Update and a Link

Life has been hectic and crazy and stressful the past few days. My uncle's MIL said she couldn't alter the dress since, at this point, I can't even get it on. So I called my bff and told her about it, and we've spent all weekend trying to figure out a way to make the dress work. I told her that I should've told her back when i found out the biggest it came in was a 12 that i didn't think I could do it (instead of being overly optimistic) and she said that it had been unfair of her to pick a dress that everyone couldn't already fit into. So we're sharing the blame for the situation that we now find ourselves in. Luckily, we may have found a solution: one of the girls is having her dress altered from an 8 to a 0, so there will be extra fabric from her dress that we can use to add matching inserts into mine. So I'm just waiting for K to ship the fabric from the other dress, and then we'll see what happens.
On a side note, a friend of mine from high school is celebrating the 100th post on her blog, Gluten Free Gidget by having a giveaway! Check it out!

Thursday Weigh-In...

Well, I lost 2.0 pounds this week! Not as great as last week, but not too shabby. Especially considering that i didn't do anything but crunches on Saturday and I had that meal at Ruby Tuesday in Tally.
I changed things up today by doing yoga this morning. I'm so sick of Level One of the "30 Day Shred" but I'm having pain in my back and right knee when I do the jumping jacks and jump rope. I still haven't had a chance to watch Level Two to see what I need to do for it. I'm going to do the shred later, because I feel it's important for me to stick with it. I just couldn't bear the thought of doing it when i woke up at 5:25 this morning.
This evening we're having my daughter's birthday party (a month early, because July is going to be a crazy month with the wedding and class). So I've been busy cleaning and getting ready for that...hey, it's burning calories :-) Now I just need to avoid the cupcakes and ice cream later!

My trip to Tallahassee for class really threw me off, exercise-wise anyway. I woke up @ 6:00 EST (so my body was telling me it was 5:00...yuck!) after not sleeping well in a hotel room with my parents and daughter. I was going to do my "B.L.: Weight Loss Yoga" dvd but everyone else was sleeping, so I just did crunches until my belly burned. I managed to eat sensibly all day (only because I had brought my own food and didn't cave into the Krispy Kreme donuts the instructor brought us for breakfast!). For supper that night, we met my friend, C, @ Ruby Tuesday. I got the chicken quesadilla off the appetizer menu (just tortilla, chicken, and cheese--no pico de gillo, sour cream, etc). Not exactly super healthy, but at least it had fewer calories than the big hamburger and fries I was wishing I had ordered :-) And I didn't even cave into C's offer of some of his fries (and I'm a potato fanatic--I use a good many of my "splurge day" points on Sonic tater tots). Anyway, we didn't leave Tally til about 6:30 EST, and arrived home around 8:15 CST. Needless to say, I was exhausted--I've never driven that far alone before, so I was mentally and physically drained!). So I didn't do my "30 Day Shred" at all on Saturday. In fact, as soon as I got my daughter somewhat clean, teeth brushed, and in bed, I headed to bed (I was sound asleep by 9:15 that night lol). I had the best of intentions of doing the Shred twice yesterday, but it didn't happen.
This morning I planned to start Level Two. I was able to follow along on the warmup, but once she moved into the exercises I got lost and had no idea what I was doing. So I am planning on watching Level Two sometime in the next couple of days, and then I will move up. Right now I am swamped with a paper for my Tuesday evening class, and finalizing plans for my daughter's birthday party Thursday (her actual b-day is 7/4, but I thought more people would be in town now since school isn't out yet--but so far only one kid is coming :-( sadness)...I'm definitely going to get in the Shred every day, and I need to get in another 30 mintues at least every other day, but this week is just going to be crazy. Must. Stay. Focused.
Time to get back to my paper...