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It’s 6:13 a.m. just finished my HIP HOP ABS and i feel MARVELOUS darling lol lol Might as well stay in good spirits! One thing I’ve learned in my weight loss journey is that you can never get too down on yourself! yes there will be slips and bumps and bruises. Yes you will want to commit murder on your scale!!  As long as you have given your best…that’s what is most important!

I am going to just go to KMART on saturday and step on that scale and get great results…remember you have to think positive. I ate really well yesterday and alot of veggies and grilled salmon.  My mom had a George Foreman grill and made all of my food on it and it was so good and quick. So i went to Walmart yesterday and bought one. After my Tae-bo last night I grilled my salmon. Had my broccoli spears, tomatoe and cucumber slices and mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

So all of our goal here is to maintain a healthy lifestyle and when you combine that with exercise and eating right….how can you be hard on yourself. Just everyone keep your fingers crossed for me on Saturday, but I’m like SHANNA I believe something good is going to come out of this weigh-in.  You know I will let you guys know!

Dupree is back from his mom’s. He didnt have school on Monday or Tuesday. My husband came back from Texas and said he had a feeling I wasn’t going to come to TEXAS with him. I am focused on me right now and getting my body ready for the Spring….

 So today buddies as you reflect on your past and many weight issues think of the positive outcome of this change and see yourself as you want to be. As for me I am already in that 12 smiling from ear to ear. Have a great day Buddies and thanks so much for all of your encouragement, I don’t take it for granted and it really helps when i feel like going where i know i shouldn’t…lol lol Alright guys have to run I have to go to Philly and New York today busy busy!!

Okay returned yesterday morning from OHIO!! Had the best time of my life. My brother and I hung out and he bought us tickets to see the play RUMORS” one of the best plays I have ever seen in my life and so funny! Hung out with my mom all weekend and had a really great time. My family was amazed and said I Look really thin…lol  What are you kidding me? Anyway I didn’t want to leave…I didn’t get a chance to visit too many of my cousins because I drove to West Virginia on Saturday to pick up Brittany which is only 2 1/2 hours from Ohio. So it was really great…got to see my nephew AJ and my niece has disappeared. You guys remember NIA my little niece and her mom. She changed her number and hasn’t called me since the surgery deal last year…oh well no time for DRAMA!

Anyway I get home and YES I STEPPED ON THAT DAMN SCALE and you know what?TO HELL WITH IT! 4 days on South Beach and again not a single loss…I’ve heard eating more and at this point I really don’t care anymore… and no I’M NOT GIVING UP; I will continue to work out, eat right and see what happens from there. I simply can’t believe it and I didn’t workout for 4 days so I don’t know what the problem is…but I’m still standing strong.

I have a weigh-in at KMART this Saturday and have to lose 5 lbs by Saturday…I can’t even lose one so don’t know how that will go…but at this point I really don’t care. Had a doctors’ appt, with my GYN and she was so amazed at my weight loss from last year and really encouraged me.  She said you look great…And i went to MACYS yesterday and bought a JONES NEW YORK DRESS IN SIZE 14!!! So i just don’t get it! So from this point on….TO HELL WITH THE SCALE!!!!! I;m not weighin myself anymore (I’ll try not too…lol) but I feel great, look good and clothes are fitting nicely!

I’m going to continue on with my journey and notice ANGIE I’m not giving up no matter what…I still have my goal of reaching ONDERLAND BY AUGUST 13TH come hell or highwater lol lol Just have to figure out what to do. I really like SOUTH BEACH and feel like I’m eating healthier so we’ll just see!!!

Everyone keeps telling me to eat more…well i ate like a pig at my mom’s and still nothing so that’s not it…who knows; but i know that i will not be 237 lbs come August 2008!

My husband left for Texas at 4:00 a.m. this morning for his background check and to sign all his papers. So that’s moving along. He will be gone for good on February 28, 2008! Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is all i can say! Dupree will be with me until school is out in May. He will go to his mom every weekend and during the summer and he goes with my husband to Texas in September! Sorry I;m all so thrilled guys but it has really strained and drained my life.  Looking forward to the break!!!!!!!!!

 Have a great day BUDDIES!!!!

