Weigh-in Wednesday

Good morning blog buddies. So good news, I didn't gain on our weekend away. I am very proud of myself for that. I generally jump willingly off the wagon with a running start any and everytime we go out of town for a weekend.

But I stuck to low-carb options and passed on all the delicious cakes, pies and other tasty homemade sweets.

I'm at 160 this fine Wednesday morning. I was really hoping/thinking I'd be 159 or less so a little dissapointed with myself on that. I ate a few things yesterday I sholdn't have and did zero exercise unless you count walking around Walmart for an hour to get some supplies for work.

Speaking of Walmart, I came across these bad boys in the shoe section. 

Fake Toms at Walmart! They are comfortable and only $20! Go get ya some. 

Mexico vacation is just WEEKS away. I tried on some of my one-piece swimsuits Monday night and I don't hate myself in them. Well, I wont once I get a spray tan and wear wedges with them. 

My legs are a problem area. They're big-ish and have cellulite on the front and back these days - gross. So I REALLY need to get to jogging and doing some squats and whatnot to tone that shit up. A spray tan can only do so much. 

Weekend Recap - delayed

We went out of town for Mother's Day weekend and it was a long, long, long weekend.

A six-hour drive with a 9 month old probably wasn't the best idea. Lets just say I broke my pacifier for bed time only rule. And all I had in the diaper bag was the pacifier of his cousin's we were returning. I do have to say pink looks good on him.

It was wonderful when we got there. Enjoyed spending time with family and especially the Hub's grandmas. He's really lucky to still have both living and in good health.

Here's a photo of Mr. Mister with his great grandmas.

He also got some pay time with his cousin Ms. O. She's at an adorable age and is a little parrot and repeats almost everything back to you in her sweet little voice. And look at those necklaces! She is in love with jewelry these days. Girl after my own heart. It is really hard to remember what visits were like now before both of these two were around.

Dad decided to take him out on the tracter. I had to refrain from going all helicopter mom and running out there to yank him off of there. 

Here's a pic of me and Mr. Mister on Mother's Day.

After a very late drive home, I came home to flowers and a card from my mom. It was probably one of the sweetest cards she's given me and I teared up at 1:30 a.m. as I stood in the living room reading it.

The tears continued into the wee hours of the morning  but not from me, but Mr. Mister. He woke up around 4 and was not a happy camper. I'm contributing it to teething. I finally realized this and gave him a dose of Tylenol around 6 and he was then out like a light until 8 a.m.

And when we woke up a 8, this is what I walked in on. He is FINALLY sitting himself up. And look at that smile, makes you forget all about the sleepless night. Man I love him.

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Linkin' it up, again!

Another Jake and Holly linkup today.

Get excited. Here it goes...

Unlike my sibling(s) (that I love very much).... I am a girl and clearly mom's favorite.

My best friend says... Her ideas are better and that's why she's the boss.

People call me... no one calls me because they know I wont answer my phone. I'm a call screener who doesn't check voicemail.  

I most often dream... of my teeth falling out. Scary!

The best part of my day... coming home and having Mr. Mister see me for the first time. He smiles from ear to ear.

I really don't understand... work-related politics. Such BS.

I get really annoyed... when people are late. However, now that I have a child I'm becoming a little more understanding.

There's nothing like a... good laugh.

Lately, I can't get enough... bravo. Seriously, Real Housewives, First Year of Marriage, LA Shrinks - I'm sucked in!

One thing I am NOT is... a clean freak. But I wish I was. 

I spent too much money on... everything. Love to shop.

I want to learn.... how to be an awesome presenter/public speaker.

If I ever met __Holly___, I would... have a new BFF.

I can't stop...thinking about food I want to eat and things I want to buy.

Never have I ever... done illegal drugs. True story, too scared. 

Reese Witherspoon...is even more of America's sweetheart now. I like her more now that she got too drunk and got arrested. Happens to the best of us :)

Weigh-in Wednesday

Yo-yo oh no! After my big loss to 159 I celebrated a little too much with food over the weekend and was at 163.8 Monday morning.

"Oh, shit," came out of my mouth and so I put myself back on the weight-loss wagon and am back down to 161 this morning. Few. Still sucks, but I'm going to get back in the 150s STAT.

I feel like I'm in the dangerous yo-yo zone and need to snap myself out of it. I do a protein day and get some weight off and then stuff my face with food I shouldn't, feel guilty, do a protein day, stuff face...

Anyone else guiltily of this? It's a vicious cycle I tell ya. 

Speaking of vicious cycles lets talk about my love/hate relationship with Ikea. 

I love that place. The show room, the meatballs, the endless accessories and even the self checkout. I get so excited to go for a visit.

