I've been really focused on eating within my points, getting in plenty of exercise and cutting down on soda, but the scale is just not having it. It will drop for a day or two but by the time Wednesday rolls around for WI, it's back up. I am trying hard to get out more and not sit on the sofa every night, but it's my down time. I work all day so that I can come home to that sofa and get in an hour or so of quiet relaxation.
I'm just not sure what to do right now, I'm at that point where nothing seems to be working. My girlfriend thinks it's just a plateau and that if I stick to what I am doing the pounds will start to shed. I had this problem last summer, I shot up a few pounds and nothing seemed to take it off. Then October and November something clicked and the pounds began to shed off. I really, really hope the scale starts to drop. I can't tell you how upset I am going to be if that dress doesn't fit.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
100 things you may or may not know about me!
Amanda inspired me to write this. It took a while, but it was fun to do...hope you learn a little bit more about me!
1. I was born January 17, 1983
2. My mom and my dad are happily married
3. My mom is legally blind and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis before I was born
4. My Dad is the best, he worked his butt off out of college and now is the managing partner of an accounting firm.
5. I have one sister, she is 2.5 years older then me.
6. My sister and I are best friends
7. My sister and I work for the same company.
8. The company we work for was formed by my grandfather and his brothers.
9. I never dreamed I would be working for the family company when I was a kid.
10. I decided after 2 weeks working here that I would make my future in Construction.
11. I graduated from University of St. Thomas in Entrepreneurship the spring of 2005.
12. Immediately out of college I applied for my graduates degree in Construction of the University of MN.
13. I have taken several chances with advancing at my job.
14. Most of those chances have payed off.
15. I will complete my first large commercial project in September 2008.
16. I have been working on this project for the past 3 years.
17. I office out of a construction trailer, it's totally not glamorous.
18. I wear a hard hat at work, but I have never lifted a hammer.
19. I call the construction crews "my guys" ; most of them have been with me on this project form day #1.
20. I have over 10 pictures of Rosie on my desk not including a digital frame that plays my entire collection.
21. I have wanted to be an Auntie since the day my sister got married.
22. I was the first person my sister told when she was pregnant, even before her husband (shhh! he doesn't know).
23. I don't have much respect for my brother-in-law, I try to give him a chance but he constantly gives me a bad vibe.
24. I never thought I would find love.
25. I dated my first boyfriend from age 16-19.
26. He had bad anger problems and things got really bad between us.
27. I dropped almost 85 lbs when we dated, at my lowest I was down to 97/98 pounds.
28. It took me 1.5 years to leave him, I knew I wasn't in love with him but I was afraid of how he would react to me dumping him.
29. I left him in Colorado. We drove there on a vacation and I got a plane ticket halfway through the trip (my 20th birthday) and left him there.
30. I dated my second boyfriend from age 20-22.
31. He was the son of a co-worker.
32. We moved way to fast in our relationship. I regret it to this day.
33. We bought 2 dogs together. Both beagles; Cody and Mason.
34. He sold Cody after I left him for beer money.
35. I almost got myself into a lot of debt because of him.
36. He got his second DWI while we were dating.
37. I bailed him out of jail twice.
38. I finally left him the day I graduated from college, I found out he was cheating on me.
39. I took Mason to live with me but my cousin ended up taking him to live on their farm.
40. I feel like my family still thinks of me as a failure because of this relationship.
41. I met Derek at the MN State Fair.
42. I was Drunk when we met, but I had a blast that day.
43. My friend and I met up with them 2 more days that weekend.
44. We danced in the street the first day we met.
45. Derek and I officially started dating on Halloween, 2005.
46. Derek was dressed up as God and I was an angel.
47. We broke up several times our first year together (long distance relationships are hard).
48. I bought my first townhouse in February 2006. I loved my townhouse and wish it was big enough to grow in.
49. My Dads, dad passed away in February of 2007. I miss him to this day.
50. His passing started my WW journey. He always saw me for who I was inside and I knew he wanted others to see that beauty on the outside.
