Cross Country Chicks: Megan & Michelle

Hi! I feel terrible I haven't updated in so long. I've been having some issues, but they all seem to have cleared up. Last Monday I didn't make it to my team weigh in because I was stuck at school. I also decided that last week I would not be obsessed with the scale. I was going to focus on the food numbers and numbers of hours at the gym. Well my number of hours at the gym last week equaled ZERO. I did however go bowling. I also helped chase 2 four year olds around Chuck E Cheese. :) 
Anyway, this morning I stepped on the scale and nearly jumped out of my skin! I am down to 202.4!!  Which means that 200 barrier is really really close!!
I'll write more later as I start doing more.
Oh yeah, I rode the bike for 30 minutes today too!

Hi!
Well yesterday I had a headache all day. I came home from work early (ok early for me, 5:00) I helped my Dad stuff and seal 90+ envelopes while watching "We are Marshall"  (great movie, see it!). By the time we were done I had a full blown migraine. Yuck! Of course the one good thing about it is that I went to bed early and had the best night's sleep in awhile.

Today I went to the doctor. We decided to change my pill to see if that helps. I'll be back to a monthly period, but that's ok, I can be normal.

Since I had to be at the doctor, I ACTUALLY left work early, 3:00 (30 minutes early) to get there. So after the doctor I was already back in town so I went to the gym early. It was CROWDED! I had to park like 3 stores away! Oh well, I was there to exercise, wasn't I?

Let me give you an idea about my gym. There are large plate glass windows that line the front. In the front is the free weight room. So as I walked past the window I could see all the guys working out. Before today I was pretty sure I was over Mike. I mean he's nice and all, but I think he's young, and not interested in me. He seems to eye all the hot little skinny things that come in the gym. And as I mentioned before, I had kind of set my sights on someone more my age.

Ok well, the message that we were done with Mike didn't quite make it to all of me. lol. Let me explain. So as I'm walking past the window I see this guy bending over lifting weights. My heart jumped. Upside down, I KNEW it was him. I haven't had that reaction to SEEING a guy... ever. Or at least not in my adult life. I was convinced that I just wasn't a visual person. That SEEING someone just doesn't have that effect on me. Yeah. Guess so.  I still feel like I'm an awkward teenager every time I talk to him. (Today, stupidly, I didn't talk to him) I watched him out of the corner of my eye as I headed to the locker room, but I didn't want him to see that I saw him. (I told you, I'm backwards when it comes to this stuff.) 

What do I do? Does age matter? Do I really pursue this? Can I afford not to? I mean here is a guy that has THAT EFFECT on me, an effect I thought I'd never feel.

OK Those are my thoughts for tonight. I'm going to grade papers and GO TO BED EARLY!

What a day. Today I went to the gym and rode the bike and went on the elliptical. I tried new "programs" on both. The bike one was not as good as my usual but the elliptical one was challenging. I ended up working out for over an hour but it felt good. (I had a tiny -but nice- conversation with Mike, that included a pat on the shoulder :) )

Then this afternoon one of my cousins stopped over for a visit. Ok, really it's my Grandma's Cousin's Daughter. But our families are kinda close like that. Well both this cousin, and her daughter (who is 3 years older than me) have recently lost over 100lbs. She was telling us how they did it. She said both her and her husband are doing Weight Watchers and her daughter is doing Weight Watchers online. It got me thinking....

Lately, the biggest issues I've been having are in the food department. I'm having trouble keeping my hands off of the not so good things my mom buys. I also realized that when I was having the best success is when I was keeping diligent track of the NUMBERS of my food. I had been using my own excel sheet but when I was most successful I was using the Alli website. I only took the drug for a few weeks, it wasn't helpful for me because I already had a lowfat diet, BUT, I LOVED the website.

So... tonight I decided that I'm going to make this work. I'm going to be successful! I'm going to become the woman I want to be. I'm going to get into the 100s! So I joined Weight Watchers online. I think engaging my analytical, math brain, into this process will help me even more.

Today I weighed in at 209. I still don't understand why it went up so high, however I am going to the doctor on Wednesday.. so we'll see how that goes.

Talk to you all soon.

Thursday I went bowling and Friday I had a "girls night in" Ok... really it was a "girl night in" I rented a movie and curled up on the couch. I'm so far behind in my movies. I watched "Sydney White" - a typical teenage girl type movie, I like those kind... always have. It was cute. I also rented "We Are Marshall" and bought "Wedding Crashers," The Departed, and League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I have not seen the last 2 yet, but they're on my list.
This week has been much better than last week. Including my trip to the gym today, I've been at the gym 4 hours.
Today was 20 minutes of weights, 12 on the treadmill, and 15 on the bike. (I had to skirt out a little early to go to my aunt's 70th birthday party.
My food has been better but not great. I figure one thing at a time. This coming week will be even better!
I had the extra bonus today of seeing Mike and he looks forward to seeing me at the gym tomorrow :) .