New Blog!!

Since I'm no longer counting down to the wedding but still want to be healthy & lose some weight. I'm going to keep up the blogging! My new link is http://healthyhotwife.blogspot.com/. Check it out & help keep me accountable as Steve & I start our married life together!

I have a few wedding pictures on this blog & will post more when I get them tomorrow :)

We're back!!!

We are back from our amazing honeymoon & wedding! The wedding was gorgeous & we went to Belize for the honeymoon. Highly recommend it for anyone wanting a beach vacation!
Weigh in today after 2 weeks of eating whatever I want: 160.8

4 days to go

Sorry I'm such a late blogger this week. Thats what happens when I don't blog in AM at work.
B- glass of milk
L- 2 slices of homemade pizza
S- 1 monster cookie (my fav! M&MS, choc chip & oatmeal mmmm)
D- margarita, chips & salsa & 1 beef enchilada after we got our nails done at the mall
S- milk & another cookie!

I'm going to try to weigh in tomorrow if I remember! Everyone starts to arrive tomorrow & the craziness beings! Wish us luck! :)

5 days-Happy Memorial Day

Forgot to weigh in today
B- milk & PB&J on toast
L- 1/2 chicken bacon ranch sub from subway & 1/2 choc chip cookie
D- Dad is grilling burgers & all that stuff for our "mint making party"

6 days

Morning weigh in 158.6
B- glass of milk
L- 1/2 chicken caesar salad from applebees
D- ham sandwich & cheetos

We met with a guy today about a quote for a fence, well, sprinkler system & sod for the house. Then we got to go in! It looks awesome! I have pictures below of the outside & the view from living room to kitchen with cabinets in.
Also got some of the guys' gifts-the ones that didn't come from theknot.com & finished packing. Steve drove me to mom & dad's but then went back home till Wednesday. I'll miss him until then :(
I've been here about 3 hrs & already have a list of things I forgot. Guess it's a good thing he is at home right now.
Tomorrow my mom, her friends & I are making the mints for the wedding. I'm hoping this will make me not want to eat sugar again! I've heard that you use a TON of sugar for wedding mints. We'll see....

1 week

Morning weigh in: 158.8
B- glass of milk

Food is going to be weird today. I have a TON of errands to run for the wedding & pack before we go back to my parents. I'm going to try to eat healthy but I don't know what I'll end up eating.

1 week & 1 day

Morning weigh in 158.2
B- Fiber One Bar (150 cal)
L- Soup (150 cal)
S- piece of chocolate (85 cal)
D- 1/2 PB&J sandwich, 100 cal of pretzels
S- might have to hit the ice cream in the freezer

I picked up my dress yesterday, got the rest of the presents for my bridesmaids & flower girl. I still need something for candlelighters, cake cutter, guest book & readers. Today is my last day for about 2 weeks at work. It'll be hard to concentrate today! I'm off all next week, the week of the honeymoon & the next Monday.

9 to go

Morning weigh in 159.2
My food has not been going according to planned. Last night I ate a jr burger from sonic, went tanning & then to Target to find a swimsuit for the honeymoon. As I'm standing in the store being annoyed by the little teenagers that say "i'm not sure a small will fit me-I might have to get an extra small" Oh to not have hips & thunder thighs!! I was about to give up when Steve called & I told him where I was & that I was frustrated. So he came to help me find one. And he did-I love it too!
Then he hadn't ate yet so we went to Wendy's-I didn't eat another meal but I felt like I had to have a twisted frosty. Only ate 1/2 though so I guess that was good.
Today's food:
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- lunch out with co-workers-not going to be good healthy wise but I'll try my best!! *update* I was good. grilled chicken breast with 2 small round grilled potatoes
D- Mom's in town so I don't know what we'll have


E- treadmill workout with big incline to try to burn off some of those thunder thighs!!!

Almost the single digits!!

I can't even bring myself to post my ugly # this morning. I ended up running thru Taco Bell last night for dinner b/c I got a call from Steve while I was out doing some errands. So I had a quesadilla & soft taco. Pair that with my lunch at TGI Friday's of a sandwich & salad and no workout= yucky morning weight
New day today!!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- either lettace w/light italian dressing or soup
S- apple (100 cal)
D- PB&J sandwich with a little bit of leftover potato salad (400 cal)

Still have a few errands to run tonight so I don't know when I'll get to exercise but I WILL do it tonight! My tan is getting better now that I switched to the bronzer bed & using a lotion with fast acting bronzer.

11 until wedding....12 until the beach

Morning weigh in 158.8-not bad since I had ice cream last night after I dropped Steve off. I should get the good fiancee award for last night. He had a bachelor party in SC over spring break but our friends here wanted to give him one. So last night was his 2ND bachelor party. They rented the party bus so I dropped them off at the bar about 9:00 & got the phone call at 2am to come pick them up. After I'd been asleep about 3 hrs but hey its totally worth it to know they are all safe.
B- Fiber one bar (150 cal)
S- fruit (200 cal)
L- yikes this will be bad...mentor lunch so IDK
D- lettace salad with pepperoni & ranch dressing

*update* I was suprised yesterday when my co-workers decided to have a shower for me. We usually do it after the wedding but I had been talking about how I was hoping we'd get the digital camera for our honeymoon as our camera sucks. So this morning we had fruit & muffins along with they gave us the camera with extra memory card! I'm so excited!!! They said there would be more presents later in the week due to the short notice.
I just had the fruit & stayed away from the muffins. Go me for the 2nd day in a row staying away from the temptations at work! :)

12 to go...

Morning weigh in 158.4
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Soup (150 cal)
S- Apple (100 cal)
D- pizza maybe???

I'm very proud of myself this morning! We had a early morning presentation with an amazing array of cinnamon rolls & breads and I didn't have a single bite! One day at a time right?

13 days left

B- 2 mini chocolate chip muffins
S- 1/2 m&m mcflurry
D- I'm not sure yet-Steve's got to work tonight & I really could use to run some more errands.

I'm definetely sore from lifting weights at the gym yesterday. Good sore though :) So the week before the wedding I'll probably hit the gym there while I'm back home again. Plus I can sneak in tans while I'm there too

2 weeks!!

It's pretty late on Saturday night so it's almost like it's 13 days but you all know what I mean.
No weigh in as I'm at my parents this weekend.
L- meatloaf, baked potato with just butter salt & pepper
S- handful of peanut M&Ms
D- hamburger, chips, pasta salad & of course graduation cake
along with a beer

I did hit the gym this morning with mom which felt awesome! I have a treadmill at home that I use but since I don't belong to a gym I never get the weights anymore.

Wedding update: we met with photographer today to confirm times & pay up this morning, finished the pew baskets & did about 20 of the 100 wheat bags. Wheat bags instead of rice or bird seed are the KS girl in me :)

Sale at The Knot.com!!!

In case any of you are thinking about ordering from The Knot's wedding shop- They are having an awesome sale right now! A lot of their things are on sale plus they have a 20% off anything if your total purchase is over $100! I bought some stuff there but needed the shipping charges to get me over the $100 mark & it worked. The promo code is all over their website but it is FFMAY9. The sale ends Sunday so be quick! I have found that you can use the promo code CONGRATS or COMPLETE2 to get 10% off anytime. Just can't combine more than 1 promo code together.
Have a great weekend!

15 & counting

Morning weigh in 157.2
B-Fiber one bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones enchiladas (310 cal)
S- apple (100 cal)
D- sonic while I head back to mom & dad's tonight

Plans for the weekend:
Sat- workout at my old gym with mom, meet the photographer, help Mom make my cousin's nurse graduation cake, work on some pew baskets & maybe wheat bags
Sun- get the rest of my girls' gifts, gifts for the readers/candlelighters/cake cutter & guest book girls & pick up Steve's wedding band

We got my ring yesterday! It looks good-I'm so excited. My engagement ring definetely needs cleaned though
I'm stumped on how to make a nurse graduation cake-it would be cute if we could make the shape like a nurse hat but I'm not sure how to do that. Any ideas on that one?

Down to 16 days left until I'm Mrs Allen

Morning weigh in 158.6
B- Fiber one bar (150 cal)
L- Smart ones tuna noodle gratin (240 cal)
S- apple (100 cal)
D- PB&J sandwich (200 cal) & I was going to eat canned peaches but I know they have a ton of sugar so I'm thinking I'd be better off not eating them.

E- I HAVE to get a good workout in-didn't get to last night but work has slowed down so I'm thinking I'll get out of here decent time tonight. Yay!

17 days!!

Morning weigh in 159.2
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Smart ones rice & Beans (310 cal)
S- Apple (100 cal)
**update**
I had to worked late for non-tax season hours so I ended up hitting a co-worker's jar of hot tamales. :( (about 2 handfuls) -
I wasn't hungry when I got off work so I just had a glass of milk & 80 cal fudge pop. healthy huh? lol

too tired when I got home to do treadmill workout but I am doing sit ups before I hit the bed tonight.

Sonic blasts are the devil!!

They taste great but my scale doesn't appreciate them AT ALL!!
Morning weigh in 160.4 yikes!!!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- Apple (100 cal)
D- Steve is grilling burgers tonight

Exercise- a tough treadmill workout to work off the blast & get me back to feeling healthier!!!

19 & counting

Morning weigh in 158.8-expected since I was bad & bought ice cream at the grocery store last night. We had frozen pizza & ice cream-it was good :)
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- Apple & little chocolate (125 cal)
D- I'm thinking I'll have Steve make dinner tonight

Happy Mom's Day

No more weigh in-
B- cinnamon roll
L- steak & mashed potatoes at Steve & I's fav place-too bad he was working & it was my dad, mom, little bro & grandparents. It's alright, we brought him leftovers & he was happy :)
D- not much as I'm stuff from lunch

We went out to see the house-it's awesome!! next step is paint then cabinets & trim. I'm so excited & can't wait for it to be done.

3 weeks left

Morning weigh in 158.2
B- diet cherry dr pepper from sonic
L- hamburger gravy over noodles, corn & a few baby carrots (this is my fav meal that my mom makes)
D- the family grilled burgers, baked beans & chips with dip.

