Weeks Six and Seven

Okay so I suck. Not only did I not post in week six, I didn't take a pic of myself. I was planning on having someone take a pic of me in my Halloween costume, which was awesome but it never happened...

I was A-Rod for Halloween. I printed fake money which was coming out of all of my pockets and had bandaids on my knee and thumb (since these injuries kept him out for most of the season this year). I wore my Yankees hat and bought an A-Rod t-shirt (if replica jerseys weren't $75+ I would have purchased one) and painted black lines under my eyes. It was even more awesome than I just described but unfortunately Utahans didn't get it... It's funny people, believe me... (A-Rod is the highest paid player in baseball making about $27 million a year)

Anyway, back to the weight loss, week six I lost 1.8 pounds bringing my total weight loss to 9.6 pounds which happens to be 5% of my starting weight. (I hesitated to tell you that since now you can figure out how much I weighed and what I currently weigh but it's out there now so I guess I'll just have to deal with it...)

Week seven I did manage to take a pic. My normal photo day is Sunday (since I look the nicest on Sundays) but I had a MASSIVE headache this week and didn't go to church or do my or makeup... not a pretty sight... So I took a pic on Monday after work. I work with babies so I always slick my hair back to avoid having it ripped out of my head. Not to mention, to avoid picking up lice... (I work in a germ factory and any communicable disease or condition that comes in spreads like wildfire! I have yet another cold... Thanks for coughing in my face small children! We will be having a public health intervention on Monday.) I lost 2.2 pounds bringing my total weight loss to 11.8 pounds. It's nice to have a double digit number finally and I think it's starting to become a little more noticeable. Here's the pic:

My favorite thing for the weeks is Pinterest. If you haven't joined yet, DO IT! It's awesome! It's also a huge waste of time so if you don't have hours and hours on end to spend doing nothing but playing online, then maybe you should ignore my advice. My mom was given several large butternut squash that my aunt had grown and when I saw a recipe on there for black bean and squash burritos, I had to make them! I had gone back to opening at work and was getting off usually by 2:30 so I decided to make them on Monday. When I described to my little brother what I was going to be making he said "ew". But when he tried them, he loved them! And they were fantastic! He loved them so much that he requested I make them on Tuesday. We had so much left over squash I decided to make them again. That recipe is a keeper! Unfortunately I only opened for a week before they switched me back to closing which means I won't get off until 6:00... My cooking new and potentially more time consuming things has come to an end. But it also means I don't have to get up at 5:00 AM. It's definitely good and bad.

I will be weighing in again tomorrow (technically today since it's already after midnight). I'm a little more concerned about this week, not because I ate terribly but it's been a horribly emotional week and I didn't eat enough food which can send your body into starvation mode. I guess the scale will tell in a few hours. I won't be able to stay for the meeting though since I have a funeral to go to. I will be better at taking my pic and posting on Sunday this next week, I promise!