Hello all,
It's been a minute since I last posted on my weight loss journey...I've been so consumed with work issues, that I haven't taken the time to share my thoughts with the world. There's quite a bit going on, especially on the work front...Testing is fastly approaching and my stress levels are rising day by day. Lately, I been so busy "training" for testing, preparing tests, that I'm starting to think about this foolishness in my sleep. I haven't been eating as healthy as I should be either...well kind of.
Yesterday, we celebrated the birthday of our fabulous office everything, Michelle. Santa cooked turkey burgers and everyone else pitched in on the sides. We typically, throw down in the "224" birthday celebrations. I mean we throw down! In the past we chowed down on fried chicken from Popeye's, Wing Stop, Cristian's Mom's homemade Mexican food, jambalaya, pizza hut pizza and pasta, this list just goes on...I can probably blame about 15 pounds on the 224 b-day celebrations...But this time we all went the healthy route. I slowly gained an acquired taste for turkey burgers in the past few months since joining the WW program. Some of the folks who tried turkey burgers for the first time became converts as well. Santa threw down on those burgers, too! They were really good and seasoned to perfection. I like the idea of eating healthy food without sacrificing flavor.
I think its good to have a support system around to help achieve your weight loss goals. There are a couple of us in the office on the weight watchers program, so it helps keeping all of us accountable to the program. In fact, yesterday morning, I stopped at McDonald's for a cup of coffee because I actually had a few minutes to kill. And I ended up buying a sausage biscuit too. I felt a little guilty even taking it in the school because I knew one of the Weight Watcher's police would have something to smart to say. I'm not even sure if anyone noticed the bag. I did kinda hide it in my briefcase until I got to my office.
I was presenting to the staff all day in the media center, so I took it with me, hoping to get a few minutes to actually eat. Unfortunately, I never did. I had to present back to back from 2nd to 6th period (in non-school terms that from 9:15 to 2:00). I end up throwing it out because it had sat out all day. I guess I didn't need it after all.
So today was our African-American History Month Program. I wanted to dress up because I was on the committee for like 5 minutes...I put on this black dress that I've had for several years and several sizes ago. But it still looks fairly modern for the times. I know you're thinking I was probably rocking a dress from the 80s or something, but no, it wasn't that long ago. I'd say maybe 7-8 years or so. Anyway, I put it on this morning hoping it would fit. When I looked in the mirror, it didn't scream take it off! take it off!" So I assumed it was ok. Well I guess it was, because I received quite a few compliments about it. So you know that always makes a woman smile. Smiling even though my feet were killing me...I had a pair of flats in my office, but I was trying to be cute...So I strutted up and down those halls like nothing was wrong. You can bet, I'm paying for it now...
Tomorrow we will celebrate with homestyle, southern cooking from Black Eye Pea restaurant. I know its not very soulful, but hey they are approved district vendors that were friendly when called for a price check :)...So I will be cutting into my weekly allowance points on the program..but it's ok, because I budgeted for it! I got 40 weekly bonus points I haven't touched yet...
Well that's all for now...I will try to do better on posting my random thoughts on a more frequent basis-especially about the weight loss journey...
~toodles~
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day...
Happy Valentine's day folks! Of course, the weight loss journey continues. I've been off my game quite a bit this week, fortunately it didn't equate to too much damage on the scale. In fact, I'm down a pound after another day of hibernation due to a winter storm quickie Wednesday. I decided to treat myself to one of my back-home country favorites: fried chicken livers. It's a good thing, that not too many restaurants make them so they are pretty hard to come by. But thank goodness for Golden Chick.
I figured that I schedule some extra activity this week to work off all the grease I consumed from my country town favorites. So, I went to the outdoor track at Hillcrest HS and walked, jogged, skipped, knee lifted, etc. I actually had a lot of fun. I know the other people out there were looking at me like I was crazy, which is probably what made it so much more entertaining for me.
I haven't reached the stage were I'm obsessed with working out, but I think about some sort of daily activity. Since the weather was so nice this weekend, I did my workouts outside yesterday and today. I might find myself looking for more outside activities to keep active. Which is definitely good for the Weight Watchers program, because they dropped me down another point this week. I'm going to have to work out to keep my mind of eating. I guess that's the point! Just wish it wasn't so soon. Those darn points add up fast.
On a side note, I had a great weekend: a visit with an old college friend, a productive phone conversation, awesome church service (I believe Pastor Autry was speaking directly to me in his sermon), and a great spa day. Gotta go, watching the Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion Show. Heard NeNe say something funny, I could work out, but I don't want to. I'll get lypo....
This is a mess already...
