BriElmore

(wanna be close to this size again. Dont mind the teddy bear i was like 16)

First off let me start by saying.. .I am not totally sure I spelt vocabulary correctly so please cut me some slack, I have had a total of mayyybe 18 hours of sleep since monday. Yeah not healthy, I know.
I have noticed being tired does crazy things to me

1) I have not worked out in two weeks. Shame. I know :[ (But I have been moving and lifting boxes if that counts] I didnt figure it did but I figured I would throw it in there to try to save my butt a little.
2)Food=Not so healthy… Yup I admit it. And I will also say, I feel like crap. It just weighs me down. But it is fast and easy.
3)I am mean when I dont sleep. Apparently when you work 60 hour weeks come home and move and sleep for 2.5 to 3.5 hours it is no good haha.

OOOHH WELL!
Enough feeling sorry for myself. Most people think the weekend is for partying… NOPE it is made to sleep, and do laundry, and take naps in between the laundry. [BTW can anyone please tell me how to get motor oil and grease out of pants if possible?]

How is everyone doing!?!? I have not been on here in like a bazillion years (or two days either works).

I wanna know what motivated every one to lose weight?

My motivation was 2 things

1) I wanna make my hubby say WOW when he sees me for the first time after basic training :]
2] I am about ready to have children and I have read that it is very dangerous to be over weight and pregnant. I wanna enjoy my pregnancy without worrying about the harm that I could cause to me or my unborn child(ren) [I am shooting for triplets so we can get it done all in one ;)]

SUCKS.
End of story.

I have been super busy this week work work work, that is all I can say. I really suck at this whole blogging thing because I do not wanna bore anyone haha. Today is the first day J and I have been able to work out this week so we are gonna work out today (thursday) friday, sat, and sunday. Hopefully the scale shows some sore of difference this week, but if not that is ok!! I have eaten well, and am gonna work out hard this weekend, so either way I am proud of myself!!!
I have stayed AWAY from fast food, I have only eaten bad on my cheat days WOO HOO!
I actually forgot that Tuesday was my cheat day and my best friend and her husband were grilling and she was about to put the chicken on the grill and she said “Oh you are eating a hot dog and some chips, you are even having some queso” I was actually kind of offended and I was kindly saying “Steph, please be supportive of my diet, I really need your help.” She looked at me and laughed and said “Bri, I am always supportive of you, which is why I am being supportive of your cheat day!!”
What a great best friend, she has memorized my cheat meal so that she wouldn’t mess me up with our meal!!
Speaking of Steph, she is feeling very under the weather can you please pray for her and keep her in your thoughts (she feels like she is getting the flu)!
Anyway sorry  I dont have much to say but life has been rather boring!

YALL ARE DOING GREAT, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

I love this man :]

I know that every one is probably the same but when I work out and I feel good about myself I get other stuff accomplished too!
For one, my house is sooo clean because I have the energy to clean it (plus it is a work out in its self)
Another I am a nanny and I have been taking the little girl I watch to the park and playing with her because I feel so great! My laundry is finished, my marriage seems to be getting better, and I am just kicking ass at working out!!
Yeah, yeah I am bragging but hey I deserve to be! I read these blogs and people are negative cuz they only lost 1 lbs! My way of lookin at it is have you ever seen a lbs of meat? That is a good amount, and that is what is coming off of you! Be proud of yourself and give yourself a big pat on the back!
As much as I love watching weight loss shows because they are so inspiring I think we are semi conditioned to believe that if we do not lose fifteen lbs in one week that we should not be proud of ourselves (and please know that I am not trying to personally attack ANYONE, because I have felt the exact same way before)!
Well, I say to heck with that behavior, if you have tried, and you have eaten well and all that came off was .5 lbs GOOD JOB! And we buddy slimmers (hehe) are proud of you!
Alright, alright, don’t stop reading yet… I am done preaching
But my week has gone well work is kickin my butt, I have worked late three days this week and tommorrow I am going in early and leaving late. That is okay though because I love my job and it is so rewarding!
I had my cheat night tuesday and my husband and I ate at a tex-mex fast food joint. BARFF! I felt so bloated up until today, I had no idea I was feeling that disguisting every time I ate that nasty stuff. So I have decided for cheat nights, fast food will not be on the menu, only restraunts and sinfully delicious home cooked meals! :]
By the way, if yall have time and are really wanting to be shocked, go to restraunts websites and look at there kids meals nutrition facts..
For example a certain restraunts childs plate “chicken crispers” has 37 grams of fat, 5 grams of which are saturated fats!
A better one that we think is pretty harmless is grilled cheese right? 41 grams of fat, 12 grams of saturated fat.
And for us adults that are trying to lose weight, a sandwich seems like it would do the trick right? I would think a turkey sandwich would be pretty innocent, 55 grams of fat doesn’t sound so innocent.
But here is the most shocking APPETIZER to me, is the cheese fries that has a whopping (drum roll please) 147 grams of fat, with 63 grams of saturated fat…
We are eating this BEFORE we even start our meal on average my meals at this certain restraunt was 300 grams of fat. If I am eating 20 g of fat a day that is 15 days worth of fat. HOLY COW!!!
Even if I wanted to cheat and eat here I do not think I could I think even my cheat day I would have to cut it into 1/4.

