Friday's Fun!

I love Fridays.  It is so great to get together (to....get....her) with everyone and hang out.  It's nice to be reminded that we are a collective unit who has each others backs.  It's wonderful to know that should I need anything when my tech is away, that they will move mountains to help me.  It's especially good for my wellbeing.  Tonight we hung out and ate pizza.  I did really well, I only ate 1.5 slices.  I didn't over indulge.  That is a HUGE victory for me!  I had a lot of fun playing games, so I didn't focus on the food.  Normally I'm the girl hovering by the snack table, but instead I was the girl in the middle of the games.  It was so much more fun that way!  I can feel my mindset shifting, not just about what I chose to eat, but about how much, under what circumstances, and for what purpose.  This is an amazing transformation that I'm going through and I couldn't be happier about it.  Have you noticed any changes in yourself?  I would love to hear about it! 

Until tomorrow,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Thursdays are hard.

Today was not a good day.  My little was having a "sad day".  I think this deployment is getting to her.  She did a lot of crying today, which meant I did a lot of cuddling, which meant I did NOT do a lot of working out.  I did try to eat healthy as best as I could, but I would have loved some treadmill time and I didn't get it.  I'm wondering what the hell I'm going to do this summer when my littlest is home all the time.  Perhaps I need a treadmill in my house?  I really REALLY don't want to spend that kind of money.  That is frustrating, and I'm going to have to find a solution to that problem like STAT.  Other than that there was nothing new to report today.  Do you all have any suggestions?  I'd love to hear them!


Love you all,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Wellness Wednesday, my favorite day!

Well, today is Wellness Wednesday (say it with me now wed.....nes......day), and I've come to love this day the most.  Sometimes I don't want to go to therapy.  Sometimes I want to crawl back into bed and stay there forever, but ALWAYS when I go to therapy I feel better after.  It's like the gym, I don't wanna, but I always feel better after. 

Today I talked about forgiveness.  This is something I do not know how to do.  There are many people in my life that deserve forgiveness, myself included, and I think that my inability to forgive is a contributing factor to the binge eating.  Hoping that if I can learn to forgive, I can disassociate feelings with food.  It's a process.  A long one.  Like a really, really, loooooooooooooooooooooooong one.  But we will get there right?! 

This evening I tried to do something really good for myself and ended up disappointed.  I went to the "health and wellness" fair held on base and what it really should have been called was "come look at all this crap you can buy, now please buy it" fair.  I was hoping to get information on personal training, but the gym's weren't even represented!  Some health and wellness fair. 

Also, I ate a peanut butter cookie.  I made it myself, it was delicious.  The plus here?  I only ate one!  Would be before that I would have eaten five or six.  One is a VAST improvement. 

So, that's all for today, I'm hoping to have lots and lots of lovely things for tomorrow!

Smooches,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

p.s. I seriously love you guys.  Like seriously.

Sick child Tuesday.

So my littlest was home sick today and I think I'm getting whatever she has. It's so hard to get a workout in when you're the only parent available for a sick child. It's also impossible to grocery shop. I did the best I could do with canned fruits and applesauce but I craved bananas today and wasn't able to have one. I'm hoping my baby is well enough to go to school tomorrow so I can shop for healthy foods.   I hope I don't get sick!

XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

p.s. deployments suck

Week 3 recap, AKA I totally missed you guys!!!!!

I totally missed everyone!  I was travelling.  I went to Belgium and bought SO. MUCH. STUFF. at like the best flea/antique market in Europe.  It was awesome.  I'm freaking exhausted though, and I missed chatting with you every day.  So, week three's recap is a day late, but it's not a dollar short!  It's a half a pound short!  See:

So, not as big a number as we have been seeing previously, but that's ok!  It's still a loss, and I'll take it!  Also, I totally lied to you guys about having my nails all pretty for this week.  Maybe next week.  :-) 

So, officially I am exactly 5 pounds down.  Yippee!!! 

