Friday, February 17, 2012

I think that I've decided to quit blogging on this blog.  I may start a new one and when I do, I will send messages to those I know who read this one so you can follow that one. But as of now, I'm done on this one. I will continue reading your blogs and commenting. 

New post... from Curt cuz Jamie is out of commission

Well, she's not exactly out of commission, but she's a hurtin' unit!  Today was her (I'm a computer guy, so forgive me...) 'upgrade'.


We got up a little before 6 and made the 30 minute drive to Boise.  We waited forever... then we went back for pre-op.  Jamie did great (she HATES needles poked into her), and then they took her away.  I was left to... well, do nothing, for the next 3 hours before I got to see her again.  Surgery took 1.5 hrs, but the other 1.5 hrs was her in recovery.  When I saw her she was ready to go out the door!  LOL.  I guess she had had enough of that place.

We got something for lunch, mostly for me cuz we hadn't eaten since dinner the night before, and she didn't feel like food yet.  Although it wasn't 'diet' food, I had a FANTASTIC sandwich from a Vietnamese deli.  It had roast beef and WASABI!  I have a soft spot for wasabi...  it was FANTASTIC!

We went home after that.  I took her upstairs where we both spent the afternoon laying in bed watching RAISING HOPE (funniest show on TV right now, highly recommended).  Surprisingly she never napped.  She even went downstairs with me later and sat while I folded laundry.  After her pain pill at 6, she decided she was ok to go run a couple of errands.  Alrighty.... We went to Ryan and Mel's (my cousin, I work with both of them) and picked up a key...  then we went to Albertson's to get a copy of BREAKING DAWN.  Jamie started feeling nauseous in the produce section, she frantically demanded a produce bag, into which she emptied the contents of her stomach...  ew...  ;)  Mostly water and acid, and bananas.  This part was so funny:  we took it back to the deli area where she explained that she had vomited into a bag and needed a trash can.  The 17 year old zitty kid working back there took one look at that see-through bag and took 2 steps back... hilarious...  But, he stretched out a trash can as far as his arms would reach for her, so I explained that she wasn't contagious, she had just had surgery....  so funny...

But now she's feeling better (after puking 1 more time).  We're now sitting in bed watching our movie as our Valentine's/anniversary evening together.

I don't think we are going to be doing much weighing in over the next couple of weeks.  Jamie tried the scale tonight after the vomiting episodes... and found herself over 10 lbs UP!!!  So, she's not happy, but it's understandable since her body is all swollen and retaining water.  I'm only up by like 1 lb, so it's no big deal.  I seem to do that anyway...

So, I'm dropping in to let you all know that she's doing great...  We're laughing and holding each other, just like couples should do on their anniversary.

Just so you all know, I didn't let this holiday/occasion pass without finding something wonderful for my beautiful wife.  We were getting her ring back the other day from being sized (again...) and we decided to look around for a heart necklace for her.  Well....  I found the PERFECT one!  For anybody who has, or ever gets to meet this love of my life, she has the most SHOCKINGLY blue eyes...  This necklace is silver with a blue diamond heart inside of the silver heart.  My eyes landed on it, and I didn't need to see anything more.  We walked out with it all gift wrapped so that I could give it to her in front of the kids.  While she's not a fantastic actress, it was still fun, and the girls all thought it was as beautiful as we did.

 Here is a picture of it from their website.  With her eyes, it's perfect... just like I think she is!

So, once she's ready, we'll get some "after" pictures to share with you all.

Thank you for those who sent prayers of safety for her, they were answered!

Curt (and Jamie sitting right next to me helping me spell!)

Happy anniversary, baby.  And happy heart day to everybody else!!!  Hope you all enjoyed it!

Thursday, February 9, 2012- Day 7

Thursday, February 9, 2012
Day 7
PV

CURT:  LOSS: 2.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 48.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 22.0 lbs

Breakfast:
C and J: SF/FF coffee

Lunch:
C: omelet
J: cottage cheese and a stick of string cheese

Dinner:
C and J: Outback Steakhouse Aussie Grilled Chicken Salad

Water:
C: 1 quart water, 1 can diet Cherry Coke
J: 2 quarts water, 2 can diet Cherry Coke

Exercise:
C: none
J: strength training class, 15 minutes of an intense game of laser tag that induced an asthma attack so I no longer felt the need for an evening workout

Well....  it's just another day.  The dryer quit working so we had to go get a new one.  Berlyn got a free pass to Wahooz...  this awful money trap that lures kids and drives parents CRAZY! So we went and played games, laser tagged.  Berlyn told me it was one of her favorite days ever so I guess the torture of it was worth it. 

