Victory

I can't get an ad from BMW out of my mind. If I could print it and put in on a t-shirt I would. Actually, I'd like it on a wall somewhere in my home.

"The road to victory has no shortcuts. It is paved with trial and error, sweat and tears. It will expose your weaknesses and your fears. Failure and doubt will chase you every step of the way. When you push the limits of what is possible, VICTORY will greet you at the finish line. No matter how you get there."



This picture courtesy of sweat and tears.
And fyi...I can totally beat my son in arm wrestling now!

And that my friends, needs to other mushy mush to go along with it. Isn't it a great ad? You'll hear it a lot during the 2016 Olympic games.

And now I shall step aside and put my brave pants on. This is the part of the blog where I expose my weakness and fears as tonight for the first time I will add in a few more numbers down below to my "Weighing in" portion of the program. :)


Weighing in 10/29/2015: -1.6

*Pull up brave pants now*
Starting weight: 233.0
Current weight: 169.4

Total loss to date: 63.6

Thank YOU!

I have had a HARD week!!! Uuuugh. I never thought I'd be excited to get on the scale on such a crappy week, but I am. Do you know why? It's not because I think I'll have a good loss by any means. I'll be stoked if I stay the same. It's because Thursdays are the start to my new week. It's a clean slate for me. On Thursdays I get to start over, mentally, physically and emotionally and (insert religious blip here) "Try a little harder, to be a little better." ~Gordon B. Hinckley

Every aspect of this week has been hard. Food wise, I've been hungry, never feeling satisfied which is super frustrating. Ya, I have extra weekly points I can use, but I don't like to use them if I feel like I haven't earned them, say by...exercising or something. I've not exercised super awesome. (Only 3 times this week) because I've had something going on EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT!!!! and work has been exhausting. I love my job, but to be COMPLETELY honest, I come home with mushy brain. I feel like if I have to say "let's sit on our pockets, hands to yourself, let's not pick our noses, let's not pick our friends' noses" one more time, I might puke.  Ok, I exaggerated a little bit but it's exhausting. So grateful for my days off, and it just so happens that today was one of them :) P.S. Guess what I did this morning?? I WENT TO THE GYM!!!! This means that my BGF aka Best gym friend aka "Bob" is back from Hawaii (I wasn't even invited and I'm not even bitter because she brought me back a t shirt, size MEDIUM and it FIT!!!!)  But since this entire run on paragraph is all about my woe is me week, let's not forget about the fact that I get to do geography homework with Dixon. KILLER!!!! I am so blasted ready for the end of this trimester.

BUT....

You lift me up!

Case in point #1 from a private message on facebook:
 "I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how amazing you are. I know weight loss isn't easy, but you are killing it! Keep up the great work. I might not comment on your successes but I'm watching and I am being inspired."

Case in point #2 from a friend at work:
"I just have to tell you, I saw you walking the other day and told my son, 'Oh hey, there's Angie' and he turned and looked at me and said, "Wait. Angie? Dixon's Mom, Angie? She's so skinny!" (And then this person went on to tell me she wished she had a video of how excited he was because he was going crazy! I needed that boost on that day. Thank you!)

Case in point #3 from a facebook post I was tagged in:
"Seeing my friends working hard and inspiring me through their journeys brings me joy! I love you guys! Thanks for sharing! I am definitely watching!"

Case in point #4 received today on facebook:
Hey Fonnesbeck! I'm just tuning back into FB after a few month's break and I have to tell you that you are looking AMAZING!! You inspire me!! Hooray for you!! Trimmed down, Dt. Mtn Dew lover, amazing Cache Valley pics. If it weren't for that whole Aggie thing I'd swear our souls were twins separated at birth ;) Keep on inspiring me!

What you all don't know, is I watch you all too. Every single one of you have attributes that make me want to be a better person and that is what I'm simply trying to do...become a better version of myself. So to you...THANK YOU! Thank you for inspiring, uplifting, and loving me, for me. I'm still me. Just a little smaller. I hope my heart hasn't shrunk at all. I love you! I'm so blessed to have people like you in my life. Everyone should be as blessed as I.