51. It took me until November of 2007 to meet my WW goal.
52. I had emergency gall bladder removal in February of 2008.
53. Since my surgery I have gained about 6-8 lbs. and I cannot seem to keep it off.
54. I still cry when I think about my surgery and the details surrounding it.
55. I still don't know who dressed me after surgery...I mean I was naked when I went in and I was clothed when I woke up...explain that!
56. I wanted to keep my gall bladder but they needed to test it.
57. One of the many complications I have had from surgery is the fact that I cannot eat red meat. I get the worst stomach ache and usually end up in the bathroom for hours.
58. Lettuce is starting to give me stomach aches. I can eat about a handful, anymore then that my stomach bloats up and I get horrible gas.
59. I don't drink much, my dad is a big drinker and I have always feared addiction.
60. I have never taken any drugs.
61. I once tried to become a smoker. It lasted about a day and I never once inhaled.
62. I didn't play sports in high school.
63. I always wished that I was a softball player and did try-out a few times.
64. Part of me blames my parents for not getting me involved in sports. I didn't even know what a team sport was until I was in 8th grade.
65. I'm not sure I want children.
66. Derek comes from a large family, he would like 2-3 kids.
67. Pregnancy scares me, it looks painful and I am a wuss.
68. Derek and I have already picked out names if we do have children.
69. I am pro-life. There is not a single circumstance you could give me to end the life of a child.
70. I was raised catholic.
71. I still practice my religion, Derek and I go to my childhood church and we will be married there.
72. I believe in miracles, angels and most of all God.
73. I also believe that my loved ones are in heaven and can hear and see everything I am doing.
74. I have totally weirded myself out with #73.
75. I know that my grandfather is proud of me, getting married without him there will be one of the hardest days of my life.
76. My Mom's mom is very ill.
78. Grandma was the most vibrant social women I knew. She has met almost every President and both the Popes in her lifetime. She has the same group of friends she had since high school.
79. I fear that I do not show her how much she means to me.
80. I laugh at everything. Seriously, even when I don't get a joke, I laugh.
81. I don't smile enough. I try to but I find myself with a scowl too often.
82. Derek proposed to me at the finish line of the Breast Cancer 3-Day last August.
83. My ring is 2.7 Karats but I want an upgrade.
84. I love diamonds, seriously I am with Amanda on this one...give me my bling!
85. If I could afford it I would buy a diamond necklace.
86. I have a weird obsession with snowflakes. I even buy Derek boxers with snowflakes on them. Ha!
87. I don't have many friends.
88. I feel like even the people I consider "my closest friends" only consider me just a friend.
89. I only have about 3 friends from college.
90. I don't talk to anyone from high school anymore.
91. I went to an all girls preparatory high school from 7th grade - 11th grade.
92. I graduated from a public high school, my choice.
93. I almost got kicked out of my first high school.
94. I was hospitalized my junior year for attempting to commit suicide.
95. I would never dream of taking my life now.
96. I have met some of the coolest down to earth people on Blogger. So cool that if I ever visited their states I would definitely try to meet them in person.
97. I drive an orange car. I hate it but it is really good on gas mileage and we have 3 more years of the lease.
98. I want a boob job.
99. I can't talk about sex. I get really embarrassed and shy.
100. I can't wait for my wedding!
Wow, I can't believe I finished that. If you are still reading, sorry my list turned into more of a story!
