WW: Week 4

You may notice that I skipped week 3. yeah I did. enough said.

This week however I rocked it losing 4.6 pounds total! I am making way better decisions than previously in my life and it feels good. Walking will continue this next weekend when I feel I am able to not be in pain and walk and that I will have time mostly!

I head to Spokane (armpit of Washington) to present at the Washington State Association of School Psychologists. I'm getting nervous. Then in March I head to Chicago and present at the National Association of School Psychologists. The reason I say this is I AM TOTALLY SLACKING On my walking and I have to do a half marathon in five weeks! Things will change, I just need to get over last week's "week of hell 1" and this week's "week of hell 2" then I will be back on track. Two jobs, grad school, and wedding planning are sucking my life from me rapidly.

WW: Week 2

I was down 3.8 pounds this week! Which translates too...I forgot how many sticks of butter. Someone want to do the math for me? For a grand total of 5.6 pounds lost in two weeks. Which means my points go down 1, which is good! What was funny is I thought this wasn't my best week but I had increased activity but I had eaten into my extra cushion of points, which I've never done before, but what was nice is instead of beating myself up about it I just realized that those points are there for these kinds of things so I didn't have to just give up as I probably normally would have. Today at the meeting we talked about nurturing the self and having a "Cat-i-tude." Basically, cats do things to get their way and take care of themselves and we need to do that too. Not neglecting duties but just taking care of yourself. I actually know quite a few people who do this very well. Analisa my cousin with three kids ages five and under always makes time for herself. My friend, Carren, knows when she needs her me time and my mom and sister Whitney know that even just reading a magazine alone with no distractions is taking care of yourself. So here is to another week of being successful. Here is a great quote by Susan Taylor (taken from her book, Lessons on Living).

"Whether we are female or male, we must not allow the relentless demands of family and work to override our critical need for self-nurturing. When we fail to nurture ourselves, our joy is depleted and our capacity to serve diminished. Giving from an empty vessel causes stress, anger, and resentment, seeds that sow disorder and disease. Attempting to meet the demands of the world without first attending to our own needs is an act of self betrayal that can cause us to lose respect for our value and worth."