Anonymous,
That was rude and uncalled for. I have lost weight. 5 pounds. The rest is coming off a lot slower. I also don't usually respond to anonymous comments, I would rather know who is commenting on my blog. For you to insult me like that, and not even have the guts to let me know who you are is pathetic. She did not request that I respond to her message, just if I had tips or pointers to let her know. I don't, so I didn't. You took it too far.
Carrie, irritably.
Kate,
I didn't respond to you because I don't have any points or tips. I am as new to this as you are. I wish I had tips to give you and encourage you. I wish you luck on your journey with South Beach and weight loss. Congratulation on losing 9 pounds already! Even if South Beach doesn't take you the other 25 I hope that you find a plan and routine that works for you for life! I have faith in you and me that we will get to our goal weights, even if it's not exactly in the time frame we want it to be.
Carrie, encouragingly.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Explanations
about my new ticker.... although, I am pretty sure it is pretty clear...
Kyle and I have been married for 10 months. In that 10 months I have gained 20 pounds. bleh.
Since I graduated from high school I have gained 40 pounds, give or take. I was a size 8 when I started college, and even when I went up to a 10, that was okay... 12, I can deal with it, not too hard to go back to a 10, 8 would be nice, but 10 is okay. But when I needed dress pants for work, and only the 14's fit... well. that was the final straw.
Now, I am not looking for pity, or comments.
I know that a size 14 really isn't that big and that many beautiful women are size 14.
I just don't want to be one of them.
I am 5'4", for my height I should weigh between 120 and 140-ish, according to all those experts out there.
My sister and I have both always carried our weight well. When we inform people how much we really weigh, or they try to guess, there is always surprise at the real number.
So, all that to say, I have started on the South Beach Diet. I have yet to actually read all the book, but I have been following the eating plan, and it seems to work... :0)
I know the Leonard's did South Beach for a while, and I am pretty sure I remember reading good results from them. It is one of the few "diets" that I haven't heard bad things about. I am not good at counting my calories, or points. I don't have the patience to read every label and convert nutrition facts to calories and calculate exactly how many calories I have eaten. I really don't want to write down everything I eat!! So I figured I would try it and see how it went. If I had too much trouble following the plan, didn't feel healthy, and/or I didn't see any results in the time frame they give (in two weeks you can lose 8-14 pounds, I lost 5) then I would go on to something else.
These last two weekends have been really hard, there has been so much going on at church and it all seems to revolve around food!!! My sister is coming to visit next weekend, that won't be too horrible, eating-wise, and the weekend after that is my cousin's wedding, but that is only one meal, so not too much of an issue.
South Beach is nice. I can eat all the approved proteins and veggies I want, and it is okay, if not required, to have snacks!! woo!! and that's just phase 1. In phase 2 I actually get to start adding carbs and starches back in!! :0) I feel full and satisfied, and it really isn't that much trouble to make the food. It takes a little longer, but it makes me slow down a bit. Breakfast is really the hardest meal of the day, because I can't just grab a bowl of cereal, but I jsut made these little mini quiche things that are in the recipe section and they freeze really well, so that will help on the days I am rushed. I am getting a bit tired of salads for lunch every day, but I keep trying to mix it up a bit so that it isn't the same old thing.
So, that is what is going on with that. Just thought I would let you all know, so you weren't wondering too much, and dying of suspense!!
Kyle and I have been married for 10 months. In that 10 months I have gained 20 pounds. bleh.
Since I graduated from high school I have gained 40 pounds, give or take. I was a size 8 when I started college, and even when I went up to a 10, that was okay... 12, I can deal with it, not too hard to go back to a 10, 8 would be nice, but 10 is okay. But when I needed dress pants for work, and only the 14's fit... well. that was the final straw.
Now, I am not looking for pity, or comments.
I know that a size 14 really isn't that big and that many beautiful women are size 14.
I just don't want to be one of them.
I am 5'4", for my height I should weigh between 120 and 140-ish, according to all those experts out there.
My sister and I have both always carried our weight well. When we inform people how much we really weigh, or they try to guess, there is always surprise at the real number.
So, all that to say, I have started on the South Beach Diet. I have yet to actually read all the book, but I have been following the eating plan, and it seems to work... :0)
I know the Leonard's did South Beach for a while, and I am pretty sure I remember reading good results from them. It is one of the few "diets" that I haven't heard bad things about. I am not good at counting my calories, or points. I don't have the patience to read every label and convert nutrition facts to calories and calculate exactly how many calories I have eaten. I really don't want to write down everything I eat!! So I figured I would try it and see how it went. If I had too much trouble following the plan, didn't feel healthy, and/or I didn't see any results in the time frame they give (in two weeks you can lose 8-14 pounds, I lost 5) then I would go on to something else.
These last two weekends have been really hard, there has been so much going on at church and it all seems to revolve around food!!! My sister is coming to visit next weekend, that won't be too horrible, eating-wise, and the weekend after that is my cousin's wedding, but that is only one meal, so not too much of an issue.
