OPERATION HYDRATION

I have been running around like a mad woman these last few days, working on the house, cleaning, but also enjoying myself so I can't complain too hard.

I also had my first real volunteer session at the Dress for Success on Friday morning. Which was great. I can't wait to go back and get my hands into the organization and helping out.

However with all the in and around and out and about over the last 4 days... I've REALLY neglected my water.  Badly.  So today is OPERATION HYDRATION.

Water is on all floor, on all stopping points and its my job today to get it in me.

We are bricking in a back patio today, so for the last few days I've been to the hardware stores, getting 100 large paving bricks, packing them too and from the store to car, car to garage and garage to back yard today.

We have another friend here to help so that's been great, he and the Husbeast are getting a few more bricks and bits that we need.  You know that there is never any project that has 100% of what you need no matter how good you plan, so I'm getting a break.

And by break I mean, I unloaded the dishwasher, put the laundry in, and am updating my blog.  HA!  A woman's work is never done.

Weigh in this morning is: 253.6

Pic of the dawg on the new bricks.

bloated, tired, & nervous

Welp....interview today. I was awake at 5am.  YAY!  :(

I'm up on the scale this morning: 256.4, but am thinking its nerves and bloating.

Getting some coffee, doing some mental warm ups and getting ready to kill this.

Thursday Already

Day two back at the office post Christmas.   It's quiet here thankfully, and I'm getting lots of work done.   Not as much as I could, but I'm a work in progress!!  :)

Weigh In: 260.0 again today.

I can't believe that the end of the month is coming up so fast.  Blink a couple times, and its going to be here.

Turning Back the clock

This morning my husbeast turned around and looked at me all ready to go to work and said, “my god you’ve lost a lot of weight, you look like you did when I first met you”.  Wow, that felt good. really good.   Thats a weight that I was at some 6 years ago.  Talk about rolling back time.

I know that I am still big, but I just feel more human now. Which is horrible to say. I was telling a friend that now I feel like I’m at a size where I don’t think that people’s attention is drawn to me because of my size. No one is picking me out of a crowd as the big one anymore.  I’m blending into the shape of a person instead of a juggernaut. I’m enjoying it a lot. I know that more is to come. I’m still close to 100lbs overweight, so that is a long road ahead to navigate.  But, I’m really looking forward to it.

Weigh in this morning: 264.0

Water is going well today.  I’m looking forward to a quiet night with the dog, some TV and my book.  I’ve not been sleeping very well, and that is mostly because I’ve not been doing any of my nightly stretches. I have to get back on top of that. Also, its still in the 80’s here …. I sleep so much better when it’s cold.  I can’t wait for winter to hit so that I can snuggle down like a bug under the covers.   However, this is Houston, so the best that I can hope for is a cold snap and that we can afford to keep the AC on! Haha!!

My groin is doing a little better – still not great, so I’m going to give it another weekend to see if it will let off.  I really want to get on my bike again, but I really don’t want to get laid up either.  Arg.

So, here is my first picture... I took it in our bathroom at the office.  Jeez... my bewbs are big.  I bought this skirt for $5 at the goodwill, ohhhhh, 2 years ago and it's never fit. Until this week.  I had 2 compliments on it today already!  Color me happy!

Bloated!

ug.  got my pre-period bloat on.  Forgot that was coming. Up on the scale this morning.

Weigh In: 265.2

Good water intake today and food is good.   Food has been okay - I had lunch with our accountant as we have some rather complicated tax issues coming up this year.  I had an appy of lamb/potato croquettes.  Very nice and really... that was enough to fill me up. Still feels awesome to get that off of an appy sized meal.

I can't wait to be done at the office today, get home, eat some dinner, watch Walking Dead, and go to bed. The dog is going to get a short walk tonight.

I slept well last night, but I need another one to really catch up.

Did some icing last night and today. Groin is getting better again, I just have to remember to not push it over the weekend.

Another unexciting post, but hey... thats life! :)

More of the same Monday

I've been staying up too late reading and I can feel it.  I had a hard time keeping my eyes open in my Monday morning meeting.   (side note: Monday morning meeting is the worst combination ever!).

