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Alrighty people, the last few days have been most excellent…. I’m down a total of 9lbs now.  WOO-HOO!  It’s exciting and kinda depressing at the same time; knowing that I have so far to go.  :-S  Anyway, tomorrow morning I’m heading out to my home town to help prepare for my auntie’s (and godmother’s) suprise 50th birthday.  We’re having a fiesta theme…as she L.O.V.E.S. tequila.  lol.  We’re having about 70 people so I will be cooking for them both thurs. and fri.  It’s gonna be hard to stay strong and on track!  I’m also supposed to go out with some of my old gal pals sat. night.  ey-yi-yi.  Why do I do this to myself?  Well, I’m just gonna hafta do my very best and not binge on the wonderful spread I’ll be making….right? 

It’s absolutely ridiculous but i am absolutely pooped..at 9pm so sad.  I had a seriously active day though.  My hubby and I spent the day in the hot hot sun (36c) in the bushes playing at a woodsball scenario game. (woodsball = paintball played in the bush)  I didn’t exactly eat properly today….i was told that there would be chicken burgers for lunch along with the hamburgers….but alas there wasn’t and the smell of that beef just about made me hurl…..I think it was the heat really.  Ah, well i sure drank a lot anyway.  Saturday was great too…my friend and I went and watched mamma mia….those songs are going to be stuck in my head for a long long time.  lol.  I’m thinking about weighing in tomorrow…but seeing that i seriously upped the water intake today I’m not sure if that would be a bright idea.  I hope everyone else had a fabulous weekend! 

I’m SO excited!  A friend that I haven’t seen in say…6 months is coming to visit me! I’m so happy that she’s coming.  She’s an inspiration to me; after her and her husband divorced when she was 7 months pregnant with their 2nd she’s lost over 50 lbs and doesn’t let anything get in her way.  She’s even become a successful reporter/photographer for a local paper.  I’ll be posting again sometime on Sunday.  Have a great weekend!

Yesterday night went alright…(liking the internal rhyme of that line…rofl)  Anyway we ended up stopping at my Mother-in-law’s house, which was ok because she was having grilled chicken breast burgers for supper…crisis averted.  Although I did indulge in a…errr…Smirnoff Ice afterward.  It was sooo good.  Again, I’m still within the cals i was supposed to be.  I’m completely petrified of going over!  The meeting went alright.  Aparently there are a bunch of Mexicans (15) who were paid to come up here to work at McDonalds (seriously?) that all want to volunteer to be either on the clean up crew or set up crew for 4 hr shift so they can get in for free…which is great aside from the remaining bit of a language barrier.  I guess we’ll cross that hurdle when we come to it.  OOO and I’m now down a total of 7 lbs….WOO!  (that will slow to the 2/3 lbs a week here really soon :-S )  Have a fabulous day people!

YAY I got through yesterday’s hunger without completely messing things up!  I had one extra snack that I didn’t plan on, but that handful of cripsy minis seemed to subdue my growling tummy.  I still stayed withing the cals that I was supposed to anyway…so that’s a good thing. Tonight we have to drive to our hometown to go to a meeting about a drag race event that we’re involved in.  (I’m singing the anthem and working the water box, hubby is running security, and my father in law is the site coordinator)  We expect around 250 racers plus ??? for the show n shine.  There will be jet cars, a semis, and a wheel stander…plus fireworks and drive in movie….it’s not exactly a small-town show anymore and requires a lot of prep work.  Anyway…the point is that we’ll have to grab something fast-food like after Lance gets off work…I’d have to make a smart choice and I’m not sure what exactly would be a smart choice (subway?).  The other option is to pack a sandwich or something, but that kinda sucks and I know I can’t always deprive myself of things like grabbing a bite to eat with my husband…I’ll fill you all in tomorrow afternoon about what happens…and as always suggestions are truly appreciated!

I am sooo hungry today!! I feel like I could wolf down the entire contents of my fridge!  I know I won’t because I’m way too impressed with those lost lbs to think about find them again.  Does anyone know of any low-cal snacks that they find filling? 

Well, I know I shouldn’t be too excited but according to my scale, as of this morning, I weigh 4 lbs less ..YAY!  Yep, probably just water weight…but I’m going to celebrate anyway.  The rest of yesterday went fairly good.  I ended up staying up fairly late…the power went out and I needed to reset my fish’s water filter when it went back on.  It was out for 2 hours until 1:30 in the am. I’m soo pooped out this morning it’s ridiculous.  My hubby gets up at 5:30 for work and I haven’t been able to sleep since; thus the reason I’m blogging so darn early.  I plan on walking that hound dog of mine for at least 1/2 hour today…maybe twice, he was really hyped up yesterday so I figure I should tire him out. 

Yeah!  I think I made it through the weekend unscathed.  I did have some ham and pineapple pizza for supper last night which was not exactly cutting the fat out, but the other option was smokies…..ew.  I think I’m gonna weight in tomorrow just to see how things are going….I know I should wait until thursday, but I want to know for sure how this weekend went.

Wow yesterday was WAY too hot outside (31c) .  I didn’t get any excercise just for excercise, but I did push mow the lawn; I figure that’s gotta count.  Last night I kinda broke down and had a half a charleston….but I counted it and still stayed within the calories I’m supposed to.  I still feel like I cheated….WHY?  I’m not sure what the weekend will bring.  I plan on eating meals as planned until lunch today, then we head up to my mother-in-law’s to help her put a skylight in her kitchen.  She’s a great lady, don’t get me wrong; it’s just like she says, she’s ‘fat n happy’ and likes it that way…I’m not sure what healthy choices are going to be there.  The plan is to make sure my portions stay small.  Anyway, we’ll get back on Sunday afternoon and I’ll be able to get back on track. 

I believe day 1 was a complete success…I ate what I had planned, had planned snacks and walked my hound for 40 minutes; which I might add, is 10 minutes longer than I had planned. (YAY me!) What I’m struggling with today is trying to NOT weigh.  My brain know’s that it’s best to weigh once a week to avoid dissappointment in those those daily fluctuations, but my emotions are telling me to hop on that scale….even though I tucked it away under the sink so I wouldn’t be quite as tempted.  I’m also confused about the whole alcohol thing…I don’t drink that often, but apparently someone must have slipped  some into my ommlette that I had for supper. Was it the cheese, the eggs, or the tomatoes?  Also, I was wondering what that snazzy little pie chart should look like.  How much of my daily diet should be carbs, protein, fat, etc.?  I’m also thinking about when I should fill my husband in on this plan.  Right now I’m thinking I’ll wait a week and see if I have any success so that I can tell him I’m so dedicated, see I’m already seeing progress.  He’s a bit oblivious this week anyway.  He just got promoted from just being a journeyman to being a site supervisor, so he’s got tonnes of other people to worry about.  Man am I a good excuse maker or what?  Well, here’s to knowing that the day ahead of me is going to be just as great as the one before.