Congratulations and Updates

First of all, I want to say Congratulations to Sarah from Super-Duper-Cali-Fragi-Listic-Expeali-Docious for her Weight Loss efforts ! It really shows, and she looks gorgeous !!! Keep on going Sarah, you're doing very well :)

So, mouse update, Her Majesty is being a pain. The bars at the top of the cage are a bit larger than the one on the sides, and she realised she could fit between the bars... I let you guess the rest. She escaped TWICE ! She climbs on the sides, then reaches for the top, where she is upside down, and then forces her tiny mouse body through the bars and HER SHE GOES ! Free like a bird (err... A mouse) ! A true escape artist. Phil had to watch her the whole night. (He stays up until stupid O'clock, so it,s not an issue for him) We finally decided to put a plexiglass sheet on top of the cage so she stops escaping. Little bugger.

I am going to Quebec City next week-end and will probably spend a night there, but I want to make sure I'm back for the Sunday evening service at church. I now go to Evangel Pentecostal Church, our old church's "mother church". Since we have a new pastor, things have changed for the better. I usually go with Phil and friends of ours that used to go to Connexion Church with us. We really had a nice time yesterday, and we really like Pastor Jonathan, he's young and a bit like the other pastor we used to have !

It is funny, as I never thought I'd end up going to Evangel. But I felt like the Lord wanted me there, and I think I know why. That's to be continued, as I don't want to spread the news of something that hasn't happened yet. But I have my own little idea about it. It involves that little group of friends from Connexion, I can't say any more about it... I just need to stay in prayer and get the answers to my questions that way. God keeps on giving me clues, and I still got to put all the puzzle pieces together.

Apple Picking - Yum !

Apple Picking - Yum !, originally uploaded by brindegazon.

So last week, I went apple picking with my parents. It was a very nice day and I got to get out of the house. That felt great ! We picked two different variety of apples, Lobo and PaulaRed. I still don't know what I'm going to do with my 20 apples, but one thing is certain, tonight, I'm having a baked apple with (fake) brown sugar and cinnamon. That's going to be my treat for today. I will also make applesauce with the PaulaRed apples and ass Splenda and cinnamon to it to have a nice low point snack to bring to work.

I woke up this morning to a very tired and lethargic mouse. She has been a pain all night and has trouble staying up in the morning. I thought that something was wrong, because when I grabbed her, she didn't try to hide or escape, she just let me grab her as if she was too weak to do anything. I showed Phil, and all he said is that she was fine, just tired. After a while, she got back to normal. I still checked everything, no broken bones, normal feces and normal urine, she eats, she drinks, she has no trouble breathing. My mouse is healthy. PHEW ! I've had it for a week, and I still would be sad if she had something, I like her loads ! She's funny to watch.

I am looking into cooking some curry, but most recipes I find are loaded with fat... I should look on WW's website, in order to find something that could be a nice equivalent without the fat, of course. My husband has been asking for curry for the past month, I need to cook something he likes once in a while.

I have been thinking about taking Zumba classes, but I'm not sure. It's not something that I can financially afford, so I would have to ask my mother if she could help me pay it. I would like to move more, be more active, because it gives me more energy to go through my days ! Also, I found I sleep well when I exercise every day.

Today is Weigh-In day, and I am down 2 lbs ! I got my 5% (Again... ahah !) and I'm doing very well. I find it is easier this time, I don't really know why. Maybe because I've done it already ? The first time I did Weight Watchers, I had so much trouble eating only 22-21 points per day it was almost torture. This time, I have no trouble not going over my daily points. Somes days I am done eating and I realise I have like 3-4 points left. I don't know why, probably because my job doesn't stress me as my old job did... But my eating patterns are a lot more normal and life is less of a nightmare. Great.

Oh and I want to thank Sarah for the Lovely Blog Award :) Thanks for thinking of me !!!

I think that's all for today. I'm off to work and will plan next week's meals as well. I'll come back to you on that. I'll post my menu for the week.