1. I was born January 17, 1983
2. My mom and my dad are happily married
3. My mom is legally blind and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis before I was born
4. My Dad is the best, he worked his butt off out of college and now is the managing partner of an accounting firm.
5. I have one sister, she is 2.5 years older then me.
6. My sister and I are best friends
7. My sister and I work for the same company.
8. The company we work for was formed by my grandfather and his brothers.
9. I never dreamed I would be working for the family company when I was a kid.
10. I decided after 2 weeks working here that I would make my future in Construction.
11. I graduated from University of St. Thomas in Entrepreneurship the spring of 2005.
12. Immediately out of college I applied for my graduates degree in Construction of the University of MN.
13. I have taken several chances with advancing at my job.
14. Most of those chances have payed off.
15. I will complete my first large commercial project in September 2008.
16. I have been working on this project for the past 3 years.
17. I office out of a construction trailer, it's totally not glamorous.
18. I wear a hard hat at work, but I have never lifted a hammer.
19. I call the construction crews "my guys" ; most of them have been with me on this project form day #1.
20. I have over 10 pictures of Rosie on my desk not including a digital frame that plays my entire collection.
21. I have wanted to be an Auntie since the day my sister got married.
22. I was the first person my sister told when she was pregnant, even before her husband (shhh! he doesn't know).
23. I don't have much respect for my brother-in-law, I try to give him a chance but he constantly gives me a bad vibe.
24. I never thought I would find love.
25. I dated my first boyfriend from age 16-19.
26. He had bad anger problems and things got really bad between us.
27. I dropped almost 85 lbs when we dated, at my lowest I was down to 97/98 pounds.
28. It took me 1.5 years to leave him, I knew I wasn't in love with him but I was afraid of how he would react to me dumping him.
29. I left him in Colorado. We drove there on a vacation and I got a plane ticket halfway through the trip (my 20th birthday) and left him there.
30. I dated my second boyfriend from age 20-22.
31. He was the son of a co-worker.
32. We moved way to fast in our relationship. I regret it to this day.
33. We bought 2 dogs together. Both beagles; Cody and Mason.
34. He sold Cody after I left him for beer money.
35. I almost got myself into a lot of debt because of him.
36. He got his second DWI while we were dating.
37. I bailed him out of jail twice.
38. I finally left him the day I graduated from college, I found out he was cheating on me.
39. I took Mason to live with me but my cousin ended up taking him to live on their farm.
40. I feel like my family still thinks of me as a failure because of this relationship.
41. I met Derek at the MN State Fair.
42. I was Drunk when we met, but I had a blast that day.
43. My friend and I met up with them 2 more days that weekend.
44. We danced in the street the first day we met.
45. Derek and I officially started dating on Halloween, 2005.
46. Derek was dressed up as God and I was an angel.
47. We broke up several times our first year together (long distance relationships are hard).
48. I bought my first townhouse in February 2006. I loved my townhouse and wish it was big enough to grow in.
49. My Dads, dad passed away in February of 2007. I miss him to this day.
50. His passing started my WW journey. He always saw me for who I was inside and I knew he wanted others to see that beauty on the outside.
51. It took me until November of 2007 to meet my WW goal.
52. I had emergency gall bladder removal in February of 2008.
53. Since my surgery I have gained about 6-8 lbs. and I cannot seem to keep it off.
54. I still cry when I think about my surgery and the details surrounding it.
55. I still don't know who dressed me after surgery...I mean I was naked when I went in and I was clothed when I woke up...explain that!
56. I wanted to keep my gall bladder but they needed to test it.
57. One of the many complications I have had from surgery is the fact that I cannot eat red meat. I get the worst stomach ache and usually end up in the bathroom for hours.
58. Lettuce is starting to give me stomach aches. I can eat about a handful, anymore then that my stomach bloats up and I get horrible gas.
59. I don't drink much, my dad is a big drinker and I have always feared addiction.
60. I have never taken any drugs.
61. I once tried to become a smoker. It lasted about a day and I never once inhaled.
62. I didn't play sports in high school.
63. I always wished that I was a softball player and did try-out a few times.
64. Part of me blames my parents for not getting me involved in sports. I didn't even know what a team sport was until I was in 8th grade.
65. I'm not sure I want children.
66. Derek comes from a large family, he would like 2-3 kids.
67. Pregnancy scares me, it looks painful and I am a wuss.
68. Derek and I have already picked out names if we do have children.
69. I am pro-life. There is not a single circumstance you could give me to end the life of a child.
70. I was raised catholic.
71. I still practice my religion, Derek and I go to my childhood church and we will be married there.
72. I believe in miracles, angels and most of all God.
73. I also believe that my loved ones are in heaven and can hear and see everything I am doing.
74. I have totally weirded myself out with #73.
75. I know that my grandfather is proud of me, getting married without him there will be one of the hardest days of my life.
