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September 15 An Eventful Pregnancy...Well, this has been quite an eventful pregnancy... We found out we were pregnant and then found out the due date was April 17, 2009. Then, I strted spotting and went to the ER and found that I was too stressed out. (very long story short there), then went in for a second ultrasound and measured a little larger and was told my due date was now April 13... Interesting... We have quite a healthy baby, but he or she is giving me nausea, and recently adding a little dizziness and tons of food aversions... EEK! I am also having trouble with my new belly... 10 weeks along today and here is a before and after so far:
Yep, all that belly is no longer able to be sucked in, and it is all me! EEK! Well, I was told that was ok, since I haven't gained any weight and this IS my second pregnancy. My doc isn't concerned about anything anymore... I just look so HUGE to me right now! And this is only the beginning...
I posted more detailed stuff on this website:
Check it out, there are more pics and a couple of ultrasound photos... Enjoy, and I update that more than this right now, so save it to your bookmarks or favorites and check in from time to time! Thanks for reading! August 30 just a little FYI!Jerremey and I found out we were pregnant and so I will probably not be on here to much. I will check on everyone from time to time though! Best of luck in the coming months, and I WILL BE BACK! I will have to start losing again ocne the baby is born! WOOT! I thought it couldn't happen, and because it has, I am just on top of the world! August 09 Wish I could slide right back into it...Well, I can tell you what pisses me off... wanting to get back into my old swing of things and losing the weight I gained over the last couple of months, and not having the motivation to do it! UGH! I have shot back up to 278!!! What in the hell! I really, really, really want to get back into going hard core and losing this last weight. I would have figured the thought of being able to have a baby would have done it... if anything, it made me less motivated.
EEK! Someone HELP!!!! What do you do when you start gaining back!? Has anyone here gained anything back? I just don't know what to do! I finally got my promotion back, and will soon start a more stressful job with twice the workday! I am almost positive I will want to just come home and crash everyday! What do I do?!!?!? Any help, motivational hollaring or maybe some helpful inspiration would be VERY helpful!!! I am losing it! July 25 30, weight loss, babies and humble pie...So, I am turning 30 tomorrow. I have never really sat down to think about it before now that I am having a hard time with this. I have a wonderful husband, a good job, and my own house...
BUT, we also decided to open our home to my in-laws, and a friend of my brother's. And they refuse to leave still... I want to get pregnant and can't, mostly because of my weight, which I all of the sudden 2 months ago stopped losing and started slowly gaining back. I am getting so frustrated with not losing weight, but it is because of my own laziness. It didn't help that for 5 months, I was doing this all alone and no one in my house was helping me, and finally it gets old because everyone goes out to eat, and I was behaivng for a long time, then one day Iwas like 'why can't I have the big fatty bowl of steaming hot fatness?' So I started eating crap! I stopped going to the gym, because when I stop working for July, I seem to go into lazy mode... it is pretty bad, and I went all the way back up to 278... UGH! So, here we go again! I start working again on the 1st of August, and with that will come an easier time of getting back into it! When I am already out during the day, it is easier to go to the gym. So, we shall see!
I have to lose another 40 lbs before I can try to have a baby, and I really do want that more than anyhting now, so I am going to work extra hard on taking care of that...We will see how that goes too...
Anyways, I wanted to let everyone know I am still alive, but not kicking... we will try our best to get back into it over the next week, and if that doesn't work, I will really kick it into high gear when I get back to work!
I hope everyone is doing better than me! June 29 working out still feels good!Well, it has been a little while since I have worked out and "tried" to lose weight... Close to a month... so sad! BAD Rachie!
Well, tonight I did my BL DVD and jumped on my trampoline. Not for a really long time, but I did the warm up, workout, and about a minute of the cooldown on the DVD, then did the trampoline for 15 minutes... So, I got close to 40 minutes in, and didn't make it to the gym.
My hubby and I are going to make it to the gym tomorrow morning... My tummy hurts right now, so I prolly need a good night's sleep, so I am gonna head out and go to sleepytown...
Best of luck this week everyone! I only have 53 lbs left til we can try for a baby! Wish me luck that it happens sooner than later! June 27 Good News and Bad NewsWell, I got some good news and some bad news yesterday.
The bad news was that I lost my promotion. The district is doing a lot of things that I don't agree with and they are doing a few things that I think aren't fair to me... Bah! Oh well, I will just have to get another job if I want to have all this money laying around... It stinks, but what can I do... I can't even go to another school for the job I want now... Stinky budget stuff! Grrr!
