This morning while getting ready for bootcamp I came across my "Yessah Buddy Boy" t-shirt and thought I should throw it on. For those of you who forgot or missed that post, I had a tshirt made for the road race that I ran with a saying that my dad used to say. I've been missing my dad recently (well everyday.) Its not that crying myself to sleep kinda of missing but more of I just wish I could call him up and talk to him missing. So I thought the shirt would give me an extra boost.
Right before we started bootcamp this morning a woman came up to me and was like "Oh I came across your blog and love it. I think we have a few mutual friends."
"Oh thank you"
"But there's more. Was your father a Cambridge Police officer, Joe Savioli?"
"Yes, I'm his youngest."
"Oh my family knows him..." And she went on to talk about how her husband family grew up around the my sisters. Before we could finish the convo our trainer was ordering us to begin camp.
It never fails when I need it someone out of nowhere comes up to me and says "Was your dad Joe Savioli?" They always have such great things to say about him and it makes me feel like he is here still with me, that the world hasn't forgotten about him. I mean if you knew my dad you would know that I don't think people could EVER forget him. He just had this good time personality and people just adored him. I remember as a kid that everywhere we went he knew SOMEONE. We never went anywhere that someone didn't come up and say "Joe good to see you!" and shake his hand. My stepmother said once that out of all my sisters that I had my dad's personality the most. I always took that as a compliment.
So as this journey continues I feel his support even though he is gone. I'm sure my new bootcamp friend has no idea how that little 2 minute convo made my entire day and really helped me get through a tough class. Thank you!
On a side not I'm heading to San Fran this October. My friend Lauren Puff (WHO HASN'T STARTED HER OWN BLOG AND NEEDS TO) has been saying for forever that I should come see her. I made tons of excuses why not to go but finally Sunday night I said "Why not?!?" Kevin and a few friends have offered to pay for it for my birthday present which is incredible. I will get to cross off a whole bunch of things on my "Bucket List" that I made after my dad passed. I feel a little bit closer to him everytime I check something off and find no other perfect way to ring in my 30th. Loving it and loving life!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Dear Jacob
Dear Jacob,
I am so excited to finally meet you. Its been a long 9 months talking to your mom's belly, waiting for you to come out. Your mom is a fantastic woman who has been my best friend for half of my life. We've experienced so much with each other. She was there for me during the rough middle school years where everything with dramatic. She was my teammate when we won championships in high school. She stood in the pouring rain for my college graduation and helped Uncle Kevin plan the perfect proposal and much more. I must say though out of all our experiences YOU have been the greatest one. I went with mom to the doctors alot when they were checking up on you. One day she asked me to come back in the room with her and I got to hear your heartbeat. It was so fast and strong. Mommy then asked me and Auntie Andrea (along with Daddy and Nay Nay) to go to the doctors to find out if you were a boy or girl. Auntie Andrea thought you were a girl for sure but I knew better. I did a little fist pump when we found out you were going to be a boy. Mostly because I was right and Auntie Andrea was wrong. (You'll see that alot in your life buddy. Auntie Dee doesn't like to be wrong EVER)
While we are talking about your Aunties, I bet your confused about how you have so many Aunties and Uncles. I promise not everyone in the world is named Auntie and Uncle. I know it seems that way because almost everyone you've met so far has been called that. You were just born into a crazy little "family" full of friends who are family and family that are friends. There isn't much that we don't do together or tell each other. Get used to it! You'll probably go on your first date and myself, Auntie Andrea and Auntie Erin will just happen to be at the same movie. Ask your "cousins" Krysta and Lexi. They'll tell you.
Your mom and dad (you too) have a pretty incredible real family but I must say your fake family is awesome too. It was incredible to be in the room with Auntie Jill and Auntie Kristyn last night too. The four of us used to cause alot of trouble back in the day. Its just great to see that we have just as many laughs as we did back in junior high. You'll love going to see them in Rhode Island and hopefully I will have made it down there by the time you can actually read this.