Alright so i have to get out of here i have a 6:30 a.m. flight and it’s 3:08 a.m. time to leave for the Airport shortly. Man am i sore my body is so sore and to not have lost a pound still unbelievable. But I guess it’s really kicking in; it’s funny pants keep falling down i actually need  a belt so that’s why i’m not really upset but i do want to get to ONDERLAND BY MY BIRTHDAY AND TRUST ME - I WILL!!!! August 13th for all my buddies lol lol lol

 My husband did order me my Valentines Gift my ultimate and favorite from Tiffany’s (of course he ordered it late) and it didn’t come in until Valentines day so he had to give it to me late last night.  I told him all he had to do was tell me so i could’ve had a happy day! But it is great he had to drive 2 hours to Short Hills Mall to a Tiffany’s store to get my perfume! But I am worth it!

Going to see my mom and brother and my nephew AJ. I will drive to West Virginia on Saturday and pick up Brittany! So excited my brother has tickets to a play - Rumors so it should be fun. I’m off on Monday but I have a doctor’s appt. so I’ll be back early. See you guys be good without me…I’ll miss you all!  Debbie - little preggers sorry i won’t be on this weekend lol but KAMA and Adam (wait he’ll be in Florida) I guess you’ll be all alone! Have a great day guys!!! 

Okay so I weighed myself and once again a big fat zero!! I didn’t get depressed but came to the realization that what works for someone else does not mean it will work for you! I try the protein bars due to my excessive exercise schedule and to be perfectly honest my body does not react well to all that sugar.

I went to Barnes and Nobles and bought the book and have been reading all night. I was going to start on saturday but why put off till tomorrow what you can do TODAY!! South Beach is not as extreme as KIMKINS and im not on a certain amount of carbs per day. Will not weigh until next Saturdays weigh-in at Kmart. Also stopping the HIP HOP ABS and the weights and going to do strictly Tae-bo Bootcamp twice a day~

Thanks Shanna & Tasha for all your help with South Beach and here’s to me guys next week I will have a great weigh-in for the contest.

I have to stay optimistic right? As long as I know I;m doing all the right things and I’ve lost mega inches can’t be too upset with that. But heres to a healthy weight loss!!! Wish me well buddies!!!

First of all; I’m very sentimental and I love people who play fair and do things with all the right reasons in mind. Saying all of that I was really sad to see Trent go because he is what the show is really all about. He has integrity, honesty, respect but hey its a game and I guess that goes all out the window. Anyway i wanted that kid to go home he is so annoying he should have left right after his momma lol lol lol.

Didn’t really get the Jillian’s mom stint they could’ve saved that for privacy.  Anyway now that Trent is gone i guess the person i’m voting for is Roger. I like the football guys they seem so sincere and were there to lose weight. All of the black team get on my nerves lol please get rid of that crybaby Kelly ugh! Anyway I love the show, the trainers so i will continue watching!  Who are you guys voting for to win it all?  My money is on Roger!!!!

My husband got the official notice yesterday and has 14 days to report to Houston for work!  He asked me was I sad. SAD? after the hell he put me through….lol lol sorry i wasn’t sad i told him see you later lol lol . Yes he’s leaving in two weeks and the little guy will be with me until he finishes school in May but every weekend I am dropping him off to his mom. My husband always has excuses but he won’t be here and I need a break.

He has to fix a few things on the house before we put it up for sale. So for now he is going to stay in a Homewood suites sort of thing until the house is sold. I’ll get an apartment here and in September, Dupree goes with him to school in texas. Should i be so happy - sorry but I am. That’s why it’s not such a big deal to keep him until schoolis over in May because I’ll have my life back soon.

My husband was acting all sad last night…i told him i didn’t want to hear it. He upped and put in for TEXAS to avoid going to OHIO with my family so deal with it! Speaking of OHIO i’m going for a long weekend this Friday and I’ll drive to West Virginia and pick up Brittany on Saturday so i’m looking forward to it! 

So I’m very happy today!!!!!! We’ll be down in the next week or so to get things going (I’ll call you Toni) and that’s that! I’ll commute some weekends but I told him don’t expect me to fly every weekend! I put in a transfer but who knows when that will come through besides there’s a waiting list a mile long and I am going to complete my 8 years I have left with Amtrak to secure my pension. So we’ll have a long distance marriage for a while (but it was his choice so he has to deal with it!) Trust me I am perfectly happy with his decision!

