Freedom

I am free until Tuesday! Free! Woohoo! Free from work that is. Of course today was super mad busy so I am planning on going in on Saturday so I'm not really free but Saturday there are no patients and no phone calls so I can actually get things done. Because I didn't get nearly half as much stuff done that I needed it. And it's the end of the month and I have a pile of stuff I really wish I could have done. But whatever. It's not going anywhere.

My sister stopped by today and it was so super awesome to see her. Now that she is working 3rd shift we don't get to hang out that much. I miss working with her but I am so glad she was able to find a new job so fast. But we have lots of awesome plans coming up. Her 40th Birthday on April 10th (holla!!), Stars on Ice on April 22nd, the Dixie Chicks/Keith Urban/Eagles concert on June 12th (did I mention that? I owe the husband BIG TIME for that-it's his birthday), the New Hampshire Nascar race on June 27th and the Eclipse, the next Twilight movie on June 30th. Awesome!! Plus we've been trying to figure out if we can go to NYC to meet Jennifer Lancaster (my favorite author) on May 19th. So lots of good fun stuff is coming up.

I think if things continue the way they did last night on "Dancing with the Stars" I am going to give myself an ulcer. I remember why I hate those darn voting shows so much. They drive me nuts. If Evan sticks around until the end I'm going to end up a nervous wreck.

Have I also mentioned how addicted to Twitter I am? It's terrible. If you decide to follow me I will follow you.

Tomorrow I plan on hitting the gym in the early morning. Like normal. Then later on I am so getting a haircut. I hope I can handle the day. It would be my Father's 71st Birthday.

Off to catch up on all your blogs, etc. FREEDOM!!

Tomorrow is my Friday

I'm not feeling all that great tonight which really stinks. Last time I had time off I was sick. Towards the end of the day today I started feeling all icky. I have taken some medication so I am hoping that works. We'll just have to wait and see.

I did hit the gym this morning. I did 45 minutes of the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights. Nothing new. But I really felt like I worked hard at it today.

If the "Dancing with the Stars" results show wasn't on tonight I would totally be going to bed early tonight. I feel that bad. But I may just skip "Lost" and watch it tomorrow.

I am so glad that after tomorrow I don't go back to work on until Tuesday.

Hello Jeans!!

Before I forget, let me thank the lovely Andrea for this wonderful recipe. It was fan-freaking-tastic. I had it for dinner tonight. And despite my little melt down in the kitchen that I had (I am stressed about work-taking some time off shouldn't stress me out like this) it turned out awesome and I am so glad I made it. I am going to have it again for sure.

While I was getting dressed for work today I came across a pair of size 18 jeans. For ha-ha's I decided to try them on. So I did. And they fit. So I wore them. I was pretty excited about this. Not saying that I am a size 18 yet because I'm still 232.6 pounds but I'm on my way you know? I was just so happy to be able to wear them. I haven't been able to wear these jeans in 3 years. THREE YEARS!

So it was a big help today when I was craving chocolate. My coworker has all this chocolate on her desk. Snickers. Peanut butter eggs. Oh it's hell I tell you. And then after work I stopped to pick up a fruit platter for a Birthday party we are having tomorrow and I decided to pick up some skinny cow chocolate ice cream for myself. Just to give myself something for the cravings.

We have like a million Birthdays at work in March and April. It's terrible. Darn you Aries people. I am kidding of course.

My coworker is now a Daddy!! I am so happy for him. He's going to be a great father. I adore him and we've been pretty good friends for the past few years. I saw pictures of his daughter already and she is beautiful. And I'm not just saying that either.

Anyway, I'm not going to talk about work because it will only stress me out.

Gym tomorrow. Woohoo. I can't wait. I am glad I finally seem to have things under control.

Off to catch up on all your blogs before "DWTS" comes on.

Epic Fail

I dragged myself out of bed to go the gym this morning. I didn't want to get up at first. I was so comfy in my bed and it's been cold again so it was hard. But I was happy to be going to work out.