76. My Mom's mom is very ill.
78. Grandma was the most vibrant social women I knew. She has met almost every President and both the Popes in her lifetime. She has the same group of friends she had since high school.
79. I fear that I do not show her how much she means to me.
80. I laugh at everything. Seriously, even when I don't get a joke, I laugh.
81. I don't smile enough. I try to but I find myself with a scowl too often.
82. Derek proposed to me at the finish line of the Breast Cancer 3-Day last August.
83. My ring is 2.7 Karats but I want an upgrade.
84. I love diamonds, seriously I am with Amanda on this one...give me my bling!
85. If I could afford it I would buy a diamond necklace.
86. I have a weird obsession with snowflakes. I even buy Derek boxers with snowflakes on them. Ha!
87. I don't have many friends.
88. I feel like even the people I consider "my closest friends" only consider me just a friend.
89. I only have about 3 friends from college.
90. I don't talk to anyone from high school anymore.
91. I went to an all girls preparatory high school from 7th grade - 11th grade.
92. I graduated from a public high school, my choice.
93. I almost got kicked out of my first high school.
94. I was hospitalized my junior year for attempting to commit suicide.
95. I would never dream of taking my life now.
96. I have met some of the coolest down to earth people on Blogger. So cool that if I ever visited their states I would definitely try to meet them in person.
97. I drive an orange car. I hate it but it is really good on gas mileage and we have 3 more years of the lease.
98. I want a boob job.
99. I can't talk about sex. I get really embarrassed and shy.
100. I can't wait for my wedding!
Wow, I can't believe I finished that. If you are still reading, sorry my list turned into more of a story!
Too busy being good.
I would like to say perfect, but that would be an exaggeration. I have been on plan for 2 weeks now and it feels amazing. I have been doing a lot of cooking at home, and trying out a lot of new recipes. My workouts have been fairly consistent, short runs in the morning and long runs in the afternoon. The scale isn't budging much, but my stomach is starting to feel tight again.
I am going to try measuring this afternoon to see where I am at that way. Hopefully the inches are starting to come off. I will try my dress on again in about 3 weeks.
I am going to try measuring this afternoon to see where I am at that way. Hopefully the inches are starting to come off. I will try my dress on again in about 3 weeks.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
End of the week recap.
Well today is the last day of my 5 week challenge to fit into that dress! According to the scale I am down a little more then 1 lb. I am very happy with this, I hope it continues to move like this. Although I won't be down to were I was hoping to be I know that I am building and toning muscles that I hadn't before. This past week I "tracked" a total of 15 AP's. I only track my runs so it would probably be a bit higher if I counted walks and dancing. I still have 25 flex points left in the bank, I will probably use some of these up tonight though.
I was surprised when I was looking over the past week to see that I have been taking in only about 13-16 points a day. I know this is a little lower then it should be so I am going to try to add in a glass of milk at night and maybe another snack in the afternoons. I have been so busy at work lately that a lunch break doesn't really happen, this leaves me with a 2-3 point lunch during the day and I know my body needs more then that.
Tonight I am going to the Journey concert with some clients. I only know a few of their bigger hits but I am looking forward to the night out. I am not too worried about over doing it since I will be busy entertaining clients!
I'll be back tomorrow with the official W/IN!!
I was surprised when I was looking over the past week to see that I have been taking in only about 13-16 points a day. I know this is a little lower then it should be so I am going to try to add in a glass of milk at night and maybe another snack in the afternoons. I have been so busy at work lately that a lunch break doesn't really happen, this leaves me with a 2-3 point lunch during the day and I know my body needs more then that.
Tonight I am going to the Journey concert with some clients. I only know a few of their bigger hits but I am looking forward to the night out. I am not too worried about over doing it since I will be busy entertaining clients!
I'll be back tomorrow with the official W/IN!!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Is it really Monday.
Wow, this weekend flew by. I guess I had more planned then I thought. The good news is I got almost everything in that I wanted to. We had rainy cold weather all weekend so that helped with getting stuff done around the house.
