Power outage

Just 20 minutes left on the elliptical this morning at the gym and the power goes out. UGH! I'm happy I managed to get in 40 minutes of workout time today but still. I was so close. Ha ha. It was just a couple of weeks ago that the gym was close due to a power outage on a Sunday. I think they need to look into this because it's messing up workouts.

I worked out at home yesterday. I pulled out free weights and everything. Then hopped on the treadmill for 3o minutes.

I lost 0.2 pounds this week. Wednesday I was down 0.8 pounds. See why I think the scale likes me better on Wednesday? Hoping to see a bigger loss next week.

Hard to believe it's Sunday already. Can't wait for our trip to the Cape. Not much longer. And a 3 day weekend next weekend. Woohoo!!

Happy Friday baby!!

Didn't end up going to do karaoke last night with the hubby. I was too tired after my workout. We started to go but I was just beat.

I saw a skunk when I was coming home last night. That was a bit scary. Don't get me wrong, I love wild animals and all and I wouldn't dare harm them and no they are more afraid of me and all that but geez, it was right at under my porch steps. Ha ha. Also-I didn't want to get sprayed. Yuck-o.

There was a NASTY 4 car accident right out in front of my work today. 3 ambulances showed up. 5 cop cars. 2 fire trucks. And 2 EMT/rescue vehicles. They stopped traffic in one direction and wouldn't let anyone out of the work parking lot for over an hour. Luckily it was all cleared up before had leave work but it was scary. There were kids in one of the cars involved and they were taken in one of the ambulances. Everyone was out and walking though so that was a good sign.

Super tired tonight. No gym. Planning on going tomorrow though.

Talked myself out of a cheat tonight. It is so not worth it. And in 3 weeks we will be at the Cape and I know I won't be watching what I eat then.

Speaking of the Cape, can I please not have any hurricanes? Thanks. 2 weeks in a row the Cape has been hit with one. I don't want to be camping (in a tent) during a hurricane. Not a lot of fun.

Wish I was at the Taylor Swift concert tonight. My sister and tried to win tickets but no luck.

TGIF!!

Sarah 1 lack of motivation 0

I went to the gym tonight. Not sure why I was trying to force myself to go in the mornings again when it is much easier to go at night these days. As much of a morning person as I am, I just find it easier to get up and do things around the house before work and then hit the gym at night after work.

30 minutes of weights and 30 minutes of cardio (that included a 5 minute warm up on the bike and then 25 minutes on the elliptical). My arms are super sore from this pull up machine I am super in love with that I finally started using after 8 years of going to my gym. Is it wrong to love exercise equipment?

I have had 2 dreams in the past month about the woman who was my Matron of Honor in my wedding. We were super close for a very long time but drifted about as people tend to do. I'm wondering what my mind is trying to tell me. I think I am going to call her this weekend. I haven't spoken to her in about 4 years now.

Hubby and I are going to run off for some karaoke now. I'm not exactly thrilled about being up late but he wants to go. He loves to sing and I want to support him.

Well...

No gym this morning but I will be going tonight. It is ON!

It's a beautiful cool morning here in Connecticut. I love mornings like this.

I have been making my own iced coffee these week and it's just as good as buying at Dunkin Donuts. Ha ha.

I nearly forgot that Labor Day is next weekend. Yeah for a 3 day weekend.

Off to get ready for work. Can' t wait for the weekend!

Babble

Before I go on, have you all check out Annie's page? You must go, GO NOW! You know every now and then you come across someone that totally inspires you to really push yourself? Well Annie totally does that for me. Not that others don't, but I came across her page over the weekend and I totally love her blog. She has come so far and looks great.

Anyway, Hi. I'm Sarah and I'm a morning person. I wasn't always a morning person. Once upon a time, I was a night person. I would stay up until 1am, 2am, even 3 or 4am if I was able to when I was able to. I loved to sleep in on the weekends. I loved to stay up late and go out late and all that fun stuff. Now I like to go to bed at 10pm and get up at early. When I was a teenager it was pure HELL to get me up to go to school. So how did this happen? I'm not exactly sure. It baffles me. It baffles the husband (who by the way is still a night person and stays up late all the time while I am tucked nicely into bed by 10pm) since we used to stay up late together. I am jealous sometimes that the husband can stay up until 2am and get up at 7am and function all day long. I would be passed out if that was me.

