I did weigh myself and I’ve maintained.  I’m not terribly surprised.  Six pounds last week was kind of a big number and I have been so busy cleaning house and hanging with my friend who’s in town, that I haven’t really been too worried about what I have been eating or anything, let alone, busting out any exercise stuff…. (not to mention the icky BLOATING) 

I hope to have more to share with you next week!  And don’t forget to link up so I can be jealous of all your hard work this week!

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No.  I’m not kidding.  Here’s the proof! (and yes, I still need a pedicure…hush)

And here’s the Head to Toe:

The question I suppose, would be HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?  I’ll tell you right now… I dunno!  OK… I’ll tell you what I consciously did: 

• Drank more water and liquids in general
• Reduced my calories by reducing my portions
• NOT making my last meal the largest
• Eating a bit earlier
• Stayed away from the computer a little more than usual

A lot of this was probably water weight and I will er… taper off… here in the next week.  So it’s now time to break out the Wii Fit and my Turbo Jam DVDs.  Of course, this week my exercise will consist of major, MAJOR housecleaning.  My BFF is coming to visit me and she is a NEAT person…whereas, I am not.  DUH.  So, I’ll probably get about 3 or 4 hours of high-powered cardio just scrubbing floors and toilets and bathtubs and sinks and tables and steam cleaning the carpets and finding the hose to my air mattress pump.  AWESOME!

That’s all for now!  Link up sometime today or tomorrow (for those of you NOT blogging on Labor Day) and let us know what you’re doing and how you’re doing.  Remember!  Last night was the last day to sign up for the contest, so if you haven’t already, entries are closed.

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I unloaded all my woes on this and then deleted them.  Let me just say that I’m frustrated and upset that people spend so much time hating people who are just trying to live their life and don’t spend enough time getting to know people.  Quick-set decisions on a person’s life and their faith based on a few encounters does not an accurate assessment make.  Here’s what I challenge you to do.  Get to know people, not their lifestyle. 

Since reading Jesus Loves You, this I know by Craig Gross and Jason Harper, I keep coming back to this one quote:

Regardless of what you see, love him.  Regardless of what you expect, love.  Regardless of what you will tolerate, remember, tolerance is not compromise.  Tolerance gives us the platform and relational equity to be there.

Tolerance gives us the platform and relational equity to be there.  What does that mean?  To me, it means that by being in a person’s life and letting them live their life the way they choose to live their life, and showing them that Jesus loves them regardless of what is going on in their life, gives us the ability to be there to impact their life.  Isn’t that what it’s all about? Impacting their lives? 

I don’t tell my non believing friends that they need to change their life.  I don’t tell them that Jesus “loves the sinner, but hates the sin.”  Sin is a part of us.  To hate any part of us, would say that Jesus hates us, on some level.  Don’t get me wrong, Jesus doesn’t tolerate sin, but he doesn’t eradicate it with condemnation and judgement, but with love.

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Thomas is coming to town… and there’s a “commercial” for it every 30 minutes on public television.  I dunno when it is or how much it costs to ride Thomas.  I don’t care.  My brain hurts from the 3 times a day that my kid sees the commercial and runs around screaming about “THOMAS! THOMAS! I WANT TO RIDE THOMAS!  CAN WE GO RIDE THOMAS TODAY?”  *Where’s the wine?*

So, the BlogapaLOSEa started yesterday.  I just found out from my co-host that we are refunding the antes!  Long story short, instead of an ante and a pool, which apparently, is illegal gambling…. well, the details of what the alternative is is still to come.  So, how am I doing on this BlogapaLOSEa after only a day?  Mr. B took me to Godiva yesterday.  He’s a saboteur.

In the middle of writing this post and wanting to discuss all kinds of random crap, something shitty happened.  I found out that a friend of mine from high school died last year.  Of bone cancer.  In the past 2 years I have lost 3 friends to cancer.  I’m just so damn sick of people I have loved in my life dying.  One was a child.  17.  Leukemia.  A beautiful woman.  26.  Leukemia.  Now, this man.  He was about 30.  Bone cancer.  Granted, I hadn’t spoken to or seen him in many years, much like with Melissa, but it is strange, I’ve been thinking about him a lot lately.  Reminiscing of our friendship and the time we spent together back when.  So to you, Flavio, I dedicate this song:

There’s a story to this and if you were in our Thespian Troope, you’d understand!

