Week Eighteen

I believe I was correct last week and the WW scale owes me an apology... I lost 3.4 pounds "this week"... Which means I probably really lost about 1.7 last week and 1.7 this week. Now I remember why I weigh in on Saturday mornings first thing! Also when I weigh at home (minus clothes of course) I now have a normal BMI! YAY! I set my goal a couple of weeks ago and still have 15 more pounds to go until I reach it but I've done pretty well so far. I think I'm going to have to start buying some new clothes as well. My work pants are literally falling off... Here is my pic for this week. If you think I look tired, it's because I was. 9:00 AM church should be against the law!

I got off early twice again this week. And no I didn't exercise but I did work on my personal statement more. I think I've gotten to the point where I can say no more which hopefully is good enough. They put a limit of 1500 words and I have 770... Hmmm... I think I'm ready to have other people take a look at it and critique it for me before I finally submit it. My goal was to have it in by the beginning of February so that gives me a week. Better get to gettin'! (sorry for the slang)

Work was not nearly as bad this week. For reasons I'd rather not discuss here... Isn't it interesting what you get in life sometimes? You want something and ask repeatedly for it, don't receive it, but get something else that makes it okay??? This doesn't always happen of course but it is happening to me right now. I did not make it to the temple this week so maybe I'll try for twice this week. I spent Saturday cleaning out my drawers and closet. Even though there is still a lot of stuff I should probably toss or donate, it is much better! I swear I need a hoarders intervention! Things I can't part with: my collection of Yankees t-shirts. I took a pic of the ones I pulled out of the drawer that haven't seen the light of day in years:

Of course I can't part with them, even though I can't wear most of them (due to holes in all of the armpits for some reason)... Especially since Pettitte is no longer playing. I'm kind of wishing now that I had a Posada shirt since he just retired. I will definitely buy a Rivera shirt this year while I still have the chance. One thing I'd love to have happen with all of them is to create a t-shirt quilt, seen here: http://pinterest.com/pin/100627372893857194/. I don't sew though, at all. Anybody want to make me one???

Week Seventeen

Not a great week by any account... I had a mandatory training on Saturday morning so I was unable to weigh in or attend WW that day so decided to weigh in on Thursday night. Now I know why I weigh in on Saturday mornings... I haven't eaten anything yet and also haven't been chasing kids around all day getting swollen/bloated. I gained 0.8 lbs. And who knows, maybe I did gain weight. I haven't had a gain yet. I've been following the eating properly but still not exercising enough. I may sign up to do a 5K with a coworker so maybe that will help. I just don't know how to get motivated to do the things I need to. I got off work early twice this last week (and had Monday off) and only wrote a little of my personal statement and no exercise.

That's another story in and of itself... Work is becoming more and more of a challenge to go to... I begin to dread going back every Sunday at about 6 PM. I know I'm supposed to go to graduate school and that's why I can't find a job I like but I can't even get another remedial job I slightly dislike less??? I've put in applications... nothing. One job I figured I had a pretty good in for (my friend is a manager there)... nothing. I guess maybe this is where the motivation is supposed to be coming from for me to apply to grad school???

No pic this week. I wasn't even going to post but I wanted to complain. Let's hope this week goes by faster...

Week Sixteen

I didn't take a photo on Sunday but I did take one today... So I don't look nearly as nice as I did yesterday. Oh well. I lost 1.8 pounds this past week, bringing my grand total of weight lost to 30 pounds! YAY! I still want to lose about 20 more but I'm only a few pounds away from no longer being considered overweight. AWESOME! Here is this week's photo. I even smiled per Julie's request (though I'm not sure she's going to be reading this anymore)

I did not get what I wanted to accomplish done this week either. This is becoming a pattern... Or maybe it's how I always am. I literally procrastinate so much I might actually miss my own death. That should actually have been my New Year resolution: procrastinate less! I'm thinking I need a week off so I can get the cleaning all out of the way and work on the things I really need to get done (grad school application). I did make it to the temple again so I'm two for two there. YAY!

Here's to hoping for a more productive rest of the week!

Week Fifteen

I figured it out(the week that is)! Admittedly it wasn't too hard since I weigh in every week and they give you a weight tracker. I did miss two weeks though since WW was closed but it didn't seem to negatively impact me too much, I lost 4.6 lbs in those two weeks. My leader asked me how I did it and honestly I have no idea since I ate what I wanted on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day. She asked if I worked out a lot which I said no to (because I didn't) but I do have a pretty physically demanding job. I am constantly breaking a sweat there (my apologies to my coworkers, the parents, and small children I work with). I have almost lost 30 pounds! Wow! I'm only 5 away from having a normal BMI again but I would like to lose another 20 pounds. I have definitely decided I need to work out more though because I keep picking up every cold virus imaginable! When I die, my first question will be: "what was the purpose of the cold virus?"

No photo this week because I forgot until after I took a nap and then I'm a horrifying sight... I probably look pretty close to the same as last week.

On to other things besides weight loss. I need one more referral letter to apply to graduate school. Anyone want to write me one? I think referral letters are slightly ridiculous anyway but whatever, everywhere requires three. So three I will get (eventually). The deadline to apply to Colorado State was the 5th so obviously I didn't make it in time. They weren't my first choice anyway, but nice to have a back up I guess. I still haven't completely written my personal statement but I at least have an idea of the angle I'm going to take and I've written parts of it. Definitely working on that more this week. I was finally able to get my transcripts sent from SLCC so now all I need is that other referral and my own statement. Almost there!

I was able to make it to the temple last Monday. The Salt Lake temple is one of the few temples open for a little while on Monday mornings so I went on my day off. I barely made it in though. I definitely misjudged the amount of time it takes to get down there! And I also didn't take the construction on North Temple into account. Next time I will take a different route. This week I will probably try to make it to the Jordan River temple. It's the temple district I live in and it takes less time. Not to mention, way more times to choose from.

That's it for now. I'm hoping to actually accomplish these things this week! It WILL happen!

Week something or other

Yeah, I've lost track. It's not totally my fault though... Weight Watchers has been closed for the last two weeks so I haven't weighed in for two weeks... Should be interesting when I step back on the scale this Saturday. I did manage to take a pic today even though I didn't get on the scale (even at home)

They were all slightly on the blurry side, I'm not really sure why. But that one was the best one.

So this year I don't really have resolutions. I'm already in the middle of losing weight so I won't have that standard one. I do still need to get into shape though. I am almost done applying to graduate school (bah, why is writing a personal statement so difficult?). These were my resolutions from last year. It took me most of the year to even get started on them but I'm so close to completing all of them. The one resolution or goal I have set is to go to the temple once a week. I haven't been in months and living in Salt Lake, there's one pretty much every direction you turn. I definitely need to take better advantage of that while I still can.

2011 was an awesome year for the first half (for the most part). The second half not so much... It seemed like there was death, illness, or just general sorrow for the last half. But I made it through another year. I probably say this about every year, but I have an excellent feeling about 2012. Not sure why yet, but I feel like amazing things will happen this year. And I for one, cannot wait to see what they are.

I hope the same holds true to all of you (yes the two of you that read this)! Happy New Year!