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22 December 2010

The 12 days of Trekmas

On the first day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
The captain of the starship enterprise.

On the second day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the third day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the fourth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the fifth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the sixth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain if the starship enterprise

On the seventh day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Seven of Nine
Six Alien species
Five Borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the eighth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the ninth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the tenth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Ten academy graduates
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the eleventh day of Trekmas my true love sent to me
Eleven phasers firing
Ten academy graduates
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the twelfth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Twelve holodeck getaways
Eleven phasers firing
Ten academy graduates
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

Yup, I'm a geek :-)
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19 December 2010

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

All credit for these wonderful 4 books goes to Ann

I first started reading this series before the first book became a movie and when I saw the first movie it was perfect. It was amazing in every way that made me love the books and I was shocked that they had managed to make that adaptation work. So often I'm disappointed with movies based on books.

The second movie was the worst disappointment. Somehow it was made worse by the greatness of the first. I'm not entirely sure why they did it, but they took the last 3 books and turned them into the second movie. They changed parts. They altered the timeline. They left out important bits. And why didn't they make 4 movies? 4 books, 4 movies. The math seems simple enough. Did they not have the money? Would the actresses not do 4 movies? What caused this? I don't know.

I will say I loved all the books. 4 girls, 4 summers, an amazing friendship and an amazing pair of pants that helped them grow and change into the people they became.

They are wonderful books, and if they aren't on your list of must reads, they should be. Maybe i should look up why they did that with the second movie.... *goes and does that*

Ok, apparently the second movie is based on the last book, so that doesn't explain why they didn't make the other 2 movies or why they would incorporate story from 2 & 3 into it. And leave out major things like who Bee is dating in the 4th book and why and when Bee really went to see her grandmother.

I don't know. I still recommend the books. Read them. Love the sisterhood. See yourself and your friends in them. It's what I did.
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Today is 5/7

Today was supposed to be beef and tomato day but I forgot to cook my beef :-)

Today I had salad with 2 slices of ham, and orange juice for lunch. I got home and had a little cheese and a few pieces of cereal that alex shared with me. And right now my meat is cooking and hopefully will be done soon. I'm hungry, lol.

Ok, beef was done hours ago, had some of that + 3 tomatoes.
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18 December 2010

Today is 4/7

Today was the milk and banana day of the cabbage soup diet. You are allowed to have skim milk and bananas and it's supposed to keep you from wanting sweets, according to one site.

So far today I've had a spinach salad with dried strawberry, strawberry vinaigrette, sliced almond, and 2 slices of roast beef on it. A quart of 2% milk (i don't like skim) a honeycrisp apple, and I did "cheat" a bit. It's not really cheating imo because a. I admit it here on my blog and b. it's my diet so i can follow whatever plan I want to really. But my cheats were a 20 oz cherry coke that my super awesome coworker bought me, and 3/4 of a mcd's double cheeseburger that chris bought me on the way home from work that I shared with alex (hence the 3/4) so that wasn't that bad, and I've only drank like half the cherry coke so far.

Surprisingly i didn't have any bananas on my milk and banana day. Alex decided today instead of half a banana he wanted more so he got a whole one today.

I went super duper nutso cleaning at work, thoroughly swept the entire concrete pad. That was way more activity than I normally do at work because I did a very thorough job of it and ran back and forth helping customers and such. You can't really tell I did much though. It was all tiny dust and dirt that was all over the surface left over from the snow. We've been sweeping it up for a while now.

Oh, and yesterday I also ate a slice of some raisin nut bread that Judy, my son's dad's mom, makes during the holidays. I munched that last night while I was reading my book.

And OMG last night I watched wednesday's episode of survivor on the app on my phone and oh sad day! Jane got kicked off. I adored jane! I was so super happy when may finally got the boot cause he was trying to get rid of her. She was one of my favorites, I wish they hadn't kicked her off. Plus she looked like she was totally going to cry when she came up to sash, holly, and chase and they said they were thinking about getting rid of her. I think my new favorite is dan, cause somehow he's still there despite that he's one of the weakest. He's flown a bit under the radar.