I'm back at my parents this weekend. Mom & I went to a baby shower for a grade school friend on our way to the rental store. We've got tables & linens rented for the wedding. We made most of the pew baskets that go on side of pews at the church & cut the tuling for the wheat bags. Since my dad & grandpa are grow wheat & we're in KS-we are throwing wheat rather than bird seed, rice or blowing bubbles.
I won't weigh in tomorrow morning b/c I don't have my scale. Plan is church, dinner then head back home with the family in tow so we can go tour the new house. Steve had to work this weekend so we'll meet up with him in the afternoon. I hope he gets off work early! :)

22 to go!

Last night I didn't workout. As a combination of working late, wanting to watch Grey's instead, being frustrated with my weight when I do workout & just the plain being lazy too. The effect: morning weigh in of 158.0. WTH? That put me at a 2.2lb loss for week 1 of our weight loss challenge & a 1.37% weight loss. Nothing thats going to win me any awards as I work with some VERY competitive people who packed on the water weight last week so the leader right now is over 4% loss. I'm about in the middle. I am competitive but I know I have plenty to lose without packing on the lbs to win the 1st week. We get no prizes until the end so I'm going with slow & steady will win the race.
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
D- we are having a department party for bowling, pizza & go-carts this afternoon. I'm not a huge fan of the pizza so probably just 1 piece
S- maybe going out for another friends' birthday...a drink or two but I'll probably play DD to save on the calories

Excited yet disappointed

I'm super excited the wedding is 23 days away! Yet I'm very disappointed with my weight. I feel like I've been good with food & exercising every day yet this morning's weigh in was 160.2. I know that if I'm building muscle with the exercise that I won't see the scale drop but I want to be toned so I don't want to just eat healthy. I want to do both & the scale go down double fast! Life isn't fair right & I just need to suck it up! Ok vent over.
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones ziti pasta (320 cal)
S- apple (100 cal)
D- Soup ???? (150 cal)

Exercise- a nice long slow workout with some situps & dumbbells. Enough to get my heart racing & start sweating but when I do high intensity workouts I can only last a short time. Maybe I need to go for endurance. Any clues from anyone???

24 days left

Disappointing morning weigh in: 159.0 what the heck is wrong with me? I feel like I ate really good yesterday & I did the 13 flights of stairs last night after work. I'm starting to get really frustrated.... :(
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- have training over the lunch hour so it's 1/2 chicken caesar salad (400 cal)
S- apple (100 cal)
D- not sure yet, probably sandwich (200 cal)

I'm planning on another good workout tonight with treadmill, squats, situps & dumbbell arm exercises. Let's see if that'll help my body remember how to lose some lbs!!!

25 & counting

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!

It's very humid today so I can feel the water hanging in the air. My body is hanging onto water too. Morning weigh in 158.6-not horrible just not exciting
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones rice & beans (300 cal)
S- apple (100 cal)
D- PB&J sandwich (200 cal) & chips (100 cal)

T minus 26 days...

Morning weigh in 157.8
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Soup (140 cal)
S- Apple instead of my usual chocolate about 3:00 (100 cal)
D- 3 slices of frozen pizza-it was really good... :)
S- fat free fudgesicle (80 cal)

Gotta exercise tonight!!

27 days & counting....

Morning weigh in: 157.0! This feels awesome!
No breakfast again this morning as it's already 11am & I just got up. (I did eat a handful of M&Ms so I guess that could be called my breakfast. When I was at the store yesterday Steve's only request for food was sprite & candy. I bought M&Ms & some Reese's mini's-will have to be really good not to be tempted too much :)
L- idk yet, maybe tomato soup & grilled cheese???
D- we have a friends' 21st birthday at On the Border-i'll order soft tacos & limit myself to a few chips & salsa

going to look at the house today-the sheetrock is starting tomorrow so we want to see it just framed one last time. They installed the wrong sliding glass door but the new one is in now & I want to see it. Had a little drama b/c the alarm company had to come out a second time to reinstall the stuff on that door but thank goodness we have a great sales rep! He's so nice that he didn't charge us for the 2nd trip & moved his installers around so that they could get it done by when our builder wanted it done by.
Steve'll be doing homework all day so I will get in a workout this afternoon. Nothing else planned....which is nice!

28 days left!!!

Yesterday's weigh in was 160.2 and today's was 157.8! Look what a combination of Aunt Flo leaving & a good workout yesterday will do! I can definetely get to 149.9 by the wedding if I keep this up.
We slept in REALLY late so I didn't have breakfast.
L-PB &J (200 cal) & sm bag of cheetos (100 cal)
D- salad bar from grocery store-lettuce, pepperoni's & ranch dressing with some fruit on the side
S- WW fudgesicle???

Steve's got to work tonight so I'm cleaning house & being productive today! The wedding RSVP's keep rolling in! I think we've gotten a few every day this week!

Happy May Day

I'm getting married this month!!!!
Today starts the weight loss challenge at work! We have 20 people doing it so the pot is up to $400 bucks! 1st gets $200, 2nd-$100, 3rd-$60 & 4th-$40. Talk about motivation-$200 bucks & being skinny, I'm totally there!!
No breakfast this morning as we picked out lighting & appliances today. An expensive morning-we went $800 over our allowance in total for both but I figured why buy the standard light knowing that I'm going to change in out in a few months.
L- recruiting event here at work so it wasn't pretty. Salad, about a fist size of chicken enchilada, a few chips & salsa. and here's the kicker......1/2 brownie
D- sandwich & apple

E- Gotta get back to the treadmill-I took yesterday off.

A month left!!!

Morning weigh in: 158.2 whoo hoo! I like being down but the competitive person in me wishes the weight had dropped Saturday since our weight loss challenge here at work starts tomorrow. Maybe I'll use my weight from Wed as my starting weight-think thats legal? I'll just say I started my challenge earlier than others. lol
B- Fiber One bar (150)
L- smart ones chicken enchiladas (290 cal)
S- small piece of chocolate & handful of peanut m&ms (150???)
D- turkey sandwich (250 cal) & a few chips (100 cal)
S- I really love those weight watcher fudgesicles-might need to pick up some more since Steve loves them too & will eat them all the time with me. :)

31 days to being Mrs Allen :)

Mrs Allen sounds like an old lady but it's still exciting!
Morning weigh in: 159.9 ugh! what's up with that? I did the 13 flights of stairs last night, had one (pretty big) soft taco with only cheese, salsa, meat & tortilla for dinner and a 1 pt weight watchers fudge pop for snack. any ideas?
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S- popcorn maybe (100 cal)
D- PB&J Sandwich (200 cal) & little bit of chips (100 cal)
S- maybe another WW fudge pop (100 cal)
That still only puts me at 960 for the day & I'm trying to get to 1200 on average.
E- since I did the stairs yesterday, I think I'll do the treadmill tonight with situps/pushups & dumbbell workout. This should make me REAL sore on Thursday :)

32 days left....

Morning weigh in: 159.0
Expected since I didn't do the stairs last night & we had pizza for dinner. I was walking out of the office with a co-worker & didn't want to stop my conversation so I'll do the stairs tonight instead!
B- Fiber One Bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones (300 cal)
D- I told Steve I'd make soft tacos tonight so probably eat 2 of those

Good news is that I had a dentist appt this morning & the lady there hadn't seen me in 6 months. She noticed I'd lost weight-YAY!! I've lost 9.8 since Christmas but no one says anything to me so I think it must be so gradual that no one I see all the time notices. That was a good ego boost to help keep me motivated :)
I'd still like to get to 150 by the wedding but 9 lbs in 32 days might be tough. I can sure work towards that though!

33 days & catch up

Morning weigh in 158.4! I am proud of myself, that was after couples shower & bachelorette party weekend! We had a blast!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Soup (150 cal)
S- 1 Reese's PB Cup (85 cal)
D- idk yet maybe PB&J sandwich with chips

E- I'm doing the 13 flights of stairs again tonight. I wasn't that sore after I did them last Wed but on Thursday when I did my hard treadmill workout right after, that killed me. I was sore all day Friday & a little sore on Saturday. Thats good for me though right?

T minus 37 days

Morning weigh in 160.4 & I'm not sore from the stairs yesterday! Yay!
B- maybe a cup of fruit
L- soup (150 cal)
S- fatfree popcorn
D- PB&J sandwich & few cheetos

Exercise- treadmill workout-a really tough one b/c I'm not sure I'll get a workout in again until Sunday or Monday.

Oh now I'm excited! We are doing a post tax season weight loss challenge here at work. It's 6 weeks starting next Friday & it's a $20 buy-in, winner based on % weight lost, and the prize gets split 1st 50%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15% & 4th 10%. I work with a lot of people who I think might do it so we could be talking about some good $$ here on top of being healthy! What more could I want? :)

38 days left!

Morning weigh in: 160.8 yuck!
B- granola bar (100 cal)
L- smart ones chicken enchilada (290 Cal)
D- PB & J sandwich & pretzels

E- going to walk down 13 flights of stairs today when I leave work-last time I did this I was sore for 4-5 days. I guess it uses different muscles than a treadmill. I'm going to try to do this every week at least once a week.
Also going to do some crunches & dumbbell stuff for my arms.

T - 39 days!!

Morning weigh in: 160.4
Last night we ended up going out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings-I got a salad but at the end we decided to hit Coldstone for ice cream so I'm not suprised I'm over the scary number this morning. I'm hitting the treadmill tonight after my haircut & facial. I need to start tanning too
B- granola bar (100 cal)
L- I get to take a co-worker to lunch for his mentor lunch-not sure where he will pick.... *update* he picked TJIFriday's so I had grilled chicken, veggies & a few bites of mashed potatoes
D- PB&J sandwich & apple

Catch up & T minus 40 days!!

Morning weigh in: 160.0-not too horrible after 2 wedding showers & a family easter dinner weekend.
We had a great time this weekend & got a LOT of really cool gifts.
B- small apple (85 cal)
L- frozen dinner (320 cal)
S- idk yet, maybe fatfree popcorn (100 cal)
D- unknown so far

Day 106

Morning weigh in: 159.8 (slowly but surely I'm moving away from my scary number-yay!)
B- banana
L- sonic on my way to meet my mom at her office
D- ????

We met with the electrician this morning & our shower & bathtubs were being installed today too! The house looks great-can't wait for it to be finished. :)
Off to meet mom & do more fun wedding stuff YAY!!

