Friends, I'm outta here (for a week, anyway). Time to get some last-minute word done, pack, and go on vacation!
Oh, how I need a vacation.
For those of you who didn't see my added stuff yesterday about my liver MRI test results, I heard from the doctor. There are no definitive answers. They suspect this is a typical not-of-concern hemangioma, but they don't know for sure. Now they're sending me for a Nuclear Medicine Scan. That'll have to happen after I get back from vacation. I'm going to do my best to not think about it until I return, too. I need a vacation from that mess as much as I need a vacation from work!
Although work is kicking my arse right now. I found out there's a big presentation the day after I return. Um, no, I can't have those analyses ready for that meeting, folks.
I can't wait to sit on the beach with my wonderful hubby of 5 years (happy anniversary to us!), relaxing, listening to the ocean, and forgetting about anything and everything stressful. Yay!
Have a wonderful, on-plan, healthy, active, run-like-the-wind kind of week. I'll be back around May 5th or so.
About Me
- HappyBlogChick
- I'm a bit of a smart-ass and I love food. Mmmmmm fooooood ... Because of my food-love I had a few pounds of fat to lose and a few pounds of muscle to gain. I lost weight, and now I'm maintaining my weight loss. I'm maintaining the same way I lost - by following the Weight Watchers eating plan, setting weight and fitness goals, and doing cardio and strength training. This description makes me sound fitness-obsessed, and that's not really the case. I could do with a little more fitness-obsession, actually.
Stats, Goals and Gory Details
- Height: 5'6"
- Weight Goal: Staying in the low 130's, below 134 pounds.
- Goal Reached: March 24, 2008 (that's when I stayed at or below an average of 133 for a 7 day period). I've done it before, too. I originally reached goal in Summer 2003. I gained the damned weight back. I reached goal again in Summer 2006. And I gained some of the weight back.
- Other goals: Get fit, get strong, and maintain weight loss once I'm back at goal.
- Heaviest Recent Weight: 152.4 (Fall 2007)
- Heaviest Weight: 167 (December 2002, but also probably in 1998, although I didn't weigh myself then. Call me Cleopatra, queen of denial)
- Exercise Goal: Run 5k April 19th. Training using the Couch to 5k plan. Also aiming for strength training at least 2x/week.
The Dreaded Scale
What"s past is past. (But read it anyway.)
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2007
(4)
- ► 12/30 - 01/06 (4)
You know what I"m talkin" "bout
- couch to 5k (39)
- goals (36)
- the dreaded scale (33)
- the gym (27)
- Weight Watchers (18)
- family and friends (17)
- motivation (15)
- Healthy You Challenge (13)
- random (13)
- eating out (8)
- stats (8)
- maintenance (7)
- I don't feel so good (6)
- travel (6)
- about me (5)
- binges (5)
- TMI (4)
- beginning (4)
- holidays (3)
- how cheap am I? (3)
- non-scale victories (3)
- HH 10k training for a novice (2)
- shopping (2)
- Becoming a One Hour Runner (1)
- happy meal (1)
- recipes (1)
- research (1)
I"m not in it alone.
- Abi's Couch to 5k
- angry fat girlz
- Battle of the Bulges
- Charming & Delightful
- Color Me Fit
- Comrade GoGo
- Cranky Fitness
- Diet Coke and Zingers
- does this font make me look fat
- Eyes on the Hourglass
- Fat Man ... Skinny Wallet
- Freshman 15
- From Flab to Fit
- Get My Point!
- Gotta Keep it Off!
- Half of Me
- Healthy Ashley
- Healthy You Challenge
- Hey, Weight a Sec!
- Hot Thick Chick
- I AM a size 6 again
- I Am That Girl Now
- It's All About Results
- Journey to Thin
- Journeying to Lose 200 lbs
- just another weigh
- Kate is GREAT!
- Kathy Calculates: Weight Loss
- learning to compete
- Life Is What You Make It
- Living to Feel Good
- MaNiC MoMMy
- no where to run to baby
- Our Wicked Weighs
- Pretty* in the City
- Roni's Weight Watchen Pages
- Shaping Up My Life
- The Diet Book
- The Grumpy Chair Dieter
- We're Losin' It
- Weight-In (For the Sun)
- Yet Another Weight Watchers Blog
Helpie McHelperLinks
98 comments:
Enjoy yer vacation! I'm more than a little jealous. :)
Enjoy your vacay!
Have a wonderful holiday! We'll miss you! And don't worry about work, tests, etc!
Enjoy your stressfree holiday :)
Have an awesome vaca!!!! I'm so jealous.
I looked up the one hour runner link. I'm so doing that one. Starting next week!
Happy anniversary and happy vacation!
Have a fabulous vacation! I'm jealous since I don't get any vacation until August. So have a great time for me!
Have a fantastic time.
I just have to let you know that I did the 20 minute run! Thanks for sending me the post again--it really got me believing that I could do it!
I wrote about it on Saturday, April 26. THANK YOU!!!!
Happy Anniversary! You deserve the vacation!
Haha, thanks for the example dresses. I see what you mean by "feminine dress."
So, did you go with the whole skull number as one of your two dresses? ;-)
I'm glad you enjoyed the photo of my daughter.
HAVE FUN!!
Hope you are having a WONDERFUL time!
We're headed for the beach July 12. Catch some rays for me while you're gone.