So that is why I am trying to get back into the morning workout routine. It just works better for me. I can do stuff at night and I just enjoy it better.

But (and yes, you all know it was coming), it didn't happen today. I tried. I packed my gym bag and went to bed at a 10pm. My neighbors were sawing last night (wtf I don't know) and the hubby nicely called them and texted them to ask them to stop making noise (they make noise at all hours of the night). I think I was able to get to bed around 10:30pm and I slept straight through until I had to get up to use the bathroom around 4:30am. And then I couldn't fall back to sleep. BOO!!

So I'm going to try again tomorrow. If I don't make it, then I'll be going tomorrow night. But I want to go in the morning so bad.

And I hate sharing a car. Have I mentioned that?

I might change my weigh in day to Wednesday. I think the scale likes me much better on Wednesday. Ha ha. Silly but true.

I cannot wait for September to get here. Hubby and I will be going up to Cape Cod for our 9 year wedding anniversary. I love the Cape. It's so awesome there.

My gym bag is packed (again). I got super inspired at work today and I'm hoping that I can push myself tomorrow morning to do what I know I need and want to do.

Happy Day!!

I just want to clarify one thing about the cardio that my trainer wants me to do. 20-25 minutes but push it for 30 seconds as hard as I can so that my heart rate is between 150-168. Believe me, last night it was. Then after the 30 seconds, not push it so hard for 60 seconds, then do another 30 seconds pushing it and then another 60 seconds. I did that last night and I pushed myself pretty hard. Plus the trainer also wants me to do weights first. I think I mentioned that already.

I'm pretty exhausted tonight so I'm skipping the gym tonight. I'm thinking of trying to get back to the gym in the morning. We'll see what happens. If not, I'll go on Thursday night. I am not nearly as sore as I was last week either.

Awesome news!! Hubby does not need more surgery. He had his cat scan and saw his surgeon and they compered it to the scan from February scan and it's the same. Happy day!! I so happy about that.

I'm off to make some lunches for the next couple of days.

Trainer night number 2

Being a Monday I thought it would be super busy at the gym. Imagine how surprised I was when I got there at 6:55pm and saw it wasn't. I was happy about though. So I am actually going to be trainer with someone different, not the original girl who signed me up. I'm cool with that. She is actually the manager and she does the first trainer session and then she assigns people to her trainers.

I like the guy I am going to be training with. He seems pretty nice and pushed me pretty hard. He kept asking me if the weights were heavy enough, not heavy enough, etc. I really busted my butt tonight my friends. And loved it. I only did worked out for an hour, but man I feel it all over.

So the trainer wants me to only do 20-25 minutes of cardio. He said anything more then that is too much. I'm going to try that and see how that goes. I am to do 5 minutes of warm up on my choice of cardio machine, then my weight training and then my 20-25 minutes of cardio. I am to push myself during cardio though to get my heart rate going. Right now we're focusing on weight loss and building muscle and losing inches.

He took my inches, which I already knew since I took them a couple weeks ago. Happy to see that they were the same and not more then I did myself. My BMI and body fat percentage are not pretty but I am going to see that go down. We are going to check that again in 4 weeks. I can't wait to see the results.

I got to try a machine tonight that I have never tried before. I've always been a little afraid of it. It's a pull up machine. I am totally going to feel it tomorrow. Ha ha. I did planks. I did push ups. I did squats. I did more lunges (ugh). I did overhead presses. I don't even pay attention to everyone around me while I'm doing it. I'm there to workout and I could care less that people are watching me. I was so happy I wasn't doing what these poor other girls were doing (running ha ha).

After my session I did my 25 minutes of cardio.

And now I'm totally exhausted.

Off to catch up on blogs before heading to bed!!

Letter to myself

Dear Self:

Where is your motivation? What happened to it? You were doing really well the the exercise not that long ago and now it seems it has disappeared. Didn't you set the alarm to get up for the gym today? Why didn't you go? You still have time to go yet instead you are sitting in front of the computer. Again. Doing nothing. And you wonder why you are depressed about your weight.

