Weigh-in

I forgot to do this last week. We are at 356.8 this week, a 2.6 lb change overall. Not much change, but not bad considering we had to deal with Christmas. And Sabofudge, courtesy of my parents.

We have so many baked goods in the house, it is not funny. And I received four boxes of chocolate for Christmas. Fortunately, I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but I hate having food go to waste. Time to offload on the coworkers.

I was pretty blue yesterday. I thought I had been doing very well with my eating and, adding exercise fairly regularly, I thought I should have lost more weight-instead, the scale had been reading my weight as two lbs higher than when I started. (Bastard!) With all of the reading I do on weight loss, nutrition, health, etc...I know that one's weight can vary day-to-day by 1-2 lbs due to water retention and other factors. But still-everything pointed to a weight gain-I was so sad.

So I sat down with a few online calculators and compared that with what I have been eating (I have been keeping track via fitday.com) and determined that I started eating more when I started exercising. With explanation in hand, I feel much better.

Weekly Weigh-In

Combined weight-357. Down 2.4 lbs.

I'm off!

For the rest of the year....

No clue what to do with the two weeks laid out before me...

(I will probably secretly check my work e-mail.)

I have plans to clean, wrap presents, bake, toss the massive stack of magazines in our room, clean out the attic, go to the gym religiously, finish Christmas shopping, get our finances in order, and instill in Maddy all the "joys and wonders of the holiday".

I will probably end up watching Food Network and curled up in a blanket on the couch. Maddy will demand to watch Charlie Brown and will feed herself by finding dehydrated Cheerios on the floor. And possibly eating me.

See? She can take care of herself.

My last class seemed to end well. Several of my students came up to thank me and one gave me chocolates. Not sure if it was a thank you or a bribe. Either way, I'm happy.

If you needed ANOTHER reason to not shop Wal-Mart

Here it is.

What a sad day...

Dan Fogerburp died...

He was the leader of the band...

Absolut-ly Fabulous

So my lovely brother-in-law searched all over the fine state of Maryland to find this for me for my birthday. He found it, made a custom label as wrapping paper, and my sister, husband and I merrily drank a concoction that I had during my trip to New Orleans. It was perfectly replicated and quite yummy.

So I have been looking for additional recipes to make with my newfoundjoy and came across this.

Now, part of the appeal of Absolut New Orleans is that 100% of the proceeds go towards the rebuilding. (The more you drink, the more good you are doing!!!) I doubt that the same thing will apply to the potential new cities but am quite concerned about the potential flavors that may arise. If I use the first flavor I think of when I think about the various cities...

Absolut Boston? Clam Chowder-flavored vodka. Hmmm...

Absolut Vegas? Chlamydia-flavored vodka. (Remember: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.)

Absolut New York? Um, rat-flavored vodka?

Absolut Chicago? Yum....deep-dish-pizza-flavored vodka.

Absolut Philadelphia? Cheese-steak flavored vodka. (Mike says "Yum!" and starts drooling...)

Absolut Seattle? Coffee-flavored vodka...There we go! Oh, wait-doesn't that already exist? I think I call it "Kahlua"...

When you do vote for a city, you have to suggest a flavor and a reason why that particular city should be chosen. This makes me more concerned...Who knows what the voting public will do...

So, for the many of us who are bored at work, go online and vote and if you have a moment, let me know what city and flavor you picked...I am so curious as to how this will turn out.

My Sister-in-Law...

...was absolutely right. Trapped in the Closet has changed my life.

I will never be the same again.

Re: Weight Loss Thingy

I received a 1 lb. box of chocolates today from my friend Joe for my birthday. Sabotage!

Michael came up and asked if I had sampled any. Being the good person I am, I said, "No-we are on a diet, remember?" (And this was true!

To which he looked at Maddy and said, "How much does she weigh again?"

I'm thinking of forfeiting already...

Maddy Eats Everything

Here she is trying to eat snow...

 
 
 
 

Annual Weight Loss Contest

2007 is nearing its end and the sins of the current year are quickly catching up to us. With the goal of attaining health so that we may be around longer to irritate more and more people, we have begun our Annual Weight Loss Contest.

If you recall, the contest was a bit of a bust last year because my sister had to drop out due to her newly-found parasite. So this year will hopefully be more successful and we won't have to do it next year.

Today is the weigh-in. The contest official starts on January 1st and will last until May 1st. However, any weight lost between now and May 1st will still count. I mean-come on, folks-we still have 3 more weeks of sinning to do.

The goal is for each couple to lose a combined total of 40 lbs. First couple to do so, wins. We are not sure what yet. Perhaps just gloating rights for the rest of the year.

Michael and I have a combined weight of 359.40.

Weekly weigh-ins on Monday.

If you wanna join and you have a buddy (and need to lose a combined weight of 40 lbs), feel free to join in.

P.S. Sabotage is NOT COOL people.

I am not quite sure why...

Michael has put this on our Netflix queue:



But I do know that I am concerned. I also know that the IMDB description has the following "Plot Keywords" to describe this film:

Police Officer
Operetta
Pie
Midget
Adultery

Nothing involving the combination of those five words could or even should be good.

So I am concerned.

So

Michael took offense at my previous post. (Of course he did.) But if someone who has known me for almost 11 years now does not understand my meaning, then perhaps I did not explain my position on Christmas well enough.

I was not angry about buying people presents-I am just frustrated that I do not have the various resources (money, taste, and retailers) to buy presents that I deem truly worthy of the people I would like to get presents for. So because I can't find things I would truly want to buy, I am forced to go off of people's "wish lists." Which is fine, but I feel it makes the whole process sort of obligatory. I'm sorry, but buying a DVD or a mass market book for someone does not fully express the appreciation I feel for them.

And don't get me wrong-this is totally a two-way street. I would rather not get presents at all then have someone get me something because they feel obligated to do so. Really, with no hard feelings. If you see something and think of me, fine. If my birthday is coming up and you can't find anything, then that's fine too. Don't buy something because society says you should. Make me food or take me out to dinner and I will be thrilled. Believe me. I love food.

Dear World,

I hate Christmas. More specifically, I hate Christmas shopping. I do not have enough money or enough good taste to get the people I love truly nice things. So I am left with buying commercial and meaningless crap that will probably get thrown in a garage sale pile next year any way.

I don't want to buy you DVDs, books, or gadgets because, frankly, you can buy them yourself. I want to get you something that only I can get you. Or something that has meaning mainly because it came from me. I want to give gifts that you will find useful and when you look at them or use them, you will remember that I value you and whatever relationship I have with you.

How likely is it that I can get this type of gift from Target? From Amazon? From &%@!# Walmart?

So I started Christmas shopping back in September and I am not even 50% done. Most likely, I will panic and start getting people generic crap in about two weeks.

Merry Christmas. Hope you like your "gifts."