Okay so this is all for real now………….. Channel 10 took all the links to the blog off their website (LOL I think they decided I really could just keep talking and talking and talking…. and I did!!). So here is my new blog site………… I hope you will come visit me there. Starting today! 1-26-10.
Can you just see ME behind the desk greeting new patients into our office while using the Hawaii Chair?? People already think I’m nuts….. then there is the whole trying to write notes? or even type? Or really even trying to talk on the phone?!!? BUT 8 hours of Hawaii Chair exercise just think how skinny I’d be in a WEEK!!! So please? Can I have one? Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee??? (Maybe I shouldn’t have talked bad about the chair before asking for one…. hummmm must re-think my begging strategies!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4 Incase the video doesn’t come up. I would REALLY hate for you to miss this one!!!
I took the whole “Day of Rest” very seriously today! I hope you had a relaxing weekend too.
Hey I did it!! Yup, yup…. it didn’t rain all day!! But it was COLD!!! Making chili was a great idea. And of course, once again, my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I had 2 bowls of Chili with shredded cheese! Ummmm yea …. not such a great idea. It was SO GOOD!! But way too much, I’m uncomfortably full. Why can’t I just have one bowl like a good girl… wait about 10 minutes and see if I’m still hungry? WHY!? Seriously, wouldn’t that be a smart rule to follow? Yes, it would… maybe starting tomorrow?
So you know how if you wash your car it will rain?? Well, I’ve personally fixed California’s weather at least for the weekend!! Yup yup!! I have a crock-pot of homemade chili simmering away for tomorrow’s dinner. I have a pot of Connie’s Killer beans on the stove (both batches are for this weekend meals…. and some to freeze) both GREAT cold weather meals. So GOOD!! But both taste so much better if the simmer a long time the reheat them the next day. So tomorrow will be hot in California… and no one will want chili. Yup, that’s my prediction!
I’m so GRUMPY!! G R U M P Y!!! gruuuMMMPY today! So other than doing my part to dry out California, with my cold weather cooking… I would say today should have a rewind button cause I think I need do overs. Please.
We’ve gotten so much rain this week, I thought I would share what I’m looking at for my new mode of transportation. Okay, that’s it tonight since the power has started flickering I think I’ll unplug my laptop and go light some candles just in case!! (Selena don’t get all excited…. I’m not really buy a kayak so nooooo you can’t borrow it)
I think all this rain is lulling me to sleep!! I sat down with my computer, turned it on, was waiting ever so patiently for it to boot up and …….. next thing I know the laptop has made my lap unbearably hot and 40 minutes have gone by!? Say WHAT!?!? I just SAT DOWN!!!! I think that means it’s bed time!! Only I wish I wasn’t so comfy right here ….. right now…. cause it’s makin’ it really hard to want to get up to go to bed!
One of the smartest things I’ve done lately is to STOP buying my binge foods. Potato chips would be one of those! OH MAN!! If it wasn’t raining as hard as it is….(that and well, we all know after work I’m lazy…. okay maybe more lazy than the rain excuse) I would go to the store and bring home some Pringles!! So then I’m trying to find a picture of potato chips when I find THIS picture!!! 
Chocolate DIPPED POTATO CHIPS?!?! Ohhhhh MAN!! where IS my raincoat?!?! I’m gonna go do a workout video now before I talk myself into a car ride! Chocolate AND potato chips! Yur’ killin’ me here!
It rained harder today than it has in California in a REALLY long time! (5 years! according to 10 News) It took longer to come home (Ohhhh okay so that is my way of saying I’m using my free pass to get out of using the Wii YourShape game MAN!! That didn’t take long did it!??!) In my defense I don’t get off work till 7pm on Monday’s. (I got a TON of excuses!! I’ve had LOTS of practice) Yesterday I worked out 30 minutes instead of the 15 I had promised. (That kinda makes today skip a little less ummmm not buyin’ it are ya?) I will work out tomorrow. I can’t believe I am using my free one already! UGH!! WHO made this deal anyway!?!? UGH!!!
