Good & Bad Day

Juliet probably has RSV - blah! I took her to the doctor this morning because I was concerned about her cough and "icky" sound when she is breathing...well, that would be all the time since she does that 24/7. They put her on a nebulizer and a steriod and had us get the nostil swab to see if it is infact RSV. We'll know tomorrow.

However, I am leaving for three days for a conference in Chicago. I am a manager for lia sophia and we have 2 big events every year and it so happens that our first big event is this week-end. Jeff is going to stay home from work on Friday with Juliet instead of her going to our friend's house. I'm very happy/glad that he will be with her 24/7 while I'm gone...he does an amazing job with her. I love this photo of us from New Years Eve. We are HUGE hockey fans and take in several Chicago Blackhawks games each year (we are about 3 hours from downtown, but my husband's family lives about an hour from downtown). My husband is honestly the BEST...I LOVE YOU SWEETIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

So in the hustle and bustle of today, I did not get my work-out in....YET. It's 9:51 PM and I don't want to work out, but I don't want to let you all look at almost 50% body fat in 12 days either, so I am going to make my sore ass have a 20 minute visit with Jillian. And then one of my favorite shows, Nip Tuck, started back up tonight, and I SOOOO want to watch it (even though I have a lot of stuff to do before I leave tomorrow night). I might reward myself for working out by watching Nip Tuck and getting on the treadmill for 30 minutes (ok, really 23 minutes when you have DVR) and sitting on my ass the other 30 minutes to finish watching it.

I also only ate a bowl of chili the entire day because we were running getting meds, etc. I honestly am not that hungry, but I know I need to eat small meals throughout the day to keep everything up and going. I did buy a few supplements from a health food store which I'll talk to you more about when I get back on Sunday. I won't lie, I am nervous about this week-end food wise. I won't be doing any shredding while I'm gone, but I will Shred tomorrow morning and then Sunday when I get back, so technically I will only miss 2 days. I suppose I could try to do modified shredding in the bathroom of my hotel room....let me think about it for a second...hmmm, nope! We have dancing for 2+hours both Friday and Saturday night, so maybe if I REALLY bust a move I will burn some calories. I know I will be eating some bad things this week-end, but I am going to try to make "good" bad choices. I knew that this would put a little damper in the start of things right at the beginning, but you have to live, right?!?!

Biggest Loser!

Oh Biggest Loser, how I adore thee! I think this will be my 4th season of watching BL. However, a HUGE change is how I am going to watch it. Before, I would settle in with my bowl of popcorn (in my defense, the extra butter WAS the spray butter, mmmk?!) and watch the contestants sweat it out for 60-120 minutes on the tv thinking "Oh man, how did they let themselves get so big?"

Well, now that my weight and BMI could VERY realistically put me on that show, I am now watching it a little differently! Instead of the popcorn in my lap, I will be utilizing the treadmill I tucked in the corner of our family room downstairs for this very occasion. I'm not a fan of watching my DVR'ed shows while on the treadmill for fear of A)Falling and B)We all need a little relaxation time, but I figured this would be an excellent opportunity to add some extra time on the treadmill once a week!

So in a few minutes I'm going to go down and learn about the new cast...all while doing my thing on the treadmill.

But before I do that, I wanted to document my food today/exercise for today:

Food: **Breakfast - Nada (I know, I know, bad Jody!)
**Lunch - Weight Watcher Meal
**Supper - Fahitas w/o the shells (so basically chicken, peppers, onions)....this was REALLY good!!! I'm glad I have some left for lunch tomorrow if Jeff doesn't take it to work!
**And a damn cookie from my friend's baby shower on Sunday...BOO!...and to top it off it wasn't even that good:-(.

Exercise: Shred (had to stop in the middle to put Juliet down for a nap as she wasn't enjoying watching Mama and her blubber jump up and down) and now getting ready to work it on the treadmill while watching BL

mcFATty monday!

I am about to divulge something that I've never said outloud before....

i.am.FAT

So when I saw that one of my favorite blogs to follow was starting a McFatty Monday challenge, I decided to do two things - join up & start a blog of my FATass 2 FABulous journey. So you'll have to bear with me until I get this whole bloggin' thing figured out. It's been a long time (circa 2006) since college HTML class.

But I digress...a little background before I go showing you my half naked FATty mcFATty photos....

I live in the Midwest about 3 hours from Chicago. I'm married to a wonderful, 100% supportive husband who stands behind me in WHATEVER I do....or in my case, shove down my throat. He is very active, playing hockey 2+ times a week. We had our beautiful bouncing baby daughter last June. I work from home as a manager for a home based business. My husband and I are very sucessful. I've built my business into a six-figure income for my family, but I CAN'T SEEM TO GET THIS FRICKING WEIGHT OFF!

I have so self control. I have no determination. I have NO DRIVE for weight loss. I wish I could say it's all because of Juliet (my daughter), but it's not. I've been FAT forever. I'm not kidding, kids. FOR-FRICKING-EVER! I look back at my preschool photos and I WAS FLIPPIN' FAT in preschool! I had some "thinner" moments - like being a 10/12 my soph. year of high school, but that's where it ends. I was a 14/16 through high school, 16/18 in college, and even *gulp* bought a pair of 20's in college. The 5 months before I met my husband in the fall of 2005 I had a 4 month stint of exercise and eating correctly that caused about 30 pounds to fall off and I felt SO GOOD....then enters my sweet hubby, Jeff...and the 30 pounds plus 40 more packed on. We were married in October 2007 and went to Punta Cana over Christmas that year for our Honeymoon...I will be filling you in on probably the worst honeymoon in history at a later post that does deal with my weight. Check back in later!

HOWEVER...I need help. I need help to get this weight off! I have tried several times here and there since last June when I had my daughter but this is it. Period. So THANKS BLAIR for having mcFATty Monday to jumpstart my weight loss for REAL this time!!

So here goes...

All 254 pounds of glorious FAT. At 5'4", that puts my BMI at 43.7.

O-M-FRICKING-G!


So...there I am! Without make-up, without my hair did, in my sports bra and undies.

And guess what people? I am going to Cancun on April 11th with my husband! So I have a timeline and I have a FATass. Hence the FATass 2 FABulous name!


Every 2 weeks I am going to take photos just like I did above. Everyday I am going to blog on what I ate and the exercise I did. I am planning to do the SouthBeach. I bought a really nice treadmill about 5 months ago and have The Shred from pre-pregnancy so I should be good!

Wish me luck...and keep me accountable people!