All about me in 4's

All about me in 4's

Abby tagged me and so I figured I'd better do this.

Facts about me in 4's:

4 shows I like to watch:
1. The Biggest Loser
2. Brothers and Sisters
3. Private Practice
4. Greys Anatomy

4 things I'm passionate about:
1. My Family
2. My boyfriend
3. My dogs Sugar & Max
4. My happiness

4 phrases I say a lot:
1. Seriously??
2. No you can't do that (usually said to sales people at work)
3. I love you (I don't say this to just anyone)
4. Pitney Bowes, Jessica (obviously how I answer the phone at work)

4 things I have learned from the past:
1. Never give up
2. Everything happens when God wants it to
3. Love with all you have...you never know how much time is left
4. Do NOT yell at people out your window while driving around...they might try to follow you.

4 places I would like to go:
1. on a Cruise (anywhere really)
2. Disney World
3. Vegas
4. New York City

4 Things I did yesterday:
1. went to work
2. made dinner
3. watched Brian play softball
4. did laundry

4 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. getting married
2. having a house full of children
3. losing weight
4. summer (beach and lake time)!!

4 Things I love about winter:
1. Hot Chocolate from Starbucks
2. snow
3. Christmas season and Christmas music
4. Holiday parties

4 Things on my wish list:
1. a ring
2. a wedding
3. babies
4. happiness

4 Friends to tag:
I don't know of anyone that reads this that hasn't done it so...

Disappointed

So today this isn't an excited or happy weight tracker post.

I took a couple days off of working out to have some relaxation time in Charleston and then didn't get my but back in gear when I got back. I also haven't been great about watching what I eat. SO I very deservingly gained this week.

The scale yesterday said 142.2.

I am not discouraged...just slightly more motivated to get back on track since I'm running out of time. 12lbs in 8 1/2 weeks...I think I can!!!

Week 1 Weigh In

Okay, Week 1 results:

I worked out 6 out of 7 days. I ate kinda what I wanted to just tried to eat smaller protions. I tried to get some rest. I was dying my first few days of workouts but feel much better now. I started working out with 2lb handweights (I know it sounds wimpy but it's hard) and now I can use my 5lb weights for almost all of the exercises.

Here are the results:

Last week I weighed 143.7lbs

My current weight is: 140.4

My total weight loss this week is 3.3lbs

YAY!!! I'm sure that alot of it has to do with the fact that I put down the soft drinks and am drinking water ALOT. But I'm very proud of my 3.3lbs this week! Only 11.7 more to go and i still have 10 weeks!

Goals

Ok so I know that I failed at my blogging goal but I'm going to try to pick it back up for the purpose of posting weekly on another goal that I have set for myself.
So for those of you that think that I am some skinny person like back in high school that is not the case anymore. I am at my heaviest weight ever in my life. And I have not had any children so I can't use that as a reason to have gained so much weight. I have just become LAZY. So I have set a goal to lose at least 15lbs by the last week of May when we go to the beach. That gives me 11 weeks which i think is very very reasonable.
So I have started working out everyday and drinking lots and lots of water in place of soda.
I stated working out on Wednesday. I will be posting weekly weigh in results and I know that I won't lose weight every week because of building muscle but hoping for some great results.
Since my blog is private I am going to post my weight every week.

Starting weight on 3/10 is 144 lbs.
Here's to hoping that I'm down to at least 130 by beach week! I will try to post a pic on here soon. Right now I just don't care for my pic to be taken.

Happy Early Valentine's

I got my gift early this year...Yes I have been domesticated.

But with my new couponing fetish I am going to need it!!

We got a great deal on it too!!

So here it is...A new freezer!

Saving Money

I know that I am a day late on my weekly post but I wanted to do a post about saving money at the grocery store and I went today. So here it is...

I'm sure all of you have read about other people couponing and "working" the deals at the grocery store. I like everyone else said "I don't have time for that."
Well let me just say that now that I have taken the time to actually do it, it's worth it.

For those of you who also say "I don't have time for that", I'll refer you to southersavers.com where all the work is pretty much done for you. The site is free!! She tells you what's on sale at each store, gives you the links or tells you where to get coupons and you can even click on a box next to each item that you want to buy and it makes your grocery list!! If you can save $30 or $40 for an hours worth of work, that's more than I get paid an hr at my full time job!!! I'll take it!

So here's my list of groceries that I got from Bi-Lo today:
2oz bottle Tobasco Sauce
6 pk pepsi cans
12 pk Mountain Dew
12 pk Cherry Pepsi
12 pk Mug Rootbeer
12pk Dr Pepper
1 can Allen's seasoned collards
2 Boxes Wheat thins
1 Old Elpaso Taco Kit
2 4oz can's of mushrooms
30 9in Hefty plates
1 Kraft shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 Kraft shredded Cheddar cheese
6 Yoplait yogurts
1 box 15ct Totino's pizza rolls
1 TGI Fridays spinach dip
2 Digorno pizzas
1 box frozen soft pretzels
3lbs ground beef
2 packs Hillshire Farms cocktail smokies
1 Oscar Meyer sliced Honey ham lunch meat
1 Oscar Meyer sliced Honey turkey lunch meat
1lb pack of carrots

So drum roll please....
My subtotal before savings was $101.03
My subtotal after savings was: $45.30 (with tax)
So my total savings today at Bi-Lo was $55.82

It took me about 1 hr total that's making my list, getting my coupons together, and doing the shopping! I made $55 for one hour today!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!

Also, I got fuel perks. Mine have been saving up so not only did I save in the store but I now qualify for 40 cents of PER gallon on gas I use! That's huge!!!

So all in all I have to say I'M HOOKED!!!

Happy Birthday!!

This weeks post is about my wonderful younger sister Abigail.

(I have to call her my younger sister because she is taller than me so she doesn't let me call her my little sister.)
Today is her Birthday!!
She has always been a great example to me. Hope you have a great day!!
I love you Abby!!!