Spring has Sprung!

How exciting is it that it’s the first official day of spring and it actually feels like spring here in the ‘burgh!  It’s amazing and kind of scary all at the same time but, as much as I love winter…I’ll totally take 78 degrees and sunny in March!

So now that spring has sprung, it’s motivated me even more on my whole Weight Watchers adventure.  Last week I shared with all of you that I had officially started the Weight Watchers program and that I successfully managed to lose 3.6lbs in the first week.  Last week (week two of the diet) I didn’t do quite as well.  I had to travel for my “big girl” job so I was forced to eat on the road.  Thankfully though I had my Weight Watchers app on my phone and was able to calculate my points when we were at a restaurant to figure out what I could and couldn’t eat.  On Sunday, I just couldn’t resist a chocolate milkshake.  It was a beautiful warm day here and I really felt like I deserved it after the absolute craziness that we had to deal with Saturday night at my bar.  Can I just say that St. Patrick’s Day is the worst day of the year to be in the bar business?!  Hence why I decided it was okay to have the milkshake.  Anywho…by the time my official weigh in came around yesterday, I was nervous that I actually put weight back on.  The good news is that I didn’t.  I managed to lose 1.4llbs and I’m officially at 5lbs lost over the course of two weeks.  Now I just have to really start focusing and working at this diet.  Not only is bathing suit season just around the corner but shorts, cute skirts and tanks are back in the daily wardrobe.  No more bulky sweaters and pants to hide my chub!

Total Pounds Lost:  5.2

Pounds Left to Lose:  9.4

Good luck to anyone reading this that is on Weight Watchers or is doing the diet thing on your own!

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Goofy or Regular?

Believe it or not, tomorrow is December 1. I for one have continuously expressed my concern with how quickly this year has flown by.

However, December means winter is here! And winter means snow, and snow means fun activities! Over the last two winters I have decided to take up the fine art of snowboarding… and it is a fine art. For me, it has not been easy, but I have grown to love it as a winter sport. So much so that I went out and ordered myself a snowboard after only my third time on a mountain. Most were skeptical of my purchase seeing that my first time down a mountain resulted in a minor concussion and a few smashed 8 year olds.

But, last season I successfully made it down the hills. I’m not good. I’m pretty bad. In fact, I can’t walk for almost a week after we spend time at 7 Springs or Hidden Valley and my knees are usually bruised beyond recognition.

It is one of those things Nick and I enjoy doing together (though, he usually leaves me in the dust to fend for myself, because I hold him up), and we love getting a group of friends together and heading to the mountains for the weekend.

This year I am teaching my friend Jackie to board. In her failed attempt this summer to teach me how to wakeboard, I feel as though this could be a task (Love you JMO). Nick says we both need to purchase helmets. This is probably a true statement.

But for those of you who have never attempted to board or ski, I must tell you that the hardest part about it all is getting off the damn lift. For me, it is no longer making it down the mountain that is my Achilles' heel – it is conquering the ski lift! Getting on – OK. Getting off – Challenge. This is where I fall, bruise my knees, smash into people, knock others over. It’s dangerous, hard and hilarious all at the same time. I’ve seen more injuries occur from people trying to get off the lifts than from falls down the mountain.

This winter season, I have two goals:
1. Learn to use the front edge of my board. Right now, I have two speeds – fast and stop. I don’t carve across the mountain (you need to use your front edge to do this), I just go as fast as I can, and then stop.
2. Master the lift.

Here in Pittsburgh we’ve been having unseasonably warm weather, but by Christmas (26 days) I’m going to be itching to get on my board. Stop this rain, gimme snow!

Happy winter, everyone!

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