much needed time off

Nothing much going on here. Just lounging at home. I have to work 4 days next week and then we are leaving to go on vacation with my dad, stepmom and sisters. We're going to gatlinburg. Nothing exotic, but it will be nice to have some time off of work. That place has been driving me nuts lately! Today we're going to go get a new camera (my birthday present) to take down with us. I'm excited, I like road trips! My parents got a big nice cabin with a hot tub. Not sure what activities we will be doing, but it should be fun! I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!

The weekend

I finally had a full weekend off. These seem to be few and far imbetween. Friday I walked around the mall with my friend Ann after work for a bit. I didn't buy anything. Tony and I have put ourselves on a specific budget. We each get $25 a week, for eating out lunch or if we want to buy something. Then we share
$50 for the weekend. Definantely not much, but if we are serious about saving and buying a house it's a must. The first week went pretty well. Friday I didn't spend any money.

 Saturday we went and looked at houses for the first time. It was very exciting and fun. Rae's mom Brenda was nice enough to set all of it up. We found one we really fell in love with. So we will see where that goes. It is in Hilliard, so I would be going back to my old hometown. Kind of sweet :) Then we had lunch with liz up at Bdubs while Dave was working. Saturday night I went out with some friends from work. We work so much, so we don't get to do hardly anything fun together outside of work. We went downtown and had some drinks and dinner at a bar. A place called LeveL in the Short North. We drank and ate, and danced around in our seats. Today we woke up and I made breakfast sandwiches for Tony and I. We just kind of vegged around. And Tony picked up around the house. It's so NICE to have a husband that cleans. Especially since I'm not the best or fondest of it! I am very appreciative of that!

The weather was nice today. Compared to the past few months. We took the dogs for a walk and then stopped for some ice cream. The trick is finding cheap/free activities we can do. Or just picking one day to do something. Unfortunantely it is back to work tomorrow. We go on vacation in a couple of weeks. It can't get here soon enough! And it'll be my birthday while we're gone. Kind of looking forward to that. We'll see!

Week One

I haven't been feeling well the past few days. So I stayed home today. Nothing serious, just a cough that likes to flare up right before I got to bed! I'm sitting here eating some roasted chick peas which is actually delish. It kind of reminds me of french fries, a little crunchy and a little mushy. With some spices on them. Well while I'm eating my healthy snack, I can happily say that in my first week I am 5 1/2 pounds lighter then I was last week! :) Granted it's always easy in the beginning to be excited and hung-ho. So time will only tell.

Weak Spot

There are millions of people everywhere that are overweight. I unfortunantely happen to be one of them. Yeah you can say no you don't look big or you're fine the way you are. But the facts are that my bmi is considered obese. Obese = A very ugly word. This sadly has been something I have struggled with my whole life. The funny thing is looking back I was probably pretty average. Now I'm starting to get older, I've gotten "comfortable" in my relationship and I sit at a desk all day. Those 3 factors have started to take a toll on my body. I have pretty much unconsciously gained a bit of weight. My pants are slowly year by year getting tighter. I've just been in denial for the past few years, squeezing into the same size pants even though they are getting noticeably uncomfortable. I love shopping, but right now it's not that fun. I can only shop at certain places and and can only buy certains items of clothing. It's a sad thing! hah I've tried to eat healthy and I've tried excersising, usually one or the other. I love food, but I also know that I eat because of emotional reasons, and social situations. When I want to get out of the house, or if I want to socialize with a girlfriend, what do we do? Go have brunch or lunch or dinner or drinks. Eating is hardly just to sustain our bodies anymore. Before the wedding I tried weight watchers with my friend Liz. I never thought I could do it, but I ended up loving it. You go once a week, but you get the satisfaction of seeing the weight loss. And everyone celebrates with you. Everyone there is in the same boat with you. I ended up losing 16 pounds. Not all the weight I wanted, but it was a start. I ended up getting distracted by the wedding and everything going on, and stopped going. Guess what! I gained most of it back. I just ignored everything I learned and went back to eating whatever and whenever I wanted to. Well I'm back at it now, I went back to my first meeting last week. Tony came with me for moral support. It was nice to have him there with me. I know that I'm going to have to stick with it if I want to lose the weight and keep it off. I also plan to start incorporating exercise. I've gotten so lazy and couch potatoey. I'm always sluggish and just use the weather as an excuse. I have a gym membership, I just need to use it! I always felt so good after working out, it's just hard to drag myself there in the first place. Especially after a long day at work which there are a lot of those. So I just need to suck it up and MAKE the time! I don't know if this time around is going to be any different, but I really hope it is. I don't want my weight and self consciousness to hold me back anymore. Also I'm starting to get older, and I know my health is a factor. This isn't for lent or a new years resolution. It's just something I need to do with my life.