Thursday, October 20, 2016

Dia de los Muertos

I mentioned a few times that I have an umbilical hernia. I've actually had it for a long time... I'm thinking like 7 years at least and I finally went and saw a surgeon about it yesterday. Ironically, since the recent kidney stone incident, there were films of the hernia which actually saved me time. He says it is prudent for me to get it taken care of. So, I am having surgery on November 1st. It is Dios de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. It is a day to remember lost friends and family members. I thought it was a fitting day to get it done.

Weight is steady. I have been trying to get more walking in and I think its working. I am down to 241. I can taste the 230s! 

Need to update my resume. It's been 13 years since I've done one and that was the last time I was on an interview too. That's a long time... Still don't know what I want to do for work...

Side-note: I read A Girl on the Train. It's such a good book. 50,000 people reviewed it and now it's a movie which I heard is good too. Just sayin...

Until next time...

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Autumn Greetings

So it's been since July that I posted! Seems like I pop in quarterly instead of daily like the old days. Every time I think about when I was successful with my weight loss the blog comes to mind. Not sure if its the accountability or the writing down of goals and objectives but I really should do it for myself...

I am at 242. Any loss from here on out will be new territory. Just to be in the 230s again would be awesome. I have not used my Fitbit in forever. It so hot here in the AZ that it got sticky and yucky plus the horrible tan line. Also, tracking food just got to be a drag.  Excuses but I also think that it was such a successful tool that I waiver back and forth about using it again or finding an alternative that is less cumbersome.

I need to look for a job! It's been 2+ years since I worked. It's been almost 13 years since I applied for any job or went on an interview. Not sure what I want to do either. Most of my working life was in Admin and the last year I worked was teaching Kindergarten. I don't have the energy to do that anymore! I loved it but I just can't do it full time. Need to do some brainstorming about that.  I did get approved to drive for Uber, but I am chicken to start. I also thought about being a Master Artist for Paint Nite between my love of being creative and my endearing personality, I think I would be a great fit. I actually just applied so I will let y'all know.

Hope everyone is doing okay! Until next time...

Katie J