Welcoming Two New Family Members ♥

I finally convinced my husband to get two mice. After weeks of hard work, he finally said yes ! (To one condition. If I have one, he's gotta have one too...) So after I went out with my parents, I stopped at the Safari Pet Center at the shopping center where my sister works, and got a cage bargain. So I said to myself, I could buy the cage and wait ! WRONG ! I went to see their fancy mice, and to my surprise, they looked healthy and they had a good variety of markings and colors.

I decided I'd take a black one for my husband, and a degu one for myself. They are both females and get along pretty well ! They don't make as much noise as I thought during the night either, but what surprised me, is that as opposed to hamsters, mice squeek. A LOT ! This made me have a cuteness overdose last night, I swear !

So here are pictures of my two little babies ! They're super tiny for now, but they will grow bigger that's for sure...


I can hold both of them in my hand, and I was also surpised of how soft their tail really is... I think I now prefer mice to hamsters ! I've had hamsters for years when I was young, I liked them a lot, but mice are funnier to watch. They're tiny and quick on their toes.

Now here's another picture, and this is Her Majesty herself, exploring the palm of my hand.


I like her color a lot. Makes her look like a wild mouse, a bit. I don't like albino mice, they look creepy with their red eyes... Ugh a bit like lab mice or something.

Anyway, apart from getting mice yesterday, I had a pretty good food day as well. Horrible choices, but full of NSVs !!! Not feeling guilty about food choices is one... The other is enjoying fast food in moderated quantities. Instead of eating a whole smoked meat sandwich, I had half of it with maybe 10 chips, and I had enough. I realised that it was a right quantity for me, and I didn't enjoy it less because of the portion size. That's pretty good :)

Today's program will be :

- Laundry
- Picking up
- Cooking
- Making a YouTube Video

I'll post later !

I had to try it too.

So, after reading tons of stuff about people making weird smoothies composed of spinach and fruits called Green Monsters, I decided to try it. I am very skeptical, ans I must admit, the idea of a spinach smoothie was almost making me sick...

After looking up a couple recipes, I finally ended up making my own, which looks like the following :

1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze

2 cups of Baby Spinach

1 cup of Blueberries (frozen)

1 large Banana

This ended up being the best smoothie I've ever had, with just the right amount of sweetness. You can add sugar/Splenda/Agave syrup if you want, but I liked mine this way. I even fooled my husband. I made him taste the thing, asked him his advice. He said it was pretty good (he normally doesn't really like smoothies) and that it was just sweet enough. His face turned to GREEN when I told him there was 2 cups of spinach in this glass I was drinking. (He hates veggies, really...)

The Green Monster ended up not being a monster after all. I loved it and had another this morning for breakfast with my Nutella toast. (It's Friday, I deserved the treat.)

Oh and WI number 2 : 148.8 lbs ! I'm definitely back on track, 10 more pounds and I'll be where I left, and I'll be 8.8 lbs from my goal. I'm doing good, this is excellent.

I'll start posting videos again, I need to make one this week-end !

Ok ok ok, I'm starting again. For real.

I took a major decision yesterday, and I don't think i'll regret it. I decided to sign up with Weight Watchers online. I never have time for meetings, plus the lack of money from the last 3 months made me stop going. So that's why I'm trying online this time. It is cheaper and I weight in at home.

I am having a great WW day so far, I'm not as hungry as I would have expected, that's a good sign. I also have been looking at Jess's menus, and I think I'm going to start something similar, just because i'm very visual and sometimes, going through pictures of previous meals gives me ideas.

I just wanted to update you on my status, I will probably make a video very soon :)

Have a great day, all !

I'm a Procrastinator.

I think that the word that would be the most accurate to describe me is procrastination. Not that I do it all the time for everything, but I sure procrastinate when it's time to exercise or eat well (get back on track).

I have been telling myself that I should get back on track since my return from the UK. That was 2 months ago. I have, since then, put back almost all my weight on, I have stopped exercising and I have gone back to all my bad eating habits.