I was so excited to get the new Wii fitness game YourShape. (Just like about a million other exercise gadgets I have around the house) I have had the game for what at least a month right? Have I done anything other than the first part? You know the fitness evaluation! No I haven’t. That’s soooo sad!! But maybe I can embarrass myself into actually using the game? If I tell you I’m going to try to do at least 15 minutes a night for one week maybe I’ll actually do it. Starting tonight. I can do one week. Right?? It’s 7 days. I can DO 7 days. Right? That’s not a lot. Okay wait… maybe I better say 6 days. I can do 6 days…….. That’ll work. I get one good excuse day off. But only one. Okay I’m off to try day one.
I know I am. It’s my weekend off and I’m enjoying it 100%!! I have been beyond lazy today!! YEA ME!!!
I hope you have a relaxing weekend as well!
Yea…. there was NOTHING ‘diet’ about my day!! Ohhhhhhh I was so bad today! Even having bread and lasagna after 9PM?!!? WHO eats that late?! (I mean that heavy… that late…….. ON A DIET!!! Ummm yea…. that would be ME!!) As a matter of fact I think I better get to bed NOW because there is a pudding cup in the fridge calling my name and I’m tempted to go listen!! See ya tomorrow.
I don’t know if you have a friend that 
you look at and think “I wish I could be that size!” That was always the way I felt about my friend Sherry. She has the cutest clothes, the smallest clothes….. wellllll Sherry lost weight (Ummm hummm there is some SERIOUS SHERRY bashing going on in my head right now!!) Besides that and much more importantly she can’t wear the cute jeans anymore and I CAN!!! YEA ME!!!! I never thought I would ever be Sherry size! WOOO HOOOO!!! YEEEAAA ME!!! Thank you Sherry!! I love my new jeans. I don’t care if you eat non stop for the next month. These are mine now!!
Well, the lazy me won out this morning. I slept in. Ahhhhh that was so nice. (For the record I did set the alarm……. and I almost got out of bed. ALMOST!) Oh well, Kaki and I are walking in the morning. Mini break over! Good thing too, because I decided that since I was on such a great roll during the Channel 10 Half Year Challenge that I want to drop another 10 pounds. So time to get focused again. So for dinner I had a chicken quesadilla and big ole serving of fresh baby carrots with low-fat ranch dressing. Now I’m going to have a Jell-O 60 calorie Mousse Temptation and go to bed early! (WOW I am SO GOOD!!! Like responsible and everything!! Well, except the ya know… get outta bed and go exercise thing!!)
Kaki and I aren’t walking tomorrow morning………. on one hand I could get up and exercise on the Wii. That would be the smart thing to do. On the other hand cozy and warm in bed for an extra hour!! When I exercise first thing in the morning I have energy all day. But lazy could be good too right? I mean I’ve heard that getting more sleep will help you lose weight. Really!? Why isn’t there just a pill I can take and wake up skinny!? WHY is losing weight and toning up have to be such hard work?! UGH!!! I’ll let ya know tomorrow who wins…. Good Connie or Lazy Connie. (I’m so funny!! like we don’t already know who wins this!!!)
I tried to think of an interesting ANYTHING to blog about…… and came up with NOTHING!! Not a thing!! I hope your day was more interesting and exciting than mine!!
I’m exhausted! Still cleaning out my Mom’s mobile. Today I tackled the shed. 
Ummmmmm for someone who needed a lot of boxes for the move WHY WAS the SHED 75% empty BOXES?!?! WHY!?!? WHY didn’t we use those boxes?!?! UGH!!! I’ll bet you could hear me talking to THOSE boxes today didn’tcha?!? I’m sure that most of the Mobile Home Park could hear me (Yes! I did get a couple of looks that said ”WHO is SHE talking too?!?!!?) I really need someone to buy that Mobile! It’s making me nuts! Don’t you want to live by the ocean?! In a nice little retirement community? Across from the club house?! The pool?! I’ll buy you a welcome HOME bottle of wine?! I’ll make you homemade biscotti? I’ll even go back quietly and finish clearing out the shed! But for now I’m counting today’s shed cleaning as a double workout!! I’m exhausted!
