September 2009

Moving on…

by Jen, a priorfatgirl on September 29, 2009

I’m going to quietly admit what happened yesterday, accept it and move on. I allowed my attitude to control me and take over.

At about 3pm, I pulled on
my cranky pants…



And by 5pm, I had allowed it to
creep over me and take over
the rest of the evening!


It was horrible! I even twittered
about it..to which in return, my
twitter support family jumped
in and tried to catch me…


@priorfatgirl Its cold and blustery in Minneapolis and…I could care less if I get my workout in. (Anyone sensing my crankiness? Bleck!)

@nicyclel DO IT! You have a race to train for!!!

@marlenabeck Can you workout in the gym? Maybe the temp is just right in there…your *decision*!! ;)

@teetee_71I care girl!! Go workout!! It will make u feel lots better! NOW GO!! *pointing finger in direction of gym*


But it didn’t work. A headache developed and so I stopped at the grocery store to at least cross that off my list of things to do. By the time I finished, had about 2 hours before I had to be anywhere – that was plenty of time to make it to the gym and get my 1st session of the week training in.

But did I? NOOOOOOOOOOOO. Instead, I came home and unpacked the groceries, let Iggy out, made dinner and my headache continued to worsen. I ran to my 7pm meeting and by the time I came home, I was in so much pain, I couldn’t even talk to Carlos. I ended up in bed by 8:30pm.

I slept all the way until 6am this morning. Luckily, I woke up headache free. I haven’t gotten a headache in awhile but last night took the cake! AND…I totally allowed for my cranky pants to keep me outta the gym. SUCKY!

So, lemme ask you a question. When you are facing a fowl attitude and you could really honestly care less about working out, is there something you do to catch yourself?

How do you, when in that moment of not caring, turn things around?

Kirsten, my cuz, yesterday told me to open up a book I had showed her. It was a book from a dear dear friend of mine with quotes from my mom. I know what my mom would have told me to do…

Turn the music up and just dance!

In other, non cranky news, below are some links of some other fellow losers:


AND…in giveaway news,


AND NOW, the best part of today’s blog is….

drum roll please…

I have typed this post and am allowing
yesterday to be in the past. Today is a
new day full of new decisions.
I will make today one full of smiles!


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Moving on…

by Jen, a priorfatgirl on September 29, 2009

I’m going to quietly admit what happened yesterday, accept it and move on. I allowed my attitude to control me and take over.

At about 3pm, I pulled on
my cranky pants…



And by 5pm, I had allowed it to
creep over me and take over
the rest of the evening!


It was horrible! I even twittered
about it..to which in return, my
twitter support family jumped
in and tried to catch me…


@priorfatgirl Its cold and blustery in Minneapolis and…I could care less if I get my workout in. (Anyone sensing my crankiness? Bleck!)

@nicyclel DO IT! You have a race to train for!!!

@marlenabeck Can you workout in the gym? Maybe the temp is just right in there…your *decision*!! ;)

@teetee_71I care girl!! Go workout!! It will make u feel lots better! NOW GO!! *pointing finger in direction of gym*


But it didn’t work. A headache developed and so I stopped at the grocery store to at least cross that off my list of things to do. By the time I finished, had about 2 hours before I had to be anywhere – that was plenty of time to make it to the gym and get my 1st session of the week training in.

But did I? NOOOOOOOOOOOO. Instead, I came home and unpacked the groceries, let Iggy out, made dinner and my headache continued to worsen. I ran to my 7pm meeting and by the time I came home, I was in so much pain, I couldn’t even talk to Carlos. I ended up in bed by 8:30pm.

I slept all the way until 6am this morning. Luckily, I woke up headache free. I haven’t gotten a headache in awhile but last night took the cake! AND…I totally allowed for my cranky pants to keep me outta the gym. SUCKY!

So, lemme ask you a question. When you are facing a fowl attitude and you could really honestly care less about working out, is there something you do to catch yourself?

How do you, when in that moment of not caring, turn things around?

Kirsten, my cuz, yesterday told me to open up a book I had showed her. It was a book from a dear dear friend of mine with quotes from my mom. I know what my mom would have told me to do…

Turn the music up and just dance!

