*** it feels nice....

It feels nice to be back on track. After my month of UGH... it feels SUPER great to be doing this again.

I have cut out all the snacking I have been doing. Geez... I was snacking a lot on crap. I was so hungry all the time. But now, I'm back and ready to kick some more weight (once I lose what I gained).

I am not going to think negative on myself for the weight I gained... it was ALL for a great reason (stop smoking - which I'm at 2+ months *wohoo*). I lost the weight before and I can sure as heck do it again!

I think sometimes your body needs a little kick in the butt. I needed to kind ofget my body out of the rut it was doing with staying the same and not losing. Now I've jolted it back to life and ready for another great part of this.

Hope everyone is having a GREAT day!

*** it's been FOREVER!

Hey everyone. It is hard to believe it has been about a month and a half since I was on here. Geeez.... time flies by.

A few things have happened since I have been gone.

Negative first.
Lets see.... I have gained back some weight. Right now I don't care to say how much... still trying to adjust to it. When the time is right that will all be revealed.

Positive.
The reason I gained back some of the weight is this.... I have been a smoker for a while (I know... don't start into me about the bad things about it. TRUST ME... I KNOW!) Well, I finally decided to kick it! I have been smoke free for almost 2 months now and it has been awesome! I admit, driving was my area of smoking. I loved to drive and smoke. So I kind of replaced eating snacks while driving in place of smoking. I didn't do it on purpose. It just happened.

So.... I will say. It is negative to gain but I think trading some pounds to quit smoking is a GREAT trade off.

Now it is time to jump back into work of things and kick this weight in the butt!

(oh, and side note. Another reason I've been gone is because my blogger website doesn't work when I'm at work for some reason.... weird, I know! However, I think I found a loophole in the system. Lets see if it works now.)

*** Weigh-in (week 29)

This is for Friday, July 30th but blogger hasn't been working again for me so this was first time I could post this weigh in.

Last weeks result....

.8 pound loss

I am happy for this. Weighed in at 255.2. This brings my total loss to 41.8 pounds. Oh gosh. I am getting closer and closer to 250. I can't wait to get below that. It makes me feel good to know I'm on my way toward a goal of 50 pounds loss.

*** keeping fingers crossed

For some odd reason my blogger is still messing up. Sometimes when I go to www.blogger.com it won't even load on my work computer. Sometimes I can get in and some peoples blogs work and others don't.

So if I disappear or don't comment for a while... that is why!

Grrrrrrrr

I hope it will be fixed soon and not just me.

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Also updating the look of my profile... taking a little while since my blogger keeps messing up and not wanting to load pages. Bare with me as I try to do this!

*** It is FINALLY official!!!

You can't believe my excitement. I FINALLY DID IT! 40 pounds lost and gone forever! I am NOT getting those back.

I have been having so close to this goal. At one point only .2 pounds away but never could cross it and I FINALLY did it!

Watch out everyone I'm back in this game. I am showing it whose boss.... ME! I am in control of this situation I have gotten myself into and I'm not backing down. This has put a new pep in my step and I'm coming out swinging!

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Take a look at this.....

We all have seen these - 5 gallon bucket. Guess what... fill this with water and it equals right around 40 pounds. WOW! I have lost all of this in 7 months. That really makes me realize how far I have come.

I have been a little down on myself thinking. Wow. I have lost only almost 40 pounds and still weighing in the high 250's. Looking at this reference has put a whole new perspective and look on things. I see how GREAT I have done and WILL continue to do.

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I leave you with a few pictures taken last night. Bare with me because I had a long day at work and looking a little rough BUT I am super excited.

yippee for 40 pounds gone!

a little blurry but I liked the pic

*haha* don't judge my decorating styles in the background. Yes, I have crosses on one way and a Ouija board on the other. It is just a novelty board I found at a movie place. It glows in the dark and I thought it was cool. I'm normal... I swear! *haha*

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One last thing..... check out a few of my previous posts. There are 3 new ones that I backdated to be consistent to when I would of posted. They have good info too.

*** It's Been So Long!!!

HEY EVERYONE! Goodness, I haven't been on here in like 3 weeks. AHH!  Let me catch you guys up on what has been going on.

First, I think I got a little frustrated with the fact I have been going up and down between 257.2-260 for the past 3 months. I haven't been able to get to 257 - my 40 pound loss mark. It took a toll. Not on my eating habits really, just on my mentality of this whole thing. So I think I just needed to clear my head and thoughts and come back.

Second, work has been SUPER crazy. We have a major project going on and most of my free time at work that I used to have is gone. By the time I get home I am tired and don't feel like getting on the computer since I am on one all day.

Third, a few times I have gotten on blogger it hasn't let me see a lot of pages or do a lot of things. So it was driving me crazy so I stayed away. Has anyone else had trouble with this or is it just me????

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I just got a new phone - Samsung Captivate - which just came out this past Sunday and I am LOVING it! It takes great pictures AND amazing HD video so after seeing Tiff @ Project 365 post a video I think I might have to do that now too. Tiff.... you are always a great inspiration for a lot of things! Plus more pictures... WOOHOOO!

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I have backdated my previous posts to be when they should of been posted on weigh-in days. Check them out (wk 26 and 27).

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*** Weigh-in (week 27)

IT IS OFFICIAL!
2nd week in a row BELOW 257. I think I can safely say that I have crossed the hump I have been trying to get over. WOOHOOO.

.6 pound loss

Oh the joy you can't imagine to see this number and lost weeks number. Maybe I'm back on track and ready to kick some butt again!!!