It's been a long time since I've blogged. A long time. More than anything, this is a blog to get my frustrations and excitements (and anything in between) out there. So, I guess I haven't had anything to really boast about (or the time to sit down and write). Either way - apologies to those that are actually reading.
This is a tough time of year for me. 2 years ago, I lost my 12-year old Brittany, Sierra, the day after Christmas. I didn't decorate for last year's Christmas because it was honestly too hard for me to think about how Sierra wouldn't be laying underneath the Christmas tree in peaceful slumber, like she loved to do when the tree was up in my living room. There just seemed to be a void there that couldn't be filled. This year, I still feel that way, but I was a little braver: I put a small 2-foot tree up with minimal ornaments. I wanted to have ability to turn off my living room lights and just sit in the dim lighting of a lit Christmas tree. It's honestly the best lighting ever, IMHO.
I'm working on a very difficult project at work right now that I've (unfortunately) inherited from someone who left the company and didn't think the project execution through very well before proposing things to the client. I've been left with executing something that can't necessarily be executed in that way - which leaves me to manage client (and internal account manager) expectations. It's a shitty situation, but there's really nothing I can do about it. All I can give them is my best.
So, with the two previous things said - it's very apparent that I'll ALWAYS be a stress eater. Over the last week, all I want to do is eat anything in sight. It's hard to keep track of all that I'm eating. The things I'm eating (for the most part) aren't bad - I'm just doing MORE of it. I usually weigh-in on Tuesdays and I'm feeling like I'm cheating - I'm postponing my weigh-in until Friday so that I can try (emphasis on the word "try") to purge the salt weight that I've accrued over the last week. I'm drinking water like it's going out of style and am trying to be good at my intake. We'll see how this goes.
To close: someone on the WW support site on Facebook posted this a couple months ago, and I wanted to put it here for later reference. In the weight loss journey, especially when you've got a LOT to lose, it's hard to put things in perspective along the way. I think that everyone should celebrate the small victories along the way to the largest victory of all - your goal weight. For each threshold of weight you lose, that amount of pounds is comparable to something and shows truly, how much you've shed in your journey. Here's the list:
1 pound = a Guinea Pig
1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = 3 racks of baby back ribs
7 pounds = 30 sticks of butter
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
9 pounds = 9 salamis
10 pounds = 1,814 pennies
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
13 pounds = 15 cans of fizzy drink
14 pounds = a case of circus peanuts
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs
16 pounds = 45 Swedish meatballs
17 pounds = a dolphin's brain
18 pounds = 6 steam irons
19 pounds = 76 bananas
20 pounds = a car tire
21 pounds = 16 basketballs
22 pounds = 217 golf balls
23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year
24 pounds = a 3 gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
26 pounds = 68 sticks of dynamite
27 pounds = 612 toothbrushes
28 pounds = 140 tomatoes
29 pounds = 20 dozen eggs
30 pounds = amount of cheese an average person eats in a year
31 pounds = 16 blue crabs
32 pounds = 4 gallons of milk
33 pounds = a cinder block
34 pounds = the Stanley Cup
35 pounds = 140 quarter pounders
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
37 pounds = 100lb person on Mars
38 pounds = a midsized wolverine
39 pounds = a Wheaten Terrier dog
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
41 pounds = a male coyote
42 pounds = a moose's antlers
43 pounds = a newborn dolphin
44 pounds = an elephants heart
45 pounds = a bench press bar
46 pounds = 3,680 American quarter coins
47 pounds = a small Collie dog
48 pounds = a small washer/dryer
49 pounds = 7 American football helmets
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
51 pounds = a twin mattress & box spring bed
52 pounds = a 40 inch flatscreen TV
53 pounds = 21 horseshoes
54 pounds = a small punching bag
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
56 pounds = a hang glider
57 pounds = a 17 foot Kayak
58 pounds = 58,000 pennies
59 pounds = 640 Oreo cookies
60 pounds = 240 sticks of butter
61 pounds = a newborn Holstein calf
62 pounds = 10 small 10-pin bowling balls
63 pounds = 3 standard Michelin car tires
64 pounds = 16 reams of notebook paper
65 pounds = 55 hammers
66 pounds = 6 bags of potatoes
67 pounds = 13,400 American dime coins
68 pounds = 2,570 iPhone 5s
69 pounds = a Golden Retriever dog
70 pounds = 75 footballs
71 pounds = 11 Roosters
72 pounds = 7 aluminium step-ladders
73 pounds = 44 bottles of wine
74 pounds = the average amount of added sugar a person eats in a year
75 pounds = an Emporer penguin
76 pounds = 304 bananas
77 pounds = a gold brick
78 pounds = 26 medieval axes
79 pounds = 359 Ninja stars
80 pounds = the Worlds Largest Ball of Tape
81 pounds = 4 car tires
82 pounds = 6 racoons
83 pounds = 10 gallons of water
84 pounds = 4 turkeys
85 pounds = 4 lemurs
86 pounds = 17 bricks
87 pounds = 4,932 pencils
88 pounds = 6 laptop computers
89 pounds = 271 cricket balls
90 pounds = a newborn calf
91 pounds = 8,255 American nickel coins
92 pounds = 368 TV remote controls
93 pounds = 55 bottles of wine
94 pounds = 10,794 iPhone 5s
95 pounds = 6 watermelon
96 pounds = 18,933 beer bottle caps
97 pounds = 5,432 American dollar coins
98 pounds = a Moped
99 pounds = a Seal
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and shes 5'11")
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and shes 5'4½")
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football lineman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony
With this said...I'm down a mid-size microwave. 36 lbs in just over 5 months. :)
