You blew it!!!

I really did blow it, girls. I haven't been walking for the past two days. I just have had too much to do with voice lessons, babysitting, and trying to get the house ready for visitors. And instead of trying to eat better to compensate, I've been eating terribly. I ate fries with ranch for two (count them-one, two) meals today. I need help! Celebrities have these, I don't know what they're called, people that stay with them like 24 hours a day after they get out of rehab to help make sure they don't fall off the wagon. The studios hire them as insurance for troubled stars while they're shooting a film. Anyway, my point is that I need one of those people to slap food out of my hands and tackle me before I get to the chocolate. I would hate it sooo bad, but I'd lose weight, no matter how unwilling I was. Unless I suddenly become a huge star that has to lose weight for a movie, I don't see that happening.

Feelin' Good

I've been walking every day with some girls from my ward for about 2 weeks and after all the walking between Uncle Troy's and Grandma's I'm feeling pretty good. I can walk without losing my breath and I can go a lot faster than I used to. I've even been eating less because I don't want to undo the work I'm doing at the track. I want to add yoga and a little bit of strength training. I just want to lose my baby weight!

Slowly getting better

We're all starting to feel better. I haven't been taking any walks because I haven't done laundry in a while (since we've been sick) so I have no pants to wear outside. Or even inside today. But, I have been staying very busy so I haven't been eating as much. I had to make 50 invitations for a dutch oven cooking demonstration, and I had to make them cute because we're having a guest from another ward come and it's a lot of hard work, so we really wanted people to come and not waste our special guest's time. The point is, it took me like 5 hours so I had less time to get the munchies and eat pointlessly. I also have to teach the lesson in Relief Society on Sunday. That means a lot more time being busy, too. At this rate I'll lose 50 pounds by Christmas!

Hot

It's getting hot here, too, but it is NOT helping me at all. I still have an appetite, but I have no desire to move more than is absolutely necessary. Of course, that could have something to do with my whole family being sick, too. I have fallen off the exercise wagon as I am not feeling well. I'm struggling just to keep up with the house. I hate when you don't feel that sick, but you feel just exhausted! That could be caused by being up all night with my sick baby. Anyway, the point is, I am not exercising right now!

By Jove I think I've got it!

Last night I just kind of danced and marched around in place in the living room for 20 minutes while I watched TV. It wasn't much, but it was 2o minutes of movement I wasn't doing before. Then today I put Sarah in her stroller and walked to my friend's house a mile away and a mile back! Now, I'm not saying I should win any fitness awards, but for me it's a start! Yay!

Blah

The exercise thing... not going so great. I need to get out and work in my yard. We're shoveling all our dirt to sift the rocks out of. That would be great exercise! Anyway, I hope everyone else is doing better.

Back in the Saddle

Hey guys! Long time no post. So, my new weight loss routine: I'm going to start exercising every day. ish. I exercised yesterday and I'm feeling pretty dang tired tonight. I just don't know if I can. But I'll try anyway. I'll tell you what, I have a feeling exercise is going to help me sleep a lot better. Also, a new sleep aid I'm trying is sure to help. It's called Sarah. Now that she's mobile, keeping up with her is exhausting. I took her to mom's house today to see Ashy's dress and I felt like I was chasing tornadoes. Well, I think I may go pass out. Wish me luck... with my exercising, not the passing out thing.

New Haircut

On the last episode of I Can Make You Thin he talked about feeling good. He said that weight loss is just a secondary effect of feeling good about yourself and filling yourself with positive feelings instead of food. Soooo... I got a new and fantastic haircut. I took pictures to show ya'll.

Very Bad Day

Well, I've eaten probably a dozen cookies today. Here's what happened: We have Enrichment activities now instead of just the Enrichment meetings. I volunteered like a month ago to have the book club activity at my house tonight at 7. I spent all day frantically cleaning my house because I've been in a serious funk lately so everything has gone to crap. I made cookies and dinner at the same time I was trying to take care of Sarah and watching the clock to make sure Tyler got up in time. The end result was I was grouchy and still cleaning all the way up to seven o'clock, meaning I wasn't able to make Tyler his lunch and the baby was screaming at the top of her lungs while I vacuumed and my house didn't even look that great. So with lots of noise and emotions I finally got Tyler off to work and the baby cleaned and put in pajamas. Then I sat down to wait for people to show up. And I waited. And I waited. No one came. And I had a lot of cookies. And a lot of pointless stress. So I ate some. Or 10. Anyway, that is my crappy day. I hope everyone else had a good day. I guess at least my house is (mostly) clean now.

