Friday, September 18, 2009

Woo Hoo!

So this calorie counting has paid off! This morning I lost 2.5 pounds this week! Hooray!!!

Rough day today: chick-fil-a chicken biscuit (450 cals), tomato basil soup (84 cals), french dip (350 cals) and chicken casserole tonight to which I didn't even calculate. Yipe! (and now, popcorn, oh well...) I'm going to the gym in the morning so I'll just attempt to burn it off in the morning. 

Tomorrow is the big UL/UK game. I'm not really into this year. I don't know why. Definitely cheering for Louisville in my heart, but don't really care to deal with it. Does that make sense? 

Watching E!news. Eclipse drama? Gasp?! OK, there wasn't any. Damn. What a bunch of crap. However, I had a strange dream last night about Rob Pattinson. Um, we're just sitting in a hotel watching TV... then suddenly walking down the sidewalk and he see my coworker McKenzie to which Rob says, "You're going into labor aren't you?" (She is pregnant and it's close to her due date.) and she replies, "Yep. I'm walking to the hospital now. See you guys later." I'm thinking this means I'll be doin' Rob soon. Ok, probably that McKenzie is going to pop soon, but whatver. I like to think it means I'll be humping Rob Pattinson. Zip it. 

I'm trying to kill time until The Office comes on Adult Swim at midnight. (it's the original, with Ricku Gervais-I'm excited.) It's the little things, I know...

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

bulls and bears


This post has nothing to do with the stock market. I just work at a Retirement Company all day and thought, "why the hell not?"

On my one and only financial point of the day:
I did a little math this evening regarding my car and the payments on it. According to Toyota, my loan matures in 8/2012. Which in my eyes isn't too far off. 2 years? A cake walk! (ok, maybe not that easy..) I've been wanting to get out of this payment for a couple months and this seems attainable to me. After a little more math, I figured out after 16 more months of payments, the car will be completely paid off! There's an even brighter light at the end of this tunnel! How freaking fantastic. The car will be pushing 6 years old by then, but it's a Toyota, so I'm thinking I should be good for a while. 

On a McFat note: 
I do so well until I get home at night! Ahh... 
I wasn't bad, but I wasn't great. Homemade nachos! 1/2 pound Laura's Lean ground beef. 1/2 pound reduced fat Jimmy Dean sausage, cumin, salt and red pepper to taste. Green pepper, Mild Banana Pepper and diced fresh tomato. Top with 1/8 Velveeta cheese, cubed and melted on top. Eaten with Blue Corn chips?!
Amazing. I highly recommend it. It wasn't so bad... Until I ate the entire concoction. (and then became too lazy to workout...) LOL. 

Totally hitting the gym in the morning. Believe it. 




Monday, September 14, 2009

Just call me McFat.

So many weight loss things to discuss. 

First and foremost:
An hour on the elliptical may burn my fat ass 919 calories. The chances of my actually lasting that long... Well I was about 40 short today. [wamp wamp wamp] So, ok, I didn't do an hour, but I did 20 on the treadmill at a moderate "brisk" walk (thanks, self.com) and 20 minutes on the elliptical. A grand total of: 413 calories burned. Which isn't too shabby my friends! (not for a fatty with a slightly gimp knee.)

Second:
I'm loving being registered on www.self.com. Loads of information. So I was playing around on the site and I found a calculator that shows you if you want to be a certain weight, exactly how many calories I should be eating... Um..  Bone to pick... Maybe I'm way off base, but I don't feel like a consume 3037.5 calories per day. I mean, I developed my own gravitational pull SOMEHOW, but I seriously don't believe I eat that much EVERYDAY. Sooo.. To lose the 100 pounds I need to I should only consume 2045.45 calories. Ok, I believe that. I probably intake that much now... but I don't weigh 100 pounds less... Something to think about. How many of those 3,000 calories am I actually in-taking and not realizing? I dunno. 
It's time to get my game face on.

Third:
At self.com you can also log all your workouts and food intake. Major plus. I consumed 1,506 calories today. I'm not planning on eating anything else tonight (unless I just can't deal with the hunger, duh. I'm fat.) So... If I'm eating 1,500 calories a day, shouldn't the pounds just fall off? 
You'd think. 