Crap, I'm tired.  I can't even try to think of anything to say.  But...  we both hit new lows today and right before my bed time shower, I weighed in and I'm up just a little from this morning so fingers crossed, tomorrow will be a good number.  What I did realize this morning...  I'm 8 lbs from a weight that I held steady at for close to 9 years, aside from the 9 months I was pregnant with Berlyn.  That will be huge to hit that number and even bigger to go under it.  Can't wait!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012- Day 6

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Day 6
PP

Tuesday's weigh in:
CURT: ?
JAMIE: GAIN:  2.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.2 lbs

Wednesday's weigh in:
CURT:  LOSS: 2.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 46.0 lbs.
JAMIE: LOSS: 3.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 21.8 lbs.

Lunch:
C and J: 4 tomato slices, 1/2 c. cottage cheese, hamburger patty w/ slice of cheese, Starbucks 100 calorie skinny peppermint mocha

Afternoon snack:
C: 2 oatbran muffins

Dinner:
C and J: chicken breast w/ deli ham and mozzarella cheese

Midnight snack (12:13 actually):
C and J: 1 oatbran muffin and a FF yogurt

Water:
C: 2 quarts water, 1 can diet Cherry Coke
J: 2 quarts water, 2 cans diet Cherry Coke

Exercise:
C and J: none today

All new low number and new goal reached for me! So excited!  But my weigh in was late in the morning.  We got up and got the kids off to school and then laid down again and woke up at 11, and only because the phone rang.  We needed it.  It felt fantastic to sleep in like that. 

For me, yesterday, I didn't feel well.  I spent alot of time in the bathroom and alot of food wasn't making it down into my stomach.  Then late at night, because I was finally starving, I slipped up and cheated.  Not horribly bad, but it was a cheat no less.  Yet despite that, I had a good number this morning.  We both got a couple of work outs in yesterday.  I had my strength training class which I have found that I LOVE.  Yesterday, we learned how to use our own body weight against us to "lift weights" and how those workouts are more effective that workouts with weight machines.  It was very interesting.  Alot of the women I workout with travel or have a  hard time getting to the gym so this was perfect with them.  AND...  I found out I can still do push ups!  But I definitely need to work on that.

I've been watching Curt limp around today.  His foot is hurting him again.  I'm hoping he can keep working out.  Maybe another doctor's appointment is needed. We didn't work out today because we were #1 busy and #2 both of us were hurting.  Tomorrow tho... 

Monday, February 6, 2012- Day 4

Monday, February 6, 2012
Day 4
PV

Sunday weights:
CURT:  LOSS: 1.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.4 lbs

Monday weights:
CURT:  LOSS: 0.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 44.0 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 20.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C and J: 1 FF yogurt

Lunch:
C and J: fajita taco salad

Dinner:
C and J: buffalo chicken bites and cauliflower and broccoli salad

Water:
C: 2- 20 oz glasses Diet Pepsi, 3 quarts of water
J: 2- 20 oz glasses Diet Pepsi, 4 quarts of water

Exercise:
C: 10 minutes elliptical machine, 10 minutes stationary bike, 3 minutes rowing machine, 25 minutes strength training. 
J: morning: 20 minutes on the elliptical machine, 15 minutes on the stationary bike, 6 minutes on the rowing machine, 25 minutes strength training; evening: 70 minutes of very hard riding on stationary bike

Nothing too new today.  I hit an all new low this morning despite not having a great food day yesterday, kinda. I have alot weighing on my mind this evening, so I'm going to go work out to flush it out of there.  I don't think it will help but I will try. 

Saturday, February 4, 2012- Day 2

Saturday, February 4, 2012
Day 2
PP

CURT:  LOSS:  2.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 42.2 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS:  3.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 19.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 4 scrambled egg muffins, 1- 20 oz. SF/FF coffee
J: 3 scrambled egg muffins, 1- 20 oz. SF/FF coffee

Morning Snack:
C: 1 boiled egg

Lunch:
C and J: sloppy joe meat, yogurt

Dinner:
C and J:  rotisserie chicken 

Water:
C: 3 quarts water, 1 beer
J: 6 quarts waters, 1 beer

It was nice to see a good woosh on our first day back on Dukan.  Both of us were encouraged.  I suppose some was water weight.  And I actually started having bowel movements again.  I'm over here rolling my eyes at that.  It frustrates me to no end.  I'm hoping to hit my next goal (1.5 stones) by surgery day.  I'm 1.4 lbs from that and I think it shouldn't be a problem to hit that in 10 days.  