Anyways, I also have my OB/GYN appointment. Well, last year, I walked in there and weighed in at 301 lbs. Well, my scale read lower yesterday morning, but when I got there, I weighed in at 270 lbs. He was still bery proud, and told me I was doing a great job, and blah blah blah... So, he asked me if I wanted to get pregnant, and instead of jumping right on it, asking for the fertility meds, I told him of course I do, but I wanted to lose more weight first. He told me 50 more lbs should do it, and I should have no trouble conceiving. Well, that made me feel great! So, he said once I hit close to 220, stop taking the birth control and start trying. If I have trouble after a few months (which he said should be pretty unlikely), just go and see him and we will discuss other things at that time. So, SWEET! I was pretty stoked about that! Now, I just have to kick some serious ass in July, when I don't have to work at all. I love July...
Anyways, GREAT news for me there, and since I am only 4.1 hours a day next school year, I have enough sick and vacation time that I can take a whole lot of time off!!! Close to 4 months! Woot! Anyways, here I am planning that out! :o)
I didn't have the greatest weigh in, but I did update, and I also posted a ticker so you can see how close I am to being able to get pregnant!
Everyone have a great wek! I hope that all of your bad news is buffered by great news, as mine was! Best of luck folks! June 20 9 truths and 1 lie REVEALED!1. I went to get a tattoo one night, but got really, REALLY drunk and passed out. The only thing that was scrawled on my arm was three short lines.
True, I got drunk, passed out, they woke me up (Joi was there) and they started doing the tat, then I passed out again!
2. I didn't get my first REAL kiss until I was 19.
True! I have a picture of this too, somewhere... I can't post it though because I can't find it at the moment. Yep, lost a large amount of weight and Joi and I (right before she drove us across the country) pulled up at a stoplight, and this guy was waving or gesturing, I thought he was doing this at her. She was always the prettier smaller one who got all the attention... Well, come to find out, he was gesturing at me. He was pretty cute, and so the nght I met him, we (all three of us) sat talking at a McDonald's on the strip and after this conversation and stuff, we went to leave, and he kissed me, he was a decent smoocher, but nowhere near what my hubby is... *sigh* he still makes me weak in the knees...
3. I once met Chevy Chase, He was an a$$hole
True again... My aunt was selling roses on the strip, (she was always tweaked out) He was there filming National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation, and we stumbled onto the movie set. He was sitting in a director's chair in a blue suit that appeared half wet. So, in short, we were told to cross the street and leave, very rudely. As we crossed one road, we walked right by him, and my aunt (always tweaking and sarcatic) put a rose on his lap, and said (well, sang) Thank You! He waved his hand as if to "dismiss" us, and we crossed the road...
4. There was a movie made about my uncle (Two for the Money), and it was a halfway decent movie that bombed at the box office
True, the movie Two for the Money is about my uncle. You can see him on the DVD in an interview with the director I believe. I even got to go to the LV Premiere... (saw Jeremy Piven who sat right behind me *sigh, movie star crush*)
5. I once got a $50 ticket for carrying my Nevada license and my Michigan license at the same time
True, my dad made a bad name for my brother and I, and it was hard to carry it around our hometown. After getting pulled over 7 times in one WEEK for a headlight that was out, they finally found something to give me a ticket for... so, I took my $50 ticket to the courthouse, and they told me I can have an audience with the magistrate if I would like. I did, and me going in there and telling him I had no idea it was illegal to carry both licenses didn't do anything but add another $50 to my ticket... so, it really ended up being $100 for my ticket...
6. I have been drunk more than my fair share in my life, yet have never driven drunk
True, I always have a designated driver (although she was drunk a time or two as well), and never drive drunk.
7. I have seen two Cirque du Soleil shows here in Vegas, priciest seats that were there for free
True, the first was KA, and I won the tickets at a raffle at my work Christmas party, worth $300 (for both), and my uncle comped us tickets to O at Bellagio. These shows are HIGHLY recommended if you come to Vegas!
8. I fell into a river once and drowned but was revived by a homeless guy named Mike... I was 5 years old
HA, False!!! I thought this one would sound too outlandish... guess I was wrong. I used to have a recurring dream when I lived in Wyoming (I was 5) and I dreamed I fell into a river that ran through Casper. I never woke up before everything turned black...
