Challenge

Hi everyone, sorry I have been too busy to get on the computer lately. We are continuing to trudge through the diet. We are still on track with our two lbs. per week although it is slowing some. With our busy lifestyle it is easy to fall away. As D always says, "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Eating out is easy. We do get a salad or grilled entree, but there are those hidden calories that catch up with us at weigh in time. I stumbled across a guy on the blog who is recording his progress with Weight Watchers. I am trying to encourage him on his weight loss quest and by doing so encourage myself. Today I challenged him to get more exercise next week, and I challenged myself as well to get 2.5 hrs instead of maybe 2 hrs a week. I know I can do it!

Some progress

Hi everyone, we are making some progress on our diet. In two weeks Drad has lost 5 lbs, and I have lost 4. I am pretty proud of us! We have stuck to our diet and have exercised more that we usually do. I have only missed one day of the quick workout with my coworkers due to a meeting that went waayyy long. We seem to be meeting our goals so far. We will continue to update you on our progress.

Service Sucks!

I have one question. What has happened to the service industry? When I was in school, I worked as a cashier and a waitress. I understand the stuff they deal with. It all started for me when I moved to N.O., LA. It was about 1996 and all the Wal-mart cashiers were horrible. They don't say hello, they ring up your items and look at you like, I'm waiting, and then forget thanks for shopping. I atributed it to "Big City" ways since I am from a small town. I am finding, though, that no matter where I travel service is hardly ever good. I now live in a growing community outside a large city (not N.O.)and service sucks! I almost don't enjoy eating out anymore. The other day we went to chili's, and waited forever while waiters went to tables all around us. Finally, we asked the hostess who our waiter was and they got us somebody who was actually pretty good. Then Sunday we went back- yes, a glutton for punishment. The service was bad. The dishes were nasty. Something was stuck to my glass, and a worm looking thing was floating inside. When I got a new glass, junk was caked on the outside of it as well. The spoon had a nasty film on it, blah, blah blah... We fianlly ate and waited for our check, and waited, and waited... We eneded up leaving some cash for the bill and splitting. By the way, some people were sat in the table we had waited in the other day. Yep, they sat there for about 10 minutes before being waited on. People, can we please give a damn about our job!

Wishful Blogging

Look how great I am doing on my diet! In just three days I got skinny and turned blonde! O.K., so it's really a cartoon. Oh... you already knew that. Ha ha funny me. Yes, I laugh at my own jokes. Well, at least somebody's laughing.

Anyway, I am doing pretty well sticking to the new way of eating. Hopefully, I will continue to eat well. Today, a group of teachers I work with and I began an exercise program. We have a DVD with 4 different workouts. Today we did kickboxing. It was pretty cool, punching and kicking the air. I got to bob and weave too! Lookout Rocky Balboa! I will continue to update all of you because I know you are on the edge of your seat waiting to hear about my success.

I need a way to finish my blog. I've seen other blogs with great finishing lines. I think I'll try. Here goes...

Merry Wednesday to all and to all a good night! ... not bad, huh?

Resolutions

O.K. Here we go with another resolution. D and I are starting our diet on Mon. We have a goal of two lbs. per week. We are going to put you guys out there in blogtopia in charge of keeping us accountable. If anyone wants us to keep you accountable, just say so. If we work together, we can reach our goals. Now, excuse me while I go pig out in these last few hours for me to eat. Ha ha! Here are the before pictures. We will update you every weekend, good or bad.