Routine

For the last week I've been getting up at 5:30 am to get to the gym by 6:15 (w/ Dane or 6:30 on days he's in PDX). Anyone who knows me knows that I am NOT a morning person. I've been fired from more than one job for not being able to make it to work by 8 am and even now it is a struggle for me to get to work before 9:30 am. But I am committed to this goal of mine to lose weight and once I start Becker the only way I'll have time to workout is if I do it in the morning. So I wanted to get in to the habit of a morning routine before I start Becker so I can hit the ground running.

I can say, 9 days into it that the second week is definitely easier and every morning it seems easier and easier to get up. I have built in 15 min of "hate the world and talk myself out of the gym" time before I finally get up and go but I'm noticing that time is slowly just turning into "get ready for the day" time. I like my morning routine and every single day at 5:30 when I leave work it feels AWESOME knowing that I have already taken care of that. It's done. I like to laugh at my gym bag when I get in to my car at night. But I have noticed that I seem to be addicted to the gym. Just last week I could have slept in (cause I worked from home) and gone to the gym later but I preferred to stick to my 5:30 am routine. I ended up taking a nap later. It was great!

So that said, I am down about 5 pounds since last week. I have been working out for an hour and half, staying true to my diet, and tracking everything I've done and will do. I have also found tremendous support on the Nutrisystem website and they have a fantastic calorie tracking system that is user friendly, fun, and EASY! Dane is down about 16 pounds since December and he's doing great too. Well, as good as he can do on the NS diet. He's eating his vegetables and enjoys the convenience and ease the NS diet offers. He looks forward to eating pizza again.

Work is going well. I just got all the budgets ironed out and just need to journal a few things for December then button up the month and I'm done! At that point all my projects will be done. I won't have anything lingering in the que. My job will be all about maintaining. I do have a few project ideas that I will work on. Things I never thought I'd have the time for. This is so awesome I can't even begin to describe. This is right where I need to be now in order to focus on Becker. It's nice when things fall together.

I started my last class of UOP tonight. Wow. My last class. It hardly seems possible. I'll be working extra hard the next 3 weeks so that I can take the last 3 weeks off to begin Becker. HG was kind enough to agree to a schedule like this and it works well for her because she just had hand surgery. I'm happy to repay the debt I owe her and help out. I can't believe in 6 weeks I'll have my Master's degree! OMG - where did the time go?! Just yesterday I was starting out in school in Colorado. Well, I'm not done yet. I still have the roughest section of water to pass coming up. Wish me luck!

Dane and Dave are doing good. I adore having Dave at the house. We tell him he should just live with us. Life is peachy right now I guess. So far I'm loving 2009!

And next week - OBAMA'S IN THE HIZOUSE!!!