Do You See What I Seeee?!?!?!

Ok, So I know today is not my weigh in day.... BUUUUUTTTTTTT

I just HAVE to share something with you because it's frikken monumental....

First let me just pull out one of these babies....

But today my friends.... I think calls for another...

And definitely a little bit of this...

If you have been following my blog then I think you can guess why there is a lot of fist pumping and ugly crying goin on all up in my world today. If not, you can read about it on this Ten Things Thursday post

Here it is folks... the real deal... Do you see what I see?!?!?!?! 

That's right... Today...12/15/2012 I weighed 199.9 lbs. 

I CAN NOT even remember the last time my weight started with a ONE!!!

I'm beside myself... I'm on frikken cloud 9! 

I just still can't believe this is real....

That I AM DOING THIS....

My fire is back and stronger than ever. I WILL reach my goal weight. 

Friday Weigh In

Starting weight: 261 lbs
Surgery day: 234.4 lbs

Last weeks weight: 208.1
Todays weight: 201.2

-6.9 lb loss
-33.2 lb loss since surgery
-59.8 lb loss overall


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Ummm.....what?!?! I didn't post my weigh in last week because it was the same as the previous week...208.1 but this week?!?! I WILL TAKE IT! 6.9 lbs loss in a week?!? I am over the moon, that's for sure. I'm soooooo close to Onederland I can taste it! 1.2 lbs... I can do this!!! And I'm SOOOO close to the 60 lb loss mark! 

I will be doing photos and measurements on Saturday so get ready for a fun filled progress post! As always there will be LOTS of pics! :)

I'm on cloud 9 today, got lots of sleep FINALLY and woke up to 201.2 on the scale...hot dog! How are YOU going to make today FABULOUS!?!?

TTT New Jobby Job Edition!

Thanks to the always lovely Mrs. laura belle we have ten things Thursday!

1. Can I tell you how much I love my new job? Cuz I do...fo sho. I'm so lucky to have found this and I can't thank them enough for giving me a chance. I won't let em' down. I will work my TAIL off....

2. We still don't have our xmas tree up yet....Oh dont worry Doots reminds us daily. We just have to get to the storage unit to get our xmas stuffs. She says "Can we FINALLY put the tree up tonight mommy?" I said "well we have to have daddy go to the storage unit to get the decorations" pause.... "Mommy...do YOU know where the storing unit is?" lol what am i gonna do with this kid?

3. Speaking of that kid. She had to go potty so she went by herself...which she always does no big whoop. Well i walked in the bathroom to ask her what kind of pizza she wanted and her hand was in the toilet. I said "What are you doing?!?!" she just looked at me scared... I walked over and there was a little turd in the toilet... I said "Did you touch your poopoo?" she nodded her head....oh i tried to keep my cool...and i did  ut made her know that it is NOT ok that not only is it disgusting that it can make her really sick. REALLY sick. She said someone at schoolbtold her about it...smh...who grabs their poo outta the toilet then brags to their friends about it? Needless to say i washed the shit outta her hands..pun intended.

4. We aren't done with her yet lol I was laying down with her cuddling in her bed before she went to sleep and we were talking about the weekend. She usually stays with my mom on Fridays because they are BFF's right? Well, my mom is busy so my grandma (Gee as we call her) said she wanted her to stay all night at her house instead. So back to cuddling... She said "I don't want to stay at Gee's....I want to stay home with you guys." I said "Why Mackenzie? What's wrong" she paused and said "Well... I get scared at gee's house at night.... and it will PISS ME OFF!" I uncontrollably laughed and then said "Mackenzie we do not say that." She said "What Mommy? I just said it would piss me off?!" I said "I know Mackenzie but that's a bad word..." She said "NUH-UH!!! (so and so) at school says it!!!" I said "It doesn't matter, you don't say it because it's a bad word. If you get upset say it TICKS you off." (not much better I know but at least she's not saying pissssss!!) so a few minutes later it's silent and I hear her under her breathe say "It ticks me off...." And I just giggled under my breathe.....  Why can't she go back to this stage?!?!

So innocent!!! Still goofy as hell though!

5.So glad TATOR is still on Xfactor and #1 at that!!! For those of you who don't know he is from Belton, Missouri. That's a whopping like 2 miles away from me in little ole Peculiar. So exciting to have a hometown hero!!!

6.This is old news to those who follow me on facebook but.... I CUT MY HAIR!!! AHHH it's so short now! lol well...compared to what it was. I can't even put it all up in a ponytail! Here is the best pic I have gotten so far.