9. I used to have recurring nightmares (one where my dad stabbed my mom in the church I used to go to, and I walked in as he was running out the back door)
True, the one where my dad stabbed my mom (ages 7 and 8), the one about me falling in the river (ages 4 and 5), there was also one about a toilet in our trailer flooding and drowning us all... ( my mom, brother and I, and we always lived in the crappiest places, until we moved back to Michigan when I was 6)
10. I still experience Deja Vu VERY frequently and it gives me a little nausea
True, You know that feeling you get when you think that you have seen the exact same thing? I get that a lot! It gives me a tummy ache...
Well, there you have it, I hope you all enjoyed this, I enjoyed reading yours! Let's do this again sometime! June 17 9 Truths and 1 LIE! HINT!So, without further delay, here are the rules:
1. You post a comment guessing the one lie in a sea of truths
2. You await me posting the truth on Friday
Simple Rules, and here are your options:
1. I went to get a tattoo one night, but got really, REALLY drunk and passed out. The only thing that was scrawled on my arm was three short lines.
2. I didn't get my first REAL kiss until I was 19.
3. I once met Chevy Chase, He was an a$$hole
4. There was a movie made about my uncle (Two for the Money), and it was a halfway decent movie that bombed at the box office
5. I once got a $50 ticket for carrying my Nevada license and my Michigan license at the same time
6. I have been drunk more than my fair share in my life, yet have never driven drunk
7. I have seen two Cirque du Soleil shows here in Vegas, priciest seats that were there for free
8. I fell into a river once and drowned but was revived by a homeless guy named Mike... I was 5 years old
9. I used to have recurring nightmares (one where my dad stabbed my mom in the church I used to go to, and I walked in as he was running out the back door)
10. I still experience Deja Vu VERY frequently and it gives me a little nausea
Here is a hint, and YES you can change your answers!
June 13 I've had a better time than this...Well, I am back at it again. I had been feeling stress everywhere, and the result? I got up to 272 again. THEN! Well, I was able to get back some of my momentum I guess. I was/am stressed at work, and I am stressed at home (living with three other adults, not including my husband, but including my in-laws) and I had/have no escape. Well, here is the thing! I am not going to let this do me in. Sure this kinda sucks, but people have had to deal with far more than I am dealing with right now. So, I will suck it up, make a few changes around my house, and get me back to being me!
So, I was at 272.4 on Monday, and damn near cried when I saw it. Well, then I stepped on the scale this morning, and there is was looking back at me *gasp* 263.2! So, only 4 more lbs and I will be at my other recent lowestof 259 and change.
I also have a HUGE promotion coming to me at work! I work for the school district out here, and I am an office worker. We make decent money, but I only work 5 hours a day. To be honest, I like my shorter days, but they have offered me a position with a higher salary grade and 40 hours a week. But it is tons more responsibility, which makes me nervous! So, in short, I will be making double the money starting in August, and at least I will then be able to escape for a weekend or something here and there. Right how, with all these people living with us, they are getting a great deal so they are not willing to hurry up and move out, and we go in the hole every month that people are living with us, because it costs us more to have them here than they all pay us, so kinda a bummer there. BUT! We are getting it back in August! Woot!
Anyways, I hope this one finds everyone else doing well! Much love to you all! Thank you for the well wishes and lovely comments you leave! May 29 I am still alive!!!!Well, sorry it has been so long since I have been on here... I haven't so much as updated my weight or added pictures or anything. What can I say... it is the end of the school year, and this is the first that I have been stressed out. My closest co-worker told me she is sure she is retiring over the summer, and that added lots of stress since there is a person that also works closely with me that doesn't do ANYTHING... will make for a bad year next year, and they refuse to get rid of this other person! UGH! So, my head has been into everything except my site here. My apologies for the neglect...
I can't remember how long it has been since I posted, but I am sure I hadn't posted anything about Jerremey's doctor appointment and my brother's... Jerremey went for depression and to seek help for boosting weight loss. Well, he walked away with an fairly mild anti-depressant, asking me not to tell everyone in our families because after all "I am a psychology teacher, how does it look for me to be on an anti-depressant" I will continue to tell him that asking for help is completely normal. We have both had really rough school years, and his should get better next year. He has an entire summer to forget about it, I however, only have July... we will see...
