Feel the brrrrrrrr . . . erm . . . I mean burn!

It’s not easy to blog while you’re in the work mind-set. But I’ve missed two weeks in a row again -- Sunday was the day I set aside to be consistent and blog and I’ve even missed that. I’m not the multi-tasking fool that you think I am. I can only put so much on the pile before things start sliding out from the weight on the top.



So! What am I doing? I’m working my ass off to get the 20 lbs I put on in the past year back off. The scale says I’m getting there sooner rather than later. I don’t like counting calories, I don’t like giving up potatoes and bread (god I could have a major pity party over how much I miss bread!) I don’t like cutting cheese down to once a week in miniscule amounts. I hate crunches! I hate them. I hate pain, it hurts!


But. I like that I’ve dropped 2 pants sizes already. I like that I feel stronger each day when I speed walk 2 miles . . . then 2.25 miles . . . then 2.5 miles and now I’m up to 2.75 miles in the same amount of time that I was doing the 2 miles just a month ago. I scream/yell like I’m labor when I get to the last 10 crunches but the extra bits that were sagging around my middle are pulling back and up and are in the place they are supposed to be. Instead of looking like a block of dough, I can almost see the hour glass underneath the dough, and I like that too.


That is what I’m focusing on. To the detriment of work it seems; I may be back into the office so that my quality may be evaluated. I disagree with the errors that have been called and my TL is fighting them but I could lose this argument and be back in the office for at least a month. That would blow the diet/exercise plan all to hell but I’ll cope.


I am freezing my noogies off with this cold weather and the weight loss. Gorry! The extra padding was keeping me warm but now that I’m jump starting the calorie burn I’m cold all the time. Is this normal?


I like a cool house as a rule, some where I the 65 – 68 degree range, but lately 73 degrees is where I’m setting the thermostat. I read a great quote this morning that the only thing that keeps you warm in January is tea and seed catalogs. I definitely agree!


Next week we break the back of winter. Feb 2nd is both ground hogs day (secular version) and Imbolc ( non secular version) I’m very very much looking forward to it. Come on Spring!