Not having money to pay for Weight Watchers is not helping at all. I used to be very motivated, but since I can't pay for it anymore, I don't have my weight in every week, I don't have access to the tips and tricks from my WW leader, and I don't have access to the support from the other members. I am seriously thinking about trying WW online, as it is less expensive than the meetings, but I don't know if i'm ready yet... Which I think is weird. I am more than ready to fit in my clothes again, I'm more than ready to look fit again. But I just don't have the will.

I keep on saying I'll do it tomorrow, next week, next month. Days change to weeks, than change to months...

I feel horrible.

The Pink Thing !!!

The Pink Thing !!!, originally uploaded by brindegazon.

Ok, so let me introduce you to... THE PINK THING ! I received it this morning...

I unwrapped it as soon as the delivery guy was gone. I was soooo excited ! So this is m gift to myself, for being able to loose like 25 pounds and being able to keep on going even though I'm struggling.

I also got my Wii and Wii Fit. Spent an hour having fun with my balance board in m living room. I probably looked like a retard, but I really did enjoy myself =)

EUREKA!

Ok, illumination.

I found out why I binge. Just like that, ouT of the blue, while talking to my husband.

It is frustration. Frustration related to food, to life, to work, but yeah. I'm a very frustrated person, if I look at how often and how much I binged during the last two weeks. Wheeee !

Now I have to find a way to canalize that frustration. A way that does not involve food, auto destruction and destruction of other people's goods.

I mostly binge during work days. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I often have Monday off, and I practically never binge on Fridays. (Interesting...) I don't eat like a pig on week-ends either, even when I'm working. But I know the three middle days are the most stressful (and frustratiiiing !!!) days of the week in my department.

Now, let's look at when I DON'T eat.

-When I work as an independant beauty consultant for Mary Kay. Can't eat during presentations, can I ? =P
-When I work from home
-When I bead (Try stringing a necklace with sticky fingers...)
-When I am in my bed
-When I read
-...When I sleep =P

The bed. The bed is what made me click. I eat at the computer desk, on the sofa, on the coffee table, in front of the TV... Literally EVERYWHERE except at the table or in bed. Another thing that's going wrong here, but finding the problems often leads to finding a solution. Let's keep on going.

So I eat everywhere huh ? Even at work. I eat at my desk. So from now on, I will only eat at the table. Period. I need to break the habit, so computer desk of coffee table won't be associated with food anymore. So if I can break the circle of the food associated with every single place in the house/office, I might be halfway there.

So let's try the table rule when it comes to food.

I'm Weird, I know.

Gosh, do I love working week-ends. Mostly spring or summer week-ends, because the office is soooo quiet ! I can drink my morning coffee and eat my breakfast without being bothered, plus, I'm sure to finish early, since we're not open in the evening, as opposed to weekdays, on which we're open from 8AM to 9PM. (I despise finishing at 9PM. It's way too late for me.)

So yeah. I'm drinking my second cup of coffee since I arrived, around 7:45. I'm going to wait until 9:30 or 10:00 before eating my breakfast, to give myself the fake impression that I woke up late. All is good. I'm relaxed (Relatively relaxed, if you take in account the three cups of coffee I had this morning.)

Wow, I just realised something. I'm often struggling to stay within my daily points during the week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays. I ALWAYS binge on these two days only. Monday is fine, Tuesday is fine, but for some odd reason, it's always the middle of the week. I will have to catch the pattern/cause and put an end to it. But finding out that it happens ONLY on those two particular days surprised me a lot ! I mean sometimes people will eat more on week-ends, or people will tend to be less on plan on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but the week-end appears to be easier for me food-wise. I don't know why, but it's fine by me, Weight In is on Monday, so I still have time to "catch up" if I do happen to have an over-eating episode. I don't like saying catching up, but that's how I see it. Some weeks are fine, I won't go over my 35 weekly points, but some are not. Like some people I know from the Weight Watchers forums, I will post my menu for today, to help me stay accountable.

Breakfast (4 pts)
Weetabix
Blueberries
Milk
Coffee X3 !

