weekend

Well the weekend has come and gone.
On Friday we went to the movie-Revenge of Nature, Bella thought it was really funny.

On Saturday we had to go to church for practice for the childrens mass, then I went to lunch with a friend and Scott & Bella went to see Mario. In the afternoon Bella's friend A came over and the dog got cut on her leg. We are not sure how that happened. We discovered that the power washer wouldn't work, so I just had to sweep and blow off the deck and driveway. We discovered that a Mallard duck had made a nest and layed 9 eggs by our back door. We also discovered 4 chipmunks had met their demise in a bucket of water-Gross!!! I buried them in the back yard and pulled a lot of weeds. My husband had a fit because my plan for supper was a homemade pizza but the crust was frozen, It did unthaw in about 30 min. Sunday I took Bella to religion class and Scott picked her up. We then each did our housework and got ready for church. Bella did the first reading of the children's mass and did a great job. Scott's mom and her husband came to church and then we all went out to lunch at the Backyard. They came to the house briefly and then they left and the three of us and the dog went for a walk at the forrest preserve. We have been trying to get out more on the weekend if the weather is nice.

I weighed in at 219 this am which is better than the 221.5 last Monday.

I had a really tough day at work. Bella and I had chinese for supper and then went to woodman's to do the grocery shopping.

Here is to a better day tomorrow.

THE SECRET PROJECT

As my family and close friends know for months now I have been working on a secret project at work. Yesterday there was a press release about the project and now it is not so secret. It was announced yesterday that the Health Sytem I work for is being aquired by another health system here in the same town. If it all goes through which know one knows it it will or not at this time, I will be working for OSF or maybe not at all depending on how things work out. It is a releif not to have to keep the secret but I have become more worriesome about my job and what will I do if I get let go. After the announcement yesterday and class last night I had an overwhelming urge to eat even though I did not feel hungry. I did resist and went home and this morning my weight was 218 so that is a loss for the week. I did eat lunch in the cafeteria today but I only had a salad.

Have a goof weekend.
Obese girl out

In the Trash

They only pick up the trash in our office suite a couple times a week, so on Monday morning when I came in there was the trash from Friday which included an empty bottle of diet Mt. Dew. a Ruffles Cheddar and sour cream bag and a wrapper from a 3 muskateers bar.

Ruffles 3 Muskateers bar
1 1/2 oz 2.13 oz
240 calories (140 from fat) 260 calories (70 from fat)
Fat 16g Fat 8g
sodium 350 sodium 110
carb 21g carb 46g

IS IT ANY WONDER I AM SO FAT?

500 calories
24 g fat
460 sodium
67g carbs

then to make matters worse Bella and I went to McDonalds for supper and I did not have a salad.

Yikes.

no wonder my wallet is skinny and I am fat.

Saturday was not much better as we bought a large bag of ruffles and a package of fudge sticks at target.

Obese girl out

Mother's day

Yesterday was Mother's day. I am ever so thankful for the munchkin in our lives that allows me to be celebrated on this day. Bella made me a hand colored laminated butterfly with magnets on it. Scott gave me flowers and cards and we went out to lunch at Applebees, we even had dessert. After Scott went to work Bella and I went to the Rotary gardens, they were amazingly beautiful and such a gorgeous day. Bella also entertained with cart wheels and head stands. On the way home we stopped at Culvers for lemon ice coolers and then on home. At home we picked up Lady and headed to the forest preserve.

In years past when Scott had to work on Mother's day we tried to squeeze in lunch with his mom, but not this year. Scott and Bella sent cards and Scott talked to her in the morning but that was it.

My MIL sent me a card and signed it mom-I did not really appreciate this. My mother is dead.

Things between my MIL and I are strained at best and utterly destroyed at worse. You pick. I just know I don't care to speak to her or see her or have Bella see her for that matter. According to her I am a liar, with a problem and I yell at her.