Please promise me you will get in a little more exercise this week. Yesterday's 60 minutes on the treadmill was good, but you need to get in at least 3-4 good workouts if you want to drop some of that gain you had this week.

It's good not only for your physical health, but your mental health as well.

Thank you!!

Sincerely:

Sarah

PS: Hope all my Canadian friends are doing all right with Hurricane Bill!!

Up 1.6

I totally deserve to be up this week. I need to get serious about the exercise again. That is my main issue right now. I haven't been very good about it for the past couple of weeks.

I did make it to the gym on Thursday night and did 45 minutes on the elliptical and then 30 minutes of weights. My legs were not happy with me but I pushed through it.

Friday my legs were feeling much better. And today they are nearly back to normal. But I am sure come Monday night I will be in some pain again, since I see the trainer again. But only time will tell.

The part for our dryer came in yesterday so hubby will be putting that together today for me so I can wash and dry clothes. I have a huge pile of dirty clothes to take care of. Not something I'm overly excited about.

I cannot wait for our trip to the Cape next month. I need a vacation!!

I may go hit the treadmill.

Hurricane Bill is making it's way to Connecticut this weekend. We've had enough rain thank you very much.

Off to do some housework.

Was it something I said?

I've lost 2 followers in the past 2 days. Did I say something or do something?

Hubby may need more surgery. Soon. I'm very sad about this. Luckily for us, since he already had surgery this year it probably won't cost too much money because of it. And the whole deductible thing is already taken care of. I just hate the fact that he may have to go back into the hospital again. *cry* We won't know for sure until he goes to see his doctor on Tuesday. But it's not looking too good as of today. Boo!!

Did I mention my legs are even worse today then they were yesterday? Yep. Even worse. Everyone at work says I'm walking around like a pregnant woman. Ha ha.

I'm going back to the gym tonight. Woohoo.

OMG my legs part 3

I'm sure you can tell by all the paid posts I'm doing I'm trying to earn a little extra cash right now. Being broke totally sucks.

My dryer is still broke. Hubby ordered the part today and hopefully it will be here by the weekend. We may have to go to his parents house to dry some clothes. Gag. That makes me feel like I'm 12 years old instead of nearly 34. I'd rather go there then the laundromat though. I hate that place. Shudder.

My legs are even worse then they were this morning. I can only imagine what they are going to feel like tomorrow. My coworkers were commenting on my stiff movements today. It hurt to get up and down all day long. lol My next session will be Monday night. Going to go to the gym tomorrow night though and doing my own thing.

Oh and speaking of money and the gym, I'm lowering the price of my gym membership. I currently pay for classes and tanning which I do not use. I have never used the classes in my 8 years of being a member and I have used the tanning twice. Since I don't even think they offer classes anymore and since I burn like a lobster in the tanning booth why pay for them? It's ten less dollars I will pay monthly and a big help for us in the long run.

Off to catch up on blogs!!

I love my car

Have I mentioned to you how much I love my car? I even named her Genevieve when we got her in 2001. I fell in love with my car when we drove her off the lot, all sparkly and silver, with just 50,000 miles. She was the newest car I'd ever owned. So you can imagine how much I hate having to share my car with my husband right now because Genevieve is my baby.

Could you imagine what I would do if I got into my car and saw a crack in my windshield (that has happened before, believe me)? If I lived in the Arizona area, I would totally call Arizona windshield replacement to help me out. They have over 10 years of service and offer a warranty on your windshield as long as you own your vehicle!

So go ahead and check out Arizona windshield replacement. You will not be sorry.

OMG my legs part 2

They are like blocks of cement today. What did I do to myself? Ha ha. I wonder how long I'm going to feel this before they go back to normal.

They hurt so much because I did lunges. A lot of lunges. I hate lunges. I never do them and I hated doing them last night. Plus while doing lunches I was doing over head presses with 5 pound weights. Which I made the mistake in telling her were not heavy enough (they weren't) and so she upped them to 10 pounds. Which was better. Heavier but better. She also had me do step ups. And a few other things I can't remember the names of.

My legs hate me today.

Is it time for a home alarm?