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Hey McFatty!

For the first time since I signed up for DirectTV in February, my satellite lost service. (And as I'm typing this, the damn thing came back on... OOO-and just went back out. Crack me up.) Regardless I'm not upset about it, but as I was sitting here with Socks I decided I should use my blog as a calorie counter to keep track of my intake. I mean, I realize I have one follower (SHOUT OUT HOGGY!) but, seriously, why not. Perhaps I'll be more accountable this way. And maybe i'll end up blogging a little more too. I can also talk about these 'diet foods' I'm trying: 100 calorie packs, low cal yogurts and anything I concoct that is tasty and low cal. So here goes nothing':


Breakfast: 
Egg McMuffin - 300 calories/12g fat
Hashbrown - 150 calories/9g fat*
Medium Diet Coke - 0 calories (holla!)
*So i found a funny website: http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/ and you can read really funny texts that you sent or a friend sent. It's very entertaining. However, I read this one and laughed my ass off for a good 10 minutes and when ordering my hash brown this morning it crossed my mind: 

(812): McDonalds has hash browns for only a quarter!....how many u want?
(1-812): All of them


Isn't that the damn truth! Ha. 

Lunch:
Maruchan Chicken Ramen (don't hate.) - 290 calories/12g fat

Snack:
Yoplait Lemon Parfait (um, delish!!) - 100 calories

Dinner:
TBD. 

I'll edit this post later when I eat dinner. 
FYI: I'm trying to stay between 1200-1500 calories and keep it low in fat. (I'm more concerned about the caloric in-take though.)



Thursday, July 9, 2009

Summer Book Reads!

So I've decided that, since I'm uber important, I should also list for the world my Summer Reading List. I'm actually excited about it!

1. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah (I wasn't actually wanting to read this (my friend Laura passed it off to me), but I started, and it's a pretty good little novel.) 

2. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max

3. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money Genius and Betrayal - Ben Mezrich

4. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist - Michael J. Fox

I'll keep you posted!!





Wednesday, July 8, 2009

oh the recent commotion.

My life was a little chaotic for 2 days. And, frankly, I am happier it's done. The crazy ex bf (whom I still saw, he texted ALL THE TIME told me he loved me-weird.) went too crazy for me. I guess I liked someone being around but I did not like him. Among major (illegal things he did; stole from Wal-Mart to return it for gift cards (wtf?), drugs.) He also talked during movies -i hate that! And only ever wanted Thin Crust with Pepperoni on his pizza. He couldn't hold a job, much less find one. And when he did he couldn't care less. He had entirely too many tattoos - some of which were stupid! How many mother fucking skull tats do you need on your body? And who the fuck gets a "lucky horseshoe" on his HAND? Jesus, deliver me. What was I thinking? I'm trying to laugh about it, but it still stings a little as I'm typing this. 

On July 3, he was pulled over and arrested for having 12 Lortabs within his possession. He called to tell me from jail. I was livid. I mean, wtf do you say to that? I texted him immediately after we hung up, "You completely realize whatever we had is now over." His response, "I know this and I'm sorry" I completely send 4-6 more texts about how much I hate him for his drug problems -blah blah. I mean, not something someone wants to hear, but you know. I'm not sugar coating, you're probably going to be a felony in a few month, so whats the point in sugar coating, ya know? Anyways, I always had to ream his friend who called me to, to stop calling/texting me blah blah. 

On Monday, he gets out. He's in the 'alternative program' until September when his court date is. WTF KY, I'm fully thinking the court system has failed. He should be locked up, but what do i know. I txt to make sure he's ok, he is, we're very short with each other... The breaking point is he's letting his little crony buddy read and txt me from his phone. So they're starting to get alittle hostile (yet funny) an example of one of the last ones was, "You best keep my name out your mouth or i'll have you arrested for slander!" ..... (let that sink in on you..., here's my response) "LOL. Ok.. Um, I'm not sure anyone in this country has actually been arrested on Slander but this will be my last official txt, don't worry." The icing on the cake was, you know when stupid white trash knows they aren't winning a fight they just start name calling, "Fuck you. You have your nose in the air but you aren't all that. He's had better LOL. Go eat something." 

