Day 2

Hey there, ho there, friends. Day 2 is completed. I may have overdone dinner a bit (boy made naan - it was really good,) but I followed the program the rest of the day. I have mastered the proper mixture of morning shake with coffee now, and it tastes decent and gets me to 9:30am. Then I start to struggle, so if you are wanting to text me ass kicking texts, between 9:30am and 10:30am, and then again between 2:30 and 3:30 perfect times. Anyway, I woke up at 5:20 and went for a walk this morning - the entire way out was downhill, which meant the whole way back was uphill, so better planning is needed. My goal is to move my wake up time a little earlier as I go so I can start waking early enough to go to the gym in the morning. I miss the rowing machine. I did see two meteors in the sky this morning, which was very cool to a space nerd like myself. I also realized how long it has been since I exercised every time I got up from my desk today - ouch, sore.

I promised today would be a day for numbers. I went to the doctor and weighed in. For the purpose of this blog, we will call this my starting weight (I'm down 5 lbs from the beginning, but...blah blah blah, just spill it, Missy:)

284 lb 12.8 oz

A big number, and a lot of work to do, but I'm game if you all are.

Oh, and I asked the doctor about support groups, specifically for this program, since it would be nice to be able to sit down with a group of people following the same or similar programs and be able to say, "how do you make the nasty ass shake taste better? I find it tastes better with a lot of vodka..." (jk, I'm pretty sure that would be too many starches.) Anywho, the doc said they don't have one, that the only thing available at St E is Overeater's Anonymous, which is a great program, but it is another program, and I just want to talk to people about struggles and ideas and maybe meet someone to exercise. She said it was a very good idea, and they will discuss it. Do you think that is just the doctor's version of "we'll see..."?

K, non-health related, sort of - let's talk about work. I know I have some coworkers who read here, so I won't tell you all the beef. Actually, with that I really am joking, the people I work with are fantastic - that is something I don't have any complaint about. I truly enjoy seeing them at work, but I do wish I enjoyed going to work for more than just the socializing lately, since that is a rather small part of my job. I love my organization, and what we do; I'm just a bit miserable with the day in/day out crazy, starting with the hour-long ride there, dealing with managing staff remotely, the 1 1/2 hour ride home, the buggy new software creating serious hurdles to our ability to gather data, and holy hell do I hate writing reviews. My desk is removed from the rest of the office, it is about 40 degrees up there, and did I mention it takes me 1 1/2 hours to get home? And school hasn't even started. Honestly, I'm tired, and I really would like to figure out a fix for this, as I do care about what I do, and I've built a reputation as a strong employee that I'd really like to keep. I know, I'm lucky to work somewhere I respect, so I'm not really looking for advice (unless you have some, do you?), I just need to rant. Especially after dealing with traffic. I'm fairly certain there are not enough people in the Cincinnati metro area to justify the mass amount of traffic I sit in every day.

I don't have cute pets to share today, so here is a picture of our garden so far this year. The cucumbers are going crazy! Running around, getting into trouble...

This is technically my brother's garden, as he does most of the work, but I do eat a good portion of it. 

G'Night!