Feelin' good in the neighborhood

Weight is the same, but exercise is seeming to pick up more.

About 2 hours of salsa dancing
About 30 min. of walking

Not that bad, really. I'm not eating as I should, but feeling better about eating as I should again.

Does that make sense? Hope so.

It's heating up out there, folks.

So, this past week was awesome for exercise, esp. seeing as the week before was not.

Exercise:
approximately 5 hours of walking (I think that is safe to say)
approximately 3 hours of dancing (probably more, actually)

I freakin' heart SXSW.

Weight is hanging around 240, and some of that is due to consuming large quantities of beer. Not so good, so this week will be Detox Week, for sure, although I just ate Indonesian buffet. . . Starting over tomorrow it is!

I hope depression doesn't hit.

Exercise:
1 hour of walking
20 min. of dancing with a drunk dude
(he was actually pretty good, considering)

241. Not the worst.

Some of my friends and I aren't so happy about some aspects of our lives these days. I'm hoping this doesn't have an effect on my eating.

Making up for 2 weeks.

So, since you're engaged - it's totally ON now!

Exercise over the past 2 weeks:
25 min. on the eliptical.

Yikes.

Weight is 240.5 again, thank god.

Walk. That's kind of all I do.

Exercise:
30 min. eliptical
3 hours of walking

I think I've gained weight since Karen came to visit.

I'll write more next time.

Fitting into old clothes again. Yay!

This past week, I hit my 20 lb. weight loss mark. That put me at 236! I cried I was so excited. I kind of let go for a few days, though. I was so busy and I didn't put as much stress on my dieting as I should have, so I've gained a pound or 2, but I'm not obsessing over it.

I put on some pants I haven't been able to wear in over a year. Later that day, I got a phone number. . . Coincidence? Haha - probably. It was a really good feeling, though. I lost it in 2 months, so that is a safe weight loss pace.

Exercise:
1 hour and 10 minutes of walking and
20 minutes of yoga (because I forgot my work shoes and had to leave early. . .)

Life is good. What can I say? :)

Ramblings and such

So, I don't have diabetes - thank the freakin' LORD! However, I tell myself that I do because I could still develop it one day should I not take care of myself. I'm sure this has been said a time or 2, but it's still good for me to reiterate it.

I've gone to the lengths of literally making myself envision not having toes or limbs due to poor diet control. I know, it's a bit extreme, but it has helped, obviously. Now, when I see something sugary and delicious like the pastries I work around, I don't think, "Yummmmy sugary goodness!" I think, "Walking with a cane when I'm 75 because I can barely move my legs." Yeah, it's not so appetizing after that.

My hopes with this are that one day, I can have children who make the correct decisions for themselves. They will see me struggle with this daily, no doubt, but hopefully, they will see how much richer my life is for being disciplined and making wise choices so I can be with them. At this point, I'm not even sure if I'm going to have children. Physically, I am unable at the moment, and emotionally, I'm not sure if I want to have them one day. There are so many health problems that I have that I wouldn't want to bring someone else into, so that's something I will need to contend with when the time comes. Granted, I want babies, but I may just adopt and save a person a lifetime of medical bills. That's really difficult, either way.

On a much, much lighter note, I've been cooking a lot of Italian food lately. I'm pretty much convinced that I'm the most amazing chef ever! :) It's pretty good, I must say. Gina taught me how to make her Nana's sauce today. I have eaten a bowl of the sauce alone. It's pretty incredible, and I can't wait to make stuff with it. Last Monday, my friend Whitney and I made a delicious meal: homemade (not by me) onion coriander pappardelle pasta topped with sun-dried tomatoes, chicken, fresh mozzarella, and homemade (by me!) sun-dried tomato and basil pesto. Holy mother of Mary's baby. It was INCREDIBLE. It was HEALTHY! We were happy. Apparently, I still am.

I consider myself a salad chef for the most part. I loooove to experiment with salads, but I've been experimenting more and more with Italian food. I hope it doesn't stop because it is a) delicious, b) less expensive than eating out, c) fun to make, d) healthy, and e) making me happpppyyy!!! YAY!

Ok, enough of that. I'm sure I will write more about this later.