Now, let’s see if I can lighten the mood.  I made my first Etsy sale to a friend, whose things I’m shipping today.  Super cute purse for her and some super cute burp cloths for a friend that had a baby!

S has had some hayfever and allergies.  It’s been quite humorous.  She sneezes, then subsequently hisses like a cat to scratch the roof of her mouth.  I feel bad that she feels bad, but it’s still pretty funny.

S also has a word that she’s made up.  “Ajijinal”  (pronounced like additional, but the j sound for the Ds and the tion).  She can’t tell us what it means.  But she says it all the time.  She uses it like and adjective.  “That red light is very ajijinal.”  She also uses it like a noun.  “That’s not very ajijinal.”  God FORBID if any of us try to say the word.  It’s “HER” word.

That is all.  I’ve managed to stop crying and now I need to get house things done.  Go to Keely’s.  And please, can we avoid all the rest of my friends getting cancer.  I’m really sick of cancer.  Cancer can SUCK IT!

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Read the rules here.

In the beginning, this is what my scale said:

That says 315 pounds. I almost cried.

Yes.  I know I need a pedicure too.

In the beginning, this is what I look like.

The arms is my BIGGEST goal.

I set the timer to take that pic.  I think next time I’ll have Mr. B do it.  The angle makes me look like a GIANT.  The chair looks so little.  (and yes, I need to clean the living room…AGAIN.)

So, my week this week entails walking through houses to rent.  Therefore, I’m hoping that my being constantly moving will help me with my oral intake.  Yeah.  I mean cutting back my calories.  That’s what I’m doing.  Along with exercise, which I hope I’ll have time for later this week.  I cook pretty healthily as it is, with kids and all, so I’m cutting back the portions, increasing my fruits and veggies, cutting out unneccessary sugars, and most of our processed food.  This will be good for us on another level.  To cook like this more means a cleaner kitchen!    Yeah, so I think I’m getting up from the computer now.  Hard to lose weight with my ass planted in a chair!  Have fun!

If you’re just now deciding to join, send your payment (5 small measly dollars you get back then some if you win!), via PayPal, to heatherchapman (at) live (dot) com.   This contest no longer has an ante.  It is FREE to join!   DETAILS SOON!

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I was under the impression that four is easier than three.  So far, whoever told me that was a LIAR!  LIARLIARPANTSONFIRE!  It’s not easier.  It’s not harder.  It’s different.  For some reason, about 4 days before they turn four, they get imbued with some evil that is unbeknownst (yes, I said unbeknownst) to the parent.  Suddenly, they think they’re in charge of everyone and everything.  They scream more, are snarkier, have tantrums over the smallest things, and if they don’t get their way, they just stick their tongue out at you.  I thought this didn’t happen until about 13!  Again, I say LIARLIARPANTSONFIRE!

Coffee is nectar from teh gods! (if I worshipped thos gods, that is)  It’s still pretty damn good.  And it may be all that will get me through this day without murdering S. 

I just read a book called Jesus Loves You, this I know and, well, let’s just say that it was a very personal experience to read that book.  I have a review coming up this week discussing my personal experience reading the book.

Speaking of books, do you know if there are any that help you get through these next 16 years I’ve got coming up?  I really need the help.

MMMMM…. coffee.  I know I mentioned it before, but I just finished my delightfully sugary cup of the “wake up juice.”  We’ve discovered that a shot of chocolate syrup, International Delight Chocolate Caramel creamer, and a spoonful of sugar, in my Starbucks Pike Place Roast (awesome….. hallelujah choir’s singing for the Pike Place) is as yummy as getting a mocha at Starbucks for a FRACTION of the cost.  Mmmm, more please!

I cleaned my house last week.  The bathroom, the kitchen, the living room and even the desk.  If you came over today, you wouldn’t be able to tell, but I did it.  The proof is in the pictures and if you check back through last week’s posts, you’ll see the proof!

Why is it that kids do super cute things and as soon as you turn the camera on, they’ve stopped?  GAHHHHHH!  Maybe she’ll do it again and I can have it on for tomorrow’s post!

