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So, to make a Super Long Story Short....   KJ woke up all covered toes to neck in poop and pee- so he needed an emergency bath, and I ended up CUTTING his outfit off and dumping him in the tub..  ICKY   THEN, after breakfast, he threw up all over his highchair and needed all that stuff washed and cleaned up again...   AHHHH  and all this in under an hour!  AHHHH  Motherhood- gotta love it!

:)  BUT, Im really in good spirits!  which is great considering the morning!  :)   Ohhh, and don't worry, KJ's not sick..(cause he threw up)...he gags on more solid foods, and he was eating a puff thingy and gaged, and since he just finished breakfast I think that's why he threw up...so, don't worry, he's fine!  :)

I'm down to 251.75 this morning...so I'm doing great this week...WOO HOO.  I'm hoping I get down under 250 by Friday...that'd be great!  WOO HOO.

well, I'm off to do stuff today..  :)  lots of laundry to do- sheets, towels, blankets, high chair stuff..  lol

:)  TOODLES!


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Hey to all my C-C friends!  What a wonderful day!  :)   

I'm really  feeling great today.  I love waking up feeling great!  :) 

I'm down 1.75 pounds today.  It's kinda weird (this may get gross, so if squeemish, skip to next paragrah)....anyway...last night, I had bad diahrrea and Monday, the same thing.   The only thing I've eaten differently yesterday and Monday is spinach salad...I'm wondering if it's the spinach or if it's the Asian Silk Spray Dressing I've been using...anyone having issues with that dressing or with spinach.  It doesn't happen with just regular lettuce, but the pre-packaged baby spinach...

Anyway..  planning our trip to Great America tomorrow...I'm really excited!  Then we're having a garage sale on Sat- this weekend is "North Aurora Days" and there's a city-wide garage sales Friday and Sat.  We're not going to be around Fri, so ours will be Sat only.  :)  Anyway... we have an exciting weekend planned.  

So, none the less, I'm trying to go through our crap and find shit that we can get rid of...got all the rooms, just have to hit the basement...it's just really hard with a baby who doesn't want to nap!  :)  So, I'm hoping I'll get an hour or two today to get down there.

Well, off to play in babyland!  :)


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I've been back at it full force for a week now...  I'm down 7 pounds...WOO HOO.  Ive got a ways to go, yet before I'm back at my lowest, BUT it's heading in the right direction now.  :)  

I joined the August Weighloss Challenge and am going to really focus.  I've planned on loosing 10 pounds...but I'm hoping to lose more than that.  I weighed in today at 254.25...if I lose 10 pounds, that will put me under what I was when I got pregnant.. BUT, my lowest so far was 239...I'd LOVE to get below that, but I'm trying to "keep it real"!

We're going to Six Flags/Great America on Friday... I just can not wait!  I'm really excited...  I'm a little worried I'm too fat to fit on the rides, but deep down I know I was heavier than this before and fit, so I should be fine!  I think I'm just psyching myself out... 

So, got my motorcycle license, and still have not got my bike..  :(  makes me sad...   BUT we got one on ebay.... and the guy lost the title, so we're waiting for him to get his replacement title before we hand over the mula!    Hopefully it'll be in SOON...I'm really getting impatient...it's been like a month since I've taken the class, and I really hope I don't forget stuff..  :)

Well, I hope all my friends are still around....it's been forever and a day since I've been on!  See you all again soon....on our "Journey to Success!!!"  WOO HOO


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SO, I know it's been forever since I've been on here...  :(  

BUT...   I got my motorcycle license this weekend, and I'm really excited!   AND...   I'm starting all again with my weight loss.  This week is a "fresh start" for my hubby and I.  No more activities going on and no more eating bad crappy stuff.  :)  We went out and celebrated my passing the safety class, and today is day #1 of being a happier, healthier me!  :)

Speaking of which...off to get blood work done!  :)  I'll be back on later!


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I did fairly well yesterday.... resisted temptations to buy a bunch of crap at the store.  I did eat a little over my calories, but I worked out really hard last night.

