Superb Sunday!

This is my last Sunday in town before I am in ITALY! Yes, it came up super fast...I can't even believe it. A lot of people have been asking about our trip so I thought I'd post a bit about it...because my corner of the blogosphere will be very quiet from Feb 5-20th while I am away!!!

Me and my sister...the only picture I could find. Oops.

My sister is an engineering student who decided to study abroad for a year and get her masters in Engineering!! She's a super smart cookie. Her classes are taught in English (although according to her some of them don't speak very good English at all) and she's been working super hard. School in Italy and across Europe, is a little bit more laid back than in the US. They have shorter work days, more days off of work...she only has classes a couple times a week. And they take the whole month of February off (yes after taking 2 weeks off for the Christmas/New Year hols). So that's why I have decided to go in February, so we can see as much as we possibly can AND spend as much time together as we want with no school looming over her head!

Our tour starts in Milan where my sister goes to school. We'll do some shoppping, walking around, and in the evening we have tickets to see the symphony at Teatro Scalla. Then in the morning we fly into Naples and explore there. Then it's on to Sorrento, Amalfi and exploring around the Neopolitan area. After that we go to Pompeii and Rome; we were going to go to the vatican and the sistine chapel BUT (as I mentioned above) they take a lot of days off. And the time we're there happens to be a day off for them! Boo! But we will do tons of exploring and finding cool things! Florence is next up on the list and we are going to see all the sights! Verone comes after that, we're going to do all the Romeo and Juliet things (I'm a total lover of Shakespeare). Our next night is the most exciting because we're going to Venice and it's the Lenten season starting up so there's the Venice Carnivale and there's a pubcrawl that looks fantastic! We're going to take a Gondola ride too! And then it's back to Lake Como and Milan where we're going to see some of my family's roots. Sadly, then I will be returning home :(. But it's going to be an exciting, super fun trip. My sister and I are staying in hostel and roughing it a bit. There will be lots of food...but also TONS of activity. So I'm not going to be too worried about my diet. With all the walking, climbing stairs, hiking...and some indulging on yummy Italian food...I think it'll all come out in the wash!

So this is my last week to set goals before I'm away! So I need to make them count!

Let's take a look at the last week.

NSV:

1) I will read ONE BOOK cover to cover.

2) I will do my deep breathing exercises x7 days
3) I will start packing up for ITALY!
Exercise:

1) I will walk at least 2 miles daily.
2) I will wear my pedometer every day.  - Got flushed midweek :(

3) I will try ONE NEW EXERCISE this week per SCC minichallenge - I didn't :(

4) I will ride exercise bike x2 this week. - No...

Food:

1) I will track daily on Sparkpeople.com

2) I will make TWO RECIPES and post it on my blog.
3) I will make good choices when going out to eat.

I don't know what's wrong with me when it comes to exercise. I feel so tired when I get home from work, I can't even think about exercise. The very thought of it makes me want to cry. I do a lot of walking at work, yes, but I know that it is not enough. If the walking was enough, I wouldn't have put on so much weight in the first place. I need to work on this...and there's no one who can do it but me.

The week ahead:

NSV:

1) I will finish packing for Italy.

2) I will clean the house from top to bottom, until it shines like the top of the Chrysler Building.

3) I will do my deep breathing exercises x 7 days.

Exercise:

1) Walk 2 miles daily

2) Exercise Bike x1 time (I'm hoping smaller goals will help me get moving)

3) Weights 1x

4) Stretching every day.

Food:

1) Track on Sparkpeople

2) I will eat up what is in my fridge/freezer and not buy any JC food this week.

3) I will post 1 recipe on my blog!

4) I am going out for my birthday today with my dad but after today, no eating out x1 week!

Weigh in Saturday

Weigh in Saturday is not as fun as weigh in Wednesday... there were a ton of people running around at Jenny Craig and it was super busy. I felt rushed and kinda hurried. Plus I had my mom with me because we were going to go shopping afterward. So there was that added pressure...

But I weighed in and lost 1.6, WOO! I honestly was expecting to lose more...I feel like my clothes are so much looser. But Aunt Flow is definitely coming around the mountain and I may be retaining a little bit of fluid. Plus I slacked off a pit in the exercise department so...that isn't good. But I got in a LOT of walking today and that's a good start!

Starting Weight: 271.2
Weigh In: 269.6 - FINALLY BELOW 270! See the Picture Update in the side bar <3
Target Weight: 240
Pounds Until Goal: 29.6


My mom came over last night and helped me talk through some stress but I also made the decision to talk to a counsler. My insurance will cover all the visits...but first I have to meet my 1500 dollar deductible. Which is insane. So I need to see what I can afford for sure. I think it'll be a good idea to have someone to work through my stress with and to relax. I'm working on my physical health but I also want to work on my spiritual and emotional health as well. My birthday is coming up January 25th and it's really time for me to focus on myself. I've been focused on school and my patients and my job...but that's not the most important thing.

I went shopping at the Goodwill today for some new clothes in transitional sizes but I didn't have too much luck. I got a cute jacket and a pair of scrub pants. AND I got  a curves workout DVD for 3 bucks!!!! Then my  mom and I went to homegoods and I got Anne Burrell's cookbook. It looks really good and I feel I can make a lot of the recipes in a healthy way!

Lastly we went to Target and I got lots of goodies! I got things for Italy, I got workout gear. Check out some of my spoils! I got some healthy groceries, an air popper, and...

Balance ball with workout DVD and handweights for my 30DS and for working out! I also got some 5 pound weights too. Yay! Fun workout things to get me motivated to get my ass moving!