Day 105

Morning weigh in: 160.0-wow what a difference being able to sleep in & less stress does for my weight. I lost 2.2 lbs overnight? Now if I could just do that the next 5 days I'd be at my goal weight 39 days early! HA HA
B- Banana
L- salad with light ranch dressing & cup of fruit while shopping with my mom.
D- Olive garden with mom & Steve. I had about 1/2 order of chicken fetticini, 1.5 breadsticks & some salad

I had my final dress fitting-it looks awesome!! The woman did a great job with the length (which I was worried about b/c of my walking) and the bustle is awesome. She said it was a very tricky bustle b/c of the design on the sides but it looks fab!!! Just makes me smile thinking how great it looks.
Mom & I had our annual after-tax season massages today too. They were ok but nothing amazing. I think we'll try another place next time. :(
We also went to Hobby lobby & got lots of wedding stuff-tuling for the little bags (we are throwing wheat instead of bird seed or rice since we are from KS & my dad is a wheat farmer). Ribbons, stuff to make the pew decor (May baskets as my mom calls them) and I'm making our rehearsal dinner invites.
Tomorrow we meet with the electrician at the new house & then I'm off to my parents' house for the weekend. 2 showers & wedding stuff-I'm excited!

Day 104

It's here!!! Tax season is over today! I went home last night about 5:30 to relax/celebrate with Steve. It was the best night! He cooked a low fat chicken with paprika recipe & then we went out to have drinks which turned into drinks & dessert but hey why not?
Morning weigh in (showed the dessert) 162.2 oh holy cow!!!
Yes I've still lost 6.6 lbs during tax season & worked almost 900 hours in 14 weeks so I guess thats ok. Now I'm super motivated though!!!
B- Banana
S- apple
L- company is buying quiznos (they don't want us to think about leaving for lunch)
S- company is buying lots & lots of rounds of drinks to celebrate end of tax season
D- my little brother & his girlfriend are coming down to the college baseball game tonight to go with Steve & I. They want to see the house & we'll go out to dinner with them before the game.

Plans for the next 4 days-which I have off!!!!
Thur- massage, dressing fitting, shopping & hanging with my mom (who's also a CPA-ok I can't say also b/c I'm not one yet but you know what I mean)
Fri- maybe a late lunch when I meet my mom at her office, meet with flower lady, look for wedding stuff
Sat- the church we are getting married at is throwing us a shower
Sun- my aunts are throwing us a shower
I plan on dragging my mom on a walk all 3 days I'm at their house-Fri thru Sun. Or at least I'll workout on her eliptical & I'm going to workout on Thursday at home on the treadmill.
150s here I come!!! My goal is 150.0 by my wedding day which is 45 days away. Think I can lose 12.2 lbs in 45 days??

Day 103

Morning weigh in 161.2 (since I've been at over the really ugly number for a few days I'm not thinking its water weight) I'm hoping its stress weight & they will fly off the next few days. I working 15 hrs yesterday (until 12:30 am & yet here I am back about 8:30am).
B- granola bar (100 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- fat free popcorn
D- I REALLY REALLY want to be able to make it home for dinner with Steve tonight. I know its bad when he asks "can we please have dinner together tonight?" but my day isn't dependent on me-but on everyone else. :(

Day 102

Weight is yo-yoing again (is that a real word? i don't know) back to 161.0 this morning! Ugh I can't wait to go on a workout binge here once tax season is over! 3 more days if you count today & the 15th!!!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 1/2 chef salad w/ranch dressing
D- I think the firm is still buying dinner these last 3 nights so idk. Otherwise soup or a frozen dinner.

Happy Easter! Day 101

Morning weigh in: 159.8 thank goodness it was back down under my scary number.
I'm back at work this morning-just going to be here while Steve is working a lunch shift.
L- Subway sandwich & Harvest Cheddar Sun chips
S- chocolate probably
D- one of my clients' owns a Papa Johns franchise & when we delivered their tax returns a few weeks ago, they gave me 2 free pizza coupons. I think Steve & I'll use one tonight. I'm too tired to cook

3 more days!!!!!

We went out to see the house today-they have the roof on except over the garage but it rained last night & right now so our floor is still a little wet. Hope they get it sealed up soon.

Day 100

Morning weigh in: horrible-161.4 what???? I've worked 64 hrs in 5 days so I'm not getting any sleep which makes me gain weight worse than eating bad. My guess is that I'll approach 80 by end of day Sunday. I'm tired....4 days to go!! Thursday is going to feel like the best day in the world. Mom & I have massages scheduled, final dressing fitting, buying Steve's wedding band, looking for clothes for bridal shower/rehearsal dinner/going away and just plain relaxing.
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- company is buying Cafe Moderne (my fav restaurant in town) turkey sandwich, little bit of salad & gelato
S- chocolate I know will have to be ate......
D- smart ones ziti pasta (300 cal)

Day 99

Morning weigh in: dangerously close to what I call my scary number of 160-I was 159.9.
Considering work bought Old Chicago last night & I had a ton of food, I'm not suprised. I wanted to keep myself under the 160 mark until April 15th. Once I go back to working 40 hours rather than 70+/week, I'll have tons of time to workout right? I've only got 50 days until our wedding day from today & will have 45 after tax season until the wedding. So I'm setting new goals:
1) Lose those last nasty 10 lbs to get to 150 by wedding day- thats 1.56/week very do-able with dedication
2) Drink only water in the afternoon (I was doing good at this until I started the 70 hr/weeks & I was just too tired not to have caffeine in the afternoon)
3) Take the 14 flights of stairs down between my office & the car at least once a week
4) Do treadmill cardio at least 3 times a week if not 4

"The difference between goals & success is discipline!"


B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- 85 cal snack
L- 1/2 chicken caesar salad (450 cal)
S- ????
D- whatever the company is buying

Day 98

Morning weigh in 159.6-yikes its getting close to that nasty 160 # so very strict eating for me today!
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- 3 little hershey's kisses (75 cal)
L- Soup (140 cal)
S- something about 100 calories
D- ????

6 more days until the end of tax season! I can't wait-for a day off, to starting tanning & working out again, to be able to focus on the wedding & just to be able to enjoy life again :)

Day 97

Morning weigh in: 159.4-hmm weird b/c I thought I ate good yesterday. Oh well just motivation to stay away from the mid-week munchies for tax season today. I think its Mexican food-so chips/salsa/queso, etc
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- maybe some chips & salsa
L- smart ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S- 85 cal chocolate
D- company buying dinner-they bought fast food burgers & fries. I had a small cheeseburger from McDonalds & about 1/2 order of McD's fries (310+250 cal)

Day 96

Morning weigh in: 158.4
B-granola bar (100 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- about 150 cal of chocolate
D- company buying dinner-sub sandwiches I think

Day 95

Morning weigh in: 158.8
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- a co-worker's wife made cookies....I might need one....or two.... :)
L- soup (150 cal)
D- idk yet, a friend is having a bday dinner but not sure if I can make it outta work in time to make it. i'll have to see how things are going about that time..... if i can't leave, the company is buying dinner again this week.

Update-house pics below

Day 94

No morning weigh in-just forgot again. I was too excited to go see the new house with Steve!
L- Old Chicago lasanga
S- Easter chocolate that we have here at work
D- birthday celebration for a friend at On The Border

All in all, a HORRIBLE food day for trying to be healthy!!! But it was so tasty & sometimes a girl just needs some comfort foods when she's exhausted! I think I'll be at about 76 hours for the week from Monday to Sunday.....10 more days 10 more days......

Day 93

Morning weigh in 158.8
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- KFC is what the company bought for lunch-chicken leg, 1/2 biscuit, coleslaw & some baked beans
S- chocolate (only 85 cal of it though :)
D- Depends on how late I work....

Steve said they framed the basement yesterday & were starting on the garage when he was there yesterday. We are going to go see it tomorrow before I come into work. I'm so excited!! I'll post pictures of the framing Sunday or Monday.

Day 92

Morning weigh in: 159.6
B- another dept brought up donuts to get us through our 70 hour weeks. I had a small caramel one.
L- smart ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S-???
D- the office is buying pizza & pasta tonight

Oh my diet isn't going well but in 12 more days I can focus on working out & tanning every day so that I look hot on our wedding day & honeymoon!! Only 58 more days :)

Day 91

I didn't get a weigh in this morning-I can honestly say I was so tired when I was getting ready this morning that I forgot! I worked until midnight last night & didn't fall asleep until about 2. So being up at 7:20ish wasn't an easy thing.
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones enchiladas (290 cal)
S- I'm sure chocolate-the key will be to limit the quantity :)
D- I can't remember what the company is buying today

Day 90

Holy cow is it really day 90??? Today is April 1st so I can officially say I'm getting married next month!!! :)
Morning weigh in-159.0 I really hope my scale isn't playing an April Fools Day joke on me!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- mid-week munchies for tax season today is popcorn-all kinds of flavors (cinnamon, chocolate, puppy chow, cheddar, you name it-its there)
L- smart ones rice & beans (310 Cal)
D- Baked potato bar-the office has decided to buy dinner every night the next 2 weeks since we have to work so many hours for the next 2 weeks

14 days until tax season is over!!! And they started framing the house today :) Oh please weather-hold out until they get it sealed up. Pretty please!

Day 89

Morning weigh in: 160.2-consistency is a good thing.
B- Fiber One bar (150)
L- Soup (150)
S- 100 cal chocolate
D- we didn't have Steve's chicken meal last night b/c I worked late but we are having it tonight. Yum! I can't wait to go home at 7:30 & eat dinner with my soon-to-be hubby in 61 days!! :)

Day 88

Morning weigh in: 160.2- it's a heck of a lot better than the 162 nonsense I saw a few days ago. I still think my scale was just lying to me.
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- 2 Reese's PB Cups (170 cal )-it's a BAD work day :(
D- Steve's chicken recipe-maybe if I can get home from work in time

Hours just got kicked up to minimum 70 charge hours. I don't think I'm going to have time to sleep, let alone eat healthy or exercise :( Guess I'll be a fatty for 17 more days!!

