Weigh In: -1.0

Woohoo! I'm in the lead for my work competition AND the $150 prize! I had new motivation when I came home today, so I went on the bike & elliptical trainer for about 1/2 an hour while supper was in the oven.

It's amazing what a difference a little bit of exercise can make in the way you feel; I just feel better in general...and most importantly, I have fewer wobbly bits :).

Eats

yogurt, granola & honey (4)
coffee & milk (0)

fiesta vegetable soup & 4 crackers (3)
bell pepper strips (0)
nectarine (1)
oatmeal muffin (4)

chicken breast + 2 bites (4)
1/2 cup corn nibblets (1)
celery & 1.5 TB of PB (3)

fruit & yogurt parfait - McDs (3)

Total: 23 Points
Target: 22 Points
APs: 2

Ever Jealous of Your Cat?

I am, at least a couple times a week. He doesn't work or have a mortgage to pay, he doesn't have to worry about how he looks or what other people think of him, or if anyone even likes him. He doesn't have a care in the world; he knows that his food bowl will be re-filled every morning and that his water will be freshened up every couple of days. The only question mark in Rocky's life is whether the sun will shine in his eyes as he lounges in the top floor of his kitty condo.

It's a no brainer, in my next life I will come back as a cat!

I don't have much else to say today, I did as little cleaning as I possibly could and was lazy for the rest of my day off :).

Much better today :)

My extreme pissyness yesterday was related to 3 things:

• Irritating co-worker
• Lack of appointments
• PMS

Today was 200% better than yesterday - aside from the fact that I ate 2 hot dogs for lunch- eeek, free BBQ was supposed to be for the CUSTOMERS! The rest of my food day was good, I didn't have anything else with my dogs at lunch, nor did I have any afternoon snacks. I had an add supper; about a cup of couscous, a couple bites of chicken, and a flax pita with PB & J.

I had 5 appointments booked today and they ALL showed up, what a miracle! I spent about an hour and a half outside for the BBQ, so that broke up my day quite nicely, hopefully I got some colour....hah, I doubt it.

Anyhoo, I'm off to bed; one more day of work!

Ugh....

I want a new job! I sit at work all day - with spurts of craziness - but mostly bored out of my mind. Half of the appointments that are booked don't show up...more boredom. I feel like I'm locked into a job that I'm not happy with because I have to have 18 months of tenure before management will consider moving me into a higher position. What if I'm bored senseless, not challenged, and not happy...does that count for anything?

I sit in my little office all day, doing my own thing, not really bothering anyone...and it's starting to get to me. Everyone else seems to get feedback from the manager when they need it, but when I try talk to said manager, I almost feel like I'm imposing. Hell, the only reason I know why my numbers are half-ass decent is because I check them myself; I haven't had a one on one coaching session in at least 2 months.

Grr, I'm just not happy - hopefully just for today, but I feel like there has to be something better out there for me.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaack

We were without phone/internet for a few days after the move, thanks Telus! We're obviously reconnected now and are almost finished unpacking. Its been extremely hectic these last few days, thank God for our new king size bed :).

The majority of the last 4 days has been spent cleaning, doing laundry, and eating. I think I've cancelled out most of the eating with the excessive cleaning - there were renters living here before and they left the place fairly dirty.

Rocky spent the first couple days under the bed, poor kitty was beside himself. He's back to his good old self now and I think that he's having a love affair with the stairs. It's so cute, we can hear the pitter patter of his paws when he's on them.

That's all I've got to say for myself at the moment, I think I'll go make some breakfast.

Hot Day

But what else is new? Ontario called today, they want their weather back! It rained for about 15 minutes this afternoon, but I don't think it helped much..

I had such a lazy day, it was great. I got up at NOON. I missed breakfast, so I had left over soup from yesterday's lunch lol. I watched the most depressing movie: Griffin & Phoenix. It's a love story about two people with terminal cancer. This movie should have a disclaimer on it: individuals who have suffered from depression or are overly emotional should NOT watch this movie! It put a dark cloud over my mood today lol. Anyhoo, here's what I ate:

Brunch

fiesta vegetable soup (2)
crackers (1)
WW toast with 1/2 TB of PB & J (2)
pudding (3)

Supper

turkey smokey (4)
couscous salad (5)

Snack

Tims tea 2 cream + 2 sweetener (3)
cadbury thin (2)

I might play with a couple slex and have some nilla cookies or something too

Today's Eats

yogurt, granola, honey (3)
cappuccino (1)

smart ones rice & beans (6)
small grapefruit (1)
100 cal pack (2)

BBQ'd chicken breast (5) - big!
1/2 cup canned pork & beans (1)
potato (4) - had butter
watermelon (1)

Total: 24 points Target: 22 points

+2....flex :).