Times have changed. These are no longer the days were we feel safe leaving the doors unlocked to our houses or our cars. Because chances are if we do that, we may not have a car when we wake up in the morning or our cherished belongings may not be in our home when we return to it. Not too long ago someone happened to break into my car and steal a few items I had in there. Luckily they decided they weren't anything and ended up leaving them my yard. It was pretty scary for me, considering I had always thought we had lived in a pretty safe neighborhood. Plus with hubby and I thinking about starting a family of our own soon, I want to make sure our home is safe and sound for our little one, just like when we were children.

That is why I decided to go with ADT. I'm sure you have all seen their commercials or driven by someones home or been their home and seen a sign on their lawn or in their window proudly proclaiming they are protected by ADT.

Just by going to the ADT website, they offer you some fantastic tips to stay safe in your home. My personal favorite is this one: "2. Do you like gardening? Roses are one of the most effective burglary deterrents, thanks to their thorny stems. Guard vulnerable, low-lying windows with attractive, prickly rose bushes."

So now is the time to check out ADT for your home alarm needs.

Tuesday Twitter

7:47am-ready for another day.
10:45am-things are easier today. wonder why that is?
12:18pm-I’m set on blueberries for awhile. Someone gave the hubby a huge bag of fresh ones from their garden. Awesome!!
6:03pm-quick dinner before going to the gym. hoping for a butt kicking with the pt tonight.
7:35pm-off to the gym. wish me luck!!!
10:00pm-OMG! my legs!

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OMG my legs!

So the personal trainer? She was not kind to me. Ha ha. I hurt. Already. And I bet tomorrow is going to be worse. My legs are so sore. And you know what else? I actually signed up for more sessions. I know, I said I wasn't going to do it but I had some money put away and I went for it. I never spend money on myself because I just don't these days and I felt I was worth it. So she is going to call me tomorrow and schedule something else.

Part of the reason I signed up for some sessions was because I liked her. She was super nice and I liked that. She didn't pressure me into signing up. I wanted to. I need the extra push right now to do more then what I am, you know?

She took my body fat (wasn't as bad as I thought. Not good but not as bad) and my BMI (again not as bad as it could have been). She will do inches and weight at my next session. She was really impressed with my nutritional knowledge and that I eat 4-5 times a day. She's also entering a fitness competition. She isn't super muscular. She's my height and where I want to be weight wise (150) so if I could look like her I would be happy.

By the way? "Biggest Loser" starts September 15th. I've seen 2 commercials so far and they are bringing Daniel back from last season (orange team).

OMG MY LEGS!

blueberries

Do you all remember back when I was supposed to have a free session with a personal trainer? Well it’s happening tonight. I need it and it’s a good reason to get myself to the gym. I had originally scheduled it for last week but canceled it because of the whole work thing. But she called me this morning to see if we could reschedule so I said why not. Why not? What excuse do I have? I don’t have one. I had originally asked if she could beat me up like Jillian which made her laugh. I am hoping for a good beating.

I certainly cannot AFFORD to pay for a personal trainer which I already told her since we’re pretty much broke right now but a free session is nice and since they are offering it at my gym and I was supposed to do it months ago, it is worth it. I’m not afford to try anything and I have always wanted to try the pull up machine (which I never tried when I was in 100% awesome shape). So we’ll see how that goes.

Work is not too bad today.

Someone gave hubby a huge bag of blueberries from their garden. I am set for awhile. Very nice.

I am super excited for the new season of “The Biggest Loser” to start.

Monday update

I got a phone call today about a job I had submitted a resume to. Unfortunately I missed the call and when I called the woman back I had to leave her a message. Boo. Hopefully I will her back from her again.

I totally hate my job. And despise my coworker.

Saturday didn't exactly turn out to be a stellar day for eating. I had pizza.And some ice cream.

I think it was caused by the stress of the dryer breaking down and me totally losing it. I just feel like everything has been falling apart around the house and we can't afford to fix things. Having one car sucks. Hubby not working sucks. Me hating my job sucks.

I was able to get back on track eating wise yesterday but I still haven't been back to the gym. I sat around the house all day watching movies from Netflix.


Anyway, I plan to go back to the gym tomorrow night. I miss it and I know it's best for me to workout. And if I want to continue to lose weight I need to count points and exercise.

