Happy Birthday to Me !!

Another year has passed and I am now 37 years young.  Well actually I will be 37 as of 9:00pm tonight.  My youngest brother Greg will turn 30 tomorrow.  Yes, he is 7 years and 5 hours younger than me.  It was a little frustrating when I wanted to have birthday parties, as Greg would have the closest Saturday to his birthday without it being Thanksgiving, and I would end up having my party up to two weeks before or after my actual birthday.  Other than that it was neat having a sibling with a birth date one day later (it was almost the same day as he was born at 2:00am).

I had a few of my friends over on Saturday afternoon to celebrate.  It was also a chance to show off the new home.  On top of that, I was also commemorating that I am actually divorced with papers in hand.  Lots of great reasons to have people over.

There is a part of me that wishes I was still closer to 30 than 40.  Since I do not have a magic youth elixir, I will just have to enjoy being 37.  I am looking back on the goals I set for my 36th year, here they are for a refresher:  Goals for 36

Well, I slacked on the exercise.  I was playing my Wii exercise games for a while.  Then there was bowling on Wednesday nights.  I want to check out the Terwillegar Rec Centre for an aquasize class (or the YMCA, Dani we should do this together).  I have lots of room for the Wii again, so I should pull out the games.

I don't have an excuse for not recording what I eat, except laziness.  The SP and WW apps are on my phone.  I can also access both websites from my computers at work and home.  I was doing it a bit last week, and finding places like milk in my coffee where I was being sloppy.

With my online course - I finished two sections with bootcamps.  I have finished the MS section as well.  I wrote two tests on the first 8 chapters of Office Procedures.  I just need to continue to read and make notes while I am watching tv in the evenings.

The goal that I actually achieved was getting divorced.  It feels great to be able to put all that behind me and never look back.

I will post my new goals for 37 later this week.

Weight Loss Update: Sept 3 to 23

Weight Watchers Weigh In

Original Weight:  314.8

Previous Weight (Aug 30):  258.2

Today's Weight
Sept 6:  257.2
Sept 13:  256.6
Sept 20:  Missed meeting

Change: -1.0 and -0.6

Total Loss:  -58.2

Total Loss since May 2012:  -65.6

Total Loss since Nov 2005:  -79.8

SP Weigh In

Previous Weight (Aug 30):  255.8

Today's Weight (Sept 13):  254.2

Change:  -1.6


So it turns out that back in August the receptionist at WW read my total weight loss on my card as -5.8 instead of -58.0 (and even then that was off by a pound because of an adding/subtracting error in June).  Crazy, since they all have been there during the past 17 months that I have been weighing at that location.  Whatever, I got them to fix my book and my card.

I had a weight loss 3 weeks in a row, and then I missed the meeting on Sept 20.  Actually, I chose not to attend because I would have been up about 4 to 6 pounds.  The week before I ate out for dinner and was not making healthy choices for 4 out of 5 nights.

Now I am back on track and even if I am up at the meeting on Sept 27, it would only be by a little bit.

My grandmother and parents are officially moved into the house in Colwood.  My dad will be here on and off until November or December.  For the most part that will not involve weekends, so I will no longer being going out for dinner on Saturdays on a regular basis.

I really want to reach my weight loss goals before the end of the year.  I don't think it is unreasonable to lose 10-15 pounds by Jan 1.

  

Weight Loss Update: Aug 27 to Sept 2

Weight Watchers Weigh In

Original Weight:  314.8

Previous Weight (Aug 23):  259.7

Today's Weight (Aug 30):  258.2

Change: -1.5

Total Loss:  -56.6

Total Loss since May 2012:  -64.0

Total Loss since Nov 2005:  -78.2

SP Weigh In

Previous Weight (Aug 23):  257.4

Today's Weight (Aug 30):  255.8

Change:  -1.6


Now that is better.  The scale is moving in the right direction again.  I am a week behind with updates on my blog, but I will post about last week tomorrow.

