Who is that handsome orange monster?

I went to WW last night and was down 4.2 lbs. I worked my patootie off this past week with a goal of being down 3.2 so that I would make my 10% goal in 10 weeks. I couldn't believe I overshot! How awesome is that?! I'm officially down 26 pounds and past my 10% goal. As a small reward to myself I bought a refrigerator magnet of the WW hungry monster. I think he's adorable. If my hunger was that cute it might not be a problem!

As excited as I was about my goal being reached (and the cute orange monster in my purse), the real excitement didn't start until the meeting was about to end. Right as we were about to dismiss the lady from the front came in and told us not to leave because a tornado had been seen touching down on a freeway nearby. Sure enough the sky was greenish-gray and the rain was pouring down. I waited a little bit, but then decided that I was driving away from where the storms where heading so I braved the storm. It was hairy to drive in, but sure enough, as I got closer to the house, the weather improved.

This morning I almost couldn't make it to the school because the rain had come down all night and the streets were flooded around my campus. I don't know why the schools near my house were closed and I had no standing water near me and my school was open and all the nearby neighborhoods were flooded. Goofy.

Creative Detention Strategies

Today was kind of a fun adventure in creative detention strategies. I had assigned a student for detention today, but I had forgotten that Mondays I work out right after school and before WW. Anyway, only one kid was assigned detention, so I decided to go ahead and exercise....and make him run with me. The funny part is that I'm pretty sure I was the one in detention because I was trying to make the run at least a little punishing, but I don't think he even broke a sweat! Anyway, hopefully he'll start making it to class on time now! :) Oh, by the way, I was down another 2.6 pounds for a total of 21.8 pounds lost. Sally got her 25 pound star!

Lord, Have Mercy....

...Baby's got her blue jeans on!

I will fully admit a small moment of pride right now! (Which would full explain my hammy pose in this picture!) When I started WW 2 months ago, these jeans would barely go over my hips and buttoning or zipping them was purely out of the question. Every Friday all of the teachers at my school can wear jeans, but I refused to buy a bigger pair. So, I had a personal goal to be able to wear them by the end of the school year. I decided to see how much progress I had made today and ... they zipped! I did not suck in or anything! They are still pretty snug and I have the infamous muffin-top working against me (tight pants push your tummy up over the top and it looks like the top of a muffin), but they still went on! I've decided to revise my goal since I reached it earlier than expected. I want these jeans to fit WELL by the end of the school year! LOL! :)

I'm gonna smack the guy who invented the decimal!

Why do we need them anyway? I remember the first teacher who introduced these partial numbers to me. Everyone was confused. Why did she want to cut my precious whole numbers into parts? What did they ever do to her? It's such a violent math lesson. There are people cutting pizza, pie, cake.....no wonder I have a weight problem! I just want someone to quit picking on all those yummy foods! Anyway, as you might have guessed I was down only a fraction of a pound this week. 0.4 to be exact. I worked out really hard yesterday.....I'm determined to accomplish WHOLE numbers this week!

If happy cows come from California....why am I in Texas?

First of all, I hope you enjoy my new decorations on the blog. I figured that a cow theme was appropriate. It may change as my whims dictate. Only time will tell.

On with the blog:

Well, I am one VERY happy cow this week. I was down another 2.6 lbs at my WW meeting and have racked up a total of 18.8 lbs lost.

Now, Before I go to the meetings, my co-worker Lynden and I go to a park between work and the meeting to go for a walk. We can usually squeeze in between 30 and 45 minutes of good brisk walking. It kind of feels like my Biggest Loser "Last Chance Workout"! :) I noticed today that despite being similar in height, that girl has one mean power walk! We worked up a respectable amount of sweat and then drove on to the meeting.

In the meetings, there is usually this very boistrous group of girls that sits behind Sally, Lynden, and myself. They were, however, conspicuously absent today. Apparently I am the next most talkative person in the meetings because the leader kept asking me to answer her questions and giving me "Bravo" stars for giving good answers. After several times of this, Lynden leaned over to me and said, "She always calls on you!" I responded, "You're just jealous because I'm the teachers pet!" At this point we both started giggling and I'm sure earned a reproachful glance from the meeting leader. I wouldn't really know because I was guiltily staring at the floor at the time.

Sally is still kicking booty on the scales. I'm trying my hardest to catch her. I think my husband's competitive streak is beginning to show in me. I guess it's true that you turn into your spouse!