The post weekend weight in...

Well all weekend I have been eating Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, Snack.. like I was supposed to. All the while I was freaking out thinking... "There is a lot of food going in.. I don't know if this is going to work". So this morning I stepped on the scale (There's one here at the office - we don't have one at home) and guess what??????????????????

I'm down 3 pounds!!! What the heck.. this might just work!

Appt w/ the nutritionalist

I desperatly have needed a hysterectomy for the last 4 years, my Adenomyosis is getting worse with every cycle. The doctors have said they will do it as soon as I am at a certain weight. I also am still hoping to get my breast reduction done.. and again there.. need to be at a consistent, "pre-baby" weight in order to get the best results.
Well, it's high time that I figure out what's up with my weight. As most of you know I have struggled with this for years but it seems like things are getting worse not better. I think a lot about all the reality shows of late -- the "biggest loser", the "x-weighted", etc and often ponder if this is my "ROCK BOTTOM". This is the point where I say I can't take it anymore... I'm not sure if this is what that feels like but... I think I'm there.
About 5 months ago I got an Ellyptical trainer and have been doing Cardio at nights, some core excersizes on the yoga ball, taking some classes, trying everything from a soup diet to Slim Fast.. ++ plus the last 3 months I have joined the gym. Me and a friend go 3-4 days a week at lunches.. and for all of that effort... I have lost a whopping... 10.5lbs. I know.. granted that is nothing to scoff at, it's great.. but.. what I need is to lose 80 lbs so the little 10 doesn't seem so big in comparison.
So.. I decided to see a nutritionalist as that is definately a key to success that I have been "thinking" I was doing right. She had me track all my food for a week, and low and behold.. I'm not eating enough. ?? How does that KARMA work?? I have been averaging only about 800 calories a day so my body is in starvation mode.. so all the while when I have thought I was eating small portions, etc.. I have been scaring the sh*t out of my body and it has been storing it all to fat. LOVELY.
So the new plan is to .....

• eat more (every 3 hours) and of course make them healthy choices
• drink water more consistently through the day
• try to sleep more too - I am only getting about 6 hours of sleep now, and that's just craziness!
• add more cardio and less weights to my workout routines

At this point I am only working on a 2 week goal so I dont' get overwhelmed. I will see how it goes, but I must say -- I haven't felt this optimistic in quite some time. So.. posting this is mostly just a bit of therapy for me, getting it out there, making it real by being accountable.. but you are welcome to read on and anticipate updates.

It is possible to be busy doing nothing special

And that's precicely what we have been doing. Just humming along, not up to much - hench the lack of posts, I guess. We are back to work and school and schedules, etc and that seems to keep us as busy as we ever want to be.

Collin had a flu-is/cold-ish virus and he was sick for at least 8 days (3 of them off work - which is HUGE cause he never takes days off). The girls and I for the most part averted that disaster and didn't get it... until last week - It hit me hard and I was off work for 1 day then back - I didn't get it as badly as Collin. Millie has a snot nose and Oaksie has remained fairly healthy. Of course as of yesterday Collin is back to the body aches again so hopefully he doesn't get too bad again. Not sure if he could take it!!

In other news - Oaksie finally lost her first front tooth... so cute... So with the one that she had to have pulled further back and that - she is little gappy tooth redneck! Gotta love this age.

We have also been going on some snomobile trips with friends and family.. just last Sunday we were "trying" to go ice-fishing at Cluculz Lake. Well we took the 25 minute drive to get there and per the men it was "too windy" so we decided to go to Cobb Lake. (which after getting lost and driving back and forth up the highway and back.. is about a 1 hour drive.. in actuality only 15 minutes) The two other men that we were travelling with got stuck in the snow prior to even getting to the lake. So our Sunday afternoon fish trip turned into a 3 hour "dig out 2 pick-ups" extravaganza!! It was funny. Of course - all forestry workers, all 4x4 trucks.. stuck - having to phone a friend with an even bigger truck to save the day. The kids and me sat in the truck at the junction to direct the hero's to the site of the rednecks! While we were there WAITING.. we took some pictures of a feller buncher that was there.. it was cool for the kids!

New look for 2007

Whatcha think? I am trying to get 2 minutes to update but for now here just a quick "HI" - we had a great x-mas and New Years.