In other, non cranky news, below are some links of some other fellow losers:


AND…in giveaway news,


AND NOW, the best part of today’s blog is….

drum roll please…

I have typed this post and am allowing
yesterday to be in the past. Today is a
new day full of new decisions.
I will make today one full of smiles!


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Yay! I’m a loser!

by amanda on September 29, 2009

Remember when I said I had big awesome fabulous huge amazing news (embellishing a bit), but then I didn’t share it? Wait no longer!

I’VE OFFICIALLY LOST 65 POUNDS!!!

Holleeeeerrrrrrrrr! Hey-o!! Wahoo!!!
Whoopty whoop!!!!

I’ve been above, below and right on this weight for the last few weeks, but every time it came to my Monday evening weigh-in, I’d weigh 154.8 (three weeks ago), 154.6 (two weeks ago), 154.4 (last week). BUT NOT TODAY!!!! 154, baby!!!!! So I guess technically I’ve lost 65.2 pounds ;)

It felt SO GREAT to finally announce my 65-pound loss at the meeting. (Hello, Monday meeting friends!!! Thanks for the applause and support!) Renee — the best leader on the planet — even gave me a hug instead of the usual high-five! I make every effort to attend my weekly meetings because I truly feel like I’m with my people. We’re there for similar reasons, and we’re all in it together. When others in the group are successful, I’m motivated to keep at it. Just like here in the bloggity blog world.

I had my first guest spot on Prior Fat Girl Jen’s blog 15 pounds ago. Since then, I incorporated regular workouts into my life, played on a softball team and didn’t feel like a fatty, went from size 10/12 to a size 8, became addicted to bloglife and completed my first 5K. It’s only been five months, but it feels like so much longer. I’m making positive strides in my life every day!

As long as I’m going over the past five months, let’s see some progress from the past 16 months, shall we?

April 2008 in Mexico
At my heaviest: 219 pounds. Yikes.
April 2008 in Mexico
This picture DISGUSTS me,
but it REALLY shows how far I’ve come!

July 2008
201 pounds (–18)
Singing karaoke on my birthday last year
October 10, 2008
192 pounds (–27)

Visiting Morgan in Dubuque
January 30, 2009
183 pounds (–36)

Rollerblading for the first time in 15 years
(Never would have done that when I was chubby)
March 2009
173 pounds (–46)
One of Emily’s bridesmaids
April 4, 2009
169 pounds (–50)

Morgan’s bachelorette party
May 23, 2009
163 pounds (–56)

Pose-arming with Jen at Kim’s wedding
July 19, 2009
160 pounds (–59)

AND NOW!!!!
154 pounds (–65)

I feel grrrrrrreat! And, if any of you recall, I’ve been planning to buy myself a shiny little gift when I hit this milestone.

A Tiffany Necklace!

I’ve already talked to Emily about hittin’ up Tiffany’s with me, so that’ll be happening very very soon.

I’d better get to bed soon because I’m going for a run in the morning. It’s fun now that I enjoy running, but it sucks having to wake up earlier since I’m not just running a mile or two anymore. Haha oh how my life has changed!

I’ll fill you in on some Oktoberfest goodness in a couple of days :)

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A night time blog…?

by Lindsay, another priorfatgirl on September 29, 2009

Hi ladies (and gents… maybe?)! How are you guys? I’m super fantastic, yet again! Sorry for the late post, work has been pretty crazy lately. Which is pretty unusual for me. Usually my job is so slow I’m ready to pull out my hair. Not lately!

So, let me tell you about my weekend. :)

Friday evening I went out to Granite City with my sister for dinner. It was scrumptious! I don’t know about you guys, but I have a “cheat day” and that is Friday. (I’m going to go more into that tomorrow… I think. So, stay tuned for my thoughts on cheat days.) We ate and celebrated my buying a house on Friday


Here’s Jessica, celebrating…


And myself, celebrating :)

After Granite City, we headed out with my other sister, Katie, and her girlfriend Ana to Applebee’s since they wanted half off appetizers and me and Jess figured we could celebrate with another drink or so… :)


Katie and Ana ♥
PS – did you check out all that food!? And LOOK how tiny they are… NO FAIR! :)


