Weigh In 3/23/10 and Odds ‘N Ends

Hi all!  Boy, am I having one of those days!

First, I think my body has gone into rebellion mode.  I think it’s been saying to me lately “Screw you!  I don’t care what your work hours are.  You’re going to sleep when and as much as I want you to!”  Or maybe it’s my brain.  I’m not sure.  But my sleeping the past couple of days has looked like this:

Toss.

Turn.

Repeat.

In fact, this morning I went to bed around 5:30 am.  I woke up at 8:15 am.  I didn’t fall back asleep until about noon, and then had to wake back up for work at about 2:00 pm.  ARGH!

It’s amazing that I can actually type a coherent sentence.  Or maybe I can’t and it just looks like one to my sleep-deprived eyes.

Then I left 15 minutes early for work and hit every single light red so that I ended up getting here at exactly the same time that I always do.  Don’t you hate that?  I mean, what was the point?

But I actually had to turn the air on in my car today!  It was only 70 degrees, but my black seats tend to emphasize the warmth.  I also loved that it was 70 degrees out today and there were still small piles of snow everywhere:

Work has been insane all evening, but luckily, things are starting to chill out.  (Obviously, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this!)

So now onto the important stuff.  I weighed in today at  1.7 pounds down!  I’m verra verra happy with that (sorry, I just finished a book with a Scottish guy in it).  I’ve also updated my progress chart above.  I’ve now lost a total of 88.3 pounds since I started and broke the 15 pound mark from when I recommitted at the beginning of February.  Though I think I’ve decided that after this week, I’m going to try and only focus on how much total weight I’ve lost.  I personally think that is a more important number.  It may not be the 160+ number that it was before, but 88 pounds isn’t anything to sneeze at!  (what an odd saying)  Here is what my weight chart looks like now.  I’m loving the downswing at the right, but am hoping that this doesn’t turn into a pattern.  If it does, I’m praying that the peaks get shorter and shorter each time.

I also added my earned Activity Points to my progress chart for last week.  31!!  That’s a new high for me!  My previous high was 29.

I have completed 9 days of my 21 day treadmill challenge  (43 minutes last night).  I’ve been watching “Ice Age:  Dawn of the Dinosaurs” the past couple of days.  I should finish the movie tonight.

On a very cool note, I got this in the mail today:

From the moment I got our treadmill hooked up, I was eying it with images of planks of wood and duct tape to wrangle it so that I could use my laptop on it.  Luckily, I decided to do an internet search first before breaking out the saw.  I came across this fancy item and debated for a couple of days on whether to get it, because it is kind of expensive, but I broke down and ordered it here.

So when I get home tonight, I’ll hook it up and let you know how it works.  Anyone else have one/tried one?

By the way, you may have noticed (if you visit my site) that my blogroll to the right —-> has increased tremendously.  I’ve been doing my best to update it.  If you don’t see yourself, let me know!  In my scatteredness, it’s possible I’ve left someone out and I’m sorry if I did!  I’ve also left up some people who haven’t posted in a while – I refuse to give up hope that they’ll wander back in at some point!