep you posted.

Well, off to take care of my little dude. He is watching Shrek and playing with this awesome simulated moon that actually phases. Thanks, Ace & Moe. :)

"Nice & Slow" - Usher

Well, so far, so good! Day 1 was really no problem. I ate all but 1 of my points and believe me, I was trying to fit those points in. When I've done Weight Watchers in the past, I seem to hold back a lot of my points until dinner time. I am really trying not to do this so that I am not bombarded with points at the end of my day.  It's going to take time but I'll get there. Hence, the song ;)

Yesterday was a chill day for me. I kicked my boys out of the house so that I could get the house picked up. I have really improved on my messy house. Baby steps, of course. I try to take pride in my home and I believe keeping it clean helps me do so. We're getting ready for some home improvement projects in the near future so that has me excited! This is another way I am improving my life. Nate and I have always "planned" things but they never happened. I am making things happen. We will be putting a giant "portal" into our wall. It'll be the size of a large window and will open up the wall between our dining room and our kitchen. We should be doing that this weekend so that will be exciting!

School is also starting tomorrow and that means I have to really plan my meals. This last semester took a lot out of me because I was the Drama Club co-sponsor and stayed at school until 5:30 or so every night. Then the 30 minute drive back to Temple was brutal so I look forward to taking it "easy" for awhile :)

"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey

So, if you haven't been able to tell by now, each of my blog posts will be the title of a song. The title will reflect how I am feeling that day.

Let me update you on the past couple of days. Nate and I went to San Antonio for New Year's with our friends, Jennifer & Damon. They just had twins 3 weeks ago so it was Jenn's first time away from the girls.  We had an amazing time! We went on the Riverwalk, drank like crazy and just enjoyed being in the moment. The best time of all was when we were at a restaurant called 'Ritas on the River'. You figure out what their specialty was ;o)  Well, a mariachi band came by and asked if we wanted a song. I told them sure! They began to play "My Girl" which is Jenn & Damon's wedding song. My jaw dropped. It was totally fate. I also ate like crazy. I figured that I had better get my kicks in then. But boy was I feeling it. I felt like I needed a cleansing fast to clean the grease out of my intestines.  Not gonna do that again.

So I decided that Weight Watchers was going to be the best choice for me. My sis in law went with me for moral support (she decided that she wanted to try it as well).  I consider myself somewhat of a WW pro. I mean, the leader knows my name as soon as I walk in the door. Her name is Wendy and is too sweet. She is a woman in her mid 50's who lost 68 lbs. several years ago and has been a leader ever since. So I weighed in. I already knew my approximate weight but....man, it can still take your breath away so here goes....my current weight is 297.2 lbs. Yes. I weigh almost 300 lbs. It really hurts to put my true weight out there because it is such a huge number but I am hoping by doing this, it will put me on the right track. So long, 297. You will be gone VERY soon. :)

So after I weighed in and paid, I started looking through all the material. Things have changed a little since I last came in but for the better. The thing I love about WW is that it really concentrated on eating healthy but also splurging every once in awhile if you choose to do so - as long as you are smart about it. I call it the "Real Woman Plan".

Ok, well I am going to get a donut....just kidding ;) But I AM going to clean my house. It's funny - when I'm by myself, the house tends to stay neat. But when my husband comes around, forget it.

Happy Day everyone! :)