And Jessica and me again, enjoying Perfect Margaritas – YES, they ARE perfect! :)

So, needless to say, my Friday evening was enjoyable and I was in bed early… I may or may not have gotten a little bit tipsy… I’ll leave it to you to decide the truth… Haha

Saturday
Honestly, I do not remember what I did on Saturday! I know I didn’t get up early for the gym – I slept in. I know, I know – tisk, tisk! Oh! I remember what I did! Adam worked on Saturday, morning-early afternoon and when he got home, him and I ran to Ikea to look for some furniture (wow, I have a house!). We found some things we liked, but I don’t close until November, so we didn’t buy anything on Saturday, just took notes about things we liked. It was a really fun day.

Sunday
Every Sunday we rotate houses and watch the football game, eat, chat and have fun. This Sunday, the game was at my parents house. So, my aunt, cousin, grandma, sisters, parents, my friend Steph were all here watching the game. Adam worked again on Sunday. He is being SUPER sweet and putting in extra hours since we’re moving and he wants to be able to help buy the appliances and such. So, that’s VERY nice of him. What a guy. :)
Like I said, Sundays = football and food! Here’s what we had on Sunday:


I tried to fill up mostly on veggies and dip. I did have a few chicken wings as well. And THESE bad boys:

Holy HEAVEN ON EARTH! Those things are delicious! It was a recipe I got from a girl at work and this was the first time we made them. HO-LY COW. Amazing. They are so delicious… it’s dangerous! They are no bake bars made with oatmeal, semi-sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, peanut butter, chocolate wafer cookies… A-MAZING. I will have to post the recipe at some point… even though I think that is “against the rules” on a weight loss related blog. But wow, they are insane. :)

After the game, we (mom, dad, aunt, sisters, Ana, Adam, Nana, me) all headed out to my new house fora walk thru so I could show it off. Originally, I was just going to show it off to my parents, but EVERYONE wanted to come. So I warned my realtor that I’d have my entourage along. She’s cool, so it was no big deal to her. I love my house! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! I can’t wait to move in. Dear November 6th, please hurry.

So, today was back to work. My realtor text me this morning as asked if I’d be available to meet for the inspection at 11am, you bet I’m available! I have hoarded my vacation to ensure I can take whatever days off I need to when it comes to moving and my new house. :) So, tomorrow morning, I will meet at the house and have the inspection (good thoughts, please!). I’m thinking things will go fine since the place was only built in 2003. But still, good thoughts never hurt anyone! :) After the inspection, my mom, Adam and I are going to go have lunch and then head out to meet with Matt, my mortgage guy to get everything rolling finance-wise. This is all happening you guys! After so much bad luck, it’s finally happening. Now I just wish it was November so I could move in. Get this. This is the best part. I will close on my house 8 days before my birthday. :) What an amazing birthday present!

So, since I’m not really excited or anything to move (haha riiiight!) I went to the library today and picked up a bunch of books…

They are ALLLLLL color and interior design and decorating books. :) I so can’t wait to being all of THAT fun stuff! I love decorating and I have lots of ideas! (Never mind Diego… he wanted to play ball, decorating isn’t his thing. :)

Well guys, I guess that’s about all I have for tonight. Again, sorry for my out-of-the-norm post. I just couldn’t get to it during the day. Sorry!

Oh, a couple more things… my calorie counter on my phone, AMAZING. It’s REALLY helping me stay on track better. It’s easier to look something up BEFORE I put it in my mouth since it’s right at my fingertips.
AND – I applied for another internal position at work, let’s pray that this one goes better than the last, especially since THIS one, after learning more about it, I think I will love even more than the last, the one that I didn’t get. So please guys, lots of happy thoughts for me. I’ll get you back when you’re in need! :)

I’ll let you know how the inspection goes tomorrow. Love you guys!

xoxo
Lindsay

PS – thank you guys, SO VERY MUCH for all of your kind words and “congratulations”. You’re all so supportive in my life, even way beyond my weight loss. :) I seriously, seriously appreciate you guys for that. You help me more than you know. Honestly, this journey would suck SO much more than it does it I didn’t have you guys. THANK YOU!

(Sorry this was so incredible long you guys!)

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