Ok, so it's been a really long time since I posted. Not that I haven't been busy (OK, not so much but what other excuse do I have?)

For any new readers--We're expecting our first baby on October 1, 2007. So, see? I have been busy growing a baby.

Nuggie has interviewed me and submitted a list of questions that he came up with. Don't ask how he came up with these--I don't know and you probably don't want to know but here goes...

1. Why do you hate F1 so much?

What? I never said I hated it, you ignorant slut. I simply do not understand how it's considered racing when there is no passing. I'm waiting for someone smrt to explain it to me though.

2. Mac and Cheese or grilled cheese?

Yes. Cheese is cheese is cheese. Is that answer enough?

3. Why don’t you blog more?

Good question. I'm very boring and why would I write more boring stuff on teh internets and bore all 3 of my readers?

4. What is your favorite part of your job?

4 pm and weekends. Oh, and when the elevators are broken and I have to take the steps. Isn't that the perks that everyone has?

5. What is your favorite part of being at home?

Having a nice, comfy king size bed and the 50" plasma. Nothing can compare, my friend.

Ok, now I'm also instructed to put the following on here:

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

It seems a little repetitive but they're not my rules.

Now I'm off to catch up on some blog reading.

It's been a while since I last blogged. I'm still doing well with my exercise and the diet. The diet could be better but I'm doing much better on portion control and now to work on the "making good choices while eating out" part! I'm exercising religously and now a T-Tapp trainer has given me a new schedule so I'm starting that next week. It sounds pretty tough so I hope I don't poop out but I'll give a fair shake and see.

Todays deep thought:

"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people."

Happy day to all you blog readin' folks!

Finished up the workout last night and was so extremely tired. What was left (20 minutes) took around 30 to finish because I kept taking breaks! Some people are concerned that with exercising and walking that I'm not taking in enough calories to keep the body out of "starvation" mode. What do you all think? I think ~ 1200 to 1500 is plenty but I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts as well.

I'll do some cardio tonight--I'll make it interesting by starting a new book I have. It's easy to read while doing the recumbent bike.

I'm still doing well with this diet and exercise thing.

yesterday I had 1,130 calories total and did 20 minutes on the bike and 10 on the elliptical for some cardio. I've already done 1/2 of my workout for today and will finish it this evening after dinner. I'm looking to be in the 1,500 calorie range for today too and doggone it, I'm having my reduced-fat ice cream sammich for dessert. :)

Hope you all have a good day!

Day 1

I worked out last night! It felt so good and I was really proud of myself for doing it. Especially since I really, really don't like to exercise.

I almost blew the eating part though. I had already decided that I was going to eat spaghetti and garlic bread to get it out of the house. I measured out the spaghetti so that I'd have 2 portions (which isn't much--I bet you get 3 or 4 servings at a restaurant!) for 420 calories. The spaghetti sauce adds another 390 calories (OUCH!) and the garlic bread was around 250 calories. Good grief--I had underestimated the calorie count but luckily I had enough calories left over and ended the day with 1,461 calories. I really wanted my reduced ice cream sandwich but at 130 calories--it would have put me over. Now, that's a good thing. Before I would have said "it's only 130 calories--it's just BARELY over" but no more. I don't need ice cream everyday and I'll keep reminding myself of that through this weight loss journey. My small goal is to lose 10 pounds before the Martinsville race which is Oct. 21 so that's equivalent to around 3 pounds lost per week. I can do it.

I love this deep thought--

"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."

cracks me up everytime.

So today is Oct. 2 and I'm starting my newest walk down the weight loss journey brick road (again). From last September 9 to now I've lost around 40 pounds, although I haven't really lost any for several months so today I'm vowing to jumpstart the weight loss again.

What is my plan?

T-Tapp I'll do a full workout every other day if it kills me. For all the readers- a full T-Tapp workout works all muscle groups and typically lasts around 45 minutes. I've used T-Tapp for nearly 3 years and lost 4 dress sizes doing it all the while eating junk. This program works!

Low carb and low fat diet. While I'm not eliminating carbs, I am going to go by these limits: Fat = <40 grams per day. Carbs = < 100 grams per day. Protein = >90 per day. Calorie count in the 1200 to 1500 range daily.

I'm hoping that my husband recovers soon enough so that he can join me and we can make this a family goal since we both need to lose weight and get healthy.

Wish me well on this journey but just in case I don't succeed--

"Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?"

I'm so boring. or busy. I can't really decide why I haven't blogged in a while. Probably a little of both (with more emphasis on the boring part than the busy parts).

So, we're back home and settling in after John's hospital stay. Of course, I caught this god awful cold while sitting near the air vents in his 60 degree ICU room. Why do patients need it to be so cold after surgery anyway? I've never figured that out. I don't think the cold wards off the pneumonia that everyone is scared of getting afterwards. I. do. not. know.

I read this deep thought and thought about John's surgery. Not the dying part...just the other parts and thought it was funny.

If I was a doctor operating on a patient, and he died on me, and his spirit was hovering above his own body, looking down on it, I would take out a hundred dollar bill, flash it at the spirit, and then stuff it in the hand of the dead body. This would coax the spirit to return to his body. If that didn't work, I'd put the body's hand on the breast of a nurse. That oughta do it. In any case, I'd take the hundred dollar bill back before he woke up.

Of course, I'm just warped like that.