It Works!

Mom has been telling me about the I Can Make You thin series on TLC and I watched it with her on Sunday. I can't believe it, but it works. It really works! Yesterday I ate more sensibly than I have eaten since before I was pregnant. AND it wasn't even a struggle! The acupressure tapping technique really helped me overcome my emotional cravings and the negative association really helped me not have to gorge myself on sugar or chocolate. Plus, when you eat consciously, really paying attention to what you're eating, you really do eat less. If you guys want to check it out, go to this website.

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/make-you-thin/make-you-thin.html

Back to the Beginning

Well, I have officially scrapped the low carb thing. My baby is starting to smell funny, I'm exhausted all the time, and I'm still eating candy all the time, it's just sugar free! I don't want to just lose weight, I want to be healthy and this is just not working for me. I'm making steel cut oats for breakfast this morning and I'm just going to try to eat a lot of fiber and fresh fruits and vegetables and just eat consciously like the guy on TLC says. I feel a lot better about this. I was taking the sacrament and realized I had to have bread in order to do so. I just felt like, "This is not right." So I'm trying something new. I REALLY need to start exercising. It's starting to get warmer here. Maybe I'll take Sarah to the track with me. She just cut her first tooth yesterday!

Speaking of rage...

So, I updated my blog today and Tyler was sitting next to me as I browsed all your blogs. He said, "I don't know why you guys feel the need to share when your periods are." And I explained to him it was because your period makes it really hard to stick to your diet what with food cravings and all. Then HE said, "It just sounds like an excuse to me." While I am on my period. And he knows it. Maybe it wasn't all my period that was causing my homicidal rage. Maybe I have a husband who has a death wish. I hope that some of the knowledge men gain after they leave this life is what it's like to a) have a period, b) be pregnant (Tyler also told me he thought I was faking my pregnancy sickness once), and c) go through labor. Then I want to hear them say, "It just sounds like an excuse."!!!

Still Hangin' In There

Well, I'm still sticking with it. No cheating at all since Easter. I really need to add exercise now! This is going to be a tough weekend, though. We're celebrating Mom's birthday on Sunday and I said I'd make her a cake b/c no one should have to make their own birthday cake! So we'll probably have a delicious dinner and then cake, which I cannot eat. In the first couple months it's really important not to cheat while your body is switching from burning carbs to burning fat. I just want to lose some weight already! I'm like Heather, I want it FAST! If I don't lose anything in a month I'm just going to be anorexic! Yeah right! Not being able to STOP eating is what got me into this in the first place. Anyway, I hope you guys are all doing well!

Raging Beast

Whoever said quitting sugar helps PMS is a BIG FAT LIAR!!!!! Sybil - sugar + menstruation = HOMICIDAL RAGE! I am so angry my back is in knots of tension the size of Tokyo. I really hope I do not end up divorced/in jail by the end of my 5-7 days. Help!

Easter Sunday

Well, I was planning to stick faithfully to my diet even on Easter. BUT, I weighed myself and I lost nothing! So I went ahead and ate whatever I wanted! Today I'm back on the diet and I am regretting yesterday as I am now having to detox from sugar again and have been nauseated and headachey all day. I was very disappointed that I hadn't lost anything. I was so faithful. I didn't eat any of Tyler's Easter candy, I made a delicious BBQ chicken pizza that I didn't take a single bite of, and I went to Chipotle's with Tyler and still managed to stick with the diet! And after all that hard work... nothing! Oh well, we'll see about next week. Mom gave me her old scale so that I can weigh myself more than when I am at her house! That should help me keep better track. Oh, and I started my period. Yay! That was sarcasm. Love you guys! Hope you had a great Easter.

Third Successful Day

I have managed to stick to the Atkins for 3 consecutive days! I did have to go buy some Atkins candy. I had to get Easter candy for Tyler and I just was not that confident in my ability to resist if I didn't have some kind of crutch. I've managed not to overdo it though. Sarah having explosive diarreah is a great deterrent. I felt pretty tired and grouchy the first two days. Probably side effects of no sugar which we all know I am addicted to. I feel pretty good today. Tyler, Sarah, Puppy and I all went for a walk down to the park. Anyway, I was just really excited to have been able to stick with something for 3 whole days! I did find out something, though. I was using the carb counter on the Atkins website. I was looking at the carbs in the first column, but I should have been looking in the third column, so I was actually eating way under the amount of carbs I should have been. Which also might explain my tired and grouchy first two days!! I hope everyone else is doing well. I have to give Kyla kudos. I talked to her the other night and she's been working out every day! I think the exercise is just as hard, if not harder, than the eating part. Way to go Kyla and Heather! And way to go my fellow yoga sisters!

