pixiebelle

Last day of work before vacation! So much to do too. And yet, I'm not motivated right now.

I came in today and there was this banner in my cubicle:

It has photos of Great Danes below the letters :)

My desk was too messy to get a photo but it had three party hats with dogs on them and Christmas lights.

There was a bag on my chair that held four picture frames (I need to put photos up at work, my boss is big on making this a happy place with photos), a Great Dane calendar, and the cutest Great Dane card (and it's one I've seem before and thought would be perfect for me as far as greeting cards go. It's a giant Dane with a little bitty girl that's shorter than the dog walking it on a leash. Too cute).

So my desk is decked out in dogs. Not only dogs.... But Great Danes! I'm obsessed with Great Danes and I guess it shows.... My last job picked up on that too. They're like the breed for me, my dog breed soul mate or what have you. They just fit with me.

Soon I'll have my own Dane photos to post around the office as well! Once I get some printed. They're all digital. Annabelle needs to be present at my office too, at least in picture form.

We are going to lunch today too. Not sure where yet, but I'm figuring there goes eating healthy! I've been wonderful for almost two weeks, I will enjoy it :)

I actually got out of the house very early today. I was able to park at the office and walk to Starbucks (since I ran out of stuff to make my breakfast smoothie and tried using half the stuff and it was bad). I get a carmel frappacino light with sugar free syrup since its actually not too terrible diet wise. It's still a treat. I had a free drink coupon for my birthday that I used. It counts as breakfast since I'm not a big eater in the morning anyway and my actual breakfast tasted horrible. Remind me to never use water instead of almond milk AND forget the Truvia. Otherwise my spinach smoothie doesn't just look like mud, it'll taste that way too. Normally it's yummy if done right :)

I've considered starting a nutrition blog since nutrition and eating real food is my big thing. I've managed to do it on a budget (I started in grad school as a poor student) and without having much time to cook. I know people claim it's so hard.... I'd love to share what I've learned through the years, tips and tricks that work for me, etc. It's not about a weight loss diet (though weight loss does happen usually), but about eating real food instead of processed junk all the time. I've made adjustments to recipes that make them better, etc. I wonder how I should go about setting that up? Hmmm....

Speaking of which, I weighed myself today and I lost 5 pounds, not 3! I barely exercised yesterday because I had errands to run and it got late, but I did get in ab and arm workouts with a little leg work and brisk walking. I'd say about 30-45 minutes of light exercise. I work out in front of the TV. It's a rule of mine... If I'm watching TV, I better be doing something other than sitting. It's easy to work my arms with light weights or to do some crunches. I watch maybe an hour of TV when I do turn it on, I really haven't watched it in years besides a few things here and there. But it keeps me staying in one place for an hour since I'm OCD about finishing any show I start and since I must do some workout while watching TV.... It adds up to pretty awesome results!

My jeans fit me better today! They're not uncomfortable or snug. I'm almost down to my pre-Annabelle trauma weight (I put on 10 pounds during the three months she was sick). I'm not a terribly big person as it is, so once those pounds are gone, I'm aiming mainly for lean muscle. I hope to eventually for in my grad school clothes again mainly because I have some nice stuff there and buying it all again would be expensive. But I was in the best shape of my life on grad school (a size 4) from running every single day. I don't have that much weight to lose to get there... But I also don't have classes to walk to, stairs to climb every day (I never took elevators on campus) and the time to run for an hour or two every single day. So no pressure there. I'll be happy to lose 5 more pounds and beyond that, maybe 10 more to get me at my pre-office job weight (my last job had sweets every day that I'd binge on. This one doesn't thankfully).

This has gone on way too long. See why I need a special blog for diet and fitness? I could talk about it all day :D

Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.