Until I realized I left my headphones at home. Ugh! I need my music when I workout. Epic Fail! But I did it. I think that if I had gone home and gotten them I might not have come back. It's really the cardio that I really need the music for. It can get boring at times.

So I did my 45 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights.

The gym was really cold inside this morning. I don't know if they had the air on inside or what but it was freezing. And it was really slow, too. Not too many people there. Not that I'm complaining. I like it like that so I don't have to fight for equipment.

Today is a fun filled day of laundry. Boo. I really would like to get a hair cut but I may have to hold off until Thursday when I'm off.

And speaking of that, the weather is going to be so nice when I'm off. We're talking 80's by the weekend! Woohoo!!

I also didn't go into work today. You know why? My work is not going anywhere and I didn't want to work a 10 days in a row before having some time off. It's not worth burning myself out.

Enjoy your Sunday my friends! Excited for more "DWTS" tomorrow night. Team Evan and Anna!! lol

5.8 pounds in a month

Considering TOM is due next week I lost 1.2 pounds. I'm pretty happy about that. A month ago today I was 238.4 pounds. Today I am 232.6 pounds. I managed to somehow lose 5.8 pounds this month. At this rate I may actually be where I want to be by September.

I also took my measurements today. Not much of a big change but there were a few changes. My neck and arms stayed the same. My chest, waist and hips all went down an inch. So that is pretty nice to see.

It should be interesting to see what happens next week once TOM actually hits. I usually drop a decent amount of weight.

I hit the gym again this morning and it was a cardio day. I did 60 minutes on the elliptical. I guess since winter has come back to Connecticut the gym gets slows down again. Last Saturday it was 70+ and today it's not going to get above 45. Boo.

After the gym I went and did 4 hours of overtime. I feel like I didn't make much of a dent in anything. I may have to do it again tomorrow since I'm off for a few days at the end of the week. I don't really want to but we'll see how I feel.

That is the excitement for my day. I have no big plans for the weekend. Although I would really like to get a haircut tomorrow. My hair is out of control!!

Happy weekend!!

4 days

4 days. That is how many times this week I have been to the gym this week. It feels really, REALLY good, too. I may actually just make it 5 and go tomorrow.

And the best thing about going to the gym in the morning is that it puts me in a good mood and helps me make it through the day. I really think it's been helping me with my stress at work. Not that I don' t have stress at work, but not nearly as much. Because lets face it-doing the job of 3 people is pretty tough. And I don't think I would be handling it as well if I wasn't eating better and working out.

I don't know if ya'll remember a month ago when I was a total basket case and ready to pull all my hair out. And a whole cake. Ummm...a cake may actually have been involved. I was back up to 240 pounds. And now I'm almost into the 220's! Things couldn't be going better for me.

And coffee is my best friend when I work out in the morning. Just saying.

I've also because a twitter freak. I love it. It's hard to tweet at work. I have to text from my cell and I don't have internet access on my cell. And we aren't supposed to go on twitter at work although sometimes I sneak a peak now and then.

I found out today that The Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban and The Eagles are coming here. I so want to go. Then I found out the show as on June 12th. Which happens to be my husbands Birthday. But then the hubby said he might be interested in go. So we'll see. I would love to go to that show!! My fingers are crossed.

I am looking forward to the weekend! Can't wait. Off to watch "Grey's" and catch up on some blogs.

Bad blog commenter

I've been really bad about commenting on all your blogs lately and I'm sorry. It doesn't mean I'm not reading them because I am. I'm just not commenting like I should be. So please forgive me!!

I have nothing to say but awesome things about eating. I guess I should maybe start taking pictures of my food? But I tend to eat the same things so that would get boring fast. Now that I've been eating cleaner for awhile I'm not craving anything bad. And I'm looking forward to going to the gym again. And working out really has been helping me sleep a lot better at night.

Work started off just awesome this morning!! And I mean that sarcastically. I was so upset at this patient that my hands were shaking. Everyone said I handled it professionally and the patient ended up apologizing for being so rude. I just don't get why people have to be like that. Other then that work was better then it has been in a few days. I've been really trying to bust out as much as I can before my time off next week.

