In my excitement last night for starting the 29 day project, I forgot to write about anything else!! WOW! Let's see.. I'm a skinny bitch, I'm getting a shot in my neck, I love the elipticial machine, little bro got a job... and I can go on from there.
First.. Skinny Bitch. At work,there are 3 of us who sit in the same area. 3 women. And of course we are always talking about wanting to lose weight. So we decided to come together and work together to do this and someone else from another department joined in too. We pay $2 every Wednesday for our "weigh in Wednesday". If we gain, we have to throw in another $2! We are doing this for 10 weeks and on December 23rd whoever has lost the most weight gets the pot of at least $80. We all decided that our goal was 15 pounds each for a total of 60 pounds by Christmas!! But 1.5 pound a week is very realistic. The older woman in our area said, "so we are all going to be skinny bitches", so that became the name of us! We are The Skinny Bitch Club! :)
15 pounds is alot, but as a group, with their support, it should be SO much easier. I'm nervous, but excited. I think for me personally this is what I need to keep me on track. I've been slacking and I've been stuck, especially with all of the medical issues I've been having lately. I need this to get me going and keep me motivated. I'm excited! I had just gotten my period, so my weight was up on Wednesday... I know I'll lose at least 2 pounds the first week. After that will be a struggle! As it was, today I was already down 4 pounds from Wednesday, in 3 days! I know it is cuz Wednesday was a high day for me, I'm not ususally that high. Plus, I've been eatting SO much better over the past few days (yup, $131 at the food store!)
Hmm.. what else was on my list.... the gym! I joined. I've only been twice but I LOVE doing the elliptical machine! The first time I did 3 miles in about 32 minutes. Then Thursday night I went and I did 4 miles in just over 40 minutes! My goal is to do 4 miles at least twice a week, depending on the week. And I want to do other stuff too.
This week I have a wine tasting Monday night after work, with a couple of friends I met through the fitness group. That will be SO much fun! But it is right after work, so I can't really go to the gym Monday night. Tuesday night I am going to the Water Aerobics class with one of the skinny bitches. I can't wait to try that out! Then I can post it on the calendar for the group as a winter activity! Plus, if I post it, then I have to do it! :) So... I want to go to the gym Wednesday night. I'm walking at the beach again on Thursday night, if she doesn't cancel it (no one is rsvp'ing yet!) and Friday night I am going bowling with the fitness group. WOW, I have a busy week! Well, bowling is at 8:30, so in reality I could be home from the gym at 7 and still have plenty of time to shower and what not before leaving at 8 for bowling. Hmm... Ok, so I need to commit to going to the gym Wednesday night and Friday night after work! I can lose this 15 pounds!! I can do this! (I need to keep telling myself that!)
My shot in my neck.. um, yeah. So the bulging disc, since I have tried everything already (streriod pack, muscle relaxers, physical therapy, massage therapy, taking it easy) the next step is a cortisone shot right into my neck. I'm slightly freaking out about it, but they gave me a prescription for something to relax me before I go. Hopefully it will work and make the pain finally stop and help the muscles in that area all relax. I saw the nurse practioner at the pain clinic. After she felt the muscles in my neck, she said, "wow, your muscles are really inflamed." I told her that this was a great day and not even half as bad as they were originally, that this was a HUGE improvement! She couldn't believe it! So... my appointment is the 28th of this month. Hopefully it won't be too bad, but we'll see.
My little brother got a job!! I'm so happy for him. I know he was getting really nervous about not finding anything. He quit his job in April to move out west for the girlfriends and hasn't worked since then. All of his benefits start on day 1 and he gets 20 days off (sick and vacation together) and they match the 401K up to 7.5%! I'm just so happy for him! I know he was really stressed out about it, so this is good. I think now that he has a job, things will start moving along even more for him and girlfriend. She's student teaching right now. So when both of them are settled professionally, and they should be in less than a year, I wouldn't be surprised if he proposes to her. I could see them getting married in less than 2 years now. I just hope it isn't out there. That would really kill my mom. But whatever will happen will happen and I have to trust that it is for the best.
Ok, need to finish up. I want to write in the blog for the 29 day project and then I need to leave in less than 45 minutes to get to the park to walk... then take pictures for my friend! :)
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