Life Changes

So as my sister would say "It's year of the Keena" (Keena is my mom's maiden name if you didn't know..) Jen is having a baby! And while my life is not that exciting, I do already have a chunk of my new year's resolutions completed!

1. I GOT A NEW JOB! I am so excited. I will be the Catering and Suites Manager for Aramark out at Kauffman Stadium. A lot of what I did in Dallas, but on the Food and Beverage side. Today was my first day and it was great. Its way more laid back, like you can cuss, and the department is small. I am also excited because drunk people at a baseball game make for way better stories, and in turn blog posts, than me getting pissed off on a Mandarin or Spanish or Vietnamese interpreter call. Which also means GCHAT! Don't worry friends, I'll be back soon.

2. I am moving in 2 weeks! I found a cute apartment in Mission. I'll only be about 20 minutes from work and a lot closer to shops and restaurants and what not.

3. I am down 15 pounds. I haven't been doing great as of late. I had a couple weeks where I wasn't losing and I think it was because of Insanity. I did some research and they said you lose inches but don't expect the number to go down. Which is fine, I just want to see my weight lower than what it is. So my plan is to drop 20 and then restart Insanity. (And yes Emily, I am eating breakfast)

Anyway, that was kind of braggy. So funny posts and posts that don't make sense are soon to come!

Weight Watchers Part 1

So this morning started my crusade into the new year to be skinny, which
meant my first weight watchers meeting with my cousin Erin. "If you want
it, you got it" The musical styling of J. Hud were pumping through the
speakers and I was ready to go - pumped up if you will. It was basically
like the theme from Rocky.

It was everything I expected it to be. I went in and hopped on the scale. I
don't remember the exact number on the scale (that's a lie, I do, but I'm
just not telling you). But I will tell you the words that were under that
number. You had to squint to see it, but it said "Gross, you are
disgusting" with a smiley face at the end. But if that number was not
motivation, I don't know what it.

After you weigh in you walk back to the meeting area, on the way you pass
their little store. There was a book called "I Got This" by Jennifer
Hudson, a bunch of food and the coolest thing I saw was an Oil Sprayer.
Basically it measures out the oil for you so you are only squeezing 1 point
worth of oil into the pan. I thought that was pretty nifty and I'll
probably have to pick up one for myself.

Meeting starts. It starts with them giving out awards to people who have
lost certain pounds of weight. 5, 10, 15 lbs, etc. Then you go through and
its more of a round table discussion about recipes and tricks that work for
you as well as learning to plan out your meals throughout the day. So they
ask what people eat for each meal and how many points that meal is to give
ideas. Breakfast. And this quickly became my favorite part of the day.
Everyone is giving great ideas. A few examples:

*Cream of Wheat with Applesauce Mixed in. Filling and like 3 points

*Greek Yogurt with Granola in it so it is more filling.

*Smoothies and shakes

*Vegetable and Egg Beater Skillets. Pre cut the peppers and freeze - lasts
longer and easier in morning.

Then, all of the sudden, in the Chris Farley voice from the diet skit. (See
below for a video reference, but if you don't know it, we are no longer
friends) You hear a woman say "EGG MCMUFFIN". "I eat an Egg McMuffin
everyday. I'm a protein girl. Sometimes I take off the top part of the
muffin. And on good days I have them take off the cheese. Its only 8
points. I just love their new commercials and their new promotions about
healthy eating. Makes me feel really good"

Are you freaking serious? Only 8 points - yes. But EVERYDAY?? It took - 1.
Half of my energy to not die laughing 2. Half of my energy to not throw up.
Most of the room was just dead silent. And you could tell the meeting
leader was doing her best to encourage, but she had to be thinking
"McDonald's breakfast commercial make you feel like you are eating healthy
now - bitch you be crazy".

I was about to tell them my little trick for when I don't eat breakfast.
Yes, I know this is horrible and I am going to start now. But basically I
just pop 1 jolly rancher in my mouth and it curbs the grumble in my
stomach. I didn't say this out loud because I was afraid Egg McMuffin lady
would eat me.

Below is the nutrition info for the Egg McMuffin. I thought the little
triangle and square graphs were really interesting.



Anyway #2 resolution is a go. As well as #3. And #1 is basically consuming all my free time. More on that to come later. Hopefully this week ;)

Resolutions

Hello All! So I know it's been 7 months since I blogged, but truth be told, nothing too exciting is going on in my life. But, hopefully that's all about to change.

New Year's Resolutions, I've never been big on them, but this year I figure it's time to start. I am going to start by blogging about them, to maybe hold myself to them. If in 6 months, I haven't held to them I will do something embarrassing and post it on the web. Now taking suggestions....

#1. This will sound ridiculous, but #1 is figure out my life. I have been saying it for the past 3 days. Figure out my living situation, job situation and the general direction in which I want my life to continue.

#2. Lose weight. I know it can be done, because end of Freshmen year of college I was at a good weight. Be toned and in shape. How I am doing this. Weight Watchers and for the first 60 days - Insanity. Aaaahhhh! Goal #1 - lose 20 lbs in the next 2 months.

#3. Blog and read blogs. I might have figured out an app that helps me to read blogs more often. Or maybe I can just spend some less time on pinterest.

Updates to come. Hope everyone had a great New Year's and I will see you soon!