We were going to go exercise today but we both have hamstrings that are SCREAMING at us so we're taking the day off.  My mom and I went to Briyanna's cheer competition in Boise.  It was fun.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012
PP

CURT: TOTAL LOSS: 39.8 lbs~ 7 lbs UP from his lowest weight
JAMIE: TOTAL LOSS: 16.4 lbs~ 4 lbs UP from my lowest weight

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, 2 ham steaks, SF/ FF coffee
J: 2 eggs, 1 chorizo, SF/FF coffee

Lunch:
C and J: hamburger patties and grilled onions

Dinner:
C and J: leftover sloppy joe meat

Water:
C: 3 quarts water, 16 oz Diet Dr. Pepper
J: 6 quarts water

Exercise:
C: 20 minutes on stationary bike, 25 minutes of strength training
J: (AM) 30 minutes on stationary bike, 25 minutes of strength training, (PM) 11 minutes elliptical machine, 9 minutes rowing machine, 10 minutes treadmill~ walking


So...  before you all judge and say, we knew you'd come crawling back to us...  hear me out!  We are back on Dukan.  We collectively put 11 lbs. back on in a week and a half.  So there are a couple of reasons that I can pick from.  First of all, we switched to a low calorie diet, but I can be honest.  I have NEVER had good luck on a low calorie diet.  And because we knew we were adding in the carbs, we upped our exercise alot.  We were going every day, for close to an hour.  We still continued with a large water intake.  But...  It was my birthday weekend.  I turned 36 on Monday.  This is where I'll throw in "Happy Birthday to Ethan!"  He's my oldest and turned 15 yesterday.  I had several free birthday lunches that we took advantage of.  I would guess that is where our big problems really were.  Anyhow, we had this magic # that I told Curt if he hit it, we were going immediately back onto Dukan and he hit it this morning.  And that wasn't it.  Yesterday, after lunch I weighed in and I was .4 lbs down from my morning weight.  I went to the gym and worked out and then came home and had a fairly low calorie dinner and this morning...  I was up 3 lbs from yesterday's afternoon weight.  I was in a pretty crappy mood all morning from it.  This morning, we got up and ate breakfast and then went to the gym for a hour.  I weighed in after we got home and I was down 1.8 lbs. from this morning's weight so, I felt a little better.  And yippie...  TTOM has decided to come today.  Note my sarcasm... So we're starting over today.  We are doing 3-4 days of an attack phase and then back to cruising. Tomorrow's post will be labeled day 2, but I will continue off our original weight loss numbers. 

It's been a while since I've posted so this is going to be a longer one... forgive me. 

Last night, I had an appointment w/ a personal trainer to do a fitness analysis and set a exercise program for me.  OMG...  the fitness analysis made me feel like a failure.  I've been working out for over a month on a regular basis.  On my cardio, I'm fair.  Not even moderate or good.  3 years ago, I was very good.  I have something to aim for!  Bicep strength, I'm good, so no problems there.  Flexibility...  wow...  awful.  But, that's no surprise.  My overall fitness is average.  She suggested the elliptical machine to help my knee issues.  So I tried it.  My butt that has low impact on my knees.  I was dying after the 11 minutes I did.  Anyhow, I see some goals to work towards.  For just turning 36, I have a 40 year old body.  I promise that in 6 months, that will be better.  I guarantee you that 6 months ago, I probably had a 45-50 year old body.  I should have checked then but was afraid of what I was going to hear. 

On a different note...  I want to start this paragraph by saying that this does not need to get back to my parents and any other family members (ahem, cough, cough...  yes, that is directed at you, Sandy).   I know I've mentioned it before, but not with all seriousness.  But, on February 14, our anniversary, I'm getting myself a boob job.  It has been something I've talked about for years and decided to go ahead and go for it.  I talked to the doctor and asked about continuing to lose weight and he said it wouldn't be a problem.  It was honestly the most awkward thing I've ever experienced.  And since I'm being honest, I'm a little worried about it.  I have a very broad rib cage and I had to go bigger than I'm totally comfortable with to compensate for that.  But according to the doctor, I will be smaller than what the forms make it appear to be because they going under the chest muscles which will strap 'em in!  I hope he's right because otherwise, some people might have heart attacks.  The whole process is quite funny.  You put on this bra that looks like a nursing bra and they put "forms" in it to pick and chose the size.  I now know my left side is bigger than my right.  So by putting on these forms, I was SHOCKED to see what it did for my figure.  I'm tall, broad shoulders, wide chested, and NO boobs!  And with the boobs, I looked ALOT skinnier.  In other words....  I'll be more in proportioned to the rest of my body.  So as far as my parents go...  they will be very irritated with me.  But, I personally don't see it to be any worse that any other procedure we use to make us look better, like braces for purely cosmetic reasons or getting moles removed because they embarrass us.  I could go on.  And besides, I'm 36 and done having babies. Why not? 