My groin has flared up again. I'm currently sitting on my ice bag in my office chair freezing this bad boy.  More rest tonight, and an actual early night that doesn't have me nodding off and on for 45min while trying to read past midnight. 

Weight was up slightly today: 264.6

Since I had popcorn from the movie theater for dinner last night, I'm not even slightly surprised!  :)  Plus, I'm getting more used to the up down of the normal weight loss routine.   I'm hitting my water hard today, because yesterday I was slack about it.  Another reason for a little blip up in the scale.

I'm feeling pretty good otherwise.  My starting to get more at ease with how I function now in terms of eating.  I'm seeing the portion that I can have, not eating past it, and trying to be really mindful of my protein.  The thing that I'm doing best at is - No drinking with meals.  Its a tough one, but I catch myself now.  One trick I do is take out the straw (which every drink down here comes with), its stops the sneaky quick sips from happening.

okay, back to work here!  More happy-fun-times in the cube.

Mondays

are the best!  

*insert sarcasm*

Today I've been bogged down in meeting after meeting, afer surprise meeting.   I had a chiro appointment at lunch, and go back just in time to look at all the work I hadn't done all morning and get hauled into another meeting.

My hip and groin are feeling better. I only got to ice once today, so that is on the list of things to get done tonight. Another appointment on Wednesday to make sure that I get right.  I want to get back on my bike and soon.

I'm going to have to come in early tomorrow to get some of this cleared off.  Such is the life of an office drone.  Weeee!

The good news today is that my Husbeast can finally drive (long story - he had a double quad tendon tear this summer and has been recovering ever since).   So he can finally drive himself to physio tonight, which means that I will not have to sit int eh car for an extra hour of driving and an hour of sitting in the physio office.  I can get dishes, laundry and lounging done.  YES!!!!

Weigh in was up today: 267.6

Nothing too scary, you know, it so much different when you get to luxuriate in bed and weigh in when you’ve done all your morning duties…. Today was not that day!

We have our company Christmas party this Friday. My goal is 265. I have a top that I bought 5 years ago that I’m going to wear for the second time ever, which should also be noted that this will be the first time it has ever fit!  I’m super excited.

Back to work!

Short Weeks!

We are off from work this week on Thursday and Friday! HURRAY!

My only real disappointment is that I'm on rest for my back. No Pushing, pulling or lifting. Which means I won't get in my biking or weights this week.  Damn. 

We are having an orphans, widows and outcasts Thanksgiving with friends on Thursday. It should be super fun.   I'm excited, it will be my first big food outing with people that don't know I've had surgery, so eating slowly and talking lots (shouldn't be a problem), will get me through.

Friday the Husbeast has to work, so I'm going to have a crafty day with a friend. Get some xmas decorating done, and some little sewing projects.

I'm heading up to the Great White North in early December to see a girlfriend that I've not visited in almost 2 years. Her kids are getting to big, I have to go and see them all before they are magically teens!  This also means that I have to get my sh!t together so that once I'm up there I can send the rest of the family their Christmas gifts. WAY better then paying to mail them across the border.

I'm going to put on my thinking cap for this one.

Weigh in this morning was excellent: 268.4

Its been a LONG time since I've seen that number. LONG TIME.  Like, I can't remember time. 

I'm heading downwards, and making good choices.  I had a little trouble with dinner last night. Brown rice spicy salmon sushi.   I think it was the rice.  So next time I'll take it slower, and do a couple of checks on if I should eat more or not.

Also.... WATER WATER WATER

Tonights indulgence.... The Walking Dead. Missed it Sunday, tonight I get to see what is going on!!! 

Up!

finally happened! 

weigh in this morning: 272

up .4 of a pound.

I'm not too bothered, but I am bothered. Eating was good today, I haven't been getting in enough water, so that's a problem. Working on that one today best I can.

Right, that's all for this post. I'm tired from heading back to work this week.  Damn, I forgot how hard riding a desk all day is!!  :)