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I haven’t been writing. I’ve been keeping really busy. I worked A LOT this week. Overtime. This weekend, I babysat my cousin’s 2 year old little boy. My cousin is 9 months pregnant, and she’s in the process of moving. I thought it would be a nice break for her. I can assure you that I [...]


Posted at: August 31st, 2008 - 11:09 pm - Number of Comments » 1

Wednesday, August 27th
6am - large coffee with skim milk and one splenda
          FiberOne bar
10am - 3/4 cups FiberOne cereal with skim milk and blueberries
1pm - turkey burger on whole wheat roll with ketchup
        100 calorie pack cookies
7pm - apple
8:30pm - SmartOnes Pot Roast
10pm - 100 calorie Slim-a-Bear ice cream sandwich
Total Calories: 1220   …. Perfect!!!


Posted at: August 27th, 2008 - 9:52 pm - Number of Comments » 0

You know how pregnant people always seem to have their hand on their belly? When you start to lose weight, do you ever feel yourself doing the same thing??? Like when you have only gone down a couple of pounds, and maybe it’s not noticable yet to anyone else, but you touch your belly and [...]


Posted at: August 26th, 2008 - 9:00 pm - Number of Comments » 1

I’m still weighing in every Monday to make sure I maintain. Yesterday I was 119.5 lbs. I’m eating around 1200 calories a day. It’s where I’ve gotten comfortable. I go over sometimes, which is probably good. According to Daily Plate calculations I can eat up to 1800 calories a day to maintain … that just [...]


Posted at: August 26th, 2008 - 1:55 pm - Number of Comments » 0

I’ve decided that I am finally ready to share my story. I am ready to explain where my man is and why he can’t be home with me. None of my friends and family know about this site, so I should feel comfortable writing anything I want without being judged. Here goes:
Jay and I met February [...]


Posted at: August 24th, 2008 - 8:54 pm - Number of Comments » 3

I haven’t been writing faithfully every day. I’ve been busy. Working a lot of overtime. Cousin’s baby shower. Went out with my best friend since childhood and my sister last night. Still just trying to keep busy to keep my mind off my man.
I ate lasagna, birthday cake, and one appetizer of filet wrapped in [...]


Posted at: August 24th, 2008 - 2:11 pm - Number of Comments » 0

I’ve been very good this week. I’ve stayed right around 1100 calories. Not too much. Not to little. No exercise, but I’ve been working a lot. Here’s today’s food:
Thursday, August 21st
5:30am - FiberOne Bar
              large coffee with skim milk and one splenda
10:00am - nonfat yogurt with fresh blueberries and 1/4 cup FiberOne cereal mixed in
1:00pm [...]


Posted at: August 21st, 2008 - 9:39 pm - Number of Comments » 0

I DID IT!!!! I can’t believe it. I reached my goal … and I passed it! I am the lightest I have been since …. well … EVER!!!
120.0 lbs!!!!!!!
I’m officially onto maintenance. I don’t have to try to lose more weight. I have NEVER felt that way. I have always had at least a few pounds [...]


Posted at: August 19th, 2008 - 1:54 am - Number of Comments » 0

Worked 7am - 7pm again today. Here’s my food so far.
6am - large iced coffee, skim milk, one splenda
10am - 3/4 cup FiberOne cereal
            fresh blueberries
            skim milk
2pm - Lean Cuisine Cheese Ravioli
           100 calorie pack cookies
8:30pm - tuna on white roll
               apple
Total calories (so far): 975
I’m probably going to be awake at least another 3 hours. [...]


Posted at: August 17th, 2008 - 8:52 pm - Number of Comments » 0

 
 

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Oh my God! Just had the scariest couple of minutes! I get home from work, and I’m eating dinner, and I hear this awful noise. I see that it’s my cat on the floor making a terrible noise that I have [...]


Posted at: August 16th, 2008 - 9:31 pm - Number of Comments » 0

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Oh my!!! Can’t believe I just posted these. Kinda wish I had “Before” pictures. The ones of my side are kinda weird looking because I was holding my arms in the air. I hate the ones from behind … not used [...]


Posted at: August 15th, 2008 - 8:50 pm - Number of Comments » 2

Keeping busy is all I can do to keep sane right now. I slept from 8:30 to 11:00 after my overnight shift. (Not nearly enough, but having trouble sleeping.) Then, I followed through with my plan of running on the beach. I ate some oatmeal on the 45 minute drive to the beach. I jogged [...]


Posted at: August 15th, 2008 - 5:22 pm - Number of Comments » 0

It’s 4am, and I am struggling through another overnight shift. I’ve been doing A LOT of overnights lately. Actually, tonight I offered to work overtime. I wasn’t supposed to work until Saturday, but with all the pain and stress I am going through, I thought that I would be better off staying busy. I talked [...]


Posted at: August 15th, 2008 - 4:19 am - Number of Comments » 1

I just want to thank everyone for the support and positive attitutdes that you have shared with me over the past few months. I signed up for this blog on a whim, and it was so worth it. I have gradually lost some weight, but more than that, I have enjoyed following the incredible stories [...]


Posted at: August 14th, 2008 - 4:26 pm - Number of Comments » 1

Thanks to whoever sent this to me in a comment. I messed up and marked it as spam at first. I lost who sent it to me, but managed to keep a copy of the pic. It totally fits my blog title!
Speaking of, I used to have at least 20 bras. Lacy, sexy, comfy, sporty, [...]


Posted at: August 14th, 2008 - 2:28 am - Number of Comments » 0