That's better

-2.2 this week.
That's awesome compared to last week.

I haven't made it to the gym.  I had finals Monday and Tuesday (4 in two days), and then I've been working most of the week.  And I'll be working everyday through Tuesday, and then we're out of here Wednesday, only to be back Sunday morning.  Woo for working!

I'm going to treat Christmas the same way I did Thanksgiving, and I think everything will be fine.  Maybe when we're at Justin's, we'll walk down to the beach by his house, because walking back up the hill is insane, but it will be amazing exercise.  :)

Merry Christmas!  My next weigh in falls in Christmas, so we'll see when I can weigh in.  I'll probably still do it on Christmas morning, just have to adjust since I can't really weigh in naked in Justin's living room.  :)

Current weight: 184.3 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  9.3 lbs

zeroed out

-0.  +0.  Nothing this week.

Nothing is always better than a plus.  Its been a bad week, honestly.  I've been sick since Monday. 

Only had water aerobics once.  But I must say, Sarah kicked my ass during it.  I was the only one that showed up, so we just did ab workouts and swimming, and man, I'm still feeling it two days later.  So even though nothing showed up on the scale, I can still feel my muscles, and to me, that's just as much progress as a number.

Next week will be better.  I just have to make myself go to the rec since water aerobics is over with.  And I'll be honest, I haven't counted points in weeks.  I should probably go back to that, especially now that the holidays are approaching. 

Later!

not a pure morning, a fat morning

-1.3 pounds.

I'll admit, I was relieved, because this morning was a "fat" morning.  Have you ever had those?  You just wake up, and you feel fat.  Even before putting on clothes that don't fit right or looking in the mirror.  Yeah, it was one of those morning.  I was reluctant to even get on the scale.  But it turns out its all in my head!  Haha.

Justin is sick, and I've been feeling pretty crappy as well.  Yesterday, I pretty much only ate cereal except for lunch.  I had it for breakfast, came home and had a lean cuisine for lunch.  Went to Kindergarten, came home, had a little bit of soup.  Then had a big bowl of frosted mini wheats before I went to work.   Then had a small bowl before I went to bed.  I didn't realize until I was laying in bed that I had eaten cereal 3 times in one day.  Probably not an amazingly healthy choice, but it was what I was craving.  Weird.

Slowly inching my way towards the next goal.
I was trying to think about long term goals, so I put our potential Kauai trip as the final destination.  We would go sometime in June 2010, which is roughly 27 weeks away.  If my ultimate goal is 135-140, I need to lose between 1.7 and 1.9 pounds a week for 27 weeks to be my "ultimate weight" when we go to my favorite tropical paradise.  I was telling Justin when I first thought about this that I've never been "skinny" when we went to Kauai.  Even in 3rd grade I was getting pretty chunky by then.  I'm actually kind of stoked to think that I'll be in Kauai and not be scowling at all the beautiful women in 2 pieces...lol. (Yes, that's the petty, critical fat women that is inside of me).  But anyways, enough fantasizing about the sun.  It's getting ready to snow here!  Boo!

Oh, and I did sign up for water aerobics next semester.  It is at 8 AM, which sucks, but I have classes at 9 anyways, so whatever.  And I got Justin and my friend Stephen to sign up too!  Yay!  Spreading the love of water aerobics.  And hopefully, if we can get our schedules to line up even a little, I'm going to start working out with my friend Linda, who lived on my floor last year.  :)

See you next week!

Current weight: 186.5 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese':  11.5 lbs

Thanksgiving couldn't take me down!

I know I said I would weigh yesterday, but I left Pullman without my wii fit, and we don't have a scale at my house.  So I had to wait until this morning.

But still, GREAT NEWS!
-1.8 pounds.

I did so good.  I didn't deprive myself (except for easy cheese, stayed AWAYYY from the easy cheese!), and just portioned out a half a cup or a cup of everything.  (I asked Ellen not to put butter in a little bowl of mashed potatoes, so I could still have mashed potatoes without worrying about how much butter was in them).  I had a piece of pumpkin, and just didn't eat the crust.  I was really proud of my self-control.  I did eat a lot of turkey, but that's alright, right?  :)

Have to work a long time today.  2-11. Crazy shoppers.  They definitely destroyed the store yesterday.  But I do get a lot of exercise at work...running up and down, get this shirt, get that shirt, fold those jeans.  :)  Its good for me.

Current weight: 187.8 lbs
Weight to lose in order to be 'overweight' and not 'obese': 12.8 lbs.

*shrugs*

-0.2 pounds.

I'm not sure what happened this week.  Well, I ate 2 cookies on Tuesday.  Maybe it was that.  hahah.
I went to water aerobics both days, and worked my ass off.  Maybe muscle building?  I'm honestly have no idea.

I'm worried about Thanksgiving, I'm not going to lie.  Hungry Girl just sent out her survival guide, and besides making all your own food, you just have to pick and choose, and have will power.  lol.  I think I am going to bake something "better" for desert though, so at least I have that.  We'll see.  I'm just excited for the holidays, and family.  I miss my family a lot.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
And since I usually weigh in on Friday, my next weigh in will be the day after Thanksgiving.  I decided that I'm still going to do it..that skipping a week because it has the potential to be bad is cheating.  And maybe I'll surprise myself!  We'll see.

Body pic

I know people have been requesting this, especially my long lost friends who don't live in P-Town, so here it is.  Probably the first picture I've taken with my whole body in the picture since...well forever.  And I apoligize in advance, but I'm not all cool and emo and know how to take pictures of myself in a mirror.  (Why the hell do people do that all the time anyways?)  lol, anyways, here it is:

And just for a point of reference, so to speak, are some pictures of me in January (the one with Dan and Kim), and in May (with Tricia, Kim, and Lena.)  The biggest differences are in my face and stomach (and not to mention that dress was WAYYYY too small for me.  lol.)

Dining out

-2.2 pounds!

I'm proud, because I ate out 3 different times this week, which is, well, 3 more times than normal.

I had a munchies dog on Saturday night with Justin.  I wasn't going to get one, because I assumed they were super fatty, but when the guy brought the box out, they said "turkey franks" on them, so I gave into my desires for a delicious grilled hot dog with tasty onions on it.  Haha.

Then Justin and I went out to Fireside Grille for the first time on Tuesday night.  It was very delicious.  I got the teriyaki chicken with grilled vegetables and sticky rice.

Then on Wednesday I went to Lewiston with Jes, Stephen, and Chris.  We ended up eating at Applebee's, which is fine because they have the points right on the menu.  (Did I tell you how good the steak and portabello mushrooms is?  Butters took us there awhile back, and it hit the spot!)  Anyways, I got the steak again, but I did find myself picking at the massive nacho Chris ordered and the delicious boneless buffalo wings that were also on the table.  YUM!  Haha, but I didn't eat too much, and I still had a good week!

I'm always afraid when I end up eating out because no matter how hard I try to "be good," you never know what hidden oil or something else fatty the cook behind the counter added into your meal.  But dang the food was good!  :)

Well my family is here for the weekend (And I WILL be good!), so see you next week!

OH, and P.S.  In case you didn't see my facebook status earlier this week, I OFFICIALLY weigh less than my driver's license says I do.  This is probably the first time ever.  Haha.  My license says 195, by the way.  Woot woot!

Current weight: 189.8 lbs.
Weight until next goal: 14.8 lbs.