Losing it

The wedding is Sunday.


I cannot believe it...

My baby is getting married...

There are no words...

It is just hitting me and I am a mess...

Bridal shower

Saturday was Jenny's bridal shower/luncheon... it was a lovely day and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! Wonderful food, good friends and a happy bride to be!!!


We were missing a few key people, namely Cara (the sick bridesmaid)
and her Aunt Suzanne who couldn't get a flight
but they were certainly there in spirit!!! :)

Her bridesmaids whisked her off to Atlantic City afterward for her bachelorette party... 

We won't be including any of those pics!!! ;)

 Bridal cupcakes

Jenny & her bridesmaids minus 1 who had the flu :(

 Naughty girls!

Me & my bestie

   I love these ladies so much!! My girls & my mom <3

  Tables

    More Paige (Stein) girls

   

 

  The cabin q ties

 The bride to be

MILESTONE/ALL IN

Wed. night was my weekly weigh in and I've reached a milestone....

wait for it....

*drumroll*

 

I am down 25 1/4 lbs!!!!!!!!!

I can barely believe it.

When I pulled into the garage last night there was a sign on the door which read "Mommy we are so proud of you!! Way to go!! Down 25 1/4!!!! (would've put a pic up but my dumb camera on my phone is not working)

People have been noticing- and commenting- which is really nice :)

I need to lose another 1 1/2 lbs. to "stay" in the group- but have 2 weeks til my final weigh in for the month...

Sounds like a piece of cake right??!

I also have my oldest daughter's bridal shower this Sat. and then her wedding (my God I can hardly believe it) on Sunday the 27th!   

So this will be a challenge.

I began * jogging (*a term I use loosely b/c it is more of a shuffle) about a week ago and have gone 5x so far... a distance of 1.1 mi. each time (don't judge me I have an AARP card).

I actually have to go out this afternoon and buy some new bras b/c the ones I am wearing are not "doing it" for the girls... no great loss b/c I was overly endowed to begin with so this is a GOOD thing!

Cheergirlie cleaned out my closet for me...(yes I paid her)- it took her five hours! She went through everything and made "executive" decisions and pulled all the clothes out that she knew either won't fit me anymore- or as she says "I shouldn't be wearing even if they DO fit" - all of it is going to Goodwill. 

So this is SERIOUS.. 

For the first time in my adult life I am "all in".... 

I cannot gain the weight back because I am going to be minus two big trash bags worth of clothes.

Nervous

So tonight is my final weigh in for the month.... this month my quota to lose was 5.25 lbs.- Same as last month.... my first month I had to lose 8 lbs... to date all total I am down 21.5 lbs. which means tonight all I need to lose is .25 lb. no big deal right?!


Unfortunately this past weekend we had a family wedding-outside of Atlanta. All of our family stayed in a 6,000 sq. ft. cabin which was absolutely beautiful! It was great seeing all of our family and being together!  My family had not seen me since I had lost the weight so they were all very complimentary- said I looked great etc. which was nice, but let me tell you- it was stressful.

The wedding went great after a few minor problems, the bride & groom(our nephew) looked happy & in love- all in all it was great! With one exception...


It was a dieter's form of hell on earth...


First off we were so busy helping with "wedding" stuff that most days we ended up eating only breakfast & dinner. The breakfasts I had a handle on, but the dinners... *sigh* all buffets....with "traditional" southern cuisine.... including fried chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, ham, grits, scalloped vegetables, rolls, chicken wings, fried jalapeno poppers, fried okra, peach cobbler.... you get the idea.

I did not drink any alcohol the entire weekend... no wine, mixed drinks etc... I had a small piece of wedding cake Sat. night but other than that did not cheat- AT ALL.  This in and of itself was a major accomplishment for me!
However there was no way to know any calorie counts etc. and there were times that there was very little for me to choose from. I ate as much salad as I could, ate lots of green beans, boiled collard greens... only ate the egg portion of a quiche- no crust... drank as much water as I could given the circumstances. 
My SIL said she gained 4-5 lbs. over the long weekend. I got home and yesterday morning was up a half lb. from last week. :(  That meant from yesterday til tonight I HAVE to lose .75 lbs. or I am kicked out of the diet group. 

Yes I said kicked out.

I have to say my hubby was an absolute saint- each time we hit another buffet he would say "OK what are we eating"? and he would eat only what I ate! What a trooper! The only exceptions were when I made him try some of the hor'deurves the one night. He kept telling me all weekend what a great job I was doing and how proud he was of me for the choices I was making. It really meant a lot to me. 



Yesterday after school I put on hubby's old "sweat" top- one of those things you wear to try and sweat off the lbs. - and mowed the lawn for an hour with our push mower. I cut all my food intake yesterday and today to lean protein and basically just salad. 


I have done everything I possibly can to "make" my weight requirement. After school I am going for an hour walk with the rubber shirt on again. But I don't know if it will be enough.


All I do know is that in or out- I am not stopping with this weight loss trek of mine. I would love to be able to still be a part of the group and meet with the other women and support each other, but if it is not meant to be then I will go it alone. 


I will post some pics tomorrow and let you know if I make it.

UPDATE:
I lost 2.5 lbs! So I am safe for another month! Here is me & hubby before the wedding :)

 

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SUCCESS is...

SUCCESS is...

• Having a really stressful morning, day, week etc... and not turning to food chocolate to get through it.
• When one of your kids tells you they wouldn't know what they'd do without you...
• Seeing your 18 year olds laundry baskets filled to the brim... but not doing his laundry because you know you won't ultimately be doing him any favors by constantly doing everything for him (especially because you won't be there @ college next year)...
• Not measured by your bank account, but rather in knowing that you do a good job in your chosen profession...
• Having one of your children telling you that they realize what a good parent you are/were as they are off at college and hearing stories from their peers...
• Fixing something if you have screwed up...
• Doing what you have to even when it sucks..
• Smiling at someone and being kind even when you are feeling terrible inside... 
• When you keep trying even when you have failed...
• Seeing the glass as half full...
• Is different for each of us ...

You can choose to be successful 
no matter what you do
or who you are.

I'm a LOSER!!!!

So I mentioned briefly in a previous post that I have been trying to lose weight and joined a group that focuses on behavior modification. Well I am happy to report that I made it through the first month (kinda like boot camp for dieters) and am now an OFFICIAL member!  woo hoo!


Last month I was required to lose 8 lbs. to be able to stay in the group.
I lost...


*DRUMROLL*


wait for it...


9.25 lbs!


Yay for me!!!!!


I also made up a blog for our group if anyone is interested...
We're called the Wed.night Losers.
It's my hope that our members will post recipes etc. so stop by sometime! :D
I did cheat and put my Skinny Chicken Marsala recipe as our first post... but hopefully there will be more recipes soon!