LadyDiva618

Get it girl and Congrats! I am in a size 11/12 now!

Happy New Year Eve everyone! How was everyone holiday? I really enjoyed my holiday Santa was really good to me. Guess what? My coworkers chip in and brought me a FitBit Flex for X-mas!!!! How cool is that!!! I love my Fitbit and it sync with my fitness pal account. I am still trying to figure out if I need to track my workout still and use my fitbit calories burn? Or stick with the fitbit? So if know the answer let me know! Now for my recap. 2013 was the year of change for me. I change my eating habits and my wardrobe. I change my lifestyle and adapted a more healthier lifestyle. I change my way of thinking. Instead of thinking about my next meal I am now thinking about what type of workout I am going to do today. I change my friends since my surgery I learned who is with me and who is againist me. I let all my haters go. (see ya!) I am so ready for 2014 It is going to be something else. Starting with my first 5K run! Happy 42nd Anniversary to my parents! God is good Thanks for reading!

I am training for my first 5K run too good luck to you!

Nice! Congrats I can now cross my legs at my desk how exciting.

Everyone is different. I have a Bud 55 select everything now and then but it get me full quick or I try to avoid beer. My drink of choice is wine but be careful because of the empty calories. On the days I do go out with friends I workout more and try to burn at least 600 calories. It's all about planning. I will say this I do get buzzed really quick now I am saving so much money when I go out drinking! Good Luck.

Congrats you are so close. Get it girl!

Happy Wednesday Everyone. I know I've been quiet on here lately but I've been working late at the day care so the parents can wrap the kids christmas toys or get their layaways out. But It is so worth it! This weekend I need to catch up on my favorite blogs I miss you guys! Okay back to my entry title. What date I am talking about?...... You ready?....... Can I get a drum roll?...... On April 5th 2014 in Atlanta GA Me and my best friend Lesley will be doing My First 5K run!!!!! I am too excited!!! But Not just any run I will be doing the Color Run! Why not? I figure it I am going to do something I have to do it right! Me running my first 5K run with my best friend and getting covered in colors what more can a girl ask for!? So I am going to start training after I meet with Dr. Richardson on Jan 7th to see what he think and to make sure my incisions are good. Once I get the okay then I will start training. So any advice and motivation are welcome! 79 pounds gone forever and I love my band! God is Good Thanks for reading!

NSV I went to Starbucks this morning because I wanted a skinny hot chocolate. So I paid with my debit card (which has my old picture on it) and the lady looked at me and said you have lost a lot of weight Congratulations! I smiled and told her thank you! I love my band!

You are probably wondering what I am talking about? Allow me to explain. My furnace got fix on Monday and when I got home Monday night I notice there was a smell in my laundry room. I figure that my furnace was smelly because it just got service they normally put a deodorant spray in my furnace to make my house smell good so I figure they probably forgot. It was late anyway I did my 30 min works out, took a nice long bath and went to bed. Yesterday morning when I was leaving the house I noticed that the smell was still there so I open a window in my laundry room to try to air it out. When I got home last night the smell was still there so I went in my house to see if my house smelled to and there was no smell in house. I knew something was not right so I got in my car and got far away from my house. I called my parents to let them know what was going on. Then I called my local electric company (Ameren) and told them I think I may have a gas leak because my laundry room smelled like gas. Within 10 min Ameren was at my house. Dale was the guy they sent (which was very cute by the way) Dale first looked at my furnace and there was no signal but when he got to my washer and dryer guess what? There was a signal! By this time I was at my back door ready to run! Dale found the leak and he asked me how long have I been living here? I told it will be 5 years in February then he asked me to come over there because I had to see this. I walked over and I see the wine cork being used as a plug in the gas line! I said “What the F*ck is that a F*cking cork?!” Dale took out the cork and was able to fix it the right way. The picture above is the cork. A million things was going thru my mind after he left. The first thought was how did the home inspector missed this and how long has it been like this? So I had a couple glasses of wine last night but I couldn’t sleep my nerves were too bad Today I am doing better and I am thankful to be alive. When I get to the day care I am going to give the day care kids a big hug! God is Good! Thank you for reading.

It was werid because I had no head or anything. I think because my laundry room is sorta seperate from my house and the only thing I have gas in my house is my furnace. But Trust and believe I will be buying a gas detector.

LOL I should have used Put a cork in it as my title!

It's cold in the midwest and our computer servers are running slow. Instead of eating the junk food that is in the break room. I am going to do a 30 min workout in my office. I recently discover that I can access you tube from work and it's not running slow.... For now.