And lastly, this is what I got for my birthday! 

Love it!  Only, I have to go get it resized... AGAIN.  It's my engagement ring, a year or so late.  But I don't care...  I LOVE IT and it goes perfectly with my wedding ring.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012- Day 60

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Day 60

CURT:can't remember...  I think he stayed close to the same
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 19.4 lbs

Breakfast:
We both missed breakfast due to an early morning appointment

Lunch:
C and J: Subway Sandwiches

Dinner:
C and J: meatballs and marinara sauce, very small pieces of birthday cake

Water:
C: 2 quarts water, 1- 20 oz SF/FF coffee
J: 3 quarts water, 1- 20 oz SF/ FF coffee

Exercise:
C: 30 minutes- bike
J: 60 minutes- bike

Curt and I made a decision together that we need to add a bit of carbs and fruit back into our diets.  We are both struggling mentally and think it may be due our lack of carbs.  This doesn't mean that we are thoroughly off Dukan.  We are using what we have learned from Dukan and using it as a base.  When I say adding carbs, we mean maybe a few whole grain crackers into a snack, a sandwich here and there.  We have been upping our exercise alot and hope that this will help offset what we add in. 

On a different note, I am at a all new low.  And I took my measurements again.  Since August, I have shed 19.75 inches from my body.  I have taken 2 inches off each thigh, almost 5 inches from my boobs (GRRRR), almost 4 from waist and hips.  I'm pretty happy with those numbers!  I'm going to start working harder on my belly and thighs.  Those are my big problem areas....

Monday, January 23, 2012- Day 59

Monday, January 23, 2012
Day 59

I'm not sure what our weights were this morning, but I know we were both up.  I was up .8 lbs and I think that Curt was up .2 lbs, but I'm not sure exactly what.  I'll get the weights for sure tomorrow.  We both have behaved well as far as eating goes.  We both worked out yesterday and I worked out today.  I have strength training tomorrow at 9 a.m.  I'm super excited about that.  I took a shower tonight after I worked out and weighed in before I jumped in.  I weighed exactly the same as I did this morning so I'm REALLY hoping for a good number in the morning.  It's late...  gotta get up at 6 to get kids off to school so off to bed.  I'll be a better blogger tomorrow. 

Saturday, January 21, 2012- Day 57

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Day 57
PP

CURT:  LOSS: 1.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 44.8 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 18.2 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, 2 ham steaks
J: ummm...  I slept in, so no breakfast

Lunch:
C: leftover steak
J: leftover orange chicken

Dinner:
C and J: 1/2 sausage each, rotisserie chicken (because I was LAZY and Curt was being..  hungry- this means a big baby and needed food NOW)

Water:
C: 3 quarts, 1- 20 oz SF/FF coffee, 1-24 oz SF red bull
J: 3 quarts, 2- 20 oz SF/FF coffees

Exercise:
C and J: 30 minutes of VERY HARD bicycling on the stationary bike

That's a whole new low for me, folks!  I finally broke thru that number that has been haunting me for months!  Hot dang! I'm pretty happy about that.

Friday, January 20, 2012- Day 56

Friday, January 20, 2012
Day 56
PP

CURT:  GAIN: 1.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 43.2 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 1.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS:  16.4 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 1 scrambled egg muffin, 3 eggs, 2 ham steaks
J: 2 scrambled egg muffins

Lunch:
C and J: cubed and pounded "chicken fried" pork steak

Dinner:
C and J: orange chicken and pumpkin "pie"

Water:
C: 1 can SF Red Bull, 3 quarts water
J: 3 quarts water

Exercise:
C: 30 minutes stationary bike
J: 30 minutes stationary bike

Well...  I guess no water aerobics this morning.  I looked up their website and their 9 am workout in the water is called "Let's Go Deep" and this girl is deathly afraid of deep water.  We're going to go watch it and see if they use some sort of flotation devices and just watch for a couple minutes to see how it works.
LATER: ARGH! We went to the rec center...  they WERE doing the water aerobics! Darn it!

And We're up, again.  No surprise.  It's the way our bodies seems to work, but I felt so close to breaking thru a barrier that I haven't gotten passed in MONTHS.  Maybe next week...

Lunch, to me, was fantastic!  I took spicy pork rinds that are carb free, but high in fat, crushed them and put a thin layer over the egg dipped pork steaks and grilled them.  YUMMY!

