~KrystaLyn~"Not Just Weight Loss" Journal

[lcq]

Happy House Hunting Krys........I will miss your presence that is for sure.
Considering you upped your carbs and had a loss...things are not looking too bad in your neck of the woods

see you when you get back....and I am looking forward to your pics

[lcq]

Originally Posted by Edwards20

I also noticed it was mentioned it was a strict diet ... I am only on the 2nd chapter of my new book. But, I wonder are you both getting enough fat ? Are you eating enough ? Are the sugar free "products" making you have more cravings. I guess when I was reading I am getting overwhelmed with info. BUT, it shouldn't feel like a strict diet ... I am rambling and probably not making sense.

Mini threadjack Krys............

Hi Edwards I was just noticing in your stats that you started where I am now.......so would you mind popping over to my journal and telling me how long it took you to get where you are now here is a link to it...I don't want to take up any more of Kry's journal
LCQ's Journal

[Low Carb Mommy]

Congratulations on the weight dropping again!(especially right before TOM) You are going to do fine on your trip! I have lost weight on both of my trips so I know you will too! Next week will be 130's week for sure! You will feel so skinny! We will miss you around here!

On the carbs...at least you know what all those carbs will do to you...you are still losing in spite of being on the high end. That means you will be able to eat plenty during maintenance. I am nervous about eating that many.


I so want to see some pictures so please post! Look forward to hearing from you!!

[KrystaLyn]

Thanks for the well wishes, you guys. I'm gonna MISS YOU!!

So, since I have to leave EARLY tomorrow morning, I thought I would post my menu for today right now. I think I did pretty good, actually. Could've gotten in a few more veggies, but I brought down my carbs significantly.

B - Atkins bar and 1 c. calorie countdown - 6

L - leftover Outback pork chop - 0
macadamias & almonds -4
a slice of Velveeta...don't ask why - 1
1/2-ish can Diet cherry Limeade - 2

D - Chicken Salad (The BOMB recipe!) - 6-8?
Jello w/ strawberries and cream cheese/sour cream topping - 5-6?
1/2 can Diet Root beer - 0

Total = 23 (high end estimate)

I'm hoping to be able to stomach a decent breakfast tomorrow morning, considering I'm probably going to be flying about 4 hours before my first layover. I am taking macadamias, cheese sticks and an Atkins bar for the flight, and I actually might be able to find some sugar free yogurt at the airport. I was able to last time, anyway. Then, I'm sure it will be a bunless wonder for me once I have my layover. I'm probably going to be starving once I get to my friends tomorrow night, but it will probably be too late by then to actually eat anything, so I have an Atkins shake in my checked bag that I will drink once I get to her place if I have to. So there you have it, my obsessive "plan-ahead" plan! I think I'm insane, worrying so much about what I'm going to eat. Oh well

I HAVE to get to bed! I have to be up at 5am, so I have to sign off now. I will check in as soon as I can!! Love Y'all!

[KrystaLyn]

well, I dont have much time, Im writing this as I'm waiting for the realtor to come pick me up. Yesterday was hard....LOTS of nuts...but I stayed on plan pretty well, considering.

S - Atkins Shake - 2

B - Plain yogurt w/ splenda - 3
1/2 apple (all I could find at the airport) - 8?
macadamia nuts - 2

S - Atkins Bar - 3
2 cheese sticks - 1.5
peanuts (on the plane, honey roasted) - 2?

D - Quiznoz salad (had BBQ sauce on it, which I didn't know until after I bought it) - ?????

S - more peanuts and macadamias - 5-ish

So about 25 total, not counting the salad.

Now the good news is, on my friends scale I weighed 138.8 this morning The bad news is, I don't know how her scale compares to mine However, at least I have a starting point to go from on her scales to see if I lose this week. I mean, if I go down on her scales, then I'm going down on mine, right? I have to say, the shirt I'm wearing today does seem to fit better today, and yesterday I was wearing my old (big) jeans, and they were so noticeable loose, even though I had just taken them out of the dryer that morning.

Ok, I'm going to go pop into some other journals until the realtor comes. If I don't leave comments, you know I am out the door already! Later, friends!

[Edwards20]

Thinking of you Krysta ... hope you have a wonderful time

[Low Carb Mommy]

I'm sure the scales are not too off. It is about time we start dropping again!! I told you that I wouldn't be catching up to you!! Post some pictures when you get a chance...especially if you find a house! Miss you!

