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Weightloss Wednesday: My Downfall–Cupcakes

September 9, 2009 in cupcakes, diets, perseverance, weight loss with 2 Comments

Well…I didn’t have the best weightloss week.

Let me take that back…I had a great weightloss week up until Saturday morning and then it went downhill from there.

Saturday morning, I had the task of baking cupcakes for the cupcake table at a wedding. You see, Pastor Gary’s youngest daughter, Jennifer got married, and they were on a tight budget. So…they had a small wedding cake and then a table full of every kind of cupcake you can imagine. It turned out beautiful and lots of fun for everyone.

I seldom bake. I don’t enjoy it, I’m not very good at it, and it’s just too much of a temptation for me.

But Saturday morning, Jacob and I trekked over to the SuperTarget and got the ingredients. I had to buy pretty much everything but the vanilla (I have some amazing pure vanilla from Mexico I got when I took my sister-in-law over the border to get her heartburn medicine.)

Jacob and I headed home and started our baking adventure. I measured, he sifted, we both poured, and my KitchenAid Mixer did the hard work. Soon, a creamy batter was ready to be dolloped into the white baking cups.

This is when my will power went to pot.

I have always been a sucker for cake batter. I don’t like cake that much, but the batter…mm-mm-yum!

I took a tiny taste, Jacob took a tiny taste, Logan took a tiny taste, and Cliff took a tiny taste. Everyone gave me the thumbs-up, so I gingerly spooned the batter into the baking cups.

With about a cup of batter left over, I had a choice to make. I should have poured it out. I didn’t. I spooned it out and ate it ’til the bowl was shiny. Sigh.

While the cupcakes were baking, I made the frosting which consisted of powdered sugar, butter, a little bit of milk, and vanilla.

Did I forget to mention that I love white frosting? Forget the cake..I could just sit there and eat frosting. I’m the one who always goes by the cardboard cake board and picks off all of the remnants of frosting that was piped around the cake.

When I was a toddler, I actually crawled up on the dining room table and licked all the frosting off my sister’s birthday cake! Boy, did my brother get in trouble for not watching me better!

Needlesstosay, I had a few tastes of the ultra sweet and creamy frosting. Sigh.

I made it through the wedding without eating any cake, but I couldn’t resist the slushy punch. I had three cups. Sigh.

Saturday evening, my husband was hungry for Italian food. I had pretty much written the day off by that point, so I went for the gusto and had baked ziti. Sigh. And a few bites of ooey gooey pazookie. Sigh.

If you read my last post, you know how my Sunday went.

Monday, I didn’t do too badly at the massive BBQ we had for the worship ministry. I passed on the hot dog bun, the creamy cole slaw, the chocolate cake, and the peach cobbler (except for one tiny taste of the crust).

So…it wasn’t too great of a Weightloss Week, but I’m not going to let a few off days throw me completely off course. Today is a new day.

My goal for this week is to walk around my large circle street three loops a night for at least three days. I’m also going to try to do 20 reverse ab crunches each morning before getting out of bed. It seems to help my lower back pain.

Here are my stats for Week Two of Weightloss Wednesdays

Last Wednesday: 235.6 lbs.

Today: 233.2 lbs. (an undeserved 2.4 pounds lost!)

How was your week?

Facing the Truth on the Computer Lab Door

August 26, 2009 in accountability, choices, diets, weight loss with 5 Comments

School is back in full swing for me. In fact, my students had a big social studies test today and will have a huge math midterm tomorrow.

As a special education teacher, I find myself a tad secluded on testing days, for many of my students require small group testing and other accommodations.

Today, sequestered in the media center computer lab, I facilitated testing for students sharing their newfound knowledge of the U.S. Constitution. We the people…should have studied harder!

Between telling about a dozen kids what the word “impacted” means and reminding ornery boys that they had no reason to be messing with the computer keyboards, I noticed an almost life-size poster of Amar’e Stoudemire tacked onto the door of the lab.

A star player for the Phoenix Suns, the poster advertises Amar’e's dependance on milk to keep him in tip-top, ball-dunkin’ shape.

The poster includes a handprint, actual size, that dwarfs the hands of curious junior highers who take the time to hold their hands up against it.

At the bottom of the glossy picture is a shoeprint of Amar’e's size-17 basketball shoes. Do you think he has ever tripped over those monsters?

Now here is where the ugly truth comes in…

The poster graciously shares Amare’s “dimensions.”

Amar’e Stoudemire: Height: 6’10″, Weight: 245 pounds

Sigh…..blush….groan

Lee Merrill: Height: 5’6.5“, Weight 240 pounds

I WEIGH ALMOST AS MUCH AS PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE MORE THAN A FOOT TALLER THAN ME!!!!

I remember having a simliar rude revelation when I was nine months pregnant with Garrett and heard some football player’s “dimensions” on TV…it was bad then, but it’s WAY WORSE now! My last baby was born almost 10 years ago, and I weigh the same as I did when I delivered my first baby.

Something MUST be done, and I am the one who has to do it!

I MUST get this weight off. No more excuses and no more procrastination.

I would be debt-free if I still had all the money I’ve invested in diet books, diet pills, and check-out stand magazines promising my belly fat will melt away while I sleep.

I don’t need another diet book.

I need to cut back on the CRAP food and get active.

I need to drastically decrease my consumption of empty liquid calories and increase my water intake.

I need to deny my spoiled-rotten cravings and make better choices for myself for my good and for God’s glory.

Help me out, bloggy friends…by praying for me and by giving me your best tips to making positive health choices.

For now, I’m taking my Amar’e-sized body upstairs to bed!

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