The Last Straw

Archive for July, 2008

31 Jul, 2008

MILEstone.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

**Edited to add this link to an amazing before/after photo. Great job Angela!!**** 
Well, I was not in the best of all moods which is basically to be expected since it is the same mood I have been in for three days for no apparent reason whatsoever. But I went to the track regardless. It was [...]

30 Jul, 2008

Y’all are sooooo nice!

Posted by: getupnow In: General

Thank you everyone for the very kind comments on my “sort of after” photo. This week the scale is refusing to budge, so all of the encouragement is definitely helpful.
I just got done attempting to move along with “Shimmy” on Fit TV. If you haven’t seen it, it is this 30 minute program teaching belly [...]

28 Jul, 2008

The moment of truth.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

Alrighty, here come the before and sort-of-after pictures. I say sort of because I still have about 10-15 pounds to go. But anyway, I seriously have practically no before pics. I did some serious camera dodging. And how fitting that the one I did find has me hovering over the makings of ice cream sundaes! [...]

The blackberry plan worked yesterday. And they weren’t even like a favorite fruit like, say, a mango would be, but they were fresh and real food. No desire for the ice cream cake at all.  The cake just did not appeal to me. The more fresh foods I eat, the more the processed foods slip [...]

25 Jul, 2008

156.4 and panic stricken.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

Well, my daughter’s birthday party is tomorrow. I just got done planning out my entire day of calories since I won’t want to sit at the computer and map it all out once my family gets here in the morning. There will eventually be times when I slack off and eat like a normal human for [...]

24 Jul, 2008

My gut is a goldmine.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

I just saw a little snippet on the news about stem cells in lower abdominal fat. The link is the only thing I have found about it online in a real quick search. Should be interesting to see if anything happens with this in the future. I doubt it.
I am home again. This time it [...]

23 Jul, 2008

wednesday night rambling.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

I am really hungry and it is late and it is not mealtime, so I am not going to eat. It is finally sinking in that I am getting relatively close to a good weight and I really want it bad right now. I have flab issues to contend with, but I just feel content [...]

22 Jul, 2008

Sloth no more.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

I had gone to the track yesterday before leaving to come back up here to mom’s (two hours from my house). But my brother in law suggested that we all take a walk down this nice country road where they live and so I ended up with another 3 miles. I ran a little of [...]

21 Jul, 2008

Home Sweet Home

Posted by: getupnow In: General

I came home yesterday for a short trip to take care of some details. I will be heading back to my mom’s house after lunch today. It has been so nice to be in my own house. I feel like I haven’t been home all summer. And the bonus is that my sister offered to [...]

19 Jul, 2008

Weary.

Posted by: getupnow In: General

I don’t really even know what to say. I really want back in old routines like writing here, but yet it is really hard to get started again. I am still trying to find that moment when you give yourself permission to return to some of the old familiar parts of your life in a [...]



  • tiny2b: I was THISCLOSE to sticking my face right into the seed bag last night. Husb came home from work and I got distracted with his whining about his toug
  • gottaloose4: GREAT JOB WITH THE SELF-CONTROL in saying "No!" to those pesky seeds! :) yay to that BMI chart! i have been steering away from that chart unless i ha
  • tiny2b: OK, your before is equal to my mental after. Not Fair!