Spitting Distance

Today I weighed 203.6 when I got on my scale this morning.  203.6.
Two-oh-three-point-six
That is "spitting distance" to (as they say on WW forums) ONEderland!
I've been there before.  It is a wonderful feeling.  Especially since I hadn't been there for all of my 14-yr-old's life, and for not much of my 19-yr-old's.  I actually got down to the lowest I'd been for my entire oldest daughter's life (189), but lost focus and gained a lot of it back. (Well, duh, or your ticker would be in a WAY different place!)  And now I'm within 5 pounds of under 200 again.  
If I sound incredulous, it's because I am.  Absolutely.  I wake up and go to step on the scale and I fully expect to have gained 5-10 pounds back.  Every morning.  Even though I'm good on my calories (which reminds me, remind me to tell you in a minute how proud of myself I am...) or even under (not usually on purpose - will explain that also).  Or that I expect it to stay the same.  And am affirmed regularly about the staying the same part.  But then I lose.  Suddenly.  Yesterday I weighed in at 207.4 and today 203.6 = 3.8 pounds.  4 pounds in one night.  Incredulous.
I was way under on my calories yesterday.  Not purposely.  I didn't feel well.  My tummy was bothering me - one of those "can't tell what's wrong, but something is wrong" kind of feelings.  Nothing I could pinpoint.  Then it hit and I spent some time in the bathroom.  I hate that.  Then you never know when it'll quit.  I don't know if it was something I ate, or a virus, or what... But I won't complain.  I like the weight results today.
We're having a weight loss challenge at work.  Chris says I'm winning.  I don't have any idea if I am or not, but I know that their scale weighs me at 203 with clothes on (skimpy ones hehehehe).  I can handle that.
I am so proud of myself, because I resisted temptation!  Chris had a root canal done today.  He was miserable when I picked him up.  We got home and he decided he wanted comfort food.  A hamburger from Sonic no less.  Thank goodness for coupons.  So I took him.  Ordered him a cheeseburger, Kierstin a hamburger, Kayla a kid's meal (chicken strips & french fries), and drinks.  I have had my drink, but nothing else.  I didn't steal a nibble from a chicken strip, or his cheeseburger, OR EVEN A FRENCH FRY!!  That's progress, baby!  I am darn proud.

Chris attended the board meeting last night.  The school board unanimously voted him in as Instructional Technology Director for the district.   I am very very pleased and proud of him.  He deserves this and it's what he's really wanted for a couple of years now.  He'll have an office over at the Administration Building (Annex, anyway).  I'll miss having him up at school.  I enjoy our drives to work (short though they are) and home again.  He's promised to figure out a day when he'll come over and have lunch with me every week.  Being the skeptic I am, I'm pretty sure it'll get bumped quite often, but I'll keep faith that it'll happen regularly.  He will get a raise.  He will work year round (Two weeks off during summer & all the regular school holidays).  Looks like I'm in for a boring summer.  I think I'll go hang out at Kristie's pool.  Maybe I can get a tan (hahahahaha).

We're excited.  Lots of possibilities!


food log:
chicken & celery for lunch, orange for snack, chicken and cucumber for supper, strawberries to round out my day.  399 calories

I figured out I was mis-measuring my strawberries.  I measure them out while they're frozen, but putting them into caloriecount.about.com as thawed.  Costs me over 20 calories!!  Must stop that!  When all you have to work with is 500 calories, one must get as much bang for the buck as one can!!

Can't wait to see how far I spit tomorrow!  ;)

the ACT test

The A.C.T. was administered today all over the country.   I know this because I am the test center supervisor (a long name for someone who does all the paperwork).  I also ask people to administer the test and mail the answer sheets and test booklets off to A.C.T.
Today everything went really smoothly.  So I was bored.  I had 3 rooms, so I was in the hallway monitoring.  I usually have grading to do, but since I'm making my student teacher responsible for all that, I didn't have any today.  And I won't when we give it in June because school will be out.  The SAT test in May is a different story.  I may or may not have grading.  I spent a good hour looking for fun wallpapers to put on my computer.  I like that the computer now has a slide show for the wallpapers, so your background changes every few minutes.  Right now it's Disney - mostly princesses, but I threw in some favorite movie scenes and such. 

Such a good use of my college degree. 
Since I actually use my degree every day & usually am not the least bit bored during these administrations, I'm not really complaining.  More amused than anything.

Weighed in today at 207.4.  Am still amazed.
food log:
eggs (2 whites & 1 whole), celery soup, and strawberries for lunch: 200 calories
tilapia and cucumber for supper: 98 calories
melba toast for snack (not good...):  145 calories
strawberries for night snack: 77 calories
total for day:   520 calories

I think I need to make sure we don't purchase the melba snacks. I don't need them.  I do like the occasional crunch and salt, though.  I'll think about it.

