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Archive for June, 2009

16 Jun, 2009

I’m halfway there!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Yeah, you read that right! Scale said 178.8 this morning. 35 lbs down, only 35 more pounds to go!

Oh, happy day! This also means I hit my vacation goal with 1.5 weeks to go!
Yesterday I ran at Garden of the Gods (5k route) and didn’t do so well. I was exhausted, I think from allergies [...]

15 Jun, 2009

One large coffee with extra caffeine, please

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

*blink, blink*
Is it really Monday? I can tell it’s going to be a long day. I’ve been at work for an hour and a half, but I feel like I’ve been here for twice as long.
The weekend was long, and not in a good way. Friday we saw “The Hangover” - pretty good, not as [...]

12 Jun, 2009

Wearing my breakfast

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Weigh in

Today I packed an unusually heavy lunch of angel hair pasta, three meatballs and spaghetti sauce, so I decided to switch things up and eat my lunch for breakfast and my breakfast (cottage cheese, crackers and apple slices with yogurt dip) for lunch. Halfway into my very delicious breakfast, a meatball flew off of my [...]

11 Jun, 2009

Containing my excitement!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

I’m so excited, I can hardly sit still! No, not about the scale, since we broke up for a few days until he can behave again.

I’m excited about a few things. First (of course) - vacation in 2.5 weeks! The Customer Relations woman I spoke with last week upgraded our room for free so now [...]

10 Jun, 2009

Who moved my cellulite?

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Honestly, I am not a fan of the scale.
Especially when I’m doing everything right…and it goes up half a pound? Lame.
You know what though? It’s ok. I am not going to worry about it. I know I have been exercising and eating well, and the body is not a machine… even though I desperately want [...]

09 Jun, 2009

Progress photos

Posted by: Fat Pants In: progress photos

203 lbs (Feb 2009)/181 lbs (June 2009)

09 Jun, 2009

Rest days? We don’t need no stinkin’ rest days!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: workout

Apparently, that’s what I told myself yesterday, anyway. I had my running gear at work and being so close to the park, I decided to run the 5k anyway, despite my butt muscles hurting. I figured I would do horribly, but I actually had my best time to date. I even conquered 75% of the [...]

08 Jun, 2009

A butt? Who needs THAT?

Posted by: Fat Pants In: workout

I woke up this morning with a double-whammy: someone punched me in the uterus (TOM crampage!) and sore-as-all-get out muscles in my BUTT (and legs and…shoulders?) The hike went wonderfully yesterday…despite a few swear words and a couple whines about how I can’t make it any farther. We conquered 5.6 miles in 3 1/2 hours [...]

05 Jun, 2009

Fat Pants strikes again

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

I post a lot on the Trip Advisor forums for Playa del Carmen and the customer relations woman from our resort also posts on there. She has been absolutely wonderful with providing information. Anyway, she contacted me yesterday and asked if I had any special request and what my name was. Well my username on [...]

04 Jun, 2009

Pink mountains!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

I drove to work at 5:30 this morning, facing huge, pink mountains. This is a good thing. It means the sun is back! I love this time of year - it has to be my favorite. The sun is up when I leave for work, making it just seem brighter and happier and making ME [...]



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