On Plan Baby!

I totally rocked today. I am not going to lie. It had the potential to be craptastic because of the lack of sleep, but in the end it turned out great. I made it to the gym during lunch and walked on the treadmill for an hour. I stayed within my points for the day. And I have not had an evening snack which is a regular occurrence after my night classes. Usually a snack that is no where near healthy as well.

I still have the crud though.

Esther the jeans from my NYE pictures are not the GAP essential jeans, they are the GAP boot cut jeans which I love equally as well. You can get a pair when you are in the States in May. They come in long in the store and extra-long online :)

Please welcome to the weight loss blogging community my good friend Nikki at Health Mayhem. She is such a nice person whom I have know through the DMB community. We first met back in 2002 in West Palm Beach. We have stayed in touch through our blogs and get to see each other every blue moon. She was just in Nashville in November and we had dinner together. Welcome Nikki!

Checking In

So dinner last night. I ate an entire Hawaiian pizza at California Pizza Kitchen. I knew I should have only eaten half, but I ate the whole thing. I didn't even think it was that great.

So on the scale this morning I weighed in at 198 even after I ate the whole pizza last night. I know I should be super excited, but considering how I ate the week prior to counting points and how much I exercised this past week, this is pretty typical for me. Now I just need to keep up the momentum and see this thing through.

I have class tonight which means I won't go home for dinner. Technically I could, but I would be rushed and I just don't want to deal with that today. I didn't sleep at all last night and I still feel like poo. This day is not going to be fun at all :(

A Poem from my time in Italy

I spent 2 semesters in Italy during 2002-2003. Everyday Father Bruno would publish a newsletter and usually include some form of art work or prose in it. Here is a poem that I remembered today:

I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to like, that cottage of darkness?

And therfore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility

and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field of daisy, and as a singular,

and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,

and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious on earth.

When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don't want to end up simply having visited the world.

--Mary Oliver

Lonely

Yesterday and today have been rather lonely days. I haven't done a whole lot of anything since I feel like poo. My eating has just been ok. I didn't go to the gym today or walking. I think I just needed a break.

I am not looking forward to going to work tomorrow at all. Also, tomorrow is the first day of classes. 10 weeks of classes left. That is 20 class meetings total. This is so doable it is scary. I not only see the light at the end of the tunnel, I need to wear my sunglasses it is so bright. What will I do when I am done? I have no clue. Moving to Seattle or Africa are high on the list.

Remember when I talked about my friend's pictures from NYE? And how I didn't even recognize myself? This is the picture. I also realized that my black top is somewhat see through.





I have two poses I do all the time. They are my old standbys. They are ridiculously stupid, but I love them!

I like to call this one the "Oh No!" pose:


The "Peace" or "Victory" Pose.



It was also pointed out to me that I have a freakishly long middle finger.


I am off to dinner! I hope everyone has a great weigh in tomorrow!