Starting Monday…a journey to the finish…

Sorry folks…haven’t been around if a few weeks. Ignoring this site for a few days, and you’re definitely in some trouble. Let me recap the past couple of weeks.

*I did sign up for Weight Watchers (again) which I think I told you all about in my last blog. Went in for my second weigh in on October 17th, and I’d actually managed to go up a whopping 2.4lbs. Not quite sure how I managed that, but the way my body works, it’s no surprise.

*Had my birthday last weekend (the 20th) and let’s just say, eating healthy simply didn’t happen. I won’t tell you what I ate, but let’s just sum it up by saying there were 4 cakes involved. Need I say more?

*I went to my weigh in this week (I switched to Monday’s. I feel that if I have to weigh in directly after the weekend, I might not incur nearly as much damage on myself.) Somehow, I lost 2 oz. Granted, you could do that after a visit to the restroom…but still. I ate cake last weekend like my ship was going down. I think the weight just hadn’t had time to actually settle…you know what I mean?

*I signed up for two classes through my park district. I’ll be taking kick boxing (which I’m so completely excited to start) on Monday evenings, and “Power Sculpt” on Wednesday nights. In addition, I’m still going to my Jazzercise classes on Tues/Thurs nights. I’ve always been gung-ho about exercising in the mornings…and dreaded doing it at night, but I think that I’ve had a change of heart as of late. I realized that despite the fact that I was getting up early to go to the gym…I wasn’t getting enough sleep. Lack of sleep can be just as detrimental to weight loss as eating junk food. Therefore, I think I’m going to stick to my schedule of 4 classes M-Th…and an optional trip to the gym/walk on Friday or Saturday. It probably won’t happen, but it won’t hurt to shoot for it.

Other than that, that’s all that’s really been going on in my world. My birthday was a really great time last weekend. Spent time with friends…went to a pumpkin farm…out to dinner…a night at a hotel with the bf…(yay)…and let me tell you, I made out like a bandit!

I’m totally psyched for Halloween…as it is my favorite holiday. I’m going to a costume party at my favorite bar tomorrow, and I’m dressing up as my boyfriend’s “Serving Wench.” (It’s a long story that I will fill you in on later in time.)  I will definitely be saving up some of my points for a few beers…and they will be well deserved after the long week.  Oh yeah…did I tell you all about how I won $$$ at work?  If not, here it is.  Remember I told you all it was customer service week at work, and we played games, had contests…and lots of food?  Well, we had to fill out this puzzle piece with our name on it, and write on this piece how we contributed to my companies customer service values, and to our customers.  (The theme was “connecting with customers,” hence the puzzle pieces.)  Well, I come into work the following Monday (I took a half day the previous Friday) and one of my cubemates looks at me and says,” Congratulations, Kelly.”  To which I reply, “For what, showing up on a  Monday morning?”  And he laughs and tells me no…and tells me about how I won something Friday afternoon after I left.  Well, I turn on my computer, scan through my e-mail, and find that our answers on those puzzle pieces where judged by the vp, and 2 other big cheeses.  For whatever reason, they picked mine as the winner, and I won a $100.00 American Express gift card.  I guess there was also a speech involved about how articulate I was..blah blah blah. So, the moral of that story is this:  brown-nosing pays!  (In case you were wondering, I used my gift card to go to Mario Tricocci and get a massage, facial, and my brows waxed.  After getting that done, I really wish I was a rich kid.  Man, what a life!)

Well folks, I think that about covers it for now.  It’s about 8:30  Saturday morning, (remind me to kick my friend who dared send me  text message @ 8am on a Saturday…) and I think I might go head to the rec and earn myself a few extra points for beer tonight!  Have a nice weekend…and Happy Halloween if I’m not back before then.