Fad Diet

Okay, I need to lose weight.

What is so hard about losing weight?  It is not an easy task,  it involves planning, exercise and the most important thing, commitment.

So, as usual around my office we often talk about dieting and walking, but seldom do anything besides talk about it.  Last week, I did something about it and instead of going out to eat, I put on a pair of tennis shoes and walked instead.  I also packed my lunch!  Yay me!  So again we talked about how to lose weight and three of us in my office decided to do the Scared Heart Diet.  Y’all this is a big time fad diet, but our thinking was that we could get a big jump start on some weight loss and then start the following week doing something more realistic.

So this diet revolves around soup and lots of it.  Sunday night I chopped up what seemed to be an endless line of veggie.  Celery, carrots, onions, green beans, tomatoes, parsley…ugh!  Monday we were allowed to eat all the soup we wanted along with all the fruits we wanted, except bananas.  Tuesday, same with the soup, but only veggie were allowed to be consumed.  Wednesday, all soup, along with fruit and veggie.  Thursday, all the soup you can eat along with bananas and skim milk…..it keeps on going, but I think you get the just.

I did good…we all did good and as of Wednesday I have lost 4 pounds.  BUT…I can’t eat the soup anymore.  I gag at the thought of it.  It was not bad and I rather enjoyed it Monday, but y’all it’s rough eating it everyday!  although it’s a fad diet, it did show results, but I am back to eating a sensible diet…Yay me!

Also along with walking at least three times a week, I am starting Zumba next week!  I am so excited about it!!  I might make a fool of myself, but I wont be the only one, 2 other staffers are going to do it along with the music ministers wife and another lady in our church!!!  We made a pack, what happens in Zumba, stays in Zumba!  HA!  Something is going on in the halls of the Calvary Staff…we are trying to get healthy!

Oh Yummy Day!

Look what I made for Hubby this morning, well of course I made one for me too! Yep, I made peppermint Mocha Latte's for us.......awwwwww, I am so sweet!! Trust me they were scrumptious too!

Now, let me explain why my diet is failing big time! April, our Children Director keeps bringing in these little yummy treats for us. Last week she made Oreo Truffles and today she brings in these....

Have you ever seen anything so cute in your life? They are Cupcake Lollipops! Just for the record, they are absolutely wonderful! Ughh, my dream of ever being skinny are miserably gone!

Oh well, as long as there are peppermint mocha's and sweet yummy treats, life is good!

Diet & Almost Meeting Of My Maker

Well, it's Monday and I guess I will start with a diet update. Today I stepped up on that dreaded scale, closed my eyes, begged God said a quick quick prayer and then I opened my eyes. I lost ZERO pounds. Yep, that's a big ZERO! Oddly, I am pretty happy, considering I fell of the wagon and my feet got caught in the spokes and I was was drugged most of the weekend down cheating lane! So the official count is 2 pounds. Oh well, I view it as a victory in some sort of sick way!!

No school Friday due to the frigid temperatures, no school today due to Martin Luther Jr and no school tomorrow due to snowy conditions. Speaking of snowy conditions....I had a near death experience on my way home. Yep, I live down a very steep driveway and this afternoon I sat at the top of said drive way looking down five hundred feet to my home covered in snow, along with the road I must travel. What to do......is what I was thinking, so I called Hubby and asked if it would be okay for me to get home, or should I park the Jeep and walk?

I can tell you I really did not want to walk, for two reasons. First, I did not wear a jacket and all I had on was a long sleeve, thin shirt, dress pants that were not heat friendly and dress shoes. I would of froze to death. Second, needless to say there would of not been much walking but only butt sliding to get home, but if it were to save my life I would of endured freezing temps and a raw rear end!

Hubby assured me that I would be fine....here is the conversation

Hubby: "The Jeep is in 4-wheel drive, you will be okay"

Me: "Should I put it into 4 low to be extra safe, I don't want to die?"

Hubby: "If that makes you feel better, yes."

Me: "How do I get it into 4 low?"

Hubby: (irritated) "Put the Jeep in neutral, pull the level down into low...put the Jeep back into drive."

Me: (irritated) "I know that I have to put it back into Drive." "I am still scared."

Hubby: "What ever you do, do not slam on the brakes if you get scared."

Me: "I'm scared, but okay, I can do this...I will call when I get into the house."

Hubby: "Love you.'

Me: "Love ya too, I'm scared, good-bye."

So I sit there a minute and ponder if I should walk or not, and then, with mustard seed faith, I put the Jeep into drive, round the first corner and SLID! Yep, a big side way slide! Mustard seed faith is now throw out the window and the first thing I do is slam on the brakes! It made it worse, so then I screamed, prayed, screamed and then screamed some more....here is a close rendition to how it went...