Thursday, January 19, 2012- Day 55

Thursday, January 19, 2012
Day 55
PV

CURT:  LOSS: 1.8 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 44.8 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.2 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 17.8 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 4 scrambled egg muffins
J: 2 scrambled egg muffins

Lunch:
C: grilled chicken, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice
J: grilled steak, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice

Dinner:
C and J: grilled chicken salad and FF jalapeno poppers

Water:
C: 3 quarts water, 32 oz diet Dr. Pepper
J: 5 quarts water, 2- 20 oz Diet Pepsi

Exercise:
C: 30 minutes on stationary bike- 9.75 miles
J: 14 minutes on treadmill- 1.25 miles (run 1 mile, walk 1/4 mile), 16 minutes on stationary bike- 5.25 miles



Today was supposed to be a PP day, but we decided to make it a PV day since it is Curt's last day off for the next 6 days.  I was looking at numbers and Curt has lost 6 lbs in 1 week!  Amazing!  We've both been working really hard this week and behaving amazingly.  We've been sitting here playing cards and watching movies this evening and we almost talked ourselves into a couple glasses of wine because our backs were starting to ache.  But we talked ourselves out of it.  I think we're going to try to get up tomorrow and do the water aerobics at the rec center.  We'll see.  But I'm going to sign up for a strength training class 2 days a week, Tues and Thurs mornings from 9-10.  Then Curt can come down with me and do his own work out during that time.  I'm actually pretty excited about it.  It starts next Tuesday. 

Okay...  off to more scary movies!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012- Day 54

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Day 54

CURT:  LOSS: 1.0 lbs  TOTAL LOSS: 43 lbs.
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.4 lbs  TOTAL LOSS: 17.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 5 scrambled egg muffins, 20 oz. SF/ FF coffee
J: 4 scrambled egg muffins, 2- 20 oz. SF/FF coffees

Lunch:
C: chicken wings
J: chicken wings

Dinner:
C and J: steak, baked tomatoes w/ mozzarella on top and and big salad w/ mustard vinaigrette

Water:
C: 2 quarts
J: 6 quarts of water

This is what we woke up to this morning:

LOVE IT!

We tried something new this morning.  I am SO SICK AND TIRED of plain old eggs and ham that I do ANYTHING in my power not to eat them anymore.  In fact, when I do have to eat plain eggs, I gag them down.  So, once again...  I was reading in the magazines from my mother-in-law and found scrambled egg muffins and they were terrific! 

Here's the recipe.  It supposedly makes 12 muffins, but I got 18. 

1/2 lbs. ground sausage, browned and drained
12 eggs
1/2 onion, chopped finely
1/4 c. red bell pepper, chopped finely
4 green onions, chopped finely
1/4 t. garlic power
1 t. salt
1/2 t. black pepper

Combine all ingredients in a bowl, spoon into muffin tins (2/3 full), bake for 20-25 minutes @ 350 degrees. 

I like mine w/ a dash of hot sauce.

Curt and I have both been having a great week, but Curt specifically is doing amazing! 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012- Day 53

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Day 53

CURT:  LOSS: 1.6 lb  TOTAL LOSS: 42 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 0.4lbs  TOTAL LOSS: 17. 2 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, bacon
J: 2 eggs, bacon

Lunch:
C and J: chicken wings

Dinner:
C and J: 9 oz steak, baked potato and salad w/ mustard vinaigrette dressing

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 4 quarts water, 1 can diet orange fanta

Curt hit his next goal: 3 stones!!  He's had a FANTASTIC past couple of days!!!  The kids all went to their other parents' houses so we decided to go out for dinner.  We went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner where we discovered a FANTASTIC deal.  They have a 2 for $15.99 deal on Tuesdays, so we got both of our meals for under $17!!  We normally easily spend $50 every time we go there.  Anyways...  yes...  we both had baked potatoes, but we both asked for the toppings on the side and used the sour cream and butter sparingly.  And I'm going to find the recipe for that dressing on line...  it was FANTASTIC!  Gotta love FANTASTIC days! 


I was reading thru a pile of magazines that my mother-in-law gave me and found an interview w/ Brooke Burke (host of Dancing with the Stars) and this is what she said about dieting: "If I really crave something, I'll eat it and then get right back into the groove afterward.  I don't feel like I've failed or fallen off the wagon.  Eating healthy should not be torture."  I think that I might just print that off and tape it to my mirror in my bathroom.  So with that in mind, that small baked potato (that I didn't eat all of) doesn't make me feel like a loser! 

