down down down goes the scale

Just an update for those that are following my weight loss journey.

Today was weigh-in day and I am down another 2.5 pounds. (last week was zero...but nothing gained either...stupid ice cream slips). That brings me to a total of 13 pounds lost this month (started my journey on 7/22). If I keep this going, I will be at my goal weight by Christmas! I have actually lost 24 pounds since last November when I cut my finger. Yeah!

I hate spending the money to lose the weight but it keeps me dedicated to sticking with it AND I am seeing results! It is worth the cost to regain my health and happiness!

Slow and steady wins the race.

Current Temp in Keriland

Comfortable.

Today was my weigh-in day and I lost another 2 pounds. Matt said, "I don't think that scale is very accurate" because he thinks I look like I have lost more. Yeah! 2 pounds down is better than 2 pounds up. Around week 3 is where I think I have started slacking in the past but I am determined to stick with it and alter my lifestyle to be happy and healthy.

Matt got a bike from craigslist this weekend. It was $200 dollars which was a little painful because we are so tight but it was a fantastic deal and a really smart investment in our physical health and our relationship. It is a 19 1/2 inch Trek bike (those are expensive) with an odometer, headlight, tail light, seat bag, bike pump (with the quick pump doodad), aluminum water bottle with 2 bottle holders on the bike, gloves, and a bike rack that fits on the Saturn and holds both our bikes. Holy Cow!!! That is about $600 worth of stuff! On Monday, I rode my bike to Matt's work and back (about 15 miles round trip). I wasn't pooped at all...my butt just hurt really bad! My bike needs a good cleaning and a tune up but it is great too...especially considering it is over 10 years old. We are planning to do more family bike rides in the evening with the kids (they tend to poop out much quicker...especially Courtney) and now Matt and I can run the doggies with our bikes. On weekends, when the kids aren't home, Matt and I are going to start to take little trips here and there to ride our bikes. My goal is to outlast him...I don't think it will be too hard, I have a little bit of a competitive streak in me. haha.

Also on Monday, Matt and the kids went on a bike ride after work. I decided to take the dogs for a walk because my butt still hurt (really my butt is still a little sore today!) and they need, and deserve, to get outside too. Max and Mya were awesome and we even jogged a little bit. I need to get Mya into shape with me because I am afraid she it going to fall over if we go too long. Max could easily be my jogging buddy right now. The kids are going to Pismo all next week so I am going to start to amp up my exercise routine then. That way, I can have some time to myself and get into my groove by the time they start school at the end of the month and keep on going. I am so excited to see my efforts pay off and I can tell that Matt is really proud of me too. I talked to Matt after I got back home on Monday and told me that one of the guys at his work had seen me leave (we sat at the same table with him at the company Christmas party) and he said to Matt, "wow, she's lost a lot of weight". That got me thinking and I am probably about 25 pounds lighter than I was at the party. Yea Me! I am going to make it back into my skinny clothes by this Christmas party!!

On another note, the Woodland job is closed. They didn't contact me like they said they would and that is professionally disappointing BUT I am okay that I didn't get the job. There is another job at the same campus that just posted for an Upward Bound Supervisor. I am applying for that one. The pay is less (about $8-10,000 less) but it is a less demanding job and the application process is so simple compared to the others. Oh, and it only requires a Bachelor's Degree.

Matt had his annual evaluation yesterday. It went really well (his boss loves him). Raises aren't done until Novemberish but we are hoping for/expecting about a $4/hour raise.

That's about that for now. The forecast is looking peachy with a clean breeze.