The “Your Shape” party was a HUGE success!! Practically standing room only! YEA!! My stomach hurts from laughing not so much from the exercising. It’s hard to see in the picture but you are actually part of the game……. mostly we heard “Watch what I’m doing” and a lot of ”Do you want to watch the tutorial?” After the Your Shape exercising came the Dance off. OHMYGOODNESS I am soooooooo NOT a pretty dancer! But it was a great night with great friends!!
Now I’m off to eat all the left over fruit and Jello Mousse! YUM!!
Tomorrow is my “Your Shape House Party for the Wii!” I’m so excited. This game (I think you still call it a game? I mean it is exercise… but it’s fun…..but it’s a workout….ohhh whatever it is… ) it’s really COOL!! The camera attaches to the Wii console and then your image is on the tv. So Jenny McCarthy actually tells you when you are doing the exercises correctly… or in my case when you are still doing them WRONG!! And in my case… it’s REALLY fun to watch other people being told they aren’t doing it right either.
After we are done with the Your Shape game then we’re playing the “Just Dance” on the Wii. OHMYGOSH now THOSE! should be posting worthy pictures!!! Yes, that means I’ll see you tomorrow (maybe with party pictures!!)
A nice way to end the day. Watching the DVR of Cougar Town and snacking on Jello’s new dessert. Mousse Temptations! Ohhhh sooo goood!! Only 60 calories! YUM!! (ummmm, yea… that was the only part of my day that I made good food choices! OH MAN!! I need to get back into my diet healthy eating mode!!!) Seriously, I gave away all my loose fitting clothes. I HAVE to be good!!! HAVE TO!!!
Okay, I still think I’m supposed to stop blogging… but I received a really nice email from Trudi at Channel 10 telling me she would be in touch next week about my prize, she didn’t mention the blog. Hummmm mayyyyyyyyyyybe I’m thinking “how long can I go on?” and the folks at Channel 10 are thinking “how long will she go on?!”
Now… I really had intended on getting to bed early tonight….. but that ship has sailed. But I’m headed that way now! Night all…
Today would have been a good day…. if I could have stayed in bed ALL DAY!!! Or maybe gone home from work at say…. 9:30?!?!! Did everyone drink GRUMPY-ARGUE with the receptionist JUICE?!?! UGH!!! The best part of my day was a free taco from TacoBell http://www.drivethrudiet.com/ The new Fresco soft taco’s are only 180 calories. I think I found a new favorite! Click the link and print a coupon for your free taco. You can thank me by being nice to the receptionists!!
Now… like the Dread Pirate Roberts in Princess Bride “Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely stop blogging in the morning.”
Okay fine! I’m still here! But you KNOW the people at Channel 10 are going “Okay…. she knows she won right? She knows she doesn’t have to keep blogging doesn’t she???” So I’m pointing at YOU and saying it’s your fault!!
I still can’t get over the “I’m STARVING” holiday stomach syndrome. You know… where you’ve eaten so much during the holiday’s that your stomach is all stretched out and it seems to always be rumbling!! I did sooooo good getting my stomach shrunk! I was full quicker, I wasn’t always hungry (except for M&M’s and fudge which don’t count. I can eat those anytime. Hungry or not!) Alright… I might be back tomorrow, we’ll see.
Yes, I know the Half Year Resolution Challenge is over. But you came to check to see if something was here didn’t you? How sad would you be if there wasn’t a picture and maybe a little note?
I also wanted to know if anyone else is confused about WHAT DAY this is?!?! I was late for work today because this seemed like it should be SUNDAY!! It isn’t! Which means when I woke up this morning I was moving like a mini tornado to get to work! So for the record today is Saturday!
