When I first joined Weight Watchers I was completely clueless
Here is a list of ten foods that I think every WW newbie needs.
Thomas Light English Muffins - 1 Point
Wonder Light or Natures Own Light Bread - 2 Slices - 1 Point
Kraft 2% American Cheese - 1 Slice - 1 Point
Progresso Light Soup - 1/2 can - 0 Points
Fiber One Bar (chocolate) - 1 Point
Handi Snacks Fat Free Chocolate Pudding - 1 Point
Weight Watchers Cream Cheese - 1 Point
Weight Watchers Giant Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bar - 2 Points
I Cant Believe Its Not Butter Spray - 5 Sprays - 0 Points
Veggies, Veggie and more Veggies (most are free)- 0 Points
Friday, August 29, 2008
When being a mom sucks the most
Well...being a mom to teenage girls is definitely a struggle to say the least. I am starting to come to terms with the fact that babies aren’t babies any more, but I refuse to believe that I am supposed to let go, I cant, I wont.
Being a single teenage mother, my girls and I kinda grew up together. I have learned to accept the past and move forward with my life. Sure I could sit there and have a pity party for everything that has happened in my life, poor me, poor me, but what does it solve and who does it help?
When my twins were born at 34 weeks, I went into labor at work, took the train to the hospital where I was informed that not only was I in labor, but that I was having twins. Here I am 17 years old, all by myself, with 2 babies to care for, and no ones help….what was I going to do, how would I do it? 72 hours later my beautiful baby girls entered the world. After three days of labor…I was so exhausted. The next thing I knew, I woke up in a hospital room. I walked to the nurse’s station and asked where my babies were, she told me they were in NICU and that she would call someone to take me there and that she didn’t know how long it would be. So I borrowed another hospital gown…and snuck off when the nurse wasn’t looking. I walked three buildings away, soooo very tired, but the only thing on my mind was to see my girls. When I arrived at the NICU about 2 hours later, the nurse just about had a heart attack “what are you doing here, everyone is looking for you” and starts to yell for another nurse to get me a chair. I then asked her where my girls were, she pointed at two incubators side-by-side with two tiny babies in them, and I was instantly in love. I was able to carry Angelic first and then Leila….and was in total complete awe, I remember thinking to myself, unconditional love, I promise to for you for always.
Fast forward to now, at 15 ½ years old, I think that now to my twins, I am the equivalent of the anti-Christ. Can’t they see I only have their best interests in mind, don’t they see I only want the best for them? In comparison to most moms, I think I am pretty cool, can someone please tell me, when did I become the enemy? How to I get them to see where I am coming from? Granted, the little person on their left should happens to be my mother that has some demented vendetta against me…but that another story, for another day, until then I’ll just keep on keeping on…chin up Mrs. Every Woman
Being a single teenage mother, my girls and I kinda grew up together. I have learned to accept the past and move forward with my life. Sure I could sit there and have a pity party for everything that has happened in my life, poor me, poor me, but what does it solve and who does it help?
When my twins were born at 34 weeks, I went into labor at work, took the train to the hospital where I was informed that not only was I in labor, but that I was having twins. Here I am 17 years old, all by myself, with 2 babies to care for, and no ones help….what was I going to do, how would I do it? 72 hours later my beautiful baby girls entered the world. After three days of labor…I was so exhausted. The next thing I knew, I woke up in a hospital room. I walked to the nurse’s station and asked where my babies were, she told me they were in NICU and that she would call someone to take me there and that she didn’t know how long it would be. So I borrowed another hospital gown…and snuck off when the nurse wasn’t looking. I walked three buildings away, soooo very tired, but the only thing on my mind was to see my girls. When I arrived at the NICU about 2 hours later, the nurse just about had a heart attack “what are you doing here, everyone is looking for you” and starts to yell for another nurse to get me a chair. I then asked her where my girls were, she pointed at two incubators side-by-side with two tiny babies in them, and I was instantly in love. I was able to carry Angelic first and then Leila….and was in total complete awe, I remember thinking to myself, unconditional love, I promise to for you for always.