The humidity here is terrible. I am exhausted!!

Down 1.2

Somehow I managed to lose 1.2 pounds this week. Not sure how except that my eating was good, even though I skipped the workouts due to stress and all from my work. Planning to get back on track with that tomorrow. Happy to see 244 on the scale though. It's been awhile.

It was a disappointing ending to the hard work hubby put into the karaoke. It always turns out that way though. I know I'm biased. Lol. But the girl who placed 3rd in the woman's karaoke totally should have won. Boo. She was really good. Very strong voice.

Been doing some cleaning around the house.

Found some really good 1 point bagels. Y um!!

Happy Saturday.

TGIF

My sister and I are talking about going to see "Food Inc.". I know that a few bloggers have gone to see, including Angie. And as excited as I am about to see it, I'm nervous about what I might see. I'm also wondering if watching this movie will do to me what watching "Supersize Me" did to me. Ha ha.

I am so glad this week is over. It's been such a long and stressful week.

I am hoping to get my exercise back in check starting Sunday. I am sure that will help me with a few things.

No show

So right now I'm supposed to be at the Kenny concert. I sold my ticket so I'm not there. The extra cash will be nice but I kind of wish I was there. I know my sister isn't exactly having the best time because we've been texting. She's not mad at me, she totally understands. Next concert it will be just us (like it usually is).

I am going to try and make it to the gym in the morning. I packed my gym bag and have my fingers crossed. We shall see what happens.

Tomorrow night are the karaoke finals. Hubby is one of 6 men up for the title. Would be nice for him to win (and the money would be even nicer).

Check out The Blog Fairy. I think Once I hit officially 50 pounds gone (again) I am going to treat myself to a new blog look. And she does a great job, don't you all think?

I am so glad tomorrow is Friday. This has been a horrible week.

Just take the knife out of my back

Still nothing weight loss related to blog about .

I am totally addicted to the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich right now. I am currently reading the 13th book, which also happens to be the last one I have. A friend gave me all hers and now I want to get 14 and 15. I might have to take a trip to the used bookstore on Saturday morning. Just what I need. More books.

My sister and I joked that we are going to create a library because between the 2 of us we could open one with all our books. I got rid of a bunch but still have a ton more. I am the type that does read books again though.

It looks like I'm going to the Kenny Chesney concert tomorrow night. I paid too much money for the ticket to blow it off and the person that had offered to by my ticket said she may not be able to do that now. So I'm just going to have to deal with it.

My coworker asked me today if I was mad at her. I told her I wasn't (lie) because I didn't want to start anything at work. But I know she knows I'm mad. How could she not? My whole attitude has changed towards her and I'm not talking to her as much unless it's work related. She made her bed so now she has to lay in it.

I'm just exhausted. I am going to really get some rest this weekend for sure. I need it.

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Yes this is a weight loss blog

I know this is a weight loss blog and I promise I will get back to that. I promise.

I feel like a big weight has been lifted from my shoulders since I started applying for a new job. Is that strange? I went into work today and pretended everything was fine. Kept a smile on my face and did my job. What really pushed me over the edge to start looking? Getting stabbed in the back by my so called "friend". The one that I was so worried about last week, that I wanted to help. That was having a hard time. She totally stabbed me in the back big time and I will not forgive her for it. It wasn't until she came into the office that I really started hating my job.

It's strange. I haven't looked applied for a new job in so long. This job, the one I have now, kind of fell in my lap by surprise. I had applied in 2000 but they had already filled the position. And then 3 months later they called me for an interview. They hired me the day I was interviewed. I miss my old boss, the one that hired me. He was amazingly awesome.

I know it may take awhile to find something. I can wait. I know I may be a little over qualified for some of the jobs I applied for but I'll take what I can get. I may not be qualified for one of the jobs I applied for. It doesn't hurt to try, right?

And once hubby is done with school, I will (hopefully) but able to start some sort schooling of my own.