Heather, over at The Mother Tongue, and I have gone into cahoots to start a BlogapaLOSEa!  If you’re interested in finding out the rules, go here and sign up on the MckLinky, then send your VERY INEXPENSIVE ante over to Heather via PayPal at: heatherchapman (at) live (dot) com.  Once you do, you’ll get the code to put this nifty button onto your sidebar!  (All the rules are right there on the post!) If you want to know WHY I wanted to do this, read this! 

Sunday, Mr. B and I decided to recapture our youth and play outside on the Slip n Slide with the kids.  BIG MISTAKE!  I, personally, while going down the plastic, glorified, trash bag, thought I’d busted a rib, my pelvis, and possibly, that I’d ripped off one of my bewbs.  I didn’t break anything, but I did realize how out of shape I am.  Apparently, you use a lot of abdominal muscles to go down the glorified trash bag.  My stomach muscles are so sore that I was trying to cough last night and thought that I was going bust my C-section scar right open!  Mr. B cannot sit up without significant pain.  (I may make him join the BlogapaLOSEa too!  lol)  My triceps are on fire.  Picking up A is not even an option without ibuprofen.  *sigh*  Another reminder why this BlogapaLOSEa is happening!  Am. SO. Outta. Shape.  (or in shape, depending on how you look at it.  Round IS a shape, or so I’m told!)

That’s all for today’s Tuesday Randomness.  Head over to The Unmom’s site.  She’s super funny and super cute too!

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I’ve never been one for exercise or eating right.  For that, I blame my mom.  (”What the Hell? She can’t even take responsibility for her own weight problems?!”)  I think that too.  Here’s what you don’t know.  My mom has been trying to diet me since I was somewhere between 6 and 8 years old.  She made me obsessed.  I wanted to be a kid and she wanted to take me on power walks.  It was never OK with her that I was fat (that’s right, I said the F-word).  Or that I am still fat.  Exercise and moving my body was never about having fun or doing things I enjoy.  It was always about accomplishing a goal.  However, having me watch hours of television, or leaving me home alone (with a near-endless supply of fruit snacks and cookies and soda in the pantry/fridge) from an early age so that she could go on dates, run errands, etc., was always OK with her.  And, let’s not forget the Cuban grandma who would tell me I needed to eat, then tell me I was fat if she saw me eating.  But this isn’t a “bitch about my crappy childhood and my mom” type of post.  This is a “me” post.

You may have noticed this “BlogapaLOSEa” thing I’m pimping starting up.  I decided to do this right before I got sick.  I was sitting around thinking, “damn.  I’m friggin fat! I really hate diet and exercise.  I also hate being humiliated.  How can I fix this?”  Well, duh!  Blog about it!  If I don’t lose weight, I look like a lazy loser.  I may not win my own contest.  I’d be surprised if I do, actually.  I just wanted as much public humiliation accountability as I could gain, so why not have a contest?  Right?

Here’s what I’m hoping to gain from BlogapaLOSEa (really…): 

• A healthier body.
• A newfound love and respect for my body.
• A deeper understanding of my body.
• A deeper friendship with my BlogapaLOSEa community.

That’s it.  If I get a slimmer body in the process, that’s great; but really, I just want to be healthier.