Fast forward to now, at 15 ½ years old, I think that now to my twins, I am the equivalent of the anti-Christ. Can’t they see I only have their best interests in mind, don’t they see I only want the best for them? In comparison to most moms, I think I am pretty cool, can someone please tell me, when did I become the enemy? How to I get them to see where I am coming from? Granted, the little person on their left should happens to be my mother that has some demented vendetta against me…but that another story, for another day, until then I’ll just keep on keeping on…chin up Mrs. Every Woman
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Customer Service? or Self Service?
Does customer service really exist? I mean really, how many times a day could you, if you had the time, complain about the service you are receiving. Have our expectations been gradually lowered?
I had called my cable company the other day because I had an issue with my bill. The Customer Service Agent wasn’t giving me the answers I was looking for, so I thanked her for all her help and asked to speak to get supervisor, she says to me, get this, "you could speak to the president of the company and still not get what you are looking to get", really...wow, so I again thanked for her help and explained to her that I have every right to speak to a supervisor...after going back and forth with her about this, she finally transferred me....but holy crap! I eventually got exactly what I was look for, but jeeze, you would have thought I had smacked that reps momma to do so!
How about the times I have go to a store looking for something and I will get, um "that way"? Is it me, are my standards to high? Or how about when i go to Wendy's and I ask what comes in the burger and i'll get "I don’t know" final answer? Don’t you want to call a co-worker or something? WTF?!
Maybe I am not okay with the "laid-back" approach (I’m fishing for answers here people), for some reason I feel up north your held to a higher standard, but it could be just me...getting old and annoying....nah :)
I had called my cable company the other day because I had an issue with my bill. The Customer Service Agent wasn’t giving me the answers I was looking for, so I thanked her for all her help and asked to speak to get supervisor, she says to me, get this, "you could speak to the president of the company and still not get what you are looking to get", really...wow, so I again thanked for her help and explained to her that I have every right to speak to a supervisor...after going back and forth with her about this, she finally transferred me....but holy crap! I eventually got exactly what I was look for, but jeeze, you would have thought I had smacked that reps momma to do so!
How about the times I have go to a store looking for something and I will get, um "that way"? Is it me, are my standards to high? Or how about when i go to Wendy's and I ask what comes in the burger and i'll get "I don’t know" final answer? Don’t you want to call a co-worker or something? WTF?!
Maybe I am not okay with the "laid-back" approach (I’m fishing for answers here people), for some reason I feel up north your held to a higher standard, but it could be just me...getting old and annoying....nah :)
Kai's 1st birthday was great!
I had a good friend of mine from Tampa her husband drove down from Tampa on Thursday (she used to be my neighbor in New York), so I took the day off from work on Friday, then Friday night my mother-in-law, sister-in-law & niece flew in from New York..crazy! I ran around like a lunatic making sure everything was "just so".
Kai's party started at 2pm on Saturday,at least thats what the invitation said, well the first guest arrived around 2:30 and the last guest left about 10:30. Kai was a little under the weather, running a low grade fever and was almsot surgically attached to my hip the whole time..poor baby. He loved his cake, watching him eat it was the cutest thing ever.
I also got to meet my oldest daughters (one of the twins) boy friend, he seems like a nice kid...with the exception of him getting to the party like 4 hours late, he seems alright.....but that statement is subject to change without any notice, maybe i'll just leave it as "Boyfreind status, under review" :)
Kai's party started at 2pm on Saturday,at least thats what the invitation said, well the first guest arrived around 2:30 and the last guest left about 10:30. Kai was a little under the weather, running a low grade fever and was almsot surgically attached to my hip the whole time..poor baby. He loved his cake, watching him eat it was the cutest thing ever.