I got in a lot of walking even though I was stuck on the treadmill instead of our planned routes. We have re-scheduled for next weekend when it is supposed to be in the low 70's and sunny. My eating was good, not perfect as the wedding proved to be a hard one. I couldn't eat the main meal so I was stuck with a roll and sides (pasta salads and baked beans). I took small portions, but I am sure that it still adds up to more then my daily allowance... thank goodness for flex points! I drank one diet coke and then water so no extra points there and then I shared a small piece of bundt cake with Derek. I was still hungry when we got home but I was also exhausted so I went up to bed!
I woke up early today to get in a 2 mile run and then jumped on the scale. So far the scale isn't budging but I know that I am making the right moves and even if it isn't going down I am sure that I am burning fat.
I got in a lot of walking even though I was stuck on the treadmill instead of our planned routes. We have re-scheduled for next weekend when it is supposed to be in the low 70's and sunny. My eating was good, not perfect as the wedding proved to be a hard one. I couldn't eat the main meal so I was stuck with a roll and sides (pasta salads and baked beans). I took small portions, but I am sure that it still adds up to more then my daily allowance... thank goodness for flex points! I drank one diet coke and then water so no extra points there and then I shared a small piece of bundt cake with Derek. I was still hungry when we got home but I was also exhausted so I went up to bed!
I woke up early today to get in a 2 mile run and then jumped on the scale. So far the scale isn't budging but I know that I am making the right moves and even if it isn't going down I am sure that I am burning fat.
Friday, September 12, 2008
I'm Doing it.
I got my tape measure out last night and took a starting measurement. When I ordered my dress I was 27 inches around my midsection, Wednesday night I was 34...last night, I was 30.5! I still have some work to do, but it some of it was definitely water/bloat.
Yesterday was a good day though, I ran a total of 5.5 miles. My food intake was around 16 points. I drank tons of water (about 100 oz.), and no soda! I did have soup for lunch which is high in sodium, but I think the rest of my choices balanced that out. The scale was down 1 lb. this morning (total of 2 for the week so far).
I woke up early again this morning and got in a 2 mile run. My caffeine headache was so bad that I gave in and bought a Diet Coke at lunch. I will try to stay away from anything carbonated for the weekend and should be back to all water by Monday.
What does the weekend have in store?? Well, I planned a 10 mile walk tomorrow morning. I am very excited to get out for this walk, it might be one of the last long walks I will get to do outside this year. Saturday night we have a wedding. I am always a bit nervous about what I can eat. I know that they are serving roasted pig and since I can't eat red meat still I might be stuck eating sides. Hopefully they have a good salad or veggies that I can fill up on. I might try eating a late lunch so I am not tempted by the high fat sides that are usually served. The DJ for this wedding is the same guy who will be at my wedding so I am very excited to see how he does. We will definitely stay for some dancing (AP's)!!!
Sunday I have yet another long walk planned. So far we have 8 miles mapped out, I might do 2 more at home though. I'm going to take advantage of Sunday afternoon and plan out meals for the week.
Well, that's it...hope you all have a great, and I mean GREAT weekend!!
Yesterday was a good day though, I ran a total of 5.5 miles. My food intake was around 16 points. I drank tons of water (about 100 oz.), and no soda! I did have soup for lunch which is high in sodium, but I think the rest of my choices balanced that out. The scale was down 1 lb. this morning (total of 2 for the week so far).
I woke up early again this morning and got in a 2 mile run. My caffeine headache was so bad that I gave in and bought a Diet Coke at lunch. I will try to stay away from anything carbonated for the weekend and should be back to all water by Monday.
What does the weekend have in store?? Well, I planned a 10 mile walk tomorrow morning. I am very excited to get out for this walk, it might be one of the last long walks I will get to do outside this year. Saturday night we have a wedding. I am always a bit nervous about what I can eat. I know that they are serving roasted pig and since I can't eat red meat still I might be stuck eating sides. Hopefully they have a good salad or veggies that I can fill up on. I might try eating a late lunch so I am not tempted by the high fat sides that are usually served. The DJ for this wedding is the same guy who will be at my wedding so I am very excited to see how he does. We will definitely stay for some dancing (AP's)!!!
