"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up you'd better be running." Author Unknown

Monday, November 8, 2010

Sorry Ya'll... but I've lost my mojo....

I'm taking a break from blogging. Four years is a long time to be battling my weight and blogging about it at the same time.

I feel like the last year has had me going around in circles and to be honest with you, I'm tired of writing the same crap over and over again. My 100 day challenge was kind of a test for me... and it just proved that I am in a rut. I don't thing writing about it will work this time.

I'm not giving up on my goal to lose the weight... but I am going to let go of my blog for awhile.

I want to do this by myself for a little while....

Friday, November 5, 2010

Day 92

182.2

Not a bad gain for two weeks of eating like crap, getting sick and not working out.

I am still sick. I've been up two nights in a row coughing. I'm taking my Emergen-C and drinking tons of water. I have to be better by this weekend. I start my new job on Sunday. I'll be working 30-40 hours at the local bookstore. There is a part of me that is excited to go back to work.... but there is also that part of me that will miss dinners and weekends with my family. It will all be worth it if we are able to save enough money to move back home.

I'm also 3/4 of the way thru the process of being able to work from home... which would be awesome. I'm hoping it will only take another couple of weeks....

As for my food, well, my mom left yesterday. My kitchen is empty, so I am going grocery shopping today. With this cold, my appetite is gone... so it should be easy to stick to healthy food only. Because I am working nights I will have to get creative about dinners. Hubby can't cook...and he won't want to after working all day... so there will be lots of pre-cooked or crockpot dinners.

I asked for Mondays and Wednesdays off so that I can go to my boxing classes. Hopefully this cold will be gone by then.

I'm focusing on 5 lbs at a time. Next goal is to be reached in two weeks....

11/19/10 - 177 lbs

:)

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Day ??

Its been a rough week. As much as I have wanted to stay on track... it didn't happen. As much as I have tried to  take this one day at a time... it has all just bum rushed me. Life sucks sometimes, and the way I handle it is to ignore 'me' and focus on whats going on around me.

My mom has been here for 13 days... we have eaten out at least once, if not twice a day.

I have managed to get the flu... again. Sinus infection, cough, sore throat.

Halloween... 'nuff said. There is enough candy in the house to stock a Willy Wonka Factory.

For more then one reason Hubby and I are ready to pack up and move back (across the country) to Arizona. Which means I am going back to work. I've had 3 job offers this week and I have to pick one... soon.

All of this has done one thing.... stressed me out. Which means I've eaten like crap... which means I've eaten most of the candy in the house... and ordered the worst thing on the menu.

Yep...

I'm sending out an SOS.