Monday, January 16, 2012- Day 53

Monday, January 16, 2012
Day 53
PV

CURT: stayed the same and I was off on math so correction on TOTAL LOSS: 40.4 lbs
JAMIE: LOSS: 1.8 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 16.8 lbs

Late Breakfast:
C: 100 calorie skinny Starbucks peppermint mocha, omelet, cottage cheese
J: 100 calorie skinny Starbucks peppermint mocha, veggie omelet, cottage cheese

Late Lunch:
C: 2 eggs, FF yogurt

Dinner:
C and J: steak, broccoli

Water:
C: 3 quarts water
J: 4 quarts, 1 diet rootbeer

We're hoping for good numbers tomorrow, but who knows.  Today was...  blah.  We didn't do much.  We ran errands this morning.  Curt worked this afternoon/ evening.  Wow...  now that I write about it, we were seriously boring people today.  But, that's how it goes occasionally. 

Sunday, January 15, 2012- Day 52

Sunday, January 15, 2012
Day 52

CURT:  LOSS: 2.8 lbs  TOTAL LOSS: 39.8 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN: 0.4 lbs TOTAL LOSS:  15 lbs

Breakfast:
C: 2 eggs, 2 ham steaks
J: 1 FF yogurt, 20 oz coffee w/ FF raspberry and chocolate syrup

Lunch:
C: 3 egg omelet
J: 3 FF yogurts, veggies w/ ranch dip

Dinner:
C and J: egg drop soup and mexican chicken

Water:
C: 2 quarts of water
J: 3 quarts of water

Something I realized...  we're not being extremely faithful to the Dukan Diet because I forget about alternating PP and PV days.  I get to thinking as long as I just stick with my protein and veggies that I'm all good.  I need to re-do my menu to reflect the alternating days.  And of course, I constantly, conveniently forget about the bran.  Stupid, nasty bran...  So that all said, I'm going to work really hard to be super strict.  I say "I" because realistically, I pretty much dictate what we eat.  So WE will be much stricter.. because I said so!  And this is when I add, "I love you, baby!!" for Curt when he drops in to catch up on what I'm saying about him! 

Today we went to my cousin's son's 2nd birthday where pizza and cake were served.  I didn't touch the pizza.  AND...  this just made my day...  3 people told me I've lost weight and look great!  YAY ME!

Saturday, January 14, 2012- Day 51

Saturday, January 14, 2012
Day 51

CURT: gain: 1 lb. total loss: 37 lbs. 
JAMIE: Stayed the same

Breakfast:
C: 3 eggs, 6 turkey sausages
J: 2 eggs, 4 turkey sausages

Lunch:
C and J: BLT sandwiches

Dinner:
C and J: grilled lemon pepper chicken breasts and oven-roasted broccoli tossed w/ olive oil and minced garlic

Water:
C: 3 quarts of water
J: 4 quarts of water

So...  I have been CRAVING a BLT for weeks.  I've been probably annoying my husband talking about it!  While I reading my blogs, I read a recipe for Oat Bran Bread on Vicki's blog which she borrowed from Slim C's blog.  I had to try it, and today was that magical day for me!!!  I had to make a couple changes tho.  We must a super powerful microwave.  I put the mixture in the microwave for 2 minutes, no flipping it and it turned out perfect.  I put no salt in.  I used a no salt seasoning.  O.... M..... G....  our lives have been changed forever!  We've been wanting to eat egg salad and chicken salad sandwiches, sloppy joes, hamburgers.  I'm a little beyond excited at the possibilities! 

And dinner: 

It was so good, I had to stop and literally pat myself on the back. 


On Monday, I had a slight fall...  I fell down the bottom 6 stairs.  My stinkin' socks were so slick and I completely lost my footing.  I swear...  I was air born and landed flat on my back, neck and shoulder.  The nice thing about it, I know my kids and husband care about me!  They all came running.  Maybe I should fall more often!  Anyhow.. I'm still feeling it today.  I dug through the medicine box and finally found something a little stronger and wow...  I'm feeling better now.  Maybe I can clean the house a bit today. 


It's football playoffs this weekend.  Both of our teams are playing today, but not against each other (thank goodness).  So here were are dressed to cheer our teams.  Curt's team won a fantastic game.  My team sucked it up and their season is over.  So I will pull out my 49ers clothes and cheer on my husband's team til they're done (hopefully, Feb. 5 at the Super Bowl). 