The blog is still up… so I’ll see ya tomorrow (I think!)
WOOOOOW!!!!! Thank you! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! NOW THIS is how you start a New Year!!! WOW WOW WOW!! I didn’t expect to hear anything for a week…. or longer…… but I should have known that Trudi, David and Patti at Channel 10 would be more organized than that. They are AWESOME!!WOW!! I am so excited!! Thank you all for voting for me! This journey has been so much fun. (WAIT! Did I just say fun in conjunction with EXERCISE AND DIET!??!!?) I’ve learned so much from Tyler at WellStrong Fitness! Being accountable to you in the blog was a HUGE help! The blog kept me honest and focused. Thank you again! Happy 2010 to you all!! See ya tomorrow?? (I think?) |
As promised…………… I’m ringing in 2010 with champagne wearing my Princess Dress (tiara included!!! It IS the PRINCESS dress after all!!!) I hope you all have a SAFE and JOYFUL 2010!!!
After I placed all the pictures in the blog…. in the order I did……. it makes it look like I got drunk and fell into a tafetta, netting, foo foo puddle of sparkling princess dress. For the record that is my first glass! HONEST!!! Would I lie to you!?!? (besides… it’s just too funny to change the order!) Happy New Year!! NOW back to that bottle of champagne! See ya tomorrow!
As always the last few days of the year are always crazy busy at work. So here is my Public Service Announcement…. don’t forget you have to spend all the money in your Medical Spending Accounts by the first of January!! (Unless you really want to donate the money to Uncle Sam you better make some calls!!) You probably can’t get in for a full set of braces tomorrow….. but!!! …. a new pair of reading glasses or sunglasses is a GREAT idea. HEY!! I know a place! (I am ALL about the subtle!!) Anyway we were hoppin’ at work today. I’m sure that tomorrow will be just as busy. I’m exhausted!!! Busy is good, I don’t think about food. Course all that went right down the drain when I got home! One huge slice of left over quiche and 2 pieces of biscotti. But before I see if there is any chocolate in the freezer I’m headed off to bed. See ya tomorrow!
Okay tomorrow December 31, 2009 last day to vote. (HEY!! Was that a sigh of relief I just heard??!) http://www.10news.com/halfyearresolution/index.html
Okay, I’ve already admitted I ate wayyyyy too much during the holidays. But now I need to know ‘when will my stomach shrink back down so I’m not RAVENOUS all the TIME?!?!?!‘ I’m soooooooooooooooo hungry!! It’s all I can do not to beg for food… like FUDGE and fruit cake (I still have Brandy Sauce left only we ate all the fruit cake… ) Noooo I do NOT want carrots! (unless of course it’s in carrot cake… you know… with the really good cream cheese frosting?!?) WOW if you weren’t hungry for junk food before you read this I’ll bet you are now cause I’m starving!! So I think I will go drink a really big bottle of water and go to bed. Otherwise I am going to go thru the cupboards!! See ya tomorrow.
http://www.10news.com/halfyearresolution/index.html I’m kinda a pain in the tush with this vote for me… vote for me… aren’t I?? But only for a couple more days. BTW you have voted right? More importantly… you did vote for me!? Right??
I don’t know about you but I am SOOO glad today is OVER!!! The whole day was just …. well… I think the picture says it all!! Yup! That pretty much sums it up!! Starting with exercise! My morning walk with Kaki kicked my tush!! I swear that hill got steeper over night!! Then the whole getting back into your day to day routine after you’ve had time off. UGH!! Even eating!!! Several days of eating too much food, (some NOT the best choices!) then try to go all day without munching?? THAT’s hard!! I guess I should be thankful I was at work where there isn’t a lot of available food to munch on. OHHH LOOK!!! Did you see that?!?! I found a silver lining!!! On that note……. See ya tomorrow!
http://www.10news.com/halfyearresolution/index.html you know… the voting site… in case you haven’t…… you know……. voted. For me!
Connie wants to lose 30 pounds and learn to manage her stress without food.
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