WHY FRIDAY & VISUAL WEDNESDAY

Since I'm 23 and not 78 I would like to be on less pills. And I don't want to add to my collection that I currently have.

This is 11 pounds of butter.
Yuck.

UPDATE

So recently I am having trouble updating in Chrome. But i figured out if I use IE, it lets me update. Kinda sorta annoying.

I have been doing soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good on my sleeping. I have been going to bed very close to midnight every night! I have been lacking on the swimming but I want to switch to mornings, so I had to work on my sleeping first. It's all very scientific lol.

Some bad news:
I went back into the Drs and got my blood work again. My body is still not responding to B12. So I am to the injection stage. BUT I opted for the nasal spray, because I don't know how i feel about injecting myself.
My vitamin D is slowly going back up but I'm still on the prescription. I am to report back in 8 weeks.
I hope the spray works.

Still no weight loss, not to worry. I just have to cut more stuff out of the old diet. It's not a race.

WHY WEDNESDAY

Today's why wednesday is

To do my job easier

Doing hair is a lot of work. It's tiring, straining and exhausting. There is lots of running around, lifting things, and bending in awkward positions. I think if I wasn't so heavy; I'd have more energy, be less strained, and eventually be faster at what I do. I also want to look like a stylist. Have my clients come in and see me and say I want her to do my hair. So off comes the weight and in comes all the mula. That's  how I see it anyway.

and that was WHY WEDNESDAY!

Visual Friday

I'm really enjoying both kinds of visuals for Visual Friday!

 Here is the truth, BAM! right in your face in a delightfully colored poster! I am super ready to be on the right side of the poster!

Notches

I may have not lost any pounds but I have gone down one whole notch in my belt!! Yay for some kind of noticible change!!

WHY WEDNESDAY

To live back-pain free!

For my whole adult life, I've had awful pain in my back. It's a constant pain and is only relieved when my sister Kristen sits on it! (miss you Kissy) I am pretty confident that this pain is weight related and partially posture I am sure. I hope this is alleviated with the loss and I can sit on the floor, play with kids, and sleep easier! 

and that was WHY WEDNESDAY!

(I hope you read "WHY WEDNESDAY" like how I say it in my head, it's more fun that way. With a deep announcer guy  kinda voice. I can't explain it very well :\)

New favorites

While I work on quitting soda, I have found my new favorite thing:

It's so much better than any other Diet Sodas! I could always taste all the salt and splenda in diet anything. But this is like the real deal! It's the best. Not good enough to get an haiku but pretty close!

Speaking of which, Peaches have gotten soooo expensive. So now I eat cantaloupe, which does deserve a haiku so here it goes:

I can not elope 

with this tasty cantaloupe;

 I eat it instead

Zero point things are my best friends!

Visual Friday

11 POUNDS!

That's about the size of this little dog!

Amazing!

I peeked!!

And i'm at 227!!!! back on track! I've been doing so good! yay!!!!

WHY WEDNESDAY!!!

Just under the wire here is WHY WEDNESDAY!

To get my smile back.

In pictures, I have noticed a change in how I smile. It looks kinda fake, and kinda forced, and kinda painful. I'm not feeling this way when the picture is being taken, and then when I see it, I'm like "Oh, why do I look constipated??" My face is just puffy, and not me. So for funsies, here is a comparison:

2004

2006

2007

2009

2010

2010

2010

Maybe I'm just getting old :)

And yes that was WHY WEDNESDAY!!

A rough couple of weeks...

Last week I didn't lose or gain, this week I'm a bit nervous for weigh in. Not because I have been off track or anything. I have been sticking to the plan, I just don't want to be disappointed. So I am recommitting myself for September. I am going to swim longer and go in earlier! It needs to happen. Also I need to stop guessing at points. I am going to get me a set of measuring cups and carry them in my purse. It may seem extreme, but I want to see results.

I just peeked at the scale and I am down to 229! So this bodes well for tomorrow!

Visual Friday

Here is a different kind of visual for this week's Friday:


It's interesting to me to see how much the weight has effect on your body. It changes your skeletal system and your organ placement. This picture also makes me want to do a cleanse. All that black stuff through out the intestines is waste...

If this isn't motivational I don't know what is!

Adele

So there I was...

At work, doing two pedicures at the same time. A mom and her daughter. And they were talking la la la, and then, Adele's new song Rolling in the Deep ("we could have had it baaaaaaaaad"....that one) comes on over the radio. And then the conversation turned ugly.

The mother starts with "The singer of this song looks nothing like I thought. When I was watching the Vh1 music awards I didn't expect THAT!"

The daughter "Oh I know, I was expecting someone more like that girl with the dreads from american idol"

The mom "Well I just wasn't expecting someone so BIG..."

daughter "Ya you would never thought someone like that would sound so good."

the song changed and then they started talking about Katy Perry.


I was embarrassed and upset all at the same time. Here I was scrubbing their nasty feet and they were going on and on about a full figured girl, like me, like she was beneath them.

They were average people, nice enough looking. I know they weren't directing their comments at me. But their words stung me. I thought them over while I was swimming last night.

Here is this successful, young women who can sing her heart out and she is being judged on how she looks. Like fat people can't have talent? Because why?? I don't understand.