I figured that I schedule some extra activity this week to work off all the grease I consumed from my country town favorites. So, I went to the outdoor track at Hillcrest HS and walked, jogged, skipped, knee lifted, etc. I actually had a lot of fun. I know the other people out there were looking at me like I was crazy, which is probably what made it so much more entertaining for me.
I haven't reached the stage were I'm obsessed with working out, but I think about some sort of daily activity. Since the weather was so nice this weekend, I did my workouts outside yesterday and today. I might find myself looking for more outside activities to keep active. Which is definitely good for the Weight Watchers program, because they dropped me down another point this week. I'm going to have to work out to keep my mind of eating. I guess that's the point! Just wish it wasn't so soon. Those darn points add up fast.
On a side note, I had a great weekend: a visit with an old college friend, a productive phone conversation, awesome church service (I believe Pastor Autry was speaking directly to me in his sermon), and a great spa day. Gotta go, watching the Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion Show. Heard NeNe say something funny, I could work out, but I don't want to. I'll get lypo....
This is a mess already...
Thursday, February 3, 2011
"Super" Ice Storm of N. Texas - Day 3
Well its the third day of being completely iced in for what was projected to be a very action packed week. A week complete Super Bowl festivities, parties, and bumper to bumper traffic. After 3 days of constant news watching and anticipation of whether or not we would be off the next day for a snow day, cabin fever set in. I was determined to see if everything was as bad as the newscasters were insisting it was. So, yesterday I ventured out to see for myself. I went a total of 0.4 miles to my neighborhood grocery store. Let me tell you, my journey to the car was no walk in the park. I had initially debated walking to the grocery store, until I came to my senses. My condo has a front and rear door with really steep stairs on both sides. So after careful examination, I determined that the front stairs would offer me the best bang for my buck and not busting my butt on the icy stairs.
If ya'll could have seen me trying to get down those stairs. I packed all of my stuff inside of those little athletic bags, so keep my hands free. My mom would have been so proud of how well I bundled up. It took me about 5 minutes to get down 1 flight of stairs, but I wasn't taking any chances of becoming the latest victim of an icy disaster. I looked like a lil' old lady trotted down those stairs one by one. After I finally got the last step, I reached another obstacle. The doggone sidewalk looked like the ice rink at the Galleria. After the first step, I slid about 4 feet down the sidewalk. For a quick minute, I pondered on carrying my crazy butt back in the house, but I toughed it out. Walking to the store was definitely out of the question, so I skated on to the car. I felt like one of those cartoon characters who steps out in an icy pond listening to the ice crack beneath my feet. Fortunately, we have covered parking so I was able to skate under and walk safely to my car.
So I finally make it to the grocery store, not for anything in particular, well except maybe a bottle of White Zinfadel and fried chicken. I thought, since I'm out, I might as well, pick up the basics like milk, eggs, bread, etc. Somehow, alot of other people had the same idea, because the only milk options were Soy. Some brown eggs, not sure I've ever purchased those, and my low cal whole wheat bread was out. I felt bad for the employees of the store, because a few people were angry about the limited options, but one of the cashiers explained that they were suffering from the storm also, because their deliveries couldn't get to them. I didn't complain, because I wasn't looking for anything anyway. They had my wine, and that was alright with me!
I will say, it is really difficult trying to eat healthy and stay active, when the city is completely paralyzed during a storm. Despite the bear shelves and limited options, I managed to not over indulge. I did satisfy my fried chicken craving picking up a few pieces from the Tom Thumb deli. Its sometimes hit or miss on taste, but they were right on point this time. It's no Popeye's, but it was good enough without me risking my life slippin' and slidin' all over Dallas for some fried chicken. I did manage to get a little exercise in yesterday with Bollywood Dance on FitTV. I had on my DVR from another time. I imagine my neighbor below was plenty pissed when I decided that I would give the dance number 100%. I don't mind, she's not the friendliest neighbor anyway. I will say, that Bollywood dancing is no joke. It's almost or real close to being as bad as Zumba. It's constant movement for nearly 30 minutes. Thankfully, I did manage to keep up with the entire routine without passing out.
Today, after getting word that our district was closing for another snow day, I ventured out to 24 hour fitness. Of course, the usual workout fanatics were there hogging all the treadmills, exercise bikes, and elliptical machines. Unfortunately, my "trainer" wasn't in today because of the weather. I'll have to tell you about him another time. Funny story. So I stretched for nearly 15 minutes secretly stalking a treadmill. Finally, one became available for my 30 min walk-run-walk-walk-walk routine. Baby steps, people, baby steps. I completed the workout with some arm workouts. I'm sure I feel it in the morning.
On the way home I thought, the roads are bad as hell. They were not joking. At some points, it felt like I was driving over unpaved roads. I did conclude, that it was just not safe to venture to much farther out, so I carried my butt back home.