Day 87

Still didn't weigh in this morning but I don't like the feeling of not weighing in. I'm scared I'll think I'm doing fine but gain it all back in the next 2 weeks so I think I'll weigh in tomorrow & face the music.
No breakfast as I slept in.
L- subway sandwich 375 cal, chips 150 cal & diet coke
D- idk yet, i need to get groceries on my way home from work tonight so we'll see what looks good there

I've decided that I won't take my next test until after the wedding. I was going to squeeze one in between now & then but I know I won't be able to focus on it fully & I'll just throw $300 bucks away & discourage myself when I don't pass. Plus I'm only going to get to plan a wedding once so why not enjoy every minute of it! Then I can really buckle down & focus on studying after the wedding.

Day 86

It felt weird not to weigh in this morning but oh well-lets see if this works for me. Its a blizzard outside today. I actually left work about 8 last night-wanted to work until 11 or 12 but Steve wanted me home so that I was safe. Guess I'll work all day today & some on Sunday when the weather is suppose to be better. He'll be studying all day anyways so I'll sneak away to the office for a few hours.
B- Fiber one bar
L- working is bringing in KFC so fried chicken, mashed potatoes & a roll i'm guessing
S- some type of chocolate candy
S- hot cocoa sounds awesome right now so probably some of that too
D- soup probably

Today's the 1st day I haven't been sore since my exercise with the stairs. I think I need to do that once every 2 weeks or so :)

Day 85

Ok I've been avoiding writing this blog but I'm eating lunch so might as well do it.
My scale &/or body fat officially hate me! I don't know how but the scale says I gained like 4lbs in one day. I don't believe it. I always weigh in the mornings (after bathroom of course to get those last .2 lbs outta me :)
We just got the email last week to kick our hours up to minimum 60 & we got a "please work more than the minimum & we will re-evaluate min hrs again on Monday" email this morning.
So my new plan is for the next 19 days (yes I have a countdown until April 15th)
1) try to eat healthy but not count calories/points, etc
2) work as much as possible (only work & sleep)
3) not weigh until 4/15 as the numbers on the scale stress me out, which doesn't help at all

I will still blog my food b/c I love getting the comments & need to keep myself somewhat accountable. And I'm enough of a numbers nerd that as I'm writing down my food, I'll be calculating the calories in my head but hey I can't have everything right? :)

Today's food:
B- Fiber One bar
L- 1/2 chicken caesar salad
S- 100 cal snack
D- soup
S- 100 cal snack

Day 84

Morning weigh in: 158.8-still really sore from the stairs on Tuesday so I'm hoping I'm still retaining a little water weight....maybe, sorta, kinda??? HA HA
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S-A ton of Grapes!!! (200 cal)
L- smart ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S- 100 cal snack
D- soup (150 cal)

Day 83

Oh dear God I hope I'm just retaining water weight-159.6. How can I gain over 1.5 lbs in one day? My legs are REALLY sore from the stairs yesterday & we did eat Japanese so that had a lot of sodium. Please let that be it! HA HA
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- Grapes (50 cal)
S- birthday cake (350 cal-yikes!!!)
L- smart ones chicken enchiladas (290 cal)
S- we are having a work stress break called March Madness-something to do with basketball & paper bballs. Will be ice cream treat (300 cal)
D- Soup (150 cal)

Day 82

Morning weigh in: 158.2 my scale slowly keeps getting less & less. Thats a good trend.
Not sure today is going to be a good day food-wise. At work, we have mentors to help us through our career & I have my 1st mentor lunch with my new mentor (just switched to a partner in the firm that specializes in non-profits audit, which I'm trying to specialize in non-profit tax so it's perfect!) Plus the fact that a partner accepted a 3rd year staff as a mentee really has me excited!! And then for dinner, Steve & I plan to go out to enjoy him being home.

B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- mentor lunch- chicken swarma sandwich (mediterranean type of food)
D- date night with Steve ??????

*update* Lunch was awesome! I learned so much & SOOO glad that I switched. Also I got my exercise in for the day-right as we were leaving the elevators had stopped working & we work on the 17th floor. There is a door on the 4th floor at the top of the parking garage but I still had to walk down 13 flights of stairs! My legs are going to be burning tomorrow I can already tell!

Day 81

Morning weigh in: 158.6
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Smart Ones Pasta (310 cal)
S- small piece of chocolate (85 cal)
D- ????

I pick Steve up from the airport at 5:15 tonight. YAY!! I've missed him! Poor guy said he still had a fever & chills last night. Sure hope he's better by tonight so he doesn't pass it to me. That would be horrible to happen to me right now! 23 more days until tax season is over! Whoo Hoo!!!

Day 80

Didn't weigh in this morning b/c I slept so late. That felt awesome! I worked almost 68 hours in 6 days this week-no wonder I felt exhausted last night.
L- PB&J Sandwich (200 cal) & cheetos (160 cal)
D- Sonic jr burger, tator tots & ice cream blast (a treat to myself he he)

I'm going to workout, study & doing some wedding stuff today. :)
Just talked to Steve & he's sick. Poor guy has a 102 fever & the chills-not typical hangover from the bachelor party. If I can't be there to take care of him, thankfully his mama can be since he's staying with her. :)

Question to you all: what did you get your bridesmaids', hubby to be & parents for gifts? We are trying to think of ideas but I'm coming up with a blank. I have an idea for the girls but nothing for Steve or our parents'.

Day 79

Well I avoided the ice cream on the way home last night!! Major feat for me b/c usually when I want ice cream that bad I can't say no to it.
Morning weigh in: 158.8-I guess the stress of not knowing my score has gone away so my lbs are slipping back to what they were. I'd still like to get to 149.9 by April 15th-which is only 24 days away so I'm scared I won't get there. But I'll still try my hardest!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- work is buying BBQ today-so probably some BBQ meat (leave off the bun b/c I'm not a huge fan & its just extra cals), some baked beans & potato salad
S- few pieces of chocolate (300 cal)
D-worked late tonight so I had a PB&J sandwich (200 cal) & cheetos (160 cal)

Plan for tomorrow:
-sleep in!!! YAY!!!
-scan some pics that I got from Steve's mom so I can finish up the video of us growing up for the reception
-treadmill & dumbbell workout
-start studying again
-maybe even go over wedding invites that need to be changed/finished (this is last one my list b/c I could wait until next weekend or the one after that to do it)

Day 78

Morning weigh in 159.6
I got my exam score today. Not good-a 57. Passing is 75. Back to the studying grind it is for me.
:(

B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- a little bit of comfort food- 1/2 chicken caesar salad (500 cal)
S- i'm sure i'll need chocolate-with my feelings about the exam i'll be suprised if I don't need ice cream on my way home tonight too! :(
D- smart ones pasta (300 cal)
S- Sonic ice cream blast??? (1 million bazillion cal)

Why not be fat & stupid today! HA HA j/k I just need a day to complain before I get back into studying. I promise I'll be in a better mood tomorrow

Day 77

Same morning weigh in. Today Steve leaves for his bachelor party in SC until Monday. I'm hoping that I can work lots, workout & eat healthy while he's gone.
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones rice & beans (320 cal)
S- 2 pieces of chocolate (170 cal)
D- soup (150)

Day 76

Morning weigh in: 159.8 (hey its down from yesterday! only 0.1 but it stopped the going up cycle for a day)
B- granola bar (100), carrots & celery for "mid-week munchies" this week (100)
L- chicken caesar salad (500)
S- chocolate mini bar (85 cal)
D- Soup (150)

Day 75

Morning weigh in: 159.9-WTH??? I'm very frustrated with the scale & myself lately which I know doesn't help with stress & extra lbs.
B- the office cooked a St Patty's Day breakfast of green eggs, green pancakes & sausage. I only had a bite of eggs, 1 pancake & 2 sausage links (325 cal?)
L- grilled chicken wrap & potato salad (700 cal)
D- soup (150 cal)

We picked our flooring (vinyl & carpet), countertops, tile backsplash for the new house today! Crazy to think we made all those decisions in 2 hours. I am horrible at going back & forth on things so it probably was good that we made decisions all at once.

Day 74

Morning weigh in: 159.4 but I expected that since I had Mongolian BBQ yesterday & its pretty sodium based. Hope its water weight!
No score yet....its going to stress me out! I have a feeling I'll get it Friday while Steve's gone to South Carolina. And I'll either need to celebrate or be comforted.
B- 2 quaker chewy granola bars (200 cal)
L- smart ones enchiladas (290 cal)
S- chocolate bar (250 cal)
D- its nice out so maybe we'll grill out :)
burger, baked beans & a few baked french fries

I need to exercise tonight!

They kicked up our hours so we are now at mandatory 60 charge hours a week. I did 63 last week but I liked knowing that I only had to do 55. I felt more productive when I was doing over what was asked. But oh well, bigger bonus check in May so thats always good! :)

Day 73

Morning weigh in 158.8
L- 1/3 chicken alfredo (300 cal?) & mt dew (180 cal)
D- my clients' mongolian stir fry restaurant-didn't have much b/c the rice wasn't too good this time (500 cal)

My CPA exam score should come sometime this week. I'm really scared for it! Its been 2 1/2 weeks since I took it & it seems the longer time goes, the worst I feel about it. I think its b/c I forget about the parts that I did do right & only remember the parts I did wrong on. And its easy to 2nd guess myself later. But I need a 75 to pass & I'm really hoping I got it. I know it seems silly but I had a dream last week that I got a 76. Maybe dreams do come true? :)

Steve leaves Thursday to go back to his hometown in South Carolina for his bachelor party this weekend. I'm excited he gets to see all his friends & family but wish I could go with him. :(

We get to make house decisions on Tuesday morning (carpet, vinyl, countertops & backsplash) so thats exciting. And we looked & picked out wedding bands today! And its awesome b/c mine is on sale too! :)

Day 72

Ok I'm so frustrated I'm about ready to say forget this losing weight crap! I weighed in this morning at 159.0! WTH? I can only do so much between working tax season hours, sleeping & semi feeling like a person who has a life but then to add being a fatty & needing to lose weight too? I'm so frustrated!!!! I am not willing to go on a super strick diet for the next 78 days just so I can be 145 on my wedding day-I want to be able to keep it off! Why was the BMR calculator working for like 5 days & now I feel like its against me? :(

B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 2 small slices of pizza (work is buying lunch again) (600 cal)
S- IDK yet but I'm sure I'll need something to munch on
D- smart ones chicken quesadilla (220 cal)

Day 71

Morning weigh in: 158.8. I'm wondering if since for the last few days I've been under on my cal count & my scale has been rising that my body is not liking that I haven't been eating enough. So I'm going to make myself eat AT LEAST 1200 cal!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- to die for mint cheesecake (300 cal)
L- 1/2 chef salad w/ranch dressing (400 cal)
D- turkey sandwich & harvest cheddar sun chips (280+220 cal)

Ok so dinner put me at 1350 cal for the day but i'm still ok with that. Its less than the 1500 that I need just to lay in bed all day so I'm good right? HA HA i'm kidding!

