I had a meeting with a perspective employee/client today. He owns a Fine Gardening Design business. This is upscale gardening not your average landscaper. He does high dollar homes, weddings etc and lectures around the country. He is also a great guy!

I’m hoping this can turn  into something great. It sounds like he really needs a Personal Assistant. That is my specialty and I know we would work fabulously together and his business would really soar!

I’m wondering if it’s possible to have a Personal Assistant business… where you assist several small business owners instead of just one part-time. I’m thinking this guy can go huge with a full time PA but not sure if he’s ready for the leap.

We had a great meeting at Starbucks here in town. He was lovely and complimented my shoes which went straight to my head and had me longing to do more shoe shopping! lol

Weight is holding steady with TOM arriving 5 days early. This is early 3 months in a row! Stress probably.

Getting my direct sales back off the ground so really just doing a lot of leg work and mental work lately.

Had my boost for the day when I tried on oldest DDs size 9 (juniors!) jeans and the fit like a freaking glove! woohoo!

 <- The shoes!

 <- ME! After the meeting lol

Get back on plan!

Get my ass to the park!

Drink tons of water!

there… This is unacceptable lol. I have to get going here. Stalling out is not helping me reach my goals here. Sure stress has a lot to do with it and finances but you don’t need money to lose weight and the exercise should help with the stress right!? lol

So, I’m getting up in the morning, getting dressed with DS, walking him to the bus stop and then heading to the park. That will give me a good 4 miles easy. I’m getting off this diet soda and getting back to my water. Sitting here stalled at this weight is not part of the plan.

Still looking for a job. I have one week left. Meaning my last paycheck is less than 2 weeks away. Time to get on the ball! I sent in two resumes Friday and applied for a cashiers position at RiteAid that is within walking distance. I have a lead on another work from home job doing book keeping and basically what I’m doing now. I have to put a call in to him tomorrow.

I did however go with my son last night. Almost an hour walk/jog downtown and back. I jogged all the way up our hill which is like 5 blocks (up hill - did I mention that? lol) Tonight I must do a DVD (raining) I must get back on track for Christmas!!!

In other news. I am loosing my day job. I dont know if I mentioned that in any of my other posts… First week of Sept. will be it. I have a lead on a managers position at a Bed and Breakfast. That could be interesting! Also a catering gig. So, we shall see.

Our company is joining with another company. I’m thrilled!

I dont know if I’ve mentioned before but I do Romance Enhancement Parties I’ve been doing this for almost 10 years and love it. I have a new website! I guess it’s ok to post it here. If not I assume someone will alert me or it will disappear…

www.passionizeme.com

Off to do something!

We had a fabulous time although we should have stayed an extra day! I don’t even have enough words… Everything is 3X as big as it should be lol. I felt like I walked around with my mouth wide open the whole time! We only spent 2 1/2 hours on the strip because we had so many meetings and dinners. But, it was worth it. I’m hoping to go back in November. If not, March!

I think I’m on target for my weight. I’m still up from a few weeks ago. I know I haven’t ate that many extra calories so I don’t know what that’s all about. Maybe I was dehydrated then?

So, I’ve been working and feeling like total crap since I got home. Kids started school today so that added to the craziness!

Hopefully back on track with everything shortly

This of course is when I will stop smoking as well… That is a much scarier thought than loosing 56 lbs for some reason lol

My Dad is in the hospital. My brother took him to the ER last night. They think he has an infection in his colon. He is running a fever and dehydrated. They have him in isolation in case it’s a very infectious type and have put him on oxygen. I’m scheduled to leave tomorrow around lunch for Vegas. I’m worried… Will go see him this afternoon and hopefully talk to a doctor. I don’t want to leave if he’s serious.

I’m off to get my hair done now for the trip. Might post a pic if I love it!

I leave for my trip Wednesday and when i’m back on Saturday I’m starting over! School is about to start which will be helpful. I can get back to jogging when the bus leaves and will only need to worry about lunches for myself. With the kids home its so easy to just eat pizza or frenchfries or whatever.

I really want to get down to 135. My initial goal is 150 which I am very close to. Since TOM I am seeing 162 on the scales. I know I didn’t gain that much and expect to see it go down as I lose the water. So, using 162 I would have 12 lbs to go for my initial goal. At 2 lbs each week that would put me at Sept 27th for my initial goal of 150. DS’s b-day is the 30th so I’ll shoot for goal by his birthday!

That will leave 15 lbs for my big goal. I think loss slows as you get closer so lets say Christmas for GOAL!

I’m going to make up a spreadsheet to post on my desk and fridge to keep me focused. Plus I’m gonna give my willpower a swift kick in the hiney!

I’ll post my spreadsheets when I get them done

I got some sun but that’s about it.

Feeling down and not sure why.

Hopefully that will pick up later and I’ll have a happy post to follow up with!

::11:30 pm::

Doing a little better tonight. I think my harmones are wacky.. perhaps PMS (post!) Eating sucked today and no exercise. I really need to get moving and get these last pesky pounds gone so I can set a new goal and celebrate with a new tattoo!!

MIL saved the day and let DH borrow her car. DS decided not to go to the B-day party. So I got to spend hours with family. The kids all played and the girls are growing up so fast. We haven’t seen them in months (their Mom ran off with them for a while.. long dramatic story that doesn’t really need to be gotten into lol)

we had lunch which was a complete FAT FEAST. I told them so lol. burgers fried in a pan with so much fat they were almost floating and homemade frenchfries floating in more oil…

I did eat a burger plain w/ no bun or cheese and about 5 fries. Came home starving! I did get some fresh produce. Squash, eggplant and zucchini

Cooked some on the grill with the London Broil I had marinated all day. Yum.. but I went very light on the beef since I’m trying to stay away from it and end up eating it twice in one day!

No clue what the scales are saying. Should be safe to weigh in tomorrow or the next day once TOM has packed his bags and gone elsewhere for a while.

4 days til my trip. I don’t think I have much hope of fitting into this sexy top I bought that’s a little tight!

 ah well…

I walked to the store with DS this morning. Prob a little over a mile. Not much but something! My food has been off. Not horribly off but off none the less. TOM shall be banished soon and I’ll see what destruction my appetite has done lol

I got some nice dress clothes to wear on my business trip from my MIL. She really saved the day! Some of this stuff still had tags on it! woohoo! I can’t wait to take pics!

My cousin went home today. I feel bad. We didn’t get to do much. The car and finances kept us down