2.5 this week

Biggest Loser Competition Update!!!!

I lost 2.5 pounds this week for a total loss of 6.5 pounds. Pretty good for 3 weeks worth of work. My goal is to lose 3.5 in the next week so I can get to that 10lb benchmark.

A few things that have really helped me-

• Track what you eat. I typically don't track on the weekends and allow myself to have whatever I want (within reason) but during the week, I'm super good about it. 
• Plan out what you're going to eat. I plan each morning and enter it into my online tracker so I know if I have any wiggle room.
• Eat the amount of calories you're supposed to. I'm not good about this some days because I'm so busy I forget to eat. There were days this week when I got home at 10 and had to force myself to eat something because I had only consumed 500 calories that day.
• Drink lots of water. I've been completely off of soda for 3 weeks and I don't really miss it. I drink water (and alcohol- which I don't like to track)
• Get up and move. I'm busy so it's hard but last weekend I ran 3 miles and then 4 miles. It felt good to be out there running and my muscles thanked me later on in the week. 
• Buy a skinny outfit. I've bought a few things this week that were slightly tight on me. I know that if I want to wear them, I have to stick to the plan. 

That one time I went on a date. And it wasn't horrible.

Could my luck be changing???? I'm cautiously optimistic. I have been on a series of dates in the past two months, most of them have been crazy, awkward, and not fun. Dating is exhausting but I know that I have to go through a lot of frogs before I find that prince. So last night was another date. At this point, my expectations for any date are pretty low. If anything, at least I get a free meal out of it. This guy (we'll call him Boy Wonder) was super nice and we seemed to get along pretty well. There weren't any awkward lulls in the conversation or weirdness. It was just easy (which was quite a relief since I was exhausted from a really long 9.5 hour day at work). Boy Wonder and I have tentative plans to see each other at some point next week since I'm out of town this weekend. I'll keep you all updated.

Friday!!! Glorious Friday!!! (week recap)

Friday is by far my favorite day of the week. I get to wear jeans to work. Actually, now that I think about it, I get to wear jeans EVERY day if I want to but that's beside the point. I get to stay up late because I can sleep in on Saturday. And sleeping in means 8am when you're a working girl and get up at 7am during the week. I also get to relax. I haven't been doing a lot of that lately. This week was just as busy as past ones. I had DZ meetings on Sunday and Monday. I played trivia on Wednesday. Had another DZ meeting yesterday (and then went home and ate pizza and watched Downton Abbey- best show ever!). So I'm exhausted. And work was crazy this week. Spent Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wednesday at a conference. Today I was at a law school recruiting for interns.

Soapbox Side Note- if you wanted a job, wouldn't you at least know something about the organization and dress semi-presentable. I was amazed at how unprepared and sloppy some of the people were. Maybe I'm old fashioned but jeans and a t-shirt are not job fair material. Okay, moving on....

I have nothing planned tonight and I'm super excited about it. I'm going to the eye doctor tomorrow and I just know she is going to want to dilate my eyes. I hate that part of the visit. Sunday my day is packed but I'm really excited about it! It will give me some stuff to blog about so I don't have to continue writing about my boring lovely week. 

Have a fabulous weekend! 

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