I got a new job !

The stress of interviewing (four times for this particular job) and stress of waiting, and waiting and waiting is OVER !!  I got a new job :)


Oh, and it was bliss last week giving notice :)

Sorry, I haven't been around and when I've tried to get on blogger - no dice. 


Job Deets:  no, not closer to home (in fact, five miles and five mins - all expressway farther).  More money - YES !  Time off - much less (but that was to be expected).  I can still take off 8 days to go to my nephews wedding in FL in March.  All good - all very, very good. 


Food choices: meh.
Working out: not bad, not great ~ just okay.
Mental health: ditto above.


I'm back, baby ! (courtesy of George Costanza - my life is a Seinfeld episode)

Catch up post

First off - what brand shoes do you wear to workout? Mine are dead (I'm proud to say) and I am looking for recommendations.


I continue to have 'faith' (my January word) that everything will work out but I am struggling at work, with depression and am not making the best food choices. I log the food, work out and have faith.


Met friends for dinner tonight.  It's nice not to freak out with the clothes issue ~ I have clothes that fit :)


Wow, this isn't much of a catch up post ... missing my blog-pals ...

Darn chips !

I have been struggling lately (in more than a few areas) and making some not great food choices (Pringles, fries).  


The remarkable change is that I am eating these foods with some purpose. Not just mindless eating (i.e. NOT a  supersize fry or NOT the entire can of Pringles) - a small fry (logged) and 3 servings of Pringles (logged). And, I actually tasted the food.  I know.  Seems like I'm rationalizing. But I'm not - just posting that these are some baby steps that I'm taking.


Happy to be headed to the gym. 


                                                        

Workout Wednesday - compliments of Cat 1/4/12

Thanks, fantabulous Cat ... I did it: 30 mins on the elliptical.  I think it was 2.25 miles.  Note, I didn't do anything else (no walking or treading water) except for survive another day.


And, for that I am thankful ... oh wait: thankful was November.  January is faith ... I had faith that even if I died, the gym had enough people where I wouldn't die alone.
                                         

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OMG ... how did I get 104 followers?  If I am not following you ~ please let me know who you are so I can return the favor.  (thank you)
                                                          
Well, official weigh in for 2012 is back UP to 241.6 which is exactly a 50 lb loss since I started this goat rodeo in July.  While I'm happy with the loss ... of the love of all that is holy - I have been at this weight (this EXACT) weight for quite some time.  A little bouncing around but seriously - at THIS weight.  Okay, I think I've beaten this topic to death.  Moving on.


I have a carpy commute (note, the ladylike spelling of cr@p) so I carpool as much as possible.  The schedule of my carpool gal-pal changes each month and January is our 'late' month. Not good.  I'm more of a get up and get out of here before I go back to bed gal not a wait around, try to do a few things (ha !) gal.  In an ideal world I would get up and go work out and maybe I will next week when it's not my turn to drive.  This week looks like loooong (and cold) days so I guess I'll try to get in some walking during the day.


Tried to make Sarah's protein coffee this morning (http://onmyweightohappiness.blogspot.com/).  A bit of a disaster as I don't think you're suppose to magic bullet warm liquids.  Live and learn.  Thanks, Sarah !  


Updated measurements from when I joined my gym:


Bust - no change
Under bust - down 1"
Waist - down 1"
Hips - down 1"
Arm, thigh, calf - no change


                                                           

Need to sharpen my cocktail waitressing skills

The gym was packed !  There were no elliptical machines available when I got there so I went to the treadmill.  I'm going to have to sharpen my bar waitress skills and move quicker when a machine opens up (I used to be able to spot an open table from across a bar and zoom over to it in no time flat).  Twice I got off the treadmill to get a wipe-y thing to wipe down my machine but someone had gotten to the open elliptical before me.  One gal - just walked over to it *forgetting* to wipe down her machine.  I almost told on her !


Ran into an old co-worker in the pool who hasn't lost her touch in making people feel like carp (I'm trying to curse less in 2012).  I treaded water while we talked - she just stood there. She's too busy to get to the gym after work and will only be using it on the weekend.  Good to know. 


I see that I'm not giving up pettiness in 2012. 

January word

I laughed at myself (more of a smile - not really a laugh) when I decided that I could only commit to having a word for the month of January and not the whole year.  Maybe commitment-phobe could be my word. :)


My January word is really a carry over from 2011 and it's 'faith'. I have faith that if I keep working out and doing what I'm suppose to do with this band that I will be more healthy by January 31.   


That's all I've got for now.  I'm struggling. 

First January 1st ever

Where I haven't been totally overwhelmed with the weight I needed to loose.  What a good feeling.  


I started thinking about WLS in January 2011 so lately I've been thinking about what I've gone though in the past 11 months.  It feels good to come this far but oh yeah I have a long way to go.  And, for the first time I am not overwhelmed with the 'long way to go'.


I was bummed that the pool closed 30 mins early yesterday so I was only able to tread 20 mins.  That was after the elliptical for 26 mins (just under 2 miles) - yippee.  


And while I was able to snack last night for dinner at the NYE party we went attended (a no-no, I understand), I did not (was not able to) overindulge.  Another good feeling.


Still haven't finalized a word for 2012 ... love reading all of yours.  


I hope you and your family have a blessed, healthy and prosperous 2012.