Week 32

weigh in, week 32: -5 pounds
total weight lost: -19.6 pounds

End of Month Measurements: Month 8
Upper arm: no change
Waist: no change from last month, total change -2 inches
Hips: no change from last month, total change -2 inches
Upper leg: no change from last month, total change -2 inches

The Summer Job Scramble Begins!

weigh in, week 31: -1.4 pounds
total weight lost: -14.6 pounds

I'm officially on down time from my regular job. I've registered with the temp service again. They have me working downtown in the mailroom at one of the larger office complexes for the next few weeks. Found out I'm walking a little over 2 miles a day doing the mail and courier run. I was really tired the first two days, but now I feel more energetic. I'm still a little sore...I feel like I've been working out on a weight machine all day.

On that note, I've put off joining the Y for financial reasons just now. I'm going low tech with the gym thing. I've made my schedule and will do old fashioned calisthenics and work out with the bands my aunt gave me for my birthday.

Jury Duty Last Thursday

Not much happened. Went in, paid too much to park, sat around for 1/2 the day while they called about 100 people to go to the next step, went to lunch, then went home.

Week 30

weigh in, week 30: +1 pound
total weight lost: -13.2 pounds

Catching Up With Blogs I Visit

I've been a regular visitor to Vegan Lunchbox. This is a great site. Jennifershmoo has been documenting her son's lunches and rating them on what he liked. Great ideas for adult or kid lunches. The food is attractively displayed, there are links to recipes or info on where to find the recipes used, product recommendations and instructions for special handling that might not be on a product's label. (I had to stop reading the comments at one point, I was amazed at the debates and insults that some people would have over a kid's lunch--it raised my blood pressure, I can only imagine how Jennifershmoo felt. It got so bad Ms Shmoo had to limit comments to bloggers.)

School's out now, she says she'll post a couple of picnic lunches she has planned for the summer, but she'll be spending most of her time caring for her active little boy and working on her cookbook, which she will announce on the blog when it is available. She's planning on homeschooling next year, so there will be no more Vegan Lunchbox. Head over to her site and check out all the great lunches she sent to school with her son. She also has 2 other sites Shmooed Food, which has some recipes of foods she prepared for her family and Shmoo Blog. I wish her the best of luck on her cookbook and plan on getting one when it is available.

No, I'm not vegan, I'm not even a vegetarian. Just an omni whose been cutting way, way back on meat and looking for new and creative ways to eat my vegetables. I have tried many of the dishes on the site and found them to be delicious. Unfortunately, I discovered I have problem with soy yogurt--I start mucusing up like someone with lactose intolerance and have problems breathing--but I have no problems with other soy products--so it may be the way the soy yogurt is processed, I'm not sure, but I'll have to investigate and see why they are different or if it was something about the brand that I used.

HA! Here's My Horoscope For Thursday

Thursday needs a little more care as you could find yourself confused by someone at work. They may be trying to talk you into doing a deal with them, but it is better to wait until you have all the information that you need. Don't allow yourself to be manipulated in any way.
(from MSN Astrology)

I have jury duty on Thursday. Is this funny or what?

Back On Track & Jury Duty

weigh in, week 29: -6.4 pounds
total weight lost: -14.2 pounds

Yay! Back on track, little happy dance.

When I came home from the business trip, I had a jury duty summons waiting for me. What fun, jury duty on Thursday. Oh well, I'm not doing anything else that day.

Refocus & Recommit

weigh in, week 28: +4.8 pounds
total weight lost: -7.8 pounds

The vet recommended that I feed Cosmo 2 tablespoons of pumpkin with his meals to help keep him regular. I ran out of pumpkin last week and he refused to eat his dinner, then he'd whine and whine. I thought something was wrong with him then it was pointed out to me that he was probably expecting pumpkin with his dinner. Remembered to get some at the grocery store today and now he's eating like he should.

I have to refocus my weight loss efforts. Regaining the weight I've worked hard to lose can't have any more gains. have decided to join the Y down the street from the house, I can always switch if I move closer to another one, the citywide pass is just a little too pricey for me to invest in and I wouldn't be using any other facility anyway.