Mondays, Sleeping Too Late, Looking Sophisticated, and Not Gaining More Weight
Egad do I really hate Mondays sometimes. They just feel bad. Today...it looks lovely outside. It's all sunny and warm, with a great breeze going through the trees. We've had a really rainy June--it's been breaking records of rainfall all over the Portland area. But, Saturday was lovely, and Sunday was not as lovely, and today is just...*sigh* lovely. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING OUT INTO IT. Not at ALL. I feel super lazy and tired and unable to muster the strength to wander around.
I've been sleeping too much lately. Like, 11-12 hours of sleep. I don't know why either. I don't have a sleep deficit or anything, nor have my waking hours been particularly strenuous. I wonder if this means that I'm about to have a bout of insomnia? Sleeping seems to have become more and more of an issue for me in the past four years.
Lately, in other non-sleep/activity related news, I've taken to putting my hair in a bun at the nape of my neck. It's been good to keep my hair out of my way, especially when I'm cooking or cleaning lately, since it's getting just unbelievably long. Pretty soon, my hair will be the longest it's been since I've developed breasts. It wouldn't surprise me if by January it's down to my waist. Egad. So, lately, it's been living in a simple twist bun at the nape of my neck. The funny side effect of this is that it makes me look older, more serious, and more sophisticated. I think that's a little silly, since really it's more of a lazy, I-dun-wanna-deal-with-the-length move on my part. Also, with the Spring slowly turning into Summer, there will be more hot days that do not play well with wavy long hair. I am not looking forward to the encroaching Frizz Days, so a sleek bun will probably be my Hair Style Of The Summer.
Yesterday we went out and ate out for the first time since my Renewed Vow Of Losing Weight. We ate at Sharis before going out to Trader Joes and Whole Foods for, well, food. I got the new Chipotle Chicken Burger...and I did the brave, committed-to-losing-weight thing of asking them if they could please substitute the fries for a garden salad with the low-fat sesame dressing instead. They did this, no extra charge or anything, and it meant that when I crawled onto the scale today, expecting a minor setback, I was pleasantly surprised to see that instead of gaining weight, I'd lost a little (very little, we're talking like .4lbs here, but still). This is very encouraging, since it had gotten to the point where every time we ate out, I had to expect the next day to have gone up a pound or more. So, you can imagine that my resolution to not eat out and eat bad things has increased. It'll be WORTH IT when I can fit into ALL of my jeans (not just two-three), and when I look better in the mirror. My face lost an itty bit of weight so far, and my waist is a little smaller and less puff-puff, but we've still got a LONG way to go. I need to lose 10lbs at the least, and 15lbs would be best. And that is no longer as easy as it used to be.
Still, today I have my bento, and I'll make another one for tomorrow for Brian and myself, and then I start preparing for dinner, and when I wake up tomorrow, maybe I'll have lost a little more, until maybe by Wednesday it'll be a full pound, and if I can just keep this up, then maybe by my birthday, I'll be the weight I want to be! =D Just in time for pictures and such! Yay!
I've been sleeping too much lately. Like, 11-12 hours of sleep. I don't know why either. I don't have a sleep deficit or anything, nor have my waking hours been particularly strenuous. I wonder if this means that I'm about to have a bout of insomnia? Sleeping seems to have become more and more of an issue for me in the past four years.
Lately, in other non-sleep/activity related news, I've taken to putting my hair in a bun at the nape of my neck. It's been good to keep my hair out of my way, especially when I'm cooking or cleaning lately, since it's getting just unbelievably long. Pretty soon, my hair will be the longest it's been since I've developed breasts. It wouldn't surprise me if by January it's down to my waist. Egad. So, lately, it's been living in a simple twist bun at the nape of my neck. The funny side effect of this is that it makes me look older, more serious, and more sophisticated. I think that's a little silly, since really it's more of a lazy, I-dun-wanna-deal-with-the-length move on my part. Also, with the Spring slowly turning into Summer, there will be more hot days that do not play well with wavy long hair. I am not looking forward to the encroaching Frizz Days, so a sleek bun will probably be my Hair Style Of The Summer.
Yesterday we went out and ate out for the first time since my Renewed Vow Of Losing Weight. We ate at Sharis before going out to Trader Joes and Whole Foods for, well, food. I got the new Chipotle Chicken Burger...and I did the brave, committed-to-losing-weight thing of asking them if they could please substitute the fries for a garden salad with the low-fat sesame dressing instead. They did this, no extra charge or anything, and it meant that when I crawled onto the scale today, expecting a minor setback, I was pleasantly surprised to see that instead of gaining weight, I'd lost a little (very little, we're talking like .4lbs here, but still). This is very encouraging, since it had gotten to the point where every time we ate out, I had to expect the next day to have gone up a pound or more. So, you can imagine that my resolution to not eat out and eat bad things has increased. It'll be WORTH IT when I can fit into ALL of my jeans (not just two-three), and when I look better in the mirror. My face lost an itty bit of weight so far, and my waist is a little smaller and less puff-puff, but we've still got a LONG way to go. I need to lose 10lbs at the least, and 15lbs would be best. And that is no longer as easy as it used to be.
Still, today I have my bento, and I'll make another one for tomorrow for Brian and myself, and then I start preparing for dinner, and when I wake up tomorrow, maybe I'll have lost a little more, until maybe by Wednesday it'll be a full pound, and if I can just keep this up, then maybe by my birthday, I'll be the weight I want to be! =D Just in time for pictures and such! Yay!