Monday, April 19, 2010

Check this out!

I spend a lot of time on Facebook, and ran upon this great page! It's called "Super Hot Chica in Training"...she has a lot of great information on her page and also has a blog here on blogspot. She is doing a giveaway of a book too...here's a link:

http://superhotchicaintraining.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-is-why-youre-fat-book-giveaway.htm

Be sure and check out her FB page and her blog...not to mention her giveaway!!!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Wow, it's been a while since I updated here! We have moved and I am still trying to get things in order. It's an old house that needs a ton of work, though, so it'll be a while! (a loooong while, LOL!)

As for me, I'm holding my own. :) I have started walking every morning at 6am with my parents...we are doing about 3 miles in an hour. Not a great pace, however it is the same pace that I did my 5k in last June (and it's enough to nearly kill this fat girl, LOL!) Since I'm starting out at this pace now, I have high hopes that I can cut my 15 minutes off that time this year. It's what I'm working toward.

We are also working on changing out eating habits in our house. My hubby has been diagnosed with diverticulitis, and unless we change things, it's only going to get worse. Worse case scenario, he could end up having to have a colostomy bag...so we are going to do everything we can to prevent this from happening! We are adding lots more high fiber fruits and veggies...but unfortunately that also means no more white flour. Wheat pasta instead of white...brown rice instead of white...chicken instead of red meat...double fiber wheat bread for him and whitewheat for me and the kids...and no baking. :( This is where the problem will come in, because baking is my hobby...it makes me happy...but I can't do it anymore. It's like I told my 10 year old though...it's not a diet, we are just modifying things. We will still eat out, and when we do, he can get all the white pasta and rice he wants, lol! Meals in our house will be much healthier though. I'm figuring (hoping?!) that the weight will come off quickly when we make these changes. It's not a lot of changes, but it's changing the major parts of our diets, so it should make a big difference.

My current short term goal is one that is definitely a challenge...I want to be down 30 pounds by June 12th! One of my best friends is getting married then and I am a bridesmaid in her wedding...as of right now, I am the fattest person in the wedding. :( My friend had gastric bypass last year and has lost well over 100 pounds, and everyone else is normal size. There is no way around being the fattest one, but at least maybe I can get enough weight off that you can tell it and I won't be *quite* as fat as I am now. Luckily we get to pick our own dress and it's going to be black...that helps, LOL!

Enough for now...I have to go corral all of the Easter candy and get it put up. I have a feeling that the boys have it hidden all over their bedrooms, so it could take a while. If I dont' do it now, then they will eat it all after school today, and there is a LOT of candy...ya know, you'd think with it being an Easter BUNNY, s/he would bring carrots and lettuce instead of chocolate and jelly beans. ;)

It's a beautiful, glorious day in NW GA...enjoy it!