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Old Habits

15 Friday Feb 2013

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I guess my 365 posts didn’t last that long. Even though I wasn’t necessarily too busy to post something everyday, there were times when I was simply too busy to take a picture everyday. The past two weeks have been hellish for me. I work in accounting and every year come audit season, it just gets so hectic. I had days where I was coming in at 5 am and leaving at 7:30 pm! I am an entry-level position mind you. Thankfully, all of that will be over soon. Why? Because I am getting a promotion. The details are still in the works and I am not sure the start date but it will be no later than March. It is all very hush-hush because of the circumstances but I can’t wait until I can tell everyone! I didn’t just pop back in to tell you good news though, I have some bad news too.

I thought today was my day off :(

I thought today was my day off 😦

I am working on my day off! I am so thankful to even have a job now but being at work more than being at home, even on the weekends, gets exhausting. I get the next three days off because of President’s Day but I can already feel like today is going to be long.

Oh! I do have more good news, I have lost 7 pounds. I read somewhere that telling people about your goals, releases something in your brain that makes you feel like you have already accomplished the goal. I am not sure if this is true but I have still decided not to tell anyone about my specific goals. What I will tell you, is that my good friend Bryan and I decided to have a friendly weight competition. I say friendly because the wager is not necessarily based on the other person. If I win, I can buy myself Hulk Smash Hands but if I lose, I have to submit two grad school applications in the fall. He has similar goals himself. I don’t like the idea of positive reinforcement but mixing the positive reinforcement with the bet, almost makes it like I am holding myself accountable and Bryan is my support system.

Back to work for me but I should have some product reviews and some zoo pictures up here pretty soon.

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28 Monday Jan 2013

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Down five pounds! (To clarify, my toe is black because I broke it)

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08 Tuesday Jan 2013

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Goodness! Those holiday pounds crept up on me quick!

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I am lazy

10 Monday Dec 2012

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It is the truth. With my weight, with my goals, with my housework; I just get lazy. I work a lot, sometimes 60 hours a week, and by the time I get home I have every excuse written already in my head. I haven’t been able to get on track with an eating or exercise plan. I honestly thought that this blog would help hold me accountable for a lot of the things that had slipped by before. Well, I really need to start making that happen.

1) My GRE/GMAT studying:

I have made some progress on this! I don’t have a date to take the test scheduled yet but once I feel a bit more comfortable with my practise tests (I am horrible at multiple choice) I will set the date. Almost every night I come home and work on flashcards:

Flash Cards

Flash Cards

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Reality Check

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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I am in serious need of a reality check. For the past couple weeks, I have really not been caring about dieting or weight loss. I would often go periods when I would be off my diet then back on but the month of October has been pitiful. I get these tiny reality checks from time to time but today I got a reality check that made me feel pretty fat.

Is that me?

Yikes! That looks horrible! I am extremely embarrassed that this was captured in a photo! You can my rolls, where my belly “dunlopped over” and oh goodness…the bunchy crotch! I just look so sloppy. I really need to make some changes. I don’t believe I can keep going like this. Later, I will post some more photos and measurements. It is time to see some results!

A sincere lack of motivation

26 Friday Oct 2012

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I am in a funk. Not just with my weight or future plans, with everything. You know the symptoms; your room gets a little messy, you start waiting until you almost run out of gas before refilling, you would rather 5 day old chips and salsa to avoid both cooking and going out to eat. Even my desk at work has turned into a danger zone.

Messy!

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It is going good

20 Saturday Oct 2012

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Down 3 so far this week!

I am back! Mentally and physically I am back. I cannot believe I let myself gain all the weight that I lost back. I will not make the same mistakes I did before. If I over eat one day, the day I work out twice. I will do it this time!

Weight Gain

29 Saturday Sep 2012

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I cannot seem to get it to together. I sound like a broken record and I have no excuses and I really cannot even justify why I have gained weight besides pure laziness. Well here it is:

Back to where we started.

I am back up again however I never want to see 230 again. I will go forward with this and I will lose the weight. I think sometimes people need a trigger,like an event or feeling, to really get them in the right state of mind. In the past I have never felt held back by my weight. My insecurities were never about my weight. I talk too fast, I am stubborn, and I have a temper but none of those things are related to my weight. Sure, I have never been happy with my weight but it has personally never attributed to any failures in my life. Well, all that changed because I finally had an incident where my weight was a reason. For me, it was a big deal and I want to make sure that incident is never repeated. Here is to my umpteenth try but to the try that will work.

Sick!

14 Friday Sep 2012

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My motivation has struck, it is just not the way I wanted it. After having a tickle in my throat the past few days, which I had deduced to side affects of the recent weather change, I awoke this morning sick. Full blown sick; congestion, coughing, chest pain, stiff neck, instant urge to call my mother, etc. Still I had to come to work.

Sitting in the dark.

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I need motivation

12 Wednesday Sep 2012

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I am barely three days into this diet and I am already cheating. In fact it shouldn’t even be called a diet. I got on the scale and the results were horrible:

227 pounds!!!

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