A-Weigh We Go

Welp, it's official. I've submitted my weight for Hannah and Olivia's Diet Bet Challenge. My official starting weight was 210.8 pounds...

Everyone is given a word that has to be in the scale picture.

That means I need to lose 8.4 pounds by April 14. It's a little over 2 pounds a week, which I think is totally doable. I'm a little bummed at myself that my weight is back up (I had been down to 201 at one point), but hopefully this challenge will help me refocus my goals.

Mom and I have spent some time going through all of our healthier cookbooks. We have quite a few! I would say at least 12 that are just low calorie, low fat, healthier cooking... Let's not even talk about my "regular" cookbooks.  My name is Jen and I'm a cookbook hoarder.  Anyway, we're really just trying to get some ideas. I love healthier foods, I just get in the habit of making the same ones and get burned out.

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My phone is acting up again. It had been charging without a problem for the past few weeks, so I was thinking the ghost was out of the machine. But I woke up this morning to a completely dead phone, and now I can't even get it to register that it's plugged in. I'm going to order a wall charger and spare battery from Amazon, but I have to wait until I get paid on Thursday. Hopefully I can get it to charge, at least a little, between now and then. July's upgrade cannot come fast enough! Although, I'm kind of tempted to see what I can make work until November and leave for Straight Talk. Anthony and Amy both have it and like it. And I could still get the phone I want I'd just have to pay full price for it. We'll have to see.

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I guess I need to run to the store! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

The wrong way...

First and foremost, let me start with this morning's weigh-in.

Ugh!

I would like to apologize for my desperate need of a pedicure, but I am in too much shock that I have somehow GAINED a pound, and 0.8 of it since yesterday morning! I'm hoping it's just hormonal weight gain, but we'll see.

What bothers me the most is knowing that it's a "failure trigger." I will be the first to admit that I am an emotional eater. One of my favorite fb status updates is "Today my feelings taste like ______ and they are delicious." So when I see that I'm gaining weight, it sets off the emotional dominoes that I've failed and I start eating.  What makes me even madder is that I know it doesn't make any sense for me to do that. I will know while I'm eating that I don't want it, I'm not hungry, but I'm eating anyway. It turns into a vicious cycle. Luckily, that won't be a problem today. I've never been so happy to have allergy drainage making me nauseous. :-)

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I'm hope I will be able to work on Greg's birthday gift today. I don't have to work tonight, but I do have to take my mom to the store. Anyway, I'm hoping when I get back I'll be able to get the sanding done. My mom's friend's husband let me borrow his electric sander, so I shouldn't take that long. There's not even that much that needs to be sanded. I might even be able to get some of the spray painting started. I hope so at least, because I am working all day tomorrow, it's supposed to rain on Saturday, and I have my day booked on Sunday. I'm sure I'll get it all worked out though.

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Today I will leave you with what I think might be one of the cutest and most awesome things I've ever heard about. Here's a link the the story.

A Day Late

I am one to do Wednesday Weigh-ins. I love alliterations, and it's easy to remember, so... yeah. Anyway, I REMEMBERED to weigh-in... I just FORGOT to post about it. Anyway, here's what I saw on the scale yesterday morning.

I always seem to be in need of a pedicure!

Not a horrible number. It's down 3 pounds from the last time I weighed myself! Sadly, it's up 2 pounds from the start of March. BUT I'm not going to beat myself up. I really need to be consistent about posting my scale pictures to hold myself accountable. I think the fact that I didn't do it was why I was able to gain 5 pounds in the first place.

Ahh! I have so much I want to say, but I need to get ready to go! A friend asked me to follow her to the repair shop so she can get her truck fixed (she has to leave it for a few days). I have a Relay meeting tonight, but hopefully I'll be able to post later tonight. Bye!