Weigh-in Wednesday and BB's birthday

Maybe you've noticed (or maybe you haven't) that I've been a tad MIA lately. My last post was exactly a week ago! What! I had my daughter's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. It was so much fun! She is obsessed with Minnie Mouse right now so we had a Minnie themed park party. It's a nice park with a big, very little kid friendly playground. I rented the pavilion so we had a nice shaded area to play. We had food, a piñata, and good company. Brynlee was VERY good and had a blast. She was asleep in the car almost as soon as we left and then slept for 4.5 hours after that! I ate poorly on Saturday (hot dogs, cream cheese tortilla roll ups, a cupcake, and lots of diet coke) and then I ate poorly on Sunday as well. I don't know what the deal was. I've been in a little bit of a funk because I found out, again, that I didn't get a job that I thought I really wanted. I am still not always able to get over the negative emotions and do something positive. I've been tracking my calories since then, but I am embarrassed to say that the last time I ran was last Tuesday. I weighed myself on Sunday and saw a HUGE jump on the scale. So even though I haven't exercised in quite a few days, I needed to get back to water drinking and good food eating. It's really hard to post about the hard times, ya know? It's so much easier to share success than failure. Here's just a few pictures from her party. :)

 

Brynlee Mouse

Her new ride

Daddy, Mommy, and the birthday girl

Her new Minnie chair

Bubbles!

Cupcake!

Daddy did that, haha

Loves balloons!

 

Moving on to Weigh-In Wednesday...

Starting Weight 6/10/13: 205
Last Week: 200.2
This Week: 199.8
+/-: (-0.4)

Total Loss: (-5.2 lbs)

 

Progress! Now I HAVE to keep that number under 200! I just have to. It has taken me 7 weeks to lose those 5.2 pounds. I am not losing as fast as some people do, but that is fine with me. I am just happy to lose. :) I honestly thought I was going to have a dreaded, "I gained 5 lbs" post after my ridiculous weekend and celebrating with Mexican food last night...

What were we celebrating? MY JOB OFFER! Whoo hoo! Yes friends, I finally have a job offer. I am so excited and happy. I just happened to check my e-mail around 10am yesterday and saw an offer in my inbox. The salary is a few thousand more than I was making at my old job, too so now both Joey and I are making more money. I had to go do a drug test yesterday and fax my signed letter of acceptance. Now I have to wait until my results come back for both my drug test and background check (no problems with either of those). Then my supervisor will call me to tell me my official start date. My offer letter said "on or about August 5th". So I have to go turn in the paperwork to sign Brynlee up for daycare. I already called to make sure they have a spot for her. Now I just have to turn in the paperwork and pay for next week. It's going to be bittersweet sending her off to daycare again. It's good for her, it's good for me. I just know that I will miss her a little ;) I have been home with her every day since mid-March. She is used to being home with me even if she gets a little bored sometimes. She is VERY social so I know she will love going back to "school".

 

Joey has a softball game tonight at 6 then I am going to go run after that. I had a drama queen meltdown last night when Paige and I were going to go to the gym because my Garmin strap broke. Uhhhh, meltdown! I am so used to wearing my watch when I run. I feel like I wasted a workout if I don't have it, lol. I know, drama. I am going to superglue the buckle to the strap so I hope it works until I can order a new strap. But yes, I HAVE to run tonight. I just have to! I can't let that 199.8 creep back up!

 

As always, I am linking up with these fabulous ladies so go check 'em out.



 

Happy Wednesday ya'll!

Weigh-In Wednesday & Various Workouts

I skipped last week's Weigh-In Wednesday thanks to Aunt Flow coming to visit me. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm definitely glad she is a regular visitor but she's a hot mess and I'm always happy to see her leave. Anyway, so I can't skip today's weigh in...

Starting Weight 6/10/13: 205
Weigh in 7/10/13: 200.4
This Week: 200.2
+/-: (-0.2)

Total Loss: (-4.8 lbs)

A loss is a loss, but DAMN I am just itching to see the scale go under 200. I keep thinking it will be this week, okay next week, okay maybe the next week. I am trying not to let it get me down. I am trying to focus on the way my body feels and the fact that I have been working out for 7 weeks! Whoo Hoo. I know that doesn't sound like much to some (and a lot to others), but I have been doing really well with working out and food tracking. When I checked my weight on Sunday morning for the Operation Skinny Jeans Fit Camp, it was 201.2. Of course, I know that weight fluctuates each day, but I sure wish my body knew to show the lowest weight possible on Wednesdays, LOL. I do have to weigh-in every Friday for OSJ Fit Camp. I can't decide if I will just use my Wednesday weigh-in each week or if I will actually do a separate weigh-in on Fridays.

I had a nice workout on Monday evening. I did a 2 mile run on the indoor track at the gym. I still haven't calibrated my foot pod so I downloaded a lap counter and used that to track my 30 laps. I really like when I am the only one on the indoor track. Then I don't have to weave around anyone and I don't get in the way of anyone else.

 

Then when we went home and did 300s. It's a good extra 15 minute workout! I really liked it and my body felt it on Tuesday. I accidentally stopped my Polar Ft in the middle so that's why there's 2 durations listed. It goes like this:

1 each of: squat, jumping jack, push-up
2 each of: squats, jumping jacks, push-ups
Work your way up to 10 then go down
9 each of: squats, jumping jacks, push-ups
All the way back down to 1 of each
You end up doing 100 of each set for a total of 300!

 

I had plans to attend my first Zumba class last night. Joey and Kyle were a little aggravated that we wanted to go to Zumba on a Tuesday night because they like to play disc golf on Tuesday's and someone has to watch the toddler. They were going to "let" us go to Zumba anyway, but when Paige got home...neither of us really felt like going. The workout for the OSJ Fit Camp today is cardio and abs. So we did a 30 minute workout that included P90CardioX and a short ab ripper. By the way, P90CardioX is hard! It's pretty cool though and I look forward to continuing to do it. Hopefully I can make it through the full 45 minute workout next time.

Joey joined his work's softball team so he has his first game tonight at 8pm. I am actually looking forward to it. I played softball in high school and really miss it. I really enjoyed softball. I know I'm not on the team (it's not co-ed), but I am looking forward to the experience. Paige and I are planning to workout when the guys get home from work then make dinner and then go to Joey's game. I'll probably do my 300s when we get home from the game or I'll do them before we leave if I have time.

As always, I am weighing-in with some of my newest favorite bloggers. I really enjoy reading each of their stories. Be sure to subscribe to them on Bloglovin' so you can get their updates! :)
 

Heather @ Pretty Strong Medicine
Ash @ A Step In The Right Direction
Bailey @ Being Bailey J
Amy @ Write This Down

 

I haven't yet heard about the job that I had a 2nd interview for on Monday. I really want this job! I really enjoyed meeting the two young ladies who would be my co-workers. They seemed like they really enjoy their job and that's a good sign. I feel like I did well with my interview, but I guess I can never be too sure. I was told that I should hear from the VP by today. She went on vacation yesterday so I didn't expect to hear from her yesterday, but am hoping to hear {good} news today. If I don't get this job (boo), I have a 2nd interview on Thursday with another company that I interviewed for last week. They are hiring 3 of the same position so I suppose my chances of getting a job there are pretty good, but I would prefer to get the job that I am waiting to hear about. :) If I get the job, I am going to set aside money from my first paycheck and join a gym. I've really enjoyed going to the gym with my SIL and it super duper keeps both of us accountable. If I don't get the job, well...I suppose I'll figure out a positive way to deal with the disappointment. Like running? :)

 

Happy Wednesday, friends! Get some exercise in! :)