the amazing adventures of jen14221

wednesday weigh-in

 

I'm up three pounds this week.  Ouch.

i may have a new smaller stomach but i still like to eat good food

My most recent review for Buffalo Spree is on-line.  Check out what I think about Havana House, Hutch's, and The Wine Thief, all in Buffalo.

Next up, I review soup for the April issue. I do love me some good soup.

merry chistmas from the 14221 family

Since my mom is with my sissy in NYC helping to care for the new baby, Peter, Will, my dad and I were destined to celebrate at Applebee's or something equally terrible.  So we considered ourselves very lucky to be invited to our next-door neighbor's annual Christmas Eve family bash, and happily accepted. 

Christmas morning was as normal, filled with coffee, presents and Will refusing to eat anything but Skittles for breakfast.

   

 

wednesday weigh-in

Still going with the full disclosure.  Am I crazy?  Maybe, but I have lost another 3 pounds this week, making a total of 54.5 pounds lost since June 9th.  I'm pretty happy about that. 

 

I have about 35 to go to meet my goal by June 9th, 2009.  165 pounds still might be considered kind of on the heavy side, especially amongst a good many of my skinny friends.  165 is about 40 pounds more than I weighed in high school, but I was a little shorter in 1987, and sort of a hungry, depressed, miserable bitch with a raging eating disorder, hopped up on No-Doz on an almost daily basis.  I think that 165 is a good weight to strive for, and I think I can get there and maintain it pretty closely.  

just a quick update

• Yes, we have a boatload of snow.  I do live in Buffalo, you know.
• I'm not in Philadelphia this week.  Or next week.  Thank you Lord.
• The tree is up and decorated.  I have purchased and wrapped all gifts.
• My kidney stone is still there, and is still massive.  I have another round of lithotripsy scheduled for next Tuesday. 
• Baby Kiyora is doing well.  My sister is now home with her and is trying to grab a few hours of sleep as she can.
• I bought a scale today.  I have not owned a scale since the early 1990's.  I was always afraid to know what I weighed.  Not anymore.
• My most recent Spree review is on-line.  Check it.
• I'm on my way to Steve Abbott's birthday party.  Gotta run.

friday ANT photo

Don't be jealous, bitches - but I got an e-mail from a celebrity today.

 

That's ANT, my fave weight loss coach/comedian and host of Celebrity Fit Club.  He just wrote me a little note to congratulate me on my recent weight-loss.  I love my son and all, but this photo definitely takes precendent over the Friday Kid Photo.  Sorry Will.

welcome baby Kiyora

My sister - my baby sister - gave birth last night.

Kiyora Linda Torres said hello to the world at 8:30pm tonight, coming in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

My mom and dad were there to help welcome our new member of the family.

Meredith and Yordanys are proud and happy, and I'm sure this will give Meredith incentive to re-up her blog.

 

Oh, she looks cold, and not too happy!

wednesday weigh in; also a special surprise for the curious

Yes, Virginia, today you get to see the actual NUMBERS on the Fat Ass chart.  Merry Christmas.  I weighed 255 (actually 258 according to my surgeon's scale but I ignored that) on June 9th and I now weigh 203.5. 

Yes, I was fat, and I am still fat. Fatter than my husband, at least. 

I have lost 2.5 pounds this week, most likely helped along with a low-level feeling of nausea and discomfort due to the strent in my urethra and pain in my left kidney, but hey - two and a half pounds!  Rock on, self!

Hilariously, at almost 5'9" I am still considered obese, even after losing a grand total of 51.5 pounds.  When I lose four more pounds, I will no longer be obese, just overweight.  Story of my fucking life.  I haven't fit onto those charts as 'normal' since 1991. 

So, I'm brave and came clean about my secret weight.  Now tell me one of your secrets.

if i had my shit together.....

I'd have the Christmas tree bought, put up and decorated.

I'd have the lights on the outdoor tree.

I would have gifts bought for Will's teachers and the after-school care lady

I'd have a plan for childcare for the TWO WEEKS and ONE DAY that Will has no school, starting next week.  By the way, what the fuck, Catholic schools?

Christmas cookies?  Yes, I would have some.

I would have made a lasagne or something for the guy next-door whose mom passed away last week.  I suck.

I'd be done with my Christmas shopping.

I'd have at least a plan for Christmas cards, or a snapshot of the boy ready, or something.

I would have gas in my car.

I would have windshield squirt in my car.

My library books would not be overdue.

My legs would be shaved.

My basement would be clean, or at least not dangerously full of assorted crap ready to fall down on top of someone unfortunate.

friday kid photo

 

Me and my boy.  This morning, 7:45am.  Can you see that I'm in pain as I continue to pee blood and pass sandy grit-like kidney stone remnants?  The good news is that my ear pain is all cleared up!