so..

Down a little over 9 lbs since starting WW. Hoping to hit 12 down at next weigh-in. We'll see. Lost a little less this week but with easter dinner and eating out with the kid too much over her spring break it could have been heaps worse.

Taking the dog for a walk and then seeing if I can get into some trouble with friends tonight. I go back to work Sunday and am straight up dreading it. My job is almost unbearable now that we are losing so many people to attrition because of the budget.

Thankfully, Denis got my vacation for July 1-10 approved. We're gonna do the 4th up at his dad's place in Marietta with Judie and then head back and HOPEFULLY if scheduling and passports work out be hitting up the Bahamas :)  If that doesn't work out now I'll be bummed but you best bet I'll have something else planned- a keys trip, perhaps- I'm getting a $750 merit bonus from work.

keepin on

So this weight watchers thing is a bit of alright. I've already lost 2.5 lbs with minimal exercising- been a busy work week and having to catch Judie up on homework since she was out all last week. Cleaned house today (well, dishes, laundry, living room, kitchen and bathroom anyway), I've got some food cooking away and just generally trying to enjoy the rest of my afternoon before picking Judith up from school.

Also, have I mentioned I'm going to be moving most likely in a couple of months? A friend's mother has a property over in Forest Hills (it's off of N Blvd which I'm not crazy about but the back yard is on a nice pond). She's got some kids living in their right now but they should be out by then. I'm gonna give her some dates to go see it and if it fits the ticket we'll be moving in July. I'm looking forward to living closer to 'home', just want to make sure it's right for us before doing so.

New journey

Started weight watchers. we'll see. Yesterday was my first day to get settled in and figure the site out and today was my first official 'weigh-in'. Well, that was depressing. I've gained significantly since my last logged weight in my scale back when I was training for a 5k and before I got in a relationship and before I hurt my knee. Kinda sucks that my initial weight loss will just be to return me to where I was last year when I was exercising to lose weight. Oh well, I've been kinda witchy lately and depressed so I'm looking forward to that return of happiness and feeling comfortable in my skin at most times. (Despite being way overweight I still have good self-esteem most days).


I'm somewhat thankful my job place is so diverse because there is a 40-something Haitian tech I work with named Smith and he's never been shy to point out a weight gain. It's devastating at the time but I know it's coming from a cultural/friendly place and not a malicious one when I really sit back to reflect it. Comments like those sting at first but in the end are constructive and not nagging. When I lose weight I may give him a thank you.

My boyfriend has been wildly supportive through all of this. He is attractive to girls of all sizes but wants me to be comfortable in my skin and live long and healthy. He's got some weight to lose too but nothing like I do. Really, if he just bumped his activity a little bit and felt better he doesn't even necessarily need to lose weight.