Could have done better with the fruits/veggies this week, but I continue to improve.  I have noticed that my stomach must be getting smaller because I'm finding that smaller portions fill me up faster than before.  That's a serious move in the right direction.  I'm also making better choices about what to eat.  Every day is a struggle, but it's a struggle worth making!

Thank you so much to everyone who reads, comments here and/or on facebook, who sends me encouraging chat messages/emails, and who is rooting for me.  You all mean the world to me!

Until tomorrow,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

What's today again? Oh yea, groundhog day.

Today is just a repeat of every other day.  Nothing new or exciting to report.  I was up until 3 am last night with insomnia, so I've been completely useless all day today.  I swear, one of these days I will actually get my shite together (to.....get.....her).  I didn't work out, but I did do a lot of manual labor for the high school today.  I didn't eat right, but I didn't eat that much anyway today.  That migraine from two days ago that was a headache yesterday, is today an unwelcome visitor again and needs to leave.  I'm sorry I'm grumpy, but I couldn't not do a post as I promised I'd do one every single day.  Today's is just........well........about as blah as I feel.  Cross your fingers that tomorrow we get some sun, I know we could all use it over here!


XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Wellness Wednesday (wed.....nes.....day) but not really

OK, so today is a two-fer on account of last nights migraine.  So, yesterday was awful. It started out ok, then turned into 2 mile Tuesday (which was really only 1.2 mile Tuesday because it was the last day of Marathon club and that's all we did that day), but then ended in a migraine and it was just terrible.  I feel awful that I couldn't get on here, but I just couldn't.  I missed y'all though.  Today isn't much better.  I woke up with a still throbbing head, not as bad as yesterday, but still too much to bear.  I had my therapy appointment today with my super awesome therapist, and I surprised myself by leading myself down a painful road that I was totally unprepared for.  After that I just didn't have a great day.  I was suppose to go to a friends but I was in such an ugly place I couldn't muster the strength to be around anyone.  I feel like a giant asshole though.  I pretty much ignored the world today and didn't do much of anything.  The weather here has been miserable, and it's bringing everyone down.  I'm going to give the sun lamps a try, hopefully they will help.  I am so ready for summer.  I did ok diet wise, but not spectacular.  I was better about the produce today as apricots are in season and delicious (and totally my favorite).  I still have this ugly headache though and it's frustrating because I don't feel like myself when I'm in pain, and I can't be a good friend when I'm in pain.  Here's to hoping that when I wake up tomorrow the headache is gone and I can have a better day. 


Thanks for listening to me mope today,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Migraine.....can't today

Sorry all, insane migraine. Will make two tomorrow.

XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Medical Monday.....or......the allergies that tried to kill me

Today I was fine, until I walked outside.  Within 2 minutes my allergies were attacking me as if I were an enemy threat.  It's been awful and I feel like crud, so today is short and sweet; to the point.

Today I saw my super mega awesome Doc again (who is leaving us, stupid furlough) to go over my bloodwork.  Remember that drama?  So, here it is:

My hemoglobin A1c is 5.2.  Normal is 6.1 or lower so I'm good there.  6.1-6.5 is "impaired" and 6.5 or above is "diabetic".

My Triglyceride is 228.  They prefer to see below 150, but don't freak until it's above 300.  Still, the type A in me wants to get below 150 lol

My Cholesterol overall is 249 which is elevated.  Normal is 200 or below.  Doc says that I should see improvement here by the end of the year.

My HDL which is the good one, is really good.  They like to see above 40, and mine is at 50.  Thank you avocados!!!

My LDL which is the bad one, is technically ok, but could be lower.  Ideally below 130, below 160 is just ok, and mine is 153.4.  Not high enough to warrant putting me on cholesterol meds, and Doc is convinced that my improved diet and exercise will improve this over the next year. 

