Wacky Weather

One day it is 65-70° and the next it is in the 30's with the wind blowing like crazy in between. Last night we had 50 mph wind gusts. WEIRD!  One good thing I've noticed is that the days are starting to get longer little by little.  Yes!  I can't believe that tomorrow is February!



I haven't exercised in several days and I can feel myself slipping back into fatland.  I've been sick with a bad cold which drained all of my energy and I haven't exercised in about a week and food slowly slipping.  Damn.  I'm just going to have to force it whether I feel like it or not.  Funny how it doesn't take long to start feeling like shit again. I did weigh this morning so I have an end of the month report and I'm up a little but I'm down 5.6 for the month of January.  I was hoping for more but I'll take it.

I've scheduled myself for a mani/pedi on Saturday, hoping that it will make me feel better to shove my ass back into gear.  A haircut is in my future, too.  After work I'm headed to the grocery store to stock back up on healthy foods.

Hope you all had a great January and here's to a fresh, new month.

Update

Yesterday was weigh-in day and I lost .2.  Hey, a loss is a loss and considering that I'm bloated with TOM right now, I'll take it.  I'm hoping for a nice loss next week when TOM leaves.

We had a great shopping trip yesterday.  We went to several new stores that we've never been to before including Steinmart and Trader Joe's.  We also discovered some good thrift stores and I got a few treasures.  We ate out all three meals and I don't think I did that bad considering.  I also made my DD cannolis the other day for her birthday, which she absolutely loves and, of course I ate one.

I caught a massive cold from a coworker and between that and TOM I feel like shit today.  I haven't been sick in a long time and I DESPISE having a cold - so miserable.

I missed BL last night.  I will watch it this evening On Demand.

Here's to a good rest of the week.

Yay for Friday!

Oh, Friday, how I have missed you!  A co-worker is out sick today so that leaves me covering two offices today; I hope it makes the day go fast.  We're supposed to get a couple of inches of snow today starting after lunch.  I wish I was home cozied up.

I've been the SAME EXACT WEIGHT FOR THREE DAYS IN A ROW!  WTH?  That is really weird.  It didn't budge an ounce. It's my weekend goal to make the scale go down before Monday weigh-in.  Speaking of Monday...I'm taking the day off and my DD and I are going on a shopping trip out of town.  It's to celebrate her birthday - she is turning 21 on Tuesday.  I can't believe my baby is that old.  Makes me feel old for sure.  We're leaving first thing in the morning so that means that I will be eating at least two, possibly three meals out that day.  Lord help me to make the right choices and not blow up with sodium.  I can't plan where we'll eat ahead of time since we're just winging it and I'm not that familiar with restaurants in that area.  One good thing is that it will be at the beginning of another week AFTER I've had my weigh-in and I can flush everything out before the next weigh-in.  I'll do the best I can do.  I'm so looking forward to getting out of town and to shopping at some different stores.  I'm also hoping to hit a few thrift shops that I've never been to before.  Oh, how I love discovering new thrift shops and the thrill of finding a treasure.

Have a great weekend everyone.  I'll post Tuesday with an update.

How long does it take...

...to work the junk out of your system?



I'm starting to notice a change in how I feel since I got back on track.  I'm not sure but I think it probably takes a while for all of that crap to work out of your system. (Does anybody know?  I'm curious.) I've totally cut out junk food, soda, almost all sweets and I only have one cup of coffee a day. I will have an occassional treat but very seldom.  I'm afraid if I eat it I will binge so I don't even keep it in the house anymore. I've also cut almost all processed foods.  I'm noticing a change in the way that I feel - more energetic and not as weighed down. Also, since starting to exercise again, I'm feeling less "creaky". 

I wish weight loss didn't take so long!  Don't we all?  One day at a time, we'll get there. Together.

NSV:  Almost all of my cravings for junk are gone!

Sooo Cold!

It was 8° this morning and only supposed to be a high of 29°!  No chance of it letting up for a couple of days.  Ugh! 



Random topic:  Greens. I'm on this kick where I want to try new produce to keep from getting bored.  I would like to try greens since they are supposed to be so good for you.  Being from PA originally, I wasn't brought up eating greens.  Once in a while my Mom would make wilted kale with olive oil and garlic but that's it.  I've made kale chips at home.  I've had different "mystery" greens in salad mix that I really don't know what they were.  Most I liked but some were bitter.  I would like to experiment with different kinds and different ways of preparing them.  Healthy ways.  Not the fattening "southern" greens with bacon and ham.  I know that I also don't wan't the waterlogged greens cooked in alot of liquid.  I guess I'll scour the internet for a recipe that sounds good and give it a try.  Any suggestions?

I MUST exercise tonight!  I skipped last night because I had a headache and I regret it.  This morning I wrote a note to myself on the chalkboard in my kitchen saying:  "Exercise!  It will only take a couple of minutes."  It's true.  What's a measly 30 minutes?  It will be over in no time.  Now to do it.

Staying on Track

Busy today but I wanted to post real quick.  I've been doing well staying on track with eating and I picked up the exercise a little.  I'm happy to report that I lost 1.2 pounds this week.  I'll take it!

Who watched BL?  If not  - **SPOILER ALERT**

I was so inspired by the 5k run on that beautiful road by the beach.  I was so happy for Jackson that he finally had a great week; I've been rooting for him most of all.  I was happy to see the annoying Pam go home as I predicted last week.  And would an episode of TBL be complete without a contestant-humiliating bitchfest from Jillian?  Hell no!  Of course she had one.  She should have stayed GONE!

**END SPOILER**

Let's make it another great week!

Ready for a long weekend

Today has been such a long workday!  Everyone is out of the office for day-long meetings and I'm left holding down the fort.  Thankfully I am off Monday for MLK day.  Yippee!

Nothing really planned for this weekend - I'll just take it as it comes.  I must force myself to exercise so I have a good weigh-in on Monday.  I broke down and did Slim in 6 last evening and it about killed me.  I was ready to drop towards the end so I skipped the last 5 minutes.  I used to do this workout easily but since I've put all this weight back on I'm back to square on and struggling again.  I built myself up before and I can do it again.

Have a great on-point weekend everyone so we have a good report come next week.  I don't have a computer at home anymore so I won't be able to check in until Tuesday.

Enjoy a great weekend and I hope the sun in shining where you are!  :)