I also got to meet my oldest daughters (one of the twins) boy friend, he seems like a nice kid...with the exception of him getting to the party like 4 hours late, he seems alright.....but that statement is subject to change without any notice, maybe i'll just leave it as "Boyfreind status, under review" :)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
First Official Day of School
Well today was the first official day of school, it was supposed to be Monday, but because of Tropical Storm Fay, school was cancelled Monday & Tuesday. The twins are now in the 10th Grade and my youngest daughter is now in the 8th grade. Wow, I feel soo old, who wouldn’t? The girls were up late last night getting all dolled up, while I pretended not to here them, but um, don’t they know sound travels, they were like 8 feet from my bedroom door…..oh boy
I remember the first day of school, I would have a hard time sleeping the night before, my outfit would be laid-out on a chair with the shirt, pants, belt, socks, shoes and accessories all set up exactly how I was going to wear it, kinda like a mannequin would have it on. I almost couldn’t wait to see how had their braces removed, or put on, who cut their hair, who grew taller, which boys transitioned into cuteness over the summer….etc..
Seems so long ago when that was me, now I’m a full time working wife/mom of four, crazy when you think of it huh? Brings it home when the girls at the store call me mam...mam? Who the heck is mam, not me, right?!
I remember the first day of school, I would have a hard time sleeping the night before, my outfit would be laid-out on a chair with the shirt, pants, belt, socks, shoes and accessories all set up exactly how I was going to wear it, kinda like a mannequin would have it on. I almost couldn’t wait to see how had their braces removed, or put on, who cut their hair, who grew taller, which boys transitioned into cuteness over the summer….etc..
Seems so long ago when that was me, now I’m a full time working wife/mom of four, crazy when you think of it huh? Brings it home when the girls at the store call me mam...mam? Who the heck is mam, not me, right?!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
How to be a thrifty mommy 101
Being a mom of 3 teenagers and a toddler, I am sure there is no need to explain how important being thrifty is....I literally have to stretch every single dollar. Over the years I have found a couple of websites that have helped me do just that.
retailmenot.com
I love this website, its pretty simple, basically, before I purchase anything from any website, I check there first for coupon codes. When you go to the website just type in the web address of the online store you will be buying something from and hit search, it will pull up any available coupon codes and explanations of use, yeah just that simple.
slickdeals.net
Awesome site, I use this along with retailmenot! "The most frequently updated and complete deal site on the web! We provide you with the day's hottest deals every day. We also have over 800 coupons for all your favorite online stores. Browse around and you're bound to save more than a few bucks!" Thats pretty much on the money. I check this regularly and save on all kinds of stuff from food to clothes to school supplies.
fatwallet.com
Earn Cash Back while you shop – just 3 simple steps.
Sign Up! (It's FREE.) Shop through FatWallet for deals from your favorite stores. Your online purchases earn Cash Back that builds in your FatWallet account. Get Paid by requesting a payment via check or PayPal. Thats it!
Oh and before I go, right now there is a 30% printable in-store coupon for Foot Locker, Champs & Foot Action here is the link:
30% off Foot Locker, Champs & Foot Action
retailmenot.com
I love this website, its pretty simple, basically, before I purchase anything from any website, I check there first for coupon codes. When you go to the website just type in the web address of the online store you will be buying something from and hit search, it will pull up any available coupon codes and explanations of use, yeah just that simple.
slickdeals.net
Awesome site, I use this along with retailmenot! "The most frequently updated and complete deal site on the web! We provide you with the day's hottest deals every day. We also have over 800 coupons for all your favorite online stores. Browse around and you're bound to save more than a few bucks!" Thats pretty much on the money. I check this regularly and save on all kinds of stuff from food to clothes to school supplies.
fatwallet.com
Earn Cash Back while you shop – just 3 simple steps.