Well I just thought I would let yall in on that info if you had no idea, it is really scary to think that we are eating this with some of the foods being seemingly innocent.

My point, next time you think about going out to eat, CHECK THE NUTRITION FACTS.

have a wonderful evening!
YALL ARE DOING GREAT!!

-Bri

This is my baby girl Stitch, she is such a sweet girl and I cant wait to be healthy enough to take her for long walks and to be able to run with her! She deserves a mommy that is healthy too (Yeah, Im weird about my doggy… just dont tell her she is a dog.. she will be heart broken)
I had a great day today I worked a little later and then got home, FINALLY got rid of my cat that made my house stink and my nose itch like hell. I would litterally change her litter box 3 times a day and my house STILL smelt like cat.
So I am sticking to my sugar bear Miss Stitch and my husband (who is hard enough to take care of haha.) for the two animals allowed in my house. I also got a swiffer sweeper, you BETTER believe that I swept my whole house and was soooo excited about it haha. I am so lame.
Today was my cheat meal and I made one of those Red Baron pizzas (pepperoni..yum) I finished 4 slices and could not even start working on my garlic bread it was bitter sweet… I really wanted to be able to stuff myself silly but.. I am so excited that my stomach has shrunk so quickly. But cheat days are not about making myself sick, it is about being able to enjoy the food I love but can no longer eat on a daily basis. If I make myself sick there is no way I can possible enjoy my “splurges”.
I am so excited tommorow is friday for several reasons… 1)J and I both get paid so rent will be on time this month WOO! Our phone payment will be late but hey.. cant win em all. haha 2) I get off early tommorow & so does my honey 3) It is the freaking weekend!!! No work for 2 days woo hoo!
With all these Halloween Parties I am so scared I am going to eat and eat and eat, but I kind of have a plan… well.. I have a plan to make a plan to plan not to eat at these parties. haha. Did that make sense?
Oh lord.. I am sooo rambling right now. But that is what happens when you blog at midnight.
I have a dog that is asleep on the floor, a husband who is snoring rather loudly who is about to get shoved onto the floor and a furnace that I am scared might burn the house down.
We have no heater in our house and J’s boss got us one to plug in.. I see it as rather unsafe.. J does not. Stitch is so fluffy I can just see her going up in flames. Which would suck.
Ha anyway I really need to stop typing because I could type all night and I am pretty sure no one would even care.
Have a great night yall!!!

(I am trying to get back to this weight)
I dont know why but for some reason, my husband has been driving me absolutely crazy lately. Everything he does just annoys the hell out of me… and I feel so bad for it. I mean in the last 3 days we have said a total of … maybe 50 words to each other. Oh well, I know we both have a lot on our plates and this will pass :]
I have done really well with my weight loss.. I have stepped on a scale almost every day and the results are looking fantastic, of course I am only going to weigh in on here once a week!
I have realized how much I love yogurt smoothies and how filling they are… Mango and low fat french vanilla yogurt smoothies to be exact.
Well I know that none of this is exciting news but… I will write back after work.. I just figured maybe if I write on here I will regain some of my sanity.. and as soon as it was coming back my neighbors 8 dogs started barking.
Yup I said 8 dogs, pomeranians to be exact.
Lord help me haha.

Have a great day yall!!

It has never been my fault that I gained weight right?
My friends have always pushed me to eat bad things so they must be trying to wreck my diet huh?
My husband is thin so I have to eat like he does so that he wont have to struggle through my diet.

It has always been something!!! It has never been my fault!
But I am here today to say…er… write that I caused myself to gain weight, I was the person that chose to eat fast food four to five times a day.
I chose not to work out and to sit on my butt and eat sweets.
Yeah I took medicine that HELPED me to gain some weight, but if I had truly cared I would have started working truly hard then.
And then there was the first time i was on BuddySlim, I thought I was doing great, losing tons of weight! It was dropping like crazy, and then I realized the scale was totally messed up and I had only lost 20 lbs, not 50 lbs! My pride was bruised so I gave up.

Through all this I have learned something, I can do one of 3 things
1) Continue to believe that every bad and unhealthy thing I eat is everyone elses fault and continue to deny that I am obese.
2)I can feel sorry for myself yet do NOTHING about it
3)I can realize that I have been dumb and unhealthy move forward start to feel wonderful about myself, and improve my whole life.

While all of those options seem intriguing .. I pick 2.
Just kidding I pick 3.

:]
-Bri