Weigh in

~Weigh in ~ 
Start Weight ~ 241
Last Week ~ 160.2
This Week ~ 158.2
Loss of ~ 2 pounds! 
Total loss ~ 82.8


This is a huge loss for me!  I can't remember the last time I had such a solid loss.  Off to work I go feelin' like a true Honey Badger.  
Lessons from this week ~ no wine = loss
                                    ~ running = loss
                                    ~ cutting out sugar = loss
                                    ~ cutting out carbs = loss
                                   ~ tracking calories = loss
                                   ~ drinking water = loss 


And just because I love pimps:

Who is that Pink Biotch? 

Weigh in and a Fill

Today ~ 179 ~ no change but I ate like a hog in heat over the weekend and didn't do any exercise for two days b/c of the the pissing down rain.
I'll take it!
Went to Dr this morning ~ added 1cc ~ total of 6cc in the band.
On liquids for the day ~ and hope to be back running/biking tomorrow!

Monday Weigh In and TRX

Drum roll please...............

After seeing this # I may have jumped outta the bathroom nekked and shouted " ONE SEVENTY NINE BITCHES!!! WHOSE YER DADDY!!!" To no one in particular.   My husband just looked at me like an alien had landed! 

Ha! 

Loss of 2.2 for the week.  

Not sure how I pulled that off with my band being super loose in the evenings, the bike @ the shop, two rest days and last night while watching Antiques Road Show a slice of pizza jumped in my mouth....followed by some Skinny Girl Margarita 

Yes, I am such an old fart ~ we go to our neighbors and watch Antiques Road Show and make up stories about how the people REALLY found their treasures, it was so funny...it will become a drinking game....

So the only way I can wrap my head around this loss is that I'm building muscle and that my body has become a fat burning furnace....no not really.  I just ran a 5K this morning and then did some TRX before I got on the scale...it happens to be 88 degrees and HELLA humid here...so, well there you have it! 

TRX is awesome once you get the hang of it.  At first I felt like a retarded trapeze artist or at the very least a floundering seal, but once you get the hang of it it really makes your core so much stronger.  I aspire to have a 2 pack one day..

Here are my sweaty girl photos and one of the TRX ~ I look like a crack whore but what the hell if that's what it takes to get the weight off!

The gym ~ AKA the Man Room AKA the third bedroom 

Weigh in Day!

181.2 = loss of 1.6 this week and down total of 60 lbs since March!  woohoo! 50 to go!

That is all.

Oh Hell YES! and weigh in..

Best Cake Ever (vegan too)

Went to my pre b-day party @ my Parents house last night.  I'm so glad I did that epic ride before because I had an express train of guacamole to my mouth!  Such a great evening!  My mom made veggie lasagna in my honor and there was no meat to be seen!  Ok, some crab cakes for the rest of the gang but over all I was impressed. 

I adore spending time with my Grandmother.  She is such a class act and lover of life (and bridge).  I lived with her for a time when I was between houses in my 20s and I really got to know her.  It was similar to living with Lucille Ball.  She shouldda been in the movies!  She is always up for a good time and the running joke is that she has leave early to get to the local bar to dance for money.... where that came from I don't know but she really gets going with the whole thing! Too funny.

Today is weigh in ~ we'll see how much damage the cake and guac did ~ my band only got tight when eating salad ~ the guac and cake went down just fine ~ of course....

The results are ~ 182.8 that's a 1.2# loss.

I also learned a lesson this morning ~ Thou shalt not bring home leftover cake and then eat a slice for breakfast ~ feel guilty and try to go running with it sitting the stomach....gross. 

Cake is in the bin now ~ no mas!

Quien Es Tu Papi

YO SOY TU PAPI!
Weigh in Monday!  
184! Down 3.4 #s!  Sweet! 
I read a great post this morning from Cassie The Lap Bandit.  Ok, its actually a link to another post which is a link to another blog~ but I got to it through her blog - its about Aesthetic Goals .  This really got my attention because I keep saying over and over again to people that  my journey has nothing to do with how I look but more about how I feel.  Getting to goal has to be fun.  Every time I have ever tried (and failed) to loose weight it was about punishing my body to look a certain way and restricting all foods and living a tortured life.  Now that I have adopted a vegan lifestyle and am doing sports that I love ~ mountain biking ~ it is no longer hard ( yes, some days are tough but the overall sum is easy).  I feel great and am having fun, I could do this for the rest of my life.  That is the point right!  Yes, having the band is a big help but we all know it is only about 40%.  By living the life I want I can get the other 60%. 
So check out this post  

Ramblings of a 90 degree afternoon............

Weigh in today ~ official # is......187.4 - a gain from the other day but down 3.6 since last week ~ woo2hoo!   I'm sure that was the glass of wine I had last night after my bi-annual Golf outing. 

Speaking of Golf...my husband is a golfer ~ I am not.  Once every two years I'll go out with him and see if I like it yet ~ Not yet.  Frankly, I like my hobbies dangerous or deadly like Mountain Biking, Horseback Riding, Running or Cliff Diving.  Golf, I'll try again in 2013.

The Trophy Wives ~ golfing

So on to today's event ~ I went for a Fill a week earlier than scheduled.  Not all the time, but some of the time I can get down a lot of food ~ usually when I am sitting home alone and bored or when there is guacamole in front of me ~ it just jumps into my mouth.  I am hoping this fill (1cc) will reign me in a bit.  So I am up to 5cc total.  Twelve pounds lost since my last visit My Dr is happy and I am happy ~ what more could a girl ask for.  

I know everyone's journey is different ~ I am lucky that exercise has never been an issue ~ for me it is eating.  I have used and abused food since I was a kid.  It is just now with the help of the Band that I can slow down just enough to recognize the triggers and the split second when things go wrong.  I am 1 for 10 so far in stopping in that moment.  Like right now I am working from home...and that is a trigger for me ...and there is a box of cookies on the counter in front of me....I wont eat them because I am on liquids after my fill and because I am off sugar...but they are talking to me and waiving....I can imagine eating them ...then I immediately know that they won't taste as good as I think they will and then I will feel bad.  So I say NO! to you Mr Cookie ~ I am going to go for a bike ride ~ I say Good Day!

Weigh in Day

191.0 - loss of 1.8 pounds this week ~ I'll take it!

Today is a rest day for me ~ I am wiped from the race yesterday.  I'm spending the 4th on the beach and then watching the Tour de France ~ love those boys in spandex!

Ah summer!
Happy 4th to all