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1. You have two (2) weeks to enter.  Contest begins on August 31 and will continue until November 23 (the Monday BEFORE Thanksgiving).  12 weeks.  Late entries will be accepted for anyone that sees your initial post and thinks they’d like to join.  However, September 6 will be the absolute final date we will accept entries, and anyone who does not begin on August 31 will be playing with a one week disadvantage on the weightloss. 
2. The ante is $5.  Couldn’t be more inexpensive than that!  You can’t join the Y for that!  Wanna know why we’re asking for an ante to enter?  Because the money for the ante will go into a Visa Checkcard that will be the prize for the winner.  Put that mouth to use for something other than OREOs.  Tell your friends.  Have them tell their friends.  The more who enter, the bigger the prize!  Please contact Heather directly for instructions on how to pay your ante or link up today so we know who to contact for instructions.  So… the contest is NOW FREE!!!!!!  FREE!  And there will be details to come SOON!
3. You don’t get your button code until we receive your payment. 
4. You must post weekly to remain in the contest.  If you stop posting and linking up with us, we’re going to assume you dropped out.  You will not get your ante back.  If you have to drop out of the competition for medical reasons (i.e. pregnany, health condition, broken limb, etc) please contact me directly here or on Twitter through DM and we’ll see what we can do
5. Weekly posting:  Pounds lost.  Head to Toe pic.  This is about accountability!  Sounds rough, but we’re going to be totally honest here! 
6. THIS IS AN UPDATED RULE!  After hearing your thoughts and taking them into consideration, Heather and I decided that you will send me (or her) a picture of the scale via email, confidentially, to lisa (at) unfilteredinsanity (dot) com and it will NEVER EVER be published.  When the contest ends, you will send another scale pic CONFIDENTIALLY so that we can determine the winner.  We still would like you to post how much weight you’ve lost.  You are more than welcome to continue to post your feet/scale pic weekly if you need/want the added humiliation accountability of people actually SEEING your weight.  However, it is no longer necessary.
7. Please tell us what you’re doing in the post.  Recipes that were a hit with the family.  Detail your exercise regimen.  Detail your diet.  Hey, if something’s working for you and someone else is struggling then you could be a big help.
8. We will determine the winner on pounds lost.  It’s not as exact as percentages or BMI, but hey, we’re not experts here.  My math no is good.  The most pounds lost on November 23, wins the contest and will receive the gift card! 
9. MckLinky.  OK.  For those of you who’ve never linked up a post before, you input the information it asks (usually name and URL).  Once you write your post, just come here and link up!  Simple as THAT!
10. Speaking of health!  This is super important.  No extreme diets.  No extreme exercising.  This is a friendly competition that was designed to create comraderie, accountability, motivation, and incentive.  While there is no rule as to what diet you use (i.e. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, NutriSystem, LA Weight Loss, Sugar Busters, Atkins, South Beach, etc.) or what platform you use to exercise (Wii, DVDs, gyms, personal trainers, walking, running, pilates, etc.), you must be healthy in your efforts and eat a diet that will provide you with adequate nutrition.  (Please read this rule as: If you use crazy weight loss efforts, you will be disqualified.  It ain’t worth killing yourself over and if you decide to be crazy, it ain’t our fault.)

Link up to get started in our BlogapaLOSEa Challenge. Linking up today will help Heather and I know who to send instructions for regarding payment for the ante!

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So, instead, I’m going to talk about something completely different. Saturday night I tweeted this: “OK! Anyone with a blog and over 75# to lose that are interested in a Wii Fit challenge???? DM me!” I got one response from Heather. We’re hashing out the details now, but we’ve decided to take over the blogosphere with a weight loss challenge. We’ve also decided to eliminate the “Wii” requirement to make it open to ANYONE who’s got a few pounds to lose. There will be a nominal “ante-up” (by nominal, I mean under $15 to join the competition) that will be the prize in a version of either a Visa Gift Card or a gift card to a retailer (for new clothes, DUH!). With your entry, you’d be required to post a picture weekly. You’d be asked to sign in with Mr. Linky so we can see your post. You’ll have to detail your weight, what you’ve lost, and what methods you’re using to lose the weight. (Which will also be interesting to see who wins!)

I came up with this idea about a week ago. See, I visit one of the Wii Moms pretty regularly, Julie over at Momspective. She’s got this little sign on there that says “I lost 60 pounds with the Wii Fit.” It TAUNTS me! I wanna lose 60 pounds! (Hell, I need to lose about 160!) The problem is, I’m just so damn unmotivated! I hate, hate, HATE being this unmotivated. So, I asked myself, what’s something that drives me: easy answer! COMPETITION! I HATE losing. I have been known to walk away from games of Phase 10 if I’m losing. GAH! I hate it! And, while ordinarily, being that competitive is a major downfall for me, this is one of those instances where it can be a MAJOR ASSET! (heh, that sounds like “ass it” heh)

So, this is the feeler email! (Do ya feel me?) Leave me a comment. Let me know if you’re even interested in this. Send me your ideas of what we can do to make it more interesting. Let me know if you’re of the “technical” mind and can make a button (once we’ve come up with a name!). Feedback! Feedback! Feedback!

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