Biggest Loser

Beers: 0
Cigarettes:0

I just did a budget meeting with this crap going on in my state and if it isn't enough to make me smoke I don't know what is....well the witch that was at the meeting is another reason but 2 of my favorite people were there and I swear everybody is getting on the bandwagon of being healthy. My 2 favorites are giving up sodas and cutting back....

Traffic sucked with the weather and of course I wasn't prepared for how hungry I would be when I got home. I went to Ukrop's and you know their chicken was calling me but I said a big FU to the chicken and went to the salad bar. I was so good and the reason was because my new best friends were on the cover of People (I saw them on the TODAY show so that gives me reason to call them BFF's.)

Ok can we discuss Biggest Loser.....I am watching it as every person who is trying to lose weight in America. I have severe issues with this show but BFFASS loves it and sucked me into it. I am all for the Pink Team for my reasons. I will decide in the next few weeks if I will keep watching it because it is crazy that people can lose 30 pounds in one week. I know it is all they do all day long and but seriously. I would be let go from the show for smacking Jullian in the mouth. I would have to be on Bob's team so I could flirt!

Ok I am off to get ready for bed. Oh and send me major mojo for the next 3 days. I am in committee meetings, staff meetings and all that great stuff. Rockstar isn't going to be there so I need to figure out who can be my killer eye.....please send me text messages of encouragement throughout the 3 days!

Goodnight Train riders!

Fun isn't lost and 3 new finds!

Sorry I didn't post last night but Big Girl was tired after her first day back to work and YES I made it to the gym but here is the count from yesterday!
Beers: 0
Cigarettes: 0

I am feeling a lot better about this whole lifestyle change. I am not sure if it is the sleep that I finally got, getting back into a routine with the holidays being over or realizing that a lot of fun people are on the healthy train.

Let's face it...a lot of us are in this position because we are fun people. I have often told people that I don't like to do things unless they're fun. I know a lot of my weight has come from being fun and partying. By this I mean my cherished Milla Lites, dinner parties where you drink, eat and discuss all night long, not caring what I eat while and after partying (wings, cheese fries anything else the Pour House has on their menus) and not exercising because I was partying too much to care or hating life after the party stopped. I think I am going to be able to do this because I am going to associate it with fun....bear with me and hear me out.

Alligator Molestor, BFFASS and I are writing blogs about this and I love to read and everybody knows that I eventually want to write a novel so this is something I enjoy. Newlywed and I talked this morning about sharing new finds with each other and being each others person to talk to about food i.e. new foods, new recipes and disasters. My boss is on the healthy train as well and she always has fun new food things to share. I know you corporate people get sick of hearing about the rockstar boss but it does rock when you have a supportive one. I just wish she would be there at the staff meeting this week with her "look of shame" if you go for dessert.

I've been worried about not being fun or feeling like I am having fun during this lifestyle change. Fun is who I am and probably one of the most important feelings to me so the fact that some of my favorite people are on the healthy train with me makes me excited.

New Finds
1. www.fitday.com I am trying it now because it lets you keep your food journal and what I like is it breaks your food up into a pie chart. i.e. protein, carb, fat....

2. www.dietgirl.org She is from Australia and her book just got released in the US. www.sparkpeople.com loves her and her daily blog is a riot...plus she loves Bon Jovi!

3. www.oprah.com Sign up for the podcasts that she is going to do with Bob Greene next Monday night. They will be talking about recipes and nutrition.

Okay I am off to work on budget crap in my districts...if you know anything about what has happened to education funding in my state you will see why I am thinking weight loss can be fun!!!!

Hot Disaster...

is what I am today. I got in bed at 10pm thinking I would go right to sleep and be able to wake up for my workout and that didn't happen. What did happen was I laid awake till about 2am. I tried everything to get me to sleep and I mean everything. I laid down and it was like my brain woke up. I slept so much better when I was in alcohol induced comas and smoking like I wanted lung cancer that day.

Needless to say when the alarm went off this morning I was a not the Barbie Doll that jumps up to go workout that I had imagined I would be....I was more like Medusa, who was on the verge of killing a village. I hit snooze and realized I could go this afternoon. So I had to pack my work out clothes to bring to work. I was just a tragic trainwreck this morning. I couldn't figure out what to wear, putting on makeup seemed like a chore and god forbid I have to pack my lunch.

I can't wait for this to be more of a routine and me to get the hang of it. I can't think about this anymore because I think it stresses me out and that is why I can't sleep....who knows. I am already tired of talking about it but yet I sit here and right a blog about it before lunch time.

I was worried about the smoking at work because it is when me and my assistant talk mad smack. She is trying to cut back as well and she is wanting to lose weight......seriously she is a size 6 on a bad day. She said the holidays weren't kind to her so maybe she could be a size 8...that heifer!

I will say I am excited to see what Oprah has to say this week with her Best of 2009 week. I know my fellow alligator molestor is kinda not happy with her about this week but I am interested in hearing what she says....Oprah in my book ranks right behind June Cleaver when it comes to believing. Will be interesting.......

How many minutes to lunch time? Big girl is hungry!!!!!!!

Back to the grind!

Beers: 0
Cigarettes: 0


18 Days of vacation are over and tomorrow starts lots of stuff. Morning routine at the gym, packing lunch and eating breakfast are my big things that I am going to focus on. Lots of friends are gearing up as well so I am not by myself. I will be honest I am actually looking forward to getting into a routine and not having hours to think about the food I should not have at that moment. I do much better in a routine but I will miss hanging with Ella Bella during the day while I am reading, sleeping or watching one of my tv marathons.

