I bought the shoes... :D And they are so cute! I wore them that same night to the ballet and the ballet was good. It was the Dracula ballet and I went with this guy I've started dating, who so far seems pretty amazing. Anyways, back to the shoes....they are black with really cute toe detail. I'll post a picture of them soon. :)

Tomorrow I will do my measurements from the past 4 weeks I've been working out. I have gotten up the last 4 weeks, 5 days a week at 5 am to work out. My cardio hasn't been very "fat burning" since I've only been taking my dog for a walk on the cardio days. These next 4 weeks I am going to start doing my cardio at the gym for more of a "fat burning" workout. 54 more days till I am in Oz!!

Shoes

Who doesn't love shoes?? I love shoes. In fact, when I'm really depressed I can go try on shoes and that will cheer me up. Today was not the case. I decided I needed new shoes because when I added panty hose (thigh highs to be exact) to my outfit all the shoes I have did not fit! So, I got all excited and buying shoes and didn't even look at my bank account to see if I could afford them. I started thinking I couldn't afford them so I was just going to do without. I came home and I looked at my accounts and sure enough I can afford the shoes! The question is, do I now go buy them, or do I just wait since I found a pair of heels that I forgot I had that has a strap across the ankle so they would stay on my feet. Decisions, decisions.....

I have not been posting here, obviously. I have been really busy and basically been slacking off in all areas of my 16 week challenge, except the gym that is. I think I have actually gained weight since then...only a pound or two though. I also thought who really wants to read about someone whinging about losing weight all the time...lol. I'll try to get better now that life has slowed down.

School has been keeping me super busy!! But I turned in my research paper yesterday and I am going to try to make a real effort to keep up this second part of the semester. So far, I'm at least 2 chapters and several pages of writing behind..lol. Tonight in class we had a group discussion in lieu of a test and there is one student in particular that I CANNOT stand!!! This student feels the need to dominate every conversation and talks in a loud, monotone, nasal voice! Plus this student talks over everyone else and just drives me crazy in general. The bad thing is that we are in the same major and so I'm certain I will continue to have classes with this student until one of us graduates. This is a good motivator to take extra classes!!

I just realized that after I get up at 5 am to go to the gym, yes folks, that is the real time I get up to go to the gym, I can come back home and go back to bed. I don't have to be at work till noon! Yay!! That put a big smile on my face!!

I have been busy lately, so I haven't been able to post as much as I would like. It's easy to get behind at school, so I've been playing catch up. My tickets to Australia are purchased and all I'm doing now is waiting for the date to get here :) My diet has not been great. But you get that on the big jobs. I had some issues I needed to work out, and I have worked those out now thank goodness. I was doing so well at the beginning of the week, but then I ate out a few times and so today I'm eating out again, but I am planning on drinking lots of water and having a good dinner and a 100% day tomorrow.

I started to make peanut butter cookies with peanut butter chips and chocolate chips in them but then I thought to myself, I don't NEED these cookies, I WANT these cookies. I decided I had to make sure the majority of the foods I'm eating come from the NEED category and not the WANT category. I'll work on it after lunch :D

My rant

People, if you have a dog, potty train it properly! Which involves taking the puppy OUTSIDE to use the bathroom, not using potty pads! Using potty pads teaches the dog to piss and shit in the house! Yes, the dog is only allowed to use the potty pad, but it is still in the house and the dog never learns to shit and piss outside! Getting a puppy requires hard work. Not all puppies pick up potty training easily, but dammit, it still needs to learn to shit outside! What happens if the dog is boarding somewhere? I'll tell you what will happen. The dog will get to go outside several times a day and will NOT use the bathroom outside! The dog will come back in and promptly shit and piss INSIDE!

Day 9

One of my neighbors told me the other day that he noticed I had lost a lot of weight and if I didn't mind sharing how much had I lost. I was proud to tell him I had lost about 30 pounds since February. I also told him about how I am trying to lose another 18 pounds before December and he told me that my current weight to height ratio looked really well on me. I was very flattered. It was a very nice thing for him to have said to me, but I also know that if I'm not careful I will get back into the comfortable mode and I will just stay the weight I am. I want to keep losing, so I will gladly accept his compliment and keep trying to lose the rest of my weight.

The above paragrah is why I'm having a hard time this week. I DO want to keep losing weight, so I just have to buckle down, wait out the cravings and keep telling myself, "chocolate icecream will still be around in December, so will Snickers bars." :D This realization is coming after lunch today, of course. I had a "no-cheats" dinner and breakfast but lunch as a disaster. I had my SS lunch then I had some peanuts and 2 granola bars. Thank goodness I was at school when I had my dinner because I was craving something sweet after I ate. I hoping since I did not have anything sweet after dinner and I lived that tomorrow will be a better food day. I think I will have a grilled cheese sandwich tomorrow. That sounds really good.
Goodnight all!
BTW, I am going to figure out how to post some pictures and put up one that I found of me that was taken 5 or 6 years ago. YIKES!!! That was when I was over 200 pounds! I am also just going to post some other ones as a progression of where I was to where I am now.

Day 9

Ahh, Wednesday. The day I get to sleep in. Only I didn't get to really sleep in because of my damned annoying dog! Who does he think he is, waking me up at 7 so he can go outside? Then getting back in bed and doing that annoying licking! Crazy dog.

Breakfast was good, it was oatmeal and milk and some apricots. Lunch was cream cheese with some garlic and some minced onion flakes and some bbq spices. Yummy! I also had some crackers and an apple. Then I ruined that great 100% meal by having a granola bar and some peanuts. For dinner I had a single serve meatloaf, some green beans and asparagus and then I had a scoop of icecream. I am vowing to be 100% Thursday and Friday and Saturday and Monday! Sunday will be off slightly, I already know.

I had class this morning and I was sad I had to go to school instead of work for once. I work for a vet and today we had to put down this dog who meant something special to all of us. He's been coming to the clinic for 11 years and the last 2 years he has spent a lot of time boarding with us also. This dog was noisy and such a food hound and he was the best dog ever. We all loved him. Putting him down was one of the saddest things we've had to do all year. I was sorry I wasn't able to be there for his owner and for him. I will miss seeing that little guy and even though the boarding facilities will be quieter now, it won't be the same without his barking himself hoarse.
I miss you, buddy.