Even MORE optimistic

That tomorrow's weigh-in might really show this plateau busted! Come onnnnnnnnn Saturday weigh-in!!

Tonite was a lot of fun. We tried out this mexican food restaurant in East Plano, Aparicios, and it was YUM! We sat out on the patio, it was nice and cool, the kids were behaving VERY well, and it was an enjoyable dinner! After that, we hit up a fall festival (check the mom2lild blog for pics of that).

In good news...I got an appointment with a neuropsychologist for D to have a battery of tests done. I spoke with him today and feel pretty confidant in seeing him and putting D through this. He said it will probably take about 4 hours, BUT we got a Saturday appt! So no missing work for it. Whew. I'll be sure to update how things go.

So Beth and I were talkin...

and while this is a daily (hourly?) occurrence, we were talking about the weight we've lost (gasp!!! would you believe that?) and we both realized...that we now weigh the LOWEST we have weighed in ten years at least! That's high school, baby!!! SO we are all excited, and pressing on to victory!

I hesitate to post on here yet, but I'm cautiously optimistic that I might be breaking out of this plateau. This morning, the scale did get below 264 (263.8, barely...lol), which it has not in at least 3 weeks, so we'll see if this continues til at LEAST my weigh-in on Saturday...lol

I'm debating on if I want to get a cheap bike to ride around, and then save up for when I get down to 180 and get a NICE bike. I used to love riding as a kid and teen, so I really want to give it another shot. I do need to figure out logistics with D though. I'm not towing his 45 lb butt around behind me! And he's not ready to ride a bike yet, he might never be with his brain wiring issues. He has midline issues, which keep the two sides of his body from completely working together sometimes. So we'll see. I might just have to drop him off at school really early some mornings and go ride, or have a teen sitter come over some evenings? I have no idea.

Well on a good note...

At LEAST, if my weight plateau is still sticking around...I can take some comfort in the fact that the pants I put on this morning, were quite snug 2 weeks ago, and are now nice and loose around the middle. Not falling off loose, but comfy loose. I'm choosing to take consolation in the fact that things are moving around in my body...lol weird huh?

Congrats!!!

I just wanted to send a congratulatory shout-out to my cousin and his wife. They welcomed their new baby girl into the world this morning!!! She weighs 9 lbs 3 oz and I bet she is beautiful!! Baby girl joins her big sister who just turned 2 this month, two October babies!

So YAY!!! Congrats you guys!!

Dang plateaus

Yeah, I think I've hit one. And I hate em. I know its all part of this fun weight loss journey but it doesn't mean I have to like it or accept it!

So yesterday I stayed a bit under on calories, and I might do the same today. I'm contemplating staying between 1200-1300 all week, since lately my cals have been consistently higher. I took a very brisk walk yesterday, and even though I didn't note it on our Losin blog, I did some dancing last night with my ipod on, so got some more cal burn there too. I need to up the exercise, been way slacking on it. Anyone wanna go walk at the Galleria at lunch?

First step though, I had a good protein filled breakfast. Eggbeaters with salsa, sliced turkey, and a slice of cheese. It was YUMMY. I've already got my lunch/snacks plotted out on fitday for today. So I think I've gotta great start to the day. All I know is, this plateau can NOT last. I weigh in again this next saturday and it so better be GONE. November 12th is our 6 month mark, which leaves me 2 weeks and 2 days to get down 9 lbs (halfway mark to 180 lbs)...eekkkk. I don't think I'm gonna hit it but I'm hoping if I can bust this plateau it will go fast for a bit. We'll see. I had so hoped to hit it by November 8th (our Chera pics) but no way is that gonna happen.

Dang plateaus.

Sleepy D...

So D started his new meds on Wednesday. I was curious to see how today went. Well...he was up at 6:30am this morning. Took his med about 8am, when I dragged myself out of bed...lol I fed him some breakfast abit before 10, which he ate every bit of (mommy actually cooked...lol Eggbeaters with Yolks, with cheese on top, plus 2 nutrigrain lowfat waffles and light syrup, YUM!!!) I got in the shower about 10:10, and he wanted to lay on the futon while I did. He's been asleep ever since, and its now 11:40am. Homeboy needs to wake up soon since we have a bday party to go to at 12:30 but I think we might just have to be a bit late, it would break my heart to wake him up since he doesn't get naps all week and was up late last night too. But at least it means we had a semi-quiet morning, and we'll prolly be able to stay longer at the bday party with him coming off a good nap! And we have to go shopping afterward. lol

I wanted to be...

And I came very close to being...preachy...on here today. I was working on a blog post and ohmuhgoodness, it got long and drawnout. Thats not counting the other post I have written in my email drafts and have never posted. I really struggle on here sometimes with utilizing it as a tool to just share, or a tool to throw out mad opinions on everything. So I think I'll keep it toned down, and just simply say, "Jesus loves you". Thats the full gist of the whole thing I had written anyway, might as well keep it short and sweet.

Today is day 3 of D's med. He came home last night and passed out asleep right after dinner, but they also went to the park at school today, so he was tuckered OUT. He's now taking the capsule in the morning like a champ! I'm so proud of him for picking that up quickly.

Beth posted this on our Losin blog, but I wanted to mention here too. I'm having a terrible time with sweets lately. I don't know WHAT it is. But so far today I haven't had any (not that I didn't WANT some...lol), and tonite I'll allow a little bit but thats it. I need to put a stop to this.