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Christmas Dress Challenge – Week Two – Holding Steady!

September 25, 2011September 25, 2011 Angela Pea13 Comments

Slow and Steady Wins the Race.

This week I weighed in at 157.7 pounds, a 0.5 pound gain. I’m still fitting comfortably in a size 10, no tight waists (some are even loose) or constricting sleeves or legs. This is the reality of the weight loss venture, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down and down. We really have to focus on the L..O..N..G term results which in my case are ultimately down. Way down from my all time high of 223 pounds.

So how’d I do this week?

PRIORITY #1 “Do-It” : Get a smaller sized dress. No progress still, other than knowing exactly what I want. There’s a world of dresses out there, and yes, I will get the red on that makes my head spin with giddy happiness. What I DID do this week is purge my closet. Because this time is the final time, I’ve been giving away my large clothes. I’m not keeping them in the attic ‘just in case’. I am banning them from my life.

DO-IT: I’m a Weight Watchers fan, so I’ll stick to my points, 29 daily points 49 weeklies. This week I stayed within my daily allowance, and only ate extra points if I earned them with activity.

DO-IT: Earn 50 activity points a week. Got this! Exercised six days – biking, Zumba, walking and some situps, pushups and one (ONE) pull up. I earned 52 activity points this week.

DO-IT: Consistency. Consistent I was this week. No binges, no slacking on exercise. I enjoyed some extra points again this week with a hamburger and chicken marsala, but I worked off the extra points within 48 hours.

DO-IT: Hydrate. Done!

DO-IT: Read a book. I purchased Refuse to Regain, but it was only available through Amazon in the Kindle format. I’ve started converting the file, and plan to start reading it tonight.

DO-IT: One update post a week. I’m still giving myself credit for posting at the Christmas Dress Countdown site, and I posted here, too. Good Me.

DO-IT: Link up to your weekly updates. Done.

DO-IT: Be supportive. Yes! I’ll see you all this week, too!

Slow and Steady. Keep the Faith.

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Happy Birthday to Me!

September 21, 2011 Angela Pea9 Comments

Did I celebrate with cake? No.

Did I celebrate with ice cream? No.

Will I celebrate by going out to dinner and consuming adult beverages and lots of Mexican food? No adult beverages, but only because it’s a Wednesday-School-I Have To Go To Work Tomorrow Night. *wink*

How did I celebrate? With a fifteen mile bike ride that ended at the shoe store for a new pair of running shoes! Not that I do a lot of running any more – more biking and speed walking – but I wear special running shoes for all activity because I have extreme overpronation in my stride. In layman’s terms, that means my ankles roll inward way more than what is considered normal. I buy shoes with built up insteps and inner heels to keep my stride steady. Makes a world of difference in keeping the knee and hip pain at bay.

New Shoes! — Ah...Fresh New Bouncy Shoes!

I saw this today during my ride.

Love My Job! — And I think inspecting sewers is a scary job description...

There’s a new highway being constructed through Fort Worth. This will be a bridge column eventually. Today it’s just a set of forms with reinforcing steel inside them. There’s a [brave] guy braced between the two halves about 30 feet off the ground, supporting his weight with his feet, bolting the sides of the form in place while it dangles from the crane over his head. Sheesh…

Celebrate with Family and Friends, and New Shoes, not food. Keep the Faith.

Dear Sons…

September 18, 2011September 20, 2011 Angela Pea8 Comments

When you both were small, shorter than me, and still convinced that I had magic powers, you did many naughty little boy things because, well, because you were naughty little boys. Like the time you painted your face with red lipstick, Architect, and I about had a heart attack because I thought you were bleeding. Or when you put on a superman cape and jumped off the top of the bookcase trying to fly. And you, Dirtbike! I remember the day you learned how to use scissors. You shredded my pajama legs into strips, cutting just as high as you could reach as they hung on the hook by my closet door.

You still occasionally do really odd things that can only be attributed to an overabundance of testosterone that squashes the common sense section of your collection of brain cells. Like putting cans of soda into the deep freeze to see if they will explode. (Yes, they will.)

I really didn’t mind cleaning the sticky goo from inside the freezer this morning, because it was time to defrost the thing anyway. It was the little surprise I found under the bags of peas and lima beans that set my mind spinning.