This was me yesterday afternoon after 6 hours of testing! I won’t find out if I passed the CAP (Certified Admin Professional) or the CPS (certified Professional Secretary) until just before the Holiday in December. I am both excited a scared at the same time. There are quite a few good things happening to me right now and I am really excited to share them with you – but I can’t yet. Not until I make sure I pass these exams. My IAAP Chapter has asked me to run for the Treasure Elect this year and will take effect next year. I am excited about this as I don’t know that much about accounting and I think it will be a good opportunity for me to learn about that and more about the IAAP as an organization.

My weight loss has been awful. I have been concentrating on the test since early October and while I tried it was too much for my brain to handle and I had to throw out the worrying about it. Well, with the test behind me I am moving full steam ahead and will continue the plan I had before to update you all on my efforts. Except with a few changes: I won’t update until Friday informing you how well the week went. I am going back to logging my info and will use either Myfitnesspal or the application for Lose it. I will hit the gym twice a day again and drink a lot more water than before.

I will blog a lot more in the upcoming weeks & months as well.

Remember the expression “Don’t bite off more than you can chew”? I think I did just that. I made a promise in my last Podcast that I will monitor my food intake and exercise in order to lose weight and make you very proud of me. Well… I bit off more than I can chew. I am trying to better myself by taking a test early November. The test spans two days and is a huge deal for me. But my thoughts were grandiose in thinking I can study, watch my weight and watch my food intake. I guess I had high hopes. Well, as you can guess, I failed at it. I just have too much stuff going on. Plus this fall my social calendar just picked up towards the end of September and I felt I didn’t have anytime to myself. With the calendar winding down and the test coming to a close (yikes!) I will have more time in November and December to concentrate of my weight loss. I just can’t beat myself up over it. It is really really really a tough thing to do. I hope you all can forgive me. I DO plan on giving you a play by play commentary on my weight loss efforts. It will just have to start in November. Maybe November 7th. I will keep blogging too. I just need to concentrate on taking this test. “I think I can I think I can…”

Have a good night!

BTW- those are my fur-babies paws!

I know, I was bad. I planned on Blogging everyday this week and I failed. I have been so busy with work, working out and socializing that I haven’t gotten to do very much blogging. I promise that going forward I will make more of an effort. Life tends to get in the way.

My social calendar has filled up. I consider it a good thing. But not when you have a 2 day test to study for and working out. I am excited to go do things with people and I think it is very important. It’s just, right now, I wanna be a hermit and get some things done. I came home last night expecting to record a podcast (my weekly one with weight management information) and ended up having to fill out some paperwork that needs to get somewhere soon (that’s a story for another day…). October already is filling with events as well.

Working out this week has been good. I joined a coworker on Monday to attend a kickboxing class which was a ton of fun and I burned 700 calories in an hour. We are going to continue to do that next week and do a cycling class on Wednesday together. I am going to only attend the gym in the morning during the month of October. I am starting to stress a little bit about this test. I need to pass this thing this year. I can retake it in May – but I don’t want to give up. This is really important to me – can you tell?

Due to my busy life I haven’t recorded my foods either. That is not good. I need to try to slow down and take the time to do that. So, this coming month –I am going to slow down, study, and record my food and workouts.

ONE GOOD THING that has happened so far this week is that I have managed to take my vitamins every meal except one. I can tell a huge difference in how I feel! I am going to finish out the week strong and take them during the weekend. It will be a challenge because I typically let this stuff lag during the weekends. I am also going to try to record my foods this also I  let lag during the weekends. It’s go big or go home time.

I hope that you all have a good weekend and I will continue to keep you updated on my weight loss progress. 

FYI – As of Monday the 20^th my weight was 185.2. There I said it. It’s on the internet now.

I want to give a shout out to my good friend. Unearthingem! You can find her blog here: Unearthingem Blog Spot. I couldn’t remember her blog name on my podcast and for that I haz sad. Sorry girlie!

My plan is to embarass myself by posting a picture. Which you will find below. I needed a starting point and a shocker to myself to give me motivation to continue. I got that and then some!  YUCK – here it is..

