March 2010 "aka" before pics!!

just a quick post.

just trying to document.document.document!! ..

i want lots of pictures to show myself even the smallest of achievements..

ps.

i'm stalking the ups man (for my scale and body tape measure) almost as much as i'm stalking my insurance company.. good thing for them.. i gave them a break today.. oh but i'll be back to calling them tomorrow!!

a few snapshots..

My son loves to play with my iphone.. he thinks it's the coolest thing in the world and I've bought a few preschool games for him to play on there. The new favorite thing to do.. is take pics! Makes a photography lovin mamma so proud. Here's a great snap shot of our living room ..



then I was scrolling through all the other 52,000 pics he took and found this one.. one cute hubby and one beached whale! ACK!!! Not cool.. and it would have been deleted in a hot second if I wasn't trying to save it for a 'before' pic...and not like deleting the picture would make me feel better.. it's there.. and it really needs to change..

all of my paperwork got submitted to insurance on Thursday 3/11 .. I was so upset about the 'dog' (see post on Thursday) ..that I didn't even mention that part.. I've put in two phone calls to the insurance company,.. to just check the status.. my husband thinks I've lost my mind..

patience.. it's a funny thing.. i feel like I had so much of it while going through the hoops, the six months, the appointments.. and now that I'm so close .. so very very close.. I just want it so bad!

so I'll keep my blog peeps posted as soon as I hear something..





oh and .. i tried another go at the whole protien shake thingy ..and it was great in a low-fat cup of hot chocolate.. it was really filling..

Shopping on Amazon..

1.) MyoTape: 6$

I know (from reading blogs and lapbandtalk.com) that it's really important to take your measurements and track those numbers along with your weight number.. and I wanted something that would be easy to do ..without always asking my hubby to help. Somethings a girl just wants to do on her own.

2.) EatSmart Digital Bathroom scale: 28$

I have a crappy crapper of a scale right now ..and it's not even digital.. it weighs be a whopping ten lbs less than I really am.. how crazy is that. It's not fun to weigh yourself ..get all happy happy and then step on the scale at the nutritionist and gain 10lbs!?

So just a few tools to help keep track of my progress on this weight loss journey!

Happy Friday everyone!!

you would never guess..

what this picture has to do with physical exercise..but .. here's a quick story..

since i was feeling so happy about wrapping up my appointments and nutrition appointments..i thought it would be great to celebrate..and my first thought was..

"ooh a nice big chocolate milkshake"

and if i could have shot myself a dirty look.. i so would have! ..what the heck! celebrate all the hoop jumping for insurance and celebrating with a milkshake?!!! i don't even drink milkshakes.

so my second thought was a nice sweat session at the gym ..felt like rocking out my ipod tunes..so it was a date.

then..

i drove my sister to work.. and on the way home..i passed a dog curled up on the side of the road.. (alive,..just looked like he was relaxin)

i pulled onto a side street where i looked for my local police # and tried to get a hold of the dog warden..no such luck..couldn't even leave a message..ugh, that's frustrating. so i do a u-turn and drive past the dog again and park on a side street.

i was nervous about approaching a strange dog..but ..at that point I couldn't help it..but then he saw me coming and ran out into the traffic.

ugh!

so I ran out into the traffic and waved everyone to stop.. and then I started jogging after the dog..every time I got close..he sped up.. this went on for a little over a mile..

ugh!!

i was crying and running and then quick walking..i was so bummed that i couldn't help this poor dog. and i'm not even that big of a dog person. so while i was trying to stop my calves and feet from falling off..i stopped for a few secs and snapped this pic on my iphone..

so my plans of going to the gym were now shot..but i did get some activity in ..and that's okay..

the end..

of all my appointments!!

everything is done.done.done.done!! .. now I can just sit back and wait to hear back from my insurance..

this journey started with a phone call late summer to find out when the next seminar was ..and my six months of nutrition visits started in October!

it's a great day!!!

Inspire Protein Drink (Dutch Choc Cake)

put the 4oz of water in the freezer (next to the ice cream)

inside the bag of powder (the blue is the scoop)

pretty big size for a scoop

mmm ..protein powder! smells yummy!

looking inside

*shake* shake* shake*

needed a red straw to complete the look..

oh.. um.. that was okay.. needed a dash of splenda to make it more enjoyable..

Okay.. My taste test is complete! I decided to make this as my breakfast and had this around 7:30a.m ..

It was okay. I don't have anything else to compare it to ..but after reading everyone raving about it.. thought it was going to be much better.

I mixed it with the 4oz of water ..and could imagine it tasting better if it was to be mixed with milk ..

After taking a few sips I decided to add a packet of splenda ..and it made the taste a bit better..

The good part is that I'm just starting to get hungry and it's 11:30 a.m.. which isn't to shabby after just having that 4oz of drink at 7:30 and nothing else..

Got a package in the mail today..

A little package of Protein Powder!! Whooo!! Exciting stuff I know .. I've heard nothing but great things about this "brand" and thought it would be smart to try before I'm locked into a 11 days worth of drinking something for my meals.

I'm excited about the amount of protein and the small amount of calories! Two things I was mainly looking for in a protein drink. It comes with 14 servings ..so 14 "meals" and I thought I could spare 1-2 of those 'meals' as a try out..

I was going to get the sample package (I think it came with five servings??) but I ended up getting the 14 serving package because with shipping .. it made more money sense to get the bigger one. The total (with shipping) came to 30$ and I thought that was kinda expensive..but my husband reminded me that it was going to replace my meals for over a week ..and the cost wasn't a big deal..

I'll give you a review in the a.m .. I'm going to try to make one for breakfast ..and just add ice cold water ..maybe the next 'try' i'll use crushed ice .. stay tuned for these exciting happenings!

ps- Sorry to all my new 'followers' .. I haven't been a great blogger last week.. this cold that everyone in my house got.. really kicked my bootie.. I'm feeling so much better this week and have been dropping by blogs & leaving some bloggy love... (( hugs )) to our band community!