Bad Day

Today was not a good day.  I am in quit a bit of pain and I feel more tired than usual.  I am still not able to eat solid foods.  I graduated to ground beef today. I cannot wait for life to get back to normal.  I miss running and working out.  I cannot wait to get back into the swing of things in the next few weeks.  I can't believe that it is November already.  The good thing about this surgery is that it has accelerated my weight loss.  I hate being in my room all day, stuck in my bed.  There is only so many emails and blogs that I can read in a day.  I have been watching the last season of Alias, but that will only last so long.  Hopefully, by this time next week I will be almost back to normal.

Have a great night!

P.S. Did I mention that my Volleyball Team made the Quarter Finals? YEAH! Not bad for a first time coach.  Game is on Tuesday.

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Featured Challenger: Lady Cyone @ Makings of Cyone:Destined to Be A Diva

Star of the Week for Week 3 was Lady Cyone.  I emailed her a few questions and here is what she had to say:

Why are you in this challenge?
I'm in the challenge because I do better with having a set goal and time frame in mind. It helps to have a support group and other people I can get motivation from. I also think that the goal is quite acheivable and want to end the year on a happy weight note.


What are the top 5 things you did this week to help you loss weight?
1. Tracking what I ate and sticking to the plan.

2. Cardio Trainer,pedometer, and playlist.Setting exercise goals for the week and having motivating music keeps my workout going.
3. Keeping my blog updated on a daily basis, it may seem excessive but whenever I was having a hard time I logged on and wrote about what I was feeling, even if I didn't post it, by the time I finished typing the craving usually passed.
4. Trying new foods or mixing things together.
5. Wedding websites, I have lots of friends wedding and my own coming up next year, browsing the different styles, reminded me that I will be beginning a new life soon and I want to go into it as healthy as possible.

What is the best piece of advice you can give to challenges?
Choose something that personally motivates you, doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense to others as long as it matters to you.

What keeps you motivated?
Motivation comes from my fiance, my family, and my friends, but mainly myself. I don't want to keep being the girl that can give you all the latest health information but is still overweight herself. I also want to become a registered dietician, its easier to give someone advice that they will follow, if you follow it yourself.



Favorite heathy meal/snack?
Sweet Potato fries and Mini Babybel Lite cheese.


What are your weaknesses/downfalls and how do you deal with them?
I can be impatient at times and quick to change plans. Finally realized the longer I take to switch with one thing and focus on making it work the longer it would take to reach where I want to be.


If you could describe youself in one word (maybe two if you must) what would it be?
Tenacious. :)

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15 in 15 Challenge Week 5

Today I am 210.2, that is down 2.2 from last week.  This is great! I don't know why I am not as excited as I should be.  Since I have come out of the hospital I can only eat soup and yogurt, since everything else hurts my throat.  I am sure that this has to do with the loss.  Hopefully, I can eat some solid food in the next few days.  While I was in the hospital, I came to the conclusion that I never want to go back there again and I will do everything in my power to stay healthy to avoid having any procedures done.  Diabetes and high blood pressure run in my family and I would like to avoid both of those as much as possible.  Besides these last 35-40 pounds that I would like to loss, I am in pretty good health.  My blood pressure is normal and nothing else seems to be wrong.

   I should have lost 5 pounds by now, but I will take what I can get.  I cannot do any exercise for 2 weeks, but maybe later I will go for a walk.  I have already signed up for the Santa Shuffle 5K race on Dec. 4 and I want to sign up for the Resolution Run 5K on Dec. 31.  I would love to take my time below 32 minutes.  When I am better I will sign up for the 10K clinic again, since I did not get to finish the last one and accomplish my goal of running a  10k race.  This spring I want to try the 1/2 marathon clinic and hopefully run the Ottawa half in May.   I still want to try hot yoga, take up aquafitness again and get in some swimming lessons.  Novemeber begins on Monday can you believe it?

I hope that everyone is doing well, most challengers have lost some weight so I am happy about that.  Have a great day and now that I am home, you will be hearing more of me!

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NYC in Pictures

Some of my favorite paintings frm the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cupcake mania!

Purchased this baby outside the Met.

 Spiced carrot with cream cheese icing.

Super cute store located in SOHO

Located in Chelsea Market

Didn't actually get to go to the Oktoberfest, but I saw this guy smoking outside and I thought his outfit was too funny
Tomorrow is weigh in #5, I know that I have been slacking a bit, but I will pick up the pace in the upcoming weeks!

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Back Home

Hello!   Just wanted to let you know that the surgery went well and that I returned home from the hspital yesterday.  I am not in too much pain, but it does hurt to swallow and cough. I have to stick to a liquid diet for awhile, soup and yogurt.  Thank you so much for all your well wishes and prayers.

New York was amazing! Even though I was with 42 teenage girls, I had a great time. I saw Wicked and Billy Elliot.  We went to the Met and the MOMA.  I ate cupcakes in Chelsea and SOHO.

Pictures to come.

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15 in 15 Challenge Week 4

212.4, down 1.4 put still not at the 4 pounds I should be. Remember I am in NYC and then surgery so I won't update for a minute.

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McDonald's Boo

So busy preparing for my time off, that I haven't even thought about the actual surgery. I wish I had an assistant, I have so many things to do and I am not sure how I am going to get everything done in the next 24 hours.  I had some McDonald's today the first time in a very long time, I hate to say this but the real reason I had it was because it was drive thru and I was in such a rush and I was so hungry.  I wish Subway had drive thru then I would have felt much better about my decision.  I know, I know, I could have had a salad instead of the chicken mcnuggets but have you tried the salads at McDonald's? Not a fan.

Just a reminder that since I was away on Friday, 15 in 15 will not be updated until later next week.  My apologize in advance.

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