After Christmas post

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas! It seems from all the posts I've been reading that everyone did.

I even managed to lose 0.2 pounds which I'm sure will catch up to me this week after all I ate on Thursday. I don't usually worry about watching what I eat on the holiday. It's just a big deal to me. And there was plenty of good food to go around at all 3 houses we went to. But it was really nice to see 237.8 on the scale.

Two awesome presents? I got my fitbit finally thanks to the hubby! I've been waiting nearly a year for that bad boy! It's pretty cool. One of these minutes I'm going to actually going to workout and see what it tells me. I've been slacking so bad in that department. I also got a Polar heart rate monitor from my mother in law. So I'm going to be really styling when I go to the gym or workout at home when I strap on all my gear. Ha ha. I am thinking of hitting the treadmill in a bit though and see what all my gadgets say afterward.

I really got a lot of fantastic gifts. But those are my 2 favorites. My Mom sent me a gift card to Target which I've already spent online by ordering a body fat analyzer.

I got back on my diet yesterday. I had to get rid of the cheesecake that was in the house because I wanted to eat it.

Not looking forward to going back to work though. It's going to be a very busy 4 days with the end of the year coming and all.

Heart Rate Monitor

I had a lot of fun with my Mom today. I was able to finally pick up "Fall to Pieces" by Mary Forsberg Weiland the ex-wife of Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots (my favorite band). I used my gift card that I got for my Birthday. We had fun poking around Barnes and Noble for awhile. We both love to read, although my sister and I could open our own bookstore with all the books we own. We out read our Mom for sure. Ha!!

I also was able to finally show my Mom the health food store by my house that I've been telling her about for awhile. She LOVED it. She bought me some organic coffee that I can't wait to brew up tomorrow. It smells like heaven in the package let me tell you.

I'm supposed to see her again tomorrow night with my sister for some more shopping.

My Mom was happy to see my cat, the Siamese, Molly. Molly used to be her cat before she moved to Arizona in 2002.

When I got home I got in my workout. I am really enjoying my treadmill time. I'm working on my running and thinking more and more about getting a heart rate monitor. I've been looking at the Garmin 305. I know some of you have one. What do you all think? My Mom in law likes to get a big gift for Christmas and this is what I am going to ask for this year. I want something that is going to tell me how many calories I am burning off because we all know that the treadmill is LYING when it tells me I am burning 600 calories in 60 minutes (I wish). So anyway the running is coming along nicely and I'm really proud of myself.

I have pie and cheesecake to make tomorrow for Thanksgiving. Eek! I can't believe it's nearly Thanksgiving. This year has flown by!!

Off to finish watching "The Biggest Loser".