A loss and some thoughts

Well my first week back at weight watchers was pretty darn good.  I lost 5.2lbs.  That makes me happy when the hard work I have done over the week pays off.  Apparently exercise really does help.

I also ordered my new glasses today, they are a very weak prescription, but I am hoping that they help with my headaches.   My eyes are 2 different strengths.  I never knew though that now, the lenses are more expensive than the frames.  I am not covered for eyeglasses either, so today’s purchase took quite a big bite out of my bank account.  Oh well what can you do.

A Nice Relaxing Saturday

I better not say that I am relaxing too loudly, some people might try to fill up the hours I have to myself with things to do.

I am not actually completely relaxing either, I am packing, getting ready to move back home in about a month.  I am playing rock band too.  I really love that game.

As far as the diet is concerned, I’m not doing too badly.  Thursday and Friday were tougher for me, I could not stop eating for some reason, but I did count everything, so I should still see a loss this week.  I’ll be really mad if I don’t. 

Other than that there is not a whole lot new in my life.  Well I better get back to packing.

Diet update

Well I was too tired to write anything yesterday, so I’ll give the diet update now.  I lost 4lbs last week.  I had a so-so week, I did not eat too much extra, and there were days when I was so tired that I was too nauseous to eat at all so the serious week is this week, and already I’ve had a peanut buster parfait….why does there have to be a dairy queen so close to my work?

We’ve labeled this week “family week” at the church, which just means it is spring break and all activities are cancelled, to give families extra time to spend together…for me it means extra time to be alone and relax.  So I am getting ready to do just that tonight.  I am going to slip into some sweats and sit on the couch and watch the Biggest Loser.  It is a favorite show of mine, which I sometimes have to miss because I usually have a practice on Tuesdays.  I might add another update later with my thoughts about the biggest loser episode tonight. 

Still sad

As I mentioned yesterday my beloved dog Murphy passed away yesterday.  She was 16 and a half.  She was suffering a lot, so we all agreed that it was time that she be put down. 

I remember when we first got her.  My mom had been on her annual trip to the states with her sisters and she phoned my dad to ask him if she could bring home the cutest little dog, and he said yes.  So when she got home, she surprised us with Murphy.

Murphy was really good, we actually did not have to train her.  She started going outside right away.  She would also head to the porch (her room) when she noticed that we were getting ready for bed.

I could always count on Murphy for a good laugh.  If we would ask her if she wanted to go for a car ride, she would run around the house excited and then she would run into the door before we had a chance to open it. 

If we had company coming I would say, who’s coming Murphy and she would head up and look out the window.

 For fun we used to pretend to beat each other up to see who the dog would protect.  I could always count on her to protect me. 

She always ran to you when you came in the house, and made you feel welcome.

I would sit on the stairs and she would sit at the top and I would torture her, by singing to her while I scratched her head.

I miss the dog.

sad

OK the crappy news is the apartment is not clean, the diet is not started….

My beloved dog murphy has passed away

Well I’m less busy now so I should be able to blog

It seems that every-time I try to organize myself into some pattern with my blog I fall off the wagon.  I find that it’s Monday and I don’t want to blog about what I wanted to blog about on Mondays….I want to blog about something that is completely different from any of the frequent topics I had set up in my “pattern”.

 I’ve decided though that Mondays are definitely going to be about the diet.  I can’t seem to stay on track with the whole thing, and I need to lose weight before my Dr.’s appointment in July.  July is only really 3 and a little bit months away.  That’s not a lot of time to lose any significant weight, yet I am going to try. 

 I guess by making myself blog about it on Mondays is a way I might be able to keep accountable to myself.   I don’t know we’ll see how it goes, today is day number one and I have a bit of chocolate left to eat up and some groceries to buy. 

What I am going to do today to try to keep myself from boredom grazing, is clean my apartment.  It is time for a spring clean in preparation to move in June.   I also really want to start jogging so we’ll see how that goes…the only shape I am in is round.

Pop in next week to see if I have lost any weight.

I love Johnny

I’ve not been on the computer as much as usual this week because I have had a very bad headache.  I’ve finally got some relief, at least until the advil wears off…but I hadn’t blogged in a while so I’ll post this video.  I love Johnny Cash and I think his cover of Nine Inch Nails hurt rocks

I love this video

I saw this movie tonight.  I had not actually heard of it before my friend mentioned that maybe we might go.  I think that was a good thing because had I seen a lot of previews for it I might not have liked it, because I find that if a movie is too hyped up I get disappointed. 

I really liked it, it had me jumping the entire time, and it’s not like it was scary or anything.  Things just popped up when you weren’t expecting it. 

My cadet friends are totally cool…

Monday Madness

So it was our first ever Louis Riel day here in manitoba, I’m not quite sure what significance it is supposed to have other than the fact that Manitoba decided that a February holiday was needed and we needed a name for it so after a while it was decided it would be called Louis Riel day…so I guess we’ll see over the next few years how it develops.

 It’s nice to have a day off, especially after a weekend where you don’t have time to relax. 

My aunt and uncle came home from Hawaii on Friday night, so we were at their house for a while looking at their pictures, then I finally came home and slept in my own bed after 2 weeks. 

Then on Saturday I had to get up early enough to head to the store to buy all the supplies for Fear Factor night at youth group.  It was a good night, what amazed me was the fact that there were no prizes awarded, yet all the kids still volunteered to eat gross things, I was shocked as well that we had like 6 volunteers to drink a concoction made up of all the gross things we had set up on the table for the previous round….kids really like the challenge I guess. 

Then Sunday there was church, we had some lady from the free press there, which made me kind of feel like we were on parade. 

Tonight I was supposed to be at a meeting at the church for the worship committee, but I told Julie that I would not be going.  It’s a holiday and the church has me so busy right now that I needed to take a rest.  So I did, and that is how this week is shaping up.