So…. My november ends without me losing ANY weight. Apparently I really pigged out over my long weekend and gained back everything I lost. Herein lies the problem.

On December 16, I have this fancy schmancy holiday “ball” to attend where everyone will be dressed in their fancy schmancy gowns and I have one for myself. I bought it last month and I bought it one size too small (intentionally). The good news is that I can squeeze into it… the bad news is, it is tight as hell and doesn’t look as good as it should. I need to lose 10 pounds in about 17 days. That will be the hard part especially because I am set to do my holiday baking soon and let me tell you a little secret.. i LOVE christmas cookies. I absolutely love to make them and then eat them (picture cookie monster eating his cookies with crumbs flying everywhere.) So, i’m thinking that maybe I can put off Christmas baking until the Sunday after (the 17th). At least I am hoping I can.

Time to buck up and really double my workout efforts and watch my intake. I went to the grocer st ore yesterday and loaded up on water, diet soda, and fruit.

This is going to suck but I look forward to giving you my report! Wish me luck

Happy thanksgiving to my friends in the states. I hope everyone has been doing well. This month has been a pretty decent one overall. Remember that bake sale I was going to have? Well I did and with donated baked goods from others, we were able to raise $500 for a worth cause. So, that is pretty cool.

Yesterday was thanksgiving and I think I gained back the 5 pounds I lost this month. I suppose that happens though when you eat a ton of food

I am really excited that it is Christmas time. I love Christmas and I’m flat broke. But I just love the time of the year. I love the cold weather. I love spending time with loved ones, I just love it

Long weekends are so nice. This past weekend was a long weekend in the states because of Veteran’s Day. I realize not all places get it off, so I’m sorry for those that don’t; but I do and I took advantage of it dammit.

Not too much really happened this weekend. We went over to a friends house and just hung out. We got there after everyone finished eating so there were 4 hot wings left. Yes… 4. Who can eat just 4? Those things are so damn good and that’s all we get. Luckily the husband doesn’t eat hot wings so I got them all. *grin*

Then I don’t think I left the house all weekend after that. Wait, i did to go run errands on Saturday, but otherwise I was a homebody and I quite enjoyed myself. It’s always nice to not have something to do and enjoy your surroundings and really appreciate the people you are with. I think sometimes it’s easy to take things for granted and just sitting around and thinking about life and everything that comes with it can be pretty therapeutic…even with all the emotions and ups and downs.

So, now that i’m not making anysense, perhaps I will stop. Hopefully this week is very productive for me. I have the gym in my schedule for tomorrow so that will be a good start of the day. Other than that, I will try to get some work done!

Oh.. and the baking binge I’ve been on will come to good use soon. I’m going to have a bake sale and donate the money. Might as well make some good use out of my sanity.

Hope you all have a great week.

In my attempt to see the positives in my life, i must say that something good did come out of October… I lost 3 more pounds. October was just a very rough month for me; filled with change, big decisions, and loss. The two don’t go well together I’m afraid. I am looking forward to getting on with November as it can’t be worse I’m sure.

But anyway, back to seeing the good in all of this …

I did lose three more pounds. That’s not quite as good as the previous month, but I’ll take it! I think I’m going to switch up my exercise routine this month and challenge myself a bit more. I seem to be in decent shape even if I wear a wide load sign when I run. I don’t have a problem with endurance and I’m afraid I can’t attribute that to all of the sex i’m NOT having. Oh yes, back to good things. 3 pounds. 3 pounds. 3 pounds.

Hope everyone is doing well out there! I finally got a chance to catch up on my blog readings from the past two weeks. It was nice to see how everyone is doing.

About a week ago, I lost someone I had grown to love and since then I’ve been cooking and cleaning like a mad woman. My family has been well fed this past week. i’ve made cakes and breads and muffins and every morning I make an elaborate breakfast and I’ve been packing my son’s lunch for school instead of him using his “hot lunch” ticket. For dinner I spend almost 2 hours making a big meal.

I guess this is my way of greiving. Luckily though, I’ve been spending so much time cooking and cleaning that I really don’t want to eat everything. It’s interesting how everyone deals with things differently. I’ve run out of room in my kitchen though so hopefully this new obsession of mine ends soon.