Lunch (8 pts)
Meatballs in tomato juice (Veal and brown rice)
Campbell's tomato soup (This one is a treat, I don't have it often !)
Cucumber with salt and pepper
Non fat yogourt

Snack (1 pt)
Cucumber with salt and pepper
Mini Babybel light

Dinner (7 pts)
Steak
Beets
Sweet potato
Fresh grapes

I'm also experimenting something. I'm "starving" myself on purpose to learn to feel hunger. (Starving is a big word here !) I eat all I have to eat, but I wait until I am really hungry or start feeling hungry before eating. I am not familiar with the hunger sensation, so that's why I want to get familiar with it. Sometimes I think I'm hungry when I'm not, so I just start eating without thinking, and that's how I get past my 20 daily points before dinner. So this is my hunger experiment. And it's working right now, as my belly is growling so loud my boss can hear it. Ten minutes before 10:00, I can wait =)

Tonight, I will get home, and will have a draw with all the people who commented on the giveaway thread giving suggestions for fund raising events or simply commented and followed my blog. I can't wait to see who the winner is ! Wrapping and packaging the earrings will keep me busy enough so I don't eat everything in sight !

Some Before and After Pics !

(LEFT) So here's myself, at my heaviest weight, 163.6 lbs. The picture is cut because there was someone else on the picture with me.

Anyway, I signed up for Weight Watchers shortly after. I mean, even my face looks fat on this picture !!! I was really determined to do something about my weight then. I told myself that I wouldn't start Weight Watchers, then drop out, then start again... No, I vowed to keep on doing this until the end, even if I knew this would be hard. I also vowed to maintain my weight after I was done with the loss part.

I know that maintaining your weight is an everyday fight, my mom had to go through this. She lost 35 pounds with Weight Watchers years ago, when my sister was born, and she has been maintaining ever since. Now I understand when she says "no thanks" to some kinds of foods, I understand why she doesn't buy chips often. Those things I didn't quite understand when I was younger with no weight issues. But now, believe me, I do. I now understand why she would insist that we eat our steamed veggies without butter. Now I understand why she would not allow extra-butter (extra fat !) popcorn in the house.

(RIGHT) At approximately 155 pounds. We must admit, I look MUUUCH better. Goodbye fat face already, lost a lot of belly fat just there.

That's really when I started to see a difference. I started to feel lighter, I was then able to run. My knees wouldn't make me suffer when I walked or climbed stairs. I would walk faster, and I would not feel my legs rubbing each other anymore.

I started to like myself then. Because I saw results, and I didn't feel like giving up. Even now, when I struggle, the first thoughts that go through my head are not those of giving up. The throughts that go through my head tell me that I am strong and that I should keep on going.

I want results ? Gotta fight for those, and that's what I'm doing. Liking yourself and seeing results is a BIG plus for the motivation. It is the fuel that keeps you going, it is the drive you need. I just started loosing weight, and the most important part for me was to see the little transformations my body was going through. It felt great, and encouraged me to persevere.

(LEFT) Me at 145 lbs. People that hadn't seen me for a long time were there when this picture was taken, and some of them said they almost didn't recognize me.

Clothes were all starting to be too loose, this was the last time I wore that top.

This is when I had to find money to go shopping. I loved that part. I went to get some trousers that were on sale, knowing that they wouldn't fit anymore 10 lbs later... But the best part was when I was in the fitting room. My grand mother was waiting outside and could hear me yell "OH GOSH I FIT IN A SIZE 9 !!! THIS MEDIUM TOP FITS !!!" That was an awesome day. And I got some neat bargains on everything I bought.

So that's it for the before pictures. Now, we'll look at some pictures of myself I took in the fitting room at SmartSet's today. I went shopping, and decided that I neede to spend on things that I would be able to wear even at my goal weight. For example, I will NEVER be able to wear smaller than a small for dresses. Why ? I have breasts. And I really can't hide them.

So here's what I bought : 1 black t-shirt, 1 white t-shirt, 1 coral top, 1 grey top, 1 black and white scarf, 2 skirts (one black, one grey with a belt) as well as a deep purpleish-blue dress. So here's a picture of me wearing the grey skirt (a size 3 !!!) with the black t-shirt. On this pic, I am 137.8 lbs.

