I'm a bad blogger.

I never write. I'm sorry, you guys. I'm just...so caught up in my world that I find it difficult to write about it!

Anyway, things are going ok over here. The project is picking up a bit, thank GOD. We're already 6 months overdue. And, after a 3 month stagnation after Christmas, I'm finally ready to get back on track and finish my weight loss. I'm only about 2 lbs over goal right now - but I think I might lower it by 5 more from my original goal. I'm just not satisfied with what I see yet (though that may be the natural state of being for a woman in her twenties...).

I have kind of a crazy weekend coming up - a sorority sister is popping through Paris and will be here just Saturday and Sunday. She wants to go out to dinner and do all the fun stuff, so I think this weekend will be tough food-wise. But c'est la vie - so I've been working especially hard to keep on plan throughout the week and so far so good!

AND, on a related note, next week I get to go to this AMAZING restaurant here in Paris, somewhere I would NEVER go by myself. I'm taking my clients to Les Bouquinistes, one of Guy Savoy's baby bistros. O.M.G. The menu looks divine. It took me 3 hours to choose the restaurant I wanted to take my project team to, and this is supposedly one of the 100 best restaurants in Paris. And it's going on my company Am Ex, so I don't have to pay for it! I get to eat there, but don't have to pay for it. So excited! I already have what I'm going to eat all planned out. Most importantly, I have chosen my dessert (and I've been imagining it for two weeks now): creme brulee with clementine confit. I think it might be a life changing experience.

So, with that, I shall leave you. I promise to write after the restaurant - and when I hit 125, I will take progress pictures again!

Time for an Update?

So sorry, everyone. I can't believe it's been 6 months. Things have just been so busy here - work is insane and I've been studying for the GMAT for the last 3 months. That'll be over and done with in 2 weeks, though. And, I'm happy to report - I'm still losing weight, but very slowly now.

Starting Weight, 2 April 2009: 70.8 kg (~156.1 lbs)

Current Weight, 23 January 2010: 57.5 kg (126.7 lbs)

Total: -13.3 kg, -29.4 lbs

Also - here's a piccie of me from just before Christmas!

Early Check In, Week 16

Starting Weight, 2 April 2009: 70.8 kg (~156.1 lbs)
Current Weight, 30 July 2009: 62.9 kg (138.7 lbs)

Total: -7.9 kg, -17.4 lbs

Well, I slipped into the 130s today - and I am thrilled. I am 13.7 lbs away from my goal weight (aroung 6-6.5 kg)!

I fly back to the US today for a week, and then I go on vacation for a week - so I have a suspicion that my sejour in the 130s will not be long lived, but we shall see!

Melancholy

Do you ever just have those days when you're blue and you just can't articulate why?

I wish it would rain today.

To Food Blog, or Not to Food Blog?

I've been toying with the idea of starting a food blog recently; separately from here, that is. This blog is kind of a mess, really. It's my weight loss and myself and everything I feel like writing about. But I would like to do a more focused, healthy recipe food blog. I think there is a serious dearth of them - I had a very difficult time finding any this week. I know, I know - healthy recipes? Yuck. Blech. Ew. Gross.

WRONG.

Healthy cooking can be fabulous - if done right. Butter always makes everything taste better - but sometimes, you have to choose between great taste and fitting into your clothes. So why not meet somewhere in the middle.

Ok, I've decided. I'm going to do it. More information to come later!

Friday Update - Week 15

Starting Weight, 2 April 2009: 70.8 kg (~156.1 lbs)

Current Weight, 9 July 2009: 63.5 kg (140.0 lbs)

Total: -7.3 kg, -16.1 lbs

Progress is slow these days. I think it's the heat + salt + humidity.

Some new pic candy:

(Oddly enough, note that BOTH pictures involve food!)

Friday Update - week 13?

Hi everyone - not sure what the week is anymore! It's been a while; things have been absolutely insane around here!

Starting Weight, 2 April 2009: 70.8 kg (~156.1 lbs)
Current Weight, 9 July 2009: 64.0 kg (141.1 lbs)
Total: -6.8 kg, -15.0 lbs

Well, I'm about half way to my goal weight from where I started in April - and have passed the 40 lb mark from where I started in 2007. It's been a long road but I feel like the end is finally in sight.

My clothes are starting to fit strangely again; none of my suits fit anymore and even my camisoles, generally skin-tight, are baggy. I think it's not even so much the weight LOSS that's doing it; I think my runs are building up my muscle again and so it's a distribution of weight. I suspect I've lost more fat than shows by the weight but gained some muscle to balance it out.

Work is really busy these days; we've entered testing cycles for my software and I feel like I am getting bombarded with requests/complaints every two seconds - from both sides of the Atlantic. I'm cranky and short-tempered lately; pretty much lost the will to do anything outside of work, keep the apartment clean, and cook/eat.

I'll try to do a real post this weekend. Ta!