It's Gotta Be Done

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Click the above link to remind yourself what I am about to talk about. Was it really in October when I first discovered this? Wow how time flies??
Well I have been doing my follow-ups with the breast surgeon and as of last Tuesday she decided to go ahead and remove the mass of tissue because it now has been giving me pain and the nodule inside of the tissue has grown larger in size. Here is kind of the outline for my day: I check in at 730am, all the prep work is done at this time since this will be a surgery performed under general anesthesia. Surgery (excisional biopsy-removal of the entire mass through a 2-4cm incision) will be done at 930am-1030am, then I go to recovery and am sent home same day about noon. Russ will be there with me. My mother was to be there as well, however she fell down the stairs in their house and now as of yesterday has a plate and several screws in her ankle-she has always been the graceful one, not :) so I phoned my sister in law and she will be coming into town to keep Russ company and play the role of the second pair of ears when the surgeon comes out to talk after surgery.
From there the tissue is sent to pathology and I have no idea as to when I will hear anything.
Sooooo with all that said I am fine for now. Wednesday I should be pretty loopy and tender for a couple days from there. I have STRICT orders to do no house work, I will be sure to follow that order until advised otherwise!!
Until then...

Step By Step

It's exactly the case today ladies and gents! I am very proud to tell you that I have lost another 2.3lbs with the weight watchers program. I did really good on my eating and tracking. That part, thank god is getting easier day by day and I am soooo glad :)
I started factoring in exercise about 2 weeks ago. Now that(exercise) is the hardest part--wow do I struggle there. Lets just admit it, I hate it and I suck at it! I do love--LOVE walking but the whole biking concept was a struggle. I peddled and peddled and peddled...first time was very difficult and involved tears and much needed support from my friends through texting, cause really I was sobbing, 4 minutes thats it, that's all I could take! NOW-- I think I have figured it out. I walk the neighborhood a mile or two with my little man(that seems to get my leg muscles warmed up and ready). Then I bike it out hardcore for 2 or 3 more miles! My goal was small but I met it....over the span of my first week I walked and biked TEN miles....and it totally showed this week in my results. It really should take me less than, but close to, a full year to hit my goal. I am OK with that because I am determined and more than ready this time!
A shout out to Anne my WW leader---I have always said the leader makes the meeting and this morning I got to my meeting early enough to have the chance to set there with Anne and chit chat. God love her, she is just phenomenal.
Here is to 15 miles this week---starting NOW! :)

Week Four: So I am up almost a pound...

Good golly! Crapoly! Shucks-shoot and darn!
Up .9 this week.
Craptastic!

What I know--
I do want this
I can do this
This is ONLY about ME and no one else
I am so over the struggle and emotional side of MY weight issues.

What I am willing to do--
EXCERSISE
Drink my liquids daily
Consume my protien
Break up with my best friend named CARBROHYDRATE! At least seperate our time together a little bit more.
SAY NO!

Dear Scale,
I will pounce you next Friday. I'd be scared if I were you. Totally nervous! You will have never felt something so light.

......to be continued!

Happy Birthday Friend...Shall I Sing?!

Please enjoy my Birthday post to you.....
I would write you a poem if I just had the time.
I would bake you a cake but the fat content would weigh heavy on our minds.
I would make you card but come on now, I cant draw... soooo
I found these great songs instead,
I know you know them ALL :)

---good gracious I am a poet and didn't know it!! LOL

Friends should just know when to Come On Over:"Pull up a seat, take a load off your feet / Come on over"

Who doesn't love a Good Friend and a Glass of Wine?"That kind of therapy money can't buy / Every now and then, every now and then / Every girl needs a good friend and a glass of wine"

You have always been there to Help Somebody else in need before yourself: "Fight your fights / Find your grace / And all the things you can't change / And help somebody if you can"

I am proud to call you part of Me and My Gang:"It's a brother and a sister kinda thang / Raise up your hands if you all wanna hang with / Me and my gang"

I have told and proved to you that I'll Be there whenever you need me:"I'll be your shoulder when you need someone to lean on / Be your shelter / When you need someone to see you through"

If anyone knows us they know that we most definitely have Friends in Low Places: "Cause I got friends in low places / Where the whiskey drowns/And the beer chases my blues away"

Happy Birthday Friend! (a night early) I will not have access to this typing thing tomorrow! Love you and can't wait until our dinner party! I will leave you with this.....those darn japans aint got nothin on your bday! Roll Out! (in my ghetto voice)

Go fly a kite??? Okay!!!

Today was GORGEOUS! Candie took the day off from work(it's her birthday weekend) and since I'm already off on Friday's we planned a date. We shopped all morning and then parted ways for about 2 hours only to get the families back together for some kite flying with the kiddos at SM Park. It was awesome! The husbands enjoyed it just as much if not more than the kids. Towards the end Russ and I raced each other. He really thinks I lack all outdoor abilities. Maybe I do but I totally get an "A" for effort if not an A+. I ran barefoot in straw like grass and did well one lap down and back then I tried again and totally slid on my right shin. Yep I got a grass or STRAW burn to prove it! Dalton ran up to me all concerned cause I was muddy. Probably the first time he has seen that side of me. :) It was a great time---honestly. Really cant wait to get this weight off me and really show Bubba what his Momma has been hiding! I am all sorts of FUN! Week THREE on WW and I am 6lbs down total! YES!!!
What a great opener today was to the weekend! Thanks FRIEND for making it great!

Change Week Two

Thats it I am throwing away my home scale!!!! I was stressed to the max when I stepped on my scale to get a sneak peek at my success for the week yesterday morning and it showed I had done nothing! Nothing!!! I cried to my Mom, whined to my friend and just explained how hard this is for me, it always has been!! I am determined this time, really determined! I journal EVERYTHING I eat and I have implemented exercise as well (about 3.5 miles this week) . Also been pushing my water so when it showed NOTHING...YES- I melted down! I really had it in my mind that if I gained it wouldn't be too bad of a gain and I would just slap it on my back and keep moving forward!
Step on scale-----DOWN .9 thats like almost a whole pound! I will take it. Week two is the hardest they say so hello week three!