Guerilla Tactics and Spider Veins

Whelp, I have lost a total of 2 lbs.  In 3 weeks, which is A) healthy weight loss but B) not as much as I had hoped for.  A friend of mine started doing weight watchers through their online program and I have decided to try it as well. I set a goal of 5% which would put me down at 197.5 lbs at the end of the month. I have 3 months so hopefully by my 27th Birthday (in may) I can be down to my college weight of 175 lbs (this was when I was in peak rowing shape). My ultimate goal is to get down into the normal range for my BMI which is somewhere in the 145-160lb rage.  I have to admit I am a bit scared to get down there, I have always been a bit chubby so I don't really know what I will look like at that weight.   But here goes nothing.

On a side note, this Friday I am getting the first of 2 outpatient surgeries that are supposed to help solve my spider vein problem. One this Friday and one next Friday.

This is what I am Having done (if your squeamish, don't watch):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwWlLTzXtdo&feature=player_embedded 

It is supposed to treat the underlining cause of spider veins. Then once this is done, I can have my spider veins treated and I don't have to be concerned with them coming back!

And My parents are visiting (my dad for a week and my mom for 2).  My mom being the over protective woman that she is wants to make sure I am A-OK after these surgeries.

Naked Pussy!

Get your mind out of the gutter.... My Roommate shaved her cat see:

It's called the Lioness hair cut....Now she looks naked!

Ski Trip Fail

This past weekend me and two of my friends headed up to Maine/New Hampshire for a bit of winter fun. We ended up with quite the adventure to say the least:

We rented a GIANT Car thanks to my friend company points. It was a fully loaded Tahoe, aka The Pimp Mobile. This thing is bigger than a Hummer; not kidding we parked next to one and are about 15% bigger.

Saturday, We went Snow mobiling:

and got lost:

Sunday, we woke up it was -17 degrees, we were supposed to go skiing, but it was too cold to ski,

So we went to the store to get supplies (alcohol and snacks), and saw some creepy sights:

returned home and did this instead:

And the heat broke over night, it was -20 out side and about 40 in the house, Monday we did this while waiting for the heat repair folks:

Then we jumped on the plane and headed home! 

Happy New Year and OMG!

Well Helllo Blogging world. Its been like 8 weeks since we hung out. I blame the holidays and general laziness.

Speaking of laziness, my ass has grown. You think I am kidding, look at this picture from New Years:

and this is with SPANKS! Yes dear blogger friends, I have let myself go,  but No More!

Today, I stepped on the scale this am and I weigh a whopping 210. at 5'8" that means I am Obese.  I wear a size 16.

I have my goal. I would like to lose 30 lbs by my Birthday in May and then another 20 by Christmas which would put me at my lightest weight since high school and back into the normal range for my BMI.

What is motivating this business?  Well for starters, DC is a town where thin people get dates and I want dates. Dates that lead to LTR's that could possibly lead to the aisle (I have go the itch for the white dress and a church).

The second thing that is motivating this is my 10 year High school reunion is 2013. I need to look good by then because I was the new girl who didn't get too much attention and would love a little bit of stickin' it to the mean girls.

The third issue and probably the most important is that I am not Healthy, which is bad news all around.

Here's what my plan includes:

  1) I have signed up for 2 half marathons and plan on signing up for the marine corp again.  The first half is in march, the second half is in June and the marine corp is in October. Between those 3, I should have the motivation to work out, because if  I don't those races are going to HURT!

2) Eating close to the source. What does that mean? Well it means eating food that is minimally processed, i.e. fresh fruits, veggies, and lean meats.   Steamed Veggies with baked salmon= good.  Hot pockets=bad.

3) I will work out 6 days a week.  They don't all have to be super omg i am going to die work outs but it needs to happen.

4) I am cutting out soda. It cuts the bloat, sodium and helps my body maintain its iron and calcium levels better.

5) I am limiting alcohol consumption to 1 night a week.

6) I am kicking off the weight loss with 1 bottle of Alli to get things moving and to understand which meals  I have that are fattier than others.

That's it, its simple it works for me and I will post pics once a week to give you an idea of where I am at and my pitfalls.

Woo Woo 2012 is my year!

What happened to Thanksgiving?

This past weekend I decided to finish out my Christmas Shopping (yes, its early, yes, I am type A and no, I didn't finish because my father is behind on putting his list together-do not get me started). So me and a few girlfriends trucked out to the outlets that are an hour away.

Over all it was successful, but I am not sharing what I purchased because some of the folks who I bought for sometimes read this and what is the fun in that?

On the way back, we swung by Target.  I thought I would pick up a few Thanksgiving decorations to put on my apartment door.  Now this Target was a SUPER Target, the mecca of all things inexpensive and commercial.  much to my surprise all they had in regards to Thanksgiving was a sad little display on the end of an aisle in stationary that had a paper table cloth, some plates, and napkins. THAT WAS IT! 

Their Christmas displays were out of control already and they Had 4 aisles of Halloween decorations but when did the retail world up and decide to SKIP THANKSGIVING!  I don't understand its one of the few holidays where you can eat, watch football, and are not obligated to purchase presents. 

*Insert fist shaking here*

Sigh, I guess I shall just have to go out and collect leave to make my own wreath.

My Front Door

My roommate's favorite Holiday is Halloween, I decided that I was going to surprise her with some decoration on our front door: 

She loved it!  What do you think?

200 mi Ragnar Relay Results

I may or may not have mentioned in a previous post that I was suckered into signed up for a 200 mi relay race with 11 of my friends from my Hashing group.   The race was from Cumberland MD back to Washington DC.

Each runner had to do 3 legs of the race, all the legs were different distances, but my total ended up being just over a half marathon at 13.4 mi.   It took my team 28 hours and 42 min to run the distance which had us in 58th place overall out of 262 teams.  Which I think is not too shabby since most of us were just cruising.  The hardest part of all of this is that there was no opportunity to sleep. 

Did I mention that we camped the night before? You know how camping goes, you don't really sleep either. so it was like 48 hours of no sleep with a half marathon and 200 mi of driving with stinky runners and no showers.  It was a blast but Saturday night I slept like 16 hours just to try and catch up a little.

I am still recovering and I am glad  I don't have to do it again soon, but I could do it again.