[KrystaLyn]

Well, I think I fond a house! Nothing is a done deal yet, I have to see what my realtor can negotiate for me, but Will really liked it from the pictures I sent him, just like I thought. I will post pictures after I've made the offer

Other than that, I dropped .2 on my friends scale, weighing 138.6. I really haven't been eating much and TOM should arrive today, so we will see what that does to the scales!

Here's a rough figure of what I ate yesterday (no carb counts!)

B - Atkins granola bar and 4 oz SF vanilla yogurt

L - O'Charleys Black and Bleu Ceasar Salad (YUM!)

D - Atkins shake
Sunflower seeds

Gotta run! I've got to get over to the Mortgage office and stuff. Talk at you later!

[lcq]

Originally Posted by KrystaLyn

Other than that, I dropped .2 on my friends scale, weighing 138.6. I

Do you realise you have just about lost 20lbs That is fantastic

Can't wait to see the house pics...you sure don't waste time girlie

[Edwards20]

You are doing great !! Keep up the good work. Can't wait until you get back. I got some flax

[KrystaLyn]

Ok, I'm not sure if I believe this, but today on my friends scale, I weighed in at....137.0!!

I got on the scale more than once to make sure, but even on her scale, that is a drop of 1.6 lbs from yesterday! We went out to eat last night and I only ate a salad, some zucchini and some nasty chicken covered in processed cheese (they charged $14.95 for that!) And before that it was basically

B - Atkins granola bar & yogurt
S - nuts
S - cheese stick and some pieces of chicken to tide me over until dinner
D - salad, zucchini and cheese chicken

I was SOO tempted to get some cheesecake. Literally, I was debating it all through dinner, cause I've eaten at this restaurant before and the only thing good about it IS the cheesecake. But I didn't and boy am I glad!! I'm guessing my friends scale is about 1.6 lb. difference to mine, but even then, that means I should be about 138.6 on my scale! We will see when I get home if I am right. Another reason I feel like I am really losing is because my 10 jeans that I bought at 145lbs. were actually feeling loose yesterday. And one of the shirts I bought with it was WAY too big. It's a size medium and too big! Which kindof sucks, since I've barely been able to wear it. Maybe my mom will want it

Anyhoo, we made an offer on the house yesterday and it was accepted They accepted it so quickly, I'm now thinking we actually could have offered even less than we did and gotten it. Oh well. It's great, and the sellers agreed to pay all our closing costs! It's HUGE compared to our last house....2000 sq feet, give or take, and it sits on just shy of an acre. And I found out AFTER we made the offer, that it is one of the lowest priced houses in the neighborhood, which means we are surrounded by HUGE gorgeous houses! (it's a brand new neighborhood...most of the houses aren't even moved into yet, or are still in the construction phase) Not bad for resale, huh?? Anyway, I literally feel like I was lead to this house, and that finding it was an answer to many, MANY heartfelt prayers I have prayed over the past week or so.

Don't mind the banner and signs, and of course, the yard will look better once Will and I get our hands on it, but here's a picture of the front:



if you want to see more pics of the inside, go to my photo album:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...raven%20House/

[lcq]

Love the house Krys ....and thank you for your inspiration....after seeing you go through the 'attack of the yo yo scale' and now seeing those great losses you are having.............I have even more motivation to stick out my yo yo scale attack because I KNOW I will end up victorious

[KrystaLyn]

Here's a picture of me (with the friend I've been staying with in Fay) taken today at 137-138 lbs! That's 20 pounds GONE!

[lcq]

you look so slim and lovely Krys WOOHOO

[Low Carb Mommy]

So, I finally got to come to your journal! OH, I just LOVE this house! It looks like you! There is lots of growth for all those babies your are going to have one day!! Thanks for posting all those pictures. You have so much room in there. Isn't it fun to go and pick everything out?!

Your weight loss is rocking! I don't think that you will find that much fluctuation between the scales. All your hard work is just finally paying off dear! So proud of you! And you look major skinny in that picture with your friend! What did she say?

Good job on the resistance on the cheese cake. It probably wouldn't have tasted that great after all. Then, you would have had the major headache and possible tummy trouble afterwards. See, you save yourself a lot of trauma!

It will be so good to have you back. It is good to finally be able to talk to all my LC friends! Have a great weekend!!

[KrystaLyn]

So I went up slightly this morning...137.4 on my friends scale. But considering I am STILL over a pound down from 2 days ago, I'm not complaining!

I think I'm going to set my goal for April to get to 134-135 lbs. That will give me only 4-5 more pounds to lose after that to reach my first major goal of 130. At that point I will re-evaluate where I'm at and decide either to start pre-maintenance at that point, or to go for another 5 lbs before starting Pre-M. I'm hoping to be 130 by the end of May/beginning of June.

