Day 8 of 60lbs

2.6
that was the magic number on the scale this morning!
WHOO HOOOO!!!
I was pretty excited to see that
LOSS
in weight, in 1 weeks time.
I will admit that I was hoping for more, but don't get me wrong, that is a good number and I am ecstatic!

Today
marks one week since starting my 60 pound goal.
The weekend was pretty good, although I did eat some pizza on Saturday night and I am confident that my body was fighting me HARD. I didn't do well for the rest of the night and I had stomach pain through the night which made it a bit uncomfortable to sleep.
I am amazed at how much my body is responding already to this change in diet and exercise.
I have always been really active and athletic, so the exercise is not "new" to me or my body but the nutrition is something that I have to work much harder at.

Thank you to those of you who are being so supportive and encouraging! It really helps.
Much love

Midnight Confessions of an Airline Pilot

I did a post on
"Midnight Confessions of an Airline Pilot"
about 2 years ago and I thought I might do another.. maybe make this an ongoing sort of thing.. I don't know...we'll see!
Anyways, we were laying in bed the other night and talking.
Ben starts to tell me a story about something or other when I interrupt.... as I so often do- to ask minor silly details that matter to me, not him- I wanted to know who he was flying with the next day, he rattled off their names and then I said, "Hey, why is Alicia suspended?" He laughed, and said.. "How is it that you know my flight attendant is suspended?"
I laughed and said " facebook, Hello!"
It was funny.
So, I asked what happened to her and why she was suspended and he told me what is was-I don't remember now- but what he told me next was absolutely
HYSTERICAL!
This same aforementioned flight attendant one time was suspended. Why you ask?
After landing in D.C the crew (Ben was not one of the pilot's) went into the airport to get a bite to eat.
Upon returning to the airplane they found a passenger still in the airplane!!!!!!!!!!
He had been asleep and she-the FA- didn't check the plane before leaving and shutting the door!

So funny.
It wasn't some crazed old lady or young child, it was a 20 something guy and he was just fine.

I just find that so funny. SO. Funny!
The FA is lucky she didn't get fired!

Day 5 of 60lbs

Today was just an ordinary day, and by that I mean... it is seriously COLD and still A LOT of snow on the ground! I use the term "ordinary" very loosely because nothing is really ordinary here in Charleston West Virginia.
Here in the Capitol City.. which by the way I can see the Capitol Building in all it's Gold glory right outside my bedroom window (it is quite stunning really), there are only around 40-50,000 people, so with that you wouldn't expect to see much variety.. well, let me tell you,
Wrong.
There is lots of variety, and some not-so-pretty variety too!
The way the weather changes here is absolutely a mystery... I think that the "weather-ologists" earn their degrees here in Charleston because it is so unpredictable!
Seriously.. it read 11 degrees on my temp gauge in the car today and tomorrow it could very possibly be 60 degrees.
NO joke.
That is how extreme things can get here in Charlie west. (that is the pilot's code for Charleston)
Anyways... as for staying on track with my 60 lbs.. I am still at it in full force!
Things are shaping up quite nicely I think!
Eating has been my biggest struggle so far... I am finding that it is becoming a LARGE task to eat 4 times a day and getting in the proper balance of nutrition and calories.
The only thing that I had before 11 am was some peppermint tea.
I did make turkey burgers for dinner and even Superman liked them! I ate mine with only the bottom of the bun and a little ketchup! pretty yummy.
I did buy some really good granola at the store the other day and have been snacking on that when I am in need of some cals.
I am excited for Monday to come so I can do my weigh-in!
Still debating on the whole picture idea.. hmmm????? To do or not?
Maybe I will wait until Monday to see how much I have lost this week and then decide

Day 4 of 60lbs

The sun came out this morning and the snow began to slowly melt away. Peter cried for an hour last night so when Superman came home from work I went to the gym while they napped together. Lucy wanted to come and play with the toys at the gym... it is a small little nursery and the little old lady named Libby who works there, is a true gem! She is so nice and there are hardly ever more than 1 or 2 children in the nursery. So, I said to Lucy, get your coat and shoes on and let's go babe!
She had fun.
I did cardio.
It was pretty fun too! I kept repeating the same songs over and over on my iPod shuffle, which is purple and I love it. The people around me probably think I am slightly neurotic because I mouth the words to my songs with
{passion}.
It helps me stay in