Speaking of the hubby, he went for his doctors appointments today. His blood pressure is almost normal. 122/70. Woohoo! His doctor was happy and wants him to lose a little more weight (nice he just has to change his eating and he drops 20 pounds). So we are hopefully going to start hitting the gym together soon. If he can lose some more weight and his blood pressure stays the same, he can go off the blood pressure medication!! Then he went for his follow up with his surgeon and she wants him to go for another cat scan. I'm not too happy about that. I don't want more surgery. And if I do find another job, the whole insurance thing is going to be a mess since it's my insurance he is on right now. But we'll worry about that. The surgeon also recommended he see a specialist so he has another doctor he might have to see. Fun times.

Undecided if I'm going to see Kenny Chesney on Thursday night at this point. Coworker is going and I am not sure I want to deal with her outside of work. My sister is going and a bunch of her friends are going so I know she will be fine without me there and she totally understands if I don't go. Plus she knows someone who will buy my ticket. I WANT to go and have a good time, but I could use the money and don't want to deal with coworker. We'll see. If I don't go, coworker will know for sure how much I hate her. And yes, I think I can say I hate her. I don't use that word very much but I trusted her. And she betrayed me. I don't handle that well.

I have had a headache for 2 days now.

Eating is good. Considering I didn't eat much yesterday.

No exercise since Friday. Hopefully getting back to the gym soon. I was up too late last night and didn't sleep well (big surprise).

Off to relax a bit before bed. Not sure if I even like "More to Love". These woman kind of annoy me. Is that mean?

Updated my resume

Applied for 3 jobs tonight. Not too bad I guess. Not looking forward to having to interview after being at the same job for almost 9 years but I have no other choice. Now I will wait and see what happens.

I haven't update my resume since before I got married. Isn't that something?

I had hoped to retire from my current job someday.

Funny how things happen.

Off to bed. Have to battle another day tomorrow.

Excuse me.

Please excuse me if I'm not around for the next few days. I've decided to finally take the plunge and have begun job searching after today. I had a horrible day and I'm done with it. It's sad that after nearly 9 years of dedicating my life to this place it has come to this but I have to get out. My mental and physical state depends on it.

This may not be the best time to be looking for a job but I have to do it now. I can't stand it much longer.

Can I have a do over?

Drove to the gym only to find they were close due to having no electricity . I loathe my treadmill right now so I guess that means no workout today.

Today is probably going to be a bad day all around because the hubby and I are already fighting. I'm in a bad mood because of the gym. I feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep in 2 weeks. I'm tired. I'm cranky. I'm bloated. It's PMS. I want cake. I want a cheeseburger. I hate being a woman right now.

I want to crawl back into bed and I might just due that even though its nearly noon here.

I am thinking of trying morning workouts again. If my gym has electricity tomorrow.

I hate having one car.

Can I start this day over?

Up a pound, but lost some inches

So I'm up a pound this week. And I handled it pretty well. Considering I don't believe I deserved it. But looking back at my food journal, I actually might have.

Example: I burned off nearly 2000 calories this week. Good right? Yet there were a couple days (okay like 5) that I didn't eat all of my points. Bad, bad, VERY bad Sarah. And I only dipped into my flex points on one day. This week I'm going to eat more and hopefully I can see a loss.

But I'm super proud of myself for going to the gym 3 times this week. At night even. Hopefully the trend will continue.

And since I was disappointed in gaining this week, I decided to take my measurements, since I hadn't done that since March. I was happy to see I lost some inches. 1 inch off my chest, 2 inches off my waist, and 1 inch off my hips. Everything else stayed the same but there is plenty of time for that.

Hubby made it yet another round of karaoke semi finales which are this coming Friday. If he makes it through then it will be the finals.

I'm already trying to figure out my gym scheduled for next week. Thursday is Kenny Chesney so I can't go to the gym that night. And then we have karaoke on Friday night. But I'll figure something out.

I'm off to do some house cleaning. Happy Saturday!!

treadmill

60 minutes on the treadmill tonight. I figured it made more since then running out the gym and rushing home to get ready for karaoke finales tonight.

I'm happy with that.

My friend/coworker offered me FREE tickets to the Sox/Yankees game tonight. I wish I could have gone. Wouldn't that have been nice?

Off to eat dinner. Feeling a little better now. Hopefully the gain won't be too bad tomorrow.