Now, the really good news.  They have this fancy schmancy formula they input stuff in to get your risk of a heart attack over the next 10 years.  Inputting all my info gave me a "less than 1% risk" which is as low as you can get.  So that's fantastic, but I was warned if I change nothing, in ten or twenty years this formula would give different results, and I totally get it.  So, I'm really excited to see how these numbers change and improve by next year. 


So there you have it guys and gals, my lovely bloodwork.  I plan to go again in 6 months to have it done again, and then again right at the end of this campaign to raise money.  Maybe you want to pledge me on cholesterol points?  ;-)

Good night all,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Week 2 recap: Special News Alert

***********************SPECIAL NEWS ALERT***************************

Diet and exercise work!  See:

Another 2.4 loss this week!!!!!  That brings the total weight loss so far to 4.6 pounds, oh yea!!!  I know for a fact that I would not be able to do this if it wasn't for both my therapy sessions, and my awesome supporters out there who read this blog and encourage me.  You all mean the world to me!!!

Today the garbage weather has returned and it is so gloomy.  It's hard to go outside and do anything when it's cold and raining ALL. THE. FREAKING. TIME.  Today before the rain I went on a walk alongside Daphne while she rode a pony, but of course it started to rain so we turned back.  I am so ready for summer, I can't wait to do all the fun outdoors things in the sun!

As for the week:  I'm not happy with the amount of exercise I did.  I absolutely could have done more and will have to work harder on that this week.  Also, I gave in to the sugar cravings a bit too much, will have to work on that too.

Thanks for being by my side on this journey.  I promise, next week my toes will look super pretty!!

Thanks to everyone,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

OH EM GEEEE I almost forgot about you guys!

I totally spaced today.  Weekends are proving to be the hardest for me.  I think maybe because we have no set routine like during the work/school week.  I don't eat at normal meal times, I don't eat normal meals, I don't work out, and I don't sleep properly.  I need to figure this out though because summer is right around the corner and I won't get anywhere operating like this.  All I did today was clean the house (that's gotta count for something right?) and eat.  Like a lot.  I pretty much grazed all day.  I'm nervous for tomorrow's weigh in....especially since I just ate a big bowl of salty popcorn.  *eyeroll*  I guess if a journey is worth doing, it isn't going to be easy all the time.  This weekend has just been a rough one for me.  Thanks for listening, and I'm sorry I'm not being what I should be today.

XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Fun Friday becomes Cheat Friday!

So, I cheated today.  But I don't even like to call it cheating because I don't think anything should be off limits, it's just amounts that should be off limits.  Usually I'm really good about saying to myself "Wifey, that is just not good for you, so lets not do that and we'll have something else instead", but today was not that day.  Today I had pasta.  Today I had pizza.  Today I had a micro-tiny milkshake.  I loved every bite of it, it was delicious, I savored it, and I appreciated it, and tomorrow I will make better choices, because sometimes, you just need to eat the damn pizza.

In unrelated news I did something horrible to my back and I can't turn my head to the right.  It super duper sucks.  I hope it's better tomorrow, I want to paint furniture!


That's all folks, I'm super tired today.
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

What's the word of the day? Gratitude

Today was busy.  Today was filled with shopping and cooking and serving to some very deserving people.  Today we fed Fisher House.  If you are unfamiliar with Fisher House, they are an organization that provides a free home away from home for patients and their family members at military and VA hospitals.  When the husband blew up back in '05 we became guests of the Fisher House for 3 months.  It is an invaluable service that deserves more recognition.  While the guests of the Fisher House do have access to a full kitchen to prepare their own meals, sometimes it's just too hard to do that for yourself, either because you're too sick, too disabled, or too exhausted.  Sometimes in the midst of trauma, you simply forget to eat.  I remember the warm feeling when others would come and cook for us and how kind they were.  It is a great feeling now that hubby is well, to be able to provide that service to others in medical turmoil.  So, tonight, we fed them!  We made minestrone soup, chili with chips and cheese, salad, cornbread, and strawberry shortcake for dessert with tea to drink. I didn't get a workout in today because of it, but I was cooking for 3 hours straight so that counts for something right?  ;-)  I am ever so grateful to the Fisher House and all it's employees and volunteers, I can never repay what they did for us, so the least I can do is be thankful for the health we have now, and to help where I can for those that don't have the health they deserve.  So, word of the day today is Gratitude.  Our goodies:

 

 

Until tomorrow my friends,

XXOO,

The Fat EOD Wife

Time for some Wellness Wednesday.

