Tag! I'm it!

Megan over at Status: MIA tagged me for a little survey. I like surveys, so that was cool. Thanks Megan!


1. What size were you the happiest at?

 It may come as a surprise for me to list my biggest size ever as my happiest! I was 36 weeks pregnant in this photo, expecting my son. I loved being pregnant as it wasn't easy to get there for me and just the knowledge that I was now a mother made me happy every day. I had him three weeks after this picture, so got even a little bigger (he was an ounce shy of 11 pounds at birth).





2. Who is your favorite musician/band and why? I have so much music that I enjoy. I am a musician myself, too. If I had to pick one, I would choose Broadway soundtracks, especially Rent and Wicked.



3. What hair care product (styling products, utencils etc) can you not live without? My flat iron is my friend. I have mostly straight hair naturally, but I use it to smooth it out and sometimes to curl it, too. That and a little root pump by Big Sexy Hair and I'm good to go!

4. Who inspires you to be a better person, why? My son! He inspires me to be the best mom possible, he inspires me to keep losing weight so that I can run and play with him and so that he doesn't have to be the kid at school with the fat mom. He makes me want to grow even closer to Jesus so that I can help him come to Jesus, too. He just inspires so many aspects of my life to be better than they were without him around.


5. What's your favorite kind of muffin? Blueberry with the crumbly stuff on top.


6. If you knew you were going to die and had to choose your last meal, what would it consist of? Pasta with marinara, a few french fries, chocolate dipped strawberries, diet coke and ice cream for dessert.


7. What food couldn't you live without? Literally? Water. Figuratively: ice cream!


8. What is your favorite spice?  I'll chose cinnamon. Fall is just around the corner and I'm ready for some cinnamon in some apple cider. MmmMmm!


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One

Another pound lost this week! I'm now down 42.8. I can't believe how far I've come in such a short amount of time. Just four months ago I weighed 42.8 pounds more than I do right now! How crazy is that?! That one pound this week also helped me reach my goal of getting down into the next decade of weight by Labor Day, which is on Monday! I'm thrilled to have set, and reached, another goal. Another small celebration tonight is that I now weigh less than I have in the last 6 years!

My next goal is to simply get to my 50 pound mark. I have 7.2 pounds to lose to reach it. WW will award me another charm for my key chain at that point. I love that little key chain and the charms on it. I have it hanging on the front of my fridge so that I see it several times a day. It keeps me motivated to avoid those extra snacks and keep moving!

This evening after dinner I went for a quick walk. I walked my quickest mile yet! I just walked around my neighborhood tonight, which I hadn't done for quite some time and I surprised myself thinking about how easy it felt. Just four months ago, when I started this journey, I couldn't have walked that far (uphill on the way home) and it was a huge struggle for me. Tonight I walked it, quickly, and was smiling at people the entire way rather than huffing and puffing and feeling rotten. That is a NSV for me!

Fast Food Fast

Today is September 1st and today is the first day of my fast-food fast. For the month of September I will be staying away from all fast-food. Fast food is all too convenient for me. Within 5 minutes of my house in any direction there is McDonalds, Taco Bell, Fazoli's, Taco John's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, Popeyes Chicken, Culver's, Subway, and Dairy Queen...and I'm sure I forgot a few. I will allow myself Subway if I'm out and about and unprepared for lunch, but only Subway. No more french fries and my diet coke intake will be cut down, too, since I don't keep it at home and only drink it when we grab a meal out. Weight Watchers allows us to eat whatever we want, including fast-food, so this isn't a WW thing. It is my own decision to try to make another healthy change in my life. I don't need fast-food and, quite frankly, I don't think I'll miss the junk!

PS My friend, Connie, had the same great idea and posted about it yesterday! Go over to Fat to FIT Mommy! to see others who are also joining in this FFF!