And the weightloss restarts...

Greetings!

Stepped on the scale at Weight Watchers last night and have lost 5.4 pounds!   I knew I had lost weight but was slightly concerned as I'm still overeating at night but I've really curbed it.   I'm eating wholesome stuff at night at least but it still adds up to extra calories.   I've basically lost half of what I've gained since January.   I'm sure next week's loss won't be so substantial but only losing 1-1.5 lbs is the way to go. 

I'm actually excited for a doctor's appointment on Monday.   I'm getting my hearing checked.   It's much overdue.   I've needed it to be checked for years.   Gavin's voice is lowering and I have noticed I'm having a hard time hearing him most days too.   Blah.   Jon hates how often he has to repeat himself.    Hopefully Monday resolves these issues or puts me on the right path for resolving them.

The class I teach at ISU starts on Monday.   I'm excited in the sense it's a cool class and the class size is small.   I'm not excited as it's going to force me to be more organized in the morning and I'll have to wake up earlier.   It's been nice sleeping in and lollygagging in the mornings.   I won't have to get up at the crack of dawn but I do need to be on the road by 8:30am.   I'll be doing more laundry too as I'll have to be somewhat dressy in the morning and dressed comfortably in the afternoons.   Thursdays will be a treat as I need to be dressy in the morning, causal in the afternoon, and dressy in the evening for my DMACC class.   Wee!!   Thank God I enjoy doing laundry. 

Jon is off enjoying himself this weekend in Chicago so Gavin and I have the house to ourselves.   I will work a little bit to prepare further for the ISU class but I'm also going to visit Lane Bryant and use my Real Woman dollars earned from an online order.   I need to order some more nice tops and maybe some black capris for work.   I only want to visit one Lane Bryant in Des Moines but I'll go to more than one if I can't find my sizes.  

I'm starting the preliminary planning for our vacation in August.  I'm trying to pinpoint the starting date as we want to chunk up the driving.   It's like 9 hours to get to west South Dakota.   A hotel on the east side of South Dakota has an indoor water park so I'm going to have us stay on the first day of travel so we can do some swimming and relax poolside.   We may actually camp in some areas along the way too.   The main attractions will be Mount Rushmore and Bear Country.  Apparently there is a Corn Palace place too that we might visit even though it's all about tourism.   

Well that's enough for now, I should probably work a little bit before the kid's program starts.   I need to place our t-shirt order today.   I'm not very creative.   Same shirts as last year with the date changed.  

Hello Again....Weight Watchers

 

 

Greetings!   After a reminder about blogging, I figured I'd write this and do some work afterwards.   I should probably switch that order but nah.   I decided to be more visual and proclaim my love for salmon.    It's amazing I was so afraid to try that wonderful fish for years.   I've been eating it a lot lately and I really enjoy it.    Even took the plunge and bought some from Schwan's this week.   Here's hoping I can successfully bake it and enjoy it at home as it's not always the cheapest meals at local restaurants. 

 

Jon and I jumped back on that horse called "Weight Watchers" this past week.   I've gained weight since the winter due to my apathy towards weight loss.   I'm pleased that I haven't gained an immense amount and it will be somewhat easy to drop what I've gained and keep working toward my major goals.   The start of the ISU summer camp has really boosted my activity levels.   I'm on my feet a lot and it's allowing me to reach my activity goals most days.   I set foot in the gym again this past week too.    Using the elliptical wasn't as pleasant as I remembered but I completed a 45 minute workout.  

 

My evening DMACC class started at the end of May.   It's primarily online (which is what I need to work on after this blog).   We meet only once a week on Thursdays.   It's been interesting as the students aren't very peppy and excited about the content.   Most sit there like they are attending a funeral.   It doesn't help my motivation for class prep but luckily the class will be done at the end of July.

 

The ISU summer camp started off very well this week.   The week prior to the start of the week sucked.  S-U-C-K-E-D.   The Office of Risk Management really, REALLY needs to get their act together.  I can sympathize they are short staffed but the hell they put me through before June 3 was ridiculous.   Essentially the were very much behind with running the background checks for those employed by the program.   I was told I couldn't start the program on June 3.   They didn't realize the kids were to start attending on June 3.   (Which is confusing as I have to fill out paperwork through their office to get permission to even offer the program...they initially gave me permission to start on June 3.)   Anyway...my boss stepped up and ripped them a new one and things were worked out.   It was an awkward situation as I don't want to burn bridges with the folks at Risk Management but what they did was soooo unprofessional.   Grr.   I honestly would love running the youth programs if I didn't have to deal with the politics and the ever-changing rules.   I can appreciate there needs to be rules and regulations but the fact they are constantly changing or updating is frustrating.   The patterns of communication need much improvement.

 

I was happy to spend today at home for the most part.   We've decided to abandon Wal-Mart and try to use other stores more often for our needs.   The ability to get the food/items we need at Wal-Mart has sucked lately, not to mention the courtesy of the employees.   Gavin and I hit up Target today and it was a much better experience.   I was able to transplant some of my indoor plants.    I should have transplanted them years ago.   Both are in the original pots/dirt I received them in years ago.   I also bought a couple more tomato plants as several perished in my garden.   I put them in pots though and plan to grow them on the deck.    I added another cucumber plant too as my seeds didn't germinate.   I also replanted some onions as I wasn't impressed by how many were appearing.  

 

The other interesting event today was the consumption of duck eggs.   My program assistant raises ducks and has been selling the eggs to some of the faculty.   She asked if I wanted to try them so I got a complementary dozen.  I made omelettes this morning.   The egg whites are very clear and the yokes are much bigger.   In general the eggs are bigger in size.  They taste like chicken eggs.    I don't think I'll go out of my way to buy them regularly but they weren't as scary as I anticipated. 

 

Hopefully I can blog next week and report a weight loss after I weigh-in at Weight Watchers.   Need to get back on track!!   A couple of women that started at the same time as Jon and I were awarded recently.   One of them has lost 75 lbs already!    She lost more than 1 lb a week obviously and it does make me kick myself for not staying on track.