Weighing in:
October 22, 2015
Minus 2.0
Loss to date: 62.0

#myforeverjourney
Start date: April 9, 2015

Catch up

I have missed a few weeks on the blog. Excuse? 2 syllables: Ag-gies!
Football games and Basketball scrimmages people. It's that time of year again, and those that know me, know that my family, and Aggie athletics will ALWAYS come before the blog.

So, lets play catch up shall we? Let's make it easy. I'm down as of tonight 60 pounds even! I wanted to be down 60 by Halloween and it looks like I'm 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Time to make a new goal for myself. How about just KEEP it off through Halloween. I've yet to even buy a bag of candy corns this year and that in itself is a HUGE accomplishment. I'll call it a nsa or in other words, a "Non scale achievement!"

I've had a few people stop me in the the stores, at work, or even text me asking for some snack ideas. I decided that this post would be all about snackage. Here's what I've been grabbing these last 6 months for those snack attacks.

Cottage cheese. Depending on the day, I'll either add blueberries, OR some diced roma tomatoes and green onion. SO GOOD!

I love hard boiled eggs. My boys, not so much. More for me.

I'm a TOTAL grape snob! Welch's all the way. I told you....SNOB!

I can have 71 of these babies for 3 ww points plus. Sometimes I even dip them in picante sauce cause it takes me longer to eat them that way. These are ALMOST an every Sunday snack.

Every morning before the gym, I eat one of these. And I'm not going to lie. I don't even track it. I know I know...I've always said, "I bite it, I write it." Well I guess I'm a big liar! These are only 50 calories and that is burned off in like....6 minutes at the gym.



Deli Turkey. Mmm....add a dill pickle, cherry tomatoes and a TBS of hummus to this and wrap it up... You're welcome :)

1 cup blueberries, 1 small banana, 1 cup diet (not light, but DIET cranberry juice) and you've got yourself a delicious and smoothalicious treat 

My addiction to these...there's just no words. I use them for everything from breakfast burritos, lunch wraps, and even garlic bread on pasta nights.

My favorite flavor not pictured: Lemon mer-however you spell it, pie.

ADDICTING! The End.

I've had this box of skinny cow chocolate since I started #myforeverjourney in April. That's 6 months ago people. Normally this would have been gone in a weekend. I just don't crave the sweets like I used to, and that's not a bad thing. (There are as of THIS moment, 6 in the box. And I know I've shared at least 2 of these, so to say I've only eaten 24 of these myself in 6 months is nothing to be ashamed about.

I eat these like popcorn. Whoda thunk it? Me eating cherry tomatoes? Turns out I'm kind of a cherry tomato snob too. This brand is my favorite.



1 tsp. (YES TEAspoon) melted pb. 6 melted chocolate chips. PERFECTION!

This is not ice cream. I'm not even sure what it is except for low in weight watcher points. I've tried a few kinds. They are not Ben and Jerry's by any means but you can eat the ENTIRE pint for only 2 or 3 weight watcher points. HOLY CRAP GUYS!!!! HO.LY. CRAP!

Hummus snob too, Thanks to my friend Diane. And the Roasted Red Pepper is uber yummy on that deli turkey wrap thing I mentioned earlier. Just sayin'.

I've got my son hooked on this stuff. Be careful. It's best to measure your 3/4 of a cup, and walk away. Walk FAR, FAR away. YUMM-O!

Remember those skinny bagels I talked about on another post? Or was it facebook? Or instagram? Well anywho...there are these skinny bagels that are the bomb dot com and the STRAWBERRY spread is TO DIE FOR! Oh my gosh it makes the best breakfast on the planet. Ok...maybe not the planet because BACON is sooooo tasty. OOoooooo. Bacon flavored whipped Greek would be Gooooooood! Who do I call?



I can't keep this in my fridge. A big jar of this lasts me 4 or 5 days.

So there you have it. What I snack on. Now I snack on other things too, like apples and carrots and other boring and good for me things, but these are my favorites. I buy most of my groceries at Walmart, but the GRAPES, and HUMMUS I buy from my local grocery store, Lee's. And my husband buys the string cheese from his super secret cheese buying sorority. Sorry...family only.