Weigh-In

Quick post today because I'm supposed to be getting ready but I lost 2 lbs since I weighed in before spring break!  And considering how much we ate over spring break, I probably lost at least 2 lbs since Sunday when I got back.  This brings my total to 7.8 lbs lost.  I'm hoping to get to the 10 lb mark by next week.

Spring Break!

This past week was my spring break, and it was SO great to have a week off!  I had to stay through Tuesday night for practicum but then I headed home on Wednesday (after sleeping until 11 of course).  Thursday, Mom and I went shopping and had fun with that.  It was Give and Get weekend at Old Navy, so I got 4 new dresses from there.  We also got a clock at Kirkland's to go over Mom and Dad's fireplace and Mom bought me a pasta roller.  A few weeks ago I had gone to visit Jenny and she had one and I liked it, so now I have one of my own!  Thursday night I made pasta and some cheese sauce that my aunt makes... it was so good!  I got to get together with Britter and Wesley one day for a couple hours so that was really good... I miss them.  I also went with my parents to a going away party for Cal and Claire, who are moving to Houston, and that was a lot of fun as well.  Got to catch up with them plus a lot of my parents' friends, so it was really good.

The break definitely was not long enough though... I've got to finish a paper by tonight, another one by 8 tomorrow morning, another by Thursday... I know I should have worked over the break, but I just really needed the break.  Definitely ready for this semester to be over.

As far as the diet/exercise thing, I gave myself the week off and will resume weigh-ins on Friday.  I'm going to work really hard this week and get started back exercising and eating better and hopefully my weight Friday won't reflect this past week too much!

This Week

This has been a pretty good week.  Finished up school stuff so I can have a good spring break (though I will have to work on a few things...), got to hang out with Jenny and finally meet her sister yesterday...  Have had a super lazy weekend...

Jenny and Tina came up yesterday afternoon and we went to the Water Gardens and then the Stockyards, so that was a lot of fun.  Jenny had never been to the Water Gardens and Tina, of course, had never been to either, so we gave her a good Texas experience.

I did, however, gain a little over a pound this week, so that's not fabulous.  I had a really really good week and then a really really bad weekend.  I think I'm going to change my weigh-in day to Friday so I have time to make up for the weekends... they are my achilles heel apparently.  Also, maybe I should just work on not eating so much junk on the weekends...

I had a parent meeting for one of my clients this morning, and now I'm headed to work, so short post today...

Currently watching:  Greek... don't judge me.  I love ABC Family.

Weigh-In Day 3/7

Lost .8 lbs this week... kinda frustrated that it wasn't more.  Supposedly, If I meet my calorie goal everyday and exercise 3x a week, I'm supposed to be losing 2 lbs. a week.  I exercised 4 times instead of 3 and I was under my calorie goal for the week, and still... less than a pound.  This week I'm going to try and focus more on what I'm eating than just how many calories and hopefully that should make a difference.  Still going down rather than up or staying the same, though, and that's good.  Also, since the last time I measured, which was about a month ago, I have lost an inch and a half from my waist and half and inch from my hips, so that's progress as well.

Anyway, off to study for mid-terms... Can't wait for spring break!

Ladies' Retreat

This past weekend, I got to go to a Ladies' Retreat at my church (Bear Creek Community Church).  It was awesome!  The staff wives worked so hard to get things together for it and it all came together wonderfully!  I was so excited by how many ladies and girls were there Friday night.  There were a lot of new faces, so I really hope a lot of them continue coming on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Personally, this was a great refreshing weekend for me.  I have a tendency to get stuck in my routine of school, work, and homework, and way too often, that routine doesn't include one-on-one time with Jesus.  Yesterday morning we took time out to get alone with God and really talk and listen to Him about the things we had been talking about.  Putting off the things of this world, like anger, unwholesome talk, slander, impurity, and idolatry, and putting on the things of God- compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

I think God's really trying to work on my patience these days... I find myself getting irritated easily when waiting on the kids I take care of or the kids I counsel.  I want things to happen now, like finding an internship for the summer, figuring out what I'm going to do after graduation, or having a family of my own.  I think it's funny that we're talking to our kids in counseling on Tuesday about patience, too.  God has a way of doing that.  So I'm going to slow down, take a deep breath, think about my own lesson and the one from this weekend, and try to not be a hypocrite. :)

Currently listening:  Dayplayer! (Got their new EP from iTunes the other day... wish it was a full-length album...)
Currently watching:  Ok, so it's not on Netflix, and I'm not technically "currently" watching it... but I'm SO excited that Army Wives comes back tonight!! I can't help myself, I love that show!  I'm probably one of the least emotional girls you know, but I even tear up almost every week... it's ridiculous.