I'm off to catch up on blogs.

Not much of a post but...

I can't believe that I actually have gone to the gym 3 times already this week. What is that about? Ha. Yep-I managed to go again this morning. I'm pretty happy with how things are going.

Although right now I am ready to drop. One good thing about hitting the gym in the morning is that I sleep like a rock that night.

My eating has been really strange lately. I haven't had much of an appetite.

Work is burning me out!! I can't wait for more time off.

My Mom will be here again in May for my cousins wedding. I can't wait.

Speaking of my cousins wedding, I have a dress I want to wear that I tried on last night. If I actually want to wear this dress I have a lot of work to do. I look like a sausage. Yuck.

I really enjoyed "Dancing with the Stars" last night. Enough said about that.

I promise a better post soon!! I have blogs to catch up on.

DWTS

Tonight's regularly scheduled blog has been interrupted by "Dancing with the Stars".

It will return tomorrow. Please stay tuned.

You all know how excited I am about the show to start.

Loving it so far.

Had a rough day at work so I need to relax.

Update tomorrow.

Up and at 'em!!

I have nothing but happy things to post about. I made the gym again this morning. I am pleased about it. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights.

I can't explain how awesome it was to get up early and be out and about doing things before 8am on a Sunday morning. I was up at 7am on a Sunday! That is awesome. I used to do this all the time. And to start doing it again. I can't explain it. I'm so happy with myself. I think a lot of it has to do with the weather warming it. I really hate the winter and lack of sunshine. It doesn't do me good at all.

So far I've started to get my lunches ready for today and do a little cleaning around the apartment. I've also watching some Bristol Nascar racing. The hubby isn't around so I get to watch. He hates racing. I do not. So when he isn't here I get to watch. Normally he doesn't really care what I watch but he draws the line at Nascar.

And speaking of television-"Breaking Bad" comes back tonight. I am wicked excited. And then of course "Dancing with the Stars" tomorrow.

I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to having some time off. April 1st, 2nd and 5th. I can't wait.

Happy Sunday ya'll!!

Woohoo!!

Down another 1.4 pounds this week. I'm so happy. I'm closer to the 220's. All my hard work is paying off. Who would have thought?! Of course I KNOW all this it just takes a swift kick in the ass to remind me.

I did hit the gym this morning and did 60 minutes on the elliptical. I wanted just a cardio day which is what I would have done Friday if I had gone. And I am planning on going tomorrow, too.

I am loving this weather. It is gorgeous out today! WOW!! Too bad it's going to cool down and rain this week. But I can handle a little rain.

I did 4 hours of overtime today. I love how much work I can get done no one is around the office.

Off to enjoy the rest of the day. Hope you all are, too!!

Nerd alert

Did I mention I got tickets for the Stars on Ice next month? I think I forgot to mention that. My sister and I are going. Super excited about it. Will be fun. It's April 22nd. I'm a nerd.

My paycheck this week...NICE! 10 hours of overtime isn't a lot but it made for a super nice paycheck.

I didn't make the gym this morning but I am going tomorrow. I was too tired and thought I should rest a bit.

Hubby and I are going to get grilled chicken salads for dinner tonight.

I have GOT to treat myself to a pedicure. My feet are a total wreck. I think as part of my sisters 40th Birthday gift I am going to treat her, too. She deserves one, too.

Also hubby mentioned to me today that my jeans are baggy. Score!!

The weather is so nice. It was 72 today. Going to be like that all weekend. Then it's going to rain again. Boo!!

Happy weekend!!

Happy almost Friday

Another day at the gym this morning!! Woohoo!! It was great.

I am really glad that this week is almost over. It's supposed to be a nice weekend and I can't wait to enjoy it. Spring has sprung here in Connecticut. I plan to do some cleaning. Although for some reason I cleaned the bathroom tonight. I am ready for the warm weather. I remember when I was a winter girl all the time. Not sure when I changed to a warm weather type of gal but I sure do wish I lived somewhere where there was no snow at all.

I made it through a Birthday party at work today. I had fruit. Everyone else had cake and pizza. I was so proud of myself.

