roomin' at the rachiele's

i'm going to miss them :-(

go green and rome

so i got to what i thought was a plateau (was sad that it was only at 6.5 lbs) but today was rewarding. i got on the scale and we're at 8lbs now. woooo. maybe by july i'll be at 20.

currently 170

i've decided it's because of the high fiber portion of the diet....there have been repeat studies to prove this.

so go green?! yesterday for lunch i ate two heads of broccoli (it was on sale at kroger for .99 cents for a bundle) any who, i usually eat about 2-3 cups of veggies for lunch so this was no big deal. I've eaten an entire head of cauliflauer for lunch before...they're the same beast right?

NOOOOOOOO. i got so topsey turvey from this. finaly calmed down when i got home and ate some jello. Emily informed me i needed some fat to flush it out (i can eat as much fat as i want on this diet) so i downed a couple of spoons of peanut butter and sure enough...i was better.

later that night we had greens and this morning i had spinach. if i were to have scat in a forest let me just say they would think the jolly green giant were loose.

in other news there are leaders that i wonder if they ever studied history in regards to roman leadership....
yeah the romans weren't that successful and i don't see any leaders using their model to be either.

busy weekend.

worked the basketball tournament with some of my girls to raise money for the fl trip. stuck to my diet. i was proud of myself.
sent one of the girls out and they got me 2 grilled chicken sandwiches from chick fil a. took the bun off and had a yummy lunch.
also went out w/ adam, his best friend tyler, and tyler's fiance lindsay on friday. we went and looked at their new house and ate at the catfish cabin.
then i came to see adam on saturday and crashed.....

172.4 south beach you rock

the real effects of fiber

so i was thinking to myself and possibly to kate the other day....wow this thing is great i'm down to 173.4 which is basically where i should of been....so now i can start counting what really matters. keep in mind blog readers that i only started this monday. it's amazing.....amazing how much i go to the bathroom. like i used to have mini bathroom breaks throughout the day, mostly motivated by my coffee...but now i usually just go once, sometimes twice and it's good enough to get the job done.
i was proud of my weight loss then i got to thinking....maybe for the first time in years my insides have had a clean sweep.
oh the joys of eating pounds of vegetables.

the advancement

176....nice
i'm not supposed to weigh myself everyday but i was curious. i made stir fry last night for adam and scott in the electric wok. it was nice. adam liked it at least...i don't think scott was vibing off it. then again adam's not that picky.
thurs. mom and dad are coming down to look at houses and want to eat. i get so stressed out when i'm around them. they're so...demanding.

the south beach diet

today i start a soon to be slimmer me.
i am both excited & nervous....the results will be exciting.
I start the journey at 178.2...............

the right stuff

we (mostly) all know right from wrong. what separates us is if we care about how our choice between the two affect us and those around us.

i get phone calls and i talk to people all the time about the decisions of my youth. concerned parents, church members, schools sectaries, they call me when they have an issue they are concerned with regarding a student.

i understand that even at the fluffiest churches that there will be hills and battles to overcome, but sometimes i wonder if it's the overall mindset of the area/student body/congregation that aids in the acceptance of poor choices.

hrm....having a backbone and making accountability a tangible thing.