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Michelly 29, Female
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I'm a Pickle

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About Me:
Welcome to my blog! The name of my blog "I'm a Pickle" comes from one of my early WW meetings when I first joined. My leader said that loosing weight is like turning a cucumber into a pickle--it's a process. It takes the right ingredients (like eating wisely and moving more along with all the WW tools) and time. You don't turn a cucumber into a pickle overnight. Moreover, you can't turn a pickle back into a cucumber! The change is permanent. So, once I was a cucumber. Now I'm in the process of becoming a pickle and there's no turning back!

I am a 29 year old living in a suburb of Atlanta. I've been married for three years to my adorable husband, who just recently started tracking Weight Watcher's points with me! I'm trying to loose weight before starting a family, which I'm excited to announce will be happening in April 2009. Since loosing weight, eating better and exercising, I've found tremendous health benefits and want to keep loosing until I am at a healthy BMI. Blogging has really helped me stay focused and get out all those emotions connected with food and trying to loose weight. This is a fabulous community of people who are both inspiring and encouraging.

I tend to lose slowly, hence the turtle tracker. I also used to have a pet turtle back when I taught second grade (we made it race another teacher's pet rabbit at recess one day--what fun!)


Plan of Choice:
Weight Watchers
Website/Blog:
http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/michelly
Workout Philiosophy:
I only exercise because I have to

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Easter 2008 My sister and me

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Backsplash detail and now I'm cooking with gas!

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A pleasant shopping experience

I finally went maternity clothes shopping Tuesday and it was great. I decided to try Motherhood Maternity because their prices weren't bad and they carried plus, just in case. I think I tried on everything in the whole entire store! Thank goodness my mom was there to help me hang all the stuff back up and give me an honest opinion. We both freaked out a little when I put the pregnancy pillow under the clothes. (I'm going to be HUGE, but I looked cute!) I would have bought the whole entire store,… Continue

Posted on October 9, 2008 at 11:09am — 7 Comments

Michelly

Two in one day!

I don't blog for over two weeks and then two in one day! The last post got so long, I figured I'd devote it's own post to this topic--maternity clothes... If you've read my blog, you know how excited I was to finally be in regular misses (not plus size) clothes. Pre-pregnancy, I was what I call a true 16. Not just the bigger 16's fit, all of them did. When I got pregnant I was excited about maternity clothes. Since I was in regular sizes, I could wear regular size maternity clothes. Well I foun… Continue

Posted on October 3, 2008 at 4:31pm — 4 Comments

Michelly

So much for doing well...

I was in the hospital last week for dehydration due to morning sickness. I had only thrown up one time before and it was just breakfast--I was able to go about my day. Last Tuesday was a totally different story, unfortunately. I kept going, and going, and going. I even tried just ice chips and my anti-nausea medication. When even that didn't stay down, I called the doctor. They told me to go to the office that is near the hospital in case I needed to be admitted. I totally freaked out. Luckily m… Continue

Posted on October 3, 2008 at 4:13pm — 4 Comments

Michelly

Up and Down, but doing well

Sorry I've been MIA for a while. I've been a little preoccupied lately, honestly, but I miss the community. Thanks to those of you who commented on my past posts and profile and helped coax me out of oblivion. As far as my weight goes, it has been up and down according to my weigh-ins. Last week I gained 1 pound and this week I was down three. Wouldn't you know that when I'm not trying to lose weight, I lose. I'm back down to where I was before I found out I was pregnant. At my doctor's visits,… Continue

Posted on September 19, 2008 at 4:56pm — 3 Comments

Michelly

Up 0.6 this week

I was up 0.6 at WI this week, but I'm not really concerned about it. My home scale said I'm down this morning, but I guess the tiny gains and losses are part of my quasi-maintenance phase right now. It's interesting I gained because I haven't been able to eat much this past week and there's not much I could do about it anyway. It's been a rough week as far as morning sickness is concerned. I puked for the first time on Wednesday and all day yesterday was awful. Today was much better, though, so… Continue

Posted on September 5, 2008 at 5:41pm — 5 Comments

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At 5:22pm on November 18, 2008, Brandy said…
Miss you! How is everything?
At 1:44pm on October 9, 2008, Tricia said…
Yeah, but I cannot seem to NOT get the Italian when I go...in my opinion, there really isn't any other kind of sandwich that is good :-) I'd love to hear about using the Chik'n patties to see if it turns out good! That gives me lots of ideas on how to use it...melting a slice of mozzerella on top and serving with some pasta and sauce is another quick Chik'n Parm idea!
At 11:07am on October 3, 2008, Jenny said…
I just wanted to say thanks for adding me as a friend, and I know so many women who are pregnatn right now maybe thats why I wanted to be LOL. I'm glad you starting to feel better, and Hopefully will get to know you better through this process!
At 3:36pm on September 19, 2008, Lynn said…
Hi. It was great to hear from you. I know you haven't blogged in a while but I was just wondering how you were doing. As for the one-derland journey...you take care you yourself and the baby for now...we'll be here for you when it's time!
At 3:08pm on September 19, 2008, Lynn said…
Hey There. Just wanted to see how you were feeling these days and see how you were doing. Let me know when you can! Hope all is well.
At 7:43pm on September 14, 2008, Brandy said…
Hope everything is going well. Are you still really nauseous?
At 4:42pm on August 13, 2008, Azad said…
Wow you are doing so fantastic!!!! I also love your little diddle about being a pickle. I am totally going to use that from now on :O)
At 7:59pm on July 30, 2008, Christine said…
Hi! Thanks so much for the comment on my blog.
At 11:01am on July 29, 2008, Lynn said…
Thanks for commenting on my post yesterday! You really are right...the happiness needs to come from within. That is the only way it is going to work!
At 8:05am on July 24, 2008, Christine said…
I think you need to change the turtle to something else on your weight loss ticker! :~)
 
 

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