Boredom sets in

We are really slow right now, and it shows. I am bored out of my mind. I want to eat. A little while ago, I took a walk down the street to our other building, just to get up out of my seat. It at least helped cure the boredom for a few minutes. Only 15 minutes to go... I can make it!

Weekly Weigh In

I lost 4.4 pounds last week! Holy Cheez-Its! I have now lost 52.6 pounds! Woo hoo! 2.4 pounds more, and I will be back down to my lowest weight in the last 10 years.

Change

As I was driving home the other day, down a 1 mile stretch of road that I drive down every day, I noticed the beautiful leaves on the trees. Here in Michigan the leaves turn incredible shades of red, yellow and orange. On this particular day, the sun was shining just right to show off the beauty of the leaves.

It made me realize that change can be a very good thing. Without change, I would never get to see leaves those colors. I also wouldn't get to see my waist this small. I wouldn't get to see the scale move every week (even if it's not always the way I want it). I wouldn't be able to run with my daughter. Change is a very good thing indeed.

Walking/jogging

Today at lunch I did a walk/jog combination. I felt like a moron, but I'm glad I did it. I did about 8 seconds of jogging every minute. It was definitely more of a workout than I'm used to. After my workout I felt different. Better. More energy. I'll have to do this a few times a week.. as long as the weather is nice.

Coffee creamer

So for the last 5 months I have been using a coffee creamer that is sugar free. I THOUGHT that it was 0 Points per serving. Guess what... I was wrong! I figured it out last night when I was at the grocery store. I was looking at a creamer that isn't sugar free, but that sounded really good. I decided to compare the nutritional stats on the back of each bottle. Then I got out my Points calculator and figured out what each of them was. I was shocked to see that the sugar free creamer I have been using this whole time is actually 1 Point per serving. 1 Point! I have about 2 cups of coffee each day, and use 1 Point worth of creamer each time. That's 2 Points per day. That's 14 Points per week!

Clothing

As I keep dropping weight, I keep tossing clothes into a bag to get rid of. I think I'm going to donate most of them to a women's shelter, or something similar. I'm left with fewer and fewer clothes that actually fit. I really don't want to buy much though, because I know that I am a long way from my goal. I don't want to spend a ton of money now. I did discover a new Dots clothing store by my mom's house. Their clothes are very reasonable, and they have a lot of cute stuff. Maybe I'll go buy a pair of jeans. Just to get rid of that "new clothes" urge.

You say it's your birthday!

It's a great feeling to weigh almost 50 pounds less as I turn 35 than I did when I turned 34. I am seriously starting to think about a career that would help people lose weight or get healthier. I think it would be a much better fit for me. Tonight I am celebrating my birthday by getting take-out from Qdoba. My burrito will be naked. No cheese or sour cream. I can add my own toppings and low carb tortilla at home.

Blue jeans

Blue jeans. Such a simple thing. And yet I wonder why they sometimes cost over $100. I never thought that I would be as excited about blue jeans as I am lately. When I was at my highest weight, I couldn't even contemplate wearing a pair of jeans. I didn't own any that fit. Now I have several pairs that fit. One pair is even falling off. I need a belt to keep them up. Today I put on a pair of jeans that I honestly don't think I ever wore before. I think I bought them, they didn't fit, and I didn't take them back for some reason. Maybe I lost the receipt. I'm not sure. Today they fit. Not in the lay-down-on-the-floor-and-zip-them way that I wore them when I was a teenager. They truly fit. I ate a big lunch, and they still fit. It's amazing!

Cold weather

I feel like I'm training to be a stripper today! It was cold this morning, with frost on the ground. When I went for a walk at lunch I had on a shirt, sweatshirt, gloves, and earmuffs. I soon had to take off the gloves. Then the earmuffs. Then pushed my sleeves up. When I came back in, I had to take my sweatshirt off. Ugh!