So I've been running lately, a few times a week.  I absolutely hate it, but it's a quick calorie burn, and I need to get my cardio up to speed with my strength.  I do one or two 5K's a week, and one or two other days I'll run a mile before I work out with weights.  I did my first 5K in a little over 33 minutes, stopping a couple times to walk.  A ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned I'm ENGAGED?!??!

Cuz I am :)

I'll put up the video once I get it from my brother...right now it's trapped on facebook and I can't figure out a way to copy it from there and put it on here.

A. Age: 26
B. Bed size: Queen
C. Chore you hate: changing the bed sheets..I love the result, but really hate actually doing it
D. Dogs: I love them, but won't have any until we have a nice, big yard for them
E. Essential start to your day: coffee
F. Favorite color: I guess bright pink, but I have a lot of colors that I love
G. Gold or silver: Silver
H. ( Read more... )

I lost 3.3 this week!!!!!!  That's so awesome!!  I'm hoping my body slows down a little over the next two weeks though, because averaging over 2 pounds a week for 4 weeks is supposedly not good for you.  But for now I'm going to celebrate and love myself!!!

Which is good, because I've been wanting Friday to happen for a while now.  All day today felt like Friday.  Tomorrow I weigh in, and I've had a really good week.  I lost 2.7 last week, and if I lose this week, it will be my 5th week in a row (though last week was the first big loss in a while).  I'm pretty excited about that, since I had been on a ( Read more... )

I remembered last week that my friend Brad and I had agreed to reach our goals in February.  He had lap band surgery a while back, and has already lost over 100lbs!!  So he wants to be at his ultimate goal, and I'm trying to reach 164, the high end of my healthy weight range.  To do this, I have to average just over 2lbs per week.  Eep.  This is a ( Read more... )

I wonder how many of us go into the new year actually believing we will keep our resolutions.  No matter how good our intentions, I think there's an element behind every resolution of "well, if I could do it, wouldn't I have done it by now?"  That being said, I think a solid effort is noble, and better than nothing at all ( Read more... )

My boyfriend spoils me rotten.  I'm starting to feel like a real housewife (except that I have a job and all my body parts are real).  He got me an awesome laptop for Christmas (though we both know it's as much for me as it is for him, because his cranium reaches near-critical mass every time we wait for my old laptop to do something...anything).  ( Read more... )

First, I got a new job.  No more waiting tables!!!!  I'll be working at Core Focus Physical Therapy as a front desker.  The pay isn't great, but Paulie works with the husband of the owner, and the hours are worth it.  I'll be working M,T,Th,F 12:30-8:30 and W 7:30-3:30.  That means I'll have weekends off!!!  BOTH DAYS!!!!  I'm so excited for the ( Read more... )

Overall, tonight was a good night.  Except for this ( Read more... )