My legs are starting to look much better. But I wish my arms were smaller, but alas, there's not magic trick, you can't always loose where you want to ! I think I'm going to have to accept that my arms look ginormous for my weight ! (Or maybe I should just keep on doing the 30 Day Shred and have nice toned arms.) So now, here's my favorite, the blue dress !!! I really liked it, and I never thought that kind of dress would actually look nice on me.

So hmm. That's it for today. I hope these before and after pics are a bit encouraging for those wondering if they'll ever see results or even get to goal altogether.

I have 10 pounds left to loose. I'm confident, I will get there.

I am SOOOOOO excited !!!

Ok, I said I gained weight, and I was upset. That night, I gave myself a kick in the butt, and I have been strictly following my plan since then, because I had no flexpoints left.

Well, Easter went smoother than any other day of the week. I ate a lot of rabbit food (veggies LOL) and Jell-O, but it went fine and had the roast I was waiting all week for, the oil-coated potatoes (makes them become golden and crispy yum !) and even the gravy ! I ended up having strawberries dipped in chocolate for dessert. I had only 20 points, and only used 20 points.

Anyway, here's my weight-in video =D Because I am pleased to announce that... No, wait, just watch it !

So yeah, today was a very good day. I got all my jewelry stuff out again, and started building up inventory for May 2nd, for our cocktail party. So far, I have a complete set of wineglass markers done, half an anklet, and earrings waiting to be assembled to their hooks.

I also listed new items on Artfire.com, and put a new listing up on Etsy. I haven't done that in a while, but now that I have time, it's easier for me to take time and upload photos photos and add descriptions.

Oh, and I took a big decision regarding enidjewelry.com... I will take the website down and let go of the domain. Why ? First, because I need to put my money somewhere else, and second, I update more on my blog than on the website itself. Every new product is mentionned here, and it felt repetitive to add the same thing to the website's frontpage. So there. You want to know everything about my new jewelry lines ? Keep on reading this blog, I'll keep you all updated !

Enough rambling now, going to bed. Will take pictures outside tomorrow. It's supposed to be sunny and warm. And we're starting to see bulb leaves. Soon, we'll blink an eye and see tulips and May will be on our doorstep.

I can't wait. Spring is always full of fresh surprises. Smile, life is beautiful.

Quick Vid !

Good morning everyone !

Here's a quick video I did yesterday regarding the past two weeks, so here :

Also, we moved the cocktail night at my friend's place to May 2nd, because I was working all week-end at my day job, and I need the whole afternoon to set the table up, and prepare some snacks and drinks. I think it's going to be a success, out cocktail parties ALWAYS have been a success !!! I want to start incorporating more "presentation" type of things, I want people to interact, I got to work on that too.

Off to make some anklets, be back later with pictures, maybe =)

-V

My new haircut !

My new haircut !, originally uploaded by brindegazon.

Wow, it's been forever since I didn't cut my hair or had a proper hair-dye. Well here I am, new color, new haircut, new style ! I love it, really. I can style it any way I want, from curly-girly (like on the picture !) or straight, or messy/bedhead style, really, I can do anything with it !

Well, I think I was in need of a change. I have new clothes, I'm thinner, I wear make-up everyday, but I didn't have a proper haircut. In the morning, I was just stuffing my hair into a ponytail and that was it. My hair was looking dull, and honestly, not that great. Even my sister told me I didn't look very nice one day, and she said I should get a haircut. Well, I did.

Anyway, I know I wasn't feeling so great this week, but things picked up. I gave myself a kick in the butt, and had a great day (food-wise) yesterday. I felt like I was weening from drugs, but still, I didn,t give in and didn't go get that last piece of cake in the freezer. Good for me, because I don't have any Flex left. Which brings me to the Easter dinner issue.

I have to be strict for the whole day today too. I requested roast-beef for dinner, and my mom made it. Great, because I know I won't eat something too salty like ham. WI is tomorrow, and roast beef will be fine. Dessert, well. The dessert... Strawberries dipped in one once of chocolate is what I will have. I can't afford to have anything else. How dull is that ? Well, next time, I'll learn to keep some Flex for these occasions. One more good motivator to not binge during the week.

