Updates in Laura Land...
So this week is BAKE SALE week at our office...UGH! Each day there is a new batch of freshly baked goods available to tempt and tantalize our tastebuds...all for a good cause, of course, but why why WHY does Bake Sale week have to be during my TOM??? Especially when the past 2 weeks have been really hard! I was sick last week for a few days, so my WI on Saturday was non-existent (I didn't want to deal and actually used my no WI pass for the first time EVER!!) and the week before I had been retaining the ocean and everything else in the world to cause me to be up 3 pounds...so just when I want to face the week with a fresh start and new resolve, that week turns out to be Bake Sale week!
I did make something for the bake sale and I actually did buy one of my items...but in my defense it was a chocolate biscotti, which was a WW recipe, and it was 2 points...so not too bad! I did plan on going back for a chocolate chip cookie this afternoon but much to my delight (although slight disappointment too) the cookies were packed away already and I would have caused a lot of attention getting them out again, so I decided against it. Phew! That was a close one! :)
Yesterday I found out that my treadmill doesn't go beyone 99:59...it stops after that! I decided I needed to get a jumpstart on my exercise and subsequent losing this week, so I got on the treadmill to walk a little bit while watching a movie...I just kept going and going...ended up doing 5.5 miles, which felt great! But as I saw the timer start to creep up the 90+ minute marker, I wondered what would happen if it went past 99:59...well I found out! It doesn't stop abruptly and luckily I had slowed down my speed, but the machine did shut off and the belt slowed down. So I guess after an hour and 40 minutes of walking, the treadmill had enough & I decided I did too :)
My husband is being sent to New Orleans at the beginning of next month & since my 6 month probation is up at the end of this month, that means I can go too!! Not for the whole time...they are sending him for 2 weeks, but I will probably head out on a Wednesday & come home on a Sunday. I am really excited & have been doing a lot of research into activities, restaurants, etc...the best part is we would only have to pay for my airfare, since they will be putting him up in a hotel already! Cheapest vacation ever! I LOVE IT!! I have always wanted to go to New Orleans...plus the break away from regular life will be nice! Woo Hoo!!
Other than that...not much else to update on...I better get off to the showers...tonight was Jazzercise & I certainly worked it! Plus my chai tea is waiting for me in the microwave & my husband wants to cuddle up and watch tv...and well, he comes first! Bye!! :)
I did make something for the bake sale and I actually did buy one of my items...but in my defense it was a chocolate biscotti, which was a WW recipe, and it was 2 points...so not too bad! I did plan on going back for a chocolate chip cookie this afternoon but much to my delight (although slight disappointment too) the cookies were packed away already and I would have caused a lot of attention getting them out again, so I decided against it. Phew! That was a close one! :)
Yesterday I found out that my treadmill doesn't go beyone 99:59...it stops after that! I decided I needed to get a jumpstart on my exercise and subsequent losing this week, so I got on the treadmill to walk a little bit while watching a movie...I just kept going and going...ended up doing 5.5 miles, which felt great! But as I saw the timer start to creep up the 90+ minute marker, I wondered what would happen if it went past 99:59...well I found out! It doesn't stop abruptly and luckily I had slowed down my speed, but the machine did shut off and the belt slowed down. So I guess after an hour and 40 minutes of walking, the treadmill had enough & I decided I did too :)
My husband is being sent to New Orleans at the beginning of next month & since my 6 month probation is up at the end of this month, that means I can go too!! Not for the whole time...they are sending him for 2 weeks, but I will probably head out on a Wednesday & come home on a Sunday. I am really excited & have been doing a lot of research into activities, restaurants, etc...the best part is we would only have to pay for my airfare, since they will be putting him up in a hotel already! Cheapest vacation ever! I LOVE IT!! I have always wanted to go to New Orleans...plus the break away from regular life will be nice! Woo Hoo!!
Other than that...not much else to update on...I better get off to the showers...tonight was Jazzercise & I certainly worked it! Plus my chai tea is waiting for me in the microwave & my husband wants to cuddle up and watch tv...and well, he comes first! Bye!! :)