I know I mentioned last entry that I was looking for a new job. It's something I've been doing since Jan/Feb... hardcore looking started this summer. Well, ladies and gents, I finally got one! I start work for T. Rowe Price in the Retirement Plan Services Central Group divison on Sept 29th as a Cash Group Associate... basically, recording, balancing, and doing reporting functions for the daily movement of investment funds. I am so STOKED! I've been working in banking for 5 1/2 years now and it… Continue

Life's been really busy recently. I've been working really hard at resolving some financial matters, still working full-time (while searching for another job), I managed to finish the summer semester, and the University's fall semester started two weeks ago. I am drained and bogged down with school work and have been quite disconnected with my weight loss goals of late. I know that a couple weeks after my last post... I gained a bit of weight. I never saw a scale but my blue jeans would probably… Continue

The first half of yesterday went pretty well. I brought my own lunch to work, albiet a sloppy version of something I saw on the Food Network over the weekend. I used two left over soft taco shells as my crust, used a left over packet of pizza sauce, and the left over mozzarella from meatball night and made a mini pizza. I didn't have any tasty toppings to add to it but it served it's purpose. I ate the first one and half the of second. I also managed to drink between 1/2 and 3/4's of my goal wat… Continue

Went to the gym last night before dinner. Spent 10 minutes on the elliptical and 5 minutes on floor exercises. I know it doesn't sound like much but it was definitely a start. It was a bit abbreviated for two reasons. 1. I didn't want to be using the excuse today "my body aches" from going full throttle on day one and 2. I forgot to tape up my right knee. So, today I'm going to tape up my knee (which corrects a knee cap injury I have) and work on the elliptical for at least 20 minutes. My MP3 p… Continue

I feel so full. It's been 10 hours since I ate last and still I feel so full. I decided when I came to work today that I wouldn't be bringing a lunch. I couldn't forsee needing a lunch when my stomach still ached from the pancakes I managed to whip up at 6:30 AM. What was I thinking?! I weighed myself a month or more ago and I was in the upper 290's. I felt so full this morning - I felt like I had to punish myself. Get on the scale. I'd say my jaw dropped but really I wasn't that suprised. I ne… Continue