Weigh in - All or Nothing

Starting weight - 232

 Last Weigh in – 200
Current weight – 201
Loss from last WI -+1
Total loss – 31

I had a gain this week.  I know exactly what happened.  I ate crap and didn’t exercise so I gained weight.  I’m actually surprised it wasn’t more.  I was pretty good all week.  Not great but I was headed towards a loss for the week.  Friday night I had plans to go out to eat with coworkers at a local Mexican restaurant.  Everyone was talking Margaritas and Chips and Queso.  I didn’t want to be the loser sitting there sipping water and not eating chips so I decided to have a cheat meal.  No big deal right? Wrong.  I know I can’t do that.  I have to plan and have the calories for the meal.  I have such an all or nothing mentality with weight loss/healthiness.  I’ve struggled so hard with it for years.  Since I knew I was going to have a “bad” meal Friday night I ate bad for breakfast and lunch.  Then I felt like I blew it for the weekend and ate like a pig all weekend.  It was all me.  No one pressured me to do it.  I did the exact opposite of what I should have done.

So here I am at the start of another week.  I won’t let this one weekend derail me any longer.  Back on track as of 6AM this morning.  Let’s rock this week!

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

I know that I’ve lost weight.  I am sitting here in a smaller size pants, but it’s hard for me to really see it.  Sometimes I’ll look in the mirror and think I look a bit smaller but I doubt anyone else can tell.  Well the past week or so I’ve been getting more and more comments about my weight loss.  This is so hard for me because I don’t like talking about my weigh issues with real life people.  I’m trying to get past that. 

Earlier today I signed on to an account of mine that I haven’t been on in forever and the profile picture was kind of shocking to see.  This was taken about a year ago.

 

Me and baby Eli!

And here is a side by side comparison of a picture taken last week.

I think I’m finally starting to see a difference.

Weigh In

Starting weight - 232
 Last Weigh in – 203.2
Current weight – 200
Loss from last WI -3.2
Total loss – 32

Woooohoooo! I would say my first week on the Simply Filling plan was a success.  I am so close to Onderland!  I actually saw 199.8 on the scale this weekend but when I went to grab my phone so I could take a picture the scale kept showing 200 and refused to budge!  I did have a cheat meal at Chuy’s for Mother’s Day but I didn’t get the worse thing there which I was proud of.  I did eat a ton of chips which I was not proud of.  But if eating chips is wrong I don’t want to be right.  I hope all you momma’s out there had a Happy Mother’s Day!!!!

25 Things You Probably Don't Want to Know About Me

I thought I would do a fun post today.  So here are 25 things you might not know about me.

1.        I have two sons.  My oldest (almost 8) is on the Autism Spectrum and my youngest (19 months) is developing typically so far.

2.       I have been married to my wonderful hubby for 11 and ½ years and we dated 5 years before that.

3.       I am 5’2.  The thinnest I have ever been in my adult life is 140 and that was for like a hot minute.

4.       I have  lived in Alabama my whole life and love being a blue dot in this big red state

5.       I’m 34 but look so much younger J jk…jk

6.       Friends is my favorite TV show of all time.

7.       I love TV but I rarely watch it anymore because I just don’t have the time.  I do DVR Grey’s Anatomy and Glee and watch them when I can. (and American Horror Story )

8.       I average 6 hours of sleep a night but I wish I could get 10.

9.       I love Mexican food.  Like LOVE it.  I could eat some variation of it for every meal.

10.   I love the color pink.  I used to dress so much more colorful when I weighed less.  I’ve been wearing lots of black and white lately.  This needs to change!

11.   I cook supper every night during the week then flake out on the weekends.  I need to start cooking more on the weekends.

12.   I love celebrity gossip.  TMZ is my jam

13.   I hate music snobs.

14.   I love old school American Idol.  I’ve been to 8 AI related concerts.  My faves are Adam Lambert and Kelly Clarkson.

