Dublin

All workouts and weight loss efforts are on hold.
I did bring a pad and paper to do some old school journaling this time around.
But will make sure to post the fun stuff.

toilet

yes, i have started a post called toilet... i just noticed that i commented that the guest bathroom was complete... which was a half truth given the fact the toilet started leaking around the same time i started painting... thankfully the plumber was able to swing on by and get that fixed...
it wasnt without stress or cost however...  and of course it makes me start to wonder what next the house will be 10 years old next year...

to blow off stress i did run a little over a mile this morning
i havent run since last week - gosh i need to remember how good it feels when all is said and done...
and to blow off even more steam - 55 minutes on the bike trainer...  watched some Fantasia as well ... yes, the Disney movie - it was a pleasant distraction...

next up is some stretching.. i just need to get up off the couch and do it...
i did take a break for some dinner - a minimal meal of peaches and cottage cream - shhh, don't tell my mom i generally do not like that as an option but have had some dairy cravings and am tired of yogurt...  and i did change my nail polish.  nail polish?  yes, every once in a while i get inspired - tomorrow this will end up with some glitter on top too in preparation for the company holiday party...
just hope it lasts while i am in ireland

good mood now

that's my little mantra of the day... i realised yesterday that i am just in a bad mood... not a mean mood (OK - some may say I was mean yesterday and still beating myself up) but a bad mood like gloomy mood...  friday's news is just too much for my head to get around and the fiscal cliff and obama care and all the other stuff in the news...  thinking what else can we do...
i guess i need that vacation...

in preparation for the vacation i finally got myself up and out of bed this morning to go for a run... nothing like being in a pissy mood to motivate my butt to get out of bed and hit the pavement... oh and let's say it was nice and almost warm out there... it felt good...

well gotta go get ready for work because i have to leave early again today to meet with the plumber on the leaky toilet...

ONCE

I borrowed the movie from my neighbor so my mom could watch before our trip.  I had forgotten what a slow odd little movie it is with a very well hidden positive undertone...  Probably NOT what I needed to watch although the music is amazing.
I did nmanage to ride my trainer for 55 minutes while watching so I am pleased with that.

Other than that though - I am not pleased with my day.

I wore my saran wrap pants earlier and showed my @$$.  And now I am feeling bad for it.  I have apologized but you know sometimes it is forgiving yourself that is the hardest thing to do.  Oh, I don't think the other person has forgiven me yet either.  I thought a good workout would help clear the head but it hasn't.  I have thought a good workout would clear my head on the overall topic for months now and it still hasnt worked.  If it had those pants would have stayed in the deep recesses of the closet.  Some times I should just keep my opinions to myself.

thank you

still have a ways to go
funny for you to comment...

i actually weigh less than when my dad first died if that gives you any indication of things...

the planning for ireland has distracted me from my workouts...
the cost of the trip has distracted me from my need to register for a race - they are crazy costly in comparison to your neck of the woods...
and then i just bought a Robbie Williams concert ticket for June in London...
that may pre-empt any race fees

Guest bathroom complete.

Searched out similar outfit to see what 18 months or so later looks like.  Was hoping it looked better but I am OK with this.

We'll blame it on the pumpkin pie protein shake and Newks Salad for some bloating.

Speaking of bloating...  off to the ACC bowl game.... you know there will be beer and more bloating involved...

2008

Wow, I must verge on hoarder... the last time we did Weight Watchers at Work was 2008.  I had no idea it was four years ago.  That was just crazy to read.  At that time my starting weight - according to them - was higher.  And my overall loss was greater. 
How does that work?  Well I didnt weigh in at WW until a ways into my personal applied weight loss regime.  So they have me at a different place.

It felt good to throw out some of the items that are clearly outdated.

I also found some recipes I had been looking for so I was glad to come across those as well.

Happy December 1st

Yesterday marked exactly 10 months since my annual physical at the doctors.  Always a fun day.  I had tried to lose some weight prior to that day but was not overwhelmingly successful.  Although in hindsight as to the past 10 months.  I really don't know what I was trying to accomplish in that short period of time after the holidays.
I can safely say that since that day (and this is according to their scale versus my scale - and we all know that there can be issues with that so maybe it is not as safely as I think but anywho) I have lost 18 pounds.  I can't even believe that I got to that point that I had that much to lose.  Go figure.
I had been trying to get to that Athena weight for so long and now I am officially Athena less 6.  How crazy.  I am one pound less than my lowest weight from the "my dad is dying from cancer diet"...  And I am inspired to lose even more.
For one reason I am still not at the goal I wanted to be at.
And second of all, once I get to that goal I could probably find a 8 to 10 more pounds.  Now that would be extreme but...  HAH - that would have me at the weight where I used to think I needed to lose weight.  How we just don't know what we don't know.

So I have a bin of Weight Watchers stuff and I have a notebook filled with a year's worth of notes.  I am going to take some time this morning over my coffee to go through them all and find some ways to get myself up and motivated for the next 4 pounds.

YAY ME!