Getting Inspired Again!

It has certainly been a while since I last posted.  I have since been to see the 2nd Divergent movie, Insurgent, and actually thoroughly enjoyed it.  It might have had something to do with constantly looking for Hubs in the background.  I told him there was no way I would see Insurgent, and then he got a gig and THEN he made the trailer.  What the heck?  We had to see it.  I think extremely low expectations really sealed the deal.  Even the children had a great time.  Elementary school kids tend to do a lot less eye rolling than middle/high kids which meant I had no partner in snark.

I decided to dust off the blog as I am getting really pumped about losing some weight.  I've been dabbling here and there, but life has gotten in the way each time.  A few weeks ago I purchased an annual meal plan service from The Happy Herbivore.  It is fantastic.  I love almost all of her recipes (almost because I don't like to cook with tofu), and her meal plan is a good way to get organized.  So, today, I did a massive amount of batch cooking to be ready for the week.  Now that school is letting out, it is time to drop all of the eating out.  When your daughter's family tradition is "going to Taco Bell on Thursday nights" then you know it has gone too far.

I also got turned on to something called It Works!  I was completely skeptical when I bought some wraps from a facebook friend a few months ago.  So skeptical, in fact, that I didn't use them.  I decided to give them a try since swim suit season is here, and it actually worked.  My jaw dropped completely.  I can hardly say that I'm ready to rock a bikini at the neighborhood pool, but I did lose an inch and a half off of what I call tier 2 and a half inch off of tier 1.  If nothing else, it has provided me with some motivation to get inspired again.  As I prefer to not classify my abdominal area into tiers.

So, I'll be posting updates on my progress towards my goal.  To at least be bikini ready by the time we take our beach trip in August.  Bikini ready to me is to lose at least 15-20 pounds and tone up.  I feel good that I can do it with Happy Herbivore and It Works! in my arsenal. After all, we have the Club LaVela bikini foam party to plan for in PCB.  AND, it would be a lifetime goal for me to sew a Kahleesi costume and prance around in it at Dragoncon.  And, by lifetime goal, I mean since we started watching GOT six months ago, and I found a pattern for a $1 and bought it purely to make Hubs laugh as I have yet to learn how to sew with leather.

In other news, Hubs and I had a completely enjoyable trip to Senoia, GA for our anniversary.  The walking tour was absolutely hysterical and well worth the money if you are TWD fans.  It was quite delightful to meet other tv/film fans who are so easily impressed with irrelevant sets.

And, P.S.--The Little House on the Prairie party kicked it.  It was so awesome Helen didn't even ask for a party this year.

Andrea and Michonne sat on this bench...like for real

Not only were Maggie and Glenn tortured behind this all, but Andrea was killed....thank goodness

Prom picture in front of the Safe Zone.

Ma and Pa rocking it.  

Can I enter Ma and Laura in the Dragoncon Young Adult Literature costume contest?  

Wash boards are still a favorite way to waste time.

And, yes, I am making these bad boys.  

Day 3--Weight Confessional

The hits just keep on coming!

As promised, I said I would put a weight confessional out there today.  So, here it goes, cyber space.

At the beginning of the Sibling Weight Challenge 2014 ('cause Lord knows we'll have gained anything back that we've lost by next year, so we might as well make this an annual occurrence), my weight was 148.2.  That 0.2 is very important, as I am now down to 148.0.  I've lost 0.2 pounds!!  Hey, I'll take whatever I can get as my sister has lost a whopping 5 pounds on some kind to ketogenic diet (which as Fancy Nancy would say is fancy for Atkins.)  So, I've got some stiff competition to collect the pot.

With that being said, here is my log.  Breakfast:  Oatmeal, surprise, surprise

I went to work on Monday when I should have been eating bon bons at home; therefore, I indulged in some dark chocolate covered blueberries to keep me going.

I made it home in time for lunch, so I had leftover "Heaven" from last night.  You can see our ever present oatmeal stain on the cooktop in back.  I do like to stir lots of pots, but that is not one of them.  Followed up lunch with exactly 5 chocolate covered pretzels (not pictured.)

Dinner, I will have to admit was definitely short of heaven.  It was supposed to be biscuit pot pie.  We just ended up smothering it in BBQ sauce and choking it down.  It wasn't my worst vegan recipe ever. That is reserved for the Italian "Eat" Balls.  Here's your juicy tip for the day, if a recipe tries to make a pun in its name, avoid at all costs.  That also goes for any vegan recipe called Cheesy--just run far away and don't look back.

Ended the day with a few snagged apples with a bit of caramel sauce that the kids were enjoying and a little dark chocolate to ease my nerves during our final episodes of Breaking Bad.  Truly, if you haven't watched that show, then do it now.  I spent a good portion of what should have been sleeping looking up Lily of the Valley berries vs ricin.  Good stuff, I tell ya.