WW Wednesday: Post- Turkey(or ham in my case) Day Edition

I almost went to bed without my update... (yes, at 9:30)
We had a nice Thanksgiving with family in. I enjoyed our national day of gluttony.
Then I went to Maggiano's on Saturday and had lasagna.
And wine.
And chocolate cake.


And then came the weigh-in.

Guess what, though? I LOST. Crazy, I know.
This brings my grand total to 30 pounds lost -- almost the weight of BigBoy.

Thank you so much to those who have offered kind words and support. Keep sending it my way!

WW has just been overhauled for the first time in 13 years so I have some adjusting to do to the new plan, but I think it is going to help me make even healthier choices.

I would say "I'm pumped!" but then I would have to knock the pompoms out of my hands and say something bitterly sarcastic.

Goal for this week: Make good decisions eating out while more family is in town.

The Gray Days

Oh the gray days, they are a-loomin'.

Yesterday afternoon the clouds shifted and it suddenly was very dark in the house. In the middle of the day. With no rain. Am I the only one dreading the winter?

I'm not trying to be negative but man I hate that January-February-March/when will it end?- time of year.

Any tips for keeping the dreariness only on the outside this winter? I keep all the blinds open and ignore the electricity bill turn on lots of lights. That seems to make me feel a little better.

I guess I've just been so happy lately that I don't want something as uncontrollable as the weather to come along and knock me down.

Maybe I'll be able to fight it with some silliness.

And try to laugh as much as possible.

Now that I think about it, with two children in the house, I think this winter will be much more colorful.

I seriously don't deserve anything else.

I have so very, very much to be thankful for.
These are my top 3:




I'm hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow so that's all I have time for right now.

Again, Happy Thanksgiving to my (wonderful) blaaaaahg readers!

P.S. WW was another loss this week!

Next Wednesday ain't gonna be so pretty.
I'm thinking tissues are going to be needed at that meeting.
And chocolate... and elastic-waist pants.

A heads up

I'm not going to be blaaahhhgging for a while. I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving...

WW Wednesday

Wow! I can't believe it is here again already!
Today's weigh-in went well: I lost again!
I really wasn't sure how it was going to go. I didn't feel any different.
I lost 2.2 pounds, though. That's 9 sticks of butter. Sounds like a lot when you think about it like that, doesn't it?
I still don't have a long-term goal and I'm glad. I don't want to get ahead of myself.

I made some good choices this week but I also did things like have cracker barrel for lunch and wendy's for dinner on the same day, though. :) You'd think I would have one of their nice, healthy salads, but nope. I had a bacon cheeseburger and fries, baby!
I still can't get on board with salads. Please tell me how you find them tasty!? My life would be a little simpler if I enjoyed salads.

Goal for this week: Plan Thanksgiving (like I was supposed to do last week)

Ok, off to the park with the kids!

Peanut butter and Jellyfish

Ok, so there wasn't any peanut butter... that I know of. With BigBoy involved there very well may have been some peanut butter residue along for the trip.
We had an extra-long weekend with J that involved a day trip to the NC Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.



It's right on the beach so we got out and walked around for a few minutes. It was a little chilly and windy so we never planned to stay long. Just enough to see the ocean and hear the waves.



I don't think BabyCakes fully appreciated the beauty before us.
I can appreciate her beauty before me, though. :)



I think she'll have more fun next summer.
Is there anything more soothing than seeing and hearing the rolling ocean waves?

Our Kind of Wonderful

My old friend Kelly has recently started a blog. Our Kind of Wonderful is her outlet for a school, work, obsessive-cleaning-ful life.

She's new to blogging and putting herself out there, but has a lot to share. In real life she's a hoot so I expect nothing less from her blog. I've known her for over 20 years (wow, that ages me) and she always keeps it interesting.

Here we are in middle school:
(That's her in the sunflower vest and me in the Mickey Mouse Christmas sweatshirt...with turtleneck. Kelly, I'm sorry!)



And this is the day after graduating highschool:
(She's in the green pants and I'm the one with the poofy side-ponytail.)


Anyway, head over to Our Kind of Wonderful and show her some love!