I’m Back!

Wow… I cannot believe that we have not updated our blog since November, 2009. We are bad bloggers!!!

Life has been moving rapidly since our last post. My little sister, Johanna, is getting married on 03.13.2010!!! Danielle and I recently returned from her Bachelorette Cruise to the Bahamas! It was an amazing trip and wonderful to be able to spend that time with my lil sis before she heads off into married-land!! Here are some highlights of our trip…

Off to get my dress altered… Sorry for the hiatus!

Jus

Do “bad” things happen in 3′s??

Have you ever heard the saying that bad things happen in groups of 3?? I have always heard people say that, but never really experienced it first hand… until now.

So, yesterday I told you about 1) my missing kitty and 2) the broken plumbing underneath my house. Well, the third and scariest of all occurred this morning to my lovely dog Cailin. (I know my “About” page only lists my two doggies, Aiden & Bailey, but I also have 2 of my dad’s dogs living with me as well; Cailin and Riley).

When I got up to go to work this morning, Cailin was acting very weird. Usually she has loads of energy and such a huge personality, but today she wasn’t herself. Then I noticed she couldn’t walk or stand, was having trouble with her motor skills, and had extremely dilated pupils.

Of course, I freaked out and thought the worst. I googled her symptoms which scared me even more because the results mentioned things like “stroke”, ”toxic poisoning” and “organ failure”.

Prior to this incident, Cailin has always been very healthy, and is only 7 years old!

She was promptly taken to the vet, who charged me an arm and a leg just to say that they “don’t know” what is wrong with her… They did do blood work to confirm that it wasn’t poison or organ failure, and everything looks okay. The vet eventually came to the conclusion that she had a seizure and they are not going to do anything to treat her at this point because they are not sure of the cause. If it happens again, then more tests will be done, but for now they sent her away. 

Throughout the day her lovable personality has slowly returned, but it was a very scary incident. Hopefully it was a one time event and she will be okay!!

Here is a picture of Cailin with my Mommy from a few years back:

Mom and Cailin

Do you think bad things happen in 3′s?

I just hope that this was the last of my bad luck and that Cailin recovers fully to be back to her healthy and hyper self!

Have a great night!

~Justine

It’s been a whole week already!

Hello All,

I can’t believe it has been a whole week since my last post!

So I know today is supposed to be weigh in day, but I totally forgot to weigh myself this morning. I have actually been thinking about doing something really exciting….I am going to send in an audition video to the Biggest Loser!!! I don’t think there is anything more in the world that I want right now than to be a contestant on the Biggest Loser! Justine is going to help me work on the video. Please wish me luck!

Sorry for the hiatus!

Hello blogworld!

Justine here… Sorry I haven’t been around much lately.  Life has been really busy during the last week and I let my blogging fall behind. So sorry!! It won’t happen again

If there is anyone out there that reads our new blog, please comment! Dani and I have been the only commenters thus far and would love to hear from our readers (if we have any… yet)  I know we will!!!!

My weekend was okay… Just okay because I had a few minor issues, and one MAJOR issue.

Major: The plumbing in my house has completely gone wacky and is dumping ANYTHING that goes down the drain under my house. Ahhh… Hopefully it won’t cost mucho dinero to get this issue fixed. Right now I can’t even bathe at home! Thank goodness I had already planned on dinner at my Mommy’s house tonight, so I will be able to shower there!

Minor: My cat was missing Friday – Saturday! This is only minor because he has since been found! I was out of town visiting Danielle in Leesburg, so I couldn’t do anything about it! Luckily, Once I returned from Dani’s, I found him! He had fallen through one of the holes that are now in my floor due to the plumbing problem.  He is a little fat cat, so once he fell through into the crawl space, it was too far for him to jump back up and he got stuck! I heard his faint little ‘meow’ and saw him come running through one of the holes. I couldn’t pick him up from that angle, but there are openings outside along the bottom of the house, so I opened one up and called him to me so he could escape. I am so happy he is okay!

My fat cat - Toby Tyler!

Since I don’t currently have a working camera (I am hoping to have one soon since Christmas is right around the corner… hint, hint!) I have been using either my phone, or not taking photos at all. Still waiting on Ms. Danielle to upload the pictures from our night out at Ember… She is a very busy girl though with full time work, school and being a mommy to two incredible little boys, so she has a valid excuse!

My weekend eats looked something like this:

Hummus & Veggies

and this:

A Must!

and also lots of these:

Yum, Yum, Yum

This weekends workouts consisted of some Exercise TV on Demand, I did Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred x 2. I also took my girls running at the Sanford Riverwalk again and did interval walking/running for approx. 5 miles.

I look forward to getting on a regular blogging schedule and especially having a new camera that works. Have a great night and I will be back tomorrow with a recap of my family dinner at my Mommy’s house! 

~Justine

Good Morning Bloggers!

