Cake

So today is my baby girls 4th birthday. I know so many people say this, but I can't believe how fast time is going by. It's bittersweet with Sarah because she's my baby. She was my inspiration to get fit and healthy from the get go. I didn't want my daughter to think it was ok to give up on life and be heavy like her mom. I wanted to show her that hard work and diligence pays off and that she can achieve any goal. I'm proud to be 50 lbs lighter that I was on her last birthday. By her 5th birthday I will be slim and healthy and will do my best to be the role model she deserves.

Today I'll be baking her birthday cake. It's a homemade strawberry cake. I will freeze the layers (i've heard it really enhances the flavors when you do this). Friday I will build the cake and frost it w/ vanilla bean buttercream and then with marshmallow fondant. I always try and make an awesome cake as a gift for my children on their birthdays. I know my husband sees it as a huge waste of time when i could go out and buy a decorated cake for $15. I view it as a labor of love. I enjoy the work and time it takes to put their cakes together. I get so much joy seeing their little faces light up. I'm excited to put this cake all together and watch my daughter blow her candles out.

Happy birthday, my sweet child!!♥

Hello Kitty

Saturday was fun. Although the food at the melting pot didn't taste as good as I hoped it would. The gal who made the cheese fondue put WAAAY too much wine in it and it over powered the taste of the cheese. The salad was fantastic though and we both enjoyed that immensely. By the time we got the chocolate fondue we were both so full we could hardly breathe. There is a part of me that misses being able to eat as much as I used to be able to. Our mouths were happy but our tummy's were not. I felt like someone needed to take me out of there in a wheelbarrow. If I ever go back.....I think I might just go for salad and chocolate fondue. That would be more than enough.

Today I made up some white modeling chocolate. I used white chocolate because I wanted to make the traditional Hello Kitty as a cake topper to my daughters 4th bday cake. Because I had to use real white chocolate the modeling chocolate is a yellowish color........soooo not cool. So instead I'm going to color the modeling chocolate various colors for flowers and ribbons and will use gum paste to make the Hello Kitty. Oh well.....live and learn.

After a few days of taking a diet hiatus, I can definitely tell my pants are tighter. I'm going to buckle down and really eat well until I start hcg again. I hate the thought of gaining any weight back.

Today is finally here!

Yesterday I was a bad and naughty girl. My husband wanted to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. I ordered a water w/ lemon to drink and the vege plate. I had a side salad, fresh vegetables, a tiny cup of chili, and a side of mashed potatoes w/ white peppered gravy. Then I had one of their rolls w/ cinnamon butter.....OMGoodness it was delicous. Then we got a call from Amanda's husband inviting us over to have chocolate cake w/ them to celebrate her birthday. So needless to say I had a big cold glass of milk and a slice of a 4 layer triple chocolate cake from Costco. Holy freaking moly that was a rich cake! It was very yummy, but I could only eat about half of the slice. I'm just not used to all those carbs and sugar. bleh I felt sick the entire ride back home. I also feel quite puffy today. I know I had quite a bit of sodium from yesterday's dinner. It'll probably take 2-3 days to get back to normal. PLUS we're going out all day today and endulging in more not so diet friendly foods. Oh well. I'm excited and am going to enjoy every bite.

Hope you ladies all have a wonderful day!♥

cookies

Thanks Mia for the link you put in your comment on my last blog. I cleared my cache and my cookies and now I'm able to comment on blogs again, yay!!!!

I went to the grocery store yesterday and got a few things for my start of hcg. I bought a couple big packages of halibut at costco (omgoodness it's expensive!) and some chicken breasts and some various seasonings. I seem to lose the most weight when I incorporate fish into my diet. Too bad we can't eat salmon.

I also picked up some ghirardelli while chocolate bars. I'm doing to turn them into white modeling chocolate sometime next week. I plan on making a hello kitty to put on top of my daughter's bday cake and a few little decorations as well. I've been doing a lot of research on modeling chocolate and watching many "how to" videos and am feeling pretty confident that it'll turn out the way I want.

I don't think I'll have time to post anything tomorrow. I plan on picking up Amanda late morning and we'll be going out to get a latte and a snack. Then we'll be driving to Spokane (eeeek) to the River Park Mall and shopping for a few hrs until 4pm. Then we'll head to The Melting Pot and have a cheese fondue, salad, and a chocolate fondue. Then we're headed to the movies to finish off the day. I can't wait!!!!! I need to remember to bring my camera so I can take some pictures.

Hope those of you on hcg have a fabulous day. Keep drinking that water.♥

annoyed

I can't figure out why I can no longer comment on anyone's blogs.....or even my own for that matter. So sorry Bre.....hope tomorrow's weigh in makes it all worth it.♥ Jackie......how exciting to be going to Hawaii!!!! If that's not motivation, I dunno what is! lol

I'm really tired today. I'm really grumpy today. I'm really cold and want to crawl back into bed today. Instead I've been running around like a crazy person taking my 3 kids plus a kid I'm watching to the dentist for 2 hrs while my oldest got some work done. Then we had to rush home to eat before I have to go back out and take my son to kindergarten and then rush back home so the kid I'm watching can be picked up.

I can hardly wait for this Saturday...........hurry hurry hurry......

Grrrr!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what's going on with blogger the last few days. It hasn't been allowing me to comment on anyone's blogs. Boo!! I have been reading them though.

all well

It looks like my son is finally well after being super sick with scarlet fever. In fact, everyone in our household is well. YIPPEE!!!! What an exhausting 6 weeks. I feel bad complaining about it, but as the mom I deal with 99% of the responsibility. I was totally and utterly exhausted. Lets hope we can stay well for a long time to come. =)

Grey's Anatomy is my guilty pleasure. Since we don't have tv and haven't for 4 years now, I watch most tv programs via Hulu or nexflix. I watched Grey's Anatomy here and there when we had tv but really started getting into it 2 seasons ago. I realized netlix has seasons 1-6 available to watch on instant view. So for the last several weeks I watch an episode or two in the evenings after I put the kids to bed. I finished watching all 6 episodes and now I feel like I don't know what to do with myself. lol Last night hubby and I played cards for a while and that was fun. I like spending good quality time with him. It can be hard though. He has to get up at 4am 5 days a week, so by 8pm he's ready for bed. I usually don't go to bed till 10 or 11pm. Needless to say we don't get a lot of time together w/o the kids.

So my friend Amanda who did HCG just found out she's pregnant. Which explains why she only lost 17 lbs during her 6 weeks of hcg. Her husband started hcg 2 weeks ago and has already lost 23 lbs!! It's SOO not fair how quickly men lose weight on that diet. lol I want to be a man! lol

My weight is still stable. No change. I have to admit I've been eating bread here and there (all healthy organic breads) and it doesn't seem to be hurting me any. I'm just not eating low enough carbs to be losing weight. Oh well. In less than 3 weeks i'll be losing weight so I'm not going to stress about it. I'm going to enjoy what I eat before I start up again. I'm going to continue to eat lower carb foods and stay away from sugars and starches though. I'm ready to go down some more sizes. =)