It's almost Friday!

Thank god it's almost friday, it seems like it's been a long week, when really it hasn't!

Last night went really well. The concert was awesome, and my girlfriend and I had a great time. Tim and Faith are awesome, I think it's the 3rd time I've seen them in concert, and I would totally go again! I also stayed completely OP, I ate before we left and then finished my points when I got home (which was not by my 9p cutoff time, but what the heck, you can't win them all!).

As far as the challenge goes, I did good for my first day, although I didn't get in any Activity Points, but thats because I just didn't have time. I did get in 3 servings of fruit and 2 servings of veggies, and I drank 110 ounces of water. So Day One went well.

Tonight I'm going to stop by my garden to water and pick anything that might be ripening, and then come home, eat dinner and hopefully get out for either a rollerblade or a dog-walk. Depending on whether the dog is up for a walk, we'll see, he has a hard life you know! Then after that I'm going to enjoy my quiet-ness :)

Cooler around here again today...only a high of 78 (breathes a sigh of relief). I hate the hot weather, even with being cold all the time. If I could live somewhere where it was 60-70 all year round, I would be doing great! I don't mind the winter's either though!

Alright, back to work for me, but I hope everyone has a fit and fabulous day, weigh in tomorrow !

The Dating Saga Continues

So, I have another Yahoo Personals story, but we'll get to that in a minute.

First off, I finally found a home for the puppy that I have been fretting over for the past week. Turns out one of the guys who I thought would take him never got the initial message I left him, and just happened to stop by work today and went right over a got the poor thing. This guy and his wife are both older, retired people, and they bought a golden retriever puppy about a 18 months ago. Well the dog ended up having some very rare disease and passed away around Christmas Time. They had been looking for a new puppy, and this guy worked out perfect. So he has a great home. I almost cried when he said he would take him. I guess prayers work!

So Rosie O'Donnell is leaving the view. Now I really dislike Rosie, I never liked her period, but I really didn't like her after the view, and all the trump stuff (he's an ass too, don't worry), but she's just a loud mouth. I was wondering how long Barbra Walters was going to put up with her on The View, well apparently her tenure is done in June. I watched the video of Rosie announcing it on People.com, and you can see Barbra sitting next to her, and she just looks like she hates Rosie. It's really quite entertaining.

Onto the dating story of the day. I swear to god when I was in "the dating pool" three years ago, it wasn't nearly this hard, nor were their nearly as many smart asses. So today I open up my yahoo personals mail to see I several messages. I have a couple in which seem like nice guys and a couple that just aren't my type. You know, everyone has a type. So I nicely send the couple that aren't my type a "quick reply", basically a pre-fab message saying I just met someone and want to see what develops. Figure it's nicer than just being like hey not your not my type, sorry. Hey I've gotten it before, that's cool. Well this one guy sends me an email back, and this is what is says, we shall call him "T".

"So why are you still out here looking...? You are just blowing me off...too bad. Your type will never find the right person because you won't give a guy a chance. I guess it's my looks...not my personality or financial standing. Im sorry to of expressed an interest in you. Take care."

So, being the smart ass that I am, I of course replied:

T,

I can tell your a very bitter individual, And I apologize that you live your life that way.

Let me break this down for you.

Your Age: 39 The Age Range I want: 25-35
Your Body Type: Thick. Body Type I want: Slim, Slender, Fit, Athletic, Average.
Your Martial Status: Divorced. What I want: Single-Never Married
Kids: You don't Want. I want them.

So even had I not just met someone, we are clearly not a fit, so perhaps you should read the other person's wants also, because in the game of dating, what they want matters also.

Good Luck in your search, hopefully you'll find someone who is willing to deal with you.

Then I blocked him...

Seriously, some of these guys just don't get it. I mean I was just trying to be nice, saying I wasn't interested, what's honestly so wrong with not being interested in someone? I never get that offended when someone doesn't message me. Just figure oh well, I'm not their type.

Geesh..

Diet wise everything is going good. Looking forward to weigh in on Saturday, as I should hit the 140's, go me! I am going to post a recipe for Baked Parmesan Fish tonight, had it last night, and it was A+++ and very low point. Have to love fish. My new addictions of the week at dill pickles (why did I never realize these were 0 points!) and the Weight Watchers Carrot Cakes, yum!

Alright time to wrap up at work. Menu Tonight.

And I'm going to join the blogosphere...

So I started this blog in March, and I'm just getting around to posting for the first time, and getting everything in order. This first post is going to be a little "about me" for whatever future readers I may or may not have. In my dreams, I will have a lot of people who come on a regular basis to check out recipes, and ideas that I leave.

So a little about me. I'm 25, and I'm for Michigan. I've never really concerned myself with my weight, as I was never terribly overweight or heavy by any means, although I have to admit, like most women I was never quite happy with the weight I was. But in High School (now looking back) I was pretty lean, and I was involved in sports, so I stayed active enough that I could eat whatever I wanted, and not worry too much about gaining.

Fast forward a couple years, and I got my way through college, without really gaining much for weight, I may have put on a few pounds, but due to a busy schedule, and a job that kept me on my feet, I didn't gain much. Then in July of 2003 I got my first desk job. I would have to say probably in the first year I put on about 5-10lbs. Not a lot by any means, but for someone who was always bordering being overweight anyways, it was a lot. At the time, I didn't do anything about it, nor did I really care. Over the next several years, I got into the habits it seems every grown up does, I went to work, I came home, I ate what I wanted, didn't stay active enough, settled into a relationship, and just got comfortable.

Well in January of 2007, I was at my heaviest, which was 167 pounds. Before that, I can't tell you what I weighed each year, because I didn't believe in scales. But when I got on the scale, and I realized I weighed that much, I knew it was time for a change, so I joined weight watchers.

Now on my 14th week of weight watchers, I couldn't be happier with the progress, nor the ease of weight watchers. Like everyone I do struggle, but I find I can eat what I want in moderate amounts. It just surprises me how out of control my portions had gotten, and how bad some of the foods I thought were good for me were.

So here I am, now 14.6lbs lighter, minus a boyfriend, and feeling great. I have 12.8lbs until I hit my major goal of 140lbs, although I think ultimately I would like to hover between 135 and 140, and on my 5 foot 8 frame, I think that is reasonable, and wouldn't be too skinny.

So what will you find in this blog? Your going to find a little bit of everything. You will hear about my ups and downs with weight watchers (including the times I "fall off the wagon"), you will see posting of recipes that I've tried, along with points values, you'll get updates when I weigh in and you'll get tidbits about my life.

I hope those of you who meander on over will stick around for the ride!

Until next time,
Kate