Technology

Yesterday I mentioned the tickers.  They are a very cool techno thing.    It's amazing to me that I can change the weight on their site and it updates everywhere I have the ticker.
Usually, I just print out the thermometer from Dottie's Weight Loss Zone.

http://www.dwlz.com/thermometer2.html

Which is kind of fun to fill in also.  I have one that I filled in when I was doing weight watchers really well and I FILLED  it in!  So I had to start a second one... and then I faltered.  So, when I get back down to the weight I was, I can just use that one again on my fridge.  Low tech.

Another high tech thing I just found is the site http://makeovr.com/weightmirror/

I tried it and it was fun, but since it wasn't a full body picture, it was WAY inaccurate.  For example, I was sitting down in the picture and it just slimmed my face and shoulders.  My arms and boobs didn't change at all.  I laughed and laughed!  I seriously hope I DON'T look like that at 65 pounds lighter.  I always feel for those women that have huge-mongous breasts and are just tiny or even regular size.  These were almost cartoon-y in shape and size.  I deserved a last minute laugh!

I think I'll go the low tech route and just take a picture of myself when I hit that weight.  Ah, confidence!  I wish I truly had it.

Some other amazing thoughts about technology are Nooks, iPads, and the iTouch or iPhone.  I didn't think I'd like my Nook.  I felt like Chris wanted me to have one more than I wanted one myself, so I felt pressured into buying it.  I do like it now.  It has saved us a great deal of money because I haven't needed to run to Recycled or Barnes & Noble to get  a new book.  I can just download one or "check one out" from a library (that's a way cool technology in and of itself!).  Now they have a color Nook.  I played with one at the store and was thinking I'd like one of those for my birthday.  What I REALLY wanted was an iPad, but Chris kept saying that a color Nook would be fine and there are ways of  "jailbreaking" the color Nooks to become tablets - just like the iPad.  I don't want to do that, but I relented and stopped asking about the iPad - just concentrating on the Nook.  Well, he's been doing research on all things Apple and is now sold.  He wants to get an iMac or a MacBook.  He attended an inservice today (paid for by the technology guy's inservice funds) and received an iPad 2.  He's been on cloud 9 about it for days.  I told him yesterday that I found it highly ironic that he nixed my iPad wishes but was excited about getting one himself.  He said that he still thought I'd like the color Nook better (and we can jailbreak it - no, I am not the jailbreak kind).  Today he came home and said to nevermind.  I would definitely prefer the iPad 2 and we'd just save up until we could get me one.  Talk about a techno-turnaround!  I got to play with his for a little bit and I do think I'd like one (just like I had thought before).  His dad is upgrading his iPhone to the 4, and knows I've wanted an iTouch for a while.  So he reset his iPhone 3 to factory specs and is going to send it to me for my birthday.  I thought that was very nice - especially since I had told Suetta that we'd pay them for the phones when they planned on upgrading.  Oh, well - I  won't complain. 

But one more surprise is in store!  I've deliberated a few times on switching away from Sprint and going to Verizon or AT&T.  Their reception is better, but Sprint's better on their monthly plans/rates.  Anytime I bring it up, Chris says no.  Not even.  Not changing...  Then tonight in the car he tells me, "I think we'll end up switching to AT&T.  They get reception anywhere in the building and I'll need that with this new position."  WHOA!!  Who are you and where is MY husband???

I'm going to bed in a minute to see if the aliens have switched out the doppelganger for my real hubby!

food log:

chicken & pickles for lunch, melba snack for snack (only 1 serving), chicken and salad for supper.  Total for the day?  335 calories.  Actually way too few, but, see, there was an issue.  I got home at about 4:15 and peeled my orange snack.  Looked good, smelled good.  Put it in my mouth and it tasted rotten!  Like moldy gross rotten!  I had to rinse my mouth out with the soda in the fridge to get the taste out (I didn't drink the soda - coke zero - just wanted the taste gone).  Then I didn't feel like eating an orange.  EEEwwww.  I ate a couple of melba snacks a little while later.  Chris wanted to go to town (to get a case for his iPad) & so didn't eat until later.  Now, I am ready for bed and don't feel like eating my strawberries.  So I didn't get my two servings of fruit which equals about 140 calories.  Hence the 335 instead of almost 500.  I am sure I'll make up for it tomorrow.  It's Saturday and I have trouble keeping myself all in line on the weekends.

We'll see!  Good night all you people out there in the technoUniverse!  (:

Tickers

I like the tickers.  Even though my sliders are way to the left, they move ever so slightly to the right.  Ever so slightly, I know, but still fun to watch.  More interesting than paint peeling and a little slower than grass growing, you have to admit!

By the way, the reason the two tickers are different about my goals is that I haven't decided my final goal yet.  My WW goal was always 130 - which is also the weight I've always wanted to be.  My dr said to aim a little higher.  Aim for what I weighed when I got married or graduated high school.  But that was 145-150 and I want to be lower than that if possible.  Now if I look great at 145 and look emaciated at 140, I'll stop.  So one ticker is my wanna wanna weight - 130 and the other is my little higher weight  - 135.  Yeah, 5 pounds... big whoop.  Well, yes, I lose 5 pounds and to me that is a big whoop.  More like a WHOOP!

