Day 4 - Withdrawals

Apparently I'd been eating more fat and sugar than I thought and coming down off that has been a real PITH (pain in the head).  I've had a headache for the last 2-3 days with the severity wavering from annoying to obnoxious.  So far it's not been bad enough to keep me in bed but it's really annoying.  I'm pretty sure it's a combination of sinus pressure from the weather, stress of losing my job and the change in my diet.

Today, I had a foot long turkey flatbread for breakfast, prunes for lunch and just had a McDouble & small fries that I'm counting as dinner.  That put me over my calories for the day but I was under yesterday so I'm not going to stress about it too much.  I think I really needed that extra fat in there to bring me down a little more slowly from my previous intake levels.

Other than cleaning and moving furniture I've not done any real work out so I hope that doesn't come back to bite me on Saturday when I weigh in.  I''ll be babysitting tomorrow so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get in any activity or not.  It's probably too cold to take the baby out for a walk and that's probably the only option at this point, but we'll see.

Feeling pretty could about things now, even though I'm still struggling to avoid tempation.  I need to frame and display my previous before and after pictures where I can see them frequently and remember.



Left is from 2007 around Thanksgiving/Christmas.  Right is from 10/02/08 when I was down about 88 lbs.



Day 3 Eating - Day 1 Unemployed

I had such great intentions for getting things done today.  So far, all I've done is sit at the PC and search for jobs, change all my passwords since someone hacked my email and reprogram my BB.  So far, I've eaten acceptably today but I haven't gotten any activity in.  I had planned to clean house and move furniture today but it didn't happen yet.  Hopefully, tonight I can get something in...even if it's only walking around the block.

I still don't think the job thing has hit me yet.  It just feels like I'm on vacation and that I'll be going back to the office shortly.  It's so weird!

Day 1 - 01/01/11

New Year
New Focus
New Me
Just woke up for real so that means stepping on the scale to properly log the start of the new year. I haven't stepped on the scale in a couple months and had no idea what to expect.
Starting Weight = 286.0 lbs
Yikes, that is my heaviest EVER! Must get back on track immediately.
Will take measurements and post those too. Gonna be an interesting year.
Katy

The End Has Come

Today marks a turning point in my life. A new year is dawning & my 12 year career has ended. Tomorrow I start a new chapter in my life, during which I plan to get my life & my house organized.

Time to get organized, get in shape & get a job. Tomorrow is my new beginning!
Katy Olson

Random Job Thoughts

So, the end of this month/year I'm losing my job.  I've known about it for months.  First I was being let go in August, then I got an extension til the end of December.  Now, it's all coming to a close.  Nearly 12 years with this company and I'm being cut.  Not because I did anything wrong but because some knuckleheaded consulting firm thought it would be a good idea to take a group of tenured reps in fraud, chargebacks and data entry and replace them with a bunch of people that have never done that kind of work before. As you can tell, I'm still a little bitter.  They wanted me to move to Cincinnati and stay in my old job but that just wasn't in the cards for me.  Amazing how they can have so many other people working from other states out of their living rooms with no supervision but they couldn't let me, and my 12 years of experience, work from the Evansville office.

I've been bitter about it for a while and though I try not to show it too much, I know people can tell.  I've come to the realization that while it's going to be scary to look for a new job and possibly be unemployed for a while this might be the time for me to get out and try something new.  Challenge myself to do something different with my life.  Unfortunately, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.  :)

Any ideas?