Sign Up! (It's FREE.) Shop through FatWallet for deals from your favorite stores. Your online purchases earn Cash Back that builds in your FatWallet account. Get Paid by requesting a payment via check or PayPal. Thats it!
Oh and before I go, right now there is a 30% printable in-store coupon for Foot Locker, Champs & Foot Action here is the link:
30% off Foot Locker, Champs & Foot Action
Bye Bye Fay and more good news!
Wow, that was close.....
Yesterday was full of bringing in patio furniture and securing the stuff we couldn’t bring in with bungee cords, making sure all the clothes in the whole house was washed and that everything was clean (in case the power went out), even though we are still under Tropical Storm Warning and Tornado Watch, I think its safe to say we are in the clear, I hope our friends up North have the same luck.
On to better news.....well, we were one of those suckers who bought a house at the top of the market with and ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage)...our mortgage went up almost $500...and property values took a nose dive...that left us and many Americans in BIG trouble. In our situation, we bought our house for 305k, thinking it would increase in value before our ARM matured, WRONG! I guess it became immature, because our house in now valued at under 250k, and since we were upside down in our house, we had no equity to refinance with. There was nothing we could do besides ask the bank for help.
I think my husband put it best by saying that our current financial situation was like we were under water holding three fingers above water, and that every now and then we were able to jump up and gasp for air, that about summed it up. Well after HSBC giving us the run around for SIX months, and then rejecting our request for a Temporary Interest Rate Modification, I was at my wits end.
A girlfriend of mine was in a similar situation and told me about www.loansafe.org, I posted a thread about my current situation, one of the moderators responded and suggested that I email the Big Wigs at HSBC....and wouldn’t you know that I received a letter in the mail on Saturday approving our modification, and that resulted in our mortgage being reduced by almost $800 per month. Thank You God! I seriously don’t think I took a single breath while I read that letter.
A Huge Thank you to my favorite pregnant Georgia Peach, www.loansafe.org and HSBC Bank, and for all of you people on the verge of losing your homes, there is hope (at least for another 6 months)…don’t give up!
Yesterday was full of bringing in patio furniture and securing the stuff we couldn’t bring in with bungee cords, making sure all the clothes in the whole house was washed and that everything was clean (in case the power went out), even though we are still under Tropical Storm Warning and Tornado Watch, I think its safe to say we are in the clear, I hope our friends up North have the same luck.
On to better news.....well, we were one of those suckers who bought a house at the top of the market with and ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage)...our mortgage went up almost $500...and property values took a nose dive...that left us and many Americans in BIG trouble. In our situation, we bought our house for 305k, thinking it would increase in value before our ARM matured, WRONG! I guess it became immature, because our house in now valued at under 250k, and since we were upside down in our house, we had no equity to refinance with. There was nothing we could do besides ask the bank for help.
I think my husband put it best by saying that our current financial situation was like we were under water holding three fingers above water, and that every now and then we were able to jump up and gasp for air, that about summed it up. Well after HSBC giving us the run around for SIX months, and then rejecting our request for a Temporary Interest Rate Modification, I was at my wits end.
A girlfriend of mine was in a similar situation and told me about www.loansafe.org, I posted a thread about my current situation, one of the moderators responded and suggested that I email the Big Wigs at HSBC....and wouldn’t you know that I received a letter in the mail on Saturday approving our modification, and that resulted in our mortgage being reduced by almost $800 per month. Thank You God! I seriously don’t think I took a single breath while I read that letter.
A Huge Thank you to my favorite pregnant Georgia Peach, www.loansafe.org and HSBC Bank, and for all of you people on the verge of losing your homes, there is hope (at least for another 6 months)…don’t give up!
Monday, August 18, 2008
A Tropical Storm...Great!
Or not, so Tropical Storm Kay coming our way. Guess its the price you have to pay to live in paradise...Today was supposed to be the kids first day of school, and school has been cancelled. Thankfully Kai's daycare was open, but I just got a call that they are closing at 12.