Really? A fat joke? (PS -the guy txting me is SO a fatty!!) But, whatev. Well the fat joke was enough for me, I mean they start with the fat jokes, but what if the hostile texts never stopped? My mom knew the whole story - she was sitting next to me as I was laughing and texting angerly and agreed it was time to call T-mobile for a number change. So I did. 

But today, my curiosity killed me and I had to know what loser ex bf was up to and I facebook stalked him, his status reads: "Finally found a girl who makes me happy. Going to hang out with my girl and her daughter at the park." 

THAT. Right there, is what has hurt me yet again. The feeling that you will never be good enough, even for a pillhead, to make someone happy. (That and I've been cheated on multiple times by the douche.) Which... I had already removed him from my friends, so I know he was doing it, possibly hoping I would see... I immediately blocked him so I couldn't search him anymore with out jumping through some hoops to unblock him. Also, perhaps I should confess-I've totally been seeing Adam for ages while Crazy Mo Fo has been hanging around. So, I mean I could totally msg him and say I've been seeing/doing Adam since like January, but I'm taking the higher, less slutty road. Right? Crazy ass was just here in the same town as me and it was convenient, it wasn't anything other than that. Yet, I'm still alittle sad. I think it's because frankly - When did these boys (b/c they aren't men) start acting like they were in high school again? (AND HE'S 30 PEOPLE!!) I don't get it. I think that is what's puzzling me that most. Letting your friends name call from your cell (mostly b/c they can't afford their own...), you not telling them just to stop, the cheating, the drugs, can't hold a job. Where are the grown ups at??????

Adam is a grown up, and (don't tell anyone) I like the kid a lot. When I call and ask what he's doing and he says watching T.V. sitting on the couch - I never have to wonder if that's the truth. Because it just is. He doesn't need to constantly try to impress me. He's never cheated on me and when we talk about cheating, he thinks people who cheat on their spouses are disgusting. He laughs at my jokes, mainly b/c he's smart enough to get them. He eats Sushi. He has 2 cars and a great job. He doesn't have any body art, but thinks my little flower tat is pretty sexy. And, most importantly-he never talks during movies. Why am I upset again? 

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

So excited! (see below!)

Ahh! I cannot wait until November 20th. And yes, I will be that girl who goes to see it with all the little high schoolers, get over it. :)

On a different note: I have a massive ear infection/allergies that are killing me. Haven't been to the gym. Haven't lost any weight. Super frustrated. I wanna scream. (mostly from the ear infection)

So who so Eminem get slapped in the face with Bruno's balls on the MTV Movie Awards? HA! I laughed my ass off!! Karma's a bitch Marshal, wouldn't you say?

I'm taking off Friday for a little pre-birthday celebration with Hil in Louisville. Hanging out poolside working on our tans and taking it easy. That's my kind of Friday. Then heading to Cincy for Katy's graduation party. (maybe) I still can't decide if I want to go. I know it will be fun, i'm sooo broke though. YIKES.

Anyway, watch the New Moon Trailer and drool. I know I KEEP watching it over and over.. And DAMN Jacob looks good in this one. Yum.

Friday, May 29, 2009

dude...

So many things, so little blog.

I went to the gym and swam for over an hour. O-U-C-H. I used muscles I didn't know I had. Actually it started out a little touch and go. Get to the YMCA around 7ish. Awesome! There are 4 lanes and only 1 person is actually swimming in one, some other guy is just sitting on the edge of the pool so far with his butt crack fully visible, but I'll let that slide, I'm here for excercise, not scopin' cracks. I grab a kick board and go to the lane by the wall. I slide in and try to decide how I'm going to go about this. I'm like a fish. I can swim. let's just float a minute, tread some water - stretch it out... Ok... Time to kick it into gear. Left arm, Right arm, Left arm, BREATHE, Left arm, Right arm, BREATHE, Left arm, BREATHE BREATHE! Breathe bitch do you're lungs not work?!

OMG. I am totally Jen Lancaster right now. I completely think this, which makes me break out into a giggling fit. I gasp for air, choke and then burp. Mort-i-fied. (Looking around) Other swimmers were under water and the 14 year old life guard is reading. Sweet, my awesomeness is still intact. Ha.