I want to share www.sparkpeople.com with you. It is amazing and FREE! It sends you emails about health tips, success stories, gives you diet plans, fitness plans but more important it tracks your fitness goals and weight goals. I can't believe it is free because the amount of information, support and tracking tools. Weight Watchers, South Beach and all those other places charge you a monthly fee and www.sparkpeople.com is FREE!!!!!!!

Speaking of free....eating healthy sure isn't free or cheap. I threw everything out of my cabinets, frig and hiding places so I needed to replace it today with healthy food. Why is fruit so expensive but a bag of chips is basically FREE!

Ok good luck to everybody who is heading back to work as well tomorrow! Alligator Molester....good luck with the running and tell Deac I love the vest!!

Day 2 of Detox

Beers: 0
Cigarettes: 0

So it is Saturday night and I am at home detoxing playing on IM with the BFFASS while some of the Pink Team is making the circuit at some of our favorite places tonight and I am pretty happy about it. I miss the Pink Team but I am very thankful that they're understanding. Well really it is Wild One, who was supportive tonight. I told her how I really wanted to go out but I am trying so hard to be healthy and if it was next weekend maybe I could go out with being in the middle of the detoxing process...so I volunteered to be the DD and told them to call me when they were ready. I know it is only Day 2 but when you get a picture text message from your fellow alligator molesters in CLT at 3:30pm drinking beer then you really start to crave it. I will be interested to see if I make it to Jan. 17th...you know big girl love her milla litas! I haven't had a marlboro light since Mimosa time on Thursday but I can tell that I am starting to crave one so there is really no way in Satan's House could I go out tonight!

Instead of being out and about and drinking 1500 calories and smoking tons of cigarettes I am registering for 2 races in the Spring. I think this will also help keep me motivated with being healthy but BFFASS is currently talking about how crazy we can get after the races!

I will have to tell you the bad thing I did today...I cleaned the hell out of my house and I had been upstairs working and ran downstairs to get a glass of water. Well when I opened the freezer I saw a pack of M&M's and immediately tore them open and downed a handful. I am not even concerned about this at all.

Ok I have to go register for the last race! If I am not on here tomorrow you know Satan's House froze over with me staying in all weekend and being DD!

This Year!

I originally came here to tell you about what I was doing this year and instead I rambled about the Pink Team's New Year's Eve transformation.

Ok I know I need to be losing the weight to be healthy and all that great stuff but let's be serious and admit vain reasons are great motivators and I have quite a few and the good thing is that they're spread out all across the year to help me stay motivated.

January-ZTA girls trip to the mountains. I want my girls to be able to tell a slight difference.

Febuary-2 Louisburg College reunions and we haven't seen each other in over 10 years.

March-It starts getting nice in Richmond and I will want fun new spring clothes for all the outdoor festivals.

April-Strawberry Hill, I turn 35 and Coco has informed me her mom gave the time share to us to take a trip so I have to be in a bathing suit and flirt with hot cabana boys who want to rub oil all over my goddess body....ok I got carried away on this one!

May-Rachel's first communion and I am Godmomma (I know what were they thinking?) and I want to be a knockout in the family pictures.

June-My high school class is having a get together and the first boy to make me go crazy will be there and I want his chin to drop and for his wife to be scared!

July-Pink Team beach trip and I don't want to be a beached whale.

August and September....nothing yet!

October-walking 60 miles for Breast Cancer in DC and losing every pound will help me.

November-Miami plays at Tech and this could be the year my gonads are big enough.

December-I don't want to have to worry about my weight going into 2010.

Hopefully I will be a lot better in my blog this year and will take pictures so you can know how I am doing with my goals for each month and if you want to give me something to work towards in August and September email me!

Happy New Year!

Wow! I can't believe it is here already. I am suffering some severe post party depression right now. This was probably one of my favorite new years in a long time. I was with the Pink Team at a bar that a close friend had rented out. We frequent it quite often and it was just tons of fun. The Pink Team looked amazing. We took extra time on our hair, our outfits, makeup and you could tell. We weren't there 10 minutes before men started coming up to our table telling us how beautiful the 5 of us were. The more one guy talked to us he fell deeper in love. He said he had never met a group like us. We knew we looked awesome and you could tell by the confidence level. So I've decided to really put an effort into my whole presentation. I might have some extra weight but I have the ability to accessorize better than most people!

This is my year to do a lot of things. The main one on my list is to lose this weight and become a lot healthier than I am right now. I have to cut back on the milla lites and the marlboro lites. Right now I think I deserve a medal because I am not going to the Beach House with some of the Pink Team. The Pink Team talked about what our personal goals were going to be this year. Mine was to become healthy all around...

I was a complete alky yesterday and woke up and began drinking mimosas so I am thinking I have no regard for my goal but it was a great night and we weren't ready for the party to be over. I am trying to make it till the 17th before I have alcohol. I've read if you can detox that long it can really jump start the weight loss...so I am going to try out the theory!

My BFFASS sent me a link to a fun website I want to share with you. She is gearing up to start her program tomorrow. This is a website that can give you fun workout mixes. I stated in my last blog that music got me through it. It helped me remember some that I needed for the new ipod....how could I have forgotten Outkast....so sorry Andre!

http://www.inthegym.net/workout/playlists/