First Day

I started the Atkins diet today. I ate 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast, a cheese stick for snack, and spinach and romaine lettuce with tuna salad w/ celery for lunch. I feel pretty good about this, as it's pretty much the healthiest I've eaten since before I was pregnant. No sugar at all today! I have a bit of a headache, which is probably due to the fact that I normally would have already consumed several grams of sugar by this time in the day. I'm really excited to lose some weight! I hope you are all doing well in your fitness plans. Kyla, have you been able to work out since I left? Heather, sounds like you're doing well. Keep it up. Anbo, we all have days like you did, I'm glad you're feeling better. Niesa, just post when you can, we always like to read what you have to say!

Starting Tomorrow

I've been worrying about whether or not to do the Atkins while I'm nursing but today I went to the Atkins website and realized that the way I did Atkins before is not the way you're supposed to do it. Imagine that! You're not supposed to live off Atkins candy and diet soda! The way you're actually supposed to do it is actually pretty healthy. You're supposed to eat a lot of high fiber vegetables and eat protein, too. I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of vegetables and some eggs and I plan to start tomorrow. I know it's not a permanent eating style, but if I can just lose SOME weight 1) I'll become motivated and 2) I maintained my last Atkins weight loss for 2 years until I became pregnant. I just feel so sick today and I'm ready for a change. ANY difference in my eating is a healthy one at this point. I'll keep you guys updated. The Induction Phase is supposed to last at least 14 days. Wish me luck!

Low Carb

There's a woman in our ward that is doing the low carb thing and asked if I wanted to join her so she'd have someone to report to. I really want to do it. The low carb diet is how I lost my 80 pounds before. I know what the guidelines are, there's no calorie counting which (sorry Heather) I REALLY hate, and I know it's been effective for me in the past. The only thing is, I don't know if you can do it nursing. I mostly ate a lot of chicken salads and scrambled eggs before, which isn't too bad. And you can eat a lot of vegetables as long as they're high in fiber. But I also have to have the sugar alcohol candy in order to stay on it. It gives me diarrhea like no other and I'm worried what it might do to Sarah. Anyway, I have until I get back from Kyla's to think about it. I leave tomorrow! Yay!!

Crash and Burn

So yesterday I had a huge derailment. I ate like 5 pieces of cake and half a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Dinner was good though. Except I used those oven-ready lasagna noodles and they didn't cook all the way so our lasagna was really firm, almost chewy, you might say. Today is not shaping up any better. I am so HUNGRY lately. I wonder if Sarah's going through a growth spurt and my bodies ramping up the milk production. Anyway, I'm a ravening beast and am going to go eat a lasagna.

First Day of Challenge

My first day actually went pretty well. I had an apple with peanut butter for breakfast, some leftover chicken pot pie stuff I made for lunch, and some Thai peanut pasta for dinner. BUT, then I ate some cake. That was it though. I usually eat something late, but I didn't last night. Today I had a protein shake from the Sugar Addicts Total Recovery Program and I have no idea what I'm having for lunch yet. But I'm making lasagna using ground turkey and low fat cottage cheese instead of beef and ricotta for dinner tonight. I've been really busy trying to get the house clean. I think I have a bit of Spring Cleaning Fever because I folded all our laundry that's been sitting around for months last night and I've been cleaning like mad. It's been nice. My house is getting clean, I'm too busy to snack, AND I'm burning calories! It's a win-win-win situation! Anyway, I hope everyone else is doing well. Oh, one more thing I forgot to tell you. Since I've been doing yoga everyday (except the past 2 days) my clothes are fitting me better! Yay!

