Happy Hump Day!

I was a "bad" blogger yesterday. My internet was being screwy and I was not able to visit my challenge blog buddies. Sorry All! I'm making good on it today though. Nothing really all that new to report in the past few hours. I got my hair cut....I feel a whole bunch more "girly" now that my hair has actually grown out enough to have an actual style. Just went out and "splurged" on myself and bought the movie The Bucket List. I can hardly wait to sit down and watch it today. Either today or tomorrow I'm going to go and "splurge" on myself again at a possible "new favorite store" Victoria Secret. Can hardly wait to go shopping!

1. I am a much more confident version of myself.
2. I feel a little more girly.
3. I see changes in my body even though the scale says otherwise.

Down the road I go......

I am down yet another 2 pounds. I weighed in at 159 this morning when I got up. I know I probably should be weighing myself almost daily but I guess I like to get an idea of how I did the day before. I got a PedEgg last week and LOVE IT! I even painted my toenails a "creepy" slime green color just to be a little bit different. My mission to grow my hair out is going great! It's almost down past my ears....and it's almost summer and my hair grows super fast in the summer!

Work out wise I'll admit I haven't done much this week. I did go out and buy a work out dvd yesterday, specifically for my 'trouble spots"....My hips, butt, thighs and abs. I haven't tried it yet so we'll see how that goes.

So here are today's affirmations:
1. I can feel myself "melting!"
2. I am getting my daily water intake.
3. My flaws aren't sooo bad.
4. I am a confident woman!

Have a great day!

Jamie

Today's Affirmations

1. I will keep myself motivated to get into shape.
2. I will continue to drink lots of water.
3. I love my body flaws and all.

Today's Affirmations

1. I am going to keep myself motivated to get into shape!
2. It's ok to be "bad" every now and then!
3. I am not alone in this.

I just realized....

That I had not posted yesterday. I spent the day running around doing some house work and laundry mostly. Burn up some calories that way. Laci and I went for a good 30 minute walk around the neighborhood yesterday afternoon.....Walks are much more fun now.....Got her in a regular harness and the pulling hasn't been sooo bad. The downside was we are having some troubles with Laci....She just wants to be difficult about being housetrained!

1. I love my body flaws and all.
2. I AM going to get my butt into shape.
3. I really need to get myself on a regular workout schedule.

Jamie

Today's Affirmations

1. I have been holding steady for TWO WEEKS now!
2. I am a strong confident woman!
3. I will get myself into shape!
4. I love my body flaws and all!

Today's Affirmations

1. I am a strong confident woman (if I keep telling myself this maybe I'll start believing it)
2. I love my body flaw and all
3. I am NOT focused on the numbers on the scale

Today's Affirmations

1. I am a strong confident woman!
2. I love my body, flaws and all!
3. I will not make a big deal out of the numbers on the scale!

Today's Affirmations

1. I'm still melting!
2. I am a confident sexy woman!
3. I am eating healthier!

Today's Affirmations and some "stuff"

1. Being sick sucks....so I'm not going to let it keep me down!
2. Being "good" all the time isn't always a good idea....Sometimes it's ok to be "bad!"
3. I'm not going to be discouraged by the numbers that show up on the scale!

I've been "bad"! Milk Duds have been my unglueing. Ever just start jonesing for chocolate and once you start you just can't seem to stop yourself? That was me yesterday. I feeling pretty miserable on top of my chocolate craving so right now I don't even want to know what the scale says....but I've decided that I'm not going to sweat it. Being "bad" every once in awhile isn't sooooo bad.

Jamie

Today's Affirmations

1. I have no idea how I'm doing it but I keep getting skinnier!
2. I've been taking in a lot of fluids.....OJ and Water are god for me!
3. I am MUCH more confident than I was even at the begining of this month!

Today's Affirmations

1. I am shrinking!
2. Water is EXCELLENT for me!
3. I hope to feel better soon!

Today's Affirmations

1. I am a strong confident woman!
2. I'm melting!
3. I'm going to work out today!

Today's Affirmations

1. I am down 2" in my waist!
2. I am a much happier person!
3. I have cut my caffeine intake down to almost NOTHING!

Today's Affirmations

1. I'm not "nuts" for giving up caffeine (my brother told me I was nuts for giving up caffeine yesterday)!
2. I am a much happier version of myself!
3. I'm going to work on a "work out" playlist for my IPod today!

