Yeah I'm alive. I know some of you might have wondered where I've been. I've been pulling my hair out, then on vacation (KEY WEST BABY!) and now I'm back to pulling my hair out again. This new job is fun, but there are some not-so-fun parts too.
I trained for a month at a sister store, then went on vacation to Key West and got back late Sunday night. Opened at my own store Monday. Had to terminate my first employee yesterday, three days into my own store. That was a fun 10 hour day, let me tell you. I certainly didn't want to waltz into a store and have to terminate people right away, but it had to be done. Then I got a call at 2:30am (don't worry, I'd only been asleep for 3 and a half hours) from our security place saying that the alarm had never been set after they closed. So I had to get in my car and drive over there, set the alarm, come back home, and try to go to sleep. I'm a little puffy today.
The good news is that I was semi-good down in Key West. Did NOT get my water, definitely (why drink water when there's so much beer available?) but we went to the store our first day there and got healthy things for breakfast and lunch, and only ate out for dinner. Most of my dinner options were red beans and rice, black beans and rice, a quesadilla with cheese and black beans (which I split with Molly and Terry,) Havana Nachos with black beans (I also split with Molly,) etc. Can you tell I got my beans and was regular? Plus, we walked almost everywhere we went because the condo we stayed at was perfectly located. We also swam a lot, once Tropical Storm Alberto was out of the way (stupid Al!!!)
I only gained 2 lbs while I was down there, and after 1 day of being good (Monday,) I lost that 2 lbs. It was all water weight I'm sure, because I think 1 lb of it was in my feet and the other was in my waist. Molly pointed out how swollen my feet were on the airplane ride back to St. Louis. Ick.
So now I'm back on my combination of Weight Watchers and SBD. I went to Old Navy before the trip and bought a pair of capris and a pair of shorts, BOTH size 6!!!! I told my friend David that, and he said "Good, wasn't a 6 your goal?" Uh, well I guess it was one of them. I've decided that my goal is not going to be based on a size # or a weight #, but healthy eating and being active. I want to lose my beer roll and my saddle bags and then tone up what I've got. That's my goal.
Hope you all have been well and successfully OP! Hope to have time to be around more often. Take care everyone!
Lisa
PS Looks like I may be going back to Key West in January!