Happy Monday everyone! How was everyone weekend? Mines was ugh!!! I was in a positive mood until Friday night when my furnace went out! Yay! Lucky for me I have a home warranty but I spent the whole weekend with a broken furnace. So how did I survive? I went straight old school. I turned on my stove and my oven and slept in my living room. I am so happy that I have a small house. Why is every time I get extra money something goes wrong? Anyway I decided to take my bestie out to dinner to my favorite Mexican Restaurant. My intention was to have one margarita and guacamole. Well I did get full of the guacamole but I so did not have just one margarita. Let’s just say my a$$ worked out a lot on Sunday. As a matter of fact I multitasked. I was doing step aerobics on my Wii Fit and watching football. Okay confession time I order a steak burrito to go and I ate the whole thing yesterday! It took me 45 mins and I chew chew and chew but I ate the whole thing. Confession number 2. To be honest with you guys the burrito could have kept me full all day but I had 2 serving of puff corn and mini ice cream. I blame Mother Nature. It out my system …. For now. I have no regrets about yesterday because to today is a new day. To be honest with everyone it is my lunch time and I am not even hungry yet… weird. I hope everyone is having a great day! Thanks for Reading

Wear something comfortable preferably something the can be button or zip up. Bring a pillow because the small one they gave me did not help. You will be a pillow to put on your stomach on the way home especially if you going to wear a seat belt. sugar free popsicles was my best friend after the surgery because I was burnt out on broths and sugar free Jell-O. I am not trying to scare you but buy Therma Care for shoulders. Most of us had some type of shoulder pain it will get annoying but it will get better. Walk! Walk! Walk! Let all the gas out you will feel so much better. You will go thru Bandster Hell. Keep yourself busy. During this stage I became addicted to Pinterest and Candy Crush. (I am still am) Good Luck to you and I will see you on the other side.

Do you guys like my picture of me and Fun Boy? I had him all weekend and we had fun. How was everyone Thanksgiving? You know what I am actually proud of myself I did good even though I had a big piece of my mom famous Sweet Potato Pie at 11am and it was so good. I even bake a chocolate cake with egg whites and applesauce if only I could of find a healthier version of chocolate icing. Anyway my big sister host Thanksgiving Dinner at her house and we had fun. I grab the smallest plate that she had (it was one of Fun Boy plates) and had a simple of everything! My daddy even commented that he was on his second plate and I was still on my first and only plate. I just laugh and told him that I have to chew chew chew and chew! He laughed and said that I was doing a good job. Can I tell you guys a funny story? I really wasn't sure about my chocolate cake that I made. One thing about me I love to bake but I don't need eat what I make. This time I was curious so I cut me a small piece of cake. As I was making my to go plate.... Fun Boy was over there eating pieces of my cake. When I looked over there he started laughing and ran. I just laugh and continue fixing my to go plate. Little did I know SJ (Fun Boy) went back to my cake and started eating it again! I turn around and I called his name and he looked at me and said it was good. Together me and Fun Boy finished the piece of cake. The next day was my moms birthday and I did something with her that I haven't done in a long time..... We watched a movie together. It is true the best things in life are free! Tomorrow I go back to work and I see my doc on Wednesday. God is good! Thanks for reading.

I hope this helps. http://www.advancedbariatricsurgery.com/forum/?f=10

Happy Tuesday everyone! I found this article and I wanted to share with everyone. http://blog.loseit.com/2013/11/25/steps-for-a-healthy-thanksgiving/ Also I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I wanted to give thanks to you guys. I will be so lost without y'all.

Happy Sunday Funday everyone! Every Saturday Morning is my Weigh In day and yesterday was my 75 pounds mark! I was to excited and I had to celebrate. Also I was getting bored being in the house so I went shopping! The first thing I brought was a bra, I've been dreading this day for a long time but I knew I needed a new bra. Of course my fun bags shrunk not to bad but they did. I love my new bra it amazing how the littlest things bring me joy. Then I went to my favorite clothing store Dots! I had a $10 off coopin so that was even better. I brought me a couple of outfits and some accessories. Since Dots was close to my parents house I had to stop by and see my parents. Guess who greeted me at the door when I walked in? My nephew! I was so happy to see him and my dad was up watching him while my mom was out. I owe my dad big time so I told him to go to sleep while I watch Fun Boy (my nephew). I just like to say I am Bubble Guppies out and wore out. Fun Boy had me all over the place. But it was worth it. When my mom came back we talk for a bit and I showed her my new clothes, She congratulated me on my weight loss and told me that I should go home because I was over doing it. Mom knows best right? I told her that I had to go to Dollar General first then I will go home. So I did. I finally got my appetite back too! Protein! Protein! Protein! was the plan yesterday and they was what I had. Can I make a suggestion to you guys? Danon makes a fruit greek yogurt called Light & Fit. It has 12 grams of protein and it 80 calories! If was so good! After reading a certain someone blog entry yesterday, I was convince to have some Chinese food. I had orange chicken with veggies and that was my lunch and dinner. And the St. Louis Blues won yesterday! Thanks for Reading.