I will post a new video this afternoon, so I might come and post again !!!

NOT ok.

Oh I thought I wouldn't come and write this here, because I just feel like a big fat fraud right now. But still, I'll write it here.

I've been saying the weight loss is a success, that it's doing good, but that's absolutely false for the last 4-5 days. Seriously, I lost control of myself, and then the binge started. I'm not going to tell you about the 50 points over my flex and Activity points that I ingested, and I'm not going to talk about the 5 points I have over my APs and Flex right now, 3 days in my new week. No. I'm going to talk about how it happens.

It happens in the brain, my MY brain. Actually, it's way more complex than just happening in my brain, let me explain by giving you an example. I'm bored, I'm stressed, or I'm just going back to my old habits. I get up, open the cupboard. At this point, I am telling myself not to eat, as I'm not hungry. But that's when it happens. It's like the connections between my brain and my body disapears and that I have no control over my actions. Then I take the box of cereals/biscuits/crackers/whatever, open it, and while telling myself I should put it back there and not eat, as I'm not hungry, I keep on pouring the contents in a bowl. And then I eat it. Without even trying to throw it/put it back in the cup board/keep it as left overs.

Why in the world is it like that ? People who say that I should just exercise self-control are right, but it's easier said than done ! And right now, like I said, I am feeling like a big fat fraud. Sometimes I just stuff my face in something and still end up loosing weight. Sometimes I'm lucky and get a good weight in, but now that I'm getting closer to goal, the weight doesn't come off if I stuff my face like I do all the time. I need to do something about it. I just don't know what. I plan my meals, write them down in advance, nothing works, I NEVER STICK TO MY PLANS ! Well when I do it's a victory in itself, but it's what, once a month ?

Tomorrow I'm heading to the gym. I just hope to be earning enough APs to catch up.

I'm hopeless. And PMSing. I'm bloated, I'm feeling fat and ugly. And I stuffed my face in popcorn. Not the low-fat thing. Yes you guessed, extra-butter. Blergh.

New Videos !

Ok so first, I shall remind you of my first blog giveaway !

To qualify, you must click this link and :

-Either post a comment with a new fund raising idea my walking/running team could gladly use

-Or follow this blog and comment so I know who you are !

Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner ! Giveaway started on March 28th at 5PM EST and ends on Easter Sunday, April 12th, at 5PM EST. Names will be put in a hat and my lovely sister Roxanne will pick a winner !

Also, I posted new videos about my weight loss journey, for those interested. Here's my Pre-Weight In video made this afternoon. I was in a good mood, because I had an excellent week !

Then I came back from my Weight In, and posted another. With the new weight information (!!!) and something about next Saturday's outing : The Sugar Shack ! I'm explaining what I'm planning to do. Let's see if I can stick to it.

So for now, I'll finish my cup of camomille-honey-vanilla herbal tea and head to bed to a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, I'll write about Artfire and my new creations...

No, I don't eat weird stuff.

Information on the blog giveaway can be found here.

I have heard a lot of people say that to loose weight on Weight Watchers you needed to buy their product, or that people following WW ate weird stuff and so on. But these are false assumptions that I am trying to kill with this video. See for yourself, here's a tour of my pantry and freezer.

I have been a good girl for the last days. I used to be struggling to stay within my daily point allowance and seemed to always go over, so much that I didn't even have enough of 35 weekly points ! But I found the problem : I ate unecessary big breakfasts. I sometimes used 7 to 8 points for a breakfast, while I can be full and satisfied with only 4 to 5 points. I worked on reducing my breakfasts' points values and ended up using only my daily points for the past 3 days ! GO ME !

I still have a bit of grocery shopping to do today, as well as some cleaning before my parents get here for dinner ! Tonight is going to be very smooth, we're eating chicken cacciatore with a salad and a piece of homemade carrot cake. We might watch a movie after or take a walk if the weather permits it.

Have a great day everyone ! Smile even if it's rainy !

