Monday Musings…
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Happy Monday Buddies!
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What a weekend I have had!!!
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As you know, I did my first 5k of the season. It went incredibly well. I am ever so glad I did it. And I had NONE of the after affects I normally have!! No sore, aching muscles?I truly think this is because I am in some of the best shape of my life!!!
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I have another walk this Saturday, and I am VERY excited for this one since it?s a cause very near and dear to my heart (Homeless animals). It?s also the first time I have gotten to walk this one, so I am really stoked. I am taking my beagle Michaela with me as well, she has done several 5k?s with me over the years?But THIS year, I bought her, her very own little doggie t-shirt!! TOO CUTE it is!!! And I decorated it with all the dates and titles of the walks she has done!!! Buddies?It is waaayyyy too cute!! She is one stylin beagle!!!
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So, other then that, the only other news worthy event of my weekend was a SHOPPING SPREE!!!! Yes, my friends, the husband took me shopping yesterday for some new office attire?I am moving from a business casual office which borders on casual, to a business casual office that borders on professional! Additionally, I just got rid of my last skirts last week, as I have outgrown (undergrown?) them all!! So I DESPERATELY needed dress clothes?
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Man. Did I ever tear up the sales racks at Kohl?s!!!! I am not a big Kohl?s shopper. But they were having some tremendous sales. And I had a gift card to spend?WOW?I will have to go there more often?The best thing??? All my pants were size 14, but my skirts, I am now in a size 12 (I don?t know why, really?) so that was MOST exciting. I haven?t been a size 12 since back in my youth!
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On a weight loss note, I did kind of have a bad day yesterday?I really felt a bit out of control yesterday?I should say, the last two weeks caught up with me yesterday and I felt incredibly guilty?Week one was due to birthday celebrations, and this last week was due to job celebrations?I really don?t like that out of control feeling at all anymore?And I was very sad, even with my walk and my new clothes?Very disappointed in myself that I didn?t hold better to my own diet principles?
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So I had yet another long talk with myself. I also talked to my husband, and we made a plan to recommit this week…I want to lose 10-15 pounds by the second week of August. That is when I will be attending a 40th birthday bash for my BIL up on Lake Erie (Put N Bay)?This translates to hanging on the beach all day, all weekend long, in a BATHING SUIT?With 60 people I don?t really know!! UGH?So I gotta feel good in that suit!
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So I bought a new food journal yesterday, a cute little notebook, because sometimes, it helps me to start a fresh new journal, when I have a fresh new goal?I also bought new tennis shoes, and two new workout outfits?I got up early this morning for my run, and I hit it pretty hard?So I am really hoping I can keep the motivation going this summer and meet that next goal?
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I don?t know why its gotten so hard for me to consistently lose the weight. Honest?I do well for a month, then I slack off again for a month?I know what to do and how to do it and I know I want to do it. I really don?t know why there is not more ?Pressure? to get it done quicker for myself?Very odd?Something I shall have to ponder?
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OMG!! I forgot the bestest news!! I went to the workout room yesterday and FINALLY after three loooooong months, all the new equipment is in!!!! THREE ellipticals and TWO treadmills?And the new treadmill and the new elliptical are wicked cool!! I have never seen an elliptical like this one?It?s gonna take me a while to figure it out, but MAN, am I sooo excited?And my pool opened up this weekend too, so another form of exercise for me?YAY!!
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Well, have a great week all!!!
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Hey Dawnie! Sounds like you’re full of enthusiasm as usual. Fantastic that you got a whoel new work wardrobe - and a smaller size too! Stick with it. You’re going look great on that beach in August!
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Now Dawnie, about that bathing suit?I think you still need to get to your self-confidence up. If you don?t, the battle will be harder. I know you?re loving your new body, but are you really loving yourself? Are you really confident in yourself?< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Now this may sound a little ?ick?, but I don?t have a major problem going out in a bathing suit, even though I weigh close to twice as much as you do. I don?t care what anybody else thinks about the way I look (I used to, but not anymore). I?m gonna do what I enjoy, and that means putting on a bathing suit and going out in public when I want to, or wearing my tops with the spaghetti straps, or shorts or anything else I want to wear. Other people may not like the way I look, but the heck with them. If they don?t like what they see, they don?t have to look.
Our pool won?t open til this weekend, but when we get back from < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />California , look out!! I?m gonna spend as much time as possible in that pool!!!!
Glad the new equipment finally got in!
I hear ya Mary! I do! I guess I should have added this in…
See, I bought a new swimsuit last month that is SUPER cute, but alas, it is a bit tight…So I guess I should have stated I just want to be able to wear it comfortably…
Otherwise, I am like you and dont really have a problem with the swimsuit thing in theory…I am a water baby and spend a lot of time in my swimsuit in the summer, and like you, if people dont like how i look, then dont look!
Really, I just want people to see me and go DAMN…She looks GOOD!
I think the shopping spree and the new journal are going to keep you excited about this new “ooomph” of energy and motivation. You can do this Dawnie!! No doubt!!!
You are amazing, way to go on the 5k and I am like you when it comes to loving animals so I think the one for homeless animals is great, bet everyone will love your dog being in it too. Keep up all that hard work ya do and never loose that wonderful positive attitude.
So does that mean you will be passing through my neck of the woods in August?
Wow, new clothes and doing these walks? You should be sooooo proud of yourself!! Hey, I just bought a new swimsuit, and you know what? I love myself in it, and I don’t care what anyone thinks, You just love you, Dawnie, and love the skin you are in, you have worked so hard and you deserve it.
On a lighter note, I LOVE Kohl’s!! Another good one is Ross! They both have great stuff for awesome prices!
How fun is that to get new clothes!!
I want to see a pic of Michaela in her shirt!!! Sounds too cute. I love Kohls, by the way, I recently found them.
I just know you’re going to have a great time at your BIL’s birthday bash. 
Great pics Dawnie, looks like you had lots of fun at the 5K, you and your husband are a cute couple
Shopping sprees’ are fun when there is a sale, and the sizes are smaller! Happiness is smaller sizes. lol
I am so excited for you and your walks girlie! Keep it up and one of these days we shall do a marathon together!! I think you’re ready!! Maybe we can do Florence together, huh?
Please take pictures of your baby at the race, I would love to see her!! I am a HUGE dog lover!! I am always picking up stray dogs on the street. My DH used to hate it, now he’s more than cooperative!
You know Dawn, your enthusiasm for the new equipment in your workout room, for the pool, for the upcoming b-day party & for your walks is palpable. I know you know that you’re capable of doing so much better, but I want you to know that you are truly an inspiration and I think you’re doing wonderful things for yourself each day. Not all months are going to be perfect, but boy, you give new meaning to the word persevereance!
Keep up the AWESOME job!
yay for the new clothes (size 12!!)
yay for the new job
yay for the equipment
yay for time with the DH