Well that was a touch of digression... Anyway, I'll admit it, I said I wouldn't weigh myself til monday, I said I would have restraint. I have none. I didn't wait til monday. Maybe it's impatience, maybe it's habit because I was weighing myself fridays before, or maybe it's just me being me, but I did. before work it said 199.8 and after work it said 200.4 so that's actually pretty good. :-)

so... See you tomorrow!
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17 December 2010

Today is 3/7

Today I did badly because I was upset by stuff. No I'm not clarifying. About what I was upset about, I mean, I'm clarifying about the "did badly" part.

Today I was allowed soup, fruit, and veggies. Again I didn't follow the plan by having half a banana. I don't understand why you aren't supposed to have them anyway as they are highly nutritious. I didn't eat on my lunch break ay work because of issues. I had packed a lunch with soup, an orange, and some carrot sticks, but didn't eat it. I just recently ate a slice of turkey rolled with half a slice of havarti cheese, but even that I forced myself to eat.

Getting upset really kills my appetite no matter how hungry I was prior to that point. It's irritating because people sometimes think that overweight people are "emotional eaters" and that's the key to "fixing" their issues.

It's funny, I don't know how I reached this point in my life. I've been virtually anorexic, eaten normally, gone on diets, tried riding my bike, jogging, walking, lots of things. The 6 week challenge worked best for weight loss but I was constantly hungry and it's similar now. It's strange how the more I seem to eat, the hungrier I get. With the 6 week challenge you eat 3 meals and snacks in between, and I was always hungry. And now I can eat as many fruits and veggies and as much soup as I want but I'm just hungry again a couple hours later. What's the point of eating a massive plate of food that's good for you, just to feel hungry not even 2 hours later?

But I've learned since I was younger, a few tricks to distract myself from feeling hungry. I get busy, distract myself from it. Or I go to sleep, I'm never hungry for at least an hour after I wake up so that helps. I know that your body feels hunger for a reason but a massive plate of food should tide you over for at least 4 hours, imo.

I didn't exercise today.
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16 December 2010

In update of today...

I had a baked potato w/ fat free sour cream & butter (and s&p), more carrot sticks, cucumber slices, and tea for "dinner" (if you can call eating something at this hour dinner lol)

I know I should be drinking WATER but can't stand the stuff.. Tea is... Almost water... :-)
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15 December 2010

Dear (???)

Dear (???)

I don't know who you are yet but here I am writing this all the same. Maybe I already know you or maybe we've never met. All I know is whoever you are, you're going to be the next person to have my heart.

I hope you'll take that job seriously and handle it with care because it's been damaged before. And if you're holding it I know you will because you had to work hard for that little gem. You had to earn my trust and win me over which is certainly no simple task. You wouldn't be careless with what you worked so hard for.

I'd like you to know I'm fiercely loyal but I'm also extremely independent and defiant. I don't take orders well but well placed subtle suggestions are usually highly effective. I'm opinionated and strong willed and I usually have to get in the last word in an argument or a debate.

I'm very self conscious about things like my weight and my hair so teasing me if I'm in a bad mood could just provoke a defensive response. It's not that I view you as an attacker, but simply a trained response.

There are things I already know about you even though I may not have met you yet. I know that you are patient and kind. I know that you have some similar moral beliefs as my own because otherwise we would never be a good match. My morals are simple: don't hurt people intentionally. It's that simple.

Until we meet on these terms,
Tiffany


*a friend who would rather remain anonymous suggested I write a letter to my future relationship. Said this might help me to be more optimistic about the potential. I doubt it, but I wrote it. It took me 4 days, but there it is...
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Today is 2/7

So today was day 2. On day 2 you are supposed to eat soup and veggies. Well I was feeling extremely dizzy so again I'm not following to the exact specifications.

So far today I've had 2 bowls of soup, some salad with honey mustard salad dressing, 1 slice of deli havarti cheese, and 2 slices of thin sliced deli turkey breast, some baby carrots and cucumber slices, and the same green tea blend i had yesterday.

My exercise today was walking to and from the grocery store, which is actually quite the workout when you walk back home with all the groceries.

I feel a lot better now that I had a little protein and that makes me not feel bad about throwing the turkey and cheese on my salad. Also today you are allowed to have a baked potato with butter. I will have one before I go to sleep. Those who know my sleeping habits know I never go to sleep before 2am so another meal will be happening at some point tonight.

