Month: May 2013

After my motivational meeting with my coach on Saturday morning, I am prepared for a very successful week! I am going to give you way more details about my food choices in this blog than I am certain you care to know, but I really felt good at the end of the day, and the details of how I got through it were important to me, and were also the result of meeting with my coach and feeling motivated. Mike and I met my mom, my niece and my brother at Ihop, (apparently the only place my mother will go for breakfast), at 11:00 for our first celebration of the day. Me, Mom, Niece I think my Mom said….”I’m going to look so short in between the two of you!” We told her she looked short no matter what. I’m 5’5″. Mom’s 4’8″. 🙂 I love this kid! She makes […]

Yesterday was a very full day after meeting with my “coach”, but after the revelation that THIS was my life changing month, the rest of the decisions I made feel fairly mundane……. ……..except for the crazy ass driver I followed through the city, then rolled down my window to tell a police officer that was beside me at a stoplight about him, but the police officer just said “thank you” and drove away, so I continued to follow the crazy guy to a store, where I waited in the parking lot while he shopped (wondering the whole 20 minutes I was there if he was just late for work since he parked as far away from the door as possible, then did some sort of a sprint/skip into Bed Bath and Beyond), but then he came out with his purchases, so I followed him as he darted in and out […]

My Coach….. She’s got my back, no matter what. I weighed in Friday morning. Last week I was exactly where I had planned on being, then I managed to sabotage myself and instead of taking one step forward this week, I took two steps backwards, and although I am still below my green line on my chart, I started to FREAK OUT and anticipate failure for the month of May. My coach and I had a scheduled a meeting for Saturday morning at 8:00 am, and I knew I needed this meeting more than ever. I NEEDED my “sponsor”! So to prepare her, I charted my weigh in (165.6) on my graph, and sent her a picture, along with this text……… Here is my chart……. Then I headed out the door on an unexpected Friday walk. (Guys, Fridays are days “off” of exercising, but I knew I needed to work […]

I bought this fancy schmancy wireless speaker for my iPad and iPhone. BUT, I CAN’T GET IT OUT OF THE BOX!!!! So, I took it back to the Verizon store. I had lots of odd questions about my new toy anyhow. (Holy Cow! Look at that dark cloud! That thunderstorm Wednesday night was ridiculously scary and loud! I sat straight up in bed with every single thunder boom! I don’t think Mike heard a thing.) Anywho……as I walked into the store, possibly six employees greeted me at the door, including Adrian, the nice young man that helped me the day before, and who possibly thought I was insane, and kinda dumb. I held up my half-opened wireless/speaker/Boombox thingymabob, and said…. “Is this some kinda IQ test or something? If so, I failed” They actually agreed that the packaging was crazy, and took it to the back room to open it…..with […]

It started off with me in bed and Mike saying….. “Goodbye, Have a nice day, I love you”, just like he does every morning somewhere between 4:30 and 5:30 am. Then he followed it with…. “Is today our anniversary?” to which I replied “Yes” to which he replied “I forgot to get a card” to which I replied “It’s okay” I didn’t tell him his card was signed and sealed, but I forgot to put it by his phone so he would see it, like I usually do. I mean, I didn’t want the guy to feel bad. He told me two days prior that he had a gift in mind for me. Actually, I’m the one that feels bad, because I hadn’t really thought completely through a gift for him this year, but I did have plans to purchase something “Ivory” sometime during the day, because when I Googled […]

Tess did her final “Packing” job and pulled out of the drive way with her Texas plates Tuesday afternoon. I made her pose for “blogging ” purposes…… She loves the camera, so no biggie….. Then she really left. I cried. She cried before she left. We’re just criers. I know we will both be fine. I really can’t believe how she talked about moving away when she was a kid, and how “reality” has kicked in. But I am so happy that she does have a job that will allow her to come home as often as she wants, and also allow me to visit her fairly frequently. We really did get the best of both worlds!! Monday I walked 6 miles outside and I could really feel it in my butt and hips on Tuesday, but I headed out yesterday afternoon for another long walk, getting in 5 miles […]

Since spending two days on the road to Dallas and back, I have no idea what day of the week it is, and at any given time, I actually have no idea what time it is. Saturday, Tess and I had planned to sleep in, then sip coffee and get all caught up on our shows that had been DVR’d, and that’s exactly what we did. That night was a Cinco De Mayo party that some friends of ours do each year, and we rested up just enough that we were ready to get out and socialize. (The food is always amazing and this is a great group of fun folks, so you really DON’T want to miss out on the fun!) As expected, we had a blast chatting, laughing, eating and dancing! (Beverages included!) The lovely Host and Hostess! Stupid fun…… A bunch of pretty ladies…… A couple of […]

Eighteen of those forty-two hours were spent in the car driving over 1000 miles to Dallas, then back to Kansas City. On Wednesday, Tess and I picked up the U-Haul and I nervously (I’VE NEVER PULLED ANYTHING! But admittedly, growing up with a dad and a brother that love trucks and toys and “hauling” things, a part of me was excited for the challenge) drove it back to the house to load up. I was ready to make a tally of the curbs I would jump on the drive home. I didn’t hit even one curb. I was super impressed with myself, but all I could really think about was the drive to Dallas we had to make on Thursday, which would now take about 10 hours, instead of 8 hours, because we were informed by U-Haul that we really should not drive over 60 mph, to prevent any fish […]

It felt great to walk outside on the neighborhood path! There was a family of turtles ALL OVER THIS LOG! Tess is home for a final “packing” and her and I leave Thursday morning for the drive to Dallas. After my walk, we (including the dogs) enjoyed a little relaxing time outside instead of packing. Who wants to be INSIDE?? Then I remembered I bought a Hammock! Urg….why all the pieces?? It’s okay. I got this. Or do I? Yip. Ta Da! Dork. It was super cozy. I actually did get to lay in it too. 🙂 Would you look at that view? I am very pleased with my gift to myself. It was a successful water drinking, food eating and exercising day! I just stepped on the scale, and it looks as though the 100 minute walk on Monday, the walk yesterday, all the water I have consumed, and […]

My blog won’t post with pictures today, and I really liked my post for the day and the pictures were great! Hopefully I can get the kinks worked out. I stepped on the scale this morning, and it looks as though the 100 minute walk on Monday, the 60 minute walk outside yesterday, all the water I have consumed, and YES, most likely the fruits and veggies I have consumed, have helped me reach my goal of 164.0 by this Friday! Today’s weight?163.4! Super excited! “love the life you live, live the life you love”