WEIGH IN DAY :)

Well hello everyone!! Weigh in day is finally here and I'm feeling very proud of myself, even if I'm not in the happiest moods but that's for later.  As many of you know, I started a weight loss journey on June 1st and have been working very hard at it for the last 3 months....there have been slip ups yes...but I've also had many, many great days.  Besides just feeling better overall (besides my tonsils) it's a great feeling to have when you slip into your first pair of normal-size (meaning not plus-size) pants and they fit...then a week and a half later they are too big!! :)  I must say that this month surprised even me....hehe!!! Are you dying to know the numbers yet?!? Alright then....I'll tell you. :)
             
                June 1st          Aug 31st
Weight:      241.5               208.5
Waist:          42                    35
Hips:            52                   46.5
Thighs:         29                   24.5
Arms:           14                   12

So, I'll break it down for you :)  I've lost 13 lbs this month...I feel very blessed to have this number because all I've been able to do for the past week and a half is 1 zumba class and little workouts at home....and the little workouts at home haven't been done very often...just soooo much stuff.  I've heard from friends and just people that if you want something bad enough "you've got to make the time"  Well I'm here to tell you that I still want to keep losing weight just as badly as I first did on June 1st when I made this lifestyle change.  Sometimes there is just no time to be made...........but don't get discourage because you can still make it by changing your eating habits and even doing a few crunches here and there...it's worked for me and kept my metabolism going apparently :)  Anyways I've lost 33 lbs overall, and 19 inches off my body. (not inlcuding my face, but I've heard from several people that I look like a completely different person...not too much i hope...i kind of like my face hehe)

I SAVED ZUMBA TODAY!!!! Hahahahaha ;)  So, mid-blog I get a call from my friend Summer, who is also my zumba instructor. (The most amazing zumba instructor!) Her car won't start!!! So even though I'm not dressed (in pajamas) and I'm not going to zumba (tonsils) I can't just sit by and let the other zumba girls suffer lol so I rush out and pick her up and drop her off at the YMCA.  I hope you girls have a wonderful last Wed. morning with zumba and I wish I could be there :) I must say that it helped me get out of my funk this morning :)

I must admit that I'm kind of bummed out because my husband leaves this Saturday and we are both so busy there is really no time to spend together before he leaves :(  Not for lack of trying though...neither one of us can take a day off before he goes either..buying a new car and having to pay for the towing bill of the van have really set us back and made it extremely difficult to make this happen.  We are "trucking" along anyways, somehow we WILL make this happen :) Anyone wanna win the lottery and then split it with us ;)

Well, wish me luck, I go see the specialist tomorrow that make or break my life at the moment :/  I really believe that I need to get these tonsils out and I've heard a lot of hubub on my facebook about it lol....believe me guys when I say I don't take this option on lightly and I don't take being off of work for more than a day lightly either.....if I could live with them in I would, but when your tonsils are constantly trying to be bigger than the size of your tiny-lost weight throat can handle (hehe) you would want them out too.  It's messing with my livelihood as well, I love being a singer and would love to do it professionally :) but that will never happen if after singing for a few nights in a row I lose my voice for 3 days following...also it's hard to work anywhere when you can't speak to be friendly or even speak just to ask their order :/ So please, no more grief!  They NEED to come out, trust me! No one can live on antibiotics for the rest of their life :)

I'm gonna have to go soon, and get ready to go have lunch with my mom :)  I'm hoping she will be the last happy thing I need to completely turn my day around...I love hanging out with my mom!!   We have always been there for each other, through breakups, divorce, alcoholism and just overall crappy times lol!  I have to say that I'm so proud of my mother...she's been sober for a couple years now...has gone back to school and graduated with all A's and couple B's (which bugged the hell out of her hehe) and is now working as a Medical Assistant at Evergreen Urgent Care.  She LOVES her job and I love her sooo much and I will say again that I'm sooooooooooo, sooooooooooooo proud of her!! It's hard to turn your life around from an addiction like that one...it's hard for everyone...the person addicted and their family and friends.  If you know someone like this...don't give up completely on them...I know it's hard from personal experience...but maybe, just maybe one time when you try to talk to them they will hear you and it will make all the difference. :)

Well I think that's about it for now :)  Have a wonderful day everyone!!!


Love,
Amanda

P.S. Sorry the pictures are so small....my computer is being funny lol!