Hey guys, Happy Thursday! It’s almost Friday… woo hooooo! You all know how much I love my Fridays… well, maybe minus the weight in part of my Fridays. 
Sorry for the lack of post yesterday. I left work early. But I’m back today! So, what do I have to babble about today…? How about we talk about one, little, teeny, tiny, hard to say, word… “NO”. How can one little two letter word be so hard to say sometimes…? Usually, I am pretty good about this. Well, at work, I usually am. I get offered food daily. Multiple times a day. More times than not, I politely decline. But today, it was a little harder to say that little two letter word.
This morning, it’s “Donut Day” in the media department next to where I work. First thoughts into my head, “Oh shit.” “No, no, no, Lindsay… you’ll be okay. Just say no. It’s not a big deal. You don’t need a donut, ESPECIALLY the day before you weigh in! Come on woman, be STRONG!” Well… I wasn’t strong. Jamie says, “Hey Lindsay, it’s Donut Day – there are a bunch, you should come grab one…” I ate half of a chocolate cake donut. I REALLY need to check out Holey Donuts that Jen has talked about in her recent blog. This would save me so many calories when I get that sweet tooth I’m definitely prone to.
So, here I am, minding my own business when Nicki walks by. She’s going out to get some delicious Caribou Coffee and asks if I want some. I seriously consider this for a second… but politely decline. (This is like the 3rd time in a week that she’s offered! What a sweet girl… but NO! Haha) So, I dodged that bullet. More than anything else, I hate drinking my calories. I’d rather EAT them! 
Then, probably 20 minutes after that, my boss comes down and says she’s going to Dairy Queen and asks if I’d like anything… you guys, I said no to Caribou, and I love Caribou, could I do it again to something I equally love… ICE CREAM!? No, I couldn’t do it again. I couldn’t make myself force that little word out – instead I said yes… to this:
(please excuse the apple in the background that I SHOULD have eaten
A small M&M Blizzard from DQ. Delicious, yes. Worth the 660 calories that were in it… HELL NO! THIS is a prime example why you should check out the nutritional information BEFORE you put anything in your mouth!!! Holy CRAP, would you have thought that thing had 660 big ones in it…? I sure as hell didn’t. No wonder my weight loss hasn’t been up to par. Sheesh!
Why is “no” so hard…? Am I the only one that struggles with this…? I would have never even thought about donuts or coffee or ice cream today had it not been offered to me. What do we have to do, wear a sign around our neck that says “Please don’t offer me any food, I’m trying to lose weight”. Might look a little silly, do you think it would work…? I might have to try it! Haha
In other news, I had mentioned to you guys the other day that my friend Steph and I were going to go try out Body Flow. Well, Steph had to cancel because she had to nanny that night. And I’m going to be 100% honest with you guys. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY did not want to go by myself. The class was at 7pm and at 6:35 I was still sitting on the couch watching TV fully intending to stay that way and just “skip” the gym. That was what I was going to do. Well, Adam had said to me, “don’t you have to go to the gym?” (Or something to that extent). And I just said to him, “nope, Steph can’t go, so I don’t have to go”. But guess what I did…? I thought to myself, “quit being such a lazy ass, you don’t have to turn lazy just because you’ll be going by yourself, go change, NOW!” and so I did. I quickly ran down stairs, changed into my workout clothes, grabbed a water and headed out the door. I didn’t give myself anymore time to even think about it because I know I can easily talk myself out of things. So I went. And I enjoyed it. It wasn’t what I was expecting, but it was pretty fun and definitely different than ANYTHING I’ve ever tried before. We did some Tai Chi and Yoga moves… it was good. I haven’t decided for sure if I like it… so I’m going to go to a few more classes before I just make up my mind. I really need to work on my flexibility, so this may help. We’ll see how it goes! I was so proud of myself for going… all thanks to Adam and his comment. Isn’t it funny how people can help you without them even realizing it…?
Speaking of Adam. He knows. He knows about my blog! (Hi baby!) It’s kind of a funny story actually. I didn’t even tell him about it. He found it! He came up to my work yesterday since he had the day off and he was like, “I hope you’re not mad, but I found something on your computer today. I literally stumbled across it.” And so I’m thinking… “what the hell did he find that I would be mad about, I have nothing to hide…” So I ask him what he found and he says “your blog, I hope you’re not mad.” And I just told him I wasn’t mad, it wasn’t a secret from him… I just didn’t know how to tell him about it. Oh, and he read the post about him bringing me Chinese food… so now he knows I love him and the sweet things that he does for me… but I’m trying to lose weight and it’s making it a little difficult. He said it made him feel bad for buying us Chinese… which is why I NEVER said anything to him in the first place – I don’t want him to feel bad, at all. I love the little things he does for me, I appreciate them a lot. It’s just hard when you’re trying to lose weight and your boyfriend can eat anything under the sun and it’s not a big deal. Sorry babe, doesn’t work that way for me!
So, this week has just been busy but it’s just dragging on and on and on and… you get the picture. I played softball last night. Our fall league started and I love softball so I’m pumped. We played two games, one at 8:25pm and one at 9:30pm – won the first, lost the second, had lots of fun. That was my work out for the evening. Tonight, I am going to look at more houses with my realtor since the place I have an offer on is taking FOR-EV-ER to get back to us. I really love the place I have an offer on (I’ll show you pics soon, promise!), but how long can a person wait…? We just need to get out of my parents house (Adam has been staying with us since he moved back to the cities). It’s so hard having all of your stuff still packed up and living in one bedroom. I can’t wait to move. I love, love, LOVE my family… but I need my own space! So, we’ll see if I see anything promising tonight. I just want the house on Cobblestone… I love it. 
Anywho peeps, I have rambled FAR too long, I’m outta here! Have a super fantastic day! Wish me luck on my weight in tomorrow!!!
xoxo
Lindsay
PS – I’m thinking about changing the name of my blog… thoughts…?
Also! I almost forgot to mention… check out Jen’s Give Away HERE!!!!