The forecasts say that it will just miss us when it turns into a Hurricane.... but I don’t know...kinda too close for comfort you know? I bought some extra water at the supermarket on Saturday, but we are by no means prepared.
To top it off Kai is sick, had a high fever Saturday night, took him to the emergency room on Sunday when he received a Penicillin Shot and is now on antibiotics for a double ear infection.
Counting to ten as I type…..
The forecasts say that it will just miss us when it turns into a Hurricane.... but I don’t know...kinda too close for comfort you know? I bought some extra water at the supermarket on Saturday, but we are by no means prepared.
To top it off Kai is sick, had a high fever Saturday night, took him to the emergency room on Sunday when he received a Penicillin Shot and is now on antibiotics for a double ear infection.
Counting to ten as I type…..
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I HEART Thai Food 4 Evaaaaaa!
Yesterday I took Al out for his birthday to a small Thai restaurant. Niether of us had ever had Thai food...and OMG it was amazing! I highly reccomend that you try it.
Although I am on WW, I had planned not to count a single point (I wish my brain was on the same page, it does it all by itself).
Our Menu:
Appetizers:
Jumping Sprimp
Beef Satay (A MUST HAVE)
Entree:
Currie Duck (Al)
Deep-fried whole red snapper topped with hot green chili sauce (A MUST HAVE)
Dessert:
Thai Coffee (Expresso with Condensed Milk)- A MUST HAVE
Thai Doughnuts
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am all about saving money whenever possible. So Restaurant.com had a 80% off sale the other day, and I took advantage and bought a bunch of certificates. Normally they will sell a $25 gift Certificate for $10 (if you go through couponmom.com you always get an additional 40% off). I ended up getting a $25 Gift Certificate for $2.
Our bill came to $67, minus my gift certificate....dinner was $42 not including tip...nice huh
Although I am on WW, I had planned not to count a single point (I wish my brain was on the same page, it does it all by itself).
Our Menu:
Appetizers:
Jumping Sprimp
Beef Satay (A MUST HAVE)
Entree:
Currie Duck (Al)
Deep-fried whole red snapper topped with hot green chili sauce (A MUST HAVE)
Dessert:
Thai Coffee (Expresso with Condensed Milk)- A MUST HAVE
Thai Doughnuts
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am all about saving money whenever possible. So Restaurant.com had a 80% off sale the other day, and I took advantage and bought a bunch of certificates. Normally they will sell a $25 gift Certificate for $10 (if you go through couponmom.com you always get an additional 40% off). I ended up getting a $25 Gift Certificate for $2.
Our bill came to $67, minus my gift certificate....dinner was $42 not including tip...nice huh
Rants for today
Rant #1
People can be so, are so…..okay deep breath…………….STUPID sometimes!
Okay so as you already know, I have lost 55lbs since Kai was born, but by no means was I a disaster when I was heavier, but by the dumb as comments I get sometimes, you would think I was some horrendous creature from the planet Pork-er. It usually starts like this, wow, you’ve lost soo much weight, “your husband must be sooo happy”…..and then when I respond by saying “um, he’s always been happy”, they seem confused, then they’ll add something like, well you know, since you look so good now, like a whole other person ….at this point I’m a little bothered and then I will say something like “um, I’ve always looked good, just in a slightly larger frame”…………….oh and get this, then I get the wow,” that sounds conceited look”, seriously, what do they expect me to say…..yeah, he’s sooo happy now that I am not a fat pig or yeah I was pretty disgusting back then? WTF is wrong with these people!
Rant #2
So I mentioned in my last post that I rewarded my weight loss with a mini-mommy makeover (a tummy tuck). Well, I mentioned to my sister that I fell in love with the practice, the surgeon (a female), everything…..I did my due diligence and went to other surgeons and they couldn’t even hold a candle to this practice. The level of professionalism what through the roof, pleasant staff, awesome bedside manner…. The whole nine, the obvious choice was to go with them; I called and set up my surgery date. So in my head, I’m done, nothing left except the countdown…..yeah well…SIKE!
