Monday - Lunch with Me in SLC

Update: McD's, 895 Fort Union Blvd in Midvale, 11:00am. Monday. I'm flying out in a few hours. Looking forward to seeing some of you on Monday for Lunch!

So I heard a few votes for the McDonalds on 7200 for Monday. Rochelle, you mentioned Arctic Circle but I think at least one person mentioned not knowing which one you meant. I know hardly nothing about the SLC area, so I'm at your mercy about where we go. Should we do McD's on 7200? Rochelle, is that ok with you?

So, can someone give me a better address for what 7200 means? LOL. I did a search for McD's in SLC, but didn't see anything with 7200 in it.

And everyone mentioned the earlier the better, so how about 11:00? And if anyone wants to do it earlier, I'd be ok with that also.

Sounds like there's about 6 or 7 of us that plan to meet for lunch. Bring the kiddos. I'll bring the skinny jeans. Maybe. :)

To Keep the Jeans or Not (and SLC visit this weekend)

That is the Question.

So, the first day I put on my new jeans I start my period so I guess I'm a bit bloated. But I think jeans should feel more comfortable than this. They are snug. Not horribly tight. But snug. The sales people both agreed that the size bigger (my normal size) wasn't flattering. So am I normally wearing jeans that are too big and sloppy on me? And I need to get used to wearing more form fitting, flattering jeans? Or are these suckers just too small for me yet?

I'm tempted to bring them back and get my normal size so I can wear them comfortably for the next couple of months. Then when I drop my last 5-7 pounds then I'll go back and get this size. Or should I just keep these, wear them a little, and know they will fit me more comfortable soon.

What's a girl to do? Such a dilemma.

LOL

MY SLC VISIT THIS WEEKEND. My boys are both sick again. Dang it. Sleepless nights for me mean I don't have energy to exercise each day. ARGH!!! Anyway, hopefully they are well enough for us to come this weekend. So whoever wants to meet up for lunch on Monday, let's do it! Let's pick a time and place. I will be in Bountiful. What area is is central for everyone? A couple people mentioned going to a park. Forecast now shows a high of 54 and rain. Should we pick a kid-friendly place like McD's with a playland and meet there for lunch and then if it's nice enough go to a park? Or do you have other suggestions for kid-friendly places besides McD's? I'm open for whatever. And what time? Maybe like 11:00, 11:30 or 12:00? First, who wants to come? And second, if you have a suggestion, offer it up.

Knock, Knock

Knock, knock

Who's there?

130's

130's who?

What? Seriously?? Well, come on in! I've been waiting for you for 2.5 years!!!



Yep, you were right, Vicki. 139.5!!! I got on & off the scale about 5 times in a row and then grabbed my camera. I couldn't believe it. Boy, what a week! I didn't do anything different at all this week either. Maybe all the healthy lifestyle changes from the past 1.5 months are catching up with me.

So I splurged today! I went to Express (used to be my favorite store, haven't been there since I had my twins) and I bought a pair of jeans that cost $98!! Let me say that again! $98. WOW! I would never buy something that expensive. But I had a 50% coupon that made them $50. Even that is a lot, but these jeans looked soooo good. I felt great in them. I almost bought my usual size, but the sales guy & sales lady told me they weren't flattering and talked me into the size smaller (my pre-prego size). I even said to the sales guy & girl "holy cow, look how good these jeans make my ass look!". And I never swear like that either!!! It was completely out of excitement & shock.

Doing the happy dance, doing in the happy dance.

How was girls night out last night????

Me, sick too?

So after reading Lorie & Whitney's post from this evening about being sick, I decided to write one on the same topic too. The strange thing is that I am not sick at all. But I've had a sore throat for 2.5 weeks straight now. It's gotten bad. I cringe each time I have to swallow. I finally gave in and went to the doctor today. Doc said "you win the prize for the day" because she was stumped and couldn't figure out what was wrong. It wasn't strep. And it wasn't thrush. I have spots and inflammation in my throat. Looks bad and hurts like crazy. So they want me to go to an ear, nose, throat specialist next week.

Fun, fun, fun.

PS....I was down another 1/2 pound. 140.0 now! I'm knocking on the door of the 130's. I can't believe it.

The scale is tippin' alittle more!

Don't give me a lecture about weighing myself everyday! (I know that some of you do it too!!) LOL. I can only remember one time when the scale showed my weight higher and I was bummed. Otherwise, the days when I've plateaued (last the previous 3 weeks) it makes me want to work harder to budge it. And days like the past 4 days when it goes down everyday, I actually get super motivated to work harder.

I was at 142.5 the past 3 weeks. Then...
Sunday 141.5
Monday 141.5
Tuesday 141.0
Today 140.5

Yeah! I think what I notice is that my hard work pays off about a week later. Last week I worked really hard, then finally this week the scale drops a little everyday. So I'm super motivated to keep it going! I can't believe how close I'm getting to the 130's. Wow!

I don't think I've ever mentioned that my husband starting dieting/exercising the same day we did. So it's been fun to do it together. His goal is 25 pounds, which gets him back to where he was when we got married 4 years ago. He's lost 10 pounds so far so he's doing great.

Finally Tipped the Scale

Boy, after nearly 3 weeks I finally saw a new number on the scale. I'm down 1 pound! I'll take it. It's not a lot, but it sure was nice to see some progress after all this time.

I've done all of my exercising on my elliptical downstairs since we started this competition. I have a gym membership and also a country club membership (which is literally in walking distance). Yesterday I went to the country club for the first time and loved it! Man, I sure get a better work out in a place like that compared to at home (remember by 2 hour workout at the club down in FL on vacation also). I also fell back in love with the treadmill too. They are so fancy now and much smoother and more fun than the 9 year old one I have in my storage room. So, I'm going to find opportunities to get to the gym or clubhouse more often from now on!

Back on the Wagon

So, I fell off the wagon the past week. After the super bowl trip where I did "ok", I came home to my horrible toothache and sick kids. Took a full week and I stumped two dentists before an endodontist figured out I needed a root canal. Got that taken care of 2 days ago. My kids were sick with cold, pneumonia & pink eye. Well, ladies, you know what that means....sleepless nights. Add to that a double ear infection that we just found out about yesterday. With ear infections come major sleepness nights.

So, because of all of that, I didn't watch what I was eating closely, nor did I have the energy or feel good enough to exercise.

But, I am back on the wagon, so to speak as of two days ago. I suspect February won't be a great month for me when it comes to weight loss because I feel so behind now. But that's ok. I'm glad I didn't fall of the wagon completely, because in the past that's what I would have done.

As far as my Utah trip, maybe we should try to plan on a lunch meeting on that Monday, March 2. That way we aren't disrupting everyone's family time over the weekend. And since it's a Monday, then anyone with kiddos can bring them and we'll go to a kid friendly place, like a park or McD's play thing or whatever. I'm coming out there to visit family. My husbands family is all out there, including his kids who are in college, so we'll be spending the weekend with them.

PS....speaking of lunch in SLC, you have no idea how lucky you are to have Cafe Rio restaurant out there. My splurge on that trip will be to get a pork burrito smothered in all fixings!!! I have to get it every time I visit.