Day 70

Morning weigh in: 158.4

B-Fiber One Bar (150 cal)

L- 1 Smart ones quesadilla (220 cal)

S- 2 small pieces of chocolate (170 cal) today is a crazy day at work-I needed it today :)

D- soup (150 cal)



Still gives me some wiggle room if needed :)



Our basement is poured for our new house! Picture below

Day 69

Morning weigh in: 158.4 I'm going to be good today so that I can stop this slow climb back up the scale!
I've been doing great at drinking only water in the afternoons. I have always been a diet coke/diet dr pepper addict but I've started to at least make the afternoons be water. I'm sure its better for my skin & some day it might show up in the scale.
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- smart ones chicken enchiladas (310 cal)
S- Its chocolate day for our mid-week munchies but I was SOO good & only got a sliver of 1/2 of chocoalte ball (100 cal)
S- Another small piece of chocolate (85 cal)
D- soup (150 cal)

Still waiting on my score for the CPA exam....could be any time in the next few weeks! I'm nervous.....

Day 68

Morning weigh in: 158.2, eh its alright considering I had about 275 cal in girl scout cookies last night. I am frustrated with myself for eating them b/c I wasn't hungry, just bored. We were watching tv last night & I got bored & decided to snack. I still was at about 1400 cal for the day yesterday which is still under my BMR # but not what I like to stay at. :( Today's a new day though!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- 100 cal fat free popcorn
S- 85 cal chocolate
D- Steve cooked again-spagetti (500 cal)

Exercise-treadmill workout

Day 67

Morning weigh in 157.8! I'm so excited to finally be losing weight again after being stuck for so long.
Last nights dinner & snack changed when Steve said he'd bring home some On The Border. So I had 2 beef enchiladas & some chips with queso. It was so good & since I'd only had 400 cal all day I didn't feel too guilty!
B- 2 quaker chewy granola bars (200 cal)
L- soup (150 cal)
S- small piece of chocolate (85 cal)
D- pizza (700 cal)

I changed my layout so I could see my weight loss ticker at the bottom of the page better. I am only 12.8 away from my goal. And I've now lost 10.8 since the beginning of January! Gotta keep it up! 83 days left until I'm a married woman! :)
"Is that food worth hating the way I look in our wedding pics for the REST of our lives?"

Day 66

Morning weigh in 159.0-thats ok since the ice cream was so good last night! :)
L- 2 soft tacos from taco bell (400 cal)
D- PB&J sandwich (200 cal), pretzels (120 cal)
S- girl scout cookies (300 cal)-Steve couldn't say no to the little girl at Lowe's today who said "today is your last day to buy cookies, do you want any?" :)
E- treadmill workout later tonight while Steve is at work for a few hours.

We have a basement dug! The walls aren't poured yet but we now own a hole in the ground! :) I forgot my camera today when we went out to mark our property lines but I'm hoping Steve will take it with him tomorrow when he goes out by it. :)

Day 65

Morning weigh in 158.0! WooHoo let's do the "i'm going to be a healthy bride in 85 days dance!" :)
B- 2 granola bars (200 cal)
L- chicken bacon wrap & pasta salad (300+50 cal)
D- this is where I'm going to be bad.....Sonic jr burger (310 cal) & ice cream M&M blast (600 cal) ouch!!! That puts me at 1460 for the day, which with a workout & counting this as my cheat day I suppose is alright. Just have to make sure I workout today & Sunday!!!

Exercise-treadmill & dumbbell workout tonight

Day 64

Morning weigh in: 158.6!! I love this new BMR calculation of calories I need to eat to lose weight! Thanks Irene!
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 1/2 chef salad with ranch dressing (450 cal-seems high but I'd rather count high than too low??)
S- 1 Reese's PB Cup 80 cal
S- 100 cal snack pack
D- soup (150 cal)

Day 63

Morning weigh in: 159.8, hey the scale moved & it was down. Not by anything to brag about but it was down. :)
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 1 pt soup (140 cal)
S- small piece of chocolate (85 cal)
D- subway sandwich & harvest cheddar chips after I get my haircut (450+200 cal)
S- girl scout cookies (200 cal)

didn't exercise....our puppy wasn't happy about having to be in the kennel today. normally they are in the backyard but the fence is so rotted out that they get out all the time so we'd decided that we would kennel them during the day while we are at work until we move into the new house. not really happy about it but its what we needed to do so we weren't throwing $ into our rental. Well he got out of his kennel (not sure how b/c it was locked) and clawed/chewed up the carpet & door frame so much that we are going to have to replace it! so much for not having to put $ into a rental. we want to keep our landlord on our really good side so she lets us out of our lease when we want to move in July (like she said she would-we just don't want her to go back on it)

Day 62

Morning weight is the same.
B- Breakfast cassorole (250 cal) & some fruit (50 cal)
L- Smart Ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S- ice cream bar for our office olympics (a stress break from tax season) (180 cal)
D- Soup (150 cal)

That'll get me to 940 cal so I still have some wiggle room to get me to 1250 which is my goal for the day.

Day 61

I'm stuck! At 159.9! Granted this week Aunt Flo comes to visit so I probably should just be thankful that I'm stuck rather than going up but it's still frustrating!
We have a countdown on our fridge for days left until tax season is over & until our wedding. We only have 89 days until the wedding! So exciting yet I am freaking out b/c I wanted to lose 15 more lbs. And 15lbs in 3 months is quite a bit! So HELP!! I'm going to kick up my workouts since they are pretty much none right now & start drinking more water. Any other ideas??
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Healthy Choice Chicken & Dumpling Soup (180 cal)
S- small piece of chocolate (85 cal)
S- hot chocolate (80 cal)
D- 1 pt soup b/c I decided to work late (140 cal)
S- girl scout cookies (300 cal??)

I just found out my BMR is 1539 so thats what I need to stay the same weight if I would just lay in bed all day and little to no exercise means BMRx1.2=cal needed per day. And to lose 1 lb, you need to cut out 3500 cal, so if my math is right & I want to lose 1lb a week, I need to eat at least 1300 cal. If I eat more than that, I'd better be working out enough to work it off. And 1lb a week is 13lbs total. Which would put me at 147.9. That would be awesome! I'm so motivated now!!!

Day 60

Morning weigh in 159.9
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- piece of Diet Coke cake (100 cal)
L- smart ones santa fe rice & beans (310 cal)
S- mini chocolate (85 cal) & few chips with salsa (100 cal???)
D- 1 pt soup(140 cal)
That only gets me to 885 cal so I might eat an apple depending on when I get home or a 100 cal snack pack if I work too late. That still won't get me to 1000 but thats ok, I'm sure I'll make up for it some other day! :)

Day 59

Morning weigh in 159.9 which is alright since I didn't get a workout in yesterday & probably retaining a little water weight from the chips & salsa. But I have one planned later today. I need to be productive today-workout, clean house, grocery store.
L- PB&J sandwich & pretzels
D- I've been craving meatloaf & baked potato lately so thats the plan. Plus thats Steve's fav meal so I know he won't have any objections to it. :)
S-a few thin mint girl scout cookies & glass of milk. i couldn't turn down the little girls at the grocery store who said "do you want to buy some cookies from us?" it was too cute!

Exercise- treadmill workout & some dumbbell workout for my flabby arms. They aren't really flabby-I lifted weights in high school so I built up big arms & now that I don't do that every day, they are just big. So I'm trying to tone them so they look good for the wedding. I'm thinking about doing a body wrap before the wedding to reduce the look of my flab that I don't work off with exercise. Has anyone tried them? I've heard great things about them. I was going to do a trial run a few weeks before so I know how my body will react.

I just finished making a diet coke cake for work for a co-worker's bday tomorrow. I'm pretty excited b/c I love that cake & its semi healthy! If you've never had one, I recommend trying it!
Recipe is: box of chocolate cake mix, 12 oz diet cherry coke, light whipped cream & light cherry pie filling. I couldn't find diet cherry coke in a 2 LT so my cake is a cherry coke zero cake. I'll let you know if there is any difference. I've been told its about 3 points on the weight watcher scale.

Day 58

Morning weigh in was good again-159.2!
B- Fiber One Bar (150 cal)
L- beef enchilada, chips/salsa & rice/beans from Carlos O'Kellys that work is bringing in. YUM!
D- smart ones baked ziti pasta (320 cal)

Exercise-depending on how late I work today I'd like to get a workout in but not sure if that'll happen. Definetely tomorrow though! YAY for exercise & focusing on getting down to 149.9 by April 15th.