{the zone}
(She is my hero and in {the zone} model)


I saved my calories for dinner tonight.
That was a bad move.
I will not do that again, probably.
After the gym Lucy and I went to get the car washed.. and by that I mean, I went to a
do-it-yourself car wash place just to rinse the dirt/snow off the expedition.
About 2 hours later it started snowing again and it hasn't stopped since.
NICE
So, after dinner we went outside and made snow angels and Lucy sprinted up and down our street.
She is so awesome.
I hope Peter sleeps tonight... I don't like to "cry-it-out"... that is torture!
Oh yah.. I have been called to jury duty!
YESSSSSSS.
Only one minor detail....the trial is 8 weeks.
HOW am I going to get out of this mess?

Day 3 of 60lbs

It is still snowing here....
but when it starts melting so will my thighs hopefully!

The gym was good to me today.
I started with a warm up on the treadmill, interval training with side steps, backward walking, practically jogging at an incline of 15, and heavy panting to follow.- again, that was the warm up.
I had to stretch for a long long long time today... my muscles are really tight.
The free weights have always given me really good results.... so, to the free-weights I went!
I ended with a 20 minute battle on the elliptical and got bored... so I finished on the bike.
Superman massaged the back of my legs tonight- sounds dirty- it wasn't.
I promise.
My sugar craving is rapidly declining... thank goodness!
I am thinking about taking a before picture before it gets too deep into this... but with the
amount of
{LOVE}
that I have for looking at pictures of myself who knows when that will happen?
I am going to bed early tonight...
I am tired.

Day 2 of 60lbs

Today wasn't so bad....

The headache from yesterday finally went away.
THANK GOODNESS.
I like sugar, scratch that. I LOVE sugar.
If there were Food love languages, sugar would be mine.
I also am off Diet Coke.
- my sister is going to read this and be screaming happy.-
I am off all soda in fact for the 6 month duration, not even as a "treat", but does sparkling water count?- not to me.
My legs are sore, and tired. I actually went to the gym 2 times today.
Wow.
It felt pretty good.
I am keeping my calorie consumption to around 1200.
What that looks like is this: 2 scrambled eggs with a 120 cal tortilla for breakfast. After workout-protein shake, Lunch=cabbage salad and piece of whole grain toast, for a snack I ate a tablespoon of peanut butter with 3/4 cup of dry wheat chex. Dinner=homemade chicken salad and cabbage salad.
Eating this many times a day is a lot of work!
No food after 8pm.
I did drink a cup of peppermint tea. yum.
That was the day in a nutshell...
plus it is still snowing here.

Day 1 of 60lbs

60 pounds is a lot of weight...
but
{I AM}
going to lose that
in 6 months.
And today marks day
UNO.

The few I have told it too have given a smirk, a gasp, a "it won't happen", and an "ok, I am with you all the way" ( that being from my superman hubs)... you see it helps to have superman by your side encouraging you... rather than dis-couraging you in this seemingly challenging undertaking. But... when I told my mom... she simply said, " Do you really know how much body percentage that is?" I replied, "Nope. and I don't care." -you see I will be careful and I will do it appropriately but in that moment the determination was at a strong point, quite possible {THE} strong point- She then quickly came back with " oh, you have the stubborness of your mother and the determination of your father."- a deadly combination I tell you- DEADLY.
I am not that great of a blogger... but after watching "Julie and Julia", I thought... you know... this could be a great way to hold me accountable and maybe obtain some fans/readers to help and encourage me along on this journey. I am going to try and post often... I would like to say daily- atleast 5 days a week, but there is no telling what lies ahead. So, before I make too many promises I will try and do my best and post often.

I really like her... she is an inspiration to me in so many ways ( minus the playboy posing and singled out days)