I'm holding good thoughts about your test results.
We'll be here when you get back.
Have a wonderful and relaxing time!! Happy Anniversary to you two!!
I'm sure you are sitting on the beach right now! Enjoy!
I hope you're having a lovely time!
So glad I found your blog! Fun, nice...and great to see another science-type dealing with fitness and diet.
Fingers crossed on your next scans.
Happy Anniversary! And I hope you have a wonderful, beautiful, relaxing vacation with no worries at all. :-) (Little Douglas Adams reference there, sorry.)
Definitely hoping for great results on the scan and that you won't think about it too much between now and then. :-)
V.
hi, i just found your blog. i'm doing the couch to 5k and have an event on 6/20. i hope i'm ready by then! i'm on week 6. have fun on vacation!
I hope you are having an awesome vacation!!!!!!!! Just a teeny reminder... ;)
Today is May 1st, our challenge begins TODAY. Check out the latest post in the Challenge Blog (http://jigglelessexercisechallenge.blogspot.com/2008/05/challenge-for-may-abs-wins.html - add the blog to your reader if you use one). Come on, let's do this! No giving up! :)
Have a fabu vacation dahling! You deserve it. I can think of nothing better than soaking up some sun with someone you love.
Alright, it's May 5th! You said you'd be back around May 5th or so, but I assume you meant you'd be posting by the crack of dawn today, yet we're half way through the day and no post. I was patient enough to give you time off, but enough is enough! :-)
In all seriousness, I hope you and hubby had a grand vacation. It's often hard when it comes to an end. Hopefully the transition back into routine won't be too traumatic.
Just checking in on you! Hope your vacation is wonderful!
Mexico sounds like a fun place to go! I hope you had a blast!
Also - sorry to hear about your health worries, I hope all is ok. Your body has got to be a lot healthier now you are at your goal weight, that has got to work in your favour. Ive got my fingers crossed for you.
So... gotten those test results back? Feeling amazingly better? Found that you just needed a little sun and fun? Or maybe you decided to stay an extra week! Wouldn't that be grand?
I'm not trying to rush you or anything -- just wanted you to know I was thinking about you, and wondering how things were going.
Hmm, this might be a bit too sappy. I'll work on that.
Ok we have hit "or so" on the date lol. Hope you are doing well! Update as we want to know how you are and how it went ok!!
*huggles*
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Hey! Where are ya!? Did you decide not to come back?
Posting another comment under the theory that you were waiting to post again until you got your 28th comment on this thread... ;-)
C'mon back!
Where did you go?! I'm worried about you :(
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I'm holding good thoughts about you while you're on vacation; and we'll all be here waiting to hear good news when you return.
P.S. We miss you right now.
Nice to meet you,
I'm from Japan.
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Keep it up please.
Hope you're feeling ok and things are going well!
I'm hoping your silence simply means you are busy and nothing more sinister. Good thoughts coming your way!
Hey, stranger. C'mon back.
Wondering where you are. Did you decide to never come back from vacation? I can't say as I would blame you. I hope all is well.
Nice to meet you.
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Okay, I'm a little late on this...but it's well past May 5th...where are you?
I'm really worried now. We don't know Happy's real name, so we have no way of making sure she's okay. I know she loved us all too much to just leave.
Come back, Happy! :(
Hey! I worried about you. Please update, honey. Please.
I haven't forgotten about you, HBC. You would like to update us. Really, you would. I can feel it.
It's going to be really embarrassing if a bunch of us manage to track you down, only to find that you were just tired of talking to us!
We're coming up on the 2 month anniversary... Come back!
Hey, great blog HappyBlockChick. Very interesting articles and I love how you put a personal touch on everything.
I actually just started a health and fitness blog of my own (bostonbodyfit.wordpress.com) and I am always looking for constructive criticism. Would love it if you or your readers could check it out and give me some feed back.
Have a great vacation.
Just checking back in! I hope you are OK. If something is wrong, please know that you are not alone. There are a lot of us here in the cyber world who miss you! Big news at my place if you are interested!
Hi! Just adding to the "Hello, where are you & is everything ok?"
I miss you, too!
Hellllo? Anyone out there?
Is everything okay, BlogChick? We're all missing you!
Still alive out there Happy? We miss you!
No doubt, all these folks hope you are well.
If it isn't too late too help, I just wanted to pass along advice about Exercise With Oxygen Therapy.
Getting your heart rate up and using supplemental oxygen is really helpful for all health concerns and conditions.
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Many many blessings,
Hope you are well.
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Alright, HBC, one last nudge. C'mon back. I miss ya.
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Where'd you go?!
This information is very helpful. Keep posting.
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Just another Where Are You? note. We're worried :( Hope all is well.
Enjoy holidays
Great work. Looking forward to more good material!
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Enjoy your vacation! I am so jealous!
it's about time for another post bud!
Great blog and very motivating. I read about your blog on another weight loss blog (kimkinsdiet.blogspot.com). I'll visit again soon. Happy losing!
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Hi, hope you're doing well. You are such an inspiration to many of us trying to lose the weight for good. Thank you!
have a wonderful fitness free vacation!!!
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Hi looking for other bloggers getting healther. Need the motivation and love to give it too.
Hope you have a great vacation.
Where are you? You've been gone for far too long. Come baaaaaaack . . .
Have a great trip. While i'm working out at home!
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