Hi guys! Before I get to today’s “Pop Poll,” I wanted to let you all know that I’m still doing good and am still on plan. You’d be proud of me! Last night, I was on a mission to find the new Sherrilyn Kenyon “Dark Hunters” book “Infinity.” I first stopped at Wal-Mart, and actually planned beforehand that maybe I would allow myself one candy bar. They unfortunately didn’t have my book, but you know what? I also talked myself out of getting a candy bar! I told myself that maybe I would stop and get [ ... ]
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May 2010
Hi guys! Before I get to today’s “Pop Poll,” I wanted to let you all know that I’m still doing good and am still on plan. You’d be proud of me! Last night, I was on a mission to find the new Sherrilyn Kenyon “Dark Hunters” book “Infinity.” I first stopped at Wal-Mart, and actually planned beforehand that maybe I would allow myself one candy bar. They unfortunately didn’t have my book, but you know what? I also talked myself out of getting a candy bar! I told myself that maybe I would stop and get [ ... ]
Category: Pop Poll, Victories
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25
May 2010
Hi all!
Sadly, as I suspected, I was up 4.9 lbs this week. I mean, imagine that – gaining 4.9 lbs in three days. Imagine what you’d have to eat to do that. And that’s what I did. I undid three weeks worth of work. But hey, I admitted it, and I’ve been back on track for two full days now.
I’m absolutely loving your responses to my “Getting to Know You” post! It’s so great to learn more about you guys, and Early was definitely right. What a diverse group of people we’ve got here! When I started this, [ ... ]
Category: Biggest Loser, Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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24
May 2010
Me, me, me. Since I’ve been blogging much more frequently lately and have cut back on my blog reading (temporarily, I promise – I was just getting a bit overwhelmed trying to keep up with so many people), I’ve felt that I’ve been in my own little “me universe.” Blah. There are much more interesting topics out there. Such as YOU.
So in the interest of getting to know you guys a bit better, I’ve come up with a few questions for you that I’d love for you to answer. I’ll even get us started by answering them myself. I hope [ ... ]
Category: Getting to Know You
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24
May 2010
I mentioned in my last post early this morning that one of the books that I had finished recently was “Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer,” by Chely Wright. I haven’t listened to country music in years upon years, though I really loved it when I was in high school in the mid-’90s. (I blame my best friend for sucking me into it!) But I’ve always been a fan of Chely’s music, even if I haven’t listened to it in a while.
Before my trip to DC, I downloaded her new album, though I didn’t get to [ ... ]
Category: Books / Movies / Entertainment
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24
May 2010
It’s almost 2:00 am and I’m sitting in my living room searching through Netflix for something to watch. I found myself thinking that sometimes Netflix actually has too many choices. In the almost 400 movies in my instant queue, I end up settling on something that I’ve seen before. Of course. I picked “Notting Hill,” but it’s never been one of my favorite Julia Roberts movies, though I like both her and Hugh Grant quite a bit (especially Hugh Grant). Now, I’m actually about 14 minutes into it and am contemplating a switch.
Along with that switch, I’m contemplating how exactly [ ... ]
Category: Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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20
May 2010
Okay, guys, I’m putting out an APB. I don’t know where she went, if someone took her, or if she’s running amok somewhere, but Pamela is missing.
For the past two weeks, I haven’t wanted to eat.
Let me repeat that.
I.
Haven’t.
Wanted.
To.
Eat.
Yes, me. Me of the glorious food addiction. Me who looks at food like it’s heroin or crack. Me who would spend 23 and 3/4 hours a day gorging herself if she could.
But I just haven’t been interested. It’s the oddest thing. Of course, I’m not expecting it to last, but I’m baffled. I mean, at dinner tonight, I [ ... ]
Category: Psychology
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18
May 2010
Hi all! Today, I thought I would combine two of my favorite things: weight loss and “Lbs.” the movie. You have to admit that they kind of go together.
So today was weigh-in day, and I’m thoroughly ecstatic. For the first time in months (since November, actually) I am below the 250 mark!! WHOOHOOO!! I’m so excited. I weighed in today at 248.5 for a loss of 3.2 lbs. I am back down 21.3 lbs since I recommitted myself to plan, and am down a total of 94.4 lbs altogether.
