Diary of a Mad Fat Woman

This week I feel like things finally clicked and my 21 days of good behavior have paid off diet-wise. I was able to resist not one, but TWO of my favorites bad foods this week. I’m still struggling a small bit with not over indulging in the snacks I have at home, but I the urge to give in to outside temptation has greatly diminished. I’m enjoying eating my salads and healthy choice meals! It feels nice to not be stuffed. There is still work to be done, but I’m getting there and any progress is better than none. Not a big loss this week and statistically I’m behind schedule by about 3 pounds, but I’ll get there. I am trying to make some changes soon and have started to formulate a plot… I am comtemplating leaving my job around the 1st week in May and taking the summer off to enjoy myself and to work on myself again. I feel like with DH being in a such a better place that I could do better than last summer and finally make it to my desired end weight. In September when school starts back I’m thinking of taking over babysitting for my niece and nephew. I would be putting them on the bus in the morning around 8am, getting the 5yr old off the bus around noon, and then the 6yr old off at about 3pm. Their mom would be home to get them by 5pm and I’d have weekends off. She would pay me the same that I make at this job now and my hours would be the same and there’d really be no pressure… aggravation maybe, but not really stress. At least that’s how I look at it, kids get on my nerves but they don’t really make my blood boil or stress meout all to hell. Big plus is I get to stay home for the most part and do what I need to do. I can even take the 5yr old to the community center gym if I wanted to, but we;d probably just ride bikes or play the kinect if he was here. I think this is what I really want to do, I’m about 95% certain. This week I’m kind of working myself to death though, our anniversary is next month as is DH’s birthday and I want to be able to get him a nice gift and take him out for his bday. I REALLY want this summer off too though, so I have to find as many ways possible to make money to make it happen. I picked up 3 babysitting shifts (tonight overnight and half the day sat. & sun.) and then agreed to take a 3 hour shift at another store to get a few extra bucks on my day off. I’m also trying my hand at selling some stuff on craigslist, but so far no takers. I’m up way past my bedtime, so I must run. See you again next Sunday or sooner!

Goal: Lose 28.8lbs by April 1st, 2012.

Financial Goals: Save $4,423 more by December 31st, 2012.

* For the confused, financial goals were added today to aid me in preparing for my time off and other goals. These include a paying off my car a year early, buying a new dryer, christmas money, keeping 1k in savings for emergencies, & having my 30k maintenance done. It all works out to $95.00 per week or $140.00 per week if you include that I want to be out of work all summer… I will have to get very creative here.