208.2 this morning.  Under 210 again.  wow.  I am just amazed.

209.6 right now.  That should mean I lose again tomorrow.  I never count my chickens though.  Not wise.  Tomorrow I start my online class to become certified to teach online courses (ahhh!  wise... online class to be able to teach online classes...)

Red Red Wine...

And I had a small glass of it tonight.  According to all the stuff I've read online, it's a major nono.  Blends badly with the starchy vegetables here in phase 2 or something (didn't realize these veggies were starchy, but you learn something new everyday!).  I won't eat my strawberries, and I'm still under on my calories today.  I did lose again.  Broke 210.  Haven't seen that number since last Spring? Last January?  Longer?  Probably longer.  I'm so excited to be close to that 200 mark.  Hope the glass of wine doesn't just break me down right now.  Of course, NOW I'm regretting it, but I drank it and if it sets me back, it sets me back.  I'll live and work my way back on track.  Next week, I'll take a bottle of water over to Terra's and just drink it.  Sigh.  I sure love a glass of wine, though.  I did feel it pretty quickly.  My HCG protocol does say that it'll really hit you harder.  I don't feel hit, but I'm drinking my water like a good girl.

Today:  chicken, pickles, orange, chicken, lettuce (I put verde/tomatillo sauce on it... spicy!  That's probably a nono too, but I'll have to live dangerously!), and a 3 1/2 oz glass of wine.  LOTS of water.  Filled up my old WW green cup and drank it down.  The stupid thing does not fit into the car cupholders, dang it!  So it is definitely something that is either home or school and NO traveling!  Total calories: 424

I really enjoyed my visit with Terra.  Haven't seen her in a few weeks (not since the camping trip), so it was good to sit on their deck and jabber away.  I don't even remember what we talked about, but that's the point of a friend, right?  To be able to listen and to talk and it not matter what was said as long as you got to do the listening and the talking?

I am very tired.  Shouldn't be, because all I did at school today was give the field test EOC exam for English III.  It was so nice having all my juniors to myself.  I'm getting very tired of sharing them.  Thank goodness I get to take them all back in just a couple of weeks.  I have decided that I do not have the temperament to have a student teacher.  I'll let someone else have them & just smile from now on.

Holding pattern

Am holding steady at 211 right now.  I'm doing everything correctly - okay, overeating the strawberries is not good & I need to drink more water.

I did not finish logging on Saturday & I didn't log Sunday or Monday.  Wow!  I'm willing to bet I could fill in the blanks with what I typically eat and be pretty darn close to right.  I may give it a try. 

Weighed in today at school.  We're participating in a weight loss contest.  According to their scales, I weighed 210 this morning (a good pound less than I weighed naked on my scales this morning) & have so far lost 10 pounds.  I was in the lead for the women, but this week I only lost 3 pounds (only!  I usually would be ecstatic about a 3 pound a week loss!)as compared to my 7 pounds last week.

I'm not in a writing mood.  Sad, that I feel the need to be in a "mood" for something I usually love.    I ate chicken & cabbage for lunch.  Had an orange as a snack and 1 serving (JUST ONE!) of melba snacks.  I had yucky filet mignon (minus the bacon) & a yummy salad for supper.  I ended my evening with a cup (generous) of strawberries.  Total: 519 calories.

Other news:  Kayla got a puppy last night.  She's a pomahuahua (mom's a pomeranian & dad's a chihuahua - usually called pomchi on the internet - but pomahuahua is much more fun to say) & her name is Daisee.  She is a sweet funny little LITTLE thing.

Chris had his meeting with our superintendent today.  Mr. Crutsinger said all the right things and Chris made all the right replies, I guess.  The new job of Instructional Tech Director is his.  Lots of details I'll believe when I see.  Right now all I see is that his work load will increase.  He's thrilled.  I'm so proud of him and all he's worked for.  He deserves this promotion.

Measuring up...

I took my measurements again this morning.  Not as many changes as I would have preferred, but then again, I did a lot of nonessential eating this week.    I now weigh in at 210.9 which is lowest since before last July!

Date	3/21/2011	3/26/2011		4/2/2011
measurements	start	week 1	Diff	week 2	diff
neck	16	16	0	15.5	0.5
chest	49	48	1	45	4
waist	42	40	2	39.5	2.5
tummy	48	46	2	44.5	3.5
booty	45.5	44	1.5	42	3.5
rt arm	14	13.5	0.5	13.5	0.5
left arm	13	12.5	0.5	12.5	0.5
rt leg	28	26.5	1.5	26	2
left leg	27	26.5	0.5	26	1
Inches lost			9.5		18
weight in lbs	220.7	215.4	5.3	210.9	9.8

Not bad... I'll take it...  from now on I may just do the current and difference columns.  I'll think about it...