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH, OH NOOOOOO, DEAR GOD, SAVE MEEEEEEEE, SAVE MEEEEEE, AAAAAHHHHHHHH, OH MY OH MY OH MY AAAAHHHHHHH, DEAR LORD, HELP ME , AAHAHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

So what happened? My Jeep straighted up and I was heading to a somewhat not steep part of my road, where I thought I would stop and park my Jeep and walk the rest of the way, so what happens when you try to stop a Jeep on a steep snowy hill? You start to slide again!! So here is what I did.......

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH, OH NOOOOOO, DEAR GOD, SAVE MEEEEEEEE, SAVE MEEEEEE, AAAAAHHHHHHHH, OH MY OH MY OH MY AAAAHHHHHHH, DEAR LORD, HELP ME , AAHAHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

I made it, eventually, into the house after I made a brief stop to kiss the ground on the way in. Do you think my three kiddos would run to my shaking body and love on me since they almost lost their mother??? No, they laugh at me!! My expert 16 year old teenage driver proceeds to tell me everything I did wrong, between his laughing. My 14 year old informs me he knew I would freak out and slide, and the youngest tells me, I told you the road was bad! Miniature men, ughh! (Sorry BFF)

So I called hubby to tell him about my near death experience and you know what? He is sleeping on the couch tonight!!!! Enough said! I will wake him up in the morning to drag me to work, because I will not ever do this again!! I am through driving! At least until Spring!

2 Pounds & Ugly Mug

Okay, well it has been one official week since I started the big diet. So here's a quick recap:

• Bad start to a bad diet
• Took a difference direction mid-week
• Better, but not fantastic
• One really good day
• Gut bombs from Krystal's, really bad day

Through it all I lost 2 pounds!! Yay! So now starts a new week, hopefully it will not be so bad this week. I need to get a exercise program started and I have yet to implement that, so I am sure that I will have a better chance of losing when I actually do more than watch what I eat!

Have you been over to Linda's at 2nd Cup of Coffee today? Well you need to hop over there and check out her new contest! I really think she needs to cut back on the caffeine, but who am I to talk. Anyhoo, she is running an Ugly Mug contest, that is sure to have every Starbucks addict scrambling through their good will boxes to dig out their ugliest mug they own! Well lucky for me I will not have to rummage through a box, I just need to grab mine out of the dishwasher!! So yep, that means I am in for this one, so here are the rules if you want to participate....

1. Post the above button on your sidebar.
2. Also post a picture of yourself with you mug.
3. Write a post about your ugly mug and instruct everyone to go to Linda's blog on January 26th and vote for their favorite winner.
4. Oh, you must KEN LEE coffee! It would not be fair for someone to win a Starbucks gift card and not love coffee!

The winner will be announced on January 27th, and I will do anything for your vote!! ALMOST ANYTHING!! He he!

So here is my ugly mug, no not my picture, but one of my coffee mug! I will have to say before you look at this, it was not ugly to start off with, but a rather beautiful mug of me and my hubby on our wedding day!! aaaAAAAWWWWW! How sweet! Yep, that should be at least one vote! My in-laws gave this mug to me a few weeks after we were married and I have been drinking coffee out of it ever since! (that should be another vote) My middle son actually wanted to throw it away because the was cracking and the picture and wording is peeling off, but I just can not part with it! That right there should be another vote!!

Anyhoo, here is a picture of it, hopefully all it's ugliness will show through. Remember, my wedding dress was once white when I first got this mug and not the ugly Orange-yellow it is now. (That should a pity vote in itself!!) Here it is:

My camera's battery was almost dead so it would not focus and I could not get the pictures of it's other side and rim, but trust me on the 26th and I have an array of pictures for you to look at! Lucky you!

Anyhoo, vote for me and vote often!! I need Starbucks! Trust me, I will beg if I have to!

The Last Day

Today is the last day and tonight begins the last night of my now life, food ponderings.....yep, the diet starts tomorrow! Bless my heart!!

So what am I doing in preparation for the big day tomorrow? Well I just ate the last of the potato chips. I know you don't have to say it, I'm a saint to get those out of the pantry, now hubby will not be tempted to eat any!!

I have also given some thought about my cardio program tomorrow. I have decided to start slow and begin by walking everyday to get myself in some sort of routine....you think this will be okay?

I am hoping that my diet does not turn out like this one....

The good thing is my bloggy friends will not mind if I am a tad grumpy....fortunately for y'all, you only have to deal with me through the Internet. Really you only have to deal with the parts I post about, which you really do not have to deal with the grumpiness you only have to read about it!

The hardest part of this whole diet thing.......instead of my usual Happy Starbucks, Peppermint Mocha, you know the kind, all the fat and glory?? Tomorrow, I will be forced to not drink any for a least a week and then I will only be able to order, on occasion, the Unhappy version, no fat, no whip decaf! Ughh!! The last time I attempted a diet, my Starbucks actually would say to me, is it the Unhappy version today? I guess I am going to have to get them whipped back into shape also!! That a big, UGHH!!

Every diet must begin with the the final bowl of ice cream, so I am off to enjoy my one last guilty pleasure of today!! Until tomorrow.......wish me luck!!