Adventures in weight loss

I promised you all when I started trying to lose weight that I wouldn't let my blog be overran with calorie counts and exercise routines. But I wanted to give you a little update.

Let me start by saying, I've always been the last to care about my weight or others for that matter. I would even get annoyed when people would talk about such things. To me, happiness comes from the inside. If you can't be happy with your inner self, then you will never be happy with the outside.

I have been steady gaining weight for the last four or five years. No losing. Just gaining. For the first time in my life, I started trying to lose weight about five weeks ago.

I allow myself one soda per week versus one or two a day. And let me tell you, that one soda a week is one of the highlights of my week. Every week. I can almost taste it now. Bubbly goodness. Oh wait, back to things I've been doing. I also switched to sugar free red bull. I have one in the morning instead of the regular stuff. I had a regular one the other day and I could barely drink it. And I switched to sugar free creamer for my coffee. Instead of eating whatever strikes my fancy for lunch, I've been eating a lot of salad and soup and whatnot. I drink more water during the day and when I get home. For dinner I've been making a lot of baked fish and chicken.

I've been thinking about cutting red meat out all together. I've done it before, not to lose weight though. I was because when I was in college the first time the cafeteria meat products, except for chicken, were so disgusting that I couldn't eat them. I didn't eat red meat for another year after that. Anyway, as far as what I've been eating and drinking those are the changes I've made.

As far as exercising goes, I try to ride my Gazelle whenever I can. I've had a cold for the last week or two so I've been slacking on riding it but I stay pretty busy so I figure that burns some calories. I've also been trying to sit on the couch less in the evenings. I try to find stuff to do to keep me moving until bedtime.

I have lost 11 pounds to date. My clothes are fitting better already and I feel like I have more energy. At this rate, I'll be able to wear a swim suit by Christmas.

Hope you are all having a good week!

Office Etiquette 101

About a month or so ago, I was reading an assigned chapter in my Intro to Business book. Off to the side was a little blurb on office etiquette. I've been meaning to elaborate on this for some time now.



1. Respect others privacy - This is pretty self-explanatory. Don't be nosy.

2. Check your drama at the door - This kinda goes along with #1. If you are not asked about your drama, don't tell your drama. Unless you hang out with the people you work with outside of work, keep it to yourself. Better yet, discuss it outside of work.

3. Don't clip your fingernails at work - Quite simply it could drive someone nuts (most likely me).

4. Turn your cell phone on vibrate - It may drive me nuts disturb others if your phone is beeping every two minutes because you have a text. Or if you phone is playing some 80's sitcom theme song every time it rings. Most people who work in office's have phones at their desk.... use them.

5. Brush your teeth - or back the hell up when you talk to people.

6. Do not gossip - unless you know the person you are gossiping about will not find out. Pay attention to the people who know all the gossip, they are probably not the one you want to tell anything you wouldn't want everyone knowing to.

7. Keep you music at a reasonable level - especially if it sucks.

8. If you have to #2 do it in the bathroom closest to your office - Don't go to the back of the office to do it by others (mine). Turn the vent on when you are done. But first and foremost, do that shit at home. No pun intended.

9. Talk at a level to where not everyone in the office can hear you - This means business and personal calls.

10. If you drink the last of the coffee make more - Shouldn't be that hard to do. If you drink coffee at work, you might have to make a pot every once in awhile.

11. If you are talking to someone and they get a phone call go away - Don't stand and wait for them to finish. Also, don't try to talk to anyone while they are on the phone, be it hand gestures or lip reading.

12. When possible, email. - This is will leave no room for breaking #11. Oh and do not send forwards to people at work. It could annoy them if they are working on something and see they have an email and then check it only to find out it is some stupid forward.

13. If you jam up the copier fix it - or find someone who can.

Feel free to leave any more rules you can think of.

Happy Friday!

I need my coffee

There is something that has been annoying me for awhile. I get to work at 7:30. I do a few things and then check my email accounts. Then around 8:30 I will wonder to the break room to get a cup of coffee.

First off, I am very grateful that my employers offer free coffee to us. But, about 9 times out of 10 I go in there and there is half of a burnt up cup in the bottom of the pot. I mean come one. How hard is it to make a new pot if you take the last of the pot?

Maybe this is just common knowledge to me since I waited tables for so long. But I thought people would be a little more considerate. If I take the last of the pot, I always make more.

Sorry for the rant.