Make sure you call Auntie Andrea auntie first. You're her first niece or nephew and she is really excited about it.
Auntie Erin is going to drag you to the beach, pools and she will try to be more tanned than you each summer. Just let her think she will win this competition. We know your Spanish side will come out especially during the summer.
Uncle Chris is going to put you in skates before you can walk (that is if Auntie Tishy doesn't do it first.)
Daddy and Uncle Kevin and the rest of your family want you to play football so lets get on that. We want you to sign with the Patriots in Season 2032. ( Don't listen to Uncle Tyrone either lol)
You're a pretty lucky guy even if you are only 36 hours old. I can't wait to watch you grow up and be a part of your life. Be good to your Mom and love her lots. She is this incredibly sweet, understanding, caring woman that has always been there for me so take that into consideration when she puts you in time out.
Just remember when in doubt/.... you can call me your favorite Auntie or Skinny Auntie!
Love you to the Moon and back,
Auntie Dee
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I am so excited to finally meet you. Its been a long 9 months talking to your mom's belly, waiting for you to come out. Your mom is a fantastic woman who has been my best friend for half of my life. We've experienced so much with each other. She was there for me during the rough middle school years where everything with dramatic. She was my teammate when we won championships in high school. She stood in the pouring rain for my college graduation and helped Uncle Kevin plan the perfect proposal and much more. I must say though out of all our experiences YOU have been the greatest one. I went with mom to the doctors alot when they were checking up on you. One day she asked me to come back in the room with her and I got to hear your heartbeat. It was so fast and strong. Mommy then asked me and Auntie Andrea (along with Daddy and Nay Nay) to go to the doctors to find out if you were a boy or girl. Auntie Andrea thought you were a girl for sure but I knew better. I did a little fist pump when we found out you were going to be a boy. Mostly because I was right and Auntie Andrea was wrong. (You'll see that alot in your life buddy. Auntie Dee doesn't like to be wrong EVER)
While we are talking about your Aunties, I bet your confused about how you have so many Aunties and Uncles. I promise not everyone in the world is named Auntie and Uncle. I know it seems that way because almost everyone you've met so far has been called that. You were just born into a crazy little "family" full of friends who are family and family that are friends. There isn't much that we don't do together or tell each other. Get used to it! You'll probably go on your first date and myself, Auntie Andrea and Auntie Erin will just happen to be at the same movie. Ask your "cousins" Krysta and Lexi. They'll tell you.
Your mom and dad (you too) have a pretty incredible real family but I must say your fake family is awesome too. It was incredible to be in the room with Auntie Jill and Auntie Kristyn last night too. The four of us used to cause alot of trouble back in the day. Its just great to see that we have just as many laughs as we did back in junior high. You'll love going to see them in Rhode Island and hopefully I will have made it down there by the time you can actually read this.
Make sure you call Auntie Andrea auntie first. You're her first niece or nephew and she is really excited about it.
Auntie Erin is going to drag you to the beach, pools and she will try to be more tanned than you each summer. Just let her think she will win this competition. We know your Spanish side will come out especially during the summer.
Uncle Chris is going to put you in skates before you can walk (that is if Auntie Tishy doesn't do it first.)
Daddy and Uncle Kevin and the rest of your family want you to play football so lets get on that. We want you to sign with the Patriots in Season 2032. ( Don't listen to Uncle Tyrone either lol)
You're a pretty lucky guy even if you are only 36 hours old. I can't wait to watch you grow up and be a part of your life. Be good to your Mom and love her lots. She is this incredibly sweet, understanding, caring woman that has always been there for me so take that into consideration when she puts you in time out.
Just remember when in doubt/.... you can call me your favorite Auntie or Skinny Auntie!
