The Weather Today Is Enchanting.....

.... and I am sure it has something to do with being down 2.6 lbs this week.  :)  I am really happy with that, especially with all the stressful situations I have encountered the last couple of weeks but I am as settled in to my new place as I can be.  The situation is not ideal but I think it will work for now.  At least until I get my own place. 

So, I never purchased new workout clothes for my 25lbs lost.  Instead I purchased new everyday clothes for my trip to Denver.  It was so lovely walking up to that counter with clothes that were several sizes smaller.  I will be revisiting my rewards system and moving a few things around because there are some rewards I want sooner than others (read: brat).  But I feel I deserve to exercise the right to change my mind.  As we know that is a woman's prerogative...wink wink.

I have been extremely rude and not asked how you all have been doing.  So.... How ya doin?

Whodathunkit?

I actually lost the 1.2lbs I gained the previous week.  So still holding strong at 25 lbs down.  Now, to push on from here......

Radio Silence

Hello Friends!  I don't even know where to begin. The past three weeks have been insane.  Here is a bullet point synopsis of what has been going on:

• Wedding on 10/15/10
• Left for Colorado on 10/18/10 (my trip will get it's own post)
• Finally made it back home from Colorado at 3:30am on 10/26/10, then went to work later that day
• Halloween festivities (and those darn sneak cocktails!) resulting in a 1.2lb gain at my next weigh in.  :(
• Monday 11/1/10 my roommate tells me he is moving his girlfriend and her kids in on Friday 11/05/10 (when I asked him to give me this week and next week to move my things out grrrrrrrr....)
• Worked all week, packed all week, got a storage unit and u-haul
• Saturday morning/early afternoon went wedding dress and maid of honor dress shopping with one of my besties.
• Saturday afternoon/evening moved from one house to the other
• Sunday finished unloading the u-haul, took things to storage and then unpacked my whole life.
• Monday I cleaned, worked and (praise!) got a massage
• Working everyday this week including Sunday.

Needless to say I am pretty pooped and very emotional.  I have been feeling so many different things and all at the same time.  Arrrgggghhhh!  I have my weigh in tonight and am pretty sure I gained.  There was some emotional eating involved this weekend. 

On the plus side I have gone to the grocery store and stocked up on low point healthy foods.  I may even be able to squeeze in a couple of walks so I can lose the weight I have put on the past couple of weeks.  I have some thinking to do and new routines to get used to but I know I will make it through and be an even better person for it.

Quick One

We are under a tornado watch, the weather is crazy and I lost .4 (point four) pounds on vacation.  BOOYAH!

Rocky Mountain High

Hey kids!  Not gonna be posting much this week since I am frolicking away in Colorado.  But I will most definitely catch up with you once I return.

Holla!

Back On Track

Down 4.4 lbs this week.  Which means I am officially down 25 lbs!  I was determined to get back on track.  Especially since I leave for Colorado next Monday.  I am still deciding on whether to find a meeting while I am out there or really just enjoy the first real vacation I have had in a while.  Hmmm...

Well 25 down means new workout clothes.  I know I definitely need a new sports bra but what else?  :)

A Book Review By A Non-Book Reviewer

A few months ago the above author contacted me about reviewing her book.  She saw that I really admired Louise Hay and other similar teachers and thought that I might enjoy her book.

Now let me begin by saying that I am not a professional book reviewer, in fact this is probably the first one I have ever done.  So please keep in mind that these are just my opinions and thoughts.  Okay, here we go!

I really wish I could say that I loved this book.  The ideas behind it are lovely.  The author herself is lovely.  I just didn't sync with the book.  I think it was because it read very much like Jerry and Esther Hicks' books.  A lot of questions to Jesus and then what the author interprets his answers to be.  I feel that the book was a bit beyond me, like maybe I am not quite at that level of understanding so it didn't make much sense.  And that's my issue not the author's.

There were however some beautifully quotable passages in this book and I even used a few on my Facebook page.  The over all theme of the book is that "we don't take our beliefs with us when we leave here; we take the love we found by having them."  I really love that idea.  Maybe if more followers of different religions looked at their beliefs with love instead of power and fear we might create a happier world to live in.