Day 2

I went to Target last night and bought a little notebook to carry with me. It's my food and weight journal. My friend Susan carries a little notebook with her so I thought I would try it. Writing down everything you eat really puts things in to perspective - well, it puts what you put in your mouth in perspective. I have eaten really well the past two days. Fiber One bars are really really good and filling!!! I had one of those and some yogurt for breakfast. Those little bad boys have 9 grams of fiber in them!!
Our AC unit for upstairs is officially dead. We had someone come out today who said it has two things wrong with it and it can not be repaired. It needs to be replaced. We had it serviced last year and we were told it was on it's last legs then and probably wouldn't make it through last summer. We borrowed a window unit that we will put in one of the back bedrooms upstairs. We hope it will cool two of the bedrooms for now. In the mean time, the downstairs is nice and cool because we replaced that unit right after we bought the house. Maybe in the Fall we will be able to replace the smaller unit for upstairs. My grandmother said she would help with the expense of it.
I think I am going to weigh myself every day. I know some people say you shouldn't do that, but I want to be able to write my weight down in my notebook every day. I am realizing how much I eat without thinking about it.. eating for no reason. Elijah had some fries yesterday and I almost had one in my mouth when I realized what I was doing!! Jeesh! I wasn't even hungry! Pizza sounded really good for dinner tonight, so we went. I filled up on a bunch of salad with vinegar instead of dressing and then had two small pieces of thin crust pizza with canadian bacon. It was more than plenty. I was under for my daily points allowance under the WW program.
today was a good day. Eli's scan was good. Britt and the kids are back. I am hoping for a good nights sleep and great news from Eli's scans tomorrow. Goals for tomorrow: color with Elijah, stay on my eating program, marked improvement on eli's scans, to cook a good dinner, and to get the window unit in so we can sleep in our own beds tomorrow night!

Do they make rehab for Diet Coke?

So I have made a sort of mini resolution in effort to improve my outlook on life and my job. I have decided to make a bigger effort to dress more professionally at work, maintain a more professional attitude at work, and try to improve the appearance of my workspace to make it a more pleasing environment to be in. Now, I share this office with a co-worker, so I can't just go all out - and I don't want to spend any money for improvements either. I found a lovely piece of office wall art and had maintenance come hang it for me yesterday. That alone has made it more pleasant and less stark. The building that I work in was once an inpatient mental facility. (go ahead, laugh) and the patient rooms are what we are using as office space. It's odd, but it works okay. I think if I had a rug on the floor, it would seem even less "institutional". So far this week I am doing pretty good on my little mini resolution. I have dressed professionally every day (even accessorized!!!), my office is looking nicer, and my attitude towards my working environment is improving ever so slightly. Baby steps, right?
I decided to take a similar approach to some of my bad eating habits. I am a full fledged diet coke addict. I love the stuff. I swear I start to jones for it if I haven't had it for a while. I need to kick this awful habit!!! I thought - I will just not drink them at all anymore. That doesn't work!! My mind stays preoccupied with my lack of Diet Coke!!!! What the heck? So.. I have decided that I will allow myself one a day - for now. I think giving myself permission to have that much will make it less of an issue - and maybe I won't even want it at all some days! ha! I had a healthy breakfast burrito this morning. I think that will be my new morning staple for breakfast. Whole wheat tortilla, 1 egg/1egg white, low sodium natural salsa (good find,Britt!), and I will add black beans tomorrow. It's quite tasty and seems to keep me satisfied until lunch time. It's the afternoons that get me!! I get the munchies around 2:30. I need some popsmart and some fruit. I think that might get me through.
I think the gym membership is going to happen tomorrow.. yee haw!!! Britt and I are ready to get going. I was so sore last night for some reason. my legs just ached and I haven't done anything. I think it's just from being overweight! Isn't that sad? I watched this show called "Work Out" - reality show with these trainers - and the boss was handing out new clients to the trainers. She had files with pictures and bios on all these people and she was assigning them to folks. She had a couple of gals that were my height and my weight (over 200lbs) and it was awful!!!!!! I can't believe I am that big. I never in my whole life thought I would be this big. when I was a teenager, I was so thin that my family used to worry about me. UGH. This is terrible. My knees hurt constantly and I know it's from carrying my big ole self! I am so tired of it.. but I have said that before, and I still eat and sit on my couch watching tv.
I still need a treadmill at my house.