I'm also thinking I will up my exercise next month and start running. My sister also wants me to start a Power Pump class with her, but I will see. I have A LOT to do this next month (on top of my usual work and stuff,) like going through all my things at my parents house and renting a truck and getting it to Fayetteville by the time I close on the house, which should be April 27th. I honestly don't know if I will have the time, focus or energy to be going to the gym so much, when I'm barely maing the minimum as it is! We will see.

Other than that, I don't really have any other plans for the coming month. I will count my starting weight for April as whatever I weigh in at on Tuesday morning after I get home. But I have to say, being in a size 8 by the end of March exceeded my expectations! I will love to see what the end of April does for me!!

[Low Carb Mommy]

You are doing so great! Doesn't the 130's look wonderful! I can't wait to get there with you. Don't push yourself too hard this month. You do have a lot on your plate. I am sure that all the extra activity will more than help the weight come off! So proud of you. I can't wait to see what your scales at home will say!

[Edwards20]

Krysta ... I love the house , it's beautiful and so are you. I do firmly believe you have succesfully reached the 130's and I think that's awesome.

[KrystaLyn]

I am SOOOO getting buyers remorse!

I went back to the house today, and while I still love the actual HOUSE and the whole area we are in, there are some funky things about the property that I am getting kindof nervous about! For example, there is a strip on the left side yard that has been covered with sod, kindof like they buried a pipe or something all the way through that side of the yard and then covered it up with the sod (the rest of the yard was seeded, so the sod is pretty obvious)...It looks SOO retarded. And the fact that the electric box is right in our front yard has been bothering me too, even though I know we can probably do some landscaping around it that will totally hide it. And then there is a huge pile of chopped down trees just chilling in the front corner of our property, which I'm sure my husband could take care of when he gets back, but it's these little type of things that I can't seem to look past right now. I know part of it is that I am nervous to be paying more for a house, especially when we have the responsibility of the first house still, as well. But it's still bothering me a lot, all these little things that I didn't seem to see the first time I looked at the house. I don't know if I will be able to sleep tonight, worrying about whether we made the right choice or not. I mean, it's not like I am around to keep looking for something else, and I'm also not going to be actually living in the house until August, so I won't be able to ease my fears by living in it and getting comfortable with it, either. Crap.

I weighed this morning, too, and stayed exactly the same....137.4 on my friend's scale. SIGH.....

[Edwards20]

Krysta .. perhaps those things don't seem like much to others, but if they bother you ... then they are legitimate concerns. YOU will be living there. Go look again and again ... if you are not comfortable ... then can't you still back out ?

[KrystaLyn]

Yes, we can still back out...we just lose our earnest money ($1000!)

See, I don't know if I am being overly concerned...I mean, a lot of what is bothering me is probably nothing, or something we can easily fix (or disguise) once we get in the house and start putting work into the yard. I'm usually so good at seeing the POTENTIAL of things...I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with these issues. I think some of it may also be the fact that I am leavng tomorrow and won't be back until we close, so it's not like it's something I can keep my eye on as the month goes by. Geeezzzzz......

[Edwards20]

Originally Posted by KrystaLyn

Yes, we can still back out...we just lose our earnest money ($1000!)

See, I don't know if I am being overly concerned...I mean, a lot of what is bothering me is probably nothing, or something we can easily fix (or disguise) once we get in the house and start putting work into the yard. I'm usually so good at seeing the POTENTIAL of things...I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with these issues. I think some of it may also be the fact that I am leavng tomorrow and won't be back until we close, so it's not like it's something I can keep my eye on as the month goes by. Geeezzzzz......

Well, that is a lot of money. But so is buying a house you are not happy with. Maybe it can all be fixed or concealed. Did you make a lists of the potential things as well ? I hope you can get it all worked out, and I am sorry you are struggling with this.

[Low Carb Mommy]

All I can say Krysta is .....go with your gut. If you think that you might say later on...I wish that I had...then maybe you need to rethink things. It sounds like the things that are bothering you are on the outside of the house....that is good. You are not questioning the building of the house itself. Ask questions....ask them why there is sod laid out there. Don't be afraid to prod and find out these things. We have the big electrical box in our front yard too. They do that in developments. The cut trees are just adding to the other frustrations. Make them move it before you buy it. You can ask for these things. Remember they want to sell! It sounds like the biggest struggle is the money. Do you REALLY like the house? If so, then don't sweat the money. But if it is just OK....then I think you need to find something you are tickled with....not wishing you had this or that. The negotiating time is now for the things you want. That can be part of the contract. Let peace be your guide....do a lot of praying. You will know.