Last Night's Boyfriendly Support!

So last night, with 23 points left (I have 32 a day) I went with my guy to a friend's house.
I'll give him this much, he's very forthcoming with my willingness to lose some weight.
He went out and bought ground beef and buns...... We went to some friends..... had a shot of tequila (which pretty much floored me cause I'm a "LIGHT" weight hahaha) and none of us wanted to make the patties!

He took initiative! No egg! No oil! AND on the George Foreman grill!
He added a little bread to it, onions and spices.
They came out amazing! We each had 2! I was full with points to spare!

I made a huge no no by not eating all my points :(
I lacked only like 3 points or so (It's been tough getting back to the system)
But I'll get it right!!!! I know I will! With the help of my LDD TEAM! WOOHOO!

My current goal is to look as great in either of these dresses for my upcoming vacation as I did back then! (pay no mind to the cig)

My Latest Work

So I get these spurts of creativity once in a while. If it's not a spurt, it doesn't come out right!

This is a pretty cool one I'm proud of. Firstly the shelves were taken from an old unit. I painted them in shades of brown with black and white accents. I painted the "L" 's in the same color too.



Then I took the backing from my living room entertainment system (had no use for it anyway) and folded it into a long hexagon type cylinder. I threw some beads onto wire string, poked holes in the cylinder and hung them.
The three boxes used to be box pictures. I sawed out the pictures (it's all wood) and screwed eyelets into the interior panels. Then pulled different color wiring randomly through the eyelets. And the main golden colors form a Magen David. Then I hung those too! I LOVE this one!






Here's a wall art wire decor with hanging pendants.


Then I added pics of my guy and me from our Valentine's cruise vacation a few years back.


This is an OLD one but still a big favorite! The wooden back is from an old clock that broke. I painted it black which looks great because it's natural wood.
The middle part is an extra thick plastic sheet from an old frame that broke. I collage painted it in browns and golds then used crackle glue for the weathered effect and finished it off with scrapbook leaves.


Hopefully I'll be inspired to continue!

The Family Goal

Crossing fingers baby!

Feeling PRETTY Good

I know only one day has passed and TECHNICALLY we're not starting the weight loss adventure till today at 10AM but still.... I already felt a little better about myself yesterday knowing I made the decision to do this.

Just that simple decision boosted up my confidence!

In my line of work, I'm no role model but volunteering to be one and having so many people be a part of tracking the weight loss piles on the pressure to succeed which is a huge motivational boost.
I'm guessing the contestants on the "Biggest Loser" t.v. show had the same feeling..... on Prozac of course considering thy had millions of people tracking them....




My biggest fear in this whole thing is possibly letting my team down. We can still win whether I make it or not but what kind of team leader am I if I fail!?
So..... I'm not going to fail!

I'm happy to have a group of people to virtually satisfy my sweet tooth in moments of weakness as oppose to grabbing a bag of chocolate mini's.... mmmmm chocolate!!! ;)

Our Biggest Loser Contest

So according to my mom's scale I'm now at my heaviest I've ever been. 255 pounds!
OMG OMG OMG
So I think it's definitely time to start riding the fat shedding train with a long stay in the Weight Watcher's resort for whales.







This is me a few years ago.... I was never thin but I was much lighter than I am now!




















This was on my vacation in 2007 if I'm remembering correctly.














And I HAD to pull this one out of the volt! LOOK AT US! That's Al and me!
This was after we had done weight watchers for the first time SERIOUSLY and we each lost over 50 pounds!







But today is a different day and so begins the long journey to a better lifestyle! With the help of my team mates we can go so far so let's get to it!

So today I prepared one of my fave dishes. Chicken cutlet with cilantro and Cheerios! A salad with white beans and some pasta with a simple sauce!
















This whole meal was less than 14 points and I have a 2 point corn on the stove.

Unfortunately I didn't like the way the chicken came out tonight. It usually comes out super tender but I left it on low heat to wait for my guy to come home for dinner... at least I have someone to blame :) So I had another 4 point cup of pasta instead.