Booo

No class at lunch today! There's one tomorrow though. So I think I'm just going to run on the treadmill and do some core work.

Work is dead. I talked to my boss to see if he had anything I could work on, and he didn't. It's the calm before the storm, I realize this. I'm such a pressure worker, I work best with pressing deadlines.

Update: I did 1hr 15 min on the treadmill (walking 10/running 10) then some core work (planks, push-ups, etc...) then took a full shower (normally I don't wash my hair due to lack of time, but it was so sweaty today I couldn't get away with not doing it). Afterwards I was going to reward myself with chicken fingers and fries (one of three options at our quasi-caf today) and then decided to run out and get Subway (hold the cheese please) instead.

I'm getting quite anxious about New Year's Eve day. More to come on that later.

Happy to be here

I'm happy to be back at work today - so that I can go to the gym at lunch!

It's crazy, I hadn't gone to the gym (or done any exercise) since the 23rd. 5 days later, when I hit the pavement yesterday, it was amazing how my body instantly felt better. I definitely got the exercise high and my blood started flowing, my smile got bigger - I just felt a million times better after like a minute of running.

So I'm really looking forward to heading back to the gym today. It's super quiet around here so I may even stay a bit longer (after clearing it with my boss first!)

I did it

I went out of my realm of comfort and split an appetizer with Emma:

Baked Goat Cheese & Slow-Roasted Garlic Flatbread Plate Warm garlic flatbread, spiced cranberry relish, roasted corn and onion salsa, fresh papaya and roasted red pepper salsa (can I say DELISH?!?!?!??!)

And then I ordered the

Red Curry Chicken Bowl Chicken, red peppers, green onions simmered in Thai red curry coconut cream, fragrant jasmine rice, steamed Asian greens

I only ate half so I brought the rest for lunch today. As well as my gym clothes so I can work off some of the calories from last night. And my scale this morning actually said 158.6 It wavered! It changed! It works!

I just have to say too, I love the gym. I love it being so close, so accessible. Honestly I wouldn't be going to the gym otherwise. I don't dread going, I find it such a good break - right in the middle of the day, and I come back to my desk completely refreshed and ready to tackle the afternoon.

And I knew it. I'm a weak, weak person. I know I shouldn't bake at home - without the intention of bringing it out of the house right away. I had a few bananas sitting at home, no one has been eating them lately, so they were over ripened. Turning black. Perfect for banana bread. Now, let me back pedal a bit. I don't bake. I don't bake because I love baked goods and I will eat whatever it is I bake. I'm weak, what can I say!?! But I made banana bread. I've never made plain banana bread before and it was perfect. Best banana bread I think I've ever tasted. And 3/4 of the loaf is gone. And it's been three days. Granted, my husband has helped me, but I've done my fair share of eating it. I can't wait for it to be gone!

Ooohhhh must be careful

Those two pounds I lost last week? They found me again!

And honestly I've been pretty darn good this holiday season so far. But apparently not as good as I thought I was being.

I was going to head to Costco at lunch today, but I think the gym is a tad more important.

Oh! And thanks to my super busy weekend, I didn't have time to do groceries. So I don't have anything for lunch today (I couldn't even take anything out of the freezer, the thought totally disgusted me) so I have to *gasp* buy my lunch today. In the past year that I've been back to work, I've only bought my lunch three times. Obviously I've planned to go out to restaurants a few times (with co-workers or with Jeff) but never had to buy my lunch just because I didn't bring one (if that makes sense at all). And this is a new cafeteria - so I don't even know what they have. And - I'm going to the body bar class from 12:15 - 1pm so I think I'll buy my lunch before (I wouldn't be buying anything hot, hopefully just a fully loaded sandwich, I'm sure they have them) just in case it's all gone by the time I get there. I'm pretty funny and I get all worked up about little things... like having to buy my lunch.

Yum Yum

I bought a box of clementines. That makes me very happy. I also lost 2 lbs this week. That makes me very happy. Even the SNOW we got today made me happy. This is getting a little ridiculous.

I've decided that I will be going to the gym at lunchtime now. I miss my mornings with my men. I was leaving at 6:30 and most days Carson doesn't get up until 6:45-7, so I wasn't seeing him. And I missed it. I also missed having my oatmeal in the mornings. Plus, now with winter here, there will be shovelling that will have to be done in the morning which will add a chunk of time into our morning routine.

I normally just eat lunch at my desk and work, so I figured I'd be better off going to the gym. I'll try it for a week and see what happens.

Ding ding ding

A light went off in my head tonight.

Lisa and I had just gotten back from a brisk 5K walk, with a brief stop in at Lisa's friends house who is a personal trainer and has her own gym in her basement. She's super nice, lives the street over from me, has a bright, clean, spectacular gym and who told me to give her a call and maybe go over for a chat. She's really well certified and teaches all kinds of classes.

Anyways, Lisa and I were chatting - about losing weight and exercising. Saying how we feel so much better when we are eating well and working out, we feel happy, confident, motivated, good about ourselves... you know what I mean. Then we talked about how when we eat poorly, we feel like crap. Sad, bummed out, super unmotivated, ugly.... again, you know. SO WHY DO I EAT SO BADLY If I don't eat poorly.... I will feel good. How hard is that? Come on, Christy. I know you are smart enough to know if we live healthy, we feel SO MUCH BETTER. It's not rocket science.