Kara's Bachelorette Weekend!!

Here is to Kara, one of the greatest friends I will ever have. To the one that can always make you laugh, knows when your in a bad mood and has an ear to listen. Thank you Kara for being such a great friend to me. I love you and I am so happy that you have found someone that makes you happy.

CONGRATULATIONS KARA AND DAVID !!!!!!!!

All the Ladies!!!
Show me the BLING!!

Weigh-in update!!!

Total Weight loss in 13 weeks is -28.2!!!

So close to 30 LBS I can taste it!!! So this is more than 10% of what I weighed when I started. I told myself if I hit that 10% then I could have some cheese cake!!! So Cheesecake Factory here I come!!
Cheesecake = Lunch on Saturday!!!!!

Go Pokes!

It may not last forever but it is soooooo true!!!

Ummm oops!!

So I may have over indulged when I was recovering from my procedure on Monday. It definintely shows on the scale. However it does not show in how I feel. My clothes are starting to get baggy so I am getting skinnier but the scale just didn't reflect how I feel this week. Maybe it will catch up next week. LOL

I went shopping on Tuesday night for a dress to wear to Kara's Big Bachelorette Bash this weekend (more to come on that later)! I could actually put on a size 16!!! It was a little tight in the boobs because I have been ever so blessed in this area so I went with an 18 to look better. The point is I am getting closer and closer to my goal!!!

Health Update

Well the colonoscopy is over, and I am alive! Feel like I have been violated but I am alive! I will get a call from the doctor tomorrow with the results so I will have to give more information later. I know Michael told me some things that the doctor said but I can't remember because I am just now getting my brain back together. He had to go to work because his boss had to go to the ER this morning and has been admitted to the Hospital after complications from his surgery to remove his galbladder last week. Please keep him in your prayers.

Inspiration from the Little Engine that could!!

I think I can I think I can....and I DID!!!!
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I lost another 2.2 pounds and I have not been eating the healthiest due to my "Junk Food Diet". I do have to admit that I work out at least 6 days a week, 3 with a trainer and cardio on the other 3. Sundays are the hardest to do cardio since the place I work out at is closed and it's starting to get cold outside. I asked Michael a.k.a. Santa to get me a treadmill for Christmas but now that I have been doing so much on the elliptical I think that would be a better choice because it gets my heart rate up faster and higher which in turn burns more calories than just walking on a treadmill. The elliptical is not as painful on the legs, ankles, and knees for me so let's just see what Santa can do this year. Of course I know you will all agree with me that an elliptical will be a great addition to Michael's man/media room! He seems to disagree. Can someone talk to him about that, he doesn't always listen to or hear me.

Slight Set Back...(Some content may not be suitable for blogging....individual discretion is advised)

So, Monday, October 6th I had an appointment with a Gastroenterologist. Something I had been putting off for way too long. I will have a colonoscopy on October 20th. It has to be at least 10 days from yesterday because I have an infection they have to clear up before they scope.

Here's where it gets depressing for me...I cannot stick to my Weight Watchers regimine (I don't call it a diet)...because it is a High Fiber Nutrition Plan and that can cause a problem with my infection that noone would want to happen....What does this mean? In the doctors words she wants me to have a Junk Food diet for 2 weeks. This is when I lost it. I looked at her and said there was no way I was going to do that. I instantly started thinking about real "Junk Food". What she really meant to say was I don't want you to eat anything with High Fiber. How does one assume that a Low Fiber diet = "Junk Food" is besides me. When I think of Junk Food I think of drive thrus at least 2 times a day and that just scared the bajeebies out of me.

So once I got past the Junk Food comment I realized that I can probably maintain my weight for the next 2 weeks but there probably won't be a major loss like the past few weeks. I can still follow the Satisfaction guideline so that I don't overeat, I can still have vegetables they just have to be cooked so they are soft, the weirdest thing is I have to eat white bread...I didn't even eat white bread before I went on Weight Watchers...

This too shall pass and I can overcome all things through the power of GOD.

Please pray for my body to heal.

Thank you,
Chrissy

Goal!!

-20.8

It's one goal down and several more to go...one of my original goals was to lose 20 lbs before New Year's...and it can now be marked off the list of goals. Each week gets easier and easier but the end of the week when I see how my hard work is paying off that's what makes it worth it...when friends, family, and co-workers say how good I am looking that's what makes it worth it...when I put on a pair of jeans and they are not as tight at the time before that's what makes it worth it...when I go in a loop on my belt that's what makes it worth it...when I am working out and I feel like I can keep walking longer than the time before that's what makes it worth it...when I just sit and think, life, that's what makes it worth it.

Thank you all for your love and support.

Thank you!

Thank you all for your prayers for Seth, Amy, and Logan...they are getting good news from the Dr's in Houston. Keep praying, it never hurts to pray more and more.

Noone ever said life was easy...

how true that saying really is...I am just having one of those weeks...I was so busy last week and this past weekend and now I am paying for it. I hopped on the scale yesterday and I about had a heart attack. I just have to remember that a few bad days doesn't mean I have to throw in the surrenduring towell. Keep my head up and look forward to my goal...so needless to say I am not looking forward to weighing in this evening even after the happy hour with work at four...yeah I wouldn't plan on me making it to weigh in at this point...I would assume it would be ok for me to put it off until Saturday after my workout. Yeah, that's it! I am definitely going to look at the brighter side and weigh in on Saturday because then I will have 2 more workouts in and lots more walking under my belt...So I will have to post the details after Saturday...let's all just pray that I gain the strength to make it to Saturday and that the results are surprisingly pleasant!!