Over 200 New year New Me Part 23

So many posts, so little brain cells left to remember them all...

:flowerforyou: Julie - HAPPIEST OF HAPPIES TO YOU AND YOUR MAN ON YOUR WEDDING!!! :flowerforyou:
Oh yeah, and I bought you a virtual toaster.

Jess - Getting lost is my specialty, so I know how you feel. I am the only person alive who got lost at a freaking Komen Race with 71,000 people walking! CUTE pic, btw.
Elmox- You are lookin' great in your pic as well! Great job, girl!
raider - WTG on that 20 ticker! I know you said it's a little shy of 20, but doesn't that 20 make you feel great???
meokk - Welcome back! In what part of France were you staying? I lived in Lourdes for a summer a few years back. I loved it there much more than Paris, because hardly anyone spoke english in Lourdes and I was forced to use my french. LOL
Deb - you crack me up with your little blips about your cooking! I love that you and hubby don't sweat the small stuff and just pick up and go to Arby's! Great job, there, too, btw!
Heather, Anne, Pos_Me - Add me to the funk list. I lost ONE pound in May, and June started pretty rough. But I am not worrying anymore about it. Life is TOO short and I am on vacation! I know that if we all aim for healthy eating and some exercise that it will all work itself out.
Cris - LOVE seeing you back! It's not the same without you. I didn't know you were born in Brasil! I kind of figured you may have Brasilian blood because of where you work (you always say you're off for Brasil holidays LOL) and you have BEAUTIFUL skin. My newest cousin (just married my blood cousin on Sunday) hails from Venezuela. I love talking to her about her homeland.

OK I know I missed a ton, so sorry about that. I was out in the 100 degree heat today for four hours in and out of the pool - I'm sort of spent. :yawn:

I finally caught up on the reading. Whew! I won't have computer access again until Sunday night or Monday evening.

Julie: By now you're probably a married woman, so congrats! Have a wonderful honeymoon. Oh, and your ring is gorgeous!!

Cris: I am SO glad to see you back and stalking with full force. It sounds like we're in a similar situation with lacking motivation and eating whatever we want. We'll get back on track together and get the heck out of the 190s!

Jess: Have a blast two-steppin' this weekend with your fabulous boots. I'm wearing mine right now...That Women's Race that you sent the link for sounds like an awesome time and I love that it benefits Down Syndrome. We should do it next year!

bluenote: Thanks for the giggle about the flatulence on the elliptical. I've done it before, when I belonged to the gym and just made sure to keep going without giving away that it was me. I just hoped everyone thought it was someone else.

This weekend, I'm going to really try to focus on getting back on track with the eating and exercise. I truly WANT to be smaller and healthy but for some reason I'm in a funk. I'm thinking it was because I was bummed about my reduced hours and now knowing what I "want to be when I grow up." I found a short term solution to the money issue and am praying that we get our normal hours back soon. Who ever thought I'd actually want to work more? Trust me, it's strictly financial! I'm actually enjoying having to be at work less...now if I could only find the financial resources to work part-time permanently.

To give an example of how truly off track I've been, I sat and watched the weather and clouds for a half hour before I decided to drive in a tornado watch across town to get Dairy Queen. Yep, insane, right? To top it off, even though I knew the Blizzard was 800 calories and that I didn't have any calories left to eat, I still ate it. As I was telling myself I shouldn't eat it. And thought about how I've gained FOUR pounds this week. Whoa, intervention is needed.

But, I can't get mad, I can only get myself back in control. I don't want to just hang onto the wagon as it passes by but I want to be driving from the buckboard!

I've been
a "member" less than 24 hours and already my outlook is brighter & I've found some hope I ddn't have before.

Keeping a food diary has always been helpful for me so this site is terrific for that.

For Father's Day breakfast my Hubs wanted a fast food splurge. I said No, Thanks. He had his & I made a small breakfast from the freezer. It wasn't the healthiest, but it was not alot of calories & it was certainly less fat & bad stuff than fast food.

YEA ME!!!

So far so good on water consumption.

There is a roast in the oven, I trimmed all the fat & we'll have fresh veggies with it.

Need to get some exercise in. Our heat index is over 100 so won't be doing anything outside but I AM being conscious of moving more & getting up off my tuches.

Thanks for the warm welcome.
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