well...

i have not been doing good on my diet. i have not been exercising or doing anything for me. it's like i have decided i am going to take a vacation. i haven't gained but i haven't lost. i am in the process of making out a menu list for the week and getting the grocery list made up. hopefully this will keep me on track. on the exercise front. my cousin almost has her building up so i can start exercising over there. she has tons of equipment.


i have busted butt in the house for the last couple days. i still have a lot to do, but it's much better. Hubby even got rid of a bunch of old papers for me :) i have got to get the house in tip top shape by the 30th. that's the first night of my sign language class.



on a romantic front, Hubby is taking me out on a date tomorrow night :D i don't know where we are going or what we are going to do. guess we will decide when we get to where we are going.


it's time for me to get up and get busy around here. keep up the good work everyone!

Yes, she still lives

I am so sorry I have been scarce this week. The boys came home Saturday and I have been busy trying to remember how to be a mom. They are great and it's nice to have them back.

Now to toot my own horn I am proud of myself. While I haven't done a whole lot, I have continued to make my bed every morning/afternoon (not a morning person ya know!), and keep my house uncluttered. Those places that I uncluttered in the first place at least. I have cooked dinner EVERY night this week. Did ya hear that? EVERY DAMN NIGHT. AND, it didn't kill me! Dawn, your crockpot chicken thighs were great! Thanks so much for that tip. The laundry has stayed caught up too!

Best thing in a way was the boys spending six weeks with anal step-monster. I think those poor things were indentured servants! BUT, they came home with their routine. They make their beds, put their clothes in our nifty new three slotted hamper, pick up after themselves, do dishes and Joshua even peeled potatoes for me! Guess I need to send her a thank you note. NOT. It's ok for me to have them do this, but not her! lol.

We are leaving for Florida tomorrow so I will be gone for a week. But, never fear, I'll be back. Hope everyone has a great week.

Weigh in... finally

So, after being trapped at the doctor's office with Bkid waiting on my sister for an hour and a half, and then being stuck in a traffic jam caused by a car wreck on the interstate for an hour and a half, i FINALLY got to weigh.


Drumroll please!

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i now weigh 244!!! YAY! i've lost 36 pounds! Everybody dance!



Now if i could just stop shaking from listening to Bkid scream for 3 hours, i'd be in good shape. i haven't done squat on my house today and i'm probably not going to. i just want to scream myself. So... resting.



Today i:

DID'T STRANGLE BKID

bathed and dressed to my collar.

That's about it.

me this week

OK, the only way for this table to appear normally is if I take the line break option off, which means you'll have to go back to typing <BR > <BR > when you want to put space between paragraphs. Sorry chicks!

Here's my update for this week:

Dawn- Starting weight: 280 Current Weight: 245

DAWN	6/2	7/15	7/20	7/26	8/3	8/10	8/17	Total
Bust	54	52	52	51	51	51	51	3
Waist	50	48.5	48.5	47.5	47.5	47.5	47	3
Hips	64	61	61	61	60	59.5	59.5	4.5
L Thigh	28.5	27	26	25	25	25	25	3.5
R Thigh	28.5	27	25.5	25	25	25	25	3.5
L Calf	20	19.5	19.5	19	19	19	18.75	1.25
R Calf	20.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	18.75	1.75
L Arm	16.5	13.5	13.25	13.25	13.0	12.75	12.5	4
R Arm	15.5	14	14	14	13.5	13	13	2.5
Neck	n/a	15	15	14.5	14.5	14.25	14.25	1.25
Middrift	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51	50	49	2
Total Loss		4.5	2.75	4.5	2	2.5	2.75	30.25

*I've deleted june just to make the table smaller and more readable :)

Update Finally

So, i am just not in the mood to fight with that table. Here are my measurements.



Neck: 14

Bust: 45.5

Waist: 42.5

Hips: 48.5

L Thigh: 23.25

R Thigh: 23.75

L Arm: 13.75

R Arm: 14


And, today i:

washed two loads of laundry, cooked dinner, did up all the dishes, washed the sheets and remade the beds, cleaned up the kitchen and living room, wiped down the kitchen surfaces and cleaned the coffee table, and put out my hotspots.

I'm sorry it's been a week since I've posted. I have been putting in hours like crazy at work while they are there for me. This week will not be much better.

I have not been flying as much as I should sadly. I go to work, come home long enough to eat something and then go back, when I get home Chris and I go directly to our room for some quiet time and we watch an episode of 24 then go to bed, get up and start over.

As most of you know, I have also been having some problems with my stomach. Early last week I was doing really well and felt normal for the first time in years. I was drinking my alloted 80-100 ounces of water and taking my medication regularly. I am still doing that, but for some reason I have become seriously nuaseated, yet, feel hungry ALL the time. Not just a feeling of hunger, but, a deep, gnawing hunger that has been making my stomach cramp. So, I eat. I feel better for just a little while, not more then 20-30 minutes, then I feel it again. It's effecting my sleep pattern and I am becoming depressed by it.

I have gained 4 pounds back.

I know it shouldn't bother me so much but it does. I am doing everything I am supposed to. I am following the doctors orders to a T. I am supposed to feel better, not worse.

Here is what I did today, will probably update later in the day.

1. Put away all the clean dishes

2. Washed all the dirty dishes

3. Swept the kitchen floor

4. Washed and dried all the laundry

Getting ready to take both me and Chris to the dentist. I can not tell you how much I loathe this. Maybe I can find a way to get out of the appointment Chris made for me. Any suggestions would be helpful.

By the way, you guys are doing great! Keep up the good work.

*sets music on, slips on shoes, heads off to fly*