Ooooh I think you're going to like this one...

I'll start with the usual rambling, then go on with an exciting announcement !!!

So, lately, I've been doing great. I've not been able to say that for a while, but I'm getting used to less food, and I find more tricks. Yay !! So that's about the weight loss part.

Now, my breast cancer walk team and I are organizing a cocktail night at one of my friends' place, on April 25th. It's going to be my first cocktail party in 2009, and I'm really excited ! I'm working on a new line of anklets, that will be introduce on that very day. I'm currently supply-shopping, to see if I can find exactly what I want. I may let you take a peek before the actual day, but they won't be up for sale until April 25th.

Another activity we're organising is a garage sale on May 30th and 31rst, postponed to the next week-end if raining. We're trying to get as much stuff as we can from everyone around us to make a couple hundred dollars out of this event, along with the chocolates we're selling right now as a lower-scale fund-raising activity.

I'm also preparing a bowling night. It will take place on August 21rst, more details to come.

Sooooooooooooooooo Here's what you all have been waiting for since the beginning ;

My first giveaway !!!

So to thank you all for your support, I offer the chance to all my readers to win this nice pair of pink earrings made by yours truly.

To qualify, you must :

-Either post a comment with a new fund raising idea my walking/running team would gladly use

-Or follow this blog and comment so I know who you are !

Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner ! Giveaway starts today, March 28th at 5PM EST and ends on Easter Sunday, April 12th, at 5PM EST. Names will be put in a hat and my lovely sister Roxanne will pick a winner !

Good luck everyone =)

-V

Wow...

I almost never post. What's happening with moi ? Actually, plenty of things xD

I'm going to the UK in June, that's for sure. Trip is booked and paid for, this is for real ! Even though it's going to be my 3rd time over there, I bet there are tons of things I haven't seen yet that I have to discover this time. We'll see =)

Also, news and updates regarding the breast cancer run, I am able to run the full 5km now. I am so glad ! I just need to reduce my time to 30 minutes and my goal will be reached. I feel like I went beyond myself with all my heart and strenght to help breast cancer victims, and each time I run, I push myself ahrder and harder, because running is so much easier than leading the battle for your own life. There's a meaning to each and every step, and that's what makes it so wonderful.

Change of subject, I'm starting to like action movies even more, I think I'm turning into my husband. That is SO weird ! I changed A LOT in the past few months. Physically (lost 21 pounds up to date, 17 of them left to lose. GO MOI !) and psychologically as well. I think this is for the better. I take care of myself a lot more, buy nicer clothes, I'm totally rebuilding my self-confidence. I love it. Thanks to everyone cheering me up after each weight-in, without you guys, I would probably have given up already. Special thanks to my co-worker Eve. She's going through the same thing as me right now and she's my biggest inspiration right now. We support each other, and that how we make our journey a success.

I'm leaving you on a second Vlog entry posted 2-3 weeks ago on my YouTube. See the change in mood. I love myself now. Finally.

So Here's a little bit less of me now...

Week 8 on Weight Watchers ! Since I don't really feel like writing something, here's a video I posted on my Vlog regarding my progress. Here we go !

I Lost Weight !!!!!

I'm just finishing my third week on Weight Watchers, and I already feel better. My pants are a lot less tight than they were, people are starting to notice the weight loss as well !

"Hey Val, your pants are starting to be too big for you, get a belt ! =P" Was a comment I received from a workmate who knows I'm following WW ! It was said with humour, and said she wanted to tell me that I'm not doing these efforts for nothing, because it actually shows !

I think I have done well with all the parties and dinners I have been to. I overate. Yes. But it's done, and I just have to do some exercise to help speding all those calories. I have been drinking a lot of water, and slacked on the soft drinks. I discovered that I liked dattes, pitted prunes and hummus. I got used to whole wheat bread, and am now eating healthier. I even take multivitamins =P I took vitamins as a kid, but that was all. I have a lot more energy, and it motivates me to continue.

Anyway. Off I go to continue my weight loss quest. It's doing great so far !

- 5.6 pounds.

-V