And I pigged out so bad yesterday (not what most of you would call pigging out but i ate 1250 calories) and then this morning I lost a pound! Trust me i only ate because I was upset and it worked but I can tell you this;  I can’t eat like that everyday so I’m going to be looking into South Beach! (SHAN) heard you are the expert. Going to buy the book. I am sorry only low-carb seems to work for me it has been three weeks and literally only about 4 pounds have come off! Yeah i’ve lost mega inches but these pounds have to come off soon! So back to low-carb and South Beach isn’t as extreme as KIMKINS! I think my stomach has shrunk! I’m just not that hungry but I continue to eat my vegetables and fruits keep forgetting my vitamin but I’ll remember today I was really tired yesterday (I think because my husband woke me up and disturbed my groove - lol) Anyway going to eat alot of fruit and veggies today!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!  Mine already is….lol lol

Okay so my husband wakes up at 3:30 a.m. and is all over the place making noise and aggravating the hell out of me! So next thing you know it’s like 5:30 a.m. and time for me to get up and exercise andhe is just being a nusiance.

I’m exercising and totally ignoring him and then he decides he wants breakfast at 5:30 a.m. while I’m exercising…..I then reply worry about feeding your son when he wakes up instead of disturbing me! He got so loud I had to stop in the middle of my exercise regiment and get dressed!

 I’m eating my cereal now and then I’m going towork this early!!! ugh why does he have to be a pain……anyway i will work out extra this evening when he is at work!!!! I can’t wait for him to go to TEXAS and it should be soon!

Have a great day buddies……………………………………….

Okay buddies for those of you not on-line the weekend; I had a great weekend. Lost my 3 lbs for the KMART contest and started eating food! it still feels so weird to eat so much but hey if it will help then so be it! I cut out 2 of my workouts (Mark - the fitness guru) said that I was working out too much. So now I’ll workout twice a day and walk on my treadmill vs. 4 times a day!

I’;m getting ready to go and eat my special k cereal (PROTEIN plus) wow it is so good with my skim milk and eat a piece of fruit.  Anyway not going to weigh myself until saturday. Now if this doesnt work I AM GOING TO SCREAM!!!! I;m still losing inches but I want these darn pounds to come off.

I finally went back to church yesterday (it felt good) i hadn’t gone in 4 weeks I guess you could say I was mad at GOD! May sound silly but I was upset with the DUPREE situation and all. SHAN’s post she sent last week really help me to put things into perspective and I and only myself am responsible for my happiness.

Anyway thanks Debbie (hope you feel better), Adam, KAMA and Teressa for keeping me company all weekend long lol lol. To the rest of my buddies thanks for all your continued support!  UH HOT RODS: WHERE ARE YOU?

Have a great day buddies!!!

Okay it’s time seriously for me to go to bed…I ran Debbie off line about 1 hours ago along with Michael and some others but yet I am still up. Insomnia? No just surfing the web for songs knowing good and well I have to go to church in 7 hours and I’m going to be real tired. Well I didn’t exercise yesterday at all and have decided to take the weekend off with the exception of 1 round of hip hop abs on Saturday morning!

I ate alot of food and felt stuff even though my daughter Heather said it wasn’t enough, I’m technically suppose to eat 2,100 calories for the amount of exercise that I’m doing. Well there is no way I can eat that amount in food (sure in KRISPY CREME DONUTS) I guess if no one has figured they are my favorites.  No I’m leaving the donuts alone but I simply can’t eat that much food. I did manage to eat fish and grits and eggs, a protein bar, 2 apples a sugar free fudge bar and plenty of water! I ate chicken wings and a salad. It was nice not obsessing about carbs although I did! No bread, only a few grits but hey I work all of it off.

Received some protein bars after my weigh-in yesterday and bought some skim milk and special K cereal with 10 grams of protein good after my work outs.  So here’s to a wonderful week (I HOPE) if this doesn’t work then I dont know what will. But Iwill have 3 full meals with snacks plenty of fluids and protein shakes and I’m going to cut out the 4:00 a.m. regiment for now and just do 3 a day vs. 4 and see if that helps.  Wish we luck buddies can’t wait till Saturday and see how it goes. I’m not going to weigh myself until Saturday so i want to be surprised.  Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!

Okay so it’s 11:18 a.m. and I am one nervous cookie for my KMART weigh-in today. After all that darn hard work to only lose 1 pound and find out because I wasn’t eating enough was hard enough!  My scale has fluctuated between 237 & 241 this morning so we shall see…I have to at least be 238 to remain in the contest.  Will let everyone know after 12:00 noon.

Just say a quick prayer for me! Gotta run be back soon! Thanks Angela