Still Learning

Our Relief Society Birthday is going to be about celebrating the unique gifts and talents of the sisters. We've had a hard time getting people to sign up to bring anything to display or perform, so I told the sisters I would bring anything I have ever worked on or tried so they couldn't feel bad about their skill level. I've been working on some things, knowing that they're going to have to be displayed and looking through a lot of things, picking other things to display. It has been wonderful for my weight loss efforts. Let me tell you why... since I've been working on improving myself in other ways and looking at things I've done or even tried, I'm reminded that I'm an okay person and that I have a lot of potential. How do you treat things you think are valuable? With a lot of care! When we think we are worth treating well, we treat ourselves well. I was surprised that doing these simple things made such a difference. AND, I have been feeling happier than I have in a long time. You should all try it. Even trying something you don't know that much about helps. I tried sewing a little texture baby thing for Sarah (which is just two pieces of fabric sewn together) and it took me two hours and looked horrible, but it still made me feel like I'd accomplished something. I want you all to know the wonderful blessings I've felt this past week. Try it!

Hello Again!

It's been a long while since I last posted. I am not doing so well. We had a ton of leftover desserts because Ty's birthday was this last week and I had to make a dessert for our ward's linger longer. I've eaten cake or brownies for every meal for about 3 days. Oh, and an occasional handful of cajun trail mix. However, I have started doing Salute to the Sun 12 times a day. It has made a huge difference. I have been eating sweets for every meal, but the good part is they've still lasted this long! I hope everyone is doing well with their goals and plans. I am so excited to go see Kyla in two weeks! Maybe we'll be able to inspire one another to action!

WOO HOO!!!!

Exciting news, everyone! Pueblo has joined the rest of the world. We now have a small but existent Asian Market!!!! The Lord is just opening every door for me to walk right through. First I found Shiho's blog with all her beautiful and low fat and calorie food, now someone just decided to open an Asian market last Wednesday! Otherwise, I would never have been able to make anything on her blog. Niesa- they have whole TUBS of curry paste for like $2.50! It's too bad they opened after you left. We talked to the owner when we went in and he said his wife was from the Phillipines. Whenever they wanted to cook any native recipes, they'd have to go to Springs or Denver for the ingredients so they decided they should just open a store here. I am making curry tonight. I will post a pic on my blog of that. WOO HOO! again, just for good measure!

No More Pictures

I have decided that there will be no more pictures posted of my food intake. Mostly because I am lazy, but partly because I am reading the book that Anbo had at Sisters Weekend. It makes some valid points. It is by Kathleen DesMaisons, and she talks about sugar sensitivity and lists the symptoms, and it is totally me! I've tried the protein for breakfast thing, and I am surprised by how much this curbs my sugar cravings. I made a pan of brownies and two notable things happened. First, it lasted for three days, which is unheard of, and secondly, Tyler ate as much of it as I did, also unheard of. I am going to continue reading and implementing her suggestions and I'll let you all know how it's going. But today did not go well because it was Valentine's Day and I ate copious amounts of spaghetti with meatballs and garlic bread. Plus Tyler bought me some Lindt Lindor Truffles. Yum! I've eaten all but 5 pieces. I sent two to work with Tyler and have three left. Anyway, I sure hope everyone starts posting again soon as my cell phone has been shut off and Tyler's car is not currently running so he's driving mine which means I am completely cut off from the world at present. PLEASE POST! If it wasn't for Anbo I'd forget anyone else even existed outside of these four walls!

Tues. Lunch

Lunch was some leftover split pea soup and a toasted roll. Yum!

Tues. Breakfast

I remember Anbo's book said eat protein for breakfast, so that's what I did. One egg, scrambled, one piece ham, grilled, one roll, grilled. And I did eat more chocolate cake last night.

First Day Back, cont.

Some milk to go with the satan cake.

Now starts the afternoon stretch when I get so hungry. I ate a small bowl of split pea soup I was making for dinner and a roll. BUT Tyler ate like 1/3 of my soup.

Then I had two little ham and cheese sandwiches.

And dinner was more split pea soup loaded with veggies and two rolls. That's where I am now, but I must tell you, I'll probably eat another piece of cake sometime tonight.

First Day Back

The day started out okay with a bowl of frosted mini wheats.

I ate a microwave (it just took me like 10 tries to spell that) burrito and some corn for lunch.

Tyler made this evil chocolate cake to tempt me... and it worked!

I made some rolls with my bread machine. They didn't rise so they came out small. I ate two.

Another piece of the devil cake.