Love you to the Moon and back,
Auntie Dee
Summer time Blues
I love hot dogs. I mean I REALLY love hot dogs. A perfectly toasted bun, ketchup and chopped raw onions..my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Of course a little scoop of macaroni salad on the side helps make the meal. Oh wait you say there is corn on the cob please pass the butter, salt too. I need a drink now...perfectly chilled Sam Summer, don't mind if I do. Don't forget ice cream later. Its so hot out ice cream would be perfect! I must not forget the amazingly awesome fried seafood options during the summer. Fried clams, steamers, lobster ALL served with perfect onion rings or fries. I wait all year long for the delicious taste of summer. Beach, cookouts and fried food equals my heaven...
Wait but it wasn't supposed to be like that this summer. I was supposed to just keep loosing weight like I was and be down to 50lbs+ lost remember? Skinny Bride was conquer the world this summer and make it look easy. People told me that winter was the hardest time to loose weight, boy were they wrong. Spring and Summer have been the hardest to keep up with my schedule of workouts and healthy eating. The winter there are no softball games twice a week. In the winter I work till 7pm or 9pm and no one is out doing fun things. They are home in bed trying to stay warm. Workouts in the morning were easy because I wasn't getting ready to go to the beach or cookouts etc.
I must say I haven't fallen off the Skinny Bride train completely. I am doing a great boot camp in the morning with my friend Jenn and Amanda. Its a great way to start my Tuesday/Thursday mornings. I feel good about myself after I do the class. I have a free pass if anyone wants to try it. Message me for details. I am also throwing in tiny workouts during camp. I park the van further away from our destination or we go hiking or walk around for at least half hour. I had a parent say to me "I don't know what you are doing during camp but PLEASE keep doing it. She is exhausted every night."
So from this point on this Skinny Bride is going to pick up a notch again and start to get some ass. Grabbing the bull by the horns (whatever they say) I am currently at 41 pounds since this journey began. 4lbs+ from the best weight I have had so far along the journey. I am hitting 50+ by labor day. 9lbs. I think this will help me kick my summertime blues and get me ready for fall.
Wait but it wasn't supposed to be like that this summer. I was supposed to just keep loosing weight like I was and be down to 50lbs+ lost remember? Skinny Bride was conquer the world this summer and make it look easy. People told me that winter was the hardest time to loose weight, boy were they wrong. Spring and Summer have been the hardest to keep up with my schedule of workouts and healthy eating. The winter there are no softball games twice a week. In the winter I work till 7pm or 9pm and no one is out doing fun things. They are home in bed trying to stay warm. Workouts in the morning were easy because I wasn't getting ready to go to the beach or cookouts etc.
I must say I haven't fallen off the Skinny Bride train completely. I am doing a great boot camp in the morning with my friend Jenn and Amanda. Its a great way to start my Tuesday/Thursday mornings. I feel good about myself after I do the class. I have a free pass if anyone wants to try it. Message me for details. I am also throwing in tiny workouts during camp. I park the van further away from our destination or we go hiking or walk around for at least half hour. I had a parent say to me "I don't know what you are doing during camp but PLEASE keep doing it. She is exhausted every night."
So from this point on this Skinny Bride is going to pick up a notch again and start to get some ass. Grabbing the bull by the horns (whatever they say) I am currently at 41 pounds since this journey began. 4lbs+ from the best weight I have had so far along the journey. I am hitting 50+ by labor day. 9lbs. I think this will help me kick my summertime blues and get me ready for fall.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
I love my scale...today
At my morning bootcamp today my trainer brought out the most horrible machine. When he took it out all the women in my class rolled their eyes, moaned and backed away. Yup, you guessed it he took out a scale. I couldn't believe the reaction that some people had in this class to a scale.
"No way am I getting on that THING!"
"You want to weight us?"
"My sneaker are too heavy, I can't do it today"
"I am not mentally prepared to do this"
Our trainer than said "None of you guys are going to weigh in?"