My clothes are fitting well. Some are getting really baggy. The shirt I was wearing today was really annoying me. I think I have to retire it soon.

Happy almost Friday!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I'm such a bad Irish girl. I had nothing green to wear to work today. How is that even possible? I had a green shirt but I got rid of it because it was too big. But my coworker was nice enough to let me borrow one of her necklaces today that said "Happy St. Patrick's Day" in big green letters. I was super excited. The little things make me happy.

I took a little sneak at the scale today. I know-I shouldn't do that. But I did. And it said 234.2 pounds. Um so that was pretty cool. I haven't seen that number in awhile. But Saturday is my official weigh day so we'll see what happens.

Planning on hitting the gym again tomorrow.

The eating clean is going very good. Loving it. Clothes are fitting loosely and I am very happy.

I am supposed to be having a review at work within the next few days. I had better get a good raise. That is all I have to say. I'm busting some serious ass these days. Huh.

Anyway still not feeling "The Biggest Loser". I am hardly watching it anymore. How sad. I used to love that show.

I have some time off coming up. I cannot wait!!

Today was a good day

For the first time since July of last year, I actually went to the gym this morning.

Woohoo!!

Almost didn't make it, but I did. And it was worth it. 100%. I did 40 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights. It felt super awesome, too!!

And it really helped put me in a good mood all day at work. Which is always a plus. Because we got hammered today.

I got my mittens today!!Thank you again, Crystal!! Even though it's warm here and I don't need them, I am totally bringing them to work with me tomorrow! Ha ha.

I got my amazing grass yesterday. Yum!! I love it.

I can't wait for "Dancing with the Stars" to start next week. Yes. I know.

I also can't wait for "Breaking Bad" to start either. That show kills it!!

On a sad note, I just learned that my old boss is ill and probably will not make it through the week. I have not seen here in at least 8 or 9 years and she wasn't always the nicest person to work with but it's sad. She had breast cancer and now is in liver failure.

Pumpkin where are you??

I can't find any canned pumpkin! I am just so annoyed. I love mixing it with my yogurt but can't find any. I have checked 2 stores here in Connecticut but no luck. It's rather annoying. I have 2 other stores left I can check before I give up. But it tastes so good and I really want some!!!

I guess I can check Whole Foods if I ever get around to getting there. Boo.

This whole spring ahead thing? I don't like it. Totally through me off. And I didn't make the gym. Double boo. But it's all good. I have time for that this week.

I like that we get more hours of daylight now. Who doesn't like the sun?

I didn't enjoy my overtime today. Nope. No way. I didn't want to be there at all. Getting a little burnt out. Thank goodness I have some time off coming at the beginning of April.

We have been having lots of rain. Yuck. Don't like that either.

Happy Sunday though. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.

Hold the cheese please

When we got to the restaurant we skipped the buffet. Because it was darn pricey and I wasn't going to be eating that much. So I got an omelet with broccoli, mushrooms and tomatoes. Yum! Plus I had them omit the cheese, had eggbeaters instead of real eggs and NO PANCAKES! Who has pancakes as a side to their omelet? Isn't an omelet enough? Yikes. I had 2 slices of bacon instead.

Score one for me!!

Also my husband is a saint for putting up with me because I am kind of high maintenance. Kind of? I am high maintenance at times. Hmmm.

I've been kind of lazy today though. I blame the weather because it sucks. Rainy and cold. And it's going to be like this for a few more days. Boo!!

I am allowed a lazy day though.

I have to say with all these clean eating I have a lot of energy and I'm not nearly as cranky or stressed as I can be. Love it!!

But I do hate this weather. Boo!!

Hello again!!

I think all this eating well is working.

235.2 pounds! OMG! I haven't seen this number in nearly 3 years! I nearly died when I got on the scale this morning! Can you believe it? HOLY MOLY! Closer to the 220's right now. I am feeling so good right now.

The clean eating is awesome and I am going to continue to do it. It does my body very good.

As for the exercise? I think I am ready to get that back in check, too. So far it's been one day a week with that day being Sunday.