So today is Wednesday (wed....nes....day) and that means THERAPY!!!  Say it with me now:  woo hoo!!!  My therapist is back from her vacay so I got to fill her in on this crazy endeavor.  She said it wasn't crazy!  That means it's officially not crazy if the crazy doc says it isn't.  We didn't delve into much seriousness today, and that's ok, I know it's coming though.  After therapy I was STARVING so while at the post office I decided to get a bag of chips from the vending machine.  As my therapist's husband would say:  "not my best thinking" but I was so hungry and it was chips or poptarts and I hate poptarts.  So, I put my $1.50 in the machine and push A2 and await my cool ranch doritos, but I am thwarted!!!  The machine holds my chips hostage!  See:

So I think right now Karma is saying "Sonja, don't eat those chips", but I'm like "uh Karma, the machine stole my $1.50 and that's just no bueno".  So I put in another $1.50 to get a second bag of chips to force the first bag down and what happens?  Both bags get stuck!!!  See:

So Karma is like "no really Sonja, don't eat those damn chips" and I'm like "Karma, it's f*&king war now!" but alas, no matter how much banging on the glass or pleading with the machine, my chips remain prisoner.  So, you think I'm gonna give up now?  Not when there's an awesome young airman hanging around the place and sees my predicament.  He beat that vending machine right up, told it what's what, and my chips fell down!  Now, you're probably wonder:  did she eat BOTH bags of chips?  Of course not!  I gave one to the gentleman that went in and rescued my poor defenseless chips from the grip of evil.  And I ate the other one.  And it was 500 calories.  And then I felt like shit.  Worth it?  Of course not.  Delicious?  Absolutely.  Lesson for the day?  If the vending machine doesn't want you to eat the chips, then don't eat the damn chips!!!!!

Peace out y'all!
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Two mile Tuesday strikes again!!!!

Hi everyone!!!  Hope your Tuesday is marvelous.  As you know, it's two mile Tuesday around here, but instead it transformed into..........................................Two point two mile Tuesday!!!!!  That's right, an extra fifth of a mile!  Maybe next week will be 2.4!  I'll have to come up with another name for this day once I reach three miles! 

In other terrible, horrible, very bad, no good news, I ate taco bell for dinner.  I have NO IDEA what I was thinking!!!  Not only did it not taste good (I had 1 beef taco supreme and a chips w/cheese dip), but man I am seriously paying for it in exactly the way you think.  It's awful, the stomach ache started almost immediately!  I only do this about once or twice a year because it always makes me feel awful.  Then 6 months go by, I forget how terrible it is and I try it again.  It is ALWAYS a bad idea.  It's even more of a bad idea now because I've been eating a more whole foods diet recently.  Fruits, vegetables, natural grains, lean meats, and very little processed foods (save for the occasional bowl of frosted mini wheats); those are my diet staples now, and so processed foods wreak even more havoc on my body than they did before.  Well people, that is lesson learned for sure!!!  Taco Bell never again!


Thanks for being here,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Monday madness

Today was a tough one guys.  My littlest stayed home from school so I had no time to do my normal things.  I spent the whole day catering to her, which is fine because she's so darn cute, but frustrating because I had a list a mile long of things to do that didn't get done.  I didn't get a workout in today and I definitely feel like dookie because of it.  I'm tired today and grumpy, and I think that has a ton to do with not getting movement going.  Also, I really really really REALLY struggled with the sweet tooth today.  I ate a little bit of chocolate (again, not as much as I would have before I started this) but still, I'm annoyed that I couldn't resist.  Remember when that was the word of the day?  It certainly was NOT the word of the day today.  Well, tomorrow's another day and I'll just have to try harder. 

