Today's weigh-in: 201.2
Well, that's a bit of good news. Hopefully, it isn't all water weight (although it could be). I've been trying to be more active (run/walk with the dog in the mornings, some calisthenics at home) and trying to eat better, or at least eat a little less. I'm using Calorie Count to track my calories consumed and burned. I'm also using an iPhone app called Pocket Workout. It gives you a schedule and some no-equipment-needed exercises to do wherever you are. It's just helping me come up with some exercises to do at home while I'm just sitting around. I really need to get on this. I told myself while we were still languishing in the South that once we moved, it would be a new start and I'd hit the weight loss hard, but I've spent pretty much two whole months now not really doing anything about it. First of all, I really need to lose the weight, for health reasons. I'm about 50 lbs overweight. Second, we've got season tickets to one of the ski resorts in the area, and I need to get in shape enough to survive skiing and make the expense worthwhile. And most importantly, I've put a moratorium on shopping for clothes until I can drop some sizes. But I REALLY need to shop soon, because we've hit fall, and we're expecting some possible snowfall next week. I have only one pair of jeans to my name, and I need some winter clothes.
I've subbed once so far and survived it. I'm still getting set up with some of the school districts, but I'm set up with three. So hopefully I'll get some more days, and get some more money. Since we're in the midst of loan processing for the house, we can use all the money we can get.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Day 265 - 9/22/09
Today's weigh-in: 204.2 (clothed)
Well, I've unpacked the scale, and it isn't good news. Although I've been talking long jog-walks with the dog in the mornings, I'm pretty sedentary the rest of the day, so the exercise thing is pretty much a wash, and I'm sure I'm eating more during the day than I should, just by nibbling. So I'm not in a great place right now.
However, there is some good news. Although I haven't actually subbed yet, I'm on an active sub list for one school district, and I have received a few calls. Also, my husband and I have put in an offer on a house, and we're hoping to hear today if they'll accept, reject, or counter. And as the weather cools off, we're looking forward to when the snow arrives and we can start using our season tickets to Red Lodge.
Once we have a house and I get some money together from teaching, we can starting thinking about kids again. So I'm still a mother-to-be-to-be, it just may be a year or two until I get around to that point. We'll see.
Well, I've unpacked the scale, and it isn't good news. Although I've been talking long jog-walks with the dog in the mornings, I'm pretty sedentary the rest of the day, so the exercise thing is pretty much a wash, and I'm sure I'm eating more during the day than I should, just by nibbling. So I'm not in a great place right now.
However, there is some good news. Although I haven't actually subbed yet, I'm on an active sub list for one school district, and I have received a few calls. Also, my husband and I have put in an offer on a house, and we're hoping to hear today if they'll accept, reject, or counter. And as the weather cools off, we're looking forward to when the snow arrives and we can start using our season tickets to Red Lodge.
Once we have a house and I get some money together from teaching, we can starting thinking about kids again. So I'm still a mother-to-be-to-be, it just may be a year or two until I get around to that point. We'll see.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Day 244 - 9/1/09
Ok, it's been quite a while since my last post. We have indeed moved to Billings, MT, and have finally gotten an apartment, gotten most of the stuff unpacked, and gotten our internet connected. So here's the update.
We're renting an apartment, hopefully just for a few months until we get our finances together to buy a house. Some of our stuff is unpacked in the apartment, and the rest is in the single-car garage outside. The apartment is a bit of an improvement over the house we used to rent, honestly, but I'm still really excited about the possibility of buying a house.
I'm currently unemployed, unfortunately. We moved late enough in the summer that I missed any hiring opportunities in the schools here. However, I've turned in substitute teaching applications, so hopefully I'll start making a little money. It won't be much, but it's better than nothing.
I don't know what my current weight is, as the scale has not been unpacked. However, with all the eating out we've done as we've test-driven all the restaurants in town, I'm sure it isn't any better than it was before we left. So I'm estimating 200 lbs. I have started trying to run every morning, although I don't have much endurance. But we've moved to a part of the country where we should be able to be move active outside for much more of the year. We've even gotten season tickets at a local ski resort.
Anyway, this was just an update. More later!
We're renting an apartment, hopefully just for a few months until we get our finances together to buy a house. Some of our stuff is unpacked in the apartment, and the rest is in the single-car garage outside. The apartment is a bit of an improvement over the house we used to rent, honestly, but I'm still really excited about the possibility of buying a house.
I'm currently unemployed, unfortunately. We moved late enough in the summer that I missed any hiring opportunities in the schools here. However, I've turned in substitute teaching applications, so hopefully I'll start making a little money. It won't be much, but it's better than nothing.
I don't know what my current weight is, as the scale has not been unpacked. However, with all the eating out we've done as we've test-driven all the restaurants in town, I'm sure it isn't any better than it was before we left. So I'm estimating 200 lbs. I have started trying to run every morning, although I don't have much endurance. But we've moved to a part of the country where we should be able to be move active outside for much more of the year. We've even gotten season tickets at a local ski resort.
Anyway, this was just an update. More later!
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