The Brat Fights the Fat

If anyone needs a good laugh, I'll try to remember to post a picture later tonight...
I'm finally at the point where I can start working out again. As I was gathering my workout gear, I noticed my "old" sportsbra in the drawer. Since the bra was practically new, it was a shame to get rid of it. On a lark, I decided to try it on. LMAO! It was so big that you couldn't see my breasts under all the spare material. I could actually put a full fist into each cup and still have room. So much for me thinking that they didn't take that much off.

Back to regularly scheduled programming...

I'm doing pretty well with the no pop thing. Have had a few sips here and there, but much better. I'm still struggling to drink my water, but am definitely getting more than I was. I haven't heard anything further in regards to a WW at work, but hopefully they'll get enough interest. I haven't been very good about traking my points, so I need to get my butt in gear.

School starts next week!! My kids aren't old enough for school yet, but I'm back in school again. For those of you that don't know, I'm an accountant. When I got my designation, a degree wasn't required, but newer graduates have to complete a degree before they can get their designation. I've decided to get mine. The CGA's have a degree partnership with various Universities, etc. so it will take me just over a year to get. I decided to go for the BBA with a major in Accounting & IT from SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology). The courses appeal to me. I'm taking things like Internet Applications, Database, Network & Project Management plus a couple business/marketing courses that I managed to avoid during my college years. It's all done by correspondence with two courses per semester so I can still work. It'll mean the next year will be pretty busy, but at least it won't be boring. I hate boring!

Knowing me, my posts will become more regular rather than more sporatic. I tend to be a procrastinator and will probably do posts when I should be studying :-)

So we went out for dinner at the Olive Garden (not very points friendly, but delicious none the less). Had a lovely dinner with the girls and caught up on things. A guy we'd seen outside of the restaurant while waiting for a table came up to us while we were eating to give me his number. He handled it very gracefully when I told him I was married. It was flattering, but a bit embarrassing (especially since my girls teased me a bit).

We hit the casino afterwards to check out the men, I mean have a drink and play some slots. Lost. Not much though, 'cause being an accountant, I'm the responsible type that sets a spending limit before I go in and play until it's gone. Had fun though. Not nearly enough cute guys out.

After the casino we hit the club for a bit of dancing. Unfortunately they played crappy music and we danced to a total of... 1 song. Which really really sucked. I was so looking forward to dancing. We had some fun regardless. And I think we got a bit too much attention when we did a chain massage. We had some good laughs regardless.

Now on a more serious note... Thank you for calling me on the water, etc.! I needed a quick in the butt. I have been making a serious effort to drink more water this weekend and starting on Monday will cold turkey the pop again. When I did that last time, it made a huge difference in my water intake and how I felt. I guess I just can't drink the stuff at all, 'cause having one occasionally quickly crept back up to drinking it regularly. So, back to cold turkey. And yes, Queenie, L & the rest of you, please smack me if you see me cheating. :-)

Got bored with the old template. New one makes me think about swimming in the ocean, which of course makes me think about Mexico.

Now if only this will help motivate me. I've done nothing towards losing weight since my last post. No exercise. Almost No water. Little sleep. And bad food. At this rate, I'll weigh more by the time I go.

I'm going out with the girls on Saturday night! It'll be the first time the three of us have gone out since L got back from Australia. I can't wait. I hope I've healed enough to dance without pain. I hope I've healed enough to dance period, 'cause midway through the night I won't be feeling any pain and I'd hate to hurt myself. :-)

Sounds like someone is trying to organize a corporate WW club at work. I guess an office with 600 staff (70% of which are women), there might actually be enough to have it's own club. We'll have to wait and see. The feeler email went out today. I've been a strictly online member of WW for years, but it might be nice to attend meetings again, but it might be weird to do it with people I work with. I guess we'll see.

After 6 years of marriage, I am FINALLY going on my HONEYMOON!! Booked it today!! We leave November 10th!!

We're staying here at the Gran Bahia Principe Tulum

I'm very excited!! Can you tell?!?

Oh god, I have to fit into a bathing suit in just over 2 months!! I guess it's time to get serious. I think I need a challenge. But I think I need a team one with something on the line. Anyone interested?

Oh and Queenie, I'm so sorry, but I can't do James Blunt after all. Forgive me??

So much for me being a regular blogger again. I had great intentions and then life just sort of sped past. Well, actually I think it mostly just ran right over top of me. Work has been absolutely crazy. We're in the middle of launching one of the projects that I've been working on for a year and a half. Except, we launching and then we're not launching and then we are and then we're not and then maybe we are and... ARGH! It's been a bit frustrating and I've officially reached the point when it's either laugh hysterically or cry. I've been laughing an awful lot.

Today is weigh in day... I'm exactly the same as I was prior to my surgery, which sucks because shortly after my surgery I was down 2.5 lbs. Of course, I had almost 800 grams of fat removed during the surgery and didn't eat for a week. It's disappointing to be up. Guess it just means I have to really get my butt in gear. I have two huge motivational factors right now... 1) Going to Mexico in November & 2) If I gain weight, it'll go right back into my breasts and the pain, etc. of surgery will have been wasted. I like having smaller breasts and have NO desire to be that big again. I can't get over how much skinnier I look with smaller breasts. So it's back on track for me!

Went to the David Gray concert last night. It was great! It was an outdoor concert at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. The weather was beautiful. The music was wonderful. It was great to sit on the grass and listen to music. The best part though was watching my friend. She's the David Gray fan and had asked us to go with her. She's had so much going on in her life and it was so nice to see her that relaxed and enjoying herself. She was so excited to see D.G. in concert as he's so popular in England that it's almost impossible to see him. It was a great night.
(Not so good on the food front though... had fish & chips for dinner and mini donuts at the concert... oops!)

Food So Far...
None yet, but I'm going to go eat soon

Well, I'm back to work today. Mixed feeling about that. It'll be good to be back on track, to use my mind, to get out of bed before 10 am, but at the same time, I have to get out of bed before 10 am. I was kinda getting used to the life of leisure. Playing video games, reading books, being useless. Sure, I was bored out of my tree, but it was still kind of nice. Now I actually have to start showering everyday and doing my hair and wearing something other than althetic shorts and a t-shirt. *sigh*

Oh and I guess I have to start back on being good. I ate really well the first week (well, once I started eating again), mainly due to the fact that my Mommy & Daddy took very good care of me and fed me nice nutricious and delicious meals. I've been less good the second week as I'm back at home. My DH has been taking good care of me, but his cooking skills are shall we say limited. But now that I'm back to the real world, it's time to get real with the food too. DH will still have to do most of the cooking for another couple of weeks, but I'll be much more involved in choosing the menu and supervising the cooking (sorry Scott). After going through all the pain, etc. of the surgery I don't want to gain weight and undo the results. 'Cause the first place I gain weight is in my breasts.

Plus, now that I can actually see my stomach I'm a lot more aware of it and need to get rid of it.