Friday, August 31, 2012

Keepin' at it

So, I DID do a few things around the house yesterday including calling about my car.  Still there.  :/  So sad.  I want my Flex back!  I love my car and on top of that, I don't like feeling 'stuck'.  I know that is plain ol' silly, but I do.  Hubby is off tomorrow so here is to hoping that it gets done today.  I only have about 50 errands I have had to put off for now!  I have some sales to drop off, at least one or two purchases to pick up, and then regular errands plus a couple of stops at other places like the alteration shop.  I hope to get a dress or two altered.  I am thinking of trying to do one myself, but I don't want to goof it up.  I don't even know if I have the right stuff to alter the dress!  LOL  I was just going to use hem tape...  I guess I could actually sew it, but it's been a while since I've broken out the machine.  I guess we will see...  I may give it a go during nap time.  LOL  Worst case scenario, I mess up and have to take it in which I had planned on doing anyways.  That and laundry are all I really have planned to possibly do today.  OH!  And I need to oil the furniture.  Many of my pieces are old and are starting to look dry.  I love mixing old with new, mixing metals, and warm and bright colors.  Maybe I'm part peacock!  HA!

I couldn't resist and the the recumbent bike again yesterday!  I really enjoyed it.  I only did a little over 30mins, but that was enough.  lol  I was all sweaty and my legs were weak.  I want to work out but I don't want to over-do it.  I don't do well when I'm over-worked.  The awesome news that I don't want to get TOO excited about, yet is that I got up and weighed in at 185 flat this AM.  :O  I was totally shocked!  I had hoped for it, but to actually see it was awesome!  I don't think I've seen 185 this year.  I could be wrong, but surely I would remember that!  And on top of that, I've been cleaning out my closet and so I was trying things on.  It hit me that a LOT of my stuff doesn't fit so I might as well get rid of it.  I had already given a large chunk of things to a friend of mine, but the other stuff I decided I would try to sell.  Anything that doesn't sell, I will offer my friend and then whatever is left goes to donations.  Anyways.... while going through stuff and deciding if I loved it or was over it, I decided that anything that I wasn't sure about I would try on.  I didn't realize that the majority of my skirts were now too big!  And that I can get rid of another couple of pairs of jeans.  PLUS!!!!!  Are you ready for this????  I got into my skinny jeans!!!  NO, not my 16 skinny jeans, but my 14's!  Even if the # on the scale is moving down slowly, the pant size is moving in the right direction!  All around a happy day for me!  Plus, I purged my shoes and some more clothes.  I need to finish that today.  I guess today will be all about sewing and sorting.  LMAO  I am not going to work out today -- today is my off day.  I may do my Pilates, though... that should be ok to do today.  :) 

I looked over the calendar and realized that I've been doing pretty well with working out for this month.  I'm not as consistent with the days as I would like, but I'm getting better and that is what is important.  Progress not perfection.  I really wish I knew who it was that originally said that... it is a great quote.  I've even thought of getting that as a tattoo.  But I've been working out on average 2 days a week, but then keeping active other days.  I hope to start getting 3 in there now that my schedule is feeling more settled.  I guess we will see.  Once little man gives up naps, I'm not sure what I will do... I hope I have another year before that happens!

Well, I need to be bringing this to an end and getting to work.  Not even sure where to start first, but I need to get to it and be productive.  Hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend!

3 comments:

  1. wow! :) Look at you!! Doing great as normal! hahaha ^__^ I'm so happy your reaching 185! YAY! And you even fit in your skinny jeans! WAY TO GO!! I think one of the best part of losing weight is that you don't fit in the your old clothes anymore..and that feelings feels soo good! :) And, I hope you know what this mean... SHOPPING TIME! ^___^

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  2. You sound so happy in this post. Glad that you are feeling proud of your progress, and can celebrate your victories.
    I have a super nice sewing machine and all this fabric and sewing stuff that I bought years ago, and it rarely gets used. I used to make and sell skirts in a store that my friend owns. I also made a bunch for myself. And then one day I realized just how much I absolutely hated to sew. I always had to force myself to do it. Oh, silly me. Since then my sewing stuff just sits unused in my closet. I should probably sell my machine on ebay or something, but knowing me if I sell it I will suddenly want to use it again.

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  3. Jewlz you are always running around so busy with so many projects, you are doing so great with pedaling it out on the recumbant bike! I love those things, I bought an upright last year but ended up taking it back because it made my backside hurt so bad! I hope things go well with your car and that everything gets taken care of for your vacation. Great job on the weight loss, sometmies we suprise ourselves, I know I was very suprised that I had maintained through out both my vacations! I'm going to try to write a hefty post today about my misadventures in traveling this summer, ha ha!

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