I'm sooooo hooooooottttttt, it's 33 degrees here and it's gonna stay that way.

Calvin is bringing me home a carmel apple from the Calgary Stampede tonight (he's working there this week) so add another 4 points or so lol.

I can't wait!!!!

I can't wait to move into our lovely new townhouse, so that we can set up our exercise equipment in the basement....

How weird, I actually want to exercise. I'm feeling kind of soft and jiggly at the moment, not to mention that my weigh loss has pretty much come to a halt - down one, up two etc...

I think that an hour on the elliptical/exercise bike everyday will definitely rid me of my wobbly bits; I know my eating isn't the problem, I know that for sure!

anyway, just had to say that. 5 more days!

Today's Eats

B-Fast (4)

1 cup FF yogurt
1 TB fruit preserves
1 TB granola
1/2 TB honey
Cappuccino

2 cups fiesta veggie soup (4)
nectarine (1)
Cadbury thin (2)

'nuther grilled chicken wrap (7)
Tim's 2 cream 2 sweetener (3)


Total: 21 Points Target: 22 Points

Woot!

I'm proud of my food day

Instant oatmeal (3)
coffee w FF ID (1)

Smart Ones rice & beans (6)
apple
Hershey Stick (1)

Grilled chicken sub - Louie's Sub (7ish)
Yogen Fruz - medium (4?)

23 points for the day...I'm not religiously counting points, but am watching what I'm eating and do a "surprise count" on myself every few days or so. I'm determined to win the competition at work and I only have about 10 pounds to go to reach my wedding goal of 140. Totally do-able!

Oh...My...God

The racy thoughts of a compulsive budgeter....

I was talking to our mortgage lady today - my office neighbour - and she was giving me the final numbers as far as our mortgage payment. I just about DIED. We pay a lower interest rate because I'm staff, but our mortgage payment is still calculated at the higher rate (a percent and a half higher I might add)

What this means for us, is that our mortgage payment is $140/month MORE than we had originally planned for; greeeeeaaat. On top of that, when we went to the lawyer a couple of weeks ago, the amortization period on our mortgage documents was 5 years less than what we had agreed on at the bank; apparently that's what head office had approved us for, we just weren't told.

Anyway, I'm just going to continue my puke-fest now. I kidd...

Weigh in -2.0

Yesssssssss....a month into the competition, I'm finally down a pound from my starting weight lol. What a joke, I need to start exercising more. That'll come when we move though, I'll actually have room to exercise.


I am SO tired today. Everyday for the last week, Rocky has been getting me up around 5am, whining and crying....just wanting to be petted. I am absolutely exhausted and don't really have much else to say for myself today :P.

Frig....Its HOT

Its 33 degrees here today and I think I might melt. I'm living up to all of my goals for the week except the exercise, unless packing counts as exercise. Its just too hot to use the exercise bike in our cramped quarters right now, but I think my Mom and I will be going for nightly 5k walks while Calvin is working at the Calgary Stampede.

Poor Rocky is beside himself in this heat. Right now, he's sleeping in the Aldo bag that my newly exchanged shoes came home in (!). He also wakes up sometime between 3:30 and 5:00 every morning, walks all over us while meowing, just to let us know how hot he is...and how much he hates the stand up fan.

So, thank God for my air-conditioned office, without it, I think I would die! Ironically enough, I actually got cold enough today that I considered turning on a space heater; how warped is that lol.

Weigh in: +1.0

Damn! I ate so well this week, drank a ton of water and even got some exercise in; stupid TOM!

Ironically, even though I gained a pound, I had the best results out of the 3 of us this week. One of the girls was up 2 pounds and the other put on 3. Here's to a new week....

Goals:

• Stick to TWO Tim Horton's double doubles
• Work out 4 times for at least 30 minutes
• No eating past 8:30
• Drink at least 10 glasses of water everyday

I don't think there was too much I could have done to avoid the gain this week, so I'm just gonna move on and hope to be rewarded on the scale next week.