Today, I'm down 2 pounds.  I still feel like I've got lots of retention so I need to push water today, too.  I drank over 140 ounces yesterday.... that's a lot of water! 

Today will be a very good day.  I had a yogurt and granola for breakfast...along with 2 cups of coffee (with sugar free vanilla syrup).  For lunch I'll have my sandwich and light chips...then maybe a salad later.  For dinner, I'll make Chicken, basmati rice, and Indian sauce.  It's really good....and around 500 cals.  That will put me right around 1100 cals... for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner... hmm, that means I can have something else, too...  We'll see how it goes. 

Tomorrow, all three of us are going to "The Taste" of Chicago.  We are planning on driving in (since I want to take the BIG stroller for KJ).  It starts at 11, and we get there right around 11, and usually leave around 12:30 or 1...by then, it's just too hot, too crowded, and we're full!    So, tomorrow will be a bad day, but it'll be the only bad day this week.  Then, I'm going to the taste again with a friend next Friday, so that'll be the only bad day for me that week.

KJ and I aren't going to do much today...a lot of relaxing.  He was up super early today... 5:45...   man, it was early!   well, enjoy the day!  :)


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So I said last week I was starting again...well, I didn't.  I've had an incredibly horrible terrible week!  Eating like a BIG PIG...and It's just been bad.  SO..  I've decided TODAY...  I'm starting again, fresh today.  That's how people who've lost weight...keep it off, is they just start over-start again on a fresh new day.  that's today....

So, I weighed in today at 253.5 (I know...I've gained so much back.... boohoo)  And, tonight at Curves I'm doing my measurements.  So, I'm really starting fresh.  I'm going to be logging ALL my calories again, and workout 4 days a week.  I also want to take KJ for a long walk again....we haven't walked in MONTHS...

Today, I'm taking KJ to "Bouncing Baby Songs" at the library...it's from 11-11:45.  I'm really excited-it should be fun.  We attend the storytime there, but never done anything cool like this...it should be fun.

Tonight for dinner...we're having leftover Pasta Primavera I made the other day and some chicken.  I was going to make this blue cheese lasagna....but I'm cranky and decided not to get the stuff to make it....

I haven't been sleeping well the past week or so.... I'm not sure why.  Could be 1.  because I'm eating like a big and am still full when I go to bed.  2.  because I'm eating so much, I'm feeling guilty and just can't shake the emotions to fall asleep.  3.  I'm not exercising enough.  4.  something TOTALLY different....   So, I'm hoping by eating healthier and exercising regularly, I can sleep better.  I've been averaging about 2-3 hours of sleep a night for a little over a week now....just sucks.  So, hopefully tonight I'll get a good night's sleep.  ALSO, every single time I nap...it never fails...every time I nap, someone calls and wakes me up.  I really need to start turning my phone off when I decide to nap.  If the phone doesn't ring...then it's the day that KJ has decided not to nap, and so he won't let me nap, either...  :)  ohh well.....

well, off to get dressed, maybe take a shower...I'll probably feel better after that. :)



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I just can't seem to get back into it!  I haven't weighed myself lately....haven't been eating well....haven't worked out since Sat...  GOD!   WHAT"S WRONG WITH ME!  

OK...  So, I'm GOING to workout tonight...yes, I am!   I am also trying a new recipe for dinner tonight...it's pasta primavera and I'm going to grill steaks on the side.

I ate the rest of the pasta stuff I made Sunday night for breakfast this morning.  It was like 500 cals...   and I think the pasta and steak tonight will be aorund 600 cals...  so I should be OK Calorie-wise today...BUT since I just ate so much (leftovers were 2 portions) for breakfast, I guess I feel like I've been bad already and just wanna be like OHHH F#@K it!   BUT I'm not going to....I've been drinking water and coffee to "fill" me up, and staying away from the food!   I just need to keep it up....It's worth it in the end...I know....   I've come so far already.... I can keep going!  :)


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Not being consistant.  Since we've gotten back from vacation, I've not been consistanly on here...well, I have, just not journaling or logging calories.  I haven't even weighed in each day.  Today I'm back down to 248.75.  So, I've got a little under 10 pounds to get back to my lowest, yet...  I have really just lost my motivation...well, not totally lost it, it's just really slacking.