Day 57

Morning weigh in was on the right track: 159.9! I've got a mini goal to be 149.9 by the end of tax season which is April 15th. It's going to be tough but I can focus on working out in my spare time now. I can do it-I've got to so that I look good in our wedding pictures! "Is that food/snack worth hating the way I look in wedding pics for REST of our lives?" is my new motto!!!
B- Fiber One bar
L- I have my 1st mentor lunch with my new mentee today! I'm excited b/c he picked my fav restaurant. :) I always get a toasted turkey sandwich, salad with creamy dressing & we'll have to have some gelato. mmmm the best part!!!
D- 1 pt soup since I'm working late tonight

Day 56

Morning weigh in 160.6
I'm exhausted today-our puppy that got fixed the other day has had to be an inside dog since we need to limit his activity for a few days. He made us pay for it last night-whined & barked all night long. He just didn't want to be in his kennel b/c he'd been in it during the day. (they are never in their kennels during the day unless its raining out & we aren't home). I think he let me sleep about 3 hrs last night. Being tired usually isn't a good thing when I'm trying to avoid snacking....
B- Fiber One bar
L- 1/2 chicken caesar salad
S- small piece of chocolate
D- smart ones chicken enchiladas
S- WW 1 pt fudgesicle

Day 55

It's done!!! I won't know if I passed or not for about 3-4 weeks but the test is over! Can't do anything about it now. It went....okay...not great but not horrible either. It is such a hard test to judge on how I did. Now it's the waiting game.
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal) & it was my energy for the test
L- Subway sandwich & sun chips & a celebration cookie
S- I hear there are "mid-week munchies" down the hall that might start calling my name about mid to late afternoon. I deserve it right? The dedicated diet starts tomorrow!!
D- 1 pt soup

Day 54

It's Fat Tuesday & my body has decided to follow with that motto for the day. It was ugly-162.0! The test is tomorrow morning so I'm done studying. Tonight is going to be a relaxing night with dinner with my sweetie, nice workout to clear my head & hanging out with my puppies (one of them got fixed today so I'm thinking he's going to be sulking tonight & just want to snuggle).
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 1 pt soup (140 cal)
S- let's try to avoid girl scout cookies today
D- pizza & girl beer

E-nice & slow workout since it's been ages since I've worked out & I'm doing it mostly to clear my head before the test

Day 53

Morning weigh in: 160.6. I have yo-yo'd my weight for 2 weeks preparing for this exam but if gaining weight means I pass then I can handle that. Its more important for me to get this over with than to have to lose 3 more lbs.
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 1 pt soup (140 cal)
S- I might be in trouble, Girl Scout cookies got delivered today & I already put a box of thin mints in the freezer here at work. Frozen thin mints are weakness of mine-even more than ice cream!!!
D- rest of chicken alfredo from sunday (400 cal), bread & butter (100 cal)

I caved on my snack this afternoon. It was a horrible day at work. I will officially be a fatty for the next week or so. Not even sure I will weigh in tomorrow but I probably should just so I don't let myself spiral out of control.

And tons of studying tonight! Almost done-less than 48 hours away :)

Day 52

I didn't weigh in today & didn't eat real healthy either so I'm scared for tomorrow's weigh in.

L- 1/2 chicken alfredo from old chicago (400 cal??), garlic bread (150 cal?) & mt dew (200 cal)

S- sunkist pop (200 cal)

D- tomato soup (90 cal) grilled cheese sandwich (200 cal)

S- 100 cal weight watcher fudge bar

I never usually waste calories on pop b/c I drink Diet but for some reason I was bad with it today. My total calories ended up being 1340 which is only about 100 over about what I try to stay at every day but it wasn't good for me food.

Below is a picture of our view standing in the middle of our lot-where our new house is going to be built! They think they'll start digging the basement in about a week or week & half. I can't wait to be sitting on our deck this summer with the grill going & a drink in hand! :) (Plus we'll be married & I'll be skinny then right?!)

Day 51

Crazy to think that in less than 100 days I'll be a married woman! I'm SOOO excited! :)
Morning weigh in: 158.8 whoo hoo! now the trick will be not to sabatage myself in the last 4 days until my exam. I usually allow myself whatever I want to eat b/c I'm so stressed about the test the days right before the exam. I have to go to the store today or tomorrow-we'll see if I can resist the easy to make junk food or if I can find healthy alternatives....
B- Fiber One Bar (150 cal)
L- I think the office is bringing in Chinese for today's lunch
D- subway sandwich & harvest cheddar sun chips
S- ice cream while I'm studying all night?????

I know if I got a quick workout in this weekend that it would make me feel better & lower my stress-just not sure if I can swing it w/o the guilt of not studying during that time.....

Day 50

I guess this is what I get for complaining that I've been steady at 159.9 b/c this morning I was 160.6! Boo! I am hoping it is water weight from the salty chips/salsa & soft tacos I had yesterday.
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- lettuce with light italian dressing (maybe 150 cal???) 2 crackers (85 cal?)
S- 100 cal snack pack
D- smart ones chicken enchiladas (280 cal)
S- working late so maybe some popcorn or another 100 cal snack pack

Day 49

I'm stuck! The scale has said 159.9 for 3 days in a row now. Granted I'd rather it be stuck than going up but I hate plateau's with a passion. It gets frustrating & I'm not a patient person by any means.
We had a little house drama yesterday-the developer double sold our lot! Steve stopped by & saw them digging our basement. Which we thought was odd b/c we haven't signed off on plans yet but that was still exciting. Until the realtor called & said that he thought the developer had double sold our lot & it wasn't our basement they were digging! So after some negiotating, we settled on a new bigger lot for just 500 bucks more. I sure made the developer pay though! He's losing 3,000 in the deal-HA HA. That was my win for the day I guess!
On to food for the day,
B-Fiber One bar
L- Soft tacos, chips & salsa (a celebration lunch with a co-worker as we both got promoted this week!)
D- 1 pt soup
S- 100 cal snack pack

Day 48

Morning weigh in steady at 159.9
B- Fiber One Bar (150 cal)
S- Fruit & a few crackers/cheese & sausage for our mid-week munchies day
L- 1/2 chef salad with ranch dressing on the side
D- smart ones rice & beans (290 cal)
S- WW fudgesicle

My test is a week from today. I'm flipping out over it. I should have taken a diagnostic test last night but I was scared of what my score would be so I chickened out & just studied the gov'tal section more.

Day 47

Morning weigh in: 159.9
B- Fiber One bar
L- 1 pt soup
S- 100 cal snack pack
D- spegetti

Day 46

Damage from Valentine's weekend: 160.8. I didn't think I ate THAT terrible but I guess so. Well motivation to be extra good this week I suppose.
B-Fiber One bar
L- chicken caesar salad with hardly any dressing on it. Kind of bland but I figured this was a hint that I shouldn't have ordered this today.
S- orange (85 cal)
D- ????

Day 45

I refused to weigh in this morning due to the steak & mashed potatoes from last night. It would have been yucky so hoping waiting a day would even it out.
L- PB&J sandwich & pretzels
D- frozen pepporoni pizza
S- WW fudgesicle

I haven't had time to exercise lately due to my focus on working 55-60 hrs week, house decisions & studying all the time. My extra time (ha ha thats funny! b/c I have no 'extra' time) that I am focusing on studying now will turn to workout time after Feb 25th!

Day 44

Happy Valentine's Day! I'm at work now & my sweetie was still sleeping when I left. We are going to dinner tonight at this awesome steakhouse. Mmmmm steak & potatoes That makes me happy!!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- Italian so probably little of lasanga & lots of salad (work buys our lunches on Saturday when we work during tax season)
D- steak & mashed potatoes
S- weight watcher fudgesicle

Morning weigh in: 159.0 That makes me happy too! I've only gone up 0.2lbs in a whole week & I didn't think this week was very healthy at all. Only 11 days until my test so that stress hasn't helped my eating or weight either. But no excuses right?!

Tagged!

I was tagged by 100 days (http://100daysnoexcuses.blogspot.com/) to list 6 things that make me smile.

1. Steve, he can make me laugh no matter what. I can be in the worst of moods & the second he acts like he is going to tickle me I'm instantly giggling. Even when I try to fight the giggles, it never works.

2. My puppies Ramsey & Buster. No matter if

I've just yelled at them for doing something wrong, I know I can lay out the blanket on the couch & they will instantly jump on it to snuggle with me. And they are both over 100lbs each so thats a lot of puppy to meet me at the door every day.

3. My family. I grew up with a very sarcastic Dad & little brother who can always make me laugh. Its been a few years since I've lived with them so I sometimes forget how they can make a joke out of anything that is said.

4. Seeing the scale go down or being able to buy clothes a smaller size :)

5. Chocolate, yes I know that #4 & 5 don't go together but chocolate makes everything feel better even if its just for a minute or two. Its like when we were younger & having someone kiss a bruise was going to make it stop hurting. It did even if it was just for a second! :)

6. The idea of our honeymoon. I've never seen the ocean so the fact that the beaches of Belize is going to be my 1st memory-I'm so excited!! They are suppose to be some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I have a picture of a Belize beach as my desktop of my computer at work, sometimes that is the way I get through a crazy day in tax season-to know that once tax season is over, its almost our wedding & honeymoon. Only 106 days until our wedding & 107 until the honeymoon :)

Day 43

Morning weigh in: 159.9- Thank you Jesus for not having to see those ugly 160s this morning! :)
Its snack day here at the office, lots & lots of sugar down the hall. Thank goodness its a ways away from my desk :)
B- one choc chip cookie, carrots & celery with dip
S- more veggies
L- smart ones baked ziti pasta (320 cal)
S-??? let's see if I can avoid the sugar
D- 1 pt soup (140 cal)

Day 42

Morning weigh in just like I thought: 160.6!!! Now instead of feeling bad about going back into the 160s, it just makes me mad/frustrated at myself. Today I'm super determined to eat healthy & make tomorrow morning a prettier picture. I've heard of water weight, is there such a thing as sugar cookie weight? :)
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- orange (85 cal)
L- smart ones chicken enchiladas (290 cal)
S- another orange (85 cal)
D- 1 pt soup (140 cal)
That will put me at 750 cal for the day. I know I'm suppose to have 1200 but since I feel like I ate 3000 yesterday (I didn't but it wasn't good cal count) I suppose the 2 days will even out right?

I had commented on 'Counting down's' blog when she was asking for ideas on how to quit snacking. Obviously I didn't listen to myself yesterday but I do have a quote taped on my computer at work that usually helps with the want to snack. It's "Is that snack/food worth hating the way I look in wedding pics for REST of our lives?" I just wanted to pass it along & maybe it'll help others like it (usually) helps me!

Day 41

Morning weigh in: 158.8
We picked brick for the new house this morning! But since we had that appt I walked out of the house w/o breakfast. So I gave in to our "midweek munchies" that the company provides for us during tax season.....cookies!
So today's food looks like:
B- sugar cookie & choc chip cookie
L- 1/2 ham sandwich & some BBQ chips (250 cal & 200 cal)
S- Darn these valentine day sugar cookies here at the office! I had one that was shaped like lips :)
D- taco meat, hard taco shells broken up to make salad, salsa & little bit of shredded cheese & some spanish rice

Todays food is going to make the morning weigh in ugly!!! I'm hoping to keep it at 160 or under, I feel like a tub of lard after the crap I ate today!