South Beach is nice. I can eat all the approved proteins and veggies I want, and it is okay, if not required, to have snacks!! woo!! and that's just phase 1. In phase 2 I actually get to start adding carbs and starches back in!! :0) I feel full and satisfied, and it really isn't that much trouble to make the food. It takes a little longer, but it makes me slow down a bit. Breakfast is really the hardest meal of the day, because I can't just grab a bowl of cereal, but I jsut made these little mini quiche things that are in the recipe section and they freeze really well, so that will help on the days I am rushed. I am getting a bit tired of salads for lunch every day, but I keep trying to mix it up a bit so that it isn't the same old thing.
So, that is what is going on with that. Just thought I would let you all know, so you weren't wondering too much, and dying of suspense!!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
4 for me, and you too!!
Four jobs I've had in my life:
-Sandwich maker
-Costume Designer Assistant (it sounds more glamorous than it probably was)
- Nanny
-Administrative Assistant
Four movies I've watched more than once: (only 4?!)
-Hairspray
-Pride and Prejudice (A&E and the new one)
-Newsies
-Enchanted
4 Places I've Lived:
-Brooklyn Heights, MN
-Milpitas, CA
-Los Gatos, CA
-SLO, CA
Four TV shows I watch: (there is way more than this...)
- Survivor
-Lost
-House
-My Name is Earl
Four places I have been:
-Canada
-Mexico
-Hawai'i
-Tahoe
Four Places I'd like to go:
-Italy
-France
-Tahiti
-England
Four favorite foods:
-Sushi
-Salmon
-Potato Salad
-Chocolate!!!
Four places I'd rather be right now:
-somewhere exotic
-swimming
-in bed
-the beach with Hubby
Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
-Summer
-going to all my cousins weddings!! all over the country!!
-SPA day with my sister
-vacay with Hubby
Four places I love to shop:
-Payless
-Target
-Mervyns
-Old Navy
-Sandwich maker
-Costume Designer Assistant (it sounds more glamorous than it probably was)
- Nanny
-Administrative Assistant
Four movies I've watched more than once: (only 4?!)
-Hairspray
-Pride and Prejudice (A&E and the new one)
-Newsies
-Enchanted
4 Places I've Lived:
-Brooklyn Heights, MN
-Milpitas, CA
-Los Gatos, CA
-SLO, CA
Four TV shows I watch: (there is way more than this...)
- Survivor
-Lost
-House
-My Name is Earl
Four places I have been:
-Canada
-Mexico
-Hawai'i
-Tahoe
Four Places I'd like to go:
-Italy
-France
-Tahiti
-England
Four favorite foods:
-Sushi
-Salmon
-Potato Salad
-Chocolate!!!
Four places I'd rather be right now:
-somewhere exotic
-swimming
-in bed
-the beach with Hubby
Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
-Summer
-going to all my cousins weddings!! all over the country!!
-SPA day with my sister
-vacay with Hubby
Four places I love to shop:
-Payless
-Target
-Mervyns
-Old Navy
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter
Matthew 28
5The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."
Luke 24
5"Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' "
5The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."
Luke 24
5"Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' "
Friday, March 21, 2008
Good Friday
Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Matthew 27:54
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Matthew 27:54
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Ignorance is...
frustrating.
Can you all help me? I have lived here in SLO for 3.5 years and I still have no clue about the breakdown of the central coast.
What is considered North County; South County; 5 Cities? or any others that are generalities around here that an "outsider" might not know.
Knowledge is power! :0)
FYI: currently reading the Hobbit, by JRR Tolkein.
Can you all help me? I have lived here in SLO for 3.5 years and I still have no clue about the breakdown of the central coast.
What is considered North County; South County; 5 Cities? or any others that are generalities around here that an "outsider" might not know.
Knowledge is power! :0)
FYI: currently reading the Hobbit, by JRR Tolkein.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
a milestone
Our little Honda has reached a turning point in its little life. 100,000 miles... We took a picture to remember it. 
Friday, March 7, 2008
Oh baby!!
Here's my "baby"... :0)
Poor guy. He took a bite of the lemon from his water at Chino's, (I had been doing it too, but I do not make faces like that...), and his face was hilarious!!!! I wanted a picture of it, so I made him take another bite. He is so obliging.
Poor guy. He took a bite of the lemon from his water at Chino's, (I had been doing it too, but I do not make faces like that...), and his face was hilarious!!!! I wanted a picture of it, so I made him take another bite. He is so obliging.Monday, March 3, 2008
A Poem...
...about Minnesota Winters
My aunt sent this to me, they live in Northern MN....
MINNESOTA Poem
It's winter in Minnesota
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At twenty-five below.
Oh,
how I love Minnesota
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Minnesota
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!!
My aunt sent this to me, they live in Northern MN....
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