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I am trying to create a yummy low fat and sugar peanut butte
I am gonna give it a try in a little bit. I will post the best estimate of my recipe/calorie counts when I do and how it tastes. I am taking it to my friends bro's for my friend myself and her mom(we are all on a diet) I am also making the real deal for everyone else. I am dealing with splenda so I am sure It wont taste…
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gotta bounce back
As I have posted before about the fact that my relationship was going down the tubes it happened officially last night. My now ex went out with his buddy on sat nite and I know this guy doesnt like me and thinks my now ex could have done better I also had a gut feeling something was gonna happen so I asked him if there was…
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A before the holidays motivator for me.
I went to the thrift store and bought some new pants to hit the gym in smalls and mediums. My others were too big and holy plus I see no point in going to a store and paying full price for something I am gonna get all sweaty and grubby in...
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I love my friend alex!!!
Cause she and I had a killer convo on sunday just about what it takes to see yourself as beautiful and she helped me do a 180 and it felt like I saw the world in another light. I told my boyfriend that and he said that he wants to talk to her shake her hand and say thank you sooo much you could have saved a…
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just got my dad to the gym
We had free week passes at my gym so I grabbed one up for my dad and I am making him join. He had fun and he liked it. I am gonna make that his christmas present. He hopes it will make his leg stop hurting(losing wt and working the muscles) Next step getting him a MFP profile/page...... I think thats on the todo list
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why is it so hard
To see yourself through other peoples eyes?. I am really struggling with this and as of recently it has gotten bad. How bad you ask So bad my boyfriend basically is gone(we are going to try to work through it this month but I am a bit pessimistic on it) I am making it one of my goals to try to see myself as beautiful and I…
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Michelle(Biggest loser MY GIRL)
Yesterday I had tears inb my eyes when she was talking with jillian saying that she isn't going to let life pass her by. She is going to live. I think that is a great philosophy and that I should adopt it as well. I KNOW I am not at goal wt yet but have come this far to be proud of and I shouldnt let life pass by cause I…
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Merry Merry Christmas Cosmo
I have been trying to figure a way to slim down my fave drink and cranberry is so holiday that I finally have a solution!!!! Pour over ice the following 1 ounce of vodka(any brand) 4 ounces of diet cranberry flavoured soda(it may be hard to find but my beloved aldis sells some) .25 ounces triple sec Stir to blend and using…
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I didnt even realize it.
I went otu hunting and hiked to the very spot that I decided to change my life on. I looked at my dad and said I have never been here. He said yes you have. I said I was. He told me it was a few years back and reminded me of the whats and hows. It hit me and I said this was when I was too fat to make it up the hill. and he…
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Runners High
ok we know its been proven we know its fact that running can make you feel fantastic. as my dear buddies here know I have been kinda blue for a bit and over the past week I have begun my regular running and training. It has given me the boost I needed. It almost has completely makes my blues go away. I know they will be…
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Wierd Guy
Today after I was almost finished with my run I saw a guy putting things and his dog in his car and I thought nothing of it until I was going to run towards the road from the track and realized I heard a car behind me and THANK GOD it was still a lil daylight and there was a woman also walking on the track. I ran towards a…
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Huh???? Is it possible??? or is this a dream?????
I think very soon I may be heading toi buy a new pair of my fave jeans. For the simple fact that they are gewtting BIG!!!!!!!!!!! I put them on just a couple minutes ago and they feel more than relaxed they feel loose!!!!!!!!This means I am very near dare I say it being a size 6!!!!! I am awestruck!!!!! I always used to…
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My marathon training....
Today is the last day for me to putz around and "binge". Tommorrow I hit the pavement to start trainng for the pittsburgh marathon. Its coming back this year and given its an inagural year(so to speak) I am gonna make it my innagural marathon. I have always had a fascination with distance running and this appeals to me soo…
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I think I can...
In may the return of the Pittsburgh marathon and half marathon is here!!!! I was thinking it takes a good solid 5-6 months to train to do that 26.2. I know that if I set my mind to it I can do it. The half marathon at the very least. BUT I was thinking the inagural year of it again should be my inagural year to do…
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White House looking for "first chef"
I thought maybe I should apply!!!!!!! Who knows!!!1
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Baking season has commenced....
and I hvae just merely tried one or at the very least half of my creation. I did consider to make the healthy kind with margerine, splenda and all that good for you stuff, but that is definately NOT in my cooking vocabulary. I just cant see christm,as cookies as healthy treats. I may make some small batches for me when I…
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Back in the game!!!!
