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My goal for April is to lose 10 pounds and walk 2000 minutes or more.  I bought the nike ipod attachment and it works great.  I have NEVER been able to get kind of pedometer to work correctly for me.  I bought one for 30 bucks at WW one time and that was just a piece of junk so the ipod attachment is only 30.00 (you don’t have to buy the fancy shoes to go with it).  so I figured why not.  I stick the thing in between the tongue of my shoe and my foot and I never even notice it is there. 

I sneezed the wrong way yesterday and reinjured my back…Seriously….sneezing….so I am being careful, but not gonna let that slow me down.  I am so tired of being stalled out.

Lara was nice enough to color my hair yesterday, kudos to her…Second profession maybe?

Just wanted to drop a line and say hey and I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Thanks everyone for all of your support on my last blog.  I have had some positive reinforcement in the form of compliments by those I work with that my body is reshaping itself.  Just not changing on the scale. 

I finally got some sleep last night, the doctor gave me some ambien to take.  I don’t feel nearly as tired today and hopefully that will help with my lethargy too!….

I hope everyone has a good day and Hot Rods, don’t forget to weigh in!  We wanna keep that trophy.

What is my problem?  I can’t stop eating the JUNK….I just can’t…so I thought maybe I would find a buddy like Debbie and log my food intake with, but the fact of the matter is that I am embarrassed.  I eat crap and even when I am what I consider “good”….I don’t eat vegetables.  I have never liked them and there is nothing I can do to convince myself to eat them…Not even my strong desire to be thin.  Sorry for the downer, I am just GRUMPY today, I guess…..Gotta get something going here or I am gonna have to wear a tent to work!

Earlier this week or last week, I made 8 commitments to myself….I have made a more specific plan and I am gonna put in on here for all to see.  Why I want to lose the weight: to be healthier, get my self esteem back and be proud of myself again.

My weight goals are to lose 5 pounds a month..so hopefully I will be to my goal of 165 in a year….If it is sooner great!

 How I am going to do it:

 1. make good choices

2.  no diet soda at home or work:  only in the car, restaurants or visiting others.

3.  Exercise 60 minutes a day

4.  NO sugar

5.  No Chips, Snacky foods in the house (Yes Tatiana, I am putting the crap rule back in)

6.  Take care of myself.  Take the time to be the best me I can be.

7.  Toning daily: 100 squats, 100 calf raises and 100 tricep exercises daily.

8.  I want to do my Amped DVD at least once a week

9.  Weigh in weekly at Weight Watchers.  No week skipping, this won’t be a problem if I follow my rules.

 10.  No emotional eating.  Get frustrated?  Go for a walk.

11.  No eating between 7 pm and 5 am.  This is a big one for me lately, Roxie wakes me up to go out several times a night.  I have been getting into a habit of snacking.

12.  Exercise in the morning 4X per week.

Well, there is the outcome, the reason and the plan to reach the goal.  I will do this.  I am tired of feeling like Buddha!

I can’t believe the choices I made yesterday…Without even thinking, I went and had birthday eats in a neighboring office…OMG, they had queso….not like I would never see it again, but I had to have some right?  So then Monday night rolls around.  I stop at Chick-fila to have something healthy before going to Bunco….the plan was not to eat there….and there it was AGAIN.  Queso….Do you think I let it just sit there?  Do you think I thought to myself well you already had some this morning?  No.  Ugh!

Gosh, I am just full of it the last couple of days.  So as many of you know, I have been having trouble with my foot.  I swore I just pulled something, so last night, I was at my wits end and wanted to make sure I was doing EVERYTHING I could do to get this taken care of.  It looked really swollen to me…I guess it is in the eye of the beholder.  I had gone to the doctor about this foot about 3 weeks ago.  He said is was an ankle sprain…so I did as he said with a little improvement.  So I decided last night that he was nuts and I really couldn’t take off to go to the doctor today, because we are short handed, so I figured why not go to the ER, then I can have this answered once and for all, because they will Xray it…I come out of their with the diagnosis…get this….get ready….maybe a bruise.  Doogie Howser, looked at me like I was pretty much an idiot for gracing the doors of the ER last night….well, crap, I am just going to blow it off and do the best I can to stop catering to it…Obviously if it is a bruise, there is nothing I can do to make it worse!

 On the food side of things, I did not do so hot this week.  I am going to gain, I am pretty sure, but I have had weeks of losses of some sort in a row, but I knew that is bound to happen…..So I am going to recommit using those 8 commitments I listed yesterday and get rid of this weight so my body stops hurting….

On the work side of things, I got good news yesterday.  The University only does raises/reclassifcations twice a year.  In September in accordance with the new fiscal year and in March.  I had spoken to my boss at review time and she had indicated that it would be September before we would try and reclassify my job.  I was the lowest classification in the office but one of the hardest working and definitely the happiest to be there (some of those girls should try to work in Industrial Security with those folks before belly aching so much).  To make a long story short, my boss snuck it in on me.  I will get upgraded to the same level as the other two girls in March instead of September with a raise.  So that is exciting.  Iam still going to be poor as dirt, but it will finance my bed, tv and treadmill I just purchased :)…

And on a last note, everyone pray for Annia, according to her daughter she is very ill

Everyone please pray for Annia.  She is a member of the Hot Rod team and many of you know her on this site.  She is an inspiration to me and many others on this site.  She is very ill and in the hospital at this moment.  Thanks for your prayers, I know she and her family would appreciate it.

I sent this booster out to my buddies today and I thought it would be a good blog topic/question.

If you were a superhero, who would you be and why?

Or as I would like to say my 8 commandments: (I couldn’t come up with 10….if anyone has any more ideas…)

1.  No Sugar…nothing with refined sugar is good for you…Maybe once a month, I will allow my favorite Ben and Jerrys frozen yogurt.

2.  More water.  I have been doing good at work, but need to work on the weekends.

3.  Plan….I do so much better when I plan my day out.

4.  Take care of me. 

5.  More Activity.  Get out walking, enjoy the sunshine…

6.  No Mid Night Snacks.  This used to not be a problem for me.  My dog has been waking me up and off to the pantry I go.

7.  Balanced Meals.

8.  Wake up earlier.  Whether I exercise or not, I always have a better day!

So these are the commitments I make to myself today!

What a bummer of a day.  I feel fat and lazy because I can’t walk right now.  I guess I will do some upper arm work this evening so I don’t feel like such a bump on a log.  I hope all of my buddies are doing well!!!