Thanks for listening,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Week 1 recap!!! Oh yea!!!!

OK lovely people, it's been 1 week, can you believe it???!!!  It's been a great, crazy, fun week and I'm so glad you're all along for the ride.  My BFF and I are still working out how to make a pledge spot for those that want to pledge me, and how to link it up with the memorial and Wounded EOD Warrior, and as soon as we figure that out, we will let you know!  I did set up a dedicated email address for this blog, so if you want to shoot me an email just send it on over to:

onefateodwife@yahoo.com


If you want to pledge you can also send your pledges to that email address.  I've had a lot of people ask me how the pledging works, and honestly, it's totally up to you!  You can pledge by pound, dress size, or inches.  You can also send a flat rate one time pledge.  Whatever way you want to pledge is super awesome and I'm way thankful for it!!!  Now for some stats:

This week I lost 2.2 pounds!!!! 

Also, I still need that pedicure.

I took measurements today.  We will use today's measurements as the starting point the for pledging.  Here they are:

Neck:  14"
Right Arm:  14.5"
Left Arm:  14"
Waist:  45"  (OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH MMMMMMMMMMMMM GEEEEEEEEEEE)
Hips:  47.5"  (these hips certainly don't lie)
Boobs:  48.75" (I know right?  Crazy)
Right Thigh:  28.75"
Left Thigh:  28"

So that is the starting point if you want to pledge by inches. 

Other than that it's been a pretty uneventful day.  My babies spoiled me for this mothers day, I hope you mom's out there got downright spoiled as well!  We went to brunch and I loaded up on fruit and only ate 2 pieces of bacon and half a cupcake.  My babies gave me candy along with my gifts and I just don't have the cravings to eat it all like I used to.  Before I would have devoured all of in by the end of the day, but since I've cut out so much sweets, I'm not desiring it like before.  I ate a small piece off the chocolate bar and put the rest away for next weekend.  Let's see if that will power lasts through the week!

Thank you to everyone who has already pledged, and thank you to everyone for your kind words and encouragement, it means more than you know.

Until tomorrow,
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Did you know that today is Eat What You Want day?

Because we don't have "eat what you want day" every other day of the year.  We have an obesity epidemic here on our hands, we have the first generation of children that will not live longer than their parents, and so of course it seems completely natural that today we should have an actual holiday dedicated to gorging yourself on absolutely every and anything that you want just because.  Yea, that's a great idea!  I think next week we shall have an "everybody gets a heart attack" day, and the week after that is "everybody gets diabetes" day or "everybody gets hypertension/heart disease/colon cancer" day.  That sounds like fun right?!  I wonder where I can get colonoscopy decorations for my colon cancer party...................................



Pros:

Watched my portions really well.


Cons:

I didn't exercise today.


All for now lovelies!

XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Friday's are Funday's!

So, Friday's are for fun.  Fun is an integral part of overall health, tonight I went out for dinner and a movie with everyone from the hubby's shop.  Dinner wasn't difficult as I just chose a salad I normally get but with grilled chicken instead of fried and dressing on the side, but the movie, that was a toughie.  I like having candy at the movies and I couldn't tonight.  I missed having my milk duds/junior mints/fill in the blank yummy chocolate.  It was hard breaking that habit (btw, Iron Man 3 is super awesome!), but I did it.  Best of all I had a great time hanging with everyone and feel really good now.  Fun feeds the spirit, and I am so happy to have such a great group of people around me.


Oh and I finally got that stupid bloodwork, yay!

 

 

And then after I went to the gym!  I'm sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooow right now, see:

 

 

 

but everyone has to start somewhere right?  I did end up going 2.2 miles though, so I wasn't a complete slacker. 