I had a fantastic day at the gym and in terms of my food. I burnt 500 calories in the AM doing weights and riding the bike. Then I went back at night with a friend and did a Kickboxing Jam class and burnt another 700. No way I could eat that many calories in a day so now I have a surplus of calories. I may need those over the weekend though and Wed. we are going out to dinner with friends.

I am doing this to make myself accountable so that I can focus on the task at hand weight loss. And really – to get over myself. I am so worried about my body and the weight gain I needed to put myself out there to try to bust through.

Heading to sleep – I have to get up in the AM.

Hypogirl

Here is Babee being over protective on her water bowl.

Why’s there a golf ball you ask? It helps them not to eat so fast. They have to push around the golf ball to get at their food which helps keep them from overeating. Wish I can stick a golf ball in my food.  Speaking of food. I have decided to get back on this bandwagon that I seem to kinda fall off of every now and then. I have been doing ok in food recording – but not so much in the types of food I eat. Time to change. Starting tomorrow I will blog almost everyday regarding my workouts and food items. Don’t worry the blogs won’t be boring! I promise!

I have been very busy with glasses for the IAAP CAP exam in early November. I have had a full social calendar and I am done talking to people! LOL! I am looking forward to a “me” filled week with workouts, reading and fake test taking. I am working on having all the laundry washed, dried and put away so that I can focus on those things listed above all week. I hope by Friday I can have a good report.

My new meds seem to be working swimmingly! I have had no problems as a result of dropping them down. I feel better, more awake and more energized! Finally feeling a little normal. This week I am planning on concentrating on taking my vitamins. I have them organized for the week in a weekly planner. Nothing like feeling OLD! I have them separated into 3 daily doses and have reminded myself to have them with a little fat. My hubby is upstairs right now mixing Guacamole for the week. I never liked it before but when my SIL made it one time it was delish! I now have her recipe and plan on making a small batch weekly. I have grilled chicken, mixed veggies for lunch and a Shakeology protein shake for breakfast. It will be my first time trying that too!

Well, I just wanted to touch base and I will be posting a little bit more this week with my weight loss efforts. I plan on kicking my own butt!!

See you soon!

Hi Everyone! That there is my Kitteh Babee! She wants to see what you are all doing!

I finished another Podcast tonight and right now hubby is working to get it uploaded to the site. This will make a total of 11 podcasts and over 1,500 downloads total. I want to sincerely thank everyone of you for listening. I like recording them – so we make a good team.

Here is a link to the new podcast: Gym Rat

A few things I mention in the Podcast can be found here: Audible (where I get my audio books) and My Fitness Pal (where I log my food and workouts).

Earlier this month I was interview by the Dearthyroid site as part of their Blogger Spotlight. To read my interview visit the Dearthyroid Site.

Enjoy the Podcast and thanks for listening – You Rawk!

In a Rut

When you eat a healthy meal – even if it is filling at the time 2 hours later you will be hungry. I need to find a way to combat this. Even if it is sitting down to eat another meal. Although it seems wierd I think this is a huge huge sign that maybe I have finally flipped my metabolism. I am gonna go with this one as my body is telling me to eat and I am not forcing it to.

When you change your eating habits it is funny what you start to crave. I have started to crave Water, Chicken and steamed veggies. Also a good sign! I am going to run with it.

A few days after starting the diet I had wicked heartburn. Nothing would make it go away. I tried tums and everything! I finally broke down and had some crackers – it helped right away but came back again. The heartburn finally subsided after being around for about 5 days. I am equating this to my stomach rebuilding it’s acid reserves in order to break down my food. Which makes me a happy camper as well!

So – all in all the diet is doing wonders. I have a ton of energy and feel more awake than usual. I think for now – I will continue to change the way I eat. I think it can do nothing but good for me.

That is my kitty, Snowy, she warms herself during the winter mornings by the heater in my bathroom. Which just happens to have the scale in front of it. Look at how utterly cute she is! Doesn’t  you just want to pick her up and squeeze her?? Her tail is one of the reason’s we got her.

A new Podcast is out- finally. Sorry it took so long, life majorly got in the way this time. I review my doctors appt in this podcast. I also explain why my doctor has placed me on Magnesium supplements.

Elimination diet update: going well so far!

Enjoy the podcast. It is so late – I am going to be now. Nighty night!