I stepped up and I was like "Sure why not" I had weighed myself before I went to bootcamp for the first time in a week or so. I was nervous that my 4th of July bender that I went on (btw there is no need for a almost 30 year old woman to live it up like she is in college EVER) would have made a huge difference but I was actually back down to 241. So when I stepped up at bootcamp I was confident. I really didn't see the big deal. We are all signed up for a bootcamp to exercise. Why wouldn't these women want to weigh themselves? The reaction I got when I was quick to volunteer was also priceless.
"You're really going to weigh in?"
"Yup"
When the scale said I had gained 5 pounds back, I was kind of shocked. I immediately started making excuses for my weight.
"I have my sneakers, I weigh myself in the buff."
"I just drank a ton of water..."
In my defense all of those things are true HOWEVER when I got back home I ran to the scale, threw off my sneakers and everything else and weighed myself and saw that I lost about . 4 from sweat.
The scale is your worst but best friend to have along your journey. It tells you when you are doing well. It will show you the reality of not keeping to your plan. Love your scale even on the hard days. So you've gained weight, it happens. You didn't loose a single pound and have been working your ass off just know the next time you get on the scale it will be better. So don't let your scale sit in the corner in your bathroom or hide it in closet. Spend some extra money on getting a good scale it will be worth it in the end.
Remember your scale is the first thing to tell you how well you are doing on your good days. So scale I promise to love you a little bit more each day along the journey. Have you loved your scale today?
I just have to congratulate one of my readers and childhood friends Lindsey Carney for her tremendous weight loss of 29 pounds. Keep up the amazing work kiddo so close to 30!
"No way am I getting on that THING!"
"You want to weight us?"
"My sneaker are too heavy, I can't do it today"
"I am not mentally prepared to do this"
Our trainer than said "None of you guys are going to weigh in?"
I stepped up and I was like "Sure why not" I had weighed myself before I went to bootcamp for the first time in a week or so. I was nervous that my 4th of July bender that I went on (btw there is no need for a almost 30 year old woman to live it up like she is in college EVER) would have made a huge difference but I was actually back down to 241. So when I stepped up at bootcamp I was confident. I really didn't see the big deal. We are all signed up for a bootcamp to exercise. Why wouldn't these women want to weigh themselves? The reaction I got when I was quick to volunteer was also priceless.
"You're really going to weigh in?"
"Yup"
When the scale said I had gained 5 pounds back, I was kind of shocked. I immediately started making excuses for my weight.
"I have my sneakers, I weigh myself in the buff."
"I just drank a ton of water..."
In my defense all of those things are true HOWEVER when I got back home I ran to the scale, threw off my sneakers and everything else and weighed myself and saw that I lost about . 4 from sweat.
The scale is your worst but best friend to have along your journey. It tells you when you are doing well. It will show you the reality of not keeping to your plan. Love your scale even on the hard days. So you've gained weight, it happens. You didn't loose a single pound and have been working your ass off just know the next time you get on the scale it will be better. So don't let your scale sit in the corner in your bathroom or hide it in closet. Spend some extra money on getting a good scale it will be worth it in the end.
Remember your scale is the first thing to tell you how well you are doing on your good days. So scale I promise to love you a little bit more each day along the journey. Have you loved your scale today?
I just have to congratulate one of my readers and childhood friends Lindsey Carney for her tremendous weight loss of 29 pounds. Keep up the amazing work kiddo so close to 30!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
THAT friend
Yesterday was a friend of mine's birthday. I sent the official facebook birthday wishes and told him I missed him. A typical message for someone you haven't talked or have seen in awhile. In fact I haven't seen him since he moved to a Caribbean Island for work. Today I got a message back from him telling me thanks for the birthday wishes, he missed me too and update my blog. Update my blog? I got taken back by the message because I didn't think many of my male friends really read this thing. Its nice to know that my hard work isn't just recognized by the ladies but some of you boys as well.