Better

I feel like I did a lot better today. I still ate a lot of junk, but at least I ate something healthy, too. I probably got some vitamins! Knowing I'd have to take pictures of everything I ate really cut down on absently eating. And I had another epiphany. Shiho's food always LOOKS attractive, too. She eats off of nice dishes and the food is attractively arranged. It looks like she takes her time preparing and displaying the food she eats, which leads me to think she probably doesn't plop down in front of the TV to eat it! I imagine this makes her food a lot more... satisfying. So another new goal: I want to pay attention to HOW I eat as well as what I eat. No more plopping my turkey stew mash on a paper plate. I want to make my food pleasing to my eyes and my mouth. So get ready for some stunning culinary shots!

Today's Food, cont.

A little something sweet in the afternoon.

A twice baked potato. I always get so hungry around 3 or 4 in the afternoon.

Some orange-pineapple juice to help me not eat more cookies!

This is one of those meal-in-a-box thingy. It comes with a turkey stew and stuffing. I add mashed potatoes on the bottom and a bunch of extra veggies.

I finish off the night with some more cookies and milk.

Today's Food

Breakfast: Four cookies and a cup of milk. Figured I'd save myself the calories of a healthy breakfast, seeing as I knew I'd be eating cookies anyway!

A piece of sourdough toast.

Some carrots and dip. I only ate a small amount of dip, though.

Half a tuna salad sandwich LOADED with veggies.

I ate a handful of Ashy's french fries with bleu cheese dressing.

Mystery Solved

Ah hah! I now know why I am fat! I must say, though, we usually have something healthier for dinner. Well, now I can work on changing what I eat. And I'm going to continue posting pictures of my food because it makes me WAY more aware of what I eat if I know you all will be seeing what a fat pig I am! Not forever, just for the next couple of posts. I hope after that I will just stay aware of what I'm ingesting!

Dinner

I ate one more twice baked potato.

One more Kit Kat

Two pinches of cookie dough.

I expected to eat all 16 b/c I burned them so, of course, they only taste good fresh out of the oven. BUT, I only ended up eating 9. Way to go will power! Who am I kidding. I only stopped because my guts were about to burst.

Baby decided she wanted to eat her sock for dinner.

Pictures

I ate a whole pizza after missing breakfast b/c of a RS presidency meeting when I usually only eat 1/2. Then I had a glass of orange-pineapple juice, a fun size Kit Kat, and two twice baked potatoes.

Heather is a genius!

I was reading Heather's comment on my last blog and thought, yeah, that IS a good idea! Well, maybe not the part about taking pictures of my poop. But, what IF I took pictures of everything I eat? Even if only for one day. Would I be shocked? It's one thing to see it written down, it's another to see every bite recorded in all it's calorie-laden glory. I am going to try this experiment, and if I can ever figure out how the crap you're supposed to post pictures in a blog, I'll share my experience with you.

Inspiration

I was browsing the blogs on blogspot and came across the blog of a Japanese girl living in Tokyo. It's kind of weird in that she takes pictures of everything she eats and posts it on her blog. But the part that got her bookmarked on my comp and added to my Million Dollar Bloggers (see the Shiho link) is that the food she eats, for the most part, looks very healthy, very simple and DELICIOUS. Oh, except for the cuttlefish stuffed with rice and the seaweed jello type stuff. It inspires me to try new things and not just think that healthy food has to be boring. Check it out if you want to see all the beautiful food!

Fitness Test aka Total Humiliation

I was talking to my dear friend Lisa the other day. She was telling me about her weight loss quest and said she had started it out with the standard high school phys ed test. I decided it's nice to know what you're starting with, so I got out my timer, set it for 2 minutes and started doing sit ups with my feet firmly wedged under the couch. "Wow," I thought, "this is harder than I remember." About 8 sit ups later it was A LOT harder than I remembered! I only got to 8 real sit ups before resorting to wildly flailing my arms to get up. After a few of those I had to resort to grabbing my legs and half pulling myself up. Even with all my cheating I only got to 27 in two minutes! How sad is that! Then I set my timer for two minutes and resumed the push up position. When my full weight rested on my knees (yes, I had to do the girl push ups) and hands my right wrist popped and I collapsed! So that is a grand total of 27 sit ups in 2 minutes and ZERO push ups in 2 minutes. And now I know what I am starting with. And may possibly never be able to use my right hand again.

AAARRRGH!

Okay, apparently I have no idea how to post pictures on my blog, EVEN when I follow the directions. Just take my word for it, I'M FAT!

