Can days be more than 24 hours long??

I swear I'm still alive! LOL!

These past couple weeks since the last time I've blogged have been IN-SANE to say the least. We are literally DAYS from peak season here at the apartment complex and we've been running around like you wouldn't believe just with the few apartments we started turning over...kinda makes me nervous what peak season is gonna do LOL!

Anyways, since my last post I'm at a total weight loss of about 7 pounds, give or take a decimal point! YAY!! I'm working on my 4th week on my new mission and I feel absolutely great about how it's going. For the first time in my life, it seriously doesn't feel like I'm on a diet!!! I have to give all the credit to www.myfitnesspal.com for not making it feel like one. It's a-mazing!

The only thing that I would've changed the past couple weeks is the fact that with it being so busy around here for the apartments, I haven't been keeping up on my walking, which I miss TERRIBLY, and I had a couple soft serve ice cream cones from a local fast food joint a couple times. I never went over my calorie intake...but still could've made a better choice! I finally had to just push myself to go to the store to get my "go to" dessert....whipped topping mixed with a fat free chocolate pudding cup...and you get chocolate mousse! LOVE IT! I could eat it all the time! ;-)

I also found myself falling into the emotional eating problem I used to have but thankfully I put myself in check shortly after I started to. It's been a very dramatic time for us...with so many different emotions that we've been dealing with. Anywhere from family stuff from both families to finding out that Derek only has a YEAR left in school and he will be a COLLEGE GRAD!! AHHH! I so can't wait, I'm so (pardon my french) damn proud of him!! Not only does this man juggle 2 jobs (3 if you count the apartment job), goes to school FULL TIME and manages to still have enough energy to come home and be a family man! I honestly don't know where he gets the strength and energy, but I'm sure glad he does. I've been dreaming about the moment he walks up to get his degree for about a year now and I always get super emotional! It's just going to be a HUGE step for our family. Not to mention that when he graduates, we'll FINALLY get to start looking to move back to our families!!!!! It's been a LONG LONG LONG time coming! I'm just so ready to be back by our families so we can feel like we're apart of them again and so Miss K can be with everyone as much as possible. It will be really weird to leave this place since it's been our home for 7 years next month, but we're ready for another big change. I keep trying not to think of everything we'll have to deal with when the time gets closer...haha...but my mind tends to wonder over that way and I start to freak out a little :-)

Another major reason I'm so ready to get back to my hometown besides my family being the #1 reason...but MY FRIENDS. I miss them DEARLY! I'm just amazed at how well I've been able to keep in touch with them being here for so long and not miss a beat with the ones that mean the most to me. I'm also excited to reconnect with some that I sort of lost touch with over the years but there aren't any hard feelings. JUST. CAN'T. WAIT!

I'm also trying to be a good girl with the whole dieting thing because Derek and I are coming up on our 2nd wedding anniversary...and we WILL eat at our favorite place which is NOT the healthiest hahaha! I'll really have to make sure that I get an extra workout or two in that week to make up for the crappy food consumption ;-)

I really ready to hit the 10lbs loss mark! I get to treat myself to a pedicure and my poor feet need it! This hot weather just dries my skin out so bad and my feet are the first to go!

What are some of your guys' "treats" you do for yourself when you hit a milestone in your weight loss journey?? I'm thinking that this is what I want to do for all of mine...

- - 10 pounds - Pedicure
- - 20 pounds - Donate my hair to "Locks of Love" and get me a new hairdo! :-) My hair is ridiculously long right now!
- - 30 pounds - New running shoes - I might switch this with the 20 pound mark...not sure yet.
- - 40 pounds - (Still not sure what to do here....suggestions??)
- - 50 pounds - Something top secret, a small wardrobe refreshing - either maternity clothes or pre-pregnancy clothes, and of course BABY #2!

For those of you sharing the shame weight loss journey, hope you're doing amazing too!!!

LOTS OF LOVE!