My sister calls to schedule an appointment for a consultation for herself and requests the female surgeon, and guess what, she is informed that the surgeon had a family emergency and had to leave the COUNTRY! WTF! WTF WTF! This is AFTER I scheduled my surgery date…..come on, no one was going to tell me? Was I just going to walk into my pre-op appointment and they were going to be like SURPRISE, this is the NEW Dr that is going to cut you open?! So I am pissed at this point and call and express how upset I am about the situation, they are really apologetic and asked when I wanted to come in and meet with the other doctor. Although I know the other surgeon is awesome, world renown, and that I will end up having my surgery performed by him……but jeeze, this was supposed to be a done deal…Ugggg sooo frustrated!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO….BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
People can be so, are so…..okay deep breath…………….STUPID sometimes!
Okay so as you already know, I have lost 55lbs since Kai was born, but by no means was I a disaster when I was heavier, but by the dumb as comments I get sometimes, you would think I was some horrendous creature from the planet Pork-er. It usually starts like this, wow, you’ve lost soo much weight, “your husband must be sooo happy”…..and then when I respond by saying “um, he’s always been happy”, they seem confused, then they’ll add something like, well you know, since you look so good now, like a whole other person ….at this point I’m a little bothered and then I will say something like “um, I’ve always looked good, just in a slightly larger frame”…………….oh and get this, then I get the wow,” that sounds conceited look”, seriously, what do they expect me to say…..yeah, he’s sooo happy now that I am not a fat pig or yeah I was pretty disgusting back then? WTF is wrong with these people!
Rant #2
So I mentioned in my last post that I rewarded my weight loss with a mini-mommy makeover (a tummy tuck). Well, I mentioned to my sister that I fell in love with the practice, the surgeon (a female), everything…..I did my due diligence and went to other surgeons and they couldn’t even hold a candle to this practice. The level of professionalism what through the roof, pleasant staff, awesome bedside manner…. The whole nine, the obvious choice was to go with them; I called and set up my surgery date. So in my head, I’m done, nothing left except the countdown…..yeah well…SIKE!
My sister calls to schedule an appointment for a consultation for herself and requests the female surgeon, and guess what, she is informed that the surgeon had a family emergency and had to leave the COUNTRY! WTF! WTF WTF! This is AFTER I scheduled my surgery date…..come on, no one was going to tell me? Was I just going to walk into my pre-op appointment and they were going to be like SURPRISE, this is the NEW Dr that is going to cut you open?! So I am pissed at this point and call and express how upset I am about the situation, they are really apologetic and asked when I wanted to come in and meet with the other doctor. Although I know the other surgeon is awesome, world renown, and that I will end up having my surgery performed by him……but jeeze, this was supposed to be a done deal…Ugggg sooo frustrated!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO….BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
My Weightloss Journey
My mother used to be an aerobics instructor when I was a little girl, so at my house there was a content obsession with weight, seriously, I feel like I have been on a diet my whole life. It was really confusing because she would obsess over my weight then bring home doughnuts for breakfast...does that make any sense? So I guess it goes without saying that my self image was pretty bad almost from the start. This went on all through Elementary and Jr. High, looking back at those pictures, I now realize that I really wasn't "fat" at all. My mother told my sister not long ago that she would bother us about our weight all the time.....so we wouldn’t get "fat" WTF?
