I recently started a new job and am no longer working from home during the day so blogging has become something I WANT to do but have to figure out how to make time for.

I’m here. I’ll start updating again. I hope.

I’m still plugging along on Weight Watchers and since my last post, I have lost 2.5 pounds! I lost 1 pound last week and 1.5 pounds at this week’s weigh in. I’m now down 8.5 pounds! Exciting, right? Well – it is. lol

I make a promise to myself to NOT PEEK at the scale at all until next Monday morning. I promise. I always peek and my weight fluctuates so much that it can discourage me. So this week I will be good to myself and not allow myself to be discouraged.

Here goes week 6!

The ornaments and tinsel are from Big Lots and only cost me $13.  I have enough to decorate 3 more trees!  Hehe!  The tree itself is a 4ft fake beauty that I got on sale at Michael’s for a little over $20.  The tree came out exactly how I pictured it in my mind and for like 35 bucks!

I also love that because the ornaments & tinsel were so inexpensive, we could have a different color scheme each year!

Week 3 weigh in came as quite the surprise.  It was Thanksgiving week and although I made good choices – you never know.

I’m proud to let you know that I am down another 2 lbs!  Bringing my total weight loss for 3 weeks to 6 pounds!

I’ve got a lot of work to get done before my kickboxing class at 5:30.   Adios!

Lost 1 pound!

I know 1 pound doesn’t seem like a lot but it’s a slow process and each pound counts.  Heck, each half pound counts.  That puts me at a 4 lb loss with 36 left to go.

This week I plan to drink more water and get exercise in!  Also, we are going to run 3 miles on Thanksgiving morning and eat yummy food but I promise to be sensible.  We gotta treat ourselves, right?  I just can treat myself without pigging out!

It has been fairly easy to stay within my point range.  I do stress when we go out to eat but I just try my best to make smart choices.  We went to Cheesecake Factory the other night and I tried their chicken salad for weight conscious people and it was really good and 590 calories.  Usually 590 calories is a lot for one meal for me but with all my other options, that was the best for the situation.

I’ve discovered new meals to make for us.  My new favorite is to throw together a spinach salad with chicken, dried cranberries, candied walnuts, apple pieces and raspberry vinaigrette.  It is delicious!  I’m always looking for new meals to throw into the mix!

This week’s goal is to get in a few runs before Sunday!

I’ve set up my account and am all ready. I started today and was able to get in an hour walk this afternoon with Chris. I also made a trip to the grocery store and loaded up on tons of good & healthy foods.

I’m hoping to lose 40 lbs but I’m going to just see how this goes. Wish me luck!

Who’da guessed that Aqua Net
Could start a fire with a single cigarette
No, she wasn’t drunk, she wasn’t stoned
Just sick and tired of wondering if he was comin’ home

She drove around, she found his car
They heard the boom from in the bar
Well, he called the cops, she called his bluff
They hauled her off in high heels and handcuffs

Crazy women, ex-wives and old girlfriends
Keep their crazy hidden til they’re pushed off the deep end
Oh yeah, God forgive ‘em, they weren’t born like this
Oh no, crazy women are made by crazy men

Well, he told his friends she was depressed
Borderline bipolar bitch with PMS
Well, he cheats and lies and then plays the victim
He don’t know why they always seem to pick him

Crazy women, ex-wives and old girlfriends
Keep their crazy hidden til they’re pushed off the deep end
Oh yeah, God forgive ‘em, they weren’t born like this
Oh no, crazy women are made by crazy men

Some take a pistol; some take an axe
And boy if you feel the fire, you better bet she’s got a match
It might be the teacher, just down the street
The hairdresser, or the housewife, or the waitress that’s so sweet

No you won’t see it when you meet her
So be careful how you treat her
Cuz she might look just like me

Crazy women, ex-wives and old girlfriends
Keep our crazy hidden til we’re pushed off the deep end
Oh yeah, God forgive us, even though some weren’t born like this
God knows, crazy women are made by crazy men

It’s the Twelve Days of Christmas. You gift your significant other a small gift each day for twelve days. My friend and I were so excited to do this for our guys! We shopped together and shared our ideas. We bought business card paper and made little tags for each day to tie on the gifts. It was easy to find Xmas clip art online and make the little tags that read “on the first day of Christmas…” and so on.

I gifted Boyfriend small gifts like gloves, a picture frame, hand warmers..etc. The good thing is that they don’t have to be big expensive gifts. They can be just little tokens or things that they need.

The Twelve Days of Christmas went over very well and it was even more fun for me to try and come up with twelve small gifts.