Weigh-in

Today I weighed myself for the first time in a long time. The good thing is that it was not as bad as I thought it would be...the bad thing is it is way more than it was at this time last year! But it is going to go down as I slowly work at this weight loss goal.

Lucky part 2

Since I was writing this post in a rush today I think I forgot to name some people. Specifically my cousins who work out with me and keep me grounded. We are like an extended group of brothers and sisters that are a ton of fun together! Also I forgot my aunts and uncles who have helped to make me who I am and have been like extended parents for all of us kids.  My life would not be the same without all these people in my life!

Thanks everyone for your love and support in every aspect of my life even if you do not always agree with what I do.

I love you!

Lucky

So I have started my goal of losing 10 pounds by the end of the year. Really I don’t think it’s going to be so hard considering that once I told Adam about it he was supportive. I guess one thing I should probably do is weigh myself. I still have not weighed myself so it’s going to be a little hard to keep track of weight loss until I do that. I will say that this weekend I was averaging about a meal a day. Which maybe is not good but I was busy and just forgot to eat. Lately I have not been very hungry anyway. Maybe it is my body’s way of telling me I have had enough. Today I have done well with eating and yesterday when I went to pick up some groceries at Wal-Mart I bought some stuff that will help me get a little variety in my diet for my work meals.

Last night I made a special treat for myself for snacks this week. Hopefully Adam will not eat it all in one sitting because I made then for me to enjoy all week to fight the night snack attack! Anyway what I did was take low-fat cinnamon graham crackers and put fat free cool whip and banana slices on them. I first had these oh so long ago in the dorms at good old BSU and probably have not made them since. But I put them in the freezer and a couple of hours after I made them I tried one last night. It was just as good as I remembered!

Now some unrelated to weight-loss stuff:

Adam and I made one of our other goals for 2011 this weekend. Besides getting healthy and losing weight we are starting the process of organizing our house and purging some of our old stuff. So this weekend we went out and bought some of those cubby hole cabinets and some baskets to go in them. After Adam put them together and left for work and me in a pile of things to go through I started going through old pictures and cards and letters. It was fun to look back on some of those memories and it reminded me of how far I have come. There is a definite progression to the stuff that I found and some of it made me miss the old days when I could see my friends more but it also made me grateful that I am no longer going through the ups and downs of life with the not so wonderful boyfriends I had a tendency to be attracted to in the past! I sometimes get down on myself for not doing what I wanted to do while I was at Ball State but I know without the experience of going away to college I wouldn't be who I am today. Also my degree in History has helped me in my career at Roche because as much as I grumble about my job I am very grateful to have a great job with a great company. So looking back this weekend really did help me to put some things into perspective and appreciate what I have.

So that was my Thanksgiving weekend. I am lucky to be thankful for so much in my life! I have a wonderful, loving, hardworking husband who absolutely adores me and a wonderful dog that I could not imagine not having in my life! I also have wonderful parents, grandparents and in-laws that are supportive and loving. I have a wonderful brother and my soon to be sister in law who I cannot wait for their wedding in a few weeks! I also have wonderful friends who are supportive and who make me laugh! I have a great job that pays well and I have wonderful coworkers who keep me sane. Adam and I have a very nice house that we are having fun making into a home and we are lucky to live in a great neighborhood. And I am going to school to live out my goal of working in the medical field!

I am one lucky girl!

Katie

P.S. After writing this post I realized that our wedding song was Lucky by Colbie Cailet and Jason Mraz. I know that is not a coincidence!

Happy Thanksgiving!

So....It’s been a month and a half since the last time I blogged. So you probably all figured out the diet may not being going as well as imagined. I could sit and make excuses all day but honestly it comes down to be and having no control over myself at times. BUT tomorrow is a new day. (Because starting a diet on Thanksgiving is just not fun!) I am planning tomorrow to start fresh with trying to lose weight and getting back on the big 3-0 shape up!

My goal starting tomorrow is to lose 10 pounds by the end of the year. This means a total overhaul of what I am doing now. This shouldn’t be hard because I am currently doing nothing right at this point in time. So bring on the gluttony today because tomorrow it is all over!