It got me thinking about how jealous I am of his opportunity to live the island life for 2 years. He wakes up with a cool ocean breeze flowing thru his windows, palm trees everyday and I am sure he wears a million of those Hawaiian shirts while enjoying the local rum. Doesn't that sound just amazing? He is now in that category of people that can throw out in causal conversation about this incredible time in their lives. I have a few friends that can have convo's like that...
"...that remind of the time I went back packing through Europe"
" Oh Paris is one of my favorite cities"
"When I flew to Hong Kong on business a few weeks ago"
" Oh I just hopped on a train and ended up in Spain for the weekend."
"Yea I moving from Seattle to San Fran all by myself just because I love the city. I don't have a job but hey it will work out"
You all have a least one of these friends. I LOVE these kinds of friends. I don't get to talk to them as much but when I do they always have some kind adventure. Some of them should start their own blogs and share them with alot more people besides me. (yes Lauren Puff I am talking about you.) It makes me long for my own adventure though. I wonder how my life would be different if I became one of these people who just had the guts to pack and go. See the world. Climb mountains. Get lots of stamps in your passport (I don't even own a passport) I know I've talked about crossing things off my bucket list but I feel like I haven't done much about it. I'm only turning 30 in November but I feel like I haven't done much of anything. Maybe its a not so mid life crisis or maybe its more than that...
Getting healthy makes you want more out life simply because you can do more. Ever since being able to fit on the rides again, zipping up a size smaller jeans, climbing stairs without loosing my breathe, etc I want more out of life. For anyone who is heavier and reading this for support, I know you understand the feeling of wanting more. This "wanting" is something that you have to let be your motivation through the tough workouts, early mornings/late nights, cravings and weak moments. We all have them. I want more out of life and from this point on, I going to do my very best to make sure that I take advantage of each opportunity I have. No matter if I have taken a minor set back in my journey. No matter how little amount of weight I have put back on. I want to loose the weight. I want more out of life and I am not looking back.
How about that for an update? (Thank you for the much needed kick in the ass)
It got me thinking about how jealous I am of his opportunity to live the island life for 2 years. He wakes up with a cool ocean breeze flowing thru his windows, palm trees everyday and I am sure he wears a million of those Hawaiian shirts while enjoying the local rum. Doesn't that sound just amazing? He is now in that category of people that can throw out in causal conversation about this incredible time in their lives. I have a few friends that can have convo's like that...
"...that remind of the time I went back packing through Europe"
" Oh Paris is one of my favorite cities"
"When I flew to Hong Kong on business a few weeks ago"
" Oh I just hopped on a train and ended up in Spain for the weekend."
"Yea I moving from Seattle to San Fran all by myself just because I love the city. I don't have a job but hey it will work out"
You all have a least one of these friends. I LOVE these kinds of friends. I don't get to talk to them as much but when I do they always have some kind adventure. Some of them should start their own blogs and share them with alot more people besides me. (yes Lauren Puff I am talking about you.) It makes me long for my own adventure though. I wonder how my life would be different if I became one of these people who just had the guts to pack and go. See the world. Climb mountains. Get lots of stamps in your passport (I don't even own a passport) I know I've talked about crossing things off my bucket list but I feel like I haven't done much about it. I'm only turning 30 in November but I feel like I haven't done much of anything. Maybe its a not so mid life crisis or maybe its more than that...
Getting healthy makes you want more out life simply because you can do more. Ever since being able to fit on the rides again, zipping up a size smaller jeans, climbing stairs without loosing my breathe, etc I want more out of life. For anyone who is heavier and reading this for support, I know you understand the feeling of wanting more. This "wanting" is something that you have to let be your motivation through the tough workouts, early mornings/late nights, cravings and weak moments. We all have them. I want more out of life and from this point on, I going to do my very best to make sure that I take advantage of each opportunity I have. No matter if I have taken a minor set back in my journey. No matter how little amount of weight I have put back on. I want to loose the weight. I want more out of life and I am not looking back.
How about that for an update? (Thank you for the much needed kick in the ass)
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