I’m back in the swing of things! I deserved this loss, because [ ... ]
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May 2010
I have to thank Rebecca for bringing me back to the purpose of my blog. Over the weekend, I posted about our trip to the Steamboat Arabia exhibit and mentioned that when it was discovered, it was discovered underneath a farm field in Kansas. Hopefully Rebecca won’t mind, but I’m going to quote her here:
“…under a farm field in Kansas.”
Now THAT is something. Hard to believe there was so much great stuff hidden under a layer of dirt!
Kinda makes me think about the good stuff still waiting to be found under my, er, fat layer. LOL. [ ... ]
Category: Psychology
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16
May 2010
Happy Sunday all!
I hope you’re having a good weekend. I am, though, as usual, it’s flying by WAY too fast. Along with our usual errand-running yesterday, my mom and I did a bit of sightseeing right here at home in Kansas City.
We’ve been talking about going to the Steamboat Arabia Museum for months and months, and finally decided to just go. I had been a couple of times on school field trips when I was a kid, but my mom had never been.
In 1856, the Steamboat Arabia hit a snag and sank in the middle of the great [ ... ]
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May 2010
We all know that losing weight can be really difficult. Especially if you have a food addiction or are a chronic overeater. Over the past few months, I’ve learned that it’s even harder to do it again.
I’ve explained before that I’ve been overweight since about the 3rd grade. I still don’t know what the turning point was, where I went from a skinny child running around in tube tops to being so overweight that the kids in my class called me a “beach ball.” But there was one, and regardless of what brought it on, that’s what happened to me.
I [ ... ]
13
May 2010
Hi all! This week has been a rough, rough week at work. By the time I’ve gotten home, I’ve barely had the energy to get on the computer, let alone write a post. But I wanted to finally tell you a bit more about my trip. I warn you now, this is gonna be a long one – mostly pics though.
Last Wednesday night, I think I got about 3 1/2 hrs of sleep. Thursday, I got up early to take care of quite a few things before my trip like getting an oil change in my car and picking up [ ... ]
Category: Lbs. the Movie, Life in General
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12
May 2010
Okay, get your head out of the gutter. I’m not talking about for me.
But I am talking about a great short film by “Lbs.” director, Matthew Bonifacio. When I was talking to him on Friday, I asked him about some of the other projects he’s done. I had seen that he had done some shorts and was wondering if any of them were available for viewing. That’s when he told me about “New Boobs,” which can be found here on atom.com. Or, you can watch it below. Like I said, I thought [ ... ]
12
May 2010
Well, I’m really sad to see my “Lbs.” movie experience post get bumped down on my blog page, but it’s weigh in day, and I guess it can’t stay at the top forever. Oh wait. Yes, it can. This is my blog and I can do what I want So I’ve added it under my favorite posts at the right.
Not surprisingly, I gained. But I only gained 1.1 pounds! Considering that I ate like the cookie monster from Saturday night through Sunday night, it’s truly a testament to how much walking I did Friday and Saturday [ ... ]
10
May 2010
Okay, guys, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. And seriously, I don’t even know where to start. I will say that I absolutely fell in love with DC (and discovered that while I’m a mid-west girl at heart, I’m definitely much more of an east-coast girl than a west-coast girl), but I will write more generally about my trip over the next several days. I can’t put it all into one post – or you’d end up scrolling forever. So I’ll break it into smaller posts (which I’ll warn you, still may not be all that short).
I guess I [ ... ]
09
May 2010
Hi guys!
Unfortunately, I am back from my trip! I say unfortunately, because that means I’m back in the land of reality and responsibility (a/k/a I can’t spend crazy money on crazy souvenirs and eat whatever I want and I have to go to work tomorrow, etc.). It also means that I’ve been listening to the next door neighbor’s dog bark for the last ten minutes.
HOWEVER, I had a freakingly amazingly wonderful time. There are really only two words to describe the weekend: amazing and exhausting. And OH SO WORTH IT. I really fell in love with the area [ ... ]
Category: Life in General
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