Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Weigh-In #1 Aug 31st, 2010

Ok so today was the OFFICIAL weigh-in day! That was fun I suppose lol  I have to drive clear to Ottawa, KS to weigh in. I actually made it in 45 min which was very surprising! Had to do a video, weigh in and she took pictures. Have I mentioned I love having my picture taken…but I have a feeling it wasn’t just waist up nor was she angled correctly and she didn’t even ask what my best side was!! UGH 


My trainer sent me a food list last night so off to Wal-Mart I went to stock up. Can I just say that healthy food is FAR MORE expensive then the fun, fast, fattening food that I just adore!!! Oh and can I also say that I didn’t realize how much I despised cucumbers without them being covered, almost undiscoverably found in Ranch dressing! My affair with Ranch dressing and diet coke is gonna be the hardest to part with. I hope they will understand that my love hasn’t changed for them, I just have to lay them down for a bit…ok..for a long while!!  I’m also not a water drinker. I hate water unless I can add flavoring (which don’t do that…it has sodium in it..I say don’t..b/c I have tried this trick). I’m not a drinker period. There was one point that I could count 3 WHOLE DAYS that I hadn’t taken one sip of ANYTHING unless you count my spit when I brush my teeth. I never get thirsty and if I do I pop a mint in. I know I’m odd but I just don’t get thirsty. So drinking water like this might kill me and I might have to change my address to Bathroom Rd. Apt # 1 b/c I’ve been in there all morning!!!  Oh Lord and how could I forget Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!!! Ahhh..can we please have a moment of silence for this death …1…2…3…4…..5…ok silence is over! 

But in the loss of all this horribly bad stuff…I have so much to be excited for!!!!

Let’s make a Top 5 things to be extremely excited for. I have a “Top 5 worst things I’ve ever done”…so why not have the Top 5 things to be so excited about list!!! Ok here we go…

1. To be able to sit down at work in my scrubs and they not cut my circulation off. So super excited for this one.

2. To not be swollen. I swell like a pregnant lady who is in her last 2 week stretch. You could poke a hole in my leg because the edema is so bad on most days.

3. To not have to worry about back fat. Do you realize all the things women have to worry about? We have your stomach rolls, arm flab, thigh jiggles, wrinkly knees and on top of ALL that we have to worry about something we can’t even see. We worry about back fat b/c the people behind us have to see what we can’t tuck under our bra! Seriously…like we don’t have enough to tuck, suck in and push out!!!

4. To not be the “biggest girl” in the room. I have always been that girl. In a workout class, in a school classroom, at my job, even in this competition..I am the biggest girl. Can’t wait to not be “that” girl.

5. Just to say I did it. You guys believed in me, I had faith in myself and I pushed myself hard enough and I did it. I walked away from this fulfilling my goal. I have a certain weight I want to get down to at the final weigh in and I want to reach it. I want to say I did it. 


So kids…this is enough to be super excited about! Today it begins. I meet with my trainer Bob Rogers tomorrow at 7am. Murder me, abuse me, make me sweat, make me want to say wordy dirds (but not say them) and help me fulfill my goal. Assist me in my dream coming true! To be me, only cuter and healthier! 


P.S. there are gonna be plenty of words in here that are “Mandisms.” They aren’t in the dictionary, they may not fit in the sentence..etc. I ain’t got no grammar skills so don’t be checkin for em. Lol

I will write later about the workout tonight! Smooches

3 comments:

  1. this is awesome!! I love ya, girl---you inspire me!

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  2. Mandi Lou;
    So happy for you!!! I will live through you on this journey. Go get em and make us proud!! P.S. I never worry about back fat or anything else back there, if I can't see it I don't care. And you know that's how I roll!!

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  3. Mandi your blog is totally cracking me up:) Great idea to blog about this journey, you'll want to cherish it and remember it forever!! I SO wish I could have been doing it w/ you all, but God had other plans I guess. I'm enjoying watching you all though and know you are all going to achieve greatness!

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