Tonight MT and I went to the restaurant Buca de Beppo for our Credit Union Christmas party. I've never eaten at Buca and I was excited to try it. I thought it was good. I had a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio wine that were excellent. The food wasn't bad either, except that I ate too much and now I'm overly full. I don't regret it, though. We had nice conversation with cool people and good food and wine, so what more could you want on a snowy Saturday night?
It's been a really nice day overall. This afternoon, MT did some touch-up on the painting around the house and I did laundry and cleaned up the downstairs rooms. Late in the afternoon we just chilled out, reading and listening to music. I loved it.
Today was T's first Jr Jazz basketball game of the season. He's playing a lot better this year, with a lot more confidence and skill. He took a few good shots, but they didn't go in. Still, they were quality shots and if he keeps taking those shots, they will eventually go in. He also had a couple of steals and rebounds. He did really well. Even better, his team won, so it was a fun way to start the season!
Of course I started to the day at the gym in my cycling class. Jose was feeling frisky today because his class was full and he made us work hard. I was dripping sweat within the first 10 minutes of the class. It was fun. Tiring, but fun.
I have to say, though, that even though the entire day was great, by far my favorite moment of the day was when I stepped on the scale at Weight Watchers and they told me I lost 1.4 lbs, bringing my total weight loss to 90.4 lbs!!! WOO HOO!! I made the weigh-in leaders give me high five, and I think I might have done a little jig.
One of the leaders, Sandy, said, "90 pounds. Have you wrapped your brain around that number yet?" It's kinda hard to put it in context. I can't really imagine carrying 90 extra pounds around. I mean, at the gym, I can barely lift a 30 pound dumbell. It's not exactly the same because the weight was distributed on my body, but still, you know what I mean.
MT was really excited for me, too. He said, "I've gotta be honest. When you told me you wanted to lose 100 pounds, I thought it wouldn't happen. I hoped that you would, but I didn't think you could do it. Now I'm absolutely positive that you will and that whatever weight you want to be, you'll totally be able to acheive it." Isn't that shitty and nice at the same time? Of course, as I've mentioned before, I didn't think I'd be able to do it either. I just pulled that 100 number right out of the air because is seemed so unobtainable, so big, so audacious, that it became the magic number. I'm gonna do it! It's gonna happen! OMG!
Of course I know that I'm not there yet and there will be some struggles (ie Christmas parties) along the way, but I think that I can reach the 100 pound mark by the time we leave for our vacation in mid-February. Wouldn't that be the best celebration? However, if I don't reach 100 by February 19, I'm still going to be ok. I don't want to put any pressure on myself. I want to keep working the plan, eating right and exercising.
I love Weight Watchers. I'm so thankful they are there and that their plan is so solid and do-able.
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