Bloggest Loser

Hourglass Red

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:05:00 +0000

Well, if you had not noticed there are fewer and fewer posts here. That is because I have moved over to Hourglass Red which is now my primary weight kicking to the curb blog. I wish you would follow me over there but of course I can not make you. For awhile I was posting little snippets from those posts over here to entice you to come over to the dark side, but I dont think I will be doing that anymore.
I don;t know where Kris is in the blogging world. I mean I know where she is but she hasnt blogged for awhile. If she will ever come back here, I do not know. I will continue to move my posts from here over to HourglassRed. There is a new post up today about Thanksgiving on Hourglass Red. I hope to see you there soon and I hope that your fitness efforts are still going strong or that you are starting again.

No More Metal!

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:48:00 +0000

Today I got all of the staples removed! Yay! The removal of the staples was uncomfortable, hubby came with me with his ipod touch in hand loaded with Star Wars and we watched the Darth Vadar and Obi-Wan lightsaber fight scene.
Ill admit that by the time we had gotten to the office I had psyched myself CLICK HERE TO FINISH

Starting to Feel Human

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:47:00 +0000

I highly suggest, especially if anesthesia makes you nauseous, that you have some Dum Dum suckers on hand. AND do not leave the hospital without CLICK HERE TO FINISH

Pain. Nausea. (Did I already use this title?)

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:27:00 +0000

I have a food allergy to cinnamon, it makes me vomit. Hubby sometimes makes cinnamon buns for the kids for breakfast, the smell doesn't usually bother me. Let's just say now that the apartment is now recovering from a total freeze out with the doors and windows all open! About a half an hour after the buns were out of the oven I had a vomiting attack from the very strong and overpowering smell that was filling the house. It was not CLICK HERE TO FINISH

Im a Nervous Wreck

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:19:00 +0000

When my husband is here I am fine. When he is not here I feel like I am going to explode into tears. Yes my common sense realizes that I will be fine, possibly better once the surgery is over with. However I believe it is that time CLICK HERE to finish reading at Hourglass Red

It's Celebration Month Around HERE!

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Yesterday was my oldest son's tenth birthday! Woah! 10 years! He wanted an Angry Birds cake so I made one up really quickly for that night. We plan on having an Angry Birds party for him on the 22nd with his classmates and family. But tonight was just about our little family, Click HERE to finish reading on Hourglass Red

Birthdays, Anniversary, Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:24:00 +0000

Nothing fantastically new to report here. I got out of class early tonight, we have an extra credit assignment we can do, which is to go to a cemetery and find a real person. They have to have died before 1864. Then we research the time they grew up in and right a story that is believable for that time. Sounds cool huh?

Some of the students were wigging out. But really, Click HERE to Finish on Win, Lose, or Blog- Hyla

Update to Late Night Scare

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:16:00 +0000

I am so thankful for the many comments on my last post. I have talked with my mother and Click HERE to finish reading Hourglass Red.

Last Night Scare

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:11:00 +0000

So last night was really scary and painful. Around 9pm I started having a pain right behind my ribs below my lungs. It started to worsen over the next two hours. Every time I breathed....Click HERE to finish reading on Hourglass Red

They Said To Me, We Have To Arrest A Woman

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:39:00 +0000

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My Skinny Jeans Are The Only Ones Not Making Me Feel Fat!

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:48:00 +0000

So I bought a pair of skinny jeans for the first time ever! I bought them to wear with my slouch boots. I have already explained that Aunt Flo is visiting this week and is being very harsh with me...
There is nothing that can make you feel fatter Click HERE to finish at Hourglass Red

Well, This Has Been An Interesting Week

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:29:00 +0000

So, I am feeling much better today in regards to my cold. I am still stuffy which floors be because it has been two weeks now! However, just in tie for me to get back outside and start walking again, my monthly punches me in the stomach Click HERE to finish this entry at Hourglass Red

Good Morning

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:06:00 +0000

I find myself with some extra time before I have to leave for English class and Hamlet (first wrote that as Hamelt! Ha!) so I thought I would write a quick entry. Last night I thought I would get up early this morning and go for a walk. But last night was not cooperative with that idea. I am feeling better, still stuffy, but now of course my youngest and... Click HERE to finish reading on Hourglass Red

Today on Hourglass Red

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:07:00 +0000

A couple of days ago I applied to be a participant on Win, Lose, or Blog. I didn't think I would be chosen to be in their sixth season but I figured if I did, it would be really great to have some extra motivation and support during the holiday season and with school and this part time college job.... Click HERE to continue on Hourglass Red

Close To The Edge

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:01:00 +0000

"That does look a little better--you can'tsee my rosacea-- but I still have a double chin. I guess I'll justhave to get used to being ugly for the rest of my life. I certainlyam not going to get better looking as I age :("
A friend emailed me a picture that they wanted me to "fix" in Photoshop. Which read as; Click Here to Continue on Hourglass Red