During my relationship with my ex he did everything and everything to destroy the little bit of self esteem I did have, he would call me fat, ugly, and tell me that no man would ever want a woman with three kids (well I proved him wrong). I mean, I didn’t get it, I would walk down the street and get plenty of attention, and have men telling me I was beautiful all the time, but when I looked in the mirror, I couldn’t see what they saw...not even close, thanks Loser, thanks mom
When I met my husband I was weighing about 180 lbs, which is a bit overweight for my 5'8 stature, but being that I was blessed with my grandmothers hour glass shape (all of my weight is ass, thighs & hips)....I hid it pretty well. I gained weight, as most women do in relationships, seriously, what do you do besides go out to eat or stay home and eat. Even though I gained weight, never once did Al make me feel bad about my body.....he complimented me soo much that it kinda felt weird (if that makes any sense).
My weight fluctuated up and down through the years, crash diets, miracle pills.....you name it, I did it. Would I lose weight? YES, would it always come back? YES!
Al & decided to pack up the family and move from NYC to Miami to buy a house. We did this....being that Al had never had any children, the next step was to have a baby. With all honesty, I was perfectly content with just having my 3 girls, but I knew Al would be an amazing father and parenthood is something that I wanted to experience with him. So we decided to try and get pregnant. I went to the GYN and removed my IUD that had been in place for eight years, and within 3 weeks I was pregnant. WOW……talk about fertile huh, I could just hear his sperms "hey guys....wooooooo, this is what we have been practicing for all these years"..he heh
After having Kai my weight was at an all time high of 217 lbs, I felt like crap about myself. I started dieting on my own and going to the gym and lost 11 lbs. A couple of girls I know joined Weight Watchers (WW), so I decided to give it a try…..and the weight just started shedding off, as of today, I am down 55.5 lbs and I feel great! I couldn’t have done it without Weight Watchers…seriously, Fad diets are just that…..the only way to lose weight and keep it off, is with good ol’ fashioned diet and exercise and Weight Watchers gives you the tools to do just that.
I am rewarding myself with a tummy tuck in December, after all, I have had 3 pregnancies (twins and 2 single births) so I can do crunches til the cows come home, but the loss of elasticity in the skin on my abdomen and the muscle separation is something that I cant fix.
okay, I guess I should go do some work now....talk to you soon
During my relationship with my ex he did everything and everything to destroy the little bit of self esteem I did have, he would call me fat, ugly, and tell me that no man would ever want a woman with three kids (well I proved him wrong). I mean, I didn’t get it, I would walk down the street and get plenty of attention, and have men telling me I was beautiful all the time, but when I looked in the mirror, I couldn’t see what they saw...not even close, thanks Loser, thanks mom
When I met my husband I was weighing about 180 lbs, which is a bit overweight for my 5'8 stature, but being that I was blessed with my grandmothers hour glass shape (all of my weight is ass, thighs & hips)....I hid it pretty well. I gained weight, as most women do in relationships, seriously, what do you do besides go out to eat or stay home and eat. Even though I gained weight, never once did Al make me feel bad about my body.....he complimented me soo much that it kinda felt weird (if that makes any sense).
My weight fluctuated up and down through the years, crash diets, miracle pills.....you name it, I did it. Would I lose weight? YES, would it always come back? YES!
Al & decided to pack up the family and move from NYC to Miami to buy a house. We did this....being that Al had never had any children, the next step was to have a baby. With all honesty, I was perfectly content with just having my 3 girls, but I knew Al would be an amazing father and parenthood is something that I wanted to experience with him. So we decided to try and get pregnant. I went to the GYN and removed my IUD that had been in place for eight years, and within 3 weeks I was pregnant. WOW……talk about fertile huh, I could just hear his sperms "hey guys....wooooooo, this is what we have been practicing for all these years"..he heh
After having Kai my weight was at an all time high of 217 lbs, I felt like crap about myself. I started dieting on my own and going to the gym and lost 11 lbs. A couple of girls I know joined Weight Watchers (WW), so I decided to give it a try…..and the weight just started shedding off, as of today, I am down 55.5 lbs and I feel great! I couldn’t have done it without Weight Watchers…seriously, Fad diets are just that…..the only way to lose weight and keep it off, is with good ol’ fashioned diet and exercise and Weight Watchers gives you the tools to do just that.