I know it's all grainy but it was the front camera

on the hubs phone. Just call me miss SASSY pants! lol

7. I know I said I was working on my 4 month post op post but...ummm...yeah. Ain't happenin' It's almost 5 months so I think it would be silly to do one now lol. 

8.I'm having a rough time with my eating since starting my new job. I've had A LOT of candy. Little mini candy bars...you know the 25 calorie 3 Muskies? Yeah... 25 calories? That's it?!?! Well, not when you eat like 10!!! THANK god I haven't done any major damage but I am NOT looking forward to stepping on that scale tomorrow. I know it won't be awful but I am kind of disappointed I got SOOO close to Onederland and then stalled out. I need to get my head out of my rear and focus. Who cares the candy jar is RIGHT by my desk. I just need to tell myself it's a jar full of turds... nasty, awful, brown turds. 

9. In conjunction with #8 I have also been seriously slacking on my exercise...for REAL. I NEED to get my ass in gear. I am calling upon my friends...CUPCAKE! BANANA! Kick me in my assssssss!!!!  (oh, btw banana is my other BFF, we have known each other forever and she is doing an AMAZING job losing weight with the ole S4lyfe if you know what I'm sayin...) 

Me and Banana, we've been through LOTS of 

weight loss tries together. She rocks. (p.s.notice I have a neck? 

Notice I have cheeks?!?! NSV baby!!!)

10. I've been going back through a lot of my pictures and it's so crazy to see old pictures and new pictures... So surreal. It's still me but I look so different. I can't wait to see what I will look like at my goal weight. Smokin' hot for sure.... ;)  OOOHHHHH Did you all see I reached my 100th post?!?! WOW... it seems like just yesterday I was working up the courage to start this here blog. And I'm SOOOOOOO glad I did. I love you all *MUAH*

Me and the baby did a photo shoot the other night SO I will leave you once again with ridiculously cute pics of the kiddo. 

It's so weird to look at pics of myself and not cringe... but actually 

Think "Hey! I look pretty dang good!!!"

Plus the kid's cute...

My lips and teeth look purdy here...sorry, had to share lol 

She is JUST like her sister...goooooofffffyyyyy!!! 

Friday Weigh In

Starting weight: 261 lbs
Surgery day: 234.4 lbs

Last weeks weight: 207.8lbs
Todays weight: 208.1

+.03 lb gain

-26.3 lb loss since surgery
-52.9 lb loss overall


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You know, obviously I'm not "happy" because there is a + instead of a - But you know what? Shit happens. We are going to gain every now and then. Why am I happy though? because it's ONLY .03 of a lb!!!! There is a lot going on in my life right now and to only be up .03 lbs is pretty damn good. At one point in the last 2 weeks I was up to 210 but that was right at thanksgiving. I just started a new job AND it's TOM... a bad one. I have been eating a lot of those mini candy bars for breakfast everyday this week because they are in my office. I HAVE to stop that. HAVE TO! I know it's just TOM...I'm usually not easily tempted by candy but i'm craving it really bad right now.

Speaking of the new job.... I LOVE IT!!!! I know it's only my 4th day but I just already know this is like my forever job! You simply can't match the benefits. And the ladies I work for are CUHRAZY! And I mean that in an awesome way...not a slit your throat, schizo kinda way. Because you know...I'm crazy...so working with a bunch of nuts is just my cup of tea :)

We don't have internet at work and our cells go into "cell phone jail" during the day so my posts probably won't be quite as regular since I usually posted at work at my old job. But I PROMISE right now that I will blog better than I have the last few weeks. There has just been a lot going on so this has taken a back seat. But it REALLY helps me stay motivated and on track so I NEED TO BLOG!!!!! I miss my bloggie buddies!!!

Well, till next time my little cupcakes! :)

New Job Jitters!!

I'm back everyone!!! I had last week off before I start my new job and so I kind of took a cyber break. It was nice...but I miss blogging/facebook/email etc...

I start my new job tomorrow... STOKED. And nervous. Not because I don't think I will like it or because I don't think I can do a good job...just because it's change. CHANGE. A big change at that. They say that job change is one of the top stressors in life. I'm trying to NOT let it effect my eating but it has been hard. ESPECIALLY with Thanksgiving thrown in the mix! I can say though that I had a fill on Tuesday and that helped SOOOOO much with my holiday eating. She added .25 CC's to my band and BOY can I feel a difference. I think it's the first time since I got the band that I REALLY have to follow the bandster rules. I mean...I "followed" them before... loosely. Like, small bites and chew chew chew. I never really had to take small bites and chew chew chew...everything always went down pretty easy. Not now...WOOOO If I take a normal bite now it's stuck city! NOT GOOD FOLKS! I don't think my band is too tight... I think I just need to work on following those bandster rules. Which I can totes do. Just need to really concentrate when I eat and not scarf my food down. I didn't do my official weigh in but I can tell you it wasn't really pretty lol. I was up to like 210 which is like a 2 lb gain. Now I don't have batteries in my scale so I really have no idea how much I weigh. (I'm thinking about stealing the batteries out of my hubbies Xbox remotes... I wonder how long that would last lol)