I am going to aim for 3 days this week. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday. I can do it.

Hubby and I are going to breakfast today. A buffet. YIKES! I am going to make it and not eat junk. I am strong. And I want to be healthy.

Happy Saturday!!

Quickie update today

Oh hey! I haven't blogged in a couple days.

I really don't have much to blog about.

Eating is awesome. Exercise is not. But I'm feeling good. So that is a plus.

Work is good. EEK! Did I just say that? It's true.

So I'm happy.

What else can I say?

RIP Corey Haim

My kidneys were bothering me yesterday and I did a little google work and found out that raw spinach can cause that. So...I am going to lay off the green monsters for a little while. And when I do go back to them, I think I shall not have them every single day. I love them, but I don't think my body likes them very much.

I am super sad about Corey Haim. I am not going to lie-I was a huge Corey fan growing up. Him, Corey Feldman and Sean Astin. I still love "The Lost Boys". It's just really sad that these things happen to such young people. He's only 4 years older then I am.

I ordered myself some Amazing Grass this morning. I can't wait for it to come. I need it.

I can't even tell you how excited I am about "Dancing with the Stars". I sort of have a little crush on Evan Lysacek, the gold medal winner for men's figure skating. He reminds me so much of my husband it's not even funny. He's 1/2 Greek, too, just like my husband. I will be watching for him and him alone this season. Sad, I know.

The weekend is just around the corner. I can't wait!!

Green monster issue solved!!

I took of my green monster issue today. Instead of the clear container that I usually drink it out of I poured it into a coffee cup with a top and drank it that way. No one was the wiser. I remembered my straw, too, which makes it a lot easier to drink.

I don't know if it's me or not, but I'm just not really into "The Biggest Loser" this season. There really isn't anyone I like all that much and I don't really feel into it like I have been in the past. There is no Ali or Tara or Rebecca for me this year.

Oh a happy note my sister found a new job. It's been almost 3 months since she was late go (from where I work) and I am so happy for her. I miss working with her and it was hard to get used to not seeing her everyday. I am so glad she was able to find something so fast.

And speaking for work? Things are going well this week. I'm happy to report that.

Leave my food alone

I need to get something to drink my green monsters out of at work that is not clear. For the past couple of days the office has been kind of empty so I was able to drink it without anyone seeing it. But today I was trying to be all ninja like and sneak by everyone without being noticed.

That so didn't happen.

I hear "OMG What is that?". Please. Don't judge my food. I don't judge what you eat so please don't go there with me. Because if I judged what you ate I don't think you would like it at all.

I also forgot my straw which sucked. Ha ha.

And speaking of my food, my body is rejoicing in all these healthy clean food it's been getting. I forgot how good it makes me feel. All the veggies and fruit I've been feeding myself are doing me good!!

Again I need to get the exercise thing in check. I'm hoping that will come along soon.

Another beautiful day

I nearly skipped my workout at the gym this morning but I am so glad I didn't. I really busted my butt and enjoyed it. Plus with the weather being warmer and nice it wasn't nearly that busy. Just the way I like it. Plus I got up earlier so I was able to do 45 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights.

Then I went to work for 4 hours of overtime. Blah blah blah. Who wants to hear about that. I did burn my popcorn though which really disappointed me. I really wanted it.

Now I am home. I enjoyed a Green Monster and I am going to hop in the shower soon. Going to make meatloaf for dinner. Can't wait for the Oscars tonight either. I have seen 3 of the movies up for best movie. I love awards shows. Nerd.

Hubby and I watched "Whip It" last night. I liked it. And when I found out it was a book of course now I want to read it.

Time to shower. Happy Sunday.

50 pounds gone (again)

I didn't update for the past 2 days because frankly I figured who the heck wants to listen to me complain about my job? Luckily yesterday wasn't that bad and I'm feeling a bit better. Some of it had to do with TOM and that is done now. But most of it has to do with the lack of help I get from others in the office (although a few people are fantastic and I really appreciate them and tell them all the time). I'm not going to get into specifics because I don't know who may stumble across the blog. You all understand.

