What a week it has been. After last week and knowing how tough this week was going to be, I've already written off February. This whole month is going to be pretty hard.
I had 2 new people start at work on Tuesday, so I've been doing training all week. Although training isn't fun, I am pretty impressed at how well the two of them are doing. I know they will be fine after another couple of weeks. Of course they will still have questions, but they will have the basics down and I know my department will be in pretty good shape over all.
Luckily, that will mean good things for me. The better they do, the better it reflects on me, and the more likely I will be to get a promotion to manager! That's what I want. I know I'll have to work hard, but I do that anyway.
What else?
Last Saturday I took a mixed martial arts class... for 3 hours! It was fun but tough. Unfortunately the boxing part slightly messed up my wrist that I broke 2 years ago. I have needed to take Vicotin almost every day for it. If its still sore on Tuesday I'm going to have to call my orthopedic surgeon and see what he says. I'm just afraid that I'll need surgery to remove the plate and screws that I have in there.
I gained weight this week in the skinny bitch club. But, this week lots of people are telling me how much weight I have lost. That at least made me feel a little better. I'm getting more toned, but I'm not losing weight. But I am in the best shape I have EVER been in. Even when I was 15 pounds less than this, I am in better shape and health than I was then (minus the wrist and back issues!) :) I'm stronger than I was. I exercise more and I eat SO much better. I know I feel better.
I love that I'm getting closer and closer to my goal. Even though the scale isn't my ultimate goal, it is looking better and being healthier, I do still want to see the scale under 130 pounds. I can't believe that today I was down to 137.4! When I graduated HS in 1992 I was 129! So almost 18 years later (DAMN!) I am less than 9 pounds heavier! That's pretty good! And I know it will get better and I know by June I will be under 130 pounds, so when it is exactly 18 years, I'll be even less than I was when I graduated. :)
Last night I saw my friend Jess and she told me I was super skinny. I know I'm not that... I still have my big ol' butt that will always be with me, but everything else IS getting smaller, tighter and looks better in general.
Funny, I never thought that I would plan things around my exercise! Talk about a big step! Yesterday at work when they said I would have to work a weekend or 2 for a really big project we have coming up, my first thought was, "I don't want to miss Zumba on Sundays". WOW! Yeah, I've come a LONG way!
I already lost making February the month I'd work out every day. I didn't last Friday, today or this past Wednesday..... so out of 11 days I have missed 3. That's really not that bad. I'll be at Alex's classes the next 4 days and I can't wait! She kicks my butt, but I feel so good after.
Tomorrow should be a good day. I have Alex's class at 8am, then I want to get some stuff done at home and get more crap out of my car. I can do all of that for a couple of hours, as long as I'm in the shower by noon. I have to leave my house around 1 to head up to visit with a friend I haven't seen in months, so that'll be fun too! :)
Sunday I am going to Alex's class at 9, then home and... WAIT! Saturday I need to fit in a stop at the grocery store! Ok, back to Sunday. After Alex's class, home to bake! I'm making weight watchers chocolate cherry mini muffins. Then I'm going up to my parents house, doing laundry there, and we are going to my grandparents house for a HUGE dinner with SO many people in my family. I am basically expecting about 25 or so people. It will be a BLAST! :) (that's why I'm baking, but I might end up doing that when I get home on Saturday night instead, I don't know yet!)
Then on Monday, I have Alex's class again at 11am, since its a holiday I can go during the day. I want to get a few more things done around the house but I have no real plans other than Alex's class. I might go to the movies by myself. There is a little theater near my house that's super cheap ($6 or $4 early show!). Granted they have older movies, but I still haven't seen The Blind Side or Precious and they are both playing there. So I might do that if I feel like it.
I am going to enjoy this weekend! :)
Although I did bring some work home to do, I'd rather enjoy as much of the weekend as I can. It'll be nice. Now that I am completely out of my old apartment and I don't have to feel rushed to do things, I'm looking forward to seeing what comes up.
Funny, because a year ago my life was SO different. I was hating my job, about 20 pounds heavier and miserable, didn't have a lot of friends or interests, never worked out and hated where I lived. What a difference a year makes! :)