New Beginnings

I've been absent here lately for a few reasons. One is my parents' health issues, another is my husband's job, yet another is my stagnant skinny search, and lastly is pure-dee laziness. But all that stops TODAY!!! And the best part of it is, I'm writing this after having ALREADY set this plan into motion. Yeah me!!!

Yes, I've been slacking in my search for my inner skinny. I have tried my best to concentrate more on a search for employment in an office instead of just getting to it!! But I've been eating better, watching my calories and WHAT I'm eating, and I'm getting up and getting going in the morning. This morning I woke up at 6:30am and instead of rolling over and going back to sleep, I got out of bed!! Step one...DONE! Although I don't think it is as big a stretch as you might think. The past several mornings (even this whole weekend) I got out of bed around 7:00am, even though no one else was stirring. However, this is the first morning I've done something productive with my alone time.

This morning I made myself some breakfast (Peaches & Creme Oatmeal), watched a little bit of the Today Show while I ate and then came downstairs to change clothes. I changed into the appropriate workout items and cranked up the Wii Fit! I worked our for about 45 minutes. I started with a warm-up of Boxing and then moved onto Step Aerobics. It felt GREAT to be jumping into a better lifestyle first thing in the morning.

And my Wii Fit told me good news this morning....down 4.6 lbs!! WHOOO HOOO!!!!

And for those of you wondering about that first interview this past Friday? Ugh!! I got all dolled up in a nice suit and headed out. I arrived about 15 minutes early (a rule of thumb for me) and went into the office. It was NOT in the best part of town, nor in the nicest building. But I ventured on and tried not to judge. I walked into the office and about 3 other people were already there. The office was shabby chic at best. I was asked to fill out an application and given some basic paperwork on the company (the same paperwork I'd been emailed). We all sat in 15 chairs (yes there were 15 of us there for this "interview"). It felt like a cattle call as the Scottish gentleman explained a little more about their company. Then he called us one by one into a private office for an interview. It was what I'd feared half way through the "classroom setting" of the process. We were being asked to come in and fill a position of sales, door-to-door sales. NOT something I'm at all interested in doing. He had one position in recruiting open that he offered me. It would consist of checking out resumes and calling in people to partake in the same process I had just experienced. The pay would be about $9/hr. Yeah, thanks...I'll let you know. Nope! It would not be worth it to drive to near downtown for that amount of money. It would hardly pay for my gas to get there and back every day. So I'm still looking.

I have not given up hope, nor lost enthusiasm. I plan on spending the better part of today combing through the newspaper and a few online want ads.

Here's my list of what I've done today:
Exercise: Wii Fit: 43 minutes (Boxing and Step Aerobics)
Breakfast: Peaches & Creme Oatmeal & 1 glass milk
Snack: 1 bottle (23oz) South Beach Living On The Go Drink

I'll also be posting some of my pictures I've taken for my 365 over the course of today.