Waking Up Sick

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:54:00 +0000

Waking up sick does not feel good. Luckily I got a tiny bit more sleep last night but it has moved into my...
Continued on my new blog Hourglass Red

Alrighty Then

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:25:00 +0000

So, besides Kris (who I havent heard from in for-ev-er) no one commented on the post about switching over to a new blog location.
Well I am trying to move my blog posts from here over to there. The posts will still be here, I am just duplicating them onto the new blog. And I thought that I would probably post up the first half of any new blog posts over there on this blog and then link over. So you can follow over if you want to...or not.
Check out Hourglass Red and let me know what you think so far. You can read some posts from 2009 and 2010 before my weight started shifting and surprisingly I will still gaining! The layout is still in progress but I think I am really happy with the header. I might go back through and edit the comments at the end of the posts...if I get a chance.
What do you think of Hourglass Red?

Worst Night In A Long Time

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:17:00 +0000

I'm still sick! Last night I was up all night despite taking Nyquil and I am exhausted. I thought I would be on the other side of this but that doesn't seem to be the case! Ugh...

Moving On?

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:03:00 +0000

So I have been feeling lately like I have outgrown this blog. I think I want to create a new blog space with all of my blog posts and pictures and recipes from here and continuing writing on that blog. This will take awhile to accomplish and I've got some ideas in mind but I need your opinion.
I want to call my blog Hourglass Red and have the tag line read; Fashion Food & Fitness
So should I have the blogger address at HourglassRed.blogspot.com or FashionFoodandFitness.blogspot.com

Yay....I'm still sick....

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:35:00 +0000

Yep, I thought I was all better....until a sore throat punched me in the jugular last night..This is awful. My cold was all "Psych! I'm still here!"
Bleh, how awful...
On a good note my weight has been going down in 2 ounce increments daily, so today I weighed in at 185.0! Woah! That is excited, but not very when I am this sick...
Until next time.

Fat VS Muscle

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:19:00 +0000

Sick With a Cold, Lots of Homework, Working and More

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:50:00 +0000

I am down and out with a minor cold right now. I've been lazy all day and I didnt work out yesterday. Tomorrow I plan on getting up to start my 4th week of C5K but we will play it by ear.
Mostly this cold consists of exhaustion, mucus running down the back of my throat and a stuffy/running nose. Has anyone ever wonder how that actually works??
My art professor asks me to be the darkroom assistant this semester for my photography darkroom class. I am excited, it is only 10 hours per week, but it will give us some extra money for our increasing rent and Christmas. The college also has a trip to Salem on Oct. 15th that I signed up for with my mom, so maybe I will have a teeny bit to spend there as well.
Weight loss has been so very slow for me these last two month, almost 3. I don't know if I am off track or if it just my body slowing down. I need to get back to a Weight Watchers meeting and pick up a Points calculator and get a new daily number but I don't think I will be able to pull that off for a couple of weeks because we have to be stringent with our finances. Maybe in 3 weeks I can get there.... :sigh:
I know that I have lost alot. I have been getting quite a few compliments rencently, but it really does not help with this stop on the scale. I need to drink more water and I need to stop eating the damn addicting Clif bars! Damn you white chocolate and macadamia nuts! I also need to cut back on the bread again, I have noticed my stomach feeling uncomfortable after certain meals.
I am struggling with the scale, I want to choke it! Losing the first 60 pounds so quickly has set me up for disappointment right now and it sucks!
I've got buttloads of homework. I mean buttloads. I've got to shoot and develop a whole roll of black and white film of a white egg on a white background....exciting! (I actually already shot this assignment but then realized that my film did not catch in the camera, but the only way to confirm that was to develop the blank roll of film!) I also have to develop contact sheet and an enlargement. I've got two power point presentations that I need to start researching on the Norse and Celts for Art History. I have a formal paper on Shakespeare's Antigone and a questionnaire on Hamlet and then a formal paper on Hamlet. I have a chapter to read and then a pre test and a post test for U.S. History (both count towards my final grade). I probably left one or two things out...
Not to mention the countless number of things I need to do for my two kids in school and my two kids out of school.
This laptop is ready to bite the dust, I just hope it can hold out for 6 more weeks until Financial aid comes in.
I am REALLY frustrated with my jean size. Apparently I am at a 19....yeah I know, doesnt exist. Size 20 is waaay to large in every area. Size 18 fits really well in everything but the muffin top region. I am refusing to buy size 20 because it is a waist of money and makes me look horrible and I am unable to wear my 18s on bad days when I am really bloated so I am wearing some elastic skirts with some blank elastic skinny pants underneath for the cold weather.
That's another thing, it is flippin cold here! I am refusing to turn the heat on but the other day I was wearing my hoodie and I really felt like I needed a coat! Blasphemy! Waaay too early in the year for this! I love being able to wear my boots but damn it we are supposed to have a couple of nice weeks of fall weather before you bring on the snow weather!
I went to the outlet mall with my girls on Friday. I was hoping to pick up a couple of pieces for my fall wardrobe. I thought outlet malls were for the discounted items? I swear everything there was pricier than going to the mall in the city! It was insane. I walked into a women's clothing shop and right away I felt like I did not belong. I am pretty sure they didn't have anything in a size larger than XS and it was expensive! For example, they had a belt there, something like what I would expect to see at Fashion Bug, it was $249 marked down from $315!!! WHAT!!! That is some crazy shit! The male employee there was playing hide and find (not seek because he was hiding and popping up) with my daughter but I felt like it was a ploy to make sure I didnt stick anything in my over sized purse. I walked around for about 5 minutes, the whole time uncomfortable and then got the heck outta there!
Honestly after losing this much I didn't think I would ever walk into a store and not be able to fit into something if I wanted to try it on. Don't get me wrong, I still can not fit into juniors sizes very easily, however I know they are at least within my reach. And I really thought outlet malls were for markdowns not one of a kind designer boutiques. Guess I am naive.
That is all for now I need to go read my U.S. History! Sorry for being all over the place! Until next time...