My brother, who weighs close to 400 lbs, FINALLY went to the doctor for a physical. We have all been begging him to go, just to get some sort of help! Well, we found out exactly how much he weighed... not as bad as I thought... 378 lbs. He is only 5'10"... and he has a small/med. frame... His blood pressure was the kicker... 135/115... immediately they prescribed a blood pressure med, and a pretty powerful anti depressant... Well, he also had to get a full plate of bloodwork and he is a HUGE sissy when it comes to needles... we were really proud of the big baby as he sat there and got poked... Funny thing was, he was sitting there with the doc, and the doc asked him how long his eyebrows had been 'like that'. (They are half gone, and had been like that since he started gaining weight at around 17) My brother said 'as long as I can remember' He asked about our parents, and me, and he said, no, everyone has all their eyebrows... The doctor asked if he knew what that was a signifier of, and my brother (always the sarcastic one) said, 'I don't know, male pattern baldness?' The doc got a good laugh, and calmed down enough to say 'no, bad thyroid'... well, that would explain so much!!! He can gain weight eating anything, literally, but it takes insane effort for him to pull anything off... it makes sense...Anyways, enough about that. He goes in for his second followup appointment tomorrow, and will then find out the results of the bloodwork and the thyroid tests... We shall see.
Anyways... I can't wait until summer is here, except it is like the 5th ring of hell in this town during the summer... I will be able to have a lot more time to focus on me! I have a lot of work to do, and will post a new challenge for myself in the tickers... it won't be VERY ambitious but we will see how it goes. My weight this morning??? 265.6... ugh! But my 22's still fit! WOOT! May 14 ick...Well, sorry I didn't post my weights yesterday! It was a sad day in sluggerville! First, my weight went up... WAY UP! I was at 259.4 and went all the way up to 263! Holy CRAP! Anyways... I haven't been exercising! For some reason, there is so much crap going on, and the cost of gas is making it a little more difficult to choke down an extra trip everyday! I know there are people out there who are paying more for gas than we are, but man with the amount of adults and bills we have, we are scraping the bottom of the barrel! It is getting more and more difficult to keep moving forward, and I have a new kitten... what can I say, I am a moron! So, since we have the new cat, I can't work out in my bedroom, since she keeps running under my trampoline when I hop on it, and under my feet when I do my workout vid. There is ALWAYS someone home (which is another pet peeve in itself, and I never get alone time), and I am too embarrassed to run and jump in front of everyone! So, I have built myself up a nice big fat wall of excuses! I can't wait until some of these people move out! I would like it to be just me and my husband, since we have had people live with us since we got married! It is getting old...
Anyways, I didn't want to post this blog to rant, so I will just say that I gained, Jerremey gained, we are semi-miserable with ourselves! May 04 sad day for us...We just found out that a childhood friend (we are still in pretty regular contact with him) has stage 3 melanoma... The mortality factor has given me a reality check this week!
Makes me want to fight harder for what I want to be more healthy! Sad sad day... Now more than ever, our emotions have been put to the test, and we are managing to hold on to the last few threads. My uncle died in September of 2005, and he was the closest thing to a father, grandfather and of course uncle that I have ever had. That one hit me pretty hard, and I wasn't able to go to the funeral, since I was here in Vegas and my family is in Michigan. He was the first family member that I have had die on me, and I didn't know what to do with myself. I just cried and cried, and even now, talking about him... my eyes well up with tears.
Anywys, just had to share with someone, it is a sad day for us... May 03 WONDERFUL SONG!I just wanted to let everyone know about this gorgeous song by Josh Groban! It is number one on my playlist, and I just can't listen to it enough! I have always loved Josh Groban's voice, he is a fantastic tenor! BUT! This song! I just really have to share this song with everyone who hasn't heard it! Listen to the lyrics, it describes how I feel about my journey to the new me! I am sure some of you will feel the same! Anyways, I HAD to share this, there is also a video for this song on the video pages for Josh Groban's website, so check it out, www.joshgroban.com... He is kinda cute too... :o)
Gotta go work out some of this new inspiration!!! Woot!
Here are the lyrics of it:
Don't give up It's just the weight of the world When your heart's heavy I...I will lift it for you Don't give up Because you want to be heard If silence keeps you I...I will break it for you Everybody wants to be understood Well I can hear you Everybody wants to be loved Don't give up Because you are loved Don't give up It's just the hurt that you hide When you're lost inside I...I will be there to find you Don't give up Because you want to burn bright If darkness blinds you I...I will shine to guide you Everybody wants to be understood Well I can hear you Everybody wants to be loved Don't give up Because you are loved You are loved Don't give up It's just the weight of the world Don't give up Every one needs to be heard You are loved April 29 FINALLY!!!!! I BROKE 260!!!!!I finally got below 260! All of your well wishes have finally helped me out that little bit to help push me over the edge! So, 259.4! Woot! I should have taken a picture now that I think about it, but oh well, when I get below 259, I will take a pic of the scale. (my camera weighs more than a pound, so I have to balance it on the towel bar to get the picture!)