However with the stress from work and only one day of exercise I somehow managed to drop 1.6 pounds this week. That puts me at 50.2 pounds gone. I have been WAITING to get to 50 pounds gone again. And on top of that I have been trying to get into the 236's forever. So it feels good.

I think the clean eating has really helped. So I'm going to continue to try and do that as much as I can. I feel really great when I eat like that and I know it really does my body good.

I just have to work on my exercise. Since I've been going into work on Sunday for overtime I go to the gym first so that isn't a big deal. But then I just can't seem to go any other day. I have been thinking it would be really awesome to clean up the garage and make that into a small workout area for me but I don't know if I would actually use it or not.

Anyway, I'm going to go and enjoy some beautiful weather. Some early spring cleaning would be nice. Hubby and I had thought about going to see "Alice In Wonderland" but the cost for BOTH of us to go see it would be over $30 bucks so we decided against it. What a rip off! Plus he was reading reviews and they aren't that great. I love "Alice in Wonderland" and didn't really care either way what the reviews said but whatever. We have a couple netflixs movies we can try to watch instead.

Half way

I feeling much better tonight. Now that TOM is finally blowing by. It was horrible this week and I am sorry that I had put you all through that. Sometimes I sink down pretty badly. So I am sorry if my last few posts were bummers.

But my job is killing me. And I do try to NOT drag it in here but I can't help it sometimes.

My eating has been good. And tonight was grocery night and I remembered to get spinach this week. So that means green monsters!! I missed them last week. I'm going to mix one up tonight so I can take it with me tomorrow. I got a lot of healthy foods and I'm glad that I haven't given in to all this stress. I just wish that I could be hitting the gym. I have to do something. If I was working out that would be helping me big time.

Other then that I don't have much else to blog about right. At least we are half way through the week!!

Losing my mind.

My job is going to put me in the funny farm. I don't know how long I can continue to do 3 jobs before I lose my mind.

I come home and I am too tired to do anything. I don't want to work out. I don't want to do anything.

I need to get a grip.

I don't want to eat though so that is a good thing.

I need a vacation. A very long one.

Also "Lost". What the heck. I'm not enjoying it.

I have a case of the Mondays

I was debating on whether or not I was going to blog tonight or not. I had a yet another rough day at work and I don't want to post yet another bummer of an update.

I enjoyed my first hockey game yesterday. Of course I wanted the USA to win but that was an amazing game and Canada deserved the Gold. And Silver is NOTHING to balk at either.

I wasn't going to go down to the other office tomorrow for my coworkers baby shower but I adore him and I have decided to go. I know he is going to be a great father and I deserve a couple hours out of the office enjoying myself now and then just like everyone else. I'm afraid of what I am going to come back to though. I haven't gotten him a gift yet so I am going to have to swing by Target on my way down and pick up a few little girlie baby gifts (he and his wife are having a girl).

My chicken that I cooked in the crock pot came out good. I call it "fruited chicken". I throw in chicken breast, chicken broth, some dried apples, dried cranberries, some garlic and some pepper and just like it simmer all day. I ate that with some green beans and a baked potato for lunch today. It was super yummy!! I am going to have it again tomorrow but I may get sick of it after a couple of days. I will probably try to freeze the other pieces I cooked for lunches down the road.

I am trying to eat cleaner. I know it's better for my body and I feel better doing it. I really enjoyed the Core plan when weight watchers offered that and so I'm trying to follow that even though they don't do it anymore. Yet count my points as I go along.

I feel like I haven't really spent anytime with my husband in the past couple of days. He was gone for most of Saturday. And then I was gone for a chunk of Sunday.We spent some of yesterday together though. And then today I worked and he was at school. And tonight he is out again. And I'll most likely be sleeping when he gets home. I miss him. This weekend I want to spend all of Saturday night with him. Maybe even like a date night or something. We hardly EVER do that. We haven't since October.

I'm going to go catch up on blogs. I'm trying not to let my depression get the best of me. Hopefully the weekend will get here before I know it.