A funny little note.  Even with a calculator, the women at my WW meeting cannot add and subtract.  Yet again they have my total weight loss off (this time a pound more) for the past couple of months.  Then for the past 3 weeks they had my total weight loss at 5 point something pounds instead of 50 something pounds.  ** Shakes Head **  I will have to get them to fix that on Saturday.

Yep, I Am Still A Huge Kutz

So this long weekend has been all about organizing the house.  My parents headed to Victoria on Thursday morning, so they were no longer underfoot, and I could start to deal with all the stuff that ended up at my house.

I got all the boxes in my room unpacked.  This made me realize that I needed another bookcase.  Sigh.  If I had just realized this a couple of weeks ago, I probably could have got one or two for free from my parents.  Oh well.  I found an awesome one at Ikea for a good price that is in this white-washed wood.  It's what I would like to do with the pine pieces in my bedroom.

Yesterday afternoon I was coming down the stairs with stuff in my hands, and my right foot slipped out from under me and I fell.  I lightly twisted my left ankle.  I wore my ankle brace yesterday and it seems much better today.

What is causing me grief is my left knee.  It ended up behind/underneath me when I landed.  It was super sore last night and I had trouble sleeping (even after taking some painkillers).  This morning when I got up for work I could barely walk to my ensuite bathroom.  I stayed home with my leg elevated.  It does feel better but still a bit aggravating to walk. 

Doh!  I am such a klutz. 

Weight Loss Update: Aug 20 to 26

Weight Watchers Weigh In

Original Weight:  314.8

Previous Weight (Aug 16):  257.8

Today's Weight (Aug 23):  259.7

Change:  +1.9

Total Loss:  -55.1

Total Loss since May 2012:  -62.5

Total Loss since Nov 2005:  -76.7

SP Weigh In

Previous Weight (Aug 16):  255.8

Today's Weight (Aug 23):  257.4

Change:  +1.6

Sigh.  It's just a blip.  It was that TOM plus I wore jeans plus there was the baby shower on the Sunday which meant I made bad food decisions for the whole weekend.

I was back down to 256.8 on my home scale this morning.

I know I can move past this.  It's just one week.

What does make me feel good is that overall I am down 3 dress sizes and almost 8 inches.  That is something to be proud of instead of focusing on the weight on the scale.

Awesome News !!!

I received the best email on Wednesday:

"Just a quick note to advise you that the final Divorce Judgement has been received back from Court.  We will be able to pick up the final certificate within the next month.  Once we have both the Judgment and the Final Certificate, we will mail you these two documents . . . "

Looks like my house warming party will also be a "YAY, I'M DIVORCED !!" celebration.  

Cake done by: http://www.elitecake.com/

I have been in a great mood ever since I got the news.  

I can see this bright path in front of me full of possibilities.  

The future is beautiful.

Weight Loss Update: Aug 12 to 19

Weight Watchers Weigh In

Original Weight: 314.8

Previous Weight (Aug 9):  259.2

Today's Weight (Aug 16):  257.8

Change:  -1.4

Total Loss:  -57.0

Total Loss since May 2012:  -64.4

Total Loss since Nov 2005:  -78.6

SP Weigh In

Previous Weight (Aug 9):  257.0

Today's Weight (Aug 16):  255.8

Change:  -1.2

It feels good to be back on track.  I am getting closer to losing a total of 60 pounds on WW 2.0 and also weighing less than 255 pounds.

The movers come to my parent's house tomorrow to start packing.  If they need to, they will finish on Friday. Then the truck is loaded up on Monday.  Hopefully they will book their flight out to Victoria for sometime between the 26 and the 29 of August - and then comes the task of unpacking.

Once my parents are moved to Victoria I am really hoping I can get back on a schedule that involves coming from from work, cooking/eating dinner, studying, exercising and a little tv watching.

Things will still be busy until around September 15 when my parents will take my grandmother out to Victoria.  I believe the plan is to have my brothers drive her stuff out there on the weekend of September 20.

It has been a huge amount of work, but my parents lived in that house for 29 years.  Some of the stuff we went through was from our old house, the start of their marriage, even my dad's bachelor days.

I am going to miss that house.