These are the Days of Our Lives....

Hola! Como estas? Hoy es Jueves. (<---Spanish for Hi! How are you? Today is Thursday. I have a minor in Spanish and, sadly, this is about all I can say. Ufff!)

It's Thursday and it's foggy and soupy outside. Therefore, I am nestled inside catching up on yesterday's 'Days of Our Lives', sans commercials.

I used to catch the silly soap opera back in high school when I went to a friend's house for lunch and it would be on TV. I watched it again in college between classes and then on occasion once I became a workin' girl. The show lost its luster once the original Shawn and Belle left the show, but I keep going back to it and now with DVR I can record it and watch it in 20 minutes. I admit, it really is the dumbest soap opera ever, but let's just call it my guilty pleasure. Don't judge;)

So, today is my re-feed (or high carb day) and I have to say, I'm actually starting to LIKE carb-up days! You heard me! All the posts I've written about how eating so many carbs makes me feel so bloated and full seem to be a distant memory! I'm hoping that my metabolism is raising since I'm actually getting hungry now on these days, despite the cupfuls of rice and oatmeal, plus giant sweet potato for dinner. Before, I would not be hungry at all and felt I was force-feeding myself. Not a fun feeling.

Meal #2: chicken and 1 cup of rice. Monochromatic much? My meals as of late have been a lot like Southwest Airlines...no frills. I added a bit of Bragg's Amino Acids to the rice for flavor and channeled my inner China doll. Speaking of Chinese (well, sorta), did you know Asian food is my favorite food? Give me rice over pasta, bread and potatoes any day! In fact, I think my post-comp meal will have to be s-u-s-h-i. I bet the sodium in the soy sauce alone will cause me to puff up like a blowfish. Oh well!

OK, so for those of you not competing (which I think is everyone but one- "Hi Naomi!"), you will probably find the following annoying and melodramatic, but this blog is sorta-kinda like a journal entry to me, so it's on my mind. I haven't seen the scale move in TWO WEEKS. I know in this post I told the scale to "SHOVE IT!" and said I was not going to let the scale determine my total progress, but I am starting to get frustrated because by the amount of calories I'm burning weekly, plus the amount of calories I'm eating (or not eating) daily, it seems to me that there really shouldn't be any reason (mathematically and biologically speaking) that I am not dropping one pound a week on the scale. I know, I know, "muscle weights more than fat"...yadi yadi yadi... and 3500 calories= one pound. I understand all that. It seems so simple, until you work your little arsenal off in the gym, burning 3500 in a week in exercise PLUS taking in 500 calories less daily (for another 3500 calories). So, what gives? This plateau needs to break STAT! I weighed myself yesterday morning and was back UP one pound for a total loss of zero in the past two weeks. What the helicopter?!! I do not have time for this...

Now it's become mental. Am I going crazy? (eh, don't answer that!) I am six weeks out. YIKES! In a regular weight-loss effort, I'm THRILLED to be where I am (healthy and fit) and I like how I look in clothes. It's the how-I-look-OUT-of-clothes that I'm not thrilled with and we all know how little these bikinis are. GULP! I really don't want to wait until February to do my first bikini show, but I refuse to embarrass myself out there and I need to drop some serious fat if I'm going to be ready by either the 13th or 20th of November. I had already planned to start doing 2-a-day cardio sessions in October, so hopefully that will be all my body needs to say "sayonara fat. See ya never!"....OK, I feel better now:)

Speaking of how I look in clothes, (and switching to a lighter, more pleasant topic) I'm reminded of my outfit I wore this past weekend that I wanted to share with you:) Since I don't have picture of me wearing the actual outfit, I took a picture of the shirt that I wore with my awesome blue feather shoes. I love fun heels!

I'd only worn these heels once, but last week I bought this top at Express and it matched my shoes perfectly so I knew I had to wear my fun heels! They were a hit this past weekend at my in-laws' party and one lady even asked to see it and passed it around the room HAHA! Even the men commented on my fab shoes. I need to buy more blue outfits to wear these more:)

Oh, and here are another pair I love! My lavender heels with the black lace trim:)

I am just like my grandmother (God rest her soul). She was always so stylish and wore heels all into her 80s. She always had her hair and nails done and looked beautiful every.single.day, whether or not she even left the house. I may not look dress to the '9s' everyday, but I do have her love for cute heels. Both these and the blue ones above are from Charlotte Russe. They have super fun heels, inexpensive and a lot of times great deals!

Well, my Hunka-hunka-burnin' love will be home soon for lunch so I'm going to get his sandwich ready. He's so cute! I asked him this morning what sounded good to him for lunch and he said he wanted a PB&J sandwich. HA! He's such a kid! He said it sounded good to him and he hasn't had one in forever. Yeah, buddy, I know the feelin'.

QUESTION:

1) What frustrates you that you have no control over? This scale thing is really buggin' me, only because I'm working so hard and confused since it sounds so simple- calories in, calories out. Not sure why I don't see -1 on the scale at least every week, you know? Our bodies are very complex things, I realize this, but I wish I could control my body more. If I didn't have a deadline, I could care less if it was stalled a week or two, but these competitions have a way of ruffling your tail-feathers...and not just the ones in your shoes;)

2) Do you wear fun heels often? What does your favorite pair of heels look like? I love any heels that look super feminine. I love shoes with lace, satin, ribbons, bows, pendants and anything sparkly:)