1 month on the wagon

Yep, I've stayed and maintained on the wagon for a month! Feels like longer, and definitely feels like one of those covered wagons being pulled by horses going 5 MPH.... SLOW! I've accepted it, and as slow as it's going I am sticking to it.

As of today as I weighed in, I am down 9.4 pounds according to WW.  I am down a couple more pounds according to my scale but I am mostly just sticking to the official weigh in amount.

My job starts in a little over 2 1/2 weeks, and I hit my goal of fitting back in my scrub pants! Last week actually!

My next goal, lose 10% of my weight. 

Keep on truckin.. my elliptical is in over drive!   

A Little Late..

Week 1 felt a little brutal at times, mostly because I felt hungry and a little grumpy because of it! After week one of counting my points, I weighed in at -3.8, not too shabby considering I ate out 3 times, was able to go on a date with Brian, and attend a birthday party where I even had a little birthday cake! I know this was the first week, and it will get harder and losing almost 4 pounds won't be happening again, but it kept me motivated. I have felt great this week though! I have to force myself to eat all my points because I'm not feeling hungry anymore!

I will be weighing in on Tuesday this week, I have been working out a ton in Texas, but I'm also eating some really good food! So we'll see how I weigh in!  I hope to be at least one pound down, but I also want to enjoy some of my favorite places to eat!

Being a nurse makes me a hypochondriac, I'm scared to go outside at and after dusk in fear of West Nile Virus... This makes it really hard to run/walk outside after it cools down!

Painted on Scrubs...

Yep, indeed looking down a few entries, I posted a picture of desserts is stressed backwards... During nursing school, I let it all go! Picked up pizza on the way home many many times, pretty much ditched cooking, but picked up baking, enjoyed drinking after a hard test (which ended up being once or twice a week!) which has lead me to a not so fappy state of being... Fat and happy has left the building, while fat still lingers.

As I was pulling out my pre-nursing school scrubs, I tried them on and whoa, they look painted on! This was just the icing on the cake, as last week I went looking for clothes for an interview and couldn't find a dang thing that fit or looked good...Even better, one store had my size available online only. Seriously? I hit that point? Don't worry, I'm cracking down.

Yesterday, I stepped into my first weight watcher meeting in about 6 or 7 years, also tipping the scale at an all time high. But that's ok, I am here to say and commit myself to taking it off.  I don't need to be a supermodel, but I do need to feel comfortable in my skin and right now... I'm not. 

My goal is to lose 43 pounds. sounds like a lot, but I'll be at a much healthier weight. But damn, I love food, which is why WW is best for me. I can splurge when I want, but keep everything else under control.

I am out of school, I landed a job, and I want to get pregnant, but not until I can loose some weight. So here's to week one!

First goal: lose 5% -- 9lbs.

Here's to looking good...with painted on clothes.
 

So much fun....

NOT BEING IN SCHOOL!

1st semester is over with and I official earned a 3.74 GPA. I am perfectly fine with that!  I was able to have a little bit of a life, yet found myself hibernating a lot towards the end of the semester.  Next semester will be interesting, as I've heard mixed reviews on whether it's the hardest semester or not.

Onto better things, I finished my first project of the break!  And I am hoping to do a couple more, I just need to get to the fabric store and load up on some cute fabric!

I'm alive...

Well folks, nursing school has taken over my life... top text messages I receive from friends...
"Now you've gone MIA..."
"My text message bill has gone way down since you started school..."
"helloooo???"
"Are you ignoring me?"
"where o where are you?"
"I feel so distant from you..."

Please don't take this personally. Give me 16 months and hopefully I will return to my normal self. Nursing school is BUSY, but I am getting through it.

This is how I feel most days... Monday I have a test on putting in a catheter.  Seems simple but the sterile technique scares the crap out of me. I'm a little shocked at how much I've learned this term, it's pretty cool actually.  I am excited for next semester as I am ready to be in the hospital setting! I have med-surg rotation and psych rotation next semester.  Should be interesting! :)

I found this picture and it completely correlates with my life. I think I've gained a couple pounds since school started...If beer was included in there, I'd be really set.

I wish I could say something other than school is going on, but there's not.  Brian is taking an EMT course and he is busy studying as much as I am... He is doing well and I am proud of him. Although, I can't wait for him to be done because someone needs to take care of our house ;)

1 week and counting!

One week from now, my first day of nursing school will be complete!  I am almost ready to start, just tying up loose ends EVERYWHERE.

Here are the goods!

I have one optional study guide coming in the mail, but for the most part...this is it, my first semester of books.  Let's hope I don't have to take every book to class, because I may need a wheelbarrow to lug them all around! One good thing... I have read one of the books already!  (the shortest one) :)

My parents bought me a Littmann classic stethoscope, I wanted grey because it is neutral.  Best of all my parents engraved my favorite saying which reminds me of the late Walker Allen.

 

 I've purchased all the other boring junk like pen lights and hemostats... I also bought a second cheapy stethoscope with interchangeable diaphragms for adult and pediatric.

Lastly, my uniform... It's really giving me a headache.  The patches I need to sew on are haunting me! As I look at the patches sitting on my scrubs needed to be sewn on, I keep having anxiety of the dimensions and exact precise placing they must be to look perfect.  Although I feel I am a little OCD on the matter, I am the person who would spend two hours making it look perfect to find it crocked after I sew the whole thing on!  

I LOVE SCRUB MED QUALITY!

Sympathy Weight and other things...

2010 was a very good year.

Brian and I got engaged, married, survived a hip replacement, got into my top choice nursing school, and received the scholarship I tried really hard for.

That is a lot of things in a very short period of time. Not to mention the time taken to apply to eight nursing schools, the pre-req's required for UP, and working full time.

All in all it was a full year! But a very fun year!

2011 will be a very interesting year, as I will stop working full time as a dialysis technician and become a full time student.  At first I was going to quit entirely, but have since chickened out.  I like to work, and until the load at school becomes too much or my work can't accommodate my part time schedule, I will continue a day or two a week.  The anxiety of change and the unexpected has set in and I find myself laying in bed freaking out a little about the stress and busyness I will endure for the next 19 months.  I keep praying I can keep my stress level under control and my husband just smiles and hugs me when I've had a bad day!

Back to sympathy weight.  So my crash pre wedding dieted came back to bit me in the rear!  Also with Brian home from work recovering from his hip, I think we both overindulged on eating yummy food and vegging on the couch watching movies. :)

I feel large and NOT in charge!  It's time to go back on weight watchers and eat right!  Brian in able to go to the gym and do some low impact cardio....there are no excuses now!  So here's to 2011 and having a smaller self...for the both of us!  Happy 2011, I hope everyone finds joy in their life's this year!