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Monday, January 5, 2009

What a pain in the rear

Well I finally got some pictures up. I didn't want to post them in my blog but rather have a link to them. Boy what a pain in the rear that was. It's now midnight and I've finally gotten it to work. Then I wanted to update my picture at the top with my newest picture and that was an even bigger pain lol. You would think I could figure this stuff out lol. Oh well, at least I finally did. Hopefully from here on it will be easier.


My day has been an all around pain in the rear really lol. Ok, first off, the brakes went out on my van on Saturday while we were driving 3 hours up the road to my girlfriend's house. We thankfully got there in one piece after putting in like 2 quarts of brake fluid. We made it home too. But then this morning I had to drive the van myself to the repair place which was scary scary. But I made it and $500+ later it is fixed though I can't pick it up till tomorrow.


Then my stupid 3d model at work doesn't seem to want to do right so I spent all day trying to figure out what the darn problem was. Of course I was suppose to have the drawings for it done 2 weeks ago. Sigh.


Well while I'm complaining I might as well continue lol. So then hubby and I go to the gym to workout tonight and it's like so packed it's almost impossible to even workout. My anxiety was so high I could barely get through my workout. My hands were shaking and I was all nervous inside. I don't know what the heck gets into me when a lot of people are around. Anyway, I made it through and got home.


On a good note I didn't eat over anything that happened today. I did eat at my girlfriend's house on Saturday and Sunday though. I'm not sure what she was thinking knowing I'm trying to lose weight and eat healthy. What does she do, but cook lots of fattening crap food. Of course I tried to eat it. My gall bladder wasn't cooperating very well though which was a good thing I guess. I still ate way to much junk while I was there. It was back to that sick way too like when I was at my mother-in-laws at Thanksgiving where I was sneaking around in the middle of the night eating. What the heck is my deal with that I have no idea. I did have a nice visit with my girlfriend though it felt like old times.

I haven't been on the scale yet to see if I did any damage. I figure I'll hit the gym again hard tomorrow and hope for the best at weigh-in on Wednesday. It's that time of month too so I'm not expecting to much this week. It would be nice to stay the same at least.

My one highlight of the day today was getting to write on my co-workers whiteboard 47 lbs. I've been trying so hard to get below the 50 lbs to go mark. I still can't believe I've lost 151 lbs from my all time high weight. When I was looking through pictures tonight I kept thinking "wow was I really that big". I always felt big and knew I was big but I think even then I had a distorted image of myself. Even now I feel really big though in comparison I look like half myself.

I was also amazed at how much smaller I look from September, just 13 lbs ago. It's definitely the Book of Muscle workouts that are helping to shape my body so well. I've dropped a whole clothing size since September, from an 18 to a 16.

I know I still have a ways to go but I really believe I can get there. It might take me most of the year but I have faith.

Till tomorrow...

15 comments:

Losing Waist! said...

LOOK AT YOU! BEAUTIFUL AND HOW MUCH YOU HAVE CHANGED! OH MY! WOW! SUPER! You are proud! Look how smiley and confident you look! Look how much younger you look! The husband must be happy about the changes too!

Really inspirational. I am glad you posted those pictures.

I have some pretty serious anxiety issues too. It is pretty challenging sometimes. You got through it!

Natalia said...

Wow you have changed so much! You are an inspiration!!! You look great!

MizFit said...

ch ch ch ch changes!!
and faith.

You can move mountains and do anything you want to with your tenacity and vision (faith).

Miz.

Karyn said...

Wow! You're gorgeous! Great photo.

Good for you to not eat in the midst of all those crises!

You WILL get 'there'! you are doing great!

Stages of Change said...

VERY inspirational pics. Thanks so much for posting them. You've done an incredible job so far!! Here's to more success, both long term, and just for today as well!!

Sherre said...

WOWOWOW! I'm so glad you got the pictures posted because they REALLY tell a story! You've done a phenomenal job with this journey and I'm so excited and happy for you. (And I enjoyed seeing the piccs of the kids, too.)

Anonymous said...

You look GREAT!!
You're doing IT!!

Linda
Pennsylvania

~TMcGee~ said...

I must be having a brain fart because I don't see the link for the pics. LOL I'm going to go back and re-read the blog to look for it.
Anyhoo, good job on not turning to food during the high anxiety moments. I also have no gallbladder and oh my goodness, the "pains" that come with eating high fat food...oh my. The ONLY thing that has helped me is eating a serving of black beans EVERY day, seriously, it's the only thing that works and I've tried tons of stuff.
Off to go look again. :-) Have a great day!

~TMcGee~ said...

Ok, found them! LOL Awesome transformation, Dawn, you are just beautiful. Seeing those progression pics gives me hope for myself, I so want to be able to post some progress pics. :-)
Kids are beautiful too.

Chews to Lose said...

You're an "AFTER" girl. Those photos are amazing and gorgeous. Inspirational doesn't even sum it up. I'm going to come visit your pics/blog when I'm feeling down. Great job!

Sheri said...

You are doing awesome! Now where you were is pretty much where I am now, and its comforting to know that losing so much can be accomplished. I'm curious how you've done it, what changes you made etc. You are definitely a beautiful lady! Don't worry about the rough go you've just gone through. Just remember, "This too shall pass!"

skinnyhollie said...

I can tell a BIG difference in your pictures! You look great! You are such an amazing encourager to me! Thank you for all you do!

Katschi (Karen) said...

Dawn, WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOW!
I'm going to have to catch up on your posts to see your whole story.
This couldn't have been easy to stick with day after day after day.
What tenacity and strength you have to have accomplished this!
You look fantastic!

THIS is what makes me believe that I can do it, too!
Thank you for sharing your pics.

bbubblyb said...

Wow, thanks for all the love people, it makes me feel soooo good.

Danielle, inside I do feel proud but I feel so wierd admitting that like it's bragging or something and I've always hated that in others. As for the hubby, he's having his own issues about my weight lose but we are working through them and I'm hopeful as he loses weight he'll start feeling more secure. Yea the anxiety totally stinks I wish I could conquer it, maybe someday.

Mizfit, I wish I could move mountains maybe the weight would come off quicker lol.

Natalia, Karyn, Stages of change (I need a name mister lol), Sherre, Linda and Hollie thanks so much for your kind words.

Faith, I still have my gall bladder. I was suppose to get it out this month but I decided to keep it. I'm hoping I can get through a few more years with it. I hate the thought of having to get cut on. Thanks for the black bean idea. As for progress pics you should start now, once a month. I know for me I wish all the time I had taken monthly pictures. Pictures really do tell the tale.

Chews to lose (I need a name for you too), I have to say you calling me an "after" girl made me feel soooo great. At 227 I know I still have a ways to go but I do feel good about how far I've come so far. I hope you'll come visit my blog all the time not just when you're feeling down *smile*.

Sheri, you asked how I did it well I started by walking 30 mins 7 days a week. I also gave up the sweets which was always my biggest downfall. Then I joined TOPS (like WW) and never miss a weigh-in. Really it was about making time for me. I also was already in therapy which I think has helped a ton. I really believe if we don't fix our minds we can never fix our bodies.

Karen, of course you can do it, you are doing it *smile*. As for day to day, I struggle all the time. I have ups and downs but it's about just not giving up on ourselves, keep moving forward.

Stephanie said...

Wow, you look fantastic! Looking at the pics, it doesn't look like you are aging at all, you keep getting younger looking.

Your doing a fantastic job!