So, thank you all for your support and kind words! We have also begun working out the other "problem", and my in-laws are beginning to get the drift with keeping their fatty, carb and sugar loaded madness out of my kitchen! Woot!
Thanks again everyone! I wish you all the best for a fantastic weigh in this week! April 23 lingering in the 260's is pissing me off!It seems as though I have lost a little of my drive and ambition. It doesn't seem to matter how many conversations I have with the people that live in my house, I still find their little booby traps everywhere! I found a bowl of JELLY BEANS on my island today! JELLY BEANS?!?!?! Are you people trying to make me hit 300 again?!!??! This is MY house! Why do you have to have your stupid candy where I can see it!??? I have to have another talk with my husband. It seems that the more crap they bring into my house, the less I care about what I eat. Regular chips and dressings are the worst. I have to go grocery shopping today and I am scared about the kind of food vengeance I will bring to them! Wheat pasta, bags of chicken, veggies, oh the veggies! They will suffer for trying to sabotage me! I have been floating between 261 and 268 for the past 10 days, and I am so sick of these damn 260's I could scream! It is time to sit down with them and tell them point blank that all of the regular crap has to be hidden IN THEIR ROOMS or they will lose them to the trashcan! I am not having it anymore!
Do you know what I did today?!?!! I took part in a potluck!!! A POTLUCK! BAD RACHIE! You know what I had for BREAKFAST?! A croissanwich!!!!!! Dirty dirty sabotage! Normally it wouldn't sound good, but damn this temptation!! Anyways, a new leaf must be turned if I want to have a baby before my girl parts just disappear from no use! Bad Bad room mates! If it was just Jerremey and me, it would be so much easier! I know how to shop for two adults so we can both eat healthy. It isn't anyone's fault that we have so much weight to lose, but that was a term of them living with us, they can't hold us back from it...
Blah blah blah... whine whine, time to do something about it! Rant done!
I need a more defined challenge, and I am not getting that, I am either being ignored, or everyone else is like me... unable to work out for fear (and inevitibility) of coughing fits from old allergies and colds... We shall see these next couple of days... I hope this stupid cough goes away, it is annoying! April 19 this is what allergies look like in vegas...Well, I was fine yesterday when I woke up, but man, by about 9:30 in the morning... it started! I don't know how many of you have seasonal allergies, but I never had them until I moved to Vegas. The first year the Olive trees blossomed, it was like the flu! I take Claritin everyday, and Drixoral everynight (so I can sleep). Well, this time... oi! I actually threw up last night! Holy Crap... I know a lot of you will read this and say "are you sure it isn't the flu?" My answer is yes! I am very sure! Claritin didn't touch it, but the Drixoral works. The problem is that the Drixoral makes me really tired, so I have been in a coma since I came home yesterday. My sinuses are killing me, and the unrest they are giving my face is what I think added to the nausea last night. Today, I feel a lot better, because I have been inside with the air running for more than 24 hours. I am not going to go outside until I have to go to work on Monday! This is what my allergies look like... I can't even hold the camera straight... HAHAHA! BUT! it has helped me get back to 261.4... one nice side effect of allergy season that no one tells you about... weight loss!
Anyways, enough about that... How are all of you doing? Sorry I haven't been around lately to post a blog, it has been a little crazy around here. I added a roommante to my brood! He is 23 and came to us from Michigan. We had been trying to get him out here for 3 years, and he finally realized that Las Vegas is the pick of destiny for him. So, he is here, and it is nice to have him. Although my inlaws are already talking about moving out, if they do, we will move him into their room, so I can have my dining room be just that... a dining room! I can't wait! All meals will be eaten in the DINING room when we are home together! Anyways... enough about that, I just wanted to post and let you guys know I am still alive,a nd as of this morning I am 1.5 lbs away (again) from my 250's! Woot! Time to get back to my tomato soup, yum yum! Much love, and best of luck to you all! April 12 a new dress!!!Well, everyone else has been coming on here with their dresses for the finale, and their new clothes that fit their new gorgeous bods! I went out today, and I bought a dress. I think I look cute in it, but there was another. I can at least wear this one to work though. I might get the other one for prom. My husband is a high school teacher and we chaperone. His kids LOVE it when we swing (dance)! They get a kick out of it! Anyways, here is the dress I didn't get, but probably will get in the next month or so...
