Mamma Mia

My mom and I just went to Mamma Mia, while Grandpa and Chloe baked monster cookies. I'm sorry, Cathy, I honestly thought it was going to be a show that I didn't care for, but oh my god. It WAS hokey for the first few minutes, when the girl busted out in song for the first time, I thought "Oh here we go...." and was prepared to hate it, but I got so sucked into that movie. I laughed out loud a ton of times, I sobbed my head off a few times... I left feeling so good and happy. I don't know if I could watch it 5 times though! (like someone I know!) I might even buy the soundtrack.

I have to confess, I ate popcorn. We got a medium buttered and split it. So my lunch today was that. 10.5 points of buttery goodness. And my first and only diet coke of the week. All in all, it was a wonderful day. It's freezing cold outside, but Haplo and I are about to go for a walk.

*sheepish*

It's Friday? Did I say "daily blog?" Woops?

Well, here's my week, in a nutshell. It's hard to write when nothing happens! Work was busy, busy. I decided that I really like that. I enjoy being "work" busy again, I feel a lot more like an adult. When I used to work at the Lab, it was a whole lot of sitting around, playing on the computer and chatting on msn. Sure, I had to answer the phone and deal with customers on occasion, but my brother did the vast majority of the work. I just showed up to put in an hour or two of cutting a day and handle the incoming/outgoing orders. Now, I am doing everything I used to do, plus everything my brother used to do. AND doing it in 5 hours a day instead of 8! Much fun. It should be getting busier, even, because we started advertising on google! If you put in any of a number of keywords, our ad will come up on the side.

I quit drinking diet coke, which has been pretty much the only liquid I ever put into my body until I started WW, and even after, I MOSTLY drank diet coke. More diet coke than water, anyway. The doctor wanted me to switch to DC Splenda, and that was good for a few weeks, but it started making me sick to my stomach. I don't remember which day I quit, but it was either Monday or Tuesday. We'll see if that helps at all with my weight loss. I certainly feel better.

I also started bringing carrots and grapes to work for snack, after I forgot lunch early in the week and drove to McDonalds after I got off because I was so starving. I stayed within my points for the day, but I hated to eat that grease. Having healthy snacks to eat has helped me a ton this week, I can tell the difference in the way my body is working.

John went to Montana for the weekend, but he just called and said he's coming back home because the radio just said they were going to get 1-2 FEET, yes, feet... of snow tomorrow. I'm really glad he's coming home. I don't like being here alone, just me and Chloe. It's going to snow here, too, I think, but not that much!

I suck

We did say "daily", didn't we. Huh. Somehow, I neglected to keep that up. Well, I'm back, for how long, no one can say. It was a mostly good week. Weigh-in on Tuesday, I was down 3.6 lbs, so I was happy. I think I'll lose this week, too.

I had sort of an epiphany in my head, but I haven't put it to practice, yet. I am going to start hardcore journaling tomorrow, including food, exercise, and feelings. I didn't do well with my journaling at all this week and I can feel it. I don't think I gave it 50%, let alone 100%. I know that I can do better than this. Staying within my points isn't the "jist" of WW and I need to start working the entire program instead of just the points.

You're going to be in trouble, Cathy. October 6-13 is going to be Blabberville, USA. No responses necessary.

So far, so good

I've been completely OP so far this week. I am more dedicated and motivated than ever, after an almost assured gain on Tuesday. I ended up actually losing .2 lbs, but it was SO close that I am hardcore from here on out. I want to be under 200 by my birthday, which is in July.

So, today was a perfect eating day. The job is going well and I have no complaints, other than it sure is getting dark early. There's not enough time to get out and walk the dog in the evening anymore, since I won't walk in the dark. John and I are planning out other exercise options for me (bowflex, tv and dvd player in the basement, etc)

Daily posting for Cathy!

Well, Cathy and I pinky-swore that we'd update our blogs every day, so here's day 1.

I started work again today after taking the summer off to hang out with Chloe. I'm back at the photo lab on weekdays from 9-2. This'll give me the luxury of dropping Chloe off and picking her up every day. I'm really glad that the owner took me back!

My weekend was pretty off-plan, but I'm back on today, with a vengeance. I pre-planned my meals for the day and because of that, ended up eating really well. It's my goal to do this every work day, it seems to be easy enough and I feel much better about myself today.

Tonight, I'm taking Haplo for a nice, long walk. I don't think he got to walk at all since Thursday, poor dog. I could use some ipod time, myself. We'll go right after supper. Other than that, no plans for the evening. I might go to bed once Chloe's sacked out so I can be better rested for work tomorrow. Tomorrow night is weigh-in and I'm guessing I might take a hit because I ate like a hog all weekend, but we'll see!

Off to Disneyworld

Sorry I haven't updated in forever. It's crazy how much there is to do when you aren't working. I feel like there's a zillion more responsibilities and stuff to deal with. I'm not complaining! At least I can do it all on my own schedule, but still, most of the stuff doesn't get done.

My brother's wedding went off without a hitch. We had a blast and got to see a lot of family that hadn't been around in years. I wish we could do the family part of it much more often.

John, Chloe, Mom, Dad and I leave for Orlando tomorrow at 4:40am, so we have to be at the airport at 3:30ish. I'm so excited that it's finally here. We booked our tickets in November, so we've been waiting a heck of a long time. We'll be back home on the 10th. Inlaws are staying at our house to take care of Haplo. See you then!

Confidence booster

Last night, our WW topic was about making yourself look better *now*. The intention was that if you had more confidence and felt more attractive, you'd be better motivated to lose weight. So, today I went and got my hair highlighted. It's really light! Pasting some pictures, I guess they'll serve as "before pics". It took like THREE and a half hours. Chloe says now I look like her, though.