Another Day

Here is yesterday's chart. Today is not starting out well. I got up early to go do something and mad lunch for myself. It was a can of Chef Boyarde Beef Ravioli, 12 points. Since then I have been pretty sick. I am not a fan of that. I am overly cold and my stomach is really jumpy.

Yesterdays house cleaning was good. The living room and our bedroom look pretty good and have plenty of legroom in them, which is nice. Kicking things when walking is not optimal. It is definitely helping with the Feng Shui.

Moon wasn't too bad. Talked about the need to reflect and look forward, both as individuals and the group. I think there needs to be a change but I am not sure what. Too many of our rituals are cookie cutter and thus have less soul. I am not down with that. There is something I need that I am not completely getting and thus things need to change. Part of it, I think, is the fact that I haven't done a blessing way in a while. That might help. I also probably need to do more meditation.

I have some more job leads which I am going to send off. One is with the VA med center here in Murfreesboro and the other is in Nashville with the American Cancer society. Either would be nice, because I totally need a job. The no income thing has gotten old. We are surviving but that isn't the same as living.

I need to get my act together this week and send out to another agent. There are a lot out there and hopefully I will find one. Not having Transitioning Home sold makes me feel like I am in some literary limbo. That is not a good place to be. It is a good story but it needs to see the light of day. I guess persistence pays off as in everything.

Anyway... here is yesterday's chart.

Saturday 22 Jan 2011
Start Weight: 260.8
Weigh in: 256.4 Total Loss: Wk 4.4
Points allowed: 39 Mo 4.4
Extra Points: 37 Overall 4.4
Exercise Points: 11

Measurements:
Bust 55.5 Panties: 9
Waist 49.75 Pants: 26
Hips 53 Top: 20
Arms 14.5 Bra 46 D
Thigh 27.5

Breakfast: Chocolate Milk 4 points

Total 4 points
Points Left: 35

Lunch: Chicken 3 points
½ cup mashed potatoes 3 points

Total 6 points
Points Left: 29

Dinner: Cheeseburger 9 points
Fries 6 points

Total 15 points
Points Left: 14

Snack: PB&J 8 points
Milk 3 points

Total 11 points
Points Left: 3


Exercise: House Cleaning 1 points

Total + 1 points

Daily Total: 3
Extra Points Carry over: 39
Exercise Points Carry over: 1

Holiday Updates

I am really excited about the fact that my weigh in this morning was 259.4. I am stoked that I am no longer in the 260s. That sucked and now I am no longer there. In between working on my diet and stuff it seems to be working. That is pretty nice.

Job wise, I am still in Limbo with the IRS but I have heard that they just started talking to people, which is fucked up. I mean I applied in September. So I am still applying for things and I hope that I hear back from something.

Still no word from the person I sent the query letter to. I guess I should move on to someone else. Maybe I should just send stuff to publishers first? I am not sure. Since I don't know the business I figured that an Agent would be a first good step. Perhaps I should just go right to the publishers and see what happens from there? Who knows.

I realized the other day that I need to work more on my faith as I feel a bit cut adrift in things and that isn't a good thing. That might help with the sense of disquiet I feel.

So there you go, a quick update to see how I am and what is going on.

Playing catch up

Yeah... things have been busy as of late.

We got the estate sale done, which is nice. That reduces a major source of stress and we don't have to log long days running back and forth from Gallatin going through crap. It's done and I am okay with that.

In terms of Jobs, I have heard back from an agent who wanted to read the sample chapters. I guess next will be the whole manuscript. That will be cool.

I also have an application in at MedSolutions which might turn into a job, as well as several other government jobs I can apply for. So more possibility for work there.

I have lost weight and am back in the 250's which is nice. A lot of that is the not eating out thing, which has been nice as out food is rarely as great as Cindy makes, so that is something. I have gone from around 265 to 256 in about a week, which is impressive. I mean... wow. So that is moving in a direction.

We are back at the Y, so more swimming for Heather. Yay! I also have aquatic therapy and will be getting PT for my ankle. All in all not a bad catch up. Life is pretty good all things considered.

Writing

So I heard back from the Agency. Six days is pretty awesome since I was expecting a few weeks. They passed on my novel at this time. Their loss.

So it goes.

Irritation

Okay, for the last several weeks I have been not doing the program correctly, like I had lost interest in the Weight Watchers thing. I am aware that contrary to the way the program works, one meal can be 'free' within the first two days and then you work from there. Problem is that I have basically been taking the weekends off from the diet. Not a very helpful process when attempting something along these lines.

The other issue along these lines is that I have not been writing my food down or tracking my points. And lo and behold... I am gaining weight. So I am going to try to get back on to that as it kept me mindful of what I was eating and so I didn't eat too much. This whole thing really irritates me.

Granted I am aware that sacrifices need to be made in order to loose weight, but there are days I want to eat everything. I mean Friday I ate 3.5 grilled cheese sandwiches. That is a bit on the overkill side. Tasty, but overkill. And with things like that I am a mite surprised that I am gaining currently. Bah!

In terms of work... well, that has not been going well. I do have a possibility. A friend of mine in the Pants gave me the name of her company. They like to hire ex-Intel folk, like myself to work on various projects for the Military. That sounds tempting, especially as income is sexy. I will look things over, put together a resume and see what happens. It's just that resumes never really cover all of my skills nor how they interrelate. Makes me crazy.

Need to tinker with a few combat scenes to make sure they feel right and then I need to send off a letter to an agent. Scares me silly, but if I want to get paid I gotta play the game.

That's it for now as I got other things churning in me head...

Ugh...

Well, I finished Soldier Boy, which is most excellent. Now I can start hunting Agents. If it sells I can make this money I have heard so much about!

Uhm... haven't really been recording my eating this week so I am a bit afraid of what my weight is going to be. Recording the food and following the points really works well. I highly recommend it.

I cleaned part of the garage and then moved some rock and wood to frame the front garden. That was very sweaty work, so it was probably good for me.

So that's where today is.

Thanks,