Out of Town for 1 Week

Its hard going out of town for one full week.  I had to really contemplate and plan a strategy. My approach is different this time.  My plan is what to do AFTER the conference, not DURING the conference.

I believe that I did "OK".  But, I refuse to go broke while being out of town, so I attended all of the breakfast and dinner symposia to save money.  My restrictive pouch is still working, so I no longer eat everything on my plates.  But,  I have been snacking on pretzels and granola bars during down time.  When I did go out to eat, it was salads and soup.  But, I know for a fact, I have gained some weight.

Here is my strategy:
#1- No weigh- in when I return home!
#2- My first weigh-in will be 7 days after I return home.
#3- Go grocery shopping as soon as I return home.
#4- Strict high protein diet for 7 days.

No need to punish myself.  I plan to continue my love for my scale.  I'll see soon if this is a workable strategy! 

Birthday Weekend 2011

I really looked forward to my Birthday weekend of 2011. This was a fantastic weekend!

Friday- 1/2 day at work, son spent the night and I had a doctor's appointment, all went well!

Saturday- I was up at 4am to prepare my birthday luncheon:  spaghetti, baked beans.  I also had barbeque baby back ribs, country ribs, bratwurst, burgers, chicken drumsticks and cake.  Beverages consisted of sodas, punch, filtered water, and martini's.
I attended a church planning meeting and took my new Nikon camera to snap photos for the website.
Then I headed home to entertain and host my Birthday luncheon.
Later, I took my son home and then went powershopping!!!!

Sunday- I went to church, then to the cementeries where my parents are laid to rest.
I went to visit my sister, then I totally relaxed at home.  I had a nice salad, glass of Merlot, Cannoli cake and watched TV.

I am off Monday, June 20, 2011... YES!!!!!!

The best thing is that I ate very little food and when I did eat, it was Subway salads!!!!

Workplace Review on June 16, 2011

I am absolutely disliking my workplace again.  I will give it 12 months, then I will QUIT!  This week was awful, here is why:
1. Meeting yesterday- staff upset and wrongly blaming me for an issue in place BEFORE I even started working there! Application going to vendor that includes membership fees.  Now company not getting membership fees!  I am pulled in the middle of this shit!!!!
2. I worked on 2 huge applications with over 100 sessions.  Little input from staff on usual procedure.  Now questions popping up.
3. Huge exam being built.  Review groups are tainted with buddies of owner.  No scholars.  Fucked up exam.
4. No opportunity to develop huge programs.  Rush as soon as I arrived.  Programs are indeed major!
5. I will start job search in Fall/Winter and get ready to leave in 8 more months!

Frozen Fingers in June!!!

On Saturday, I attended an outdoor grand graduation ceremony.  I arrived at 9:30am. Even though it was the month of June, its was cold, rainy, cloudy and a bit windy at times. The ceremony was very nice.  But by 10:30, I was so cold, I could not bend my fingers!  By the lunch break, my fingers were so cold and stiff, I had to eat my sandwich like a BEAR!  I never imagined this type of consequence from rapid weight loss.... loss of fat insulation from my fingers.  Not an issue in the winter months, but JUNE????  LOL!  Lesson learned... Carry gloves at all times to compensate!  Even though my fingers were frozen, I say NO THANKS to fat insulation!

I regained sensation and movement in my fingers about 1 hour after arriving home.  I left the graduation ceremony right after lunch.  The ceremony was not concluded until 4pm!!!!