We Have Clavicle!

This has been an exciting day for me.  I'd love for you to share in my joy.
Here's what's going on, friends.

Last night in the shower, for the first time in a very long time, I felt my clavicle bones peeking out from beneath my skin.  If you're not familiar with the clavicle, it's also called the collar bone.

In my fat girl world, it's also known as a skinny person bone.  Why's that you ask?  Because as your body builds up fat, the clavicle bone disappears underneath all that fatty tissue and you're left with a very solid, unattractive chest and neck.  It's a skinny bone.  It's also a sexy bone.  Take a look at how many times people are either touching their own clavicle bones or other people's clavicle bones in movies.  Once you start to notice it, you'll see it's always a setup to foreplay.  It's true.

But finding my sexy, skinny clavicle bone is only one of three happy happenings that took place recently.

Here's happy happy joy joy exciting event numero dos:
I found my Wii!!
It got lost in our move this last summer, and I finally found it a few days ago, in the garage of all places.  But what is even more exciting is that my Wii Fit game was in the Wii, so now I can work out even more easily from home.  Whee!  I mean, Wii!

And now I can give my sister-in-law back her Wii which I commandeered about 9 months ago and have been holding hostage in my living room.  I'm sure she'll be glad to have her Wii back as well.

Another item which was lost has also been found just today:  my dad found my iTouch!   Several weeks ago I was at my parents house having a card-making session with my mom and aunt.  My dad was babysitting Lily in the living room while we were busily playing in the kitchen.  Sometime during the afternoon Lily found my purse and began exploring.  Everything made it back into my purse except for my iTouch.

(If you still live in the Dark Ages and don't know what that is, well, then, I mock you and feel a little sorry for you.  No, no...I kid, I kid.  It's like the iPhone -minus the phone part-, with lots of neat gadgets that allow me to listen to music, watch movies, play games, surf the Internet, check my email, and more fun techno geek stuff like that.)


Well, my dad and I went through their house several times trying to find my precious iTouch, turning over furniture, crawling on the floor trying to be at "Lily height,"  even looking through the trash.  All to no avail.  **Hee, hee...I used the word "avail."  That makes me giggle.**

Luckily for me, my dad finally found it this evening sitting down in the depth of a decorative crockery jar on the floor.  Hallelujah!!  I was SO excited about this news.  I love, love, LOVE my iTouch, and it's been a hard few weeks without it.  It sure makes working out at the gym so much easier when I zone out, stop paying attention to the loathsome exercise, and veg in front of some TV series episode I've been waiting to see.

It's a happy day.

BUT...THAT'S NOT ALL!!

Oh no, my friends.  There's more!

The best part!!

Are you excited?
Are you sitting on the edge of your seat?
Are you fairly tingling with anticipation?

No?  Me neither really, but it was worth a try.

Today was weigh in Saturday at Weight Watchers, and I'm now at my lowest weight since I moved this summer!  I've been bouncing back and forth over the same 5-6 lbs for over 6 months, and this week's revelation that the only thing standing between me and my success...is me...must have really helped me meet my goal of losing weight this week.

I tracked faithfully everyday.
I was even honest in my tracking.
I ate only within my points (I did go over my daily and weekly points, but I made up for it with a bunch of activity points).
I planned what I was going to eat.
I stuck with it even when it was hard - including a day when I threw a yummy looking brownie away -- and planning for enjoying my Girl Scout cookies in moderation, though they make me want to be anything BUT moderate as I consume them.

So, I'm proud of me.  My hard work paid off this week.  I lost 1.8 lbs. this week, bringing my total back down to 257.2.  A lot higher than I want to be, but only about 8 lbs. left to get to my pre-summer weight.  Then I can start thinking in terms of goals that are new, and have nothing to do with my summer weight gain.

Yea for losing weight!
Yea for finding the lost!
Yea for having hot, sexy, skinny bones start making a comeback!