Anyway, I'm very much resisting the urge to step on the scale. I actually haven't weighed myself since wednesday (i think?) last week when I was about 205 which I've already said. My new weigh in day in monday so I'm not going to step on the scale til then. I think. Maybe. I might take a peek at some point.... Lol as you can see i have so much self-discipline... :-)
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14 December 2010

Today is 1/7

Today I started day 1 of the cabbage soup diet. On day 1 you can have soup, fruits excluding banana, and water, unsweetened tea, and cranberry juice.

So fat I've cheated a little. But it's MY diet and it wasn't much. I've had about 30 oz of soup, half a banana (the other half of alex's breakfast banana), some apricots, a really thin slice of cheddar cheese (sorry, but i couldn't cut some up for alex and not have any myself) and some unsweetened orange passionfruit jasmin green tea.

I started to do my tae bo cardio dvd then decided after half through it that I was not keeping up so I turned it off and turned on some music and danced around with alex. Not as strenuous but still moving and also I think alex counts as working out with a 20lb weight :-p

Just because I'm doing something new here, I'm going to post every day at least during this x day thing. So look forward to many blog posts!
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Bland soup? Hardly!

Nobody could call my soup bland. It's almost too spicy for me to eat without a glass of milk or something (not that it takes much to be too spicy for me) and it's good. After everyone telling horror stories about the soup being bland and gross I was dreading it slightly but this is yummy. It might just be the spices and i had to add a little salt to my bowl in the end, but overall it's a nice soup.
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The New Plan

As some may know, I'm trying to be healthier and lose some weight. I'm trying to get in shape so that i can be happier, healthier, and able to play with my son more. I can't run after him in the park because I can't really run very far without the terrible pounding heart, gasping for breath, feeling like I'm going to die, and that's after only like 30 yards? I don't know specifically how far i can run but you get the point.

I made a new chart that spans up to a year from today but depending on my loss rate I could reach my goal in half that time. My goals range from 1.5-3 lbs a week. I didn't want to think of less than that when i wrote it but I do realize that as a realty as well.

I'm trying this thing called the cabbage soup diet to kick off this new plan. Currently I'm at 205(ish) and I want more than anything to drop below that 200 mark before the new year starts. I think that might motivate me more than anything else and help me deal with the smaller losses.

The cabbage soup diet is a 7 day eating plan based on a soup that obviously has cabbage in it. There are several recipes but I deviated and my soup is cabbage, green pepper, green onion, carrot, celery, lentils, garlic salt, crushed red pepper, savory, basil, thyme, and black pepper. The only sodium in it is from the garlic salt and if I'd had garlic powder I would have used it instead.

My previous weigh in day was fridays but I'm changing that to mondays. The change is purely because of when I started writing the new plan out and has no other significance then that. :-)

I also plan on continuing my exercising, putting more pressure on myself to actually keep up on that. There is no reason i shouldn't be working out every day even if it's just going for a wall and i know that. I just have a bad habit of putting it off for various reasons. It's late. My dvd player keeps messing up the workout video. I'm tired. I can do it later. I can just do more at work today. I have every excuse you could imagine and then some.

Kenny, you made me feel guilty for that and THANK YOU for doing that. You are doing so awesome on your healthy lifestyle that you make me WANT to be doing just as well. :-)

Anyway... Wish me luck?
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09 December 2010

Weird winter poem thing

If the sweet smell of candy canes were all but there
If the sharp scent of pine never filled up the air
And the crisp morning air never filled up with snow
Then what would exist of the winter we know?

If the chanukah candles sat in a drawer never lit
If the stockings never got hung for saint nick
If the bright decorations of kwanzaa were hidden
What if celebrating the holidays was simply forbidden?

If the churches never opened their doors christmas eve
If children were taught they aught not to believe
If it were illegal to sing holiday songs
All the magic of winter would simply be gone.

No matter what is celebrated during this season
We all celebrate it for similar reasons
For joy and cheer and family and love
For believing in someone looking down from above

The winter is beautiful for what we make it
Tolerating religions and giving donations.
For celebrating where we come from or what we believe
Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Years Eve.
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01 December 2010

I'm Contradictory Like That

If you want to make me mad at you tell me not to do something. If you want to make me frustrated and pissed off and defiant, tell me not to do something or that I can't do it.

I'm the person who does the opposite because I can, to be different, to defy authority. You want to offer me advice? Ok, but it's my choice whether to follow it or not. Don't like that? Tough...

I'm defiant. I don't like authority. I don't like being bossed around. Guidance is acceptable, but nothing else....

I'm more likely to do the opposite when bossed around....
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