15.   I love guy movies.  Old School, Hangover, Step Brothers, Fast and Furious

16.   I cannot eat ground turkey or chicken not matter how hard I try to like it.

17.   I have a small shopping addiction.

18.   I love my job.  I work for a very large company in very small department.

19.   I sell Scentsy on the side if anyone would like to order anything.  That’s all the promoting I’ll do.  I’m actually not very good in sales and only sell to people that I know that ask me to buy things.

20.   I love makeup and use to spend way too much money on it.  Having 2 kids cost too much for me to go wild at Sephora and Ulta.

21.   I would wear flip flops every day if I could, even in the snow!

22.   I am allergic to shellfish.  I only became allergic a few years ago.  I found out the hard way that shrimp are considered shellfish.

23.   I love Britney Spears.  She is my favorite.

24.   The only part of being on vacation I like is not having to cook and clean.

25.   I have 3 tattoos.

And Please follow me on Bloglovin :)

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Finish The Sentence Linkup

I doing a linkup with Holly and Jake today.  If you haven't read Holly's blog you need to!  Girl is hilarious!  I've just discovered Jake's blog and he is hilarious too!

Unlike my sibling(s) (that I love very much)...I am fat. My sis is crazy skinny without even trying.

My best friend says... We should runaway from the real world and live at Disney World

People call me... Flava Flav and I don’t know why….

The best part of my day...is when I walk in the door from work and my kids are so excited to see me that they don’t whine or fuss or break anything for 1 whole minute.

I really don't understand... why people get on my treadmill at the gym.

I get really annoyed... when people get on my treadmill at the gym. See above.

There's nothing like ... Silence

Lately, I can't get enough... Sleep. I need more sleep.

One thing I am NOT is... Organized

I spent too much money on... our vacation to Disney World

I want to learn.... to only eat when I’m hungry.

If I ever met Jake in real life , I would... introduce myself.

I can't stop... eating Pop Chips….nom nom nom…crunch

Never have I ever... said no to Chips and Salsa (okay maybe once when I was low carbing it)

Reese Witherspoon... is still one of my favorites. She made a mistake and should have kept her mouth shut. This is me every freaking day.

I Feel Pretty

So today I’m wearing a dress I bought over a year ago.  I found it on clearance and even though it was too small I thought it was too good a deal to pass up.  So in my closet it has been.  Hidden away in the back.  I actually forgot about it until I was looking last night for some pants that actually fit me after the ones I wore yesterday kept slipping down my hips.  I feel so good in this dress and I’ve gotten several comments from people about how it looks like I’ve lost weight.   It’s always nice when people notice.  I know I’m on this journey for me and trying to lose weight for my health but I want to look nice too.

So lets talk about this health thing.  I’m really enjoying the Simply Filling program.  I feel like when I’m counting points or calories I tend to pick the lowest cal option that might not always be the healthiest option.  I also eat a lot of prepackaged foods and smart ones.  Lately I’ve shifted to eating healthier real foods.  When I was younger I would eat 1000 calories a day to lose weight but that’s not healthy or realistic and that’s probably why I gained all my weight back plus some.

Early Bird Might Catch the Worm but the Night Owl has More Fun

Sooo yeah I did not go to the gym bright and early yesterday morning.  I can give you my excuses (TOM and Rain and Cold) or I can tell you that I went in the PM and kicked butt on the treadmill.  I also had a revelation.  Basically 95% of all Britney Spears music is perfect for the gym.  She pumps me up.  As I was jamming to Piece of Me and thinking about how great the song was I remembered if was from her Cray period and it still rocks.  Oh sorry I’m supposed to be talking about me and my need to get my butt to the gym.  Yeah so I went last night and it was great but I still want to be a morning workout person.  Wow can I whine a little more about that?  Basically I just need to work out.

So onto the Simply Filling plan.  Today is day 2 and I think I am rocking it!  I meant to take pictures of my meals for instagram but I never think to do it until after I finish eating.  I did get a pick of my veggie western omelets yesterday after only a couple of bites.  Oh didn’t I tell you?  I eat eggs now! I’m not a hardcore egg lover but I can eat omelets and I really like them.  I’m planning to stick it out for 21 days so we’ll see how that goes.