Friday, January 13, 2012- Day 50

Friday, January 13, 2012
Day 50

CURT: ....  he forgot to weigh in
JAMIE: LOSS: 2.6 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 15.2 lbs (that doesn't sound right so I may have to check my math later)

Breakfast:
C and J: Breakfast stacks and a 100 cal starbucks lite coffee

Lunch:
C: steamed veggies, chicken/ mushroom stirfry, spicy chicken stirfry, beef and broccoli stirfry
J: steamed veggies, stringbean/ chix stirfry, spicy chicken stirfry and beef and broccoli stir fry

Dinner:
C: stuffed red pepper, omelet
J: FF coconut pie yogurt

Water:
C: can't remember
J: can't remember

Our water intake was atrocious! And I was starving last night but didn't eat dinner except for a yogurt because I was to frickin' lazy to cook anything!  Yesterday was fun tho.  Curt had the day off.  We didn't do much.  We spent a couple hours out at his mom's just gabbing.  Then we went to Boise and picked up my birthday present!  I got a KitchenAid mixer!  I've wanted one FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS and had given up on the idea of owning one.  Then...  I got me a husband that actually listens to me!  I'm excited to start using it.  I may make some bran muffins today just to see it in action! 

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Thursday, Jan 12, 2012
Day 49

CURT: GAIN:   2.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 38 lbs
JAMIE: GAIN:  4.0 lbs TOTAL LOSS: 12.6 lbs

Breakfast:
C: SF/ FF Americano coffee, Phily cheese steak omelet, cottage cheese, tomato slices
J: SF/ FF Americano coffee, 2 eggs, 1 chorizo, cottage cheese, tomato slices

Lunch:
C and J: chicken tenders

Dinner:
C & J:chicken w/ onions, garlic and endamme

Water:
C: 2 quarts, 2 diet sodas
J: 3.5 quarts, 3 diet sodas

Exercise:
J: ran 1.3 miles, walked 1 mile, rode stationary bike 35 minutes: 11.25 miles

How did I put on 4 lbs in one day?!?!?!  In fact...  I don't think I ate enough food yesterday to even equal 4 lbs!  Ridiculous!  Anyways...  we're seeing the cycle Curt always goes thru.  He loses a nice chunk of weight, then puts some back on but loses it again.  We're seeing me stuck at the same old weight.  Bah!!  

Why do I see her as MY cheerleader?

It's no secret that I always loved Jamie from afar during jr and sr high as we grew up together in the same youth group.  I was the nerdy guy who always thought the cheerleader was out of my league, and she was the girl who knew I liked her, but waited for me to make the first move... which I was too stupid to do...

Anyway...  here's some examples of us in high school:

Jamie is the bottom left blond.

Jamie..  still the blond.  I'm wearing the purple shirt w/ the mullet.

I'm on the far left, Jamie is ... still the blond, purple skirt, 2nd from the right.


Below:  I'm the one trying to kill a child, Jamie is wearing the blue shirt, jeans.

It's Curt again... Yes, I'm alive!!!

Hey all...  yeah, what a weird last couple of weeks!  Jamie hit the nail on the head there!


This morning's weight loss took me by total surprise, and makes me wonder.... how can there be a 6 lb difference from 6am vs noon?  I know we hadn't eaten or drank anything in that time, but gosh.. we didn't do anything but sleep!!!  Oh well, maybe that means we need more naps together!

My new shift stinks... it has pro's, but mostly cons for me.  I really don't like it.  My work has us bid for our shifts quarterly, so I'm stuck here until April where hopefully it'll change.  The nice thing is that I'm still working from home, and now that Jamie's not working I get to hang out with my favorite person on the planet all day long!

I'm also glad she's here because, while it might seem that I'm benefiting on the scale, I never know what to make for meals on this diet!  Every meal meant a phone call to her asking, "Ok, what am I eating for lunch?" 

We both push to not call it a 'diet', but a life change.  And I see evidence of this EVERY DAY.  While we might not be the strictest Dukan-ites, that was not our goal.  Our goal was to make ourselves healthy and happy!  And we're getting there!

It's been great seeing the little things that have changed in my body!  For instance...  I am a T-shirt and shorts guy...  if I wear pants, something's wrong.  I wore sweat pants the other day and Jamie almost made me go change!  LOL!

Well, I've been noticing that I've been having to fold the waist of my shorts over and cinch them up with a belt just to get them to stay up.  I've been wearing size 52 pants for....  ugh, years...  at least 10 years.

Well, Jamie was shopping for clothes the other day and asked me if I wanted some new ones... SURE!  Her next question:  what size...  ugh...  I have NO idea... so, she got a 44 and a 42 to try.  Sizes I haven't worn in...  again...  I'm sure 12 years.

THEY FIT!!!  Yes, even the 42 fits ok!  Well enough I can wear it in public even!  LOL.  I was SO happy!!  Jamie was too...  I've said this before, but having the world's cutest cheerleader in your corner will make you strive to do ANYTHING.  Anyway, I've worn them a few times, even on my one day in the office this month last week.  I got asked about my weight by 3 different people who could tell a difference!  It was GREAT!  I can now shop in most normal stores for pants/shorts!  I'm elated!

