Tuesdays Thoughts

I was so busy today at work! The company I had worked at for 18 years decided to sell off their Atlanta market to an independent dealership back in May. Part of the package deal was that the dealership had to offer all the employees a job. So while I had a job, it wasn't what I was used to (I basically ran the office, made the majority of all the major decisions and assisted both the sales and service departments). So for 6 months I've pretty much been bored out of my mind!! The first month I swear that I cried driving home every day. But now that I'm sorta used to not thinking, not having any responsibility and not having a stressful moment in the day (which sounds nice, but I actually like a little bit of hectic in my life!) they've finally given me a project that makes me think! I've basically got to set up a system for checks & balances on the commission payments that my old company has to pay us each month so that everything can be easily reconcilled. As a branch office, I never realized how the dealerships were paid and there are so many different areas that we're paid commission on!!! We've just been setting copies of the check and the statements that came with it to the side for 6 months. I'm sooooo happy!!!

On a sad, deeply disturbing note - I maintained again this week! Ok, it's not that sad and it's not that disturbing but I need to get a grip on it and figure out how to fix it. I know a maintain is better than a gain. I also know that if I have any more weeks of this that I'm going to get discouraged. But I'm not there yet! It's just that my first instinct when someone says they maintained or gained especially right after a holiday is to think "well maybe they over induldged a little (or a lot)". That thought is immediately followed by "not necessarily" but I still worry that others think that I just over-ate....which I didn't!

And back to happier notes....I got my first blog comment!!! Thanks Liz!!! - your words helped me a lot, but the fact that you posted at all means even more.

Monday Muses

I know that a lot of people disagree with it, but I'm one of those people that weigh in everyday. This morning I was up a pound. Tomorrow is my "official" weigh in so I'm hoping that I managed to lose it today. I'd hate to have two weeks in a row with tiny loss or heaven forbid another maintain! But I tried to eat more today hoping that it would boost my metabolism a little bit.

As far as the swimming goes...I believe it is going down the drain! I finally found the park where they have the indoor pool. It was a lot further out than what mapquest indicated but it was still doable. The only problem is that I went in and there was no one over the age of 18 there! And if that wasn't bad enough, there wasn't one overweight person there (where are all the overweight kids that I always hear about on the news??!!) I wish I could say that I was so self-assured that it wouldn't bother me to head out in a bathing suit in that environment, but there is no way. So I'm going to look around some more, check the mileage on the closest YMCA (I don't think I can justify driving that far out of my way - but it can't hurt to check) and I'm also going to look at a few of the colleges around here to see if any of them have water arobic classes in the next few month. Whimp! What a whimp!

Calories 1300 (ok 1272). Exercise 1/2 hour on the stationary bike.

Melting Away - 1171 Calories, 1 hour exercise

Today was good. Even though the blog kept me away from the food earlier today, I did find time to eat. I got in 9 servings of veggies and fruits (I always aim for 5+ but 9 is excellent for me!). And I put in an hour on the stationary bike. That leaves me enough time tonight to get in another 15 minutes with the weights (I'm trying to increase my strength training, but it's so boring when you're at home, by yourself!).

I also found time today to look on-line for a bathing suit. I found a park that is between my home and work that has an indoor pool. They charge $5 a visit, but if I like it (and if I can keep my courage up!) I could get an annual membership for $215. So I've now taken two steps in the right direction - 1) I got the address, phone number and directions for the park and 2) I found a bathing suit that is instock. Now I just need to order the suit and take a drive by the park to check it out (I actually tried to find it last weekend, but since I didn't have the exact address I didn't have a lot of luck). Then it's time to make like a fish. If anyone is reading this - wish me luck!

Day one of my "new" blog - and it's already helped big time in my weight loss journey as I took a long time trying to get my formatting updated only to completely forget what my blog sign on was (melsfolly was already taken so I picked one of their suggestions). I finally found the link for "HELP ME!!!" and Blogger sent me a link so that I could find my way back. But it turned out that back in 2004 I had created a Blogger account and I was the one that had already taken "melsfolly". Now I'm on my way back to start reformatting my template again.

Bottom line....I'm not giving up until it's done which means that I'm not eating!!!

:)