A Ladybug's Journey

I am beyond excited...  Do you know what that means?  I can't stop smiling, I'm giddy, hyper, and I probably won't sleep tonight...  Why is this?  My SISTER (one of them) is coming to town!  I can't waaaaaaiiiiittttttttt... She'll be here tomorrow.  We're going to visit Astoria (home of the GOONIES!) and Crater Lake while she's here... Lots of fun to be had this weekend, yearbook items to take care of and lots of pics to come. Oh yeah, and weigh in tomorrow! =)

Bad week doesn't begin to describe it.  Work-wise, it sucked.  Weight-loss-wise... it was worse. I knew I had gained.  I went into the weigh in conscientiously knowing that there was going to be a gain.  And I didn't switch into my 'weight-in' clothes, so I knew my jeans would add some weight also. I still didn't expect what I saw. I gained.  But not just a little bit... I GAINED!!! It was bad.  Really bad. However, there is no point in dwelling on the past.  It's done and gone.  (If you want to see how bad, it's in the tracker page.) On a positive note.  I bought new sneakers today.  They are super comfortable and I hope that they will help with my arch cramping.  I'm looking forward to the gym next week. Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13

I'm going to start a page to chronicle my off scale successes... Cause I had a pretty big one today! I jogged! Okay, 'just' for 60 seconds, and the just another 30. But I did it! I honestly didn't think I could and that feels great! Ok, still at the gym, doing leg curls now - back to it!

My first 5k was several years ago.  It was the SoBeFit 5k.  I didn't finish first, but I didn't finish last - and most importantly, I finished. I considered giving up so many times, but it was oddly encouraging seeing complete strangers cheering me on... they were gathered along the streets, standing in the doorways of their businesses, and just enjoying watching everyone walking/running along the streets of South Beach. Myself and Jessy - Can you tell it was not an easy (or cool) walk? And I'm materialistic enough to feel that the best part what that they gave every person who crossed the finish line a medal.  Nothing fancy, but it was a completion medal, and it meant more to me than anything else that day.  It still does.  That was back in 2010, and it's still hanging in my office, right next to Jessy's.   Our medals. Since then I've done a few more 5k's - Susan G. Koman(s), Suicide Prevention, Arthritis Foundation - and while they are a

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! Today was a GREAT weigh in!  I lost another 5.8 today.  While that on it's own is great (yes, loosing a bit more than I should be at a time, but I have a lot to loose, I know that will change), I make TWO small milestones today.  I reached both 10 lbs total loss AND 15 lbs total loss.  I am beyond happy about this! Also, yesterday Jessy and I tried a new pizza recipe from www.emilybites.com .  Her website is amazing, and the pizza recipe is even better tasting that it looks!  Don't believe me? Try it out yourself.  You'll be happy and so will your tummy! Here's a pic from her site ... mine looked JUST THIS GOOD!   What are you waiting for?  Go get the ingredient list, run to the store, and make this today!!!

Tomorrow is weigh in #5.  Since I last posted I have had two AMAZING weight ins.  While I expect that I lost this week, I know that I won't have a third amazing loss in a row, I didn't do the work this week that I did last week or the week before.  How have I done?  I've lost 9.6 lbs in two weeks.  Yes, that is much higher than what is recommended, but it is not uncommon for someone at my weight to loose large amounts at one time in the beginning. Jessy bought us a new scale.  This is both a blessing and a curse.  The one we had before was not rated for over 300 lbs, so it was very unreliable for me.  I would step on and off several times in a row and each reading would be different from the other, often by several pounds.  The new scale? Well, it works.  Really works.  I can step on and off and on again as man times as I want, and it will always tell me the same amount.  Why is this a bad thing? I want to step on it all the time.  This is a bad thing because I don't