Alright... I'm gonna go have dinner with this beautiful wife of mine.  I love getting to take the cheerleader home (yes, she was a cheerleader in high school, when I dreamed one day she'd be mine) and hold her hand all night long.

Have fun storming the castle!!!

Curt

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Day 51

CURT: TOTAL LOSS: 40.0 lbs
JAMIE: TOTAL LOSS: 16.6 lbs

Curt hit an all time new low today!  And it really came out of the blue.  He started a new shift at work, working 3pm-11:30pm so the mornings are BRUTAL to say the least.  So this morning, he got up with the kids and I at 6:30, weighed in and was 6 lbs up!  Then we laid back down for 2 hours and got up and was at the new low!  He thinks the scales are broken.  I say take it and run!  Starting tomorrow, I'm going to go back to posting what we eat.  Keeps me more accountable. 

January 6, 2012, day 46

Well... neither one one of us is great, but neither is awful either.  But...  I have to tell you all..  I've had an AWFUL week.  I've already discussed the job situation.  But I came home Friday morning and had an okay day, but if you ask my husband, and I will thoroughly agree with him, I had been acting "off" for a couple days.  But Friday night, I SNAPPED!  I know that it was a combination if the stress and the birth control pill, which I've had minor issues with before.  Well... this was by NO MEANS minor.  I went on total freak out. I was cussing, screaming, hitting walls (I have a bruise on my brow bone that I really have no idea how I got it, but it was from that night), holing up in a room...  in a ball...  chewing my nails...  in a very defensive stance.  It was NOT pretty. But, on the bright side, some stuff that had been weighing heavily on my for a few weeks got taken off my chest.  Funny thing about all of this, to some degree, was that we were working out that morning and I was reading my sheet for the birth control pills about the side effects.  I was worried about the migraines I was having, told Curt to make me call the doctor if I had one in the next day or two.  I also noticed I had what they called "breast tenderness."  Then I read through the rest, glanced at the part about the mood swings and depression.  It came full circle for me less than 12 hours and thank goodness, I recognized it, mentioned it to Curt ad he popped all my pills and I haven't had a problem since.  Except my period started over a week early.

Thursday, January 5, 2012, Day 41

Thursday, Jan 5, 2012
Day 41

Curt: no change
Jamie: ???

I'm still not home.  I will definitely weigh in tomorrow morning when I get home from work.  I've been suffering last night with ALOT of body pain and today, TWO migraine headaches.  I started birth control pills a week and a half ago and have had several bad headaches since them, so I'm wondering if they are the cause.  I'm ready to be done with work, this job...  Then Briyanna, my 13 year old daughter, called me today, upset w/ her dad.  He took the doors off her and her brother's room.  Now...  her brother..  I understand.  But she's done nothing.  So he told her, no door, no cheer, no church camp until they hand over Facebook passwords.  OH! by the way....  they are aren't even allowed on the computer at his house.  And there's no TV.  It's a bit disturbing. And frustrating.  There's nothing I can do over here. 

Wednesday, January 4, 2012, DAY 40

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Day 40
PP

CURT:  LOSS:  .4 lbs   TOTAL LOSS: 38.2 lbs
JAMIE: ???

Happy New Year, everyone!  For starters, Curt hit a new low today.  And I may be off on the math of how much he's actually lost, but I don't have the chart in front of me.  And I can't weigh in right now.  I've been working day in and day out.  I will have done 56 hours straight on Friday morning.  So...  I have news.  Good news if you ask me.  I quit my job today.  I don't get paid enough to get called a liar and a bitch and told that I'm playing favorites because I freakin' helped someone because they fell down and having a phone call from my boss asking what's going on because my client has locked herself in the bathroom with her Bible and a cross because she's afraid I'm going to hurt her...  What the....  anyways...  The past month has been this way.  I was told, "It's a phase and it will pass in the spring."  Yeah...  like I said, I'm not paid enough to be verbally and emotionally abused on a daily basis.  My boss begged me not to quit and transfer to a new house.  Nope...  I'm done.  I'm going to go back to sewing and hope that all works out for the best.  I'm not going to stress out about it.  All I've been doing about this current job is stressing out, so I need a break.  Today, even tho I'm at work, I've been plotting the sewing business... how I want to do it, what exactly to sell.  This is a touchy subject for me.  I quit sewing a few years back because my ex-husband decided that it was super manly to steal his ex-wife's sewing business.  I tell you what...  It IRRITATES me that he's doing it.  He has this little piece of paper that says he can work on just about anything that flies.  But instead, he chose to steal his ex-wife's business.  It's despicable... if you ask me. So now I have to compete with him now.