Day 40

Holy cow I've been at this 40 days? That means only 110 until our wedding!
Morning weigh in: 159.6, not bad but not amazing either
B- Banana & Fiber One bar (90+150 cal)
L- 1 pt soup
S- 100 cal snack
D- grilled chicken wrap & a few tator tots from Sonic

Only 15 days left until my next section of the CPA exam. Starting to freak out alittle but last nights' studying helped as I was getting stuff right. That always calms my nerves alittle :)

Day 39

Morning weigh in 159.7
I'm going to combine yesterdays & todays blogs since I didn't blog yestersday. I didn't weigh in yesterday since it was almost 1:00 when I got up. I didn't eat a lot but it wasn't real healthy. Pizza for lunch & a PB&J sandwich with pretzels for dinner. I did have a handful of M&Ms and 2 mini reese's cups as snacks.
Today is a new day though!
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L-Smart ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S- 100 cal snack pack
D- Steve's chicken & rice meal that I love so much. And its healthy!

Day 37

The morning of the dressing fitting!!! I'm so excited. Its been almost 6 months since I've seen my dress & I can't wait.
Morning weigh in was even better news: 158.8! I love this losing weight stuff :)
B-Fiber One bar
L- PB&J sandwich & baked chips (between work & the dressing fitting)
D- We went to Logan's roadhouse....i had 1 roll, one cheese stick, caesar salad, 6 oz steak & baked potato
My parents, little brother & his gf will be in town for the dressing fitting & then to go tour the model house like ours. We'll go out to dinner but I'll just have to make smart choices!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Its suppose to be 65 here! And just about 5 days ago the wind chill was 6 degrees! Crazy KS weather!!!

Dress fitting: I still am in love with my dress!!! The lady didn't want to let out the side much but when it was zipped up I could hardly breathe! And where it was tight was my ribs-I can't lose weight on my ribs as I don't have fat there. But situps might help just a little so that is my new area of focus along with cardio to get rid of fat layers. And oh yeah my arms need help too! But my dress fits my body well b/c my mom & Brittney both used the words "skinny". Its been a LONG time since that word & my name were in a sentence. LOL

Day 36

Morning weigh in: 159.0!!! Ok now that I've been in the 150s for 3 days-time to set a new mini-goal. How about to get to the 140s by April 1st. Thats 9 lbs in 7 1/2 weeks. VERY possible. My overall goal is about 145 so then that would leave 5 lbs to wrap up the 6 weeks before the wedding. I can do this!!!
We got a new Eddie Bauer mag in the mail the other day & they had swimsuits on sale. I don't even want to think about putting my body in a swimsuit yet! Ewww!!!
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- chef salad with ranch dressing on the side
S- 100 cal snack pack
D- 1 pt soup (140 cal)

Day 35

I was scared to weigh in today b/c I felt bloated but it was the same-159.9! YAY!!
B- Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- taco salad (650 cal-it had taco meat, some cheese, lettace & salsa and some chips to have with the salsa. I might have overstated the cal a little but its better to put too much rather than not enough. The sodium b/c of the chips might make tomorrow's weigh in ugly-:(
S- mini chocolate bar (85 cal)
D- 1 pt soup (140 cal)
S- weight watchers 1 pt fudgesicle

Day 34

I DID IT!!! 159.9 this morning!! Who knew celebrating & eating a Sonic oreo blast would get me into the 150s!
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
S- strawberries & cantaloupe
L- chicken caesar salad
D- 1 pt chicken noodle soup (140 cal)

Working late tonight so probably no exercise or studying tonight :(

Day 33

Morning weigh in: 161.0, I'm hoping its water weight as its just a few days before that time of the month so I'm probably bloated. I've got to keep focused this week so that I don't go over. I still want to get to the 150s by Saturday but that will take some huge focus.
B-Fiber One bar (150 cal)
L- 1 pt soup (140 cal)
S- 100 cal snack pack
D-burger & a few fries
S- i feel guilty writing this but I've gotta face the music. We went out to celebrate b/c our offer was accepted & we officially are building a house! Should be done end of June. But I had an oreo Sonic blast & Steve had ice cream cone (I know it was bad of me but I wanted to celebrate so bad b/c it was our 1st house & we are building it)
Tomorrow is another day I suppose....
Off to studying as only 21 days until my next test!

Day 32

Morning weigh in 160.6-this week I'm going to be very focused as my 1st dress fitting is Saturday.
B-Fiber One bar
L- chicken & bacon sandwich & side salad with ranch on the side
S- 100 cal snack thin oreos pack
D-breakfast for dinner

We are official home-bidders! We submitted an offer to the builder & should know no later than Wed if he accepts. We are going to do it even if he doesn't accept our lower price but hey it can't hurt to ask! So our timetable looks like we'll come back from the honeymoon, be about ready to see the paint, flooring go in & do a walkthrough. We want to close by June 29th so we can get a 1st time homebuyers' tax credit! Gotta close before July 1 to get that though so it'll be close!

Day 31

Thank goodness yesterday I must have been retaining water b/c today's weigh in was back to 160.4.
Not sure how food is going to be today. We have an appt with the realtor at 1:30 & we'll eat something before that.
Then we still don't have plans for super bowl-it may be healthy but I'm doubting it. Just will have to keep my quantity small.

Day 30

Disheartening morning weigh in of 161.8 again! That is what I was Thursday. I'm hoping it was that I have a lot of water weight due to all the sodium in Monogolian stir fry that I had for lunch yesterday & not that I was dehydrated Friday morning. Weight loss is so frustrating!!!
B-Fiber One bar (140 cal)
L- ham & cheese lean pocket (250 cal)
D-????

Exercise-after I get off work this afternoon I have a date with my treadmill & dumbbell weights! I'm going to get into the 150s one way or another!!!

Day 29

Morning weigh in: 160.4!!! I'm a 1/2 lb away from my mini-goal. I'm so excited that it's got me motivated to eat healthy this weekend so maybe by Monday I can be in the 150s.
B-Fiber One Bar (140 cal)
L- Mongolian stir fry-the one my client owns & we went to last week
D- smart ones tuna noodle dinner (250 cal)

We have an appt Sunday afternoon with the realtor about making an offer on the house! We are so excited!!

Day 28

Morning weigh in: 161.8
Guess I can't expect miracles in less than 12 hours huh? I plan to be really focused between now & my dress fitting in 10 days! I still think I can get to the 150s by then, even if it is 159.9!
B- Fiber One bar (140 cal)
L- smart ones tuna noodle (250 cal)
S- handful of M&Ms (85 cal)
D- lean pocket pepperoni pizza (280 cal)
That only gets me to 755 cal and I don't plan on eating dinner until after I leave the office late. I think I should still try to get at least 1,000 cal at a minimum right? Otherwise my body will think it needs to hold onto my fat.

Day 27

Morning weigh in: 161.6-I'm tired about being at 161 so time to refocus! A date with the treadmill tonight!

B- Fiber one bar (140 cal)
L- chef salad with ranch dressing on the side
S- mini chocolate bar (85 cal)
D- the rest of my chef salad from lunch

I had an awesome workout after I got home from work! I'm so proud of myself b/c it wasn't even killing me even though it had been over a week & half since I'd done the treadmill. Hope I'm not paying for it tomorrow! :)

Day 26

Morning weigh in 161.4-guess the carb overload didn't hit me too much. I've been stuck on this weight for awhile but I think its in part due to only watching what I'm eating & haven't been working out. I need to get better at managing my workout time, studying & work. :(
B- Fiber One bar
S- handful of M&Ms during a training session
L- smart ones frozen dinner (310 cal)
D- ??

Exciting news: I think we are going to put in a bid on building a house this week!

Day 25

Morning weigh in: 161.2
B-Fiber One Bar
L-oh this is going to be ugly calorie wise but oh so good taste wise. The office is having a training for the whole department & bringing in Italian. Lasanga, alfredo, salad & breadsticks. I will try to load up on salad & have lasanga instead of alfredo.
D- spagetti- talk about carb overload today!

Day 24

Morning weigh in 161.4
Steve & I spent the whole day (since I didn't get up until noon) looking at houses. We are renting now but would love to find something to buy. We found a great subdivision out west that we can build! We really like the area, the realtor & price so know we are going to need to crunch some #s, look into financing & all that fun stuff! The realtor said they are looking at about 5 months or so from start to finish so that would put it about July if we started here soon. Perfect timing with being out of tax season, Steve would be slowed down b/c not in school full time & we'd have the wedding out of the way. So keep your fingers crossed for us!
Food wasn't pretty today. I got up at 12, we headed out right then so didn't stop to eat until about 3:30ish & it was McDonalds.
Tonight I'm not sure what its going to be. I'm watching the ABC show Extreme Home Makeover as its about my hometown that was hit by a tornado last summer.

Day 23

Morning weigh in: 161.0 again! :)
At work again this morning until Steve gets off work about 4:30.
L- subway turkey & ham sandwich, harvest cheddar sun chips & diet coke
D-?? there are a lot of bball games on TV tonight so we might just veg out at home & order a pizza or something. not sure yet

Day 22

Morning weigh in: 161.0! I am so close to the 150s that I can taste it! LOL
B-Fiber One bar (140 cal)
L- Smart ones rice & beans (310 cal)
S- mini chocolate bar (85 cal)
D- 1 pt beef pot roast soup (120 cal)
S- another late night at the office=chocolate! (150 cal)
I probably ruined my good weigh-in for tomorrow :(

But even with all the chocolate I was only at 805 calories! I might have a glass of milk later but thats still less than 80 cal.
Off to studying I go.... In this last month before my test, when I only have the time/energy for either working out or studying I'm ALWAYS going to pick studying. This damn test costs almost 300 bucks to take each time & I'm so ready to be DONE with it. I've been taking it since Aug of 07 & only 1/2 way done. This is my year though! Getting married to the man of my dreams, lose weight/getting healthy & passing the exam! :)

Day 21

As expect, I went up a little: 162.4
I worked until about 10:30pm last night so no exercise happened. Good thing was that I was so tired that I didn't eat very much when I got home, just a few grapes.
B- Fiber One Bar
L- Smart Ones Chicken Enchiladas (290 cal & 6 WW pts)-which was AWESOME!!! I really love these. It feels like I'm cheating when I'm really not! YAY
S- 100 cal cookie snack
D- 1 pt Chicken noodle soup

I WILL exercise tonight!! I miss it! And I'm going to study tonight also so only about a 11 or 12 hr day today at work I think.

