Living the Dream

Today is one of those picturesque days when I feel thankful for everything. A light snow is falling outside and I realized that if I rearrange my office I'll have a nice view of a window. I am also really looking forward to my workout tonight. Mondays and Wednesdays I will be hitting my new favorite Zumba Class. My first night there, I made a friend! She was also there for the first time and we got a reputation for being the new girls in the back row. There was such a feeling of community instantly. It made me think " I could get used to this." When I went home last Wednesday night Ben had dinner cooking and I felt like something just fell into place. Why stress myself out about a breakup with the gym when there are options that are just as good, if not better? 

Thursday I worked from 6:45am and got home at 10:30p. At the end of the day (while there was no way a blog was going to get written) I didn't feel as exhausted as I should have and I realized it was because I wasn't thinking about all the things I was missing by working so many hours. I have my health and exercise plan covered so when I need to work a 12+ hour day, I don't need to sweat the not sweating..

The good mood carried all the way through the weekend and Ben and I decorated the inside and outside of our house. Our first Christmas as home owners and I have to say that I think we are nailing it. I also got a good bit of our Christmas shopping done and cooked my first turkey ever (that we'll be eating for the rest of the week). 

I even got to bake a little. I made the best banana bread of my life and it is sugar free! The sad part is that I "winged" it and don't even know what recipe I ended up using. I'll recreate it and if it comes out as good, I'll share the recipe. 

I am carrying the progress forward and even though the snow is falling, I am headed to Zumba like a Champ <3.

<3 Katie
Day 181
188 lbs    <-----------------------------
Are you seeing this sweet progress???

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