a sunny day in seattle

and I'm sitting inside.... go figure!

G, not much happening with the house. I've been checking the mail and mowing the lawn, that's about the extent of it! Waiting for M to get here and start buying furniture and that other domestic stuff. It's all good.

Can I just say that people are so fricken friendly here?! I love it. I love people just smiling at you randomly, making eye contact. It makes up for the fact that mostly, the weather has been dreary. Today, however, it's gorgeous. I'm thinking of places I can drive so that I can put the top down in my car and enjoy the sun on my face!

In lieu of having a job to go to, I've finally created a sort of 'schedule' for myself. I've bought an alarm clock to start waking up a little earlier (although all I do after I wake up is sit on the couch and drink coffee and read! lol). I try to get a morning workout in usually and sometimes if my roommie wants to go after work, I'll go with her and burn a few more calories. Since I've committed to losing weight, I figure it doesn't hurt.

I suppose I should mention a bit about this. Maybe if I mention it here for the world to see, you all will keep me honest and make sure I'm keeping at it (since I didn't keep at it last time I mentioned it. lol). Should I post my weight and loss each week? Eep! Then you will all know how much I weigh! But since I probably won't see any of you, it shouldn't really matter, should it? Ok, I'll start each post with it.. But in this case, I'll end the post with it. Anyhow, here's the thing: since I left high school almost 20 years ago, I have probably gained 14 pounds. I wasn't exactly my ideal weight in college but looking back, I'd take that now! lol So, here's my plan:

My goal is to lose 20 pounds. If I lost 25, that would be great, but I want to see how things go. I've had an easy time losing 5 pounds but after that, it gets difficult and I usually give up. Tortilla chips and mexican food and beer seem to be the main causes of that. lol BUT, this time I am determined. I am making a deal with myself to change my life eating habits. I will still eat mexican food on occasion but I need to be careful. It's something that I allow myself to overindulge in and frankly, that's what's gotten me here in the first place. Lots and LOTS of overindulgence. I seem to think it's okay to eat as much as my boyfriend.. doh!

Anyhow, I've always gone to the gym. Getting to exercise isn't a problem for me. Truly, it's eating. I love eating, I love food. I used to workout so I could eat what I wanted. I never took my weightloss seriously though. Now I'm getting serious. My reward to myself when I lose the 20 pounds (which I think will take at least 6 months to be maintainable) is to go to Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, AZ for 4 days.. I'm still working out the details but it's a place I've always wanted to go and it's supporting my commitment to losing weight so it's all good. I need to work out a few more details but I'll have some other goals to list in the future.

So that's it. I need to get out of here and get to the gym, now that we've talked about it. I need support so keep bugging me! But this blog won't be all about weightloss so don't worry. It's just on my mind today and I wanted to put it out there. THERE.

original weight august 7th: 182
last Saturday's weight : 178

now you really have to squint to read that! lol