OMG!!

Cookie -- stuffed -- cookies!

bra fitting

Well, I can mark another item off my list. T came along with me for my bra fitting. I'll tell you what, some women have absolutely no issues with being nude, but I am not one of them. After mearsuing me, the lady said she'd be back with some bra's for me to try. I told her that I was interested in a Spanx. The lady told me that she didn't think that she could get me one of those because I was measuring a 36 DDD!!!! Are you freaking kidding me! Long story short, we agreed that I could also wear a 38 DD to make it a little easier to find bras but she encouraged me to only take that option if I had to. After trying on at least 6 or 7 different bras I had a hard time figuring anything out. I had my heart set on the Spanx so I bought one. I'm wearing it right now but I'm still not sure if it's the right bra for me. I felt obligated to buy a bra after the woman spent all the time with me but should have probably taken T's advice and just waited around a bit.

What I did learn in the end is that there is no standard bra size out there and you should try on every single one before you buy it. If you like it in the store, buy a million of them and go home. I'm still waiting for that perfect bra. As of right now, the Spanx is not perfect. So, my search continues.

times the are a changing....

I did wonderfully over Christmas...didn't gain any weight. However, after our BIG trip to California, I've gained 8 pounds! I haven't been to a WW meeting since the week before Christmas and decided to cancel my membership. I've got to get things straight on my own first and foremost and more importantly get in the right mindset before I can do this. I thought paying the money would be motivation enough for me to change, but it wasn't.

I have some of my WW materials and plan on continuing on my own for a little bit. Let's see what happens.

PointsPlus

So, I'm super behind on updates. I guess I just haven't had a reason to vent. That's pretty much what I use this for anyway. I just haven't felt like writing much lately. I've started the new PointsPlus program and have mixed thoughts about it. First thing, I've been doing WW for 4 years now and I've had to completely rethink everything I've every thought about the program and I've started to trash everything that I've ever saved...cookbooks, recipes, etc. all with the old Points values on them. There are aspects of the program that I like (free fruit and some free veggies) but I also hate that most of the stuff I used to eat has now increased a bit. I get their new plan...to keep me from using my points to eat the crap I used to, but it makes me sad that my 1 pt. fudge bar is now 3 pts! Anyway, in the first week, I lost 3.5 lbs (post Thanksgiving)...but last week I gained 2 of that back. My food scale died so I haven't been measuring and counting this week like I should have but I bought a new one yesterday. I'm honestly afraid that I may not have been eating enough. I've got a rough food season ahead...Christmas celebrated twice, trip to LA, 2 weddings, and 3 birthday parties in the 6 weeks. Boy oh boy...

so...

I've been a little MIA huh? I finally found my camera so I plan to catch up on my photo blog over the weekend.

I finished The Help (part of my 30B430 journey). Man, that book sure was hard to get started. I have some pretty serious reading issues, it was a little difficult to comprehend the speech. Anyway, after several chapters, I was able to get in a flow and it was hard to put it down. It's a little harder to read books now that I have to juggle P but I did finally finish it.

I've started Into the Wild. I received this book a long while back from an old boss of mine when he was cleaning out his office. He highly recommended that I read it and it's been sitting on my bookshelf since. Funny thing, when I was looking for books that had been made into movies, I found this one and figured what the heck. I'm really enjoying it so far. There's something really special about the story of this guy who drops everything, donates his entire savings to charity, and decides to roam the country. You know how the book ends at the very beginning, but this story is about his journey.

I think I might try Morning Glory next. I saw it on the shelves at Target today and thought about buying it, but figured I should at least get through this one first. The reviews don't look very promising though so maybe not?

Anyway...I went and weighed at WW today - stupid me wore my tennis shoes. I was up a pound from 2 weeks ago (I skipped last week for a family outing that was a bust), but I'm guessing that my shoes probably weigh 2 lbs. If nothing else, I should have a little cushion for next week ;-) I'm still struggling with all of this but with a big announcement of changes in the WW program starting in December, I'm holding out for the new program. I hear that you're able to eat all the fruit and veggies you want. When I did WW previously, I didn't count my fruit and veggies and that really worked for me. Who knows though...sadly, my resolution for the year was to lose 30 lbs and I've only lost like 10. I guess it's something huh?

On a completely different note, I've become obsessed with itso cube storage bins from Target!! Right now, Target has a sale on some of the products. I've used them for several different things -- very versatile!

dude, where's my camera?

I've lost my camera....my car is a big ole mess and I'm sure hoping it's in there. It sure is a nice camera. At first I thought it may have been stolen out of my car, but my flute is still sitting on the seat.

Bummer....

remember me?

P has no idea who the person in this picture is. He asks, "Mama, who's that?" This is an old picture, and it's weird to see, but I was this girl a while back and I'm proud to say that I won't be her again. I'm seriously not sure how I ever let it get that bad. I'm just trucking along -- slowly but surely wins the race right? It just so slow. I was thinking the other day about how I have no idea how much I weigh right now or how much weight I've lost in the last 3 months. I know it's somewhere around 7.5 pounds (which I think is ridiculous but I've accepted it). When I did WW the first time, I thought it was silly when people had no idea how much weight they had lost but that's who I am. I think it has a lot to do with the slow progress and the up .2 down .6 funk I'm in the middle of. We took a bunch of pictures while trick-or-treating last night and I wasn't completely disgusted with how I look. I have somewhere around 27 pounds left to lose before being at goal for WW. It has been such a slow journey, but at least I can look at this and know that I won't be her again. It's worth it, I just need to look back sometimes and see how far I've come.