Finally in Onederland

I went to the Healthy Way today to weigh in this morning and I'm finally under 200lbs! Just barely but it's 199! I'm super proud of myself especially since I had such a rough night last night and didn't comfort myself with food. The way I'm eating has really changed my habits and coping strategies. I feel as proud of myself as this bear does.

A green smoothie I actually like

Since I've been on a low glycemic index eating plan for the past almost 3 months(wow!), I have found that trying to fit veggies into every meal can get a lil tedious. I eat about 5 lbs of spinach a week and that's just a big steamed clump under whatever I may be eating, a whole wheat chicken enchilada for example.I knew I was gonna need to start incorporating smoothies/juicing into my diet soon to conveniently get even more veggies in. Last week I decided to give a green smoothie a go and I was determined to suck it down no matter what it tasted like, but to my complete surprise it was delicious!! I happily drank it and have made it a bunch since.

My green smoothie:

Tons of spinach, my vitamix was getting too full with just the spinach so I blended it a little to make more room. kale,half a cucumber,1 cup of frozen blueberries,about a cup of plain soymilk, and one scoop of vanilla bean flavored plantfusion. It's super tasty and sweet but I'm not sure if it tastes like that to me because I dont really eat any sugar...and I happen to like stevia. The mistake I used to make was adding greek yogurt , dont do that.

I'll start working on a post of how and why I started this eating plan, because it's pretty much changed my quality of life(seriously) :)

Happy Saturday!

I would say caturday but Tammy's still at it. We've been in our Home for a week! Today we headed over to Home Depot and bought the outdoor table set we'd been eyeing. It was a super deal and they only had the display model left so we took it! There are 2 more chairs not pictured, I cant wait to eat dinner outside :D

Our neighbors have 2 umbrellas...isn't that kinda overkill? get over yourself! :3

I spiffed up my weight loss blog a bit. I was thinking about doing something with it since the treadmill is all set up, something for fun and to keep me accountable? We really need to get covers for the garage windows. I cut my walk short last night(we set it up at 1am) because I got super freaked out and couldn't take it anymore. Ugh I'm such a scaredy cat :/ so yes, check out my other blog if you into that sort of stuff, it will be updated later tonight. Bye!

Updated!

Merle Moth

Last night I took a break from Meat Boys to make something just for fun. I haven't don't much in this new year so my brain is kinda off track, i just stood up looking at my fleece going "uuummm, uuuh", picking up a color and then putting it back, then I decided on a moth. I realize his designs should be on the back but ya know my plush aren't known for being anatomically correct,not in the wang sense, like my nautilus' are upside down cuz they LOOK BETTER like that! I want to make more but first I really need to finish those damn Meat Boys and I have a commission from a dear customer, but then it's more moths I think.





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I'm relaxin on the couch having my after dinner coffee and I'm determined to write something. I decided to drop the weight loss blog, this blog is about my life and losing weight is part of my life so I'll just include it here. Updating 2 blogs is for queers. So the last time I went to Weight Watchers in the beginning of Feb. I had gained and I was up to 199 yesterday I weighed myself when I woke up(clothes on) and I weighed 197 so I'm pretty happy with that. I have been doing my best to eat well, I'm staying away from buying things that are overly processed. I figure the more simple what i put in my body is the better...plus i read this article on "lowfat" and snack foods , things that are engineered to make us want more. When i have a clearer understanding of those things I do better.

I've been making an effort to make sure i have an equal amount of carbs and protein and pretty much all my snacks are fruit, fruit and yogurt, or tea. buying organic fair trade fruit and veggies pretty much ensures that I will eat those expensive muthas. so yeah I feel good about that and once I get this sinus thing/allergies under control I'll be exercising more frequently.
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There is something that is making me sad, but I'm trying not be, and just embrace the lesson if there is one. I found this journal 65redroses.livejournal.com few months ago when it was featured on the front page of LiveJournal. I had known about Cystic Fibrosis before I found Eva but never read about someone's life and felt like i knew them in the way you do when you read someones blog. Anyhow she posted a video last week basically saying she wont be getting another lung transplant and that she has a few days to live...What I can take from this is to not miss smoking, to feel lucky that I have healthy lungs, it seems like such a fuck you when there are people who's lungs are drowning. I can be positive and get more out of my days. I can live a full life, it doesn't feel like I am when Ed is pretty much glued to the computer for the next 5months but when Meat Boy comes out I want to take a good break and have lots of fun with my love.

I don't want to have a near death experience or some catastrophe happen to learn that we should live like there's no tomorrow, I get it, I just have to be patient.

And something I just need to vent about is these fucks, leaving this girl comments about reading the bible...MOTHER FUCK! this beautiful talented young woman is dying through no fault of her own and you wanna talk getting saved with her?? She says she has days, don't try and make yourself feel better thinking you will get her into heaven, its none of your fucking business. People have no tact.

Weigh In

Last night I didn't think I was gonna be going to my WW meeting this morning. Bridget was sick last night and I wasn't feeling that great either, but I woke up at 10:30am and called Bridget and she happened to be up so we went. I'm so glad I did because I lost...*drum roll*.....3lbs.!!! Wow. My highlights of this week were:

-Getting outdoors as much as possible.
*walking Dingo
*playing frisbee
*taking Acacia to the park
*riding my bike to the gym

-Going to sleep or taking a nap when I was tired instead of eating or late night snacking, because really it never wakes me up.

-Lots of water,fruit,flax seed meal,fiber pills,fish oil.