No Excuses

There should be no excuses for neglecting you, blog followers! Please accept my apology as I share with you what the last 14 days have looked like. School is consuming my time and energy but the good news is, I am still on the weight loss wagon. I need to admit something, I never thought I could. I was unsure I would make it 6 months. Well it's almost 6 months! I'm pretty proud of myself. I am still on an all protein/veggie meal plan. Oh and no sugar who would have thought?! The hardest part is still the waking up! I'm sure I am not the only one struggling to get my bad self out of bed and into the gym. As the snow starts to fall, my warm bed is far better sounding than starting a frozen car. I am starting a new bootcamp tomorrow (Wed) with Lana. If you need motivation this next Six weeks is key! Have I told you that I'm five pounds away from 50? That's 45 lost!! One less day

At The End Of The Day....

I'm going to try a new thing with my blog. I need to get away from the structured paper format and get back to being me with my writing. So I hope every day I will jot down a little something and call the segment "At The End Of The Day". Just something quick, raw, and totally me. I hope you enjoy! Two years ago I started playing hockey again. I love playing hockey. This year I have been fighting the diagnosis of no hockey. I really need my hip fixed in order to do anything on ice again. Tonight I watched my friend Alli play and my inner self wept with desire to be on ice this season. But that reality is starting to turn into more of a dream. Lana likes to joke about cutting the cord. Ok, fine she caught me. At 23 years old I still want to open Christmas presents early and can't sleep Christmas eve, so maybe she has a point. But tonight, for the first time, I agreed with the cord cutting. Sometimes in life to get the thing most important for a future, you must start sacrificing today. Letting go of my 2011-2012 hockey dream will be difficult but I'm holding onto hope for the '12-'13 ice time half the size with twice the skills! Night Y'all One Less Day

What Is Success?

Another Milestone. 42 Pounds

I love to people watch, and when I listed that as my favorite activity on my college success guide, Sociology was an obvious choice.  I am a senior at Montana State and planning to graduate in May of 2012 as a Social Scientist. (The only reason why you cannot hear my family clapping is because all of their fingers are crossed) For my big project I am trying to evaluate success within a community. If you are a social scientist you may understand but it is very difficult to define both success and community. In order to understand success you must compare it to other situations a lot like it. 

The good student I am realizes I have so much to learn and lots more questions to ask. I would like your help determining if my weigh in this month was successful. I do know that in order to see success from a Social Science perspective one must be able to measure it. Here are the measurements we have for September:

Pounds Lost in Sept: 13

Total Lost: 43

Inches Lost: 7.5

Total Inches Lost: 32

Social Scientist or not, is that success?

One Less Day