And here is me in the one I did get!
Hopefully you can see why I like it, pretty flattering.. I still need to work on my arms, as you can see, they are still pretty sizeable...
Anyways, I was excited at how it fit, so I wanted to share!
Good luck this week everyone!
April 11 LOWEST WEIGHT YET!!! WEEEEEEE HOOOOOOOO!!!I wouldn't have believe it had I not propped my camera up on my towel bar and taken a picture! I have hit my lowest weight yet, FINALLY after this huge plateau! A nice loss! So, I jumped on the scale a few more times and made sure this was right before I snapped a pic! WOOT! SO excited, and Joi is at her parents' house because she has something to do this weekend, so I can't call her until maybe tonight! UGH! Well, Joanna!!!! I only have 1.4 more lbs! I am CATCHING UP! YEAY!!!! SO filled with glee! Gonna go do another happy dance, but want to share this pic! (btw, I bought a pair of 22's,a nd now I think I need to get the same pair in a 20!!!!!!!!!!!! They are pretty big!
April 08 I have finally realized...I can't believe how this has gone! I am so proud to be a woman today! I was watching the show wondering what it would have been like to actually go there, to be chosen. After my husband got a call back and I didn't... 15 lbs right there! I couldn't even be fat the right way, and look at these proud young women standing on that scale! I am so glad today to be a young woman who is on the same journey to reclaim what I know I have lost! I have lost my pride. I have lost my sense of femininity. I have lost my spirit that I want to hard for the world to see! I am reclaiming that! It is mine, and I want it back!
At what point did I lose myself? At what point did I let this thing have control over me? I can't even pinpoint it anymore. I can't say "Yeah, that was when I lost the control" I have been fat since I was 8... Thank God it isn't longer than that, but what a shameful number... 8 years old. When I was 12, I hit 200 lbs! What could have possessed me to make me think that eating was going to make it all better, when it made EVERYTHING worse! Now, mind you I was able to lose weight when I was 19... I lost 84 lbs worth, but my highest weight to that point was 243 lbs... 243 lbs... It seems attainable to me right now. I know that I can make it back down to 150 lbs, and beyond. The proof was standing there in front of me wearing a pink top, and shorts. I know I have plateaued this week, and last week. Maybe there is something in my head that wanted me to fail at antoher thing I am trying to do. Well, I won't have it! I will break 260 this week! I WILL make sure that The Biggest Loser knows that they passed up on someone who CAN do it!
My mother was a single parent too, my mom wasn't around a lot too, my dad tried to sleep with me, and my brother made my childhood miserable, and I feel I had to give my first baby up for adoption. There are hundreds of holes in me that all cry to be filled with food, and instead, FROM NOW ON, I will fill them with HEALING!
The 40+ lbs I have lost so far in this journey, though it may be just a start, makes me so proud of myself. It makes me feel like a woman again, and it has been more than 4 years since I felt that way!
My next stop in this journey will be hitting 204 lbs, my 100 lbs lost mark! By the time I hit 200 lbs, my body should be able to return itself to normal enough for me to be ABLE to get PREGNANT!
So, Cheers to you Ali and Kelly! You have made me and I am sure EVERY WOMAN IN AMERICA proud to be able to call themselves women! I can't wait to see which one of you wins the FINALE! April 05 New picture...Well, I am adding a new picture to my Before and During photo album. I went and bought another pair of 22's at a store that was notorious for running small... (at least for me)!!! I also slapped on a shirt that my mom gave me,which I think looks like stained glass (if you have ever worked with stained glass, you would agree) and I think I looked pretty snazzy... this is also the first picture where I can see a REAL change! I know the clothes are getting looser,and I have lost the weight, but with a plateau, this was what I really needed to give me a nice push. This pic was taken yesterday, and I had to work. So, all day at work, I had people asking me where I was going after work, and when I asked why, they just said that I looked so nice. Well, how sloppy do I normally look to make them ask that?!?! This is only the second pair of work pants that I have that fit, so I used to wear pants that were too big three days a week, and then I would wash the khakis that fit and wear them twice. The pants that don't fit are 3 full sizes too big, and by the end of the day I am doing all I can just to keep them up! So, it is nice to have things that fit! I am going to buy some gauchos from Old Navy, and then I can get rid of the last of my huge workpants! FINALLY! Almost all of my shirts fit now, so that is really nice.
Anyways, now I am rambling, I just wanted to share this photo!
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