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15 pounds down!

Today I weighed myself, and I hit a landmark :) I have lost 15 pounds since I started my weight loss journey!! I am ALMOST half way to my ultimate goal and I could not be more happy!! :) I also measured myself today...and just having measured myself at the beginning of the month, I did not expect change, but there is!! I have lost from .2 inches to about an inch everywhere :) :)
OMG FOR PROGRESS :)
That's really all I wanted to say!

Just Have to Tell You!!

My manager brings in panera bread bagels when we work on Saturday mornings...usually I would go for the cinn crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese...it runs about 510 calories...but today, I enjoyed a plain bagel with no cream cheese (big step for me!) for about 290 calories..!! go me!

Another day..more motivation?

So I have been joining in on some of the threads I have found on MFP. It is so motivating to see others going thru exactly what I am. I love all the ideas and support that I getting for using MFP. One idea that I will be walking away with is that when I go to restaurants, when I get full, dump my drink on the food or dessert so I stop picking!! I think this will really help me!!
I can't wait to go to the gym tomorrow. I didn't go last night cuz I was NOT feeling good and I felt so blah today. And today, I am doing dinner at my place with a couple friends I haven't seen in forever, and I had to work all day, so I am not going to make it today either...augh! I am going to try for an hour cardio tomorrow, we'll see how that goes. I am so disappointed that I have work 7a-11a tomorrow so I can't go to zumba. Wish me luck with this cardio make up day!!

New Me!

So here's the scoop on what's being going on :)

I had my ultrasound on Friday the 11th. NOT FUN ! She pushed and pushed on my liver, kidneys, spleen, and gallbladder. AUGH!
Friday evening, I went in to get a hair cut and color. I wanted different. BIG DIFFERENT. She added highlights and changed the underneath to a more reddish color. She cut it all short and cute. AND she helped me change my part. I LOVE IT :)
It's the start to a new me!!
Right now, I have lost 13 pounds since I started. I am going to start changing up my routine a little to help boost my metabolism. Our plan is this...Monday-Break, Tuesday-Swimming in the am, walking in the eveing, Wednesday-Walking and ZUMBA (my new love <3), Thursday-Break, Friday-Swimming laps, Sat-Walking and Zumba, Sunday-Swimming laps.
I hope that this helps!
We found out Monday that my ultrasound came back fine, so the pain is probably due to fatty liver. With that being said, my plan is to keep using MFP..and keep counting and watching calories. It's getting so much easier! I feel like I can do this. I don't feel deprived or feel like I am doing too much right now.
Bill really wants to try having kids now. I am so scared. Not worried financially or that I can't do it. Cuz we can. We have support. It's just that all growing up, you hear don't get pregnant...and now.? I want to. I really do. I just feel like maybe I am not ready. I know I am cuz I want it, but I don't know why I feel so anxious. Maybe it's because I am trying so hard to lose weight and by getting pregnant I feel like I'll be right back where I started, even though Bill says he will be helping to make sure that doesn't happen. I can continue walking and pry doing some swimming, and definitely eating right.
So anyway, that's our life right now.Still trying to be healthy and doing a MUCH better job. Bill has lost about 11 pounds as well! So between the two of us we have lost almost 25 pounds in almost 2 months! That's fantastic for us!
Keep thinking about us and our journey!

2/8/11

Today was a big day for me. I stepped on the scale and realized I had made it to my first mini goal and not only that, but I surpassed it! (Only by .5 pound but still!) With that being said, I went to the doctor today and got told that everything is going well with my diet and exercise plan. I got told that everything looks good for me and they aren't super concerned with my liver enzymes at this point, but my pain is a little concerning. With that being said, I am going to get an ultrasound Friday. This will see if there are fatty deposits on my liver or if my gall bladder is acting up. So this should be fun..not. Anyway, I just wanted to throw it out there, that something I am doing must be working, cuz I am slowly losing weight. Since I started monitoring it, back around New years weekend, I have lost 11. 5 pounds!! :) I also asked about the ttc thing. She said having fatty liver won't really affect trying to get pregnant. And it should go pretty smoothly. We did decide to hold off trying until we know if I will need my gallbladder removed as being under is not healthy for a pregnancy. So with that being said, things are looking up on that end!!
We also recieved an email about a cute house today. We're still in the process of getting that worked out. But we are getting so much closer to being healthy, trying to get pregnant, and getting a house!!! YAY US!!

Tomorrow....

Well tomorrow I hear the results from my latest blood test. Am I nervous? Not really about that, but I am nervous about going to the doctor and asking my questions. But it will be nice to get answers. In other news, I am still at the same weight, but I am a day away from my girly time. So I will account the no loss to that. We'll see how this next week goes.
This Saturday we're going bowling for Bill's birthday. that should be fun. :)
Also to throw this out there, I ABSOLUTELY have fallen in LOVE with scrapbooking!! I had so much fun building my wedding scrapbook that it seriously depresses me that it's done lol :)
Oh well, I'll just have to find another reason to build another one. :)
Anyway, I will update tomorrow after the dr appt.
Wish me luck!
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