Big Fat News!

Or the skinny on things!! Including me!!!

Although I'm far from skinny, there is less of me than there was only a few short months ago. Since I started my weight loss /health journey (this time around, back on 10/29/07), I have lost a total of 32lbs! In addition, I've lost more inches than I want to admit to and 4% body fat! Wooohoo! Go me!

On the one hand, those stats are amazing and give me a huge sense of accomplishment, but on the other hand when I see how big the numbers are, and that I have more yet to lose, it brings home the fact that I was a very large woman. I am not proud of where I've been for far longer than I care to admit! Unlike some, however, I've never been a small or even medium-sized person. I've been large my whole life, and grew larger as I aged, got married and got busy with life.

These days, I am proud to see my clothes hanging on me, and to be fitting into things I wasn't able to fit into, even before I conceived my daughter! I'm smaller now than I was when I became pregnant four years ago!

I no longer work out with the trainer who started me on this journey, but I'm thankful to him for teaching me and motivating me to get this far. I'm mostly on my own now (seeing another trainer at my new gym only once a week). I find that juggling things on my own is harder, but I'm determined to make exercise a way of life, since I hope to continue shrinking and seeing my cholesterol and other numbers remain in healthy ranges.

Truth be told, I love food. I realize now that I can indulge myself (and do) but that it is the exercise that makes it possible. When I don't include it religiously, it can cause problems--big, ugly, dimply, fat ones! Since I know I'm never going to be able to live a completely carb-free, sugar-free, fat-free existence, I know I need to get myself to the gym 4-6 times a week to keep myself in check.

That being said, I better go get my yoga pants on and head there. I look better in those than I ever thought I could. While I'm not ready to wear them without my comfy t-shirt covering most of my midsection, I don't have to wear my husband's extra larges with them anymore! Woohoo! :) Small victory, but a victory nonetheless!

Does it *get* any cuter???

And the contest continues....as does life!

One week ago, I had one of the longest days of my life! Okay, maybe not my life, but in a long time. All day and all night I was at the voting precinct with my family. I was telling people to come in and vote and to remember to return for the caucus that evening. As it turns out, Texas is the only state in the union that could not make up its mind and allows its citizens to vote twice in primaries! Only in Texas, huh?

The caucus was interesting and I'm glad I did it. I was picked as a delegate to represent the precinct in the county level later this month. Then delegates who are selected go on to state and then a smaller number get to go to the National Democratic Convention in August. How exciting, huh? I'm certain I won't be among them, but it is somehting I intend to shoot for in future elections!



My girl was great that day and had a good time telling passers-by, "Vote for Hillary!" Luckily, our precinct was at an elementary school, so she did well with lots of breaks during the day!



I am glad to say we delivered in our county which went to Hillary at a larger margin than the state as a whole did. Unfortunately, the people in Mississippi and Wyoming didn't follow suit. Damn spoilers! :)

I am hopeful that the Pennsylvania voters will agree with the other large states and vote overwhelmingly for Senator Clinton. We never say "die" on our side and unfortunately, the rhetoric from Obama has be seriously questioning him. His actions, record and now his words are hard to get past. I don't know what I"ll do if faced with a democratic ticket that he leads with some other person I'm not excited about! I hope I don't have to figure that out down the road!

Aside from this, I'm trying to continue with my weight loss. Things majorly slowed down with the business of the past few weeks, but I'm back on track and trying very hard to hit my -30 lb mark! I am hoping it happens this week! I have my last appointment with my personal trainer on Saturday! I am seeing a new one at the new gym, but its only once a week. For the most part I'm going to be on my own! Here's hoping things start speeding up soon!!!!

Busy, but its all for good causes. My health and the future of the country I live in...not too shabby! :)

Tick tock goes the clock!

Ever feel like there is just *not* enough time in a day or days in a week? I feel that way over the past week or so. With the campaign churning a million miles a minute here in Texas, it is an exciting, but draining time!

I am having a great time working on it, but I feel that time is almost up and I haven't done all I want to or need to do. There have been some incredible highlights, however.

Hillary is much more attractive and smaller in person! I got to shake her hand and get her John Hancock on Saturday morning. What a thrill that was. I'm easy, huh? I hope that I shook the future president's hand. A gal can dream, huh? Now she can REALLY dream BIG with reality as exciting as it is these days!

Tomorrow I am meeting with like-minded new friends to strategize for Tuesday-- D-day here in Texas! There are schedules to create and calls to make. It is the final push before we finally get to make history! I hope Texas does the right thing!

Recently, I've grown more and more uncomfortable with the idea of an Obama ticket in the general election. There is just so much research I've done, things I've read and watched that make me see how beatable he is. It is very easy to see how things will go in the general election and what the GOP will do with him. I'm not sure he stands a chance and I feel that too many people are guided by the hype and not by the reality.

On a lighter note, here are some GREAT videos from last night's Saturday Night Live. I laughed my ass off and then thought, "Crap! This would be even funnier if there weren't so much truth to it!" But alas, it was some much needed levity in a very action packed couple of days. I'm glad she did SNL and I hope it helps her "likability" factor.





I have wanted to write about a few things over the past few days but have not had a chance. With my job picking up speed, this week may be a slow one on the blog. I hope to see you all again soon. I'll be back if anything urgent comes to pass, otherwise I'll see you in a few days!