This morning I stepped up onto the scale and hoped and prayed that I would get to the magical number. I hope and pray this every time I jump up onto that scale and usually I am confronted with disapointment.

But not today my friends! Not today!

Weight?

219.6

Finally, I’m under the 220 lbs and I really can’t [...]

It was almost a year ago that I had declared I had enough as I was encroaching 270 pounds and decided to change things. It wasn’t though until almost June, that I had psyched myself up enough to actually DO something about it. But, my! How things have changed in just that one year.  I’m [...]

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Never mess with something that works?” That’s what this entry is about today! Be forewarned, it’s targeted towards women. *ahem*

Back in June when I really started to go gung-ho with everything here, I had some good progress right at the beginning. In fact, this progress continued until about the [...]

Meet one of my raison d’être… or, reasons for being.

As you may or may not be aware of, April 1st — the fiscal year I eagerly await so my trade will open with potential for jobs — is about 103 days away. Okay, maybe 102 now.

And this means I really need to change things here [...]

A lot of sleep has been lost the past two weeks or so as I worry about whether or not I have a snow-ball’s chance in hell at my ‘dream trade’. The trade is closed for the year which means all positions for the 2009/2010 fiscal year (April 1 to March 30) have been filled. [...]

I’ve been keeping busy with workouts and am definitely glad that I started the weight training workouts. I know I need to boost the cardio workouts and that will be my focus this week.

Today I revisited the thought of finishing my lifeguarding certificate. Mostly, this is to perhaps do some private teaching… I last visited [...]

Back in September/October when I did the course, I didn’t take many photos. I haven’t any clue why I didn’t but I think I was afraid of my camera being confiscated, haha! I really had no worry, we were encouraged to… But my awesome roommates took a few and the staff took some as well [...]

I can’t believe my last update was nearly ten days ago. Wow. Don’t worry, I really have been working out still and going to the gym pretty near every day! So much has been going on privately though, I guess the website went wayward!

Things have gone well this week. I had a tour of the [...]

It’s been so busy here the past few days, I really had to think the past few minutes to see if I did a workout on both of those days!

Yes, I worked out on the 1st! I did half an hour of swimming on both days. Nothing spectacular, I was feeling kind of unmotivated but [...]

I did a boxing class last night which lasted an hour. Definitely was not as intense as the kickboxing and definitely not as much fun. But, I got out there even when I didn’t feel like going and did the class….

My objective over the next week is to really focus on the eating aspect. I [...]