Hello Baldness, My Old Friend

As I was showering last night, I wrapped my fingers around the bulk of my wet hair and discovered that it measures about 2 centimeters in diameter. What happened? When you're pregnant, those 9 months seem like all you've ever known and you can't remember a time when you weren't nauseated or hungry or apparently, when you didn't have handfuls and handfuls of hair! Was my hair this thin before? I begin to wonder if it doesn't have something to do with my lifestyle (i.e. eating habits, sedentary living, etc.). When you are taking care of yourself, everything benefits. And the reverse is also true: when you aren't taking care of yourself, everything suffers. Anyway, these are just random ramblings as I begin to recognize the many consequences of my neglect of my health. My skin is definitely a casualty and I have to think my hair might be, too. Yet another reason to get serious about being healthy and not just skinny!

The Red-Eyed Monster

Well, my period has reared its ugly head in a big way! Today I ate two chocolate Poptarts slathered with leftover frosting from a cake I made yesterday (which I also finished off, thus the desperation of the frosted Poptart). And I am currently thinking of heating and devouring an entire Totino's Four Cheese pizza. Help! My hormones are demanding FOOD. I looked up PMS on Wickipedia and it said food cravings are definitely a symptom of it. I am going to try really hard tomorrow and pray that my will is stronger than my hormones!

Spiritual Nutrients

This last week has been really hard. I was having a hard time controlling my eating and I was doing a lot of emotional eating as a way to protest the start of another hectic semester of never seeing my husband. So on Sunday I decided to fast. I didn't fast about losing weight, I prayed instead that I would be able to reign in my emotions, which seemed to be swallowing my reason lately. Then when we went to Mom and Dad's for dinner, Tyler and Dad gave me a blessing. I know it's only Monday, but this has been the easiest day by far since I started this weight loss quest. AND I even started my period today (which may explain the eating and the emotions). I know that when I eat my emotions, it's usually to fill a void. When you stay close to the Lord, and ask for his help, those voids seem to grow smaller and you see your options for filling them a little better. Thus the title of this post. A few general conferences ago, Pres. Faust gave a talk entitled "Spiritual Nutrients" about how there are certain spiritually nourishing activities that can keep us spiritually strong. And when we are spiritually strong we are better equipped to meet the challenges we face, such as learning a healthy lifestyle that will allow us better quality of life and longevity. It just struck me how true this is when I finally was forced into humility at my utter inability to solve this problem on my own. When I added the spiritual nutrients of fasting and prayer, my challenges became much more do-able. So this is my challenge to all of you: What "Spiritual Nutrients" are you missing? Work on one and see if your weight loss challenge gets any easier. Even if it's as simple as quiet time for reflection on things you're grateful for, work on it. It's worked for me way better than my hypnosis CDs ever did!

I love you guys!

This blogging idea was genius. Kudos to Kyla. I love reading about how we ALL struggle and I'm not the only one having sugar meltdowns and picking brownies out of the trash! That more than anything inspires me to do better because I know I'm not some freak and this never happens to anyone else. EVERYONE who has ever lost weight has probably struggled like this throughout their experiences, and ESPECIALLY at the beginning. So when we struggle, we are in the company of all our fellow fat busting sisters who went before! I will not allow my slip ups to discourage me. I'm going to Skinnyville! **This is where Kyla pipes in with, "Of course you are. And I'm comin' with you!!"

Oh Crap!

Kyla, I totally feel for you. Yesterday I also had a meltdown and ate a whole box of chocolate poptarts. I didn't listen to my hypnosis at all yesterday. Baby was having a rough day so I didn't get a chance. Maybe it does make a difference after all, even if I do laugh! I think I'm having a hard time because food is my coping mechanism, if it gets taken a way I have to come up with a new way to not go crazy and slit my armpit! Any suggestions?

Here you go, Kyla

So, I am starting a blog about my weight loss quest at the request of Kyla. You may wonder about the title of my blog. That's too bad. Just kidding. Here it is... don't laugh. I bought a weight loss hypnosis CD from an infomercial. Well, the guy who does the hypnosis talks like the mayor from the Simpsons. At one part he says, "My voice is like hypnotic dah-kness to your mem-O-ry." It's really hard to write how he sounds, just take my word that it's really funny. You're supposed to be all relaxed and impressionable, but every time I hear that part I have to laugh. Maybe that's why I'm still fat. Who knows. I'll post before pictures later. Tyler knows how to work this new fangled contraption that is our laptop better than I do, so I'll have to wait till he gets home. Think slimming thoughts my way and I'll do the same for all of you!