Sunday I have yet another long walk planned. So far we have 8 miles mapped out, I might do 2 more at home though. I'm going to take advantage of Sunday afternoon and plan out meals for the week.
Well, that's it...hope you all have a great, and I mean GREAT weekend!!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Please don't judge me...
What's that????
That's what the treadmill read...this morning...at 5:45 AM. That's right, I woke up an hour early to get a 2 mile run in, but why?Well, that's a whole other story, you see I picked something special up last night. Do you want to know what it was???
Okay, take a peek...
My dress!!! It's finally here, after 8 months of waiting it came in yesterday and I went to pick it up last night. I was so excited to get it and even more excited to put it on again... only problem was that it didn't fit! Yeah! Believe it, doesn't even come close to closing. The lady at the dress shop took out my old measurements and measured me again, I am 6, SIX inches bigger around the midsection. My chest and hips are the same as they were though. I was in tears, how did I let this happen?
Well, I let it go and brought my dress to my parents house. I gave it a lot of thought and really there is a lot going on with my body right now. Aunt Flow is around the corner (today or tomorrow), I have been stressed out at work so I am turning to quick and easy foods like chips and salsa (my dinner 4 days in a row) which are full of sodium. And most of all, surgery. I can't put it all on that of course, but where I am carrying the weight is right where I was sliced open 5 times, my muscles are still weak there and I still swell up when I eat/drink the wrong things. I don't know if it is normal to get heavy swelling even 7 months after surgery, but it's not unlikely either...right?
Maybe I am just making excuses for myself. I know I haven't been tracking lately and the scale has been up around 128 lately, but I really don't feel like I am that much bigger then I was 7 months ago.
Needless to say I need to kick these couple extra pounds/inches so starting today I am running twice a day once in the morning (short) and once at night (long) followed by crunches and stretching. Hopefully I will fit this in at least 4 days a week and then a long walk on the weekends. I am tracking my foods again. I am thinking I will do flex this week (my weeks start on Wednesday) and then move back to Core next week to ease my way into this. I am going to hit it hard for 5 weeks (that's my goal) and see where I am at. If I am not making the progress I need to be making I will start attending meetings and maybe see about meeting with a personal trainer.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Come on Smile!!!
I have been waiting for the day I could put her hair up in piggy tails, I just think it is the cutest thing ever!!!Monday, September 8, 2008
Having some me time.
This weekend was all about me, I hate to say it but I went all out. Friday night I went out for a few beers with co-workers and it was a blast. Then Derek and I met up with the "Bride" and her husband for dinner. I really do enjoy her company...sometimes. This was one of those times. We shared and appetizer and dessert and had a great conversation.Saturday morning I headed out for a 7 mile walk. The weather was perfect, sunny but cool. I stopped in at my parents house to catch up with them and then headed home to meet my sister and Rosie. Rosie is getting so big. I will post a pic this week, she finally can wear pig tails and it is sooooo cute!!! We ran some wedding errands and grabbed a quick lunch. While Rosie napped, my sister and I started working on the guest favors. We need to stamp about 400 gift bags with snowflakes and we made it through more then half in the 3 hours we worked on them. It feels really good to make some progress there! Saturday night Derek and I went to a birthday party for a friend, I didn't eat or drink much of anything because I was busy talking to friends I haven't seen in a while.
Sunday was a lazy day. I slept in until 10!! That NEVER happens. We lounged around the house for a few hours and then ran to the grocery store. I made a light lunch, took a nap (yes, crazy I know) and then I did some housework. We have a lot of small projects to get done around the house so we just tried to knock some of those off the list. I baked a whole chicken for dinner and some potatoes. It was fairly easy and delicious. I have a ton of leftovers so I think I will make some soup tonight!
Work is so busy that I have been writing this since 6:00 AM and it is almost 3:30 now. I'm going to end here and I'll try to update on everything else tomorrow!
Friday, September 5, 2008
A real update!
I know I haven't been posting much lately, things are truly crazy here. I will try to sum it up as best I can:
* I am 3 weeks away from turning over the Hospital to the Owners. Things are really coming together here, but there is just so much to be done. The health, building and fire inspectors will walk through the building starting next week so keep your fingers crossed!
