Decision

I made a decision today to go off the plan. I'm doing a 5 week stint with Weight Watchers...starting the first week of January.

The price is good and my company will give me a 50% rebate if I attend 4 of the 5 meetings. In addition, I feel like I need some kind of structure to get the eating right.

Maybe it's part of growing up - accepting that sometimes doing the ish you need, but don't want, to do will help you get to where you want to be.

I'm going in with a positive attitude - this is as much an exercise of the mind as it is about losing weight. And I like to exercise (no joke, seriously I do...I just don't do it enough). So this is one step towards getting myself to the place where I can do the running and capoeira and soccer (and all sorts of other athletic stuff yet to discover)that I like to do.

Who knows? This may be really fun.

Meh

Yeah, so if you read the other blog, you know i'm still sick.

and have been sick for a minute now...

which means that the last trip to the gym two weeks ago was the last trip to the gym in two weeks. however, i have been making healthier choices at work for lunch. that has gone a long way to keeping my pants on the wearable side.

being sick and getting into the groove of work hasn't done much for the healthy eating outside of work. the first week, i did pretty well for breakfast but dinner was another story....

but there is a bright side!

i'm getting better. i'm not as sick as i was this morning. i've slept a lot today. i also took a brief walk and picked up some orange juice and chicken soup.

tomorrow i hit the airport for the journey to the nmf. talked with mommy today - when she heard i was sick, she thought i wasn't coming down. i'm sick...but not that sick. and besides, i'm getting better. :)

You can't be sick without the ick...

Yeah, and that's pretty much how i feel right now.

the weather was icky...so i got to leave work early. that was a good thing because it took about 1.5 hours to get home cuz of the rain and the sleet.

started to make some chicken soup...and almost burned up an empty pan (turned the wrong eye on). finally got that situation straightened out, however, i'm too bleh to wait up and strain the broth and all that jazz. so i turned it off and am giving it about 5 more minutes to cool before i throw it in the fridge.

so much change, so little time. methinks my body is telling me to chill.

Back in the mix

I've finally been able to take a breath. I'm all moved into my temporary digs. The past few weeks have been very good...and stressful. My skin, hair and body all started to rebel from the stress.


Today was my first workout in over a month...it felt so good. Since it's cold here in Jersey, I joined a gym. I walked to the gym and then got on the treadmill for 40 minutes and then did some ab work. However, this workout was different. In the past, I would have pushed myself to the breaking point so that I could get back on the weight loss band wagon quickly (1 hour of treadmill at a high incline/fast speed followed by 30 minutes of intense weights). Now, my focus was to alleviate stress and to get on the road to the place where I need to be so that I can play summer soccer.

I also found a Trader Joe's...which is one of my favorite grocery stores EVAH! I picked up some groceries (the anti-thesis of the junk food that I lived on during the move). Right before I moved, I discovered a snack mix of dried cranberries and shelled pistachios. So yummy. Pistachios are a good snack for stress relief and I'm sure dried cranberries are good for me...so double bonus. Anyway, I got a bag of shelled roasted pistachios and a bag of dried cranberries from TJ's and made my own mix. A lot less expensive than the stuff from the store.

An even cooler food discovery - there's a giganto supermarket that's got amazing offerings. I picked up some frozen patties...peppery hot. So good. I also got some Malta. When I lived in Ghana, I drank Malta like it was going out of style. One day I may graduate to Guinness, but for now Malta is fine.

It's Friday evening of a long week. I think a long hot bath is in order.