I am rewarding myself with a tummy tuck in December, after all, I have had 3 pregnancies (twins and 2 single births) so I can do crunches til the cows come home, but the loss of elasticity in the skin on my abdomen and the muscle separation is something that I cant fix.
okay, I guess I should go do some work now....talk to you soon
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Alpha
Well, lets see, where do I start?I am a thirty-something-ish married, full time working mom of four children, the twins are 15, my youngest daughter is 13, and my baby boy will be 1 soon. My life is never dull, there is always something going on. My 3 daughters are from a previous relationship....and my baby boy is from my current relationship.
So if I am thirty-something-ish and my oldest daughters are 15....well you guessed it, I was a teenage mom, on my own since I was 15.....and by 19, I was a single teenage mom of three little girls. Although my ex and I were technically still together, we really weren’t, he never fed, changed, bathed or did anything for the girls, and he was out there pretty much living the single life while I was "winging motherhood", nice huh? We were officially done by the time my youngest daughter was two, but to be honest, we were done before we started......it was the whole little girl with no daddy syndrome..looking for love in all the wrong places.
Everything I have gone through, has been nothing more then stepping stones, I have learned to accept that everything mashed together has molded me into the woman I am today. The woman that can stand on her two feet and doesn’t owe anyone anything. All that I have accomplished, was accomplished with my own sweat and tears.....with no pats on the back needed. Has it been all roses, um, hell-to-the-no, its been hard really hard..........the moral of my story, no sucky parent, no abusive husband....no one can hold you down! You control your universe.....PERIOD, no excuses.
Fast forward to my life now, boy is it hard to try and keep 5 people happy at once, someone is always pissed at me, and i've become quite accustomed to it, and to be honest, sometimes it really sucks, hence the name Mrs. Every Woman aka Mrs. Career, Mrs. Driver, Mrs. Wife, Mrs. Mommy, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Psycologist, Mrs. Refferee, Mrs. Maid, Mrs. Blame Me for Everything, Mrs. Every-freggin-thing.
Right now its a little crazy at my house, DH is going away to training for a couple of months for work training, my lil' mans b-day is coming up, the girls start school soon.......its allot to handle....but never let em' see you sweat right?
So if I am thirty-something-ish and my oldest daughters are 15....well you guessed it, I was a teenage mom, on my own since I was 15.....and by 19, I was a single teenage mom of three little girls. Although my ex and I were technically still together, we really weren’t, he never fed, changed, bathed or did anything for the girls, and he was out there pretty much living the single life while I was "winging motherhood", nice huh? We were officially done by the time my youngest daughter was two, but to be honest, we were done before we started......it was the whole little girl with no daddy syndrome..looking for love in all the wrong places.
Everything I have gone through, has been nothing more then stepping stones, I have learned to accept that everything mashed together has molded me into the woman I am today. The woman that can stand on her two feet and doesn’t owe anyone anything. All that I have accomplished, was accomplished with my own sweat and tears.....with no pats on the back needed. Has it been all roses, um, hell-to-the-no, its been hard really hard..........the moral of my story, no sucky parent, no abusive husband....no one can hold you down! You control your universe.....PERIOD, no excuses.
Fast forward to my life now, boy is it hard to try and keep 5 people happy at once, someone is always pissed at me, and i've become quite accustomed to it, and to be honest, sometimes it really sucks, hence the name Mrs. Every Woman aka Mrs. Career, Mrs. Driver, Mrs. Wife, Mrs. Mommy, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Psycologist, Mrs. Refferee, Mrs. Maid, Mrs. Blame Me for Everything, Mrs. Every-freggin-thing.
Right now its a little crazy at my house, DH is going away to training for a couple of months for work training, my lil' mans b-day is coming up, the girls start school soon.......its allot to handle....but never let em' see you sweat right?
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