Another successful visit to Weight Watchers last night! I am down another 2.8 lbs which is grand total of 13 lbs for January. I hope I can be as successful during February. I'm so pleased that I've been able to go out to eat and still eat my preferred snacks at home and lose weight each week. It was an interesting meeting as I've never seen someone get the "gold" award at Weight Watchers. A woman has lost over 110 pounds over 5.5 years and finally hit the maintenance stage. She had before and after photos and it was hard to believe she was the same person. It made me think of your co-worker Nicole and how she had a hard time believing your before photos.
I am happy to have my taxes done too. I'm getting most of my federal tax money and I'll be lucky if I break even with state. I took some initiative too and made an appointment with my retirement company too. I meet with them later in February. I feel a little stupid as I should have met with someone in 2010. I have a hard time understanding the financial gibberish I get each quarter. I'm hoping this TIAA-CREF manager is OK with dumbing down the content so I can wrap my head around it. I also need to figure out if I've made the right choices for my retirement. I chose a plan that has me predict my year of retirement. I think I need to choose a different year. I felt so rushed and uneducated in 2009 when I was at my meeting for retirement and benefits. I was overwhelmed with choices. Blah.
My weeks of easy going workloads is about to end too. I'm giving an exam today and have a pile of "practice lesson plans" to review. Once my grading workload starts up, it seems like I'm playing catch-up with it until the end of the semester. Oh well.
Happy Tuesday!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
*cough cough*
Yea...I played basketball with some of my students in my 11am class. It got my heart rate up but now I have this weird feeling in my upper chest and throat so I keep coughing. It's worth it even though I sound like I smoke a pack a day. I'm grateful I brought some leftovers for lunch. It was nice to eat something warm and diverse....I've been eating a lot of Campbell's soup. I made the multigrain version of cheeseburger Hamburger Helper for lunch yesterday. It's still not the healthiest meal since it's processed and has high sodium but I had a hankering for something salty. I did eat too much of it but also ate a lot of veggies to keep my hunger level at bay. I only ate out once last week too. Jon and I had a date night on Saturday and had breakfast for supper at Perkins. Yippee for omelets!!
I get weighed tonight at Weight Watchers. I'm hoping I have time to bop over to the site after I meet with my accountant in Boone. My taxes usually take little time to complete. Yippee simplicity! I'm hoping to lose a pound or so this week. I can tell the weight isn't falling off as fast as before but then again I understand the science behind it. I'm wondering when my first plateau will hit. Being more physically active would probably help prevent that from happening early.
You both asked about my rewards at Weight Watchers. Be prepared to be wowed....you get stickers. You're supposed to put them on your little booklet that tracks your weight loss. I like the public recognition more than anything since they announce your name and say how much you've lost....e.g. a 5 lbs loss etc. They also ask your 2 cents about what's working for you. Jon and I went shopping for groceries together on Sunday and was disappointed to find the Skinny Cow wafer bars picked over. The shelf was empty. It seems that others in the area know how much they rock. He got some of their ice cream treats though. I think their Cookies & Cream Truffle bar is a fantastic ice cream treat and it's only 2 points for Weight Watchers.
I'm excited for this week as it's the last week before Swim & Gym starts. It's amazing how a program that is only 1.5 hours long on 2 days of the week takes so much time and energy. I'm still hoping that more kiddos sign up for the program as enrollment is L-O-W.
I laid my orange purse to rest and got a new one at Kohl's last week. I went with green this time.
It's smaller too so that makes me happier. Hopefully the straps don't rip out of the fabric like they did for the orange one.
Happy Monday to all.
I get weighed tonight at Weight Watchers. I'm hoping I have time to bop over to the site after I meet with my accountant in Boone. My taxes usually take little time to complete. Yippee simplicity! I'm hoping to lose a pound or so this week. I can tell the weight isn't falling off as fast as before but then again I understand the science behind it. I'm wondering when my first plateau will hit. Being more physically active would probably help prevent that from happening early.
You both asked about my rewards at Weight Watchers. Be prepared to be wowed....you get stickers. You're supposed to put them on your little booklet that tracks your weight loss. I like the public recognition more than anything since they announce your name and say how much you've lost....e.g. a 5 lbs loss etc. They also ask your 2 cents about what's working for you. Jon and I went shopping for groceries together on Sunday and was disappointed to find the Skinny Cow wafer bars picked over. The shelf was empty. It seems that others in the area know how much they rock. He got some of their ice cream treats though. I think their Cookies & Cream Truffle bar is a fantastic ice cream treat and it's only 2 points for Weight Watchers.
I'm excited for this week as it's the last week before Swim & Gym starts. It's amazing how a program that is only 1.5 hours long on 2 days of the week takes so much time and energy. I'm still hoping that more kiddos sign up for the program as enrollment is L-O-W.
I laid my orange purse to rest and got a new one at Kohl's last week. I went with green this time.
It's smaller too so that makes me happier. Hopefully the straps don't rip out of the fabric like they did for the orange one.
Happy Monday to all.
Friday, January 27, 2012
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