Good morning on this beautiful Tuesday! Well, I think I am going to start using Tuesdays as my weigh-in day. I am going to weigh myself every Tuesday morning and post my results. Hopefully this will get me extra motivated! In the future I will take pics to post along with my weight on Tuesdays so you can all see my progress

So, I know Justine is going to kick my butt today because I forgot to upload the pics from this weekend…AGAIN! I promise we will have pics up tomorrow!

Ok, so here goes…I am going to post my weight for the first time. I am a little nervous to show the world, but hey- it will only push me harder to reach my goal.

Today’s Weight: 242.5 pounds!

Whew, that is horrible isn’t it? Well, that won’t be me for much longer now! I wish everyone a fantastic day, and I will be back later!

MANIC MONDAY!

Well, it certainly has been a MANIC MONDAY! Work has been crazy, and this past weekend was even crazier! We did have a great time though. Ember is a great place to go to have some drinks with friends in a laid back atmosphere.

I have done really well today with my food choices. For breakfast I had coffee with Splenda and a banana. For lunch I had a small portion of potatoes with low fat cheese and veggies. I know I need to start eating more protein! That is one very important item in healthy food choices that I need to work on!

Luckily, the work day is almost over! Then it’s home with the kids and school!

Monday, Monday

Hello!!!! Welcome to the work week!

I am actually happy to be back at work because Danielle and I had a crazy weekend! Pictures to come from our visit to Ember. We really enjoyed it! They played great music and there was a pretty nice crowd — all in all we had a great time!

I am having camera issues right now (need a new camera desperately!), and with my computer down this weekend I wasn’t able to load the pics from Dani’s camera. We will have them up soon though!

I took my girls running at the Sanford riverwalk yesterday, total distance was probably about 3 miles of interval running/walking. They both had a great time. It is such a beautiful area to take my doggies running!

The Sanford Riverwalk

Sorry so short today but I am playing catch up at work… I will return tomorrow with a more detailed post.

~Jus 

Justine will be MIA…

Hi all,
I just wanted to let you know that I will be MIA this weekend due to my home computer being DEAD! I am waiting on a new hard drive to be installed, so I can’t promise that I will make it on to blog this weekend. I know Danielle will keep you very busy with her stories! Hope you have a great weekend!

Yay It’s Friday!!!

Ok, so I am totally new to this whole blogging thing, but Justine has been great at keeping up with the trend, so she has brought me up to date with her. Justine has done extremely well with her weight loss, and she has inspired me to reach my goals too. Unfortunately I have a lot further to go than her, but I know I will get there with her support! At this point, I need to lose about 100 pounds, but I would be happy losing around 70 pounds.

On a lighter note, we are going downtown tonight to check out Ember! I don’t get out as much as most 26 year olds because I have two kids, but when we go out…we go OUT!!! We are going to have a blast!

TGIF!

Good morning blog world!! Today is Friday the 13th!

Danielle and I are headed to downtown Orlando tonight for some good times with good friends! We are probably going to Ember, which is a restaurant during the day, but at night turns into a night club.  This will be our first time there, so we are really excited!

Ember Nightclub, Downtown Orlando

 Doesn’t it look nice?!? Très exciting!!

A big issue for us when going out is controlling the amount of calories and sugar/carbs that we take in from alcoholic beverages. For me, I am doing Atkins, so it is very hard to find low carb mixers… My go-to drink lately is vodka with sugar-free red bull. Unfortunately, a lot of places don’t always stock sugar-free mixers, so it can become quite a challenge to drink without cheating. In the past I have even gone so far as to smuggle in some sugar-free, low carb juices and then order vodka on the rocks in a large glass. The hard part was having to go into the bathroom to mix it since most places will kick you out for doing such a thing! I can’t speak for Danielle, but I am sure she will be posting soon so you can learn all about her go-to drinks too!

Okay, so we started this blog to document our diet struggles. A major portion of this journey includes what we put into our bodies. Since it is important when dieting to keep track of this, we have decided to keep track on our blog so we can share with the world! LOL, not really the world — just a select few. We are actually really doing this for ourselves, but if we can help inspire just one person out there with our struggles, then it will be well worth it!

November 12, 2009 – Justine’s Eats  (Limit 20 grams of carbohydrates per day)

• Coffee x 2 = 4.0 carbs
• Salad with tuna, lots of veggies and 1 Tbs. ranch = 5.0
• Side salad with steak, chicken, queso, pico de gallo & guacamole = 5.0
• Salmon (6 oz.) with grilled zucchini, squash & onions = 5.0
• Water = Between 16-24 oz.

TOTAL CARBS = 19

(I really need to work on drinking more water!!! And less coffee, although yesterday I only had 2 cups so GO ME!)

Well, I should get to work, I am feeling very behind. ugh…

Have a wonderful Friday the 13th!  

Question of the day: What do you do when faced with drinking adult beverages? Do you have a go-to drink that won’t break your diet?