Even Mr. Mister has his eyes on the meatballs. 

The closest one is 2.5 hours from home so it's a real road trip to go. And this creates the, I-have-to-get-it-while-I'm-here mentality because who knows when I'll make it back. Meaning, I buy lots of stupid stuff on top of the one or two big items I went for.

This brings us to this past Sunday and I came home with a car full of brightly colored objects in those famous blue bags. Speaking of, does everyone else always forget to take the 47 Ikea bags they already purchased back to the store and then have to buy more? Happens to me every. single. time.

I went to buy a shoe organizer to help free up some closet floorspace. I love what I got, but then got home and remembered it need to be put together. Ugh. Here we go.

Say what?!

Ok, we've got this. 

3.5 hours later my love turns to hate. I'm missing the last and final screw thing. Whatever, I put it together without it.

And the finished product. 

Ohhh, look at all that storage. Now I just need 4 more of these to house ALL my shoes. 

I LOVE this. It makes me feel like I have a celebrity closet.

Couldn't resist some 'decorations' for the top.

That LV is used off of ebay, don't get excited. I'm not a baller. 

And now, to cleanup this mess...

Weekend Recap

Hola! Everyone enjoy some Cinco de Mayo fun?

I hosted a brunch on Saturday for some fabulous ladies and themed it up to celebrate. And mexican is my favorite food group after all. I decided to start hosting a brunch so I could see my friends again.

Also, when you have a baby, you the baby becomes super popular and everyone wants to see you the baby. I was noticing every 5 or 6 weeks friends would want to start planning lunch dates to see me and Mr. Mister. We were spending weekends lunching it up, which is great, but also exhausting so I thought I'd bring them all together and party it up with a brunch.

Here's some of the day's decore -

Table decorations - Target $1 Spot // Tablecloth -  Party City
Mustache straws - Walmart // Lil sombrero - Mexico

This is still hanging in the entryway. It's from Target too. I bet it stays up a few more weeks. 

I don't cook, I just don't. I can, but I don't.

You don't have to wash the dust of utensils before you use them to cook. Strange, ha!

So in an effort to be a better wife/mother/human, I also thought this brunch would help me do a little more cooking. So here's some fo the brunch comida-

This did not disappoint. Pinterest goodie served with animal crackers/cookies. 

And I'll take all of this. What I'm on Atkins, it's ok. I kid.

The spread. And this is why I gained 3 lbs over the weekend!

After the brunch I headed over to a specialty shoe store, Point2Running, to get some shoes to start training for my big half marathon. Mostly because I was feeling super guilty for all the food I just ate and motivated to get this running party started. 

They do some 'testing' and fit you for running shoes that are best for your feet. It was the first time I've gone and have to say I think it's worth the trip. I bought a pair of shoes they suggested for me, but I really wanted an obnoxious neon color scheme and my modle didn't come in one. So I bought what they had, not bad, but not what I wanted.

I think they aren't 'fun' enough.
I want neon! Neon pink and yellow! 

So I decided to check online last night and what do you know, way better colors online. Now I have to return them and buy them on Amazon. (Good thing I haven't gone running and used them yet) But I feel like a d-bag for doing that. It's like, hey thanks for helping me out, now I'll go give money to someone else.

And lastly, official DietBet word is I won $59.32, netting about $25 AND some pounds lost. WINNING. I signed up for another one, but did an other in-progress one because we leave for Mexico June 1 and I can't do a  final weigh-in on vaca - are you nuts?!?! So I've got 21 days to loose 4% of my weight. Who is with me? Ready, set, go!

Winning

Just so you know, another DietBet winner right here!!!

Final weight 159.8 - Can we take a moment and celebrate being in the 150s?!?! I was shocked and expecting to see my weight from Wednesday and still be in the 160s. I may have gotten off and on the scale a few five times just to make sure.

And here is the official email from my new buddies at DietBet. I should find out in a day or two how much cash I won. Stay tuned!

Weigh-in Wednesday

Sooooooo close. SO CLOSE!!!

160.2 my friends. I'm .2 away from pre-preggo weight. And a total loss of 15.8 lbs from the start of this little project.

But this happened this morning at work.

Office yummies.

We celebrated launching our new website. That sucker was almost 2 years in the making. It called for celebration. I stuck to low-carb goodies, but ate a lot so nervous to see what the scale says tomorrow.

I also ate this (but no bun!) last night for dinner.

I've been low-carbing it full on Atkins style these past few days. So not healthy. Whatev.

And after saying up late to finish up my part of the website launch project, watching House of Versailles on the DVR (it was depressing, a real riches to rags story) and getting up with Mr. Mister one too many times, I'm exhausted. If only I could really do this....

Fake sleeping.