 

 

Also, my BMI is 35.1  THIRTY FIVE POINT ONE!!!!!!!!!  Totally unsat.  Gonna have to get that fixed like yesterday!

 

 

All for now party people

 

Peace out,

The Fat EOD Wife



Key word of the day? Resist!!!!!

Remember how I was suppose to go get blood work done this morning?  Well, I fasted for 12 hours, drove to the clinic, and it was CLOSED!  Grrrr!!!  I was starving.  It was awful, so I ate half a bagel with low fat cream cheese.  The bagel was stale, the cream cheese was *shudder* low fat.  Seriously, like NOT worth it.  Blech.  Glad I only ate half instead of the whole thing.  So, I get to fast again *hooray* and try again tomorrow morning.  Anyway, after my failed fasting attempt, I headed over to the hubsters shop to cook lunch for the boys.  It was delicious, they ate it up, and then lo and behold, what do I see on the table?  I'll tell you what I saw, gorgeous, fabulous, scrumptious looking CHEESECAKE.  From the friggin cheesecake factory!!!  One of the wives brought it in as a thank you to the guys............. I'm lookin' at you Jill!!!!!  It looked amazing and smelled even better, I mean, check this out:

God that looks good right?!?!  So, everyone was serving themselves and I came thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to having just one itty bitty, teeny weenie, small bite but the awesome Airman (wink wink Chad) I put in charge of my diet when I'm in his presence said "no".  And so I said "no".  It was so hard but I did it, I resisted and the feeling of resisting was wonderful!  It was power, I had power, I loved it!  So kids, the word of the day today is what?  It's R-E-S-I-S-T!  Say it with me:  RESIST!  Man, I sure do hope I spelled it right!


Pros:

1.  No cheesecake

2.  Control

3.  A good nights sleep


Cons: 

1.  Didn't exercise.


Until tomorrow party peeps!

XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife!

Wellness Wednesday

Hi guys!  I'm calling this Wellness Wednesday because normally on Wednesdays I go to therapy.  When treating my weight loss I'm doing this from every angle, the diet, the physical, and I think most importantly; the mental.  Nobody gets fat for no reason.  That just doesn't make sense.  So on Wednesdays (I hate spelling that word out......wed...nes....day.) I focus on the mental reasons for why I am the way I am. 

I have an amazing therapist.  She pushes just hard enough without alienating me.  She knows what speed I can go at things and how best to tackle them.  It is vitally important for a patient and a therapist to have a good relationship or nothing will come of the therapy. 

Today, however, my therapist is on an awesome vacation so I wasn't able to see her.  Instead I decided to see my regular doc (who is totally freaking AMAZEBALLS by the way) to do a meds review.  Some of the meds I am taking just weren't doing what they were suppose to do, so I had to address that issue.  I took this opportunity to tell my doc about this crazy adventure I've started and he was totally cool about it!  I asked him to order labs for me so I could see my cholesterol and blood sugar levels.  I go tomorrow morning to get that done and I'll post the results on the blog.  I will do a follow up blood screening at the end to see how I've improved.  I feel really good about the place I'm at right now with this, and I'm so glad you all are going on this crazy journey with me!!!

Oh, also, I got on the scale today.  So not cool. 

 

Sorry it's upside down.  You can still clearly see two things.  1.  that says 208.8!!!!!!!  and 2.  I need a pedicure.

 

Pros for today:

1.  Doc amazeballs!!!
2.  Pilates
3.  I did better with both the water and the fruit/veggies.  Not as well as I could, but better, so we're getting somewhere.

Cons for today:

1.  I did NOT get a good nights sleep last night so I was cranky all day.
2.  I ate some pringles.  They were yummy.  But they were not worth it.

Until tomorrow!!!

XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Two mile Tuesday!!!!!

