To be fair, I had a few beers in me and I'd been dancing up a storm. Not shockingly, I never got an actual nice picture of me earlier in the evening but you get the picture.
I think Glenn enjoyed his birthday, particularly when his squad came over and sang him Happy Birthday. Their gift to him...beer. Each soldier gave him a beer that he had to consume before he could leave the dinner. I was nice and helped with one.
And what evening wouldn't be complete without a visit from Elvis. How many of you can say that Elvis sang at your wedding (outside of Las Vegas)? I can because he surprised us during our reception and it has now become a tradition amongst our family. This is my Uncle John. We love him.
I've mentioned before about Mama Laughlin, the woman who inspired my blog and my readiness to transition my body and my life. She teamed up with a few other of her blog fans to create a group on Facebook where everyone can band together and help each other be successful in weight loss.
The description: Lena and Marge* are fans of Mama Laughlin and are working their asses off to become healthy skinny bitches. Between us, we've tried just about everything. Join us for motivation, encouragement, ideas, and challenges. Excuses must be left at the door.
*Names have been changed to protect the not so innocent
Sounds great. They also started a weight loss challenge. I recently joined the group and signed up for the weight loss challenge but didn't really know anything about it. So today I read a post to find out that if you didn't weigh in last week and get your name on the spreadsheet (which they took down so nobody could fill in nor did they tell us about the weigh in), you're basically screwed and can't participate.
Here is what they posted today: I've posted the spreadsheet again for your Week 1 weighins! Please just add your weight and do not change anything else! You do not want to lose all your spreadsheeting privileges!!!! If I notice it is getting out of hand, I will close it again. Sorry to be so harsh, but Marge* and I are doing this group on top of our day jobs, work outs, and other commitments so we are trying to be as efficient as possible. Thank you! ~ Lena*
Followed by: P.S. If you missed the initial weigh-in last week so sad, too bad. That's what deadlines are for. Do not add your name to the list! But please, please, feel free to play along as we collectively aim to lose 4,000lbs or the approximate weight of a mini-van.
This is supposed to be a positive environment for people to help each other be successful. Instead, these two have turned this into a negative place where you get punished for not knowing information that wasn't given out, at least not that I can see. How is anyone supposed to feel good about themselves when they've just knocked everyone down?
Oh, and here's my favorite. This is posted by the weigh-in document.
"Do not tinker with the spreadsheet or I will biatch slap you!!!"
Really? It's things like this that totally piss me off when it comes to weight loss. Needless to say, I stood on my soap box and said my piece and left the group. I don't want to be around or hear from anyone who has anything negative to say about the positive change I'm trying to make to my life. You can try and beat me down but just know that I will always stand back up. I am a strong person and nobody is gonna tell me what I can and can't do with my life.
To all you negative nellie's that think I can't do this, that want to rain on my parade because of your own insecurities, fuck you. I've got plenty of people who support me and want to see me be successful. And thank you for inspiring me even more to kick ass at this race and eventually hit my goal weight. I'll be sure to think of you when I cross that finish line.
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