Keeping Myself in Stitches!

Oh... and I love this too!

 

Almost forgot I finished this too... Twinkle's "Shopping Tunic" minus the pockets and "sans cowl"... very warm and cozy!  Wore it to work yesterday and I was comfortable all day.

OMG I LOVE IT!!!

The Central Park Hoodie is DONE!!!!!! :)

 

Buttons... blocked... everything... and it's so cozy!!  I get to wear it to Spa, Knit, and Spin this weekend :) yay!

 

hee hee... Little Brown Riding Hood??

So glad I finally decided to finish this.  Well worth it... now on to the next sweater... back is done!

sometimes... socks just wanna be mittens

 

My socks changed their mind... they wanted to be mittens.  One done... one to go (this will actually be my first finished pair of mittens... that is... if they get finished :))

Stash Roulette - February project

I have a bunch of knitting update sto blog at some point (need pictures), but in the meantime I have to point out that I have started my sock for my February Stash Roulette project and might even finish them before the month is done if I work on it :)

 

They are slightly further along than this now.  Details on Ravelry... the colorwork pattern is from Cookie A's Red Herring sock, but I'm doing a worsted-weight toe-up version.

They're gonna be cozy :)

I've also finished a top (which I will post about later this weekend) and started a sweater that I'm going to adore :)  Updates to come!

Hot Mamas: Week 14 (THE FINALE!)

Ok...it's done... you never have to hear me talk about it again :)

I came in second place to my sister as expected!  And we'll be spending her winnings this weekend on a shopping spree :)  I ended with an overall loss of 21.8 pounds.  And check out the before and after pics!  I honestly was even surprised by them:

   

  

Hot Mamas: Week 13 (The Penultimate Week!)

OMG!  What a way to end my day :)  I had weigh-in tonight and I honestly didn't know what to expect... I ate mostly well and worked out (although I skipped my normal "Tuesday night super-workout").  I stepped on the scale and I was down 1.8 pounds this week!!!  Not only that but... it puts me into the 120s!!! AND I've lost 20 pounds now!

Wow... I'm just super happy that I could do this and not be hungry and stick with it and everything.  I promised myself that 2009 would be a happier healthier year... so far it's shaping up nicely :)

Hot Mamas ends with our final weigh-in next week... looks like I'm going to walk away with second place (first should go to my sister who is kicking major butt :))  I'm still going to continue the workouts and see if I can tone myself into my actual goal weight... but if I stay where I am I can't complain much.

I also did my measurements again (out of curiosity)... doing well... since January 12th I've lost .75" in my small partof my waist, .25" on the largest part, 1.25" in my hips, .5" on each thigh, .5" on each arm and (unfortunately) 1.25" in my chest (*sad panda*... I liked my chest where it was... this one is so small :( )

Bathing suit season... HERE I COME!!!!!

Hot Mamas: Week 11 and 12

So I never posted last week, but did update my little "weight ticker" thingy... after my disappointing, but somewhat expected gain in week 10... week 11 had me at an awesome loss of 2.6 pounds!  Then tonight... week 12, I lost another 1.2 :)

I'm at a total of 18.8 pounds lost now!  wow...

Originally, my goal was to lose 30 pounds total.  Now, I'd like to lose a total of 25, but honestly am just sort of letting my body do it's thing.  I'm not going to stop the healthy eating and the exercise (and I still definitely have some toning to do in areas), but we'll see what happens.  I'm so happy and healthy now that if I were to stay where I am, that would be ok too.

As far as the contest goes, I expect to finish a strong second place behind my amazing sister who is kicking serious weight-loss butt :)

Also, I need to point out that my race training is going AWESOMELY!!!  Can't wait to post some race stats next month :)