Dear Commitment & Motivation,

I feel like I am back to myself again.. FINALLY. This morning (actually last night) I decided I was going to get up early... 530 a.m. early.. and move. I wasn't sure if I would hit the gym or if I would take the boxer for a walk but my goal was to get up. And you know how I hate to get up in the morning. And how I usually hit snooze about a million times before I do manage to crawl out of bed. But this morning, I hit snooze... once.. and then at 5:40 I got out of bed, threw on my sweats and decided I would take Polly for a 30 minute walk. Mo, every now and then I lose you for whatever reason - life gets busy, illness hits home, tired of not seeing the scale move - but then I come back (probably too many episode of Bulging Brides)... But somehow, I think this is the important part... the coming back. Do you really care how many times I drift away? Or do you care more that I come back and dare to try again? I think it's the latter.

I took my measurements this morning.... I think they're good measurements.. for the Hulk. So Com, I'm back for more. I really wanna reduce those numbers. I mean today I squeezed my size 41 boobs into a 34 bra... that was painful. But I really like that bra. Or maybe I'm in denial. Probably a little bit of both.

I want to show you I mean business so here's my food diary for today:

I'm hungry but I will not snack... tonight. Hey, it's one day at a time, right?

Love,
The Hulky Girl

Travel thru time...

Yep, not one of you guessed it either. Would you believe it's CRAB DIP!?! Even after I knew what it was, I kept referring to it as a hash brown something or other. Now I don't feel like such a schmuck. Thanks friends!

In this edition of travel thru time, we have:

• a few years of a very bad perm
• my first boyfriend.. his name begins with a D but I can't remember the whole thing!!
• my first nekkid shots (thanks Mom)
• me being nerdy posing with a certificate of achievement or some jazz like that
• my preschool class... the girl I'm sitting next to I ended up befriending again in the 8th grade when she transferred to my school. I'm easy to spot.. the only brown person in the picture. :)
• the tidal wave hairdo - thank you 1990's
  
• the 8th grade prom formal; my hair was so huge and I think that this was the reason I hated purple for so long. Look at that dress!
• me and Santa. I told him he had bad breath.
• Tina all growed up... posing for the camera
  

Click on the picture.. it gets BIGGER.

I think this would be fun to do as a meme... so I'm tagging Swizzle, Mel, Kate, Laura, Amanda!

Dear Readers + Guessing Game

Dear Readers,

I feel like I'm 90. Seriously. I'm feeling a heck of a lot better since my bout with the plague... but since then I am TIRED, all the time. I guess I need time to completely heal up and I'm trying my best to really listen to my body and what it's telling me my capacity is. The good news is I'm back on track. Wait, does Taco Bell for lunch count? I kid, I kid. Kinda. The appetite, although it has been for junk the last couple of weeks, has been minimal. Like once a day (maybe) minimal. I'm trying to get excited about food again but I pretty much have to force myself to eat. Any tips on eating when your appetite is nonexistent?

Speaking of food, let's play a little game... a guessing game. This beauty appeared at my friend's birthday party the other day. I guessed twice (incorrectly) what I thought it was... You play too!


I hope your Easter was great. I was thinking about you... This week I'm working on catching up and getting back to normal. Be patient with me, k?

Hugs.
Tina

Wordless Wednesday

After not eating for a really long time, we came across these heavenly banana chocolate chip muffins.