Today's Affirmations and "Stuff"

1. My confidence is skyrocketing!
2. I'm shrinking in all the places I want to be shrinking!
3. Water isn't soooo bad.
4. I'm feeling more "girly"!
5. Walking is great for my body!
6. I can hardly wait to see what my body looks like at the end of the 30 day challenge!


I've basically been letting myself go since I was in High School, but I was always trying to get the weight off I just always lost interest and stopped when I didn't see enough of a change fast enough. I was able to maintain a weight of around 163 pounds (give or take a few pounds) for several YEARS (I kid you not), but things really came to a head when I got hurt at work this past December and just was not able to do very many things because of my injury. I sustained a ligamental sprain and tore some ligaments in my left hand (I'm left handed) and was rendered basically usless for over a month. But because I was hurt at work my boss' had to find something for me to do so pretty much I spent a month doing basically nothing in a corner by myself. On a trip to my regular Dr. when they told me to step on the scale I weighed in at a total of 178 pounds. I remember myself saying out loud "That's depressing." It got worse when the nurse took my blood pressure and she proceeded to tell me that it was "just a tad high for someone your age." I pretty much sunk into yet another one of my emotional eating binges and pretty much stayed in that rut until my mom suggested that we add a second dog to our family (our first dog is 19 and pretty much all she did was sleep after we added Laci we pretty much got our dog back) and that I would have to take the dogs for at LEAST a 4 block walk on a daily basis to get them the exercise they need. Now we have Laci, I'm a much happier me and I'm back down to 164 pounds and I'm now in a size 9/10 or 7/8 pair of jeans depending upon brand.

Today's Affirmations

1. I am a much more confident person.
2. I am happy with the way I am now, but know that I am going to change.
3. I'm down a whole inch on my tummy!
4. I am getting a little bit better about eatting healthier and in moderation.

Here's a link for those looking to get a sexy flat stomach!

http://www.truthaboutabs.com/flat-sexy-stomach.html

Today's Affirmations and just some random stuff

1. I feel more confident knowing I'm 4 pant sizes smaller.
2. I don't huff and puff near as much when I climb hills while I'm walking my dogs.
3. My bloggie friends are a great support system!

I checked out my blogging buddy Shari's blog this morning and I found this post (please click on the word post to go to the link). I'm just really happy that I have a pretty great support system out there in blogging land to keep me on the straight and narrow....So Thank You all! i'm not really all that comfortable in my transforming body yet and it feels good to now that there are others out there just like me.

Well the other day while I was out doing some clothes shopping (I finally have more than one pair of jeans that fit correctly!) I totally splurged and bought myself another pair of Maurices Sliver brand of jeans. The first pair I bought was $64 and this last pair that I bought were $69 and trust me they are worth every penny! I wore my new pair of Silver's to work last night and I felt much more confident in them nowing they fit in all the right places. I also bought a couple of shirts to add to my collection and can hardly wait for my next set of days off so I can wear them for more than a couple of hours.

On to 30 Day challenge stuff....I'm totally STOKED about the area's that I have already started slimming down in! You really have no idea at all! It's really a serious confidence booster to know that I can "squeeze" myself into a pair of 7/8 jeans and not totally cut off circulation to other parts of my body! This is seriously the smallest I've been inches wise in a VERY LONG time. I'm having hardly any trouble at all getting the inches to come off but I'm having a terrible time getting the weight to come off.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Jamie

Today's Affirmations

1. I am a sexy, strong, confident woman!
2. My belly IS shrinking!
3. I will be a size SMALLER in no time!
4. I feel beautiful!

Jamie

Today's Affirmations

1. I will not focus so much on the scale.
2. I will continue to "melt" away pounds and inches.
3. I am a sexy, confident woman.
4. I will continue to drink a "ton" of water.