Doing Good, Feeling Good!

So, I worked out again this morning, so I am happily back into my 'cardio every morning' routine. I'm not as tired as I was a few weeks ago either. Saturday I went to my company Christmas party, they rented out the Detroit Institute of Arts, very snazzy!! Then Yesterday I went to the casino with my mom in the morning, did some shopping on the way home, then baked all afternoon and into the evening. Yes, I licked some spoons, and sampled some wares, but not too much. I made a little roast and some mashed potatoes for dinner, and I weighed in this morning.....232!! So still slowly going down, even after a day of baking!!

I have more baking to do tonight, and then I need to box up the goodies to hand out for Christmas! I love to bake, and this is the best time to get it all out of my system, then hand out all the hard work so I'm not tempted to eat it!

Quickly, back to the Christmas party. I sat at a table with my hubby (of course :) ), my parents (my dad works with me, remember), my sister and her boyfriend (who works there too, bf not sister), and another guy random guy from work that ended up at our table. So the other guy was asking how I had done in the weight loss competition, and I said not so hot, because I had gotten sick and fell off the wagon, yada yada. And he asked if I was going to do the next one, and I said I was thinking about it. And my Dad chimed in, "Yeah, you are going to be partners with M, right?" and I was shocked, like "How do you know that!!" and dad just said he 'knows things.' So...obviously....M must have told him. Because I didn't say a work to anyone...except here...but no one reads this.....except that I did send a link to my trainer.....whatever....most likely M told my dad. So that is good news, because that means he was serious about what he said, and that gets me kinda excited about this whole thing!

Also, I had to buy a suit for a business trip coming up in a few weeks, I have to go to Vagas for a week. So I bought all new clothes before I started here, a year and a half ago. And my pants were size 20. And I was so sad at the time that I had allowed myself to balloon up not just to double digit sizes, but then to sizes that started with a '2'!!! So...I know my old work pants are really loose now, but I haven't bought anything new. So I was trying on suits, and I fit easily into the 18....and the one that I really liked and wanted, they only had the pants in a 16. So I thought, why not, and I tried them on....and they fit!! Not great, they are definitely tight in the leg and making a muffin top, but I got them up an buttoned without a struggle, so that was good enough for me. (I got the jacket in an 18, just because it was more comfortable.) So I'm going to try to drop at least 10 pounds before my trip, then my suit should be really perfect!

That's the goal 10 pounds before Jan 18th! Starting weight, 232! Count down starts .....Now!