Kevin's been really sick, and it's really starting to wear on me!  GET BETTER ALL READY!  GEESH!  :)  I'm sure he would if he could just snap his fingers and be well...

Worked out today- it felt really good.  It was my 3rd time this week.  So, at least I'm starting to get back into a routine...slowly.  I'm planning on going at least 3 if not 4 times next week.  I also worked my ass off cleaning the baby gate I got from the neighbor.  I only cleaned 3 sections....there are 3 more sections I'll do tomorrow.  It seriously was nasty and I was really working my ass off...  I was suprised at how much work it really was :)   Kept thinking to myself....gee, I wonder how many calories it's burning....all this scrubbing...LOL

Tomorrow, I'm not sure what we're going to do....  I'm going to clean the last half of the gates and if it's nice out, maybe take KJ for a nice long walk- maybe go to a garage sale or two.  :)  LOVE GARAGE SALES!

I'm trying a new recipe tomorrow night for dinner-don't really remember what it's called but it has steak, green beans, bow tie pasta, yellow pepper, garlic.... hmmmmm..  sure sounds good, huh!?

Well, off to have a glass of wine and some chocolate!  YUM


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Today, I'm down another 2 pounds (weighed-in at 250.5)...but... I still have quite a bit to go before I get to my lowest (239)....  BUT, I did have a wonderful time on vacation. 

A friend of mine is in the city for work a couple of days...  She's staying downtown, so we're gonna pick her up tomorrow and go to Navy Pier for some dinner.  Can't wait!  I've never been to Navy Pier before.

Today I've got singing practice and need to get to the library to get KJ some more books and to turn in the summer reading papers and get him registered!  How great is it that my 8 month old is going to be registered for the summer reading program!  lol   I love it!

Went and worked out last night....I was really suprised how well I did...  I could work out really hard and I wasn't tired..hmmmmmmmm  It's been since May 29th since I'd been in!  AHHHH  almost a month!  Can't hardly believe it!  I'm planning on going again tonight and then I'll go Friday too...since I didn't go Monday (gotta get back into it!)  well........  actually, now that I'm thinking about it..  I'm taking the motorcycle safety course in July...but my sister will be visiting the weekend I'm scheduled...so I was going to try to get in early...maybe this weekend..so I'd have to go Fri night, all day Sat, and all day Sun... hmmmm  Gotta think about this....

Anyway, have a great day... 




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I ate really well yesterday...drank lots of water (I could have had more,I'll shoot for a little more today)...but the scale showed a 6.5 pound loss..  hehehe  yeah, there's a lot of water retention in me :)  I'm hoping for a couple more of that kinda loss, but realistically, I'll have maybe 1 more day of it.  I was gonna go workout last night, but Kevin's really sick.  He told me to go, and I went to the bathroom, when I got back downstairs, he was asleep on the floor... well, he can't really watch the baby if he's so sleepy and sick, so I didn't go.  I'm hoping he'll feel better tonight so I can go...I REALLY need to get back into the routine of things.

KJ must really be teething....he'll sleep like 45 minutes then wake up screaming...  he did that from about 8pm until almost 11pm...then he slept soundly until 8am.  he's also kinda throwing up or something...i don't know what it is.  He'll start couging, then he's choking and then he throws up.  weird....he did that yesterday after lunch and then again today after breakfast.  Maybe he's got a cold or something, too.  Or, maybe I fed him too much food... that could be, I guess... I dunno.

Anyway... I got amost all the laundry done yesterday from vacation...6 loads.  There's stuff I left overnight in the washer (I was too tired and didn't care) so I'll need to re-wash that load, but then I think that's it...just put stuff away.  I also need to pick up all our bags and everything that's thrown on the floor in the living room.  Not much else to do today, besides hang out with the cutest little baby ever!  OHHHH  and he's really crawling now...chasing after the cats.  And he can crawl some, then sit up....crawl and sit up...it's so cute!  :)

Have an incredible day!



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