I ventured out into the ice...

All to weigh in a Weight Watchers. I have been home all day, thinking about A LOT of things and decided at 5:45 that I needed to get out of the house. While it was nice to have yet another day off of school, I felt like a slug all day. I have a bunch of school work to get done, but as I was going through things, I realized there were files at school I needed, so I didn't get far with that. Then I spent time figuring out my debt. Needless to say, that was painful. After my 5 PM shower I decided to head to WW. There is a WW "store" not too far from me. They have meetings twice a day and I figured, what the heck?

So, I lost 1.0 pounds this week, bringing my grand total to 11.2 pounds lost. I am happy, even with this little loss. My weight is going down. I am still amazed that I have yet to gain any weight.

I love this!

Too many decisions...

Tonight was parent-teacher conferences. Despite the fact that the average grade of my two English 10 classes is a 59%, I had one, just one, conference tonight. And of course the mother came at 6:00, which means no WW check-in for me tonight. I'm bummed. I never thought I'd say that, but I am. I know I can go to other meetings, but I just don't feel like it this week. I have been keeping an eye on my scale and know that I am still doing things right (eating, working out, drinking water). Then next week I leave for the speech and debate state tournament on Thursday at 2 PM, so I have decided to check in next Wednesday night at another meeting. I could not imagine losing two weeks of no weigh-ins.

This week was a busy week. Despite being off from school Monday and Tuesday, I feel like my weekend flew by. On Saturday I found out that I will be traveling to Las Vegas June 14 - 21 for the National Speech and Debate Tournament, as two of my students qualified. Sunday Dan and Robyn (John's best friend and his wife) came to visit for the day (they felt like a road trip) and brought their sweet daughter Allison. John's sister Colleen was already here for the weekend, so we hung out with everyone for the afternoon. Monday was a lazy day and Tuesday I graded papers. This weekend there is no speech and debate, so that is a beautiful thing.

Speaking of speech and debate...there is just one week of speech and debate left. I've been saying all season that this will be the last season of being the assistant coach (as well as last season for the coaching the flag corps), but now that John and I want a house, I am thinking that maybe my supplement pays would help with new bills and maybe I should keep coaching. What do you think? The time commitment is actually pretty ridiculous for what I'm paid, but I do enjoy what I do with the students, as long as I don't have to attend all ten tournaments of the season or all ten football games. Part of me wants my life back...I've been doing these for eight years, but part of me knows that I will miss the students and the pay if it goes away. What would YOU do???

I've Lost a Sack of Potatoes!

Yes, I am proud to say that I am now one sack of potatoes thinner. Crazy, I know, but it is true. Today, I was happily surprised when I got on the scale at Weight Watchers and learned that I lost 3.0 pounds this week!! This brings my grand total to 10.2 pounds lost in six weeks, or in other words, I lost a sack of potatoes! Or, even more, I lost 40 sticks of butter! Now there is a sight to visualize, isn't it!

Now I can't wait to lose that second sack of potatoes!!!

Our dream home...

Well, we're in trouble. We've found a house we are IN LOVE WITH and we still have a condo to sell. We are hoping that the third time is the charm with the condo.

Long story short...we found this house the first week of January. It is located about 15 minutes further east of our condo. We had originally thought we'd build, but the house we were looking at was a little out of our comfort zone price wise, so John convinced me to look at the inventory home next to the model. I fell in love and couldn't wait to show John. The people who had the house built added a BUNCH of upgrades (carpeting, flooring, lighting, fireplace, deluxe master bathroom, etc.). When we went out yesterday with our realtor, we asked if they would accept an offer based on the contingent sale of our condo. At first we were told no, but just 30 minutes later they called back and said yes. So, John and our realtor submitted an offer today and we should find out in about 48 hours if they will take our offer.

Now we just need to sell the condo!!!

Here is a picture of the house:

Here is the first floor (the house has the optional fireplace):

Here is the second floor (the house has the deluxe master bathroom):

The house is on realtor. com with actual photos... http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?ctid=84426&ml=3&mnp=21&mxp=22&bd=5&bth=5&typ=1&sid=74f2cf39913b4117a1cc0c3dd3907d63&lid=1080768123&lsn=2&srcnt=10#Detail

One Small Step For Mankind...

That is exactly what I seem to be doing with this "losing weight" thing. One small step. Nothing large, nothing unexpected, just small. And I am trying to be okay with that.

Before I put the number out there, I would like to share with you what I AM proud of. I am proud that in my four weeks of weighing in at Weight Watchers I have yet to put ON weight. I know, that might sound silly, but that is a huge feat for me to overcome. As I have been a WW member before (many times before), inevitably by week four I had gained some weight. Not this time. While I'd love to lose more than what I did last week and this week added together, I am still losing, so I am happy with that. I really am.

This week I lost 0.6. This brings my weight loss to a grand total of 7.2 pounds. Next week I am setting a goal for myself...I'd like to lose 1.4, at least. This is nearly double this weeks' loss, but with that goal in mind, then I will work out more, write more down, drink more water, and keep that number in my head.

Goodbye "The Nest"...

Well, I have decided to take a break from "The Nest". "The Nest" is an online community of women who have been my rock and my strength as John and I moved forward through our three IUI and two IVF procedures. These girls have done the same tests, have been poked and prodded in the same locations, have taken the same medications and felt the same side effects, and have been wonderful. But I need a break. The more and more I think about the posts on the nest, the more and more I get sad. Not sad for the girls, but sad that John and I can't "graduate" over to the success board. Some days I feel like it will never happen, and I guess today is just one of those days. I've been on the tttc board for one year. One year this week, in fact, and that makes me sad.

So, I'm taking a break. I am going to try to not "lurk" on any board and give myself a true break. That way, when it is time for IVF #2, then maybe I'll have a fresh perspective toward our procedures and will want to be back on the board.

So if any of my nest friends are reading this...I hope you understand and you know how to keep in touch with me, and I will look forward to keeping in touch with you, it will just be off the board.

So, I lived to tell about...

My first day back in the gym. I am saddened to say that I can't remember the last time I got my buttocks onto a treadmill or bicycle, but that dryspell was broken today. I spent (only) 15 minutes on the treadmill, then did (only) 15 minutes on the bicycle. I would have liked to have gone longer, but let's not kid ourselves...I was lucky my overweight, unhealthy body let me go 30 minutes strong at all! I worked up quite a sweat and felt really good afterward. In fact, it was a little scary how good I felt. Next time (TOMORROW!!!!) I need to remember my ipod and a magazine or three.

Crappy Week

It is 11:30 PM on Friday night and I have yet to go to bed, despite the fact that the wheels on the bus go round and round at 7 AM tomorrow. Happy, happy, joy, joy.

NOT.

Well, WW this week was bad. Yes, technically I am a loser, however I could have sneezed and would have put the weight back on. I only lost 0.4. I knew it wasn't going to be good.

This next week had BETTER be good!