Other than that, these past three days, I've been on the computer surfing the web. I stumbled on a great website that listed several sweepstakes that were being offered. So I entered my named in about 40 different sweepstakes. I figured, what the heck, I've got nothing to lose. None of them cost me anything other than the electricity I used surfing. Which I'm extremely thankful, I was able to do. Many of my friends from all over the state posted about being caught up in the rolling blackouts. I was fortunate enough to not have been impacted by those. I guess it helps being sandwiched between 2 major hospitals and living near a bunch of elderly people. Because our electricity never even flickered.
Well we'll see what tomorrow has in store. Hopefully, I'll be posting on my NFL experience visit I plan to make with some friends tomorrow. I just hope this weather cooperates. My next blog will hopefully chronicle how I manage to stay within my Weight Watchers points and still be able to party Super Bowl style!
If ya'll could have seen me trying to get down those stairs. I packed all of my stuff inside of those little athletic bags, so keep my hands free. My mom would have been so proud of how well I bundled up. It took me about 5 minutes to get down 1 flight of stairs, but I wasn't taking any chances of becoming the latest victim of an icy disaster. I looked like a lil' old lady trotted down those stairs one by one. After I finally got the last step, I reached another obstacle. The doggone sidewalk looked like the ice rink at the Galleria. After the first step, I slid about 4 feet down the sidewalk. For a quick minute, I pondered on carrying my crazy butt back in the house, but I toughed it out. Walking to the store was definitely out of the question, so I skated on to the car. I felt like one of those cartoon characters who steps out in an icy pond listening to the ice crack beneath my feet. Fortunately, we have covered parking so I was able to skate under and walk safely to my car.
So I finally make it to the grocery store, not for anything in particular, well except maybe a bottle of White Zinfadel and fried chicken. I thought, since I'm out, I might as well, pick up the basics like milk, eggs, bread, etc. Somehow, alot of other people had the same idea, because the only milk options were Soy. Some brown eggs, not sure I've ever purchased those, and my low cal whole wheat bread was out. I felt bad for the employees of the store, because a few people were angry about the limited options, but one of the cashiers explained that they were suffering from the storm also, because their deliveries couldn't get to them. I didn't complain, because I wasn't looking for anything anyway. They had my wine, and that was alright with me!
I will say, it is really difficult trying to eat healthy and stay active, when the city is completely paralyzed during a storm. Despite the bear shelves and limited options, I managed to not over indulge. I did satisfy my fried chicken craving picking up a few pieces from the Tom Thumb deli. Its sometimes hit or miss on taste, but they were right on point this time. It's no Popeye's, but it was good enough without me risking my life slippin' and slidin' all over Dallas for some fried chicken. I did manage to get a little exercise in yesterday with Bollywood Dance on FitTV. I had on my DVR from another time. I imagine my neighbor below was plenty pissed when I decided that I would give the dance number 100%. I don't mind, she's not the friendliest neighbor anyway. I will say, that Bollywood dancing is no joke. It's almost or real close to being as bad as Zumba. It's constant movement for nearly 30 minutes. Thankfully, I did manage to keep up with the entire routine without passing out.
Today, after getting word that our district was closing for another snow day, I ventured out to 24 hour fitness. Of course, the usual workout fanatics were there hogging all the treadmills, exercise bikes, and elliptical machines. Unfortunately, my "trainer" wasn't in today because of the weather. I'll have to tell you about him another time. Funny story. So I stretched for nearly 15 minutes secretly stalking a treadmill. Finally, one became available for my 30 min walk-run-walk-walk-walk routine. Baby steps, people, baby steps. I completed the workout with some arm workouts. I'm sure I feel it in the morning.
On the way home I thought, the roads are bad as hell. They were not joking. At some points, it felt like I was driving over unpaved roads. I did conclude, that it was just not safe to venture to much farther out, so I carried my butt back home.
Other than that, these past three days, I've been on the computer surfing the web. I stumbled on a great website that listed several sweepstakes that were being offered. So I entered my named in about 40 different sweepstakes. I figured, what the heck, I've got nothing to lose. None of them cost me anything other than the electricity I used surfing. Which I'm extremely thankful, I was able to do. Many of my friends from all over the state posted about being caught up in the rolling blackouts. I was fortunate enough to not have been impacted by those. I guess it helps being sandwiched between 2 major hospitals and living near a bunch of elderly people. Because our electricity never even flickered.
Well we'll see what tomorrow has in store. Hopefully, I'll be posting on my NFL experience visit I plan to make with some friends tomorrow. I just hope this weather cooperates. My next blog will hopefully chronicle how I manage to stay within my Weight Watchers points and still be able to party Super Bowl style!
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