2008-06-05
Random updates.
Tiff, I got your letter a few days ago, but because the name on the envelope made NO SENSE to me, it just sat in a pile with the rest of the mail until I remembered what you'd said on the phone. (Enter stage left: A moment of DUH.) Sounds like your job is really working out for you. :)
Weighed in this morning after disappointingly finding out two weeks ago I'd gone back UP 6 pounds to hit 167. This morning, I'm back down to 161. Yey. I think my *goal* will be to either maintain this weight or go down to 155. Anything lower I don't think is reasonable to maintain without completely changing lifestyle and habits (exercising regularly isn't a BAD thing, but it means I'd either be out walking well after dark or paying for a gym membership - neither option is especially appealing; eating nothing but veggies and fat-free everything is just BORING, etc). I don't do too badly right now - Lean Cuisine lunch, some veggie or other with dinner, and breakfast is either 12 ounces of milk-with-instant-breakfast-mix or Special K, with some Benefiber when I remember to add it in. My exercise is usually me running around the office frantically, so I probably clock a mile or two a day on average, three or four on busy days. (Add to that the 2" heels I'm sometimes wearing and I've got myself a workout.) So all in all, I'm pretty healthy. Certainly not a model for 'Fitness' magazine by any means, but... better than when my breakfast was a Frappuccino and lunch was two packages of Pop Tarts. Back then, the only 'healthy' meal I ate was dinner, and usually that was because it was a home, so everything was no-sodium, no-fat. And double servings of ice cream for dessert. -.-''
My goal for this month is to work extra hours, because I need the money, and it will keep me from shopping and spending more than I make (my worst habit EVAR). If I put in 10 hours, and relax in the kitchen with Food Network when I get home, I'll be saving money (buying groceries instead of pre-packaged food, Lean Cuisine being the notable exception) and practicing my cooking skills. I think Monday night I'll hit up the grocery store and buy a TON of raw veggies. I'll have money in savings and a swimsuit body by November, dammit. o.O::
Weighed in this morning after disappointingly finding out two weeks ago I'd gone back UP 6 pounds to hit 167. This morning, I'm back down to 161. Yey. I think my *goal* will be to either maintain this weight or go down to 155. Anything lower I don't think is reasonable to maintain without completely changing lifestyle and habits (exercising regularly isn't a BAD thing, but it means I'd either be out walking well after dark or paying for a gym membership - neither option is especially appealing; eating nothing but veggies and fat-free everything is just BORING, etc). I don't do too badly right now - Lean Cuisine lunch, some veggie or other with dinner, and breakfast is either 12 ounces of milk-with-instant-breakfast-mix or Special K, with some Benefiber when I remember to add it in. My exercise is usually me running around the office frantically, so I probably clock a mile or two a day on average, three or four on busy days. (Add to that the 2" heels I'm sometimes wearing and I've got myself a workout.) So all in all, I'm pretty healthy. Certainly not a model for 'Fitness' magazine by any means, but... better than when my breakfast was a Frappuccino and lunch was two packages of Pop Tarts. Back then, the only 'healthy' meal I ate was dinner, and usually that was because it was a home, so everything was no-sodium, no-fat. And double servings of ice cream for dessert. -.-''
My goal for this month is to work extra hours, because I need the money, and it will keep me from shopping and spending more than I make (my worst habit EVAR). If I put in 10 hours, and relax in the kitchen with Food Network when I get home, I'll be saving money (buying groceries instead of pre-packaged food, Lean Cuisine being the notable exception) and practicing my cooking skills. I think Monday night I'll hit up the grocery store and buy a TON of raw veggies. I'll have money in savings and a swimsuit body by November, dammit. o.O::