I decide to back stroke it since my breath/swimming in a straight line skills are something to be desired. And I back stroked until my arms almost fell off. Then swam with the kickboard until I almost lost a leg. I'm very proud of my self. Go me! (Ok, I may or may not have just eatin Nacho Cheese Doritos but I was hungry and wanted a snack - deal.)

Last night I even did the eliptical for 35 minutes and swore my legs might actually break off as I was walking out to my car. This morning I couldn't drag my body out of bed for a morning workout. Yeah right.

Sigh.. I'm done typing. More later.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

'aqua fitness'

aka water aerobics might be the best thing I've ever done at the gym next to the elliptical machine. Seriously. I went with mom tonight to an aqua class and it was lots of fun and yet really worked my muscles. I left kinda achy - in a good way of course. Fabulous!
I'm going to the gym in the morning and hitting the cardio again. Look at me go.
This morning I weighed myself this morning and I had lost 4 lbs. Woo Hoo! I only have 36 lbs left to lose. HA HA HA. So, really not that much, right? Riiiight.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Whoa.

Yeah so perhaps we should talk about my back sweat.

How, within 10 minutes of huffing it on the treadmill it was filling up my pink cotton t-shirt like a walrus fills it's belly with fish. Yes. I was that girl. Needless to say i did give it my all for a grand total of 45 minutes on an incline of 5.0 speed of 3.0. So I mean, I was actually workin it for a walrus. Right?

Since I had to take Socks to the vet this morning I couldn't drag my fat ass to the pool at 5:30 am-I am SOO doing it tomorrow morning. Fo 'sho. 30-40 minutes of laps will be a great workout! Aren't ya proud? Even my mom (who joined the YMCA with me) did aqua fitness (aka water aerobics) this morning. Way to go Momma! Look at my family, getting all fit and stuff.

About to eat a little dinner, watch a little family guy, hit up the twitter/facebook/email and finally read before hitting the hay.

And this is just because, frankly, I think Hungry is cute:

pre workout mode.

Ok, I'm about to head to the gym.
My thoughts? Semi-anxious. Nervous. Ready to really make a difference this time.
I'll let you know how it goes afterwards. I'm getting ready to hit the gym up at 7 (so about 30 minutes!) omg! :) kidding.

Talking to Jess on the phone. She makes me laugh. We are probably the same person in 2 different bodies. Ha.

OK getting dressed for the gym. Keep ya posted!

Friday, May 15, 2009

It's Official.


ompletely out of control. Yes, the chin is alittle doublish, but hello, I'm trying!

This morning I had 2 eggs, 2 pieces of whole wheat toast and some no sugar added oatmeal. Hello, boring. Lunch included sauted chicken and veggie dumplings (very VERY good actually) and dinner; tomato and moz salad with half a calzone from Old Chicago Pizza. (Yes the other half will be for lunch tomorrow.) I'm really trying to get my shit together it's out of control. I'm starting working out at the YMCA tomorrow morning at 5:30. Yes. F
ive THIRTY. A.M. It seems like a good idea right now. I think I'm going to hit the pool and swim some laps and because I'm leaving a little early to pick up kitty at the vet tomorrow I'm going to go back to the gym and hit up the cardio. Look at me go! :) 

So I haven't blogged in forever. This is my new little baby Socks. 
She's out of control. A coworker found a mama and her litter of kittens and helped take care of them until they were ready to be weaned. I couldn't resist taking her. She's so funny and so
 full of personality. And sometimes she's a bitch face. However so  it her mom so I mean, she learned it from watching me. Whatever. She's getting her lady parts removed tomorrow.. Sniff sniff, my little lady is growing up! Shit! Which reminds me she shouldn't be eating and I totally hear her chowing down in the kitchen. Eh. I'll let her have a snack, then cut it off. 

Ok. I'm going to start saving starting this Friday too. It's not $20 a pay check, it's only $10, but I'm totally get it together. It's going to be automatically moved from checking to savings so I won't even have to think about it. Shoo, I'm almost being a grown up.