Im Still Here!

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:52:00 +0000

Im still here... I just have a lot of school work to do!!!

10 Years Later

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000

10 years later and it still hurts to think about. I still tear up. I still refuse to watch any movies about that day.I was 17 and pregnant. I had one month left. I lived with my mom and my brother. I remember waking up to a phone call from my mother who was at work at one of the tallest buildings in Kansas City. She told me "Whatever you do, do not turn on the tv"
Well what do you think I did? I turned it on and sunk to the floor still on the phone with my mother. (There is a catch in my throat and a tear in my eye as I write this.)
I watched the repeat video of the first plane hitting and then I saw the second plane hit. All I could think about was "How dare I bring a child into a world that consists of this" I thought we were at war, I imagined the unimaginable. My thoughts were of the time that would be coming in one month where I would give birth and would there be bombs dropping all over the place?
I thought I was cruel mother to bring a child into the world. I kept thinking this over and over again. I cried a lot. I worried about my younger brother, a teen, in school. How would he get home? Does he need to picked up now? Would my mother's building be hit next? Who were the next targets? Would this be happening all day? When would my mom be coming home? When would I have my brother and mother near me again? Would they make it home? What the hell was happening? How bad would it get? Was this it? Was this the end?
I cried for myself and my baby. I cried for the lives lost in those towers. I cried for the fear of the nation. I cried for the upcoming events, whatever they may have been.
The emotions still hit every time I think about it. I can't help it. Four kids later I still think sometimes that I am selfish to bring all these beautiful babies into this world that can be soo hateful and cruel. And then I dwell on the future that they will have. The responsibilities that now lay on their shoulders, mainly global warming, how will they fix it? Can they fix it?
Im rambling, I know... So many lives lost, so much fear. I think it still ripples through us all. One day I would love to visit the memorial, but I think it's too soon.
Our college was chosen to host a piece from the twin towers and I got a picture of it.

God Bless everyone that lost someone. God Bless everyone. God Bless America.

Love your loved ones. Show them and tell them so much it is irritating and they have not doubt what so ever that you love them.

Today is a day for contemplation and sharing your love.

My Feet Are Shrinking

noreply@blogger.com (Hyla) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000

No seriously...my feet have shrunk!!! What?! I know, I feel the same way. I guess I never really paid attention to my feet going up in size and now that they are shrinking I am remembering a time when I could share shoes with my mother who wears an 8.5.

From left to right:

My black wedge sandals from the beginning of the summer: Size10

My running shoes sized and purchased about 4 months ago and then repurchased 1 month ago because the sole was peeling off (I didn't think to recheck the size): Size 9.5

Sandals I just purchased 3 weeks ago: Size 9

I had to purchase the new sandals because I haven't been able to wear those heels for weeks! My foot kept sliding around in them and there were a couple of times I almost went down because of it! I did not want another ankle injury!

Now I can feel the difference in the running shoes, they feel a little looser inside.

The biggest difference to me is this pair of slouch boots that I wore last winter

almost identical to these, with no heel.

That winter I could not get them to zip up all the way, they would stop about 1.5 to 2 inches from the top (depending on the day). I always wore them under jeans so it didnt show. I also had to really shove my foot down into the bottom as well, but I thought the boot was made as a tight fitting boot. This last week I pulled them out of storage because we had some chilly wet days. Not only did my foot slide in with extra room on all sides to spare, the zipper went all the way up with ease and the boots slouched down! It was a weird feeling walking around in those boots that felt extra roomy!

Are you finding that you have to change sizes in your footwear as well?