* My manager hasn't made any attempt to get me extra help during this crazy time. I have made it clear I could use it but it doesn't seem to do anything. Also I have no place to go after this project is turned over. It's a bit scary with the wedding right around the corner. I know there is an open job in St. Cloud...that would be an hour commute to work though.
* The wedding is less then 4 months away. I sent out Save The Dates a few weeks ago and the responses just about made me pee my pants. I can't wait to hear back after the real invites go out! That is if they ever get printed! I designed them, bought the paper, made everything simple and my girlfriend wanted to print them. She keeps putting it off. I finally had to email her and give her an absolute deadline.
Small details are slowly coming together. We picked out the tuxedos, and ordered all the girls dresses. My dress should be here next week! I cannot wait to see it. I'm having an awful time deciding on what I want for flowers and food though. What I really want is to serve Belgium waffles and set the table with all the yummy toppings. I am meeting with the chef in 2 weeks and I haven't given up on this yet!! Flowers are the worst. I had everything picked out and then the rental company called and said "there has been a mix up" ... figures!! Luckily work has been so busy I haven't given much thought to how upset this makes me!
* Training is going alright. I have a really good week and then I will have a week that I barely get 15 miles in. I'm trying to get out as much as possible though and we are moving the treadmill upstairs so that as it cools off I have another choice.
*Eating. I know this is going to sound horrible but I have totally stopped tracking. I am not over doing it and I am still getting in a ton of the good stuff I just needed to let myself trust that I can make good decisions. And with that I haven't stepped on the scale either. I won't say that I am not going to try to loose a little bit more weight, but for now there is too much else going on to worry about measuring out every last thing. Also, I feel great. My jeans are fitting loose, I'm not starving all the time and that is a great feeling.
Last but not least, I am checking in with everyone daily. If I'm not posting it's not because I'm not around, I just don't have words right now!!!
* I am 3 weeks away from turning over the Hospital to the Owners. Things are really coming together here, but there is just so much to be done. The health, building and fire inspectors will walk through the building starting next week so keep your fingers crossed!
* My manager hasn't made any attempt to get me extra help during this crazy time. I have made it clear I could use it but it doesn't seem to do anything. Also I have no place to go after this project is turned over. It's a bit scary with the wedding right around the corner. I know there is an open job in St. Cloud...that would be an hour commute to work though.
* The wedding is less then 4 months away. I sent out Save The Dates a few weeks ago and the responses just about made me pee my pants. I can't wait to hear back after the real invites go out! That is if they ever get printed! I designed them, bought the paper, made everything simple and my girlfriend wanted to print them. She keeps putting it off. I finally had to email her and give her an absolute deadline.
Small details are slowly coming together. We picked out the tuxedos, and ordered all the girls dresses. My dress should be here next week! I cannot wait to see it. I'm having an awful time deciding on what I want for flowers and food though. What I really want is to serve Belgium waffles and set the table with all the yummy toppings. I am meeting with the chef in 2 weeks and I haven't given up on this yet!! Flowers are the worst. I had everything picked out and then the rental company called and said "there has been a mix up" ... figures!! Luckily work has been so busy I haven't given much thought to how upset this makes me!
* Training is going alright. I have a really good week and then I will have a week that I barely get 15 miles in. I'm trying to get out as much as possible though and we are moving the treadmill upstairs so that as it cools off I have another choice.
*Eating. I know this is going to sound horrible but I have totally stopped tracking. I am not over doing it and I am still getting in a ton of the good stuff I just needed to let myself trust that I can make good decisions. And with that I haven't stepped on the scale either. I won't say that I am not going to try to loose a little bit more weight, but for now there is too much else going on to worry about measuring out every last thing. Also, I feel great. My jeans are fitting loose, I'm not starving all the time and that is a great feeling.
Last but not least, I am checking in with everyone daily. If I'm not posting it's not because I'm not around, I just don't have words right now!!!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Bride is now the Wife!
Some of you might remember me mention The Bride?!? Well, the wedding was this weekend and let me tell you...I am so happy it is over!!
I am swamped at work so here are some pictures...enjoy!
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