I am trying my hardest to feel happy these days and I am getting back into my hardcore working out . I am also kinda fighting a cold and I am struggling to run but I have power walked in a substitution. But today although I did it for ten minutes in 30 degree weather I got my running groove back. I am gonna sign up for a…
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I really hate the holidays
I know I already posted saying how blue I am as of recently and I really need to break out of it. Today was a better day. I tried to feel great about the day and did ok I guess. I am really "faking it" I read about faking it till I feel it. I am dreading holidays this year. I know I am NOT going to be in the mood to deal…
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Feeling blue and hopeless....
I have gotten to the point now where I have plateaued and it is discouraging me. I dont wanna workout I dont wana run I dont wanna eat the way I should. I figure I am stuck at my current wt and maybe loose a half pound. This in turn makes me feel like going for the last few is a lost cause. I am feeling just about…
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Halloween Hottie big nite/oh no!!!!!!!
I did slip off the wagon a tad but got back on. I lost about 3 or 4 maybe 5 lbs for halloween. But I HOPE I am ready for tommorrow nite. I went and picked up a costume and I am NERVOUS about going out in public. I am going as I like to say "the notrious bettie paige". I hope I look ok and does anyone have any confidence…
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I am back in the game!!!!
Over the past week for some reason food has seemed so freaking evil. I kinda dropped off the wagon!!!!! Especially whenI hit the melting pot. I am one thousand percent back on track. I KNOW I put on a couple pounds but they will come off easily. I am back in the game and please help me by encouraging me!!!!
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My friends bachlorette party/Nice toned arms!!!!
My friend is getting married so we went out for her bachlorette party, and after the nauseatingly high bill at melting pot, we went to a comedy club and we were sitting up front and she had her cute little tiara on. and the comedians took notice and of our table in general. I was trying to be slick and set down my drink…
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did you ever...
buy something at a heavier wt and say to yourself, this will look hot once I lose wt? and then you go to try it on and its just about unwearable cause its too big. That just happened I have a shirt I have had for a couple years that I wore and shouldnt have but thought when I drop pounds I will be a killer hottie???? I…
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Halloween hottie challenge
Here is my latest quest. I am gonna be a hottie in a sexy costume this halloween. It is just shy of a month away. I am going to call this training as opposed to wt loss. It makes the process less discouraging. I am gfoing to treat it like I treated my race training. Run and workout everyday and not think about the scale…
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The greatest reward/motivator ever!!!!
Here is my new motivator to lose my final pounds. It will also become my most amazing reward ever. My friend last night told me her bro is getting married on a cruise ship and her mom asked her if she wanted to bring a friend, and of course I will have to pay her mom back but she asked me to go. Its in next may and its far…
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The best perk of weight loss
has got to be when your over all health improves. I have had high blood pressure for a while now. I was reluctant to get med given I am 25(I was 23 at the time of medication). I did a check on it on sunday and even after eating some salty food and having a copule beers, I am HAPPY AS HECK to report it has come to a normal…
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Dear Body.
After reading an article about a youtube post by a brave girl abpout apologizing to her body for years of not appreciating it or loving it, I decided to start a version of Dear Body here. Dear Legs, I may have hated how big you were from many years of soccer, but now I love how strong you are and how you carried me through…
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I made it through
Today was the official 10K. I ran the ENTIRE way through and even when in my head I was saying stop and walk a good voice in my head said NO RUN IT OR REGRET IT!!!!! So only slowing down at small hills and to dump water on myself I made it through after the first mile I was in disbelief that I had only did about an 11…
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It fit I can't believe it.
Today I had to go pick up my hunting license and figured to look for a new jacket while I was out there. So I search through the adult and find nothing that I am not swimming in and decide hmmm Im hitting the kids section. Sure enough an XL for kids fits well enough so I can have layers underneath it!!!!!! I have to get…
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I am nervous guys!!!!
Tommorow is 10K day and I am beginning to be nervous. I am not running toady just some hiking and I am gonna get myself some carbo loading going on today. I am hoping to do alright cause I guess mother nature hates me and she sent my little friend to come along with me(booohoo) and I was sick twice this month, so we shall…
