Week 1 Check In

1. Weight 177.5 = 3 lb weight loss for the week.
2. Ate healthy all week, except for lunch on Thursday.
3. 4 cardio sessions and 3 strength training sessions.

Plan for Week 2 -

1. Lose 2 lbs
2. Eat healthy every day, drink minimum of 100 oz water daily.
3. 5 cardio sessions, 3 strength training and 3 swim sessions.

This past week was a pretty good week, the only thing I was frustrated by was not getting to the pool for swimming. That is my biggest weakness when it comes to the triathlon so I need to get my butt in gear and start swimming. There is 30 weeks till the Iron Girl in August so that allows for plenty of time to build on my swim but only if I actually got to the pool. So that is my biggest push for the week.

I have several lunch meetings this week, which always steer me in the wrong direction for eating, but I'll focus on staying on track.

So we will see how things go, wish me luck!

How Much Vera Bradley do I own?

On friday, I went shopping with some friends to pick up some of the latest Vera Bradley Spring Collection. Which got me wondering how much VB do I actually own. So I figured I would tally everything up and record here. I'll keep the list going to show my entire collection


Apple Green Molly
Bermuda Blue Mini Zip Wallet
Black Microfiber Wrislet
Cambridge Amy
Cambridge Tech Case
Chelsea Green Card Holder
Cupcakes Pink Maggie
Daisy Daisy All In One Wrislet
Expresso Microfiber Lil' Hipster
Hope Garden Taxi Wallet
Hope Toile Small Cosmetic
Hope Toile Zip ID Case
Houndstooth Saddle Bag
Java Blue Large Cosmetic
Java Blue Note Cards
Java Blue Messenger
Java Blue Mini Hipster
Java Blue Travel Cosmetic
Java Blue Zip Around Wallet
Katherine Amy
Magenta Microfiber Clutch Wallet
Medallion Little Toggle Tote
Medallion Coin Purse
Medallion Wrislet
Mod Floral Pink Bowler Bag
Mod Floral Pink PJ Pants
Mod Floral Pink Tote
New Hoper Vera
Petal Pink Lola
Petal Pink Miller Bag
Pink Elephants Large Bow Cosmetic
Pink Elephants Large Tic Tac Tote
Pink Elephant Zip Sunglass Case
Pinwheel Pink Maggie
Pinwheel Pink PJ Pants
Pinwheel Pink Sherry
Purple Punch Hannah
Purple Punch Weekend
Raspberry Bowler Bag
Raspberry Fizz Ditty Bag
Raspberry Fizz PJ Pants
Sherbert Coin Purse
Tweed Tab Satchel
Windsor Navy Bitty Betsy

Starting Over

It is my opinion that whether we are trying to lose or gain weight, we all at some point have some sort of battle with weight.

Most of my life I didn't struggle with weight issues. As a kid/teenager I was very active, was able to eat whatever I wanted with no problems. However, as I started to get older, weight became an issue, one that I didn't realize for some time.

So here I am again, struggling with trying to lose weight. I typically keep hand written journals but why not put in on the web? Others have, does it make you more successful because you are making your struggles more public? Maybe / Maybe not.

For me, I need to hold myself accountable and what better way to hold yourself accountable then to document it and hopefully let others know that we all struggle. So I invite you to read, follow my struggles and share when you want.

My plan:

1. Goal weight is 145-150
2. Get back to eating healthy
3. Workout at least 5 days a week (I've signed up for the Iron Girl Triathlon in Columbia, MD in August2009).

My current weight 180.5
My max weight 235 (this was several years ago, but this was the highest I actually weighed in).

I can't guarantee that I will provide updates daily but I will provide weekly updates.

Favorite Things

Kansas University Basketball
Washington Capitals Hockey
Mike Green - Washington Capitals Defenseman
Vera Bradley
Beaches
Family
Color Pink
Rock Band
Jimmie Johnson
Giraffe's

New blogger

So after being a blog reader for awhile I've decided to start my own blog.

Why Pinky Giraffe - these are two of my favorite things, the color pink and giraffe's. I think I will start a list of my Favorite Things.

Talking to myself - I do this frequently so where better to record those conversations!