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere

My husband is upset with me for letting the scale get the best of me. He was commenting this morning one how I was back again and working out like I used to. And I was grumbling about how I hated the scale and my body hated me. And he said I knew better then to let the scale rule my life and the numbers are not the only way I knew I was doing a great job.

He’s right and I know he’s right.

I am going to the gym again tonight but it’s going to just be a cardio night. I don’t deserve to see a gain tomorrow though and I deserve to be pissed off about it.

I wish this day was over already. Nobody wants to be at work today.

I hate my scale and the feeling is mutual

Lately I've been pretty good about not weighing myself unless it's my weigh in day.

I should have just continued with that because now I'm pissed off. Tomorrow is my official weigh in day and my scale is not my friend today.

I've been busting my butt this week and I know my body is probably getting used to that (again) and TOM is due in less then 2 weeks.

And I know better then to let the scale make me happy and/or sad.

But it still pissed me off.

I hate the fact that it takes me forever to lose weight. And that I have to work really hard at it when others seem to have it so easy.

I wish I didn't have to work today because I just want to hide under the covers and sleep.

I'm feeling very depressed.

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For all the horrible things I may say about my coworker she is going through some really rough stuff right now and I am trying to be there for her as much as possible. She doesn't deserve it and I hope that everything works for the best. She tried to be so brave yesterday when she told me about it but today she lost it and I was trying so hard to console her. I hate to see people in pain. I told her to call me or text me or whatever no matter what time it was if she needed to talk or anything at all. No one deserves what she is going through right now. I am truly shocked she even told me because she usually pretty private when it comes to her personal life. I'm glad next week is the Kenny Chesney concert because she needs to have a good time.

I went to the gym again tonight. I felt I had to push through some of my cardio but I was glad I did it. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights, which is my norm these days. Tomorrow night hubby has karaoke finals so I am probably going to just do some cardio.

I cannot wait for our camping trip to the Cape next month. Lately it just seems like hubby and I are fighting a lot and I hate that. I know we are both under a lot of stress with lack of money and stuff and just need some alone time together. I wish September wasn't so far away.

Hubby's band is playing on Saturday night at a party. That should be fun. I am going to meet the new guy my sister is kind of seeing and I'm looking forward to that, too.

TGIF!! Woohoo!!

a bunch of new jeans

So I have these jeans that my ex coworker/friend gave me last year when she had already lost a bunch of weight. They are nice jeans, Eddie Bauer actually. So they aren't cheap. I've never been able to get them up past my hips never mind close to buttoned.

I can button them now. I can't zip them yet but that's a start. I'm super happy about it. Which then made me drag out all my older jeans and try them on. They were all getting super tight and now they are fit fine. They are all 20's (with a couple of 18's in there) but it's like I went shopping because I have a bunch of new jeans to wear to work now. And I thought I would have to go shopping. Ha!!

Speaking of shopping I stopped to return a shirt I had gotten a couple months ago that I just didn't like and I fell in love with this dress. I almost bought it. I might go back and get it. It was only $29.99. It was a misses dress and sleeveless. I loved showing off my arms not that long ago. It was a very nice dress.

Am I the only one that is over Mariah Carey? Blah.

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a big sponge

I'm not really one to complain about hot weather. I love it. But today it is a bit warm for me. And since I had to drive to a couple of doctors appointments and I don't have air conditioning in my car, it kind of sucks. It's like walking into a big sponge when you are sitting in a nice air conditioned office. Yuck.

With that being said, my doctor was super glad to see that I've lost a little over 10 pounds now. And my blood pressure was 110 over 76. We sat and talked for about 40 minutes. I have the best doctor ever.

Then I went to my allergist appointment and explained to him my flare ups are worse then ever. Of course he suggested steroids (WRONG) and then I asked him about the infusion drug. Which he knew about. He said I would have to have a bunch of blood work done to see if I would even qualify for it. So I'm going to have to go and have that done soon. Not fun but if it means something GOOD for me then it's worth it. I just have to go to the lab in the next week or so and get it done.

Now I'm cooling off by sitting in some air conditioning and eating some frozen grapes. Hubby and I are going grocery shopping later. Fun stuff.

I'm not sure what was going on at work today but I got 5 phones calls in the 4 hours I was working and they were all wrong. Ugh.