Ok, on Tuesdays, the kinder has "marathon club" which she absolutely loathes.  She whines, she cries, she complains, she walks as slow as humanly possible, but I still make her do it.  I however, do this sort of jog/walk thing where I think I'll die, yup pretty sure I'm about to die, omg is it normal to see spots?, this is it, this is the end, I'm a goner....................oh, what?  we're done?  yay!!!  So I went 2 miles.  I have no idea how long it took as I was surrounded by a bunch of 6 and 7 year olds, and they are either reallyreallyreally fast or super-duper sloooooooooooooow, and you just sort of go with it.  I was sweating, my face was red, I was really hating life, and then when I was done I felt amazing!  I thought "two miles!  I moved this body two friggin miles! Badass!!!".  So for today:

Pros:

1.  Two miles!!!


Cons:

1.  Again with the water and vegetables.

2.  Also, I ate a cookie.  It was a good cookie.  I loved the cookie.


Until tomorrow lovely people!
XXOO,
The Fat EOD Wife

Why I'm here.

Once upon a time a pretty girl, met a studly EOD tech and they fell in love.  Time passed, children came along, and many many MANY deployments also came and went.  The pretty girl and her EOD husband pcs'd from one spot to the next, meeting new friends, making new connections, travelling the world.  It was all so serene until one day her studly EOD tech blew up in Afcrapistanilamabad and became a "wounded warrior".  Determined to live as normal an existence as possible, the pretty girl and the studly EOD tech decided to stay with the military, and press on.  Time was spent living out of a hospital, getting better, and getting back to "real" life in the military.  They were happy to get back to what was normal for them, and to continue on the path they'd set for themselves.  Then one day the pretty girl wasn't so pretty anymore.  She had gotten fat.  Not fat fat, but like FAT FAT.  Her studly EOD tech didn't care (as a good husband shouldn't) but he was worried about her health.  The fat wife was worried about the example she was setting for her daughters, and she was tired of being trapped in her too big body.  She felt like a prisoner of fat.

One weekend she was sitting at her computer in Europe, watching youtube clips of the most recent EOD memorial ceremony in Florida and she was sad.  She wanted to be there, but with her husband just starting a deployment, it just wasn't possible.  She decided then and there that come hell or highwater, her and her EOD hubby would be at that memorial the following year.  Then she started worrying about losing weight to look once again "pretty".  EUREKA!!!  She had an idea.  The pretty girl decided then and there that she not only would lose weight to be "pretty", and to be free from the fat prison she'd made for herself, but also to raise money for the EOD memorial fund.  She had to find a way to get people to pledge on her weightloss, so she started a blog..................................


So here we are.  It seems a little crazy, and I'm a little bit (LOT BIT) terrified that I won't raise a single penny, or that I won't lose a single pound.  But here is my plan, if you'll indulge me on this one.  I'd like to get people to pledge on my weight loss, sort of like a run-a-thon, or a jump-a-thon, but this is a pound-a-thon.  I don't care if it's a penny a pounds, a dollar a pound, or a flat rate amount.  Anything and everything helps!  So, I promise to log into this here blog every single day for the next year (until the next memorial) and say what I've done that day to help myself, and/or what I failed at.  I will give my weight loss progress through pictures (so you can see the horrible terrible scale with me!).  All I want from you is to read, and help the EOD memorial!  This sounds crazy, I know it sounds crazy, it sounds completely insane, but hey, it could be totally awesome too!  So, whadda ya think?


What I did today:

1.  Mowed the lawn.  I know it sounds like nothing, but for someone that lives an almost entirely sedentary lifestyle, it wasn't nothing!

2.  Started this blog!

3.  Moved all my workout clothes from the guest room dresser to the master bedroom dresser.  That change created a mental shift for me.  Before there was sort of this mental wall I'd created and now I've eliminated that wall.

What I failed on today:

1.  Not enough water

2.  Not enough vegetables.


Thanks for reading, I'll be back tomorrow!

XXOO,
Fat EOD wife

p.s. for those that don't know what the EOD memorial is, here is their website:  www.eodmemorial.org