Friday she stopped by the house and left a couple of books for Bella and a pile of old papers for Scott. I am glad we were not home.

I would be remiss if I were to say that Mother's day came and went without me thinking about my own mother who has now been gone for 2 Mother's days. I am guessing the rest of my siblings thought about her too.

I weighed in this AM at 221.5. Even with extra walking I am not shedding pounds, but continue to feel the need to. I was interesed in reading the book "The End to Overeating" but despite the card catalog stating the book was on the shelf for weeks now it is not and I even had the librarian look too. I am reading stop stuffing yourself which is a WW book. We will see.

I have a lot of housework to do tonight-FUN
obese girl out

At least once a week I......

At least once a week I slop something on my shirt front. Usually my lunch, sometimes it is dinner and on occasion I think it even happens at breakfast. Now am I just too clutsy? Am I unable to manuver a spoon or fork from plate to mouth? Is it because I am Fat? Is it because I am too busty? If I had a chest that did not protrude out so far would the dribble, spill or splatter just land on the table, my napkin or my lap? I don't know why I seem to be cursed with this problem but I am. I have really permanently ruined some shirts this way not to mention the fact that I have to sometimes spend the rest of my work day wearing my lunch.

The last 3 days I have woken up with a headache. Wednesday I am guessing it is becaue I stayed up too late on Tuesday, straining my eyes over my coding homework. I was then tired all day on Wednesday so much so that I could have put my head down on my desk and taken a nap. I have read weight loss blogs that are testimonies to giving up sugar as that has eliminated certain weight warriors headaches and lethargy. Maybe I need to do this. I sure could use some headache free days and days where I feel awake the whole day. After work on Wednesday I laid down for a bit and did not wake up until 6:00 when Isabella is supose to be at brownies. We showed up a little late, lucky for us we live close to school. Yesterday my co-worker was having the same tiredness and then laid down when she got home, fell asleep and was late for class. Maybe it is the air in our offices.

I have no real plans for Mother's day weekend. It will depend a little on the weather. Bella does not have religion class so we will skip church. I tend not to go to church on Mother's day because priest/ministers have a way of insulting adoptive moms. Mother's day has been different since I lost my mom. It use to be that I would shop for my mom and shop for Scott's mom too. Now that I am not shopping for mother's day, Scott has to shop for his mom himself. I am/we are still feuding with Scott's mom and since he hung up on him the other day he says he does not feel like taking her out to eat or anything. He and Bella bought her cards and put them in the mail. Scott's mom did send me a card. She wrote in the card that I am a great mom, but how can that be when I am a liar, yell at her and have a "problem".


Hope everyone has a great weekend
Obese girl out.

ROWING

My niece and nephew are on the rowing team at New Trier High School. Their parents, especially mom are very proud of them. I give my niece a lot of credit too. I am not sure as a new high schooler I would have had enough confidence in myself to try a sport I knew nothing about and when none of my friends were doing it either. She is a very confident girl, she just turned 18 and will be heading off to Boston University in the fall and plans to be on their rowing team too. The boys have kind of followed in their sisters footsteps but that is ok. Keep up the good work Specht family! We had a great time visiting in Crystal Lake and watching you race, we probably will not have a chance to see Sarah race again, at least not anytime soon, but we will look forward to seeing the boys at the head of the rock in the fall.

City Dog

City Dog

We took Lady our city dog to the country over the weekend where she was introduced to a cow. Lady can be a brave little dog. She went nose to nose with a Holstein, it was really cute. Wish I would have had my camera. Lady also followed the farm dog around and chased the chickens. We were out on Sunday driving around in the new car and ended up stopping to visit one of Scott’s old classmates in Mr. Morris.

New Car

My husband decided he wanted a new car and he wanted a mini cooper convertible. We bought one on Saturday. We were at the dealer for over 3 hours. Ours is gray. Scott loves it, I hate the thought of a car payment again.