Glad it's Wednesday.

beat and exhausted

I am super glad that I have a half day tomorrow at work. I am beat and exhausted from work. Sometimes these patients can be so needy and demanding. Granted I will be the patient tomorrow but I don't plan on being demanding or needy when I see my doctors.

I don't have any time off scheduled until November but I am thinking I need to put in for some. I know the hubby and I were talking about going away for our for a few days next month for our anniversary. That would be super awesome. I could use some time away. Not too mention the hubby and I could use some alone time together.

Going to the gym tonight was much easier then going last week. I guess I'm getting into a bit of a schedule of going at night again. We'll see how it continues to go. It was not nearly as hot as it was on Sunday which was nice. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights. I've noticed at night there seems to be a lot more guys there. In the morning there are more seniors and ladies. Not that I care either way. I'm there to exercise and that is all I care about.

I'm going to relax a bit and then I'm off to bed.

Happy Birthday to my Princess

Today is the Birthday of my Princess Molly. She is 12 today but still looks and acts like a kitten. Isn't she just the prettiest kitty ever?! Admit it. You know you think so. We got her when my Mom moved to Arizona and Hubby originally was the one that really wanted her. And now she is my special kitty. She is a purebred Siamese. Very affectionate, very curious and at times, very vocal. She is a great cat and she has ruined me for every other cat I ever own.

Happy Monday

My coworker wasn't due to come back to work until tomorrow but she came back to work today. I don't get it. If I had a vacation day left I would not be at work. I would be home enjoying having my day off. She's just afraid she's going to miss something important at work. She used to actually come into work at night before she started actually taking a vacation and leaving the state.

I'll be hitting the gym tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to it. I'm have a little goal in mind for our wedding anniversary but I don't want to ruin it by putting it out there. We'll just have to see what happens I guess. I also have one for when we go to the Kenny Chesney concert next week and I'm pretty close to that, too.

I have 2 doctors appointments on Wednesday. Looking forward to seeing my regular doctor so she can see the weight loss. And then the allergist to talk about the new infusion drug. At least I have only a half day at work.

Still loving the new glasses!!

New thought: I'm down 42 pounds from my heaviest weight of 287! Woohoo!!

Hottest day at the gym

OMG. It was so hot at the gym today that at one point I had so much sweat on my eyelashes that I couldn't even see. And it wasn't just me, either. I noticed everyone happened to be stopping and wiping sweat onto their shirt or wiping their face off with a towel. It was terrible. I don't know why it was so hot in there because it isn't that bad outside.

Regardless of the heat, I did manage a great workout. I did 50 minutes on the elliptical and 35 minutes of weights. I couldn't wait to get home and shower today. Whew!

Hubby has totally cleaned out my laptop and revamped it. It is running so much faster now. I love having an I.T. guy in the house. Ha ha.

I talked to my Mom yesterday for over 2 hours. I cannot wait until she comes to visit in November. I am super excited she will be here for my Birthday and for Thanksgiving. I will be on vacation for some of that time and I am planning to get in as much Mom time as possible. I miss her a lot. She was last here almost a year ago. My oldest sister will be going out to visit her next month and I realized it was nearly 5 years ago that hubby and I went to visit. We need to plan a trip there sometime soon, too. I hate being broke.

I hope everyone is having a great Sunday. I am glad that my exercise seems to be back on track, even if it means I'm going to the gym at night.

Saturday weigh in

My friends, please take the time to go and visit Jen over at Prior Fat Girl. I'm at a loss for words right now about what happened to her and she could use us all.

I'm not sure how I did it, but I lost 2 pounds this week. I guess the past 2 days of going to the gym helped me out a bit. I'm happy with it and I am happy to be half way through the 240's right now. I'd like to be out of them soon that is for sure.

My body is a bit sore and tired today so I'm glad I'm giving it a break. I'll be going back to the gym again tomorrow.

Today is housework day. Although I never get much done, even though I try.

Today is our cat Cynnamon's 13th Birthday. Although she is a big Daddy's girl, I am the one who rescued her from the flea infested barn she was living in, bottle fed her and saved her life. All our cats have Birthdays this month though, but she is our first. lol