First Weigh In!

Hello! Happy Sunday everyone. Isn't it beautiful today? I've totally got spring fever....well, it doesn't help that I'm in the BEST mood today because.........

Today was my first weigh in back on Weight Watchers.....and I'm down 5.2 lbs! OMFG!

I am ecstatic! Mentally, I am READY. I WILL do this! I WILL reach my goal and STAY there!

Oh yeah. Hey, I'm back on the Weight Watcher wagon. Yes, I've said that before and started over a million times. But every time I started it lasted 2 days and that's it. Nope, not this time! I was waiting for Weight Watchers at Work to start, but they're waiting to secure a leader and they don't know when this session of WWatW will start. Last Sunday I told myself that I could NOT wait anymore and just dove in with both feet! So far, it's been great! I forgot how easy this "lifestyle change" was! It's just a matter of being aware of what you are putting in your mouth and planning ahead for all of your meals. It has also taken a lot of trips to the grocery store. LOL But, now I think I'm set.

When WWatW does start, I'm going to go ahead and join and pay my dues until I get back to Lifetime. For now, I'm doing it on my own at home and online. WW has a new format called Momentum and Filling Foods. I don't really understand how they work so, for now, I'm just doing it the old fashioned way. I can't wait 'till I get to a meeting to find out how they work!

I'm not sure what was happening before when I started over several times. I just wasn't ready. Sunday everything clicked. It's been awesome. Although, I'm sad it took me this long to be mentally/emotionally ready to lose the weight cuz now I have a LOT more to lose. How can I get all the way to Lifetime and then just completely blow it?!?! I blame society and my food addition. LOL Although, ya know....I'm not so sure "food addition" is accurate. I think it was just a combination of major emotional eating and pure laziness and bad habits. The only thing I'm addicted to right now is water! Hee hee! I still think about food just as much....but it's usually just once in the morning while I sketch out my daily menu then, that's it! Whew! No Overeaters Anonymous for me!

Ok, I'm outy. Time to watch a movie and do some laundry. Yay.

Goal

Please note the ticker at the top of the page!

I bitched and moaned and complained and whined and bitched some more about the heat this summer and how long it lasted into the fall and winter...............

.........and now, here I am, freezing my balls off inside my house and am in a horrible mood because of it.  I'm never satisfied.  Would a nice, temperate 70 degrees be too much to ask?  

Oooo.....look at Seattle's weather!

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Avg. High

45°

48°

52°

57°

64°

68°

75°

75°

68°

58°

50°

45°

Avg. Low

35°

37°

38°

41°

46°

51°

55°

55°

51°

45°

40°

35°

Mean

40°

44°

46°

48°

55°

61°

65°

66°

61°

54°

45°

41°

Avg. Precip.

5.4 in

4.0 in

3.5 in

2.3 in

1.7 in

1.5 in

0.8 in

1.1 in

1.9 in

3.3 in

5.8 in

5.9 in

Degrees in Fahrenheit

.....and here's Grand Junction......totally bipolar!

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Avg. High

35°

45°

55°

65°

76°

87°

94°

90°

81°

67°

51°

38°

Avg. Low

14°

24°

31°

38°

47°

57°

64°

62°

52°

41°

28°

18°

Mean

25°

35°

44°

52°

62°

72°

78°

76°

67°

55°

40°

28°

Avg. Precip.

0.6 in

0.5 in

0.9 in

0.8 in

0.9 in

0.5 in

0.7 in

0.8 in

0.8 in

1.0 in

0.7 in

0.6 in

Degrees in Fahrenheit

2009

I still cannot believe 2008 has come and gone and we're in 2009.  It just sounds weird.  2009.  *shudders*

No, I don't have a New Year's Resolution for you all to read.  I decided last year, "Why make a resolution when I'm going to break it anyway?"  Why put yourself through the stress?

However, this needs to be a year of change.  There are several things I want to accomplish this year.  .....but they don't have a time limit of 1 year.  If I'm still working on something and the ball drops us into 2010 and I'm not done, so be it.  As long as we're on the way.

This is not a goal list.  This is a list of things constantly running around in my head under the category of I'd Like To Do This.  This is not in any particular order.

*weight loss

*start the process of buying a house (apply for loans, establish a budget, etc etc)

*pay off current consumer debt

*weight loss

*read more.....and not just Twilight, although I'm sure I'll read the series several more times! :)

*get rid of the suburban

*be in good enough shape that I could climb the Mary's hill without stopping.

*weight loss

*mountain bike more

*learn to play tennis with my new tennis racket and container of balls I got for Christmas! 

*do the bike portion of the Black Canyon Sprint Triathlon again and get a better time than 01:32:29.500

*do an entire sprint triathlon?????---this one is SO iffy.....I cannot communicate in words how much I do not want to run. 

*did I mention weight loss?