Will update later....

Day 20

I about fainted this morning- 161.2!!!
Last night I worked until about 8:30 & my sweetie made me a PB&J sandwich with wheat thins while I changed after working late. Guess that was a good decision to have for dinner.
Had morning dr appt & walked out of the house without my lunch or breakfast! So my food plan changed:
S- Oatmeal squares cereal-got to work late & it wasn't too long until lunch
L- chef salad w/ranch dressing on the side
D-1 pt chicken noodle soup
S-mini Butterfinger bar (late nights at the office suck for answering cravings!)

You will notice during tax season I eat a TON of soup & frozen smart ones meals. They are easy & taste pretty good. Plus I've got to have stuff thats easy to take & throw in the microwave :)
My plan is to work late so I don't know what exercise I'll do-either treadmill or strength training and do some studying b/c I paid for my next test today! Plan to take it the end of Feb.

Day 19

Morning weigh in 163.2-the dinner last night was very good! We will definetely go back there :)
B- sandwich sized ziplock bag of grapes
S-Fiber One bar
L-1 pt Progresso Soup
S- 2 cups of fat free popcorn
D- ????

Day 18

Effect of the ice cream run last night: 163.2! Very happy with that. I plan to eat very good today so it won't hit me tomorrow either. I'd like to be 162.something tomorrow!
B-Fiber one bar, I had the oats & chocolate one today not bad but I think I like the PB ones better. Not sure if I should eat those until the FDA finds out what foods are tainted with the samonella. I don't know how to spell that but its close enough right?
L- 1 pt Progressive soup-roasted chicken & veggie (140 cal)
S- maybe some FF popcorn???
D- A client is having an open house for their restaurant that my boss is letting me go to! I get to take Steve with me so it should be fun. They are a Mongolian Stir-Fry & they are just opening. I'm a tax accountant so the fact that I get to go eat some of my clients' work is awesome-usually they manufacture something or another. It should be fun! Not sure what Mongolian Stir Fry is so I don't know how healthy that is for me.


Official date of 1st dress fitting: Feb 7th at 1:30pm! 3 weeks to keep on track! I've given a co-worker permission to get after me if I want to eat chocolate/bad snacks! She's a good shot with rubber bands. :)

More to come.....

Day 17

Morning weigh in: 163.0-not suprising.
I've read 100days' blog & got inspirired to set a mini goal of being in the 150s by the Feb 8th. Even if its 159.9! It will require some focus & discipline but I can do it!! 3 lbs in 3 weeks.
Woke up late-gotta love Sundays!
L-PB&J sandwich & pretzels (210+100 cal)
(planned)S-apple or orange after my workout
(planned) D- meatloaf & potatoes-which is Steve's favorite meal ever!!
I figure I'll make it now since I'm about ready to start tax season & our meals together don't seem to happen regularly then. Between my working so much & his schedule with school & work at the restaurant, our time together is VERY precious for the next 3 1/2 months!

exercise-plan strength training & treadmill workout
Good news about my studying progress-I've through reading all the chapters now I just have to review until I can say it in my sleep! This CPA exam is kicking my butt!!

What I actually had today:
S-the orange after my workout
D-another one of Steve's healthy chicken recipes
S- ouch this hurts putting this on here but I'm making myself be totally honest with myself & you guys. I went out for ice cream tonight!
When steve was making dinner I knew I had the craving for ice cream so I didn't eat as much dinner as I might have otherwise. When I get these strong sweet cravings, I let myself have them. I am on a diet but I want to keep this up for the rest of my life & if I deprive myself until our wedding, thats when I'll fall off the wagon. Just the way my mind works. This is a lifestyle change for me, and I'm being realistic when I say my lifestyle is going to include sweets sometimes.
Thank goodness for my workout though! Think how ugly the scale could be if I hadn't worked out, ate the extra amount at dinner AND ice cream! :(

Day 16

Morning weigh in: 162.4!! YAY thats the lowest i've been since I started. Guess the not working out didn't hurt me except who knows what I could have been if I'd of done it.
I'm getting ready to hit the treadmill & weights after I get done typing this. Today we are going to get our passports for the honeymoon & go to a college bball game at 3. i'm hoping for a decent lunch so I won't want to snack on all the concession stand food at the game.
L- 3/4 of cheeseburger from Red Robin-SOOO not good for me but it tasted awesome
D- pepperoni pizza slices
I didn't eat much today but what I did eat was not healthy!

Day 15

Morning weigh in 162.8. Wow what a difference one day of eating good can do!
B-Fiber One bar-I tried the oats & caramel one normally I eat the oats & PB but the caramel is good too!!
L-BBQ Beef (no bun only the beef), potato salad & baked beans
D- PB&J sandwich(210 cal) & baked cheetos chips (110 cal)

I've been really unmotivated to workout these last 2 days & am feeling like a fattie! I'm hoping that my eating was low enough to keep my weight down. I AM going to force myself to workout good tomorrow & Sunday!!
Anyone have any tips on how to motivate myself to workout? I tried the whole thinking about my dress thing & the looking at myself naked in mirror to disgust myself-still nothing! Oh tomorrow is another day!
Back to study for the exam I go for the rest of the night!

Day 14

Morning weigh in: 164.0-not suprising since I ate like crap yesterday.
I usually bring my lunch (& dinner now that its tax season) to work but this week we had 5 new people start so the company is taking us to lunch almost every day this week to welcome them. Thank goodness for that only being this week & starting 55+ hrs/week next week!
B- 110 cal granola bar
L- roasted chicken & noodle progresso light soup (ww 1pt or about 120 cal)
S- 100 cal of M&Ms
D-pb&j sandwich (210 cal) & 110 cal of pretzels

I'm a little sore in the arms today from my workout! :) I didn't workout today like I planned to-got home late from work & needed to study for the cpa exam. I know-no excuse but I promise I will exercise tomorrow since that was my planned day off!

Day 13

Morning weigh in 163.8 :)
B- 110 cal granola bar
L- Darn these company lunches!! I had 1 1/2 chicken enchiladas & some chips with salsa
S-mini butterfinger bar (work was stressful & needed chocolate! :)
D- salad with FF Italian dressing & 2 pieces of cheese pizza

Thank goodness for my plans to exercise tonight! Exciting news-Steve just booked our plane tickets to Belize for the honeymoon!!! We had the hotel/trip booked but not the plane tickets. We do now! :) Now I definetely have motivation to look hot in my swimsuit for the beach.

Exercise: treadmill workout at a 4.0 incline, lots of push ups, sit ups & dumbbell exercises for my arms.
Guess I inspired Steve to workout b/c after I finished, he jumped on the treadmill for a workout too. :)
Our 2 dogs (1 yr old yellow lab & 2 yr old boxer retreiver) wanted on the treadmill with him too!

Day 12

Morning weigh in: 163.5-just a little up so i'm not worried
B- granola bar (110 cal)
L- Vietnamese restaurant- beef, veggies & rice noodles. I only ate about 1/2 of the serving they gave me. I went with people from work & one said this is pretty healthy-at least not as bad as it could have been.
S-2 handful of M&Ms
D- 1/3 cup BBQ pork & 1/2 serving of potato salad

Back to exercise on Wed :)

Day 12

Morning weigh in: 162.6 again! That makes me happy! :)
My thighs are sore from treadmill & Saturday's squats but nothing on the arms. Guess I'll have to push harder!!!
B- 2 granola bars-220 cal (these are quaker chewy bars with protein but they don't fill me up as much as the fiber one bars do)
L- 1 pt Progressive soup-chicken veg. rotinni (120 cal)
S- cheese, crackers, fruit & a bacardi twist drink (celebration party at work for 2 coworkers who passed the CPA exam this year. Maybe a party for me will be soon as I'm 1/2 way done & have 2 parts left to pass)
D-tomato soup & grilled cheese sandwich. Steve is feeling sick & that is always what he wants when he's sick. seems odd to me but whatever makes him feel better!
I'm taking today & tomorrow off for exercise.

Day 11

Morning weigh in-162.6! I think the water weight from my time of the month is gone & my workouts are doing some good. YAY!! I am sore today in my quads so I definetely think the wall slide squats did some good yesterday. While we were out shopping, Steve & I bought some dumbbells so I can strength training :)
L- 1/2 turkey & croissant (160 cal) & order of potato salad (200 cal) from mcalister's deli
S- 1/2 choc chip cookie from mcalister's (the sweetie that Steve is, he brought me this cookie b/c he knows how much i love them! but i only ate 1/2-maybe i'll be able to resist the rest of it but i'm not counting on it)
D- Steve is making his special herb chicken tonight-it is a healthy recipe that he got from the catering company he used to work for. I'm so excited b/c its so good & i know its not that bad for me! (Let me know if anyone wants the recipe & I'll post it)
Exercise- Treadmill with a higher incline, situps & a lot of arm dumbbell exercises. I think I'll be sore tomorrow as my arms were shaking on the last few I did. And my quads are still sore from yesterday's squats so the treadmill at a higher incline only added to it. YAY-I'm one of those weird people who LIKES to be sore :)

Day 10

Morning weigh in: 164.6. YAY-under the 165 mark!!
B- (about noon) glass of milk & 5 mini reese's cups
L- 3/4 of a turkey sandwich & baked cheetos chips
D- pepperoni pizza
S- weight watchers ice cream treat
Exercise was doing strength training here at home today. I did dips, situps, pushups & wall slide squats. I really hope I'm sore tomorrow! I like being sore b/c it tells me I did enough to do some good but not too much.
I'm really dreading the treadmill for some reason today. So if I tell myself I can do strength training exercises then maybe I won't try to come up with a reason to not exercise at all. Its better than nothing right? And definetely better than lying on the couch & wanting to eat ice cream! :)

Day 9

Morning weigh in: 165.4 Guess lunch & my workout evened out.
B- 2 granola bars
L- japanese steakhouse for yet another office birthday. I had some fried rice & KC strip.
S- 4 mini reese's cup
D- pb&j sandwich & pretzels

I'm really wanting to study all night so I think I'll take tonight off for exercise. My goal has been 4 days a week so with Wed & Thurs I've already done & to do Sat & Sunday will be good.

A bunch of us girls from work went to see Bride Wars this afternoon-I LOVED IT!!! It was great-all women should see it! Its so funny.