Day 29

“Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence – all directed at specific goals.” ~Gary Ryan Blair

Today’s weigh-in:
Kiki: current weight is 129.3 – LOSS of 3.3lbs!
Kitty: current weight is 172.1 – LOSS of 1.1lbs!
My current weight is 169.8 – LOSS of 3lbs!
Sorry - you’ll have to wait for pictures until next week’s weigh-in! It was one of those mornings and that’s all I’m going to say about that, so don’t push it!

Total 4 week weight loss:
Kiki: LOSS 8.7lbs!
Kitty: LOSS 5.9lbs!
Me: LOSS 3.2lbs! Total weight loss since February 22.2lbs!

I know this is not the 10lbs in a week every week success story, but that is not our reality! If you add the weight back in that we GAINED in week 3 – the girls would be at a LOSS of 10lbs a piece! Oh well, you live, learn and keep on running.

The girls and I got up this morning and went to pick up my friend – the SLACKER went back to bed and stood us up. My goal was 4 miles again, but we didn’t make it – again! Mile 1 was done and over within 11 minutes. We begin mile 2 and Kitty drops behind me. I keep yelling at her to get in front of me and it seems that the more I yell, the slower she goes. Finally, I just stop and wait for her to pass me – “what is your problem!?” She acts like she doesn’t hear me and runs by – “WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!!!” She stops jogging (which I could have walked faster than her jog) and says “nothing-I just can’t believe that I only lost a pound.” WTH? So I begin explaining to her in a slightly raised voice (ok, I was yelling-whatever) She is expecting the 10lbs a week every week fantasy and IT ISN’T GOING TO HAPPEN! First, she doesn’t have that much to lose! Second, if she really wanted to lose weight faster, she wouldn’t be eating the way she does when there is no one around to stop her, and third if she was so upset, why the hell was she jogging slower than I could walk?! I would be pushing myself over the limit trying to make the next week a big LOSS week – not sulking like there is no hope in the world! BREATHE – 1,2,3, continue. Okay, Kitty, when we first started this we agreed that 2-3lbs a week would be the healthiest and maximum weight loss we could expect – right? (no answer) You gained weight in week 3, so you deduct those lbs in the end. We figured at this rate, you and Kiki could lose 30-35lbs before school started – so now, at this rate, you’re stuck with losing 25-30lbs instead. Is that so horrible?! She proceeded to whine and moan about how she is trying – whatever – GET OVER IT! If you are not happy with how fast you are losing weight – tough sh!t! Do something about it - RUN!

By the end of mile 2 she was over it. Just like that…poof. She and Kiki were ahead of me playing around and pushing each other when we began mile 3, and I’m not saying which one did it, but let’s just say that I didn’t eat a bug this morning - I ate a gas pocket! Umm Huh! You read correctly. The girls are playing around and I hear this machine gun sounding noise just about the time we start running. The girls are laughing so hard and I’m behind them yelling “man, you need to warn somebody – my mouth was open!” Normally, you would think that the smell I so surprisingly ran into would have scared off any insect within a 5 mile radius, but it seemed to attract every mosquito around! (And I thought they liked sweet smells…) We finished mile 3 swatting and dodging mosquitoes – NOT in record time!

So, we have developed the habit of getting up and working out in the morning and have committed to staying active. That is only half the battle. The next four weeks we are going to commit to eating A LOT better and controlling our portions and learning to cook new and healthier things too. Small problem: I really don’t have the kitchenware to accommodate cooking. If you know me, you know I can’t cook. And, it’s not that I physically can’t cook – but I can put my whole heart into the process and follow any recipe to the T, but it doesn’t turn out – well, edible – I honestly think it is every stove that I have ever owned and NOT me! I am the “black sheep” in my family when it comes to cooking. I have never developed a “taste” for cooking, or even tried to for that matter. Anyway, once the girls were old enough to start helping my husband wash dishes – my kitchenware began to disappear. Literally! As you can see in the picture below, I have two – probably 12-15 years old – skillets (that’s what they are called right?). I have a few different sizes of pots and dishes and I did have a very expensive set of dinnerware (?), but it seems they too have disappeared one by one - taken from the night gremlin and not because my girls feel the need to throw pots, pans, storage containers, forks, spoons, utensils, glasses and knives away instead of washing them. Oh yeah, it has to be the night gremlin…Umm huh.




I do have plenty of wine glasses and of course the wine cooler where our dishwasher used to be - priorities...

This whole cooking thing is going to be harder than I thought, because kitchenware (even the sorta good stuff) is not cheap! So, if any of you know about a great brand or recommend a certain type of kitchenware, or have tons of the good stuff (like my sisters) and want to share(GIVE) the extra to me - let me know!