I went black friday shopping....like...to the frikken max! Yes, I was one of those crazies that was at Wally world for the 8pm sale...the 10pm sale...then off to the mall to various stores and sales, then to Cabela's, then JCP's, then Bass Pro, then breakfast... I didn't get home until just after 10 am...I think I was up for almost 30 hours. I'm JUST NOW recovered fully lol.

I don't have a long, drawn out post today... nothing crazy. Just wanted to pop in and say hello and give a little update.

Hopefully I will have something a little more flashy later this week for all my little cupcakes! :)

Halloween .... A little late!

I know I'm a little late here but you know the saying...better late than never!!

First I will start my pictoral journey with work since naturally that's where my day started. Me and Effie (as I will call my co-worker/friend) are in charge of planning and executing our holiday functions, which means there are a few times a year that our sole job is to be crafty. It really makes me happy inside...

This year we decided on a haunted house theme for the breakroom and I must say I think it was our best yet.

Enjoy... At your own RISK!! Muhuhahahahaha MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHA! (sorry, I'm a sucker for theatrics!)

Me and Effie... the only ones who dressed up!! GAH! :)

Our 3D window in the break room. It was very cool...

The other window...with the creepy figure outside

The transformed soda machine to assylum door and

the body outline of the poor soul that got too close

to the door!

The creepy clown baby crib with eyeball/spider mobile

Creepy clown baby inside of said crib....

Our homemade crackle paint creepy clown pics

NomNoms...

And now we get to the evening... getting the girls all ready to go. We had such a blast!!

My little Big Bird...tooo cute!

She HAD to be a bride zombie like mommy! It was

funny she said "No mommy you are a Zombie Bride, I'm a Bride Zombie!!"

She had to have some gore too!

We are ready for candy!!!

Taking a bite outta Unkie!!

Ok...this one is the picture of all Halloween pictures... It should be on a frikken greeting card..seriously

ready??!?

I don't think you are...

Ok, maybe you are...

I would say "what do we eat?" and she would say "BRAINS!!!!"

EPIC HALLOWEEN

Triple T-- WOOT WOOT! Edition

Let's thank the ever so lovely Laura Belle at Beer, Dogs, and Getting Healthier for another round of Ten Things Thursday.

1. It's been a minute since i've done one of these! Life has been B.U.S.Y!

2. I got a new jobby job! WOOT WOOT! I'm so excited I could spit! I start 11/26 and i'm super happy about it! Not that I hate my job now but I need a company with 1.Awesome benefits 2.Pay increases 3.Growth potential. My current job has none of the three.

3.I don't think i'm going to like the scale tomorrow. It's my own fault. The Hubs is out of town which means chaos with the girls at night so my eating at night hasn't been all that stellar! Old habits die hard I guess. At least I recognize it and am working towards fixing it which is something I never did in the past...I would just give up.

4. You'll never guess what I'm wearing..... go ahead...take a guess....No? SIZE 14 JEANS!!! Are you effing kidding me? I can't remember ever wearing size 14 jeans!! I bought 9 pairs of size 14 jeans from a friend who is losing weight...AWESOMELY I might add... for $25 and all of them look brand new. I thought I would buy them to put back to wear later but when I tried them on they ALL went up AND buttoned! I couldn't believe it.... I think you all know what is coming next....don't fight it...

5. Tomorrow is my last day of work and I am soooo excited. I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep...or WORK tomorrow!!! 

6. I ordered THE cutest pearl necklace and bracelet set from Laura's Stella & Dot Trunk Show. I can't wait to get it! You should totally go check it out! Ronnie is selling it now and she would really appreciate your support! :) go here http://www.stelladot.com/ts/gwhk5 to check out Laura's Trunk Show. 

7. This is hard to finish while watching Magic Mike...jus' sayin'

8. I saw something on the Trest of pins today that made the clouds part and rays of golden sunshine flow down from the heavens.... WINE ice cream... WINE ICE CREAM!!!!! nuff said...

9. I won't be able to be able to have Friday weight in tomorrow due to the fact I am at my grandmas house tonight and the kiddos passed out so we are just staying the night. So instead I will post my Halloween pics tomorrow and do my weight in Saturday morning. 

10. Have a good night/morning guys! I'm gonna finish Magic Mike! ;)