When Your Fat Jeans Become Your Skinny Jeans

And now, a little segment entitled.....

"Positives in my life today."

1) First snowfall of the year!!!!
2) I got two compliments on my new sweater.
3) I had a delicious lunch with my wonderful tax department (the job switch this year was one of the best things that I ever did, and I am reminded of that constantly)
4) Secret Santa wasn't nearly as awkward as I expected it to be.
5) The person I bought for in Secret Santa said she assumed that our VP had given it, because he's known her the longest (ie I did good!)
6) Found out I got a 4.0 in one of my classes.
7) LAST. FINAL. EVER.
8) Did I mention it snowed? :)
 
Sounds like a positive day :p Also damn it seems to be snowing the world over! This country is practically covered head to foot in it at the minute!
 
Monday:
Breakfast ? Large coffee with milk (50 cal) and a chocolate glazed donut
Snacks ? Small slice banana bread with butter, one cookie, one chocolate candy
Lunch ? One cup clam chowder with oyster crackers; about ¾ of an individual-sized chicken pot pie, and some sort of apple pastry thing with maple walnut ice cream for dessert
Snacks ? Coffee with skim milk
Dinner ? Mango mojito and a bratwurst (sans bun, because the one but I had was incredibly stale!) Finished off the night with some barbecue chips.

GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD DAY! You already heard about my positives? I definitely treated myself today, but I don?t even care, because I am done with finals. DONE!! The coffee and donut was to commemorate what is hopefully my last day arriving to the office before anyone else to study (work day starts at 9, I was at my desk by 7:10). Generally I can?t count on getting a seat on the subway, so having a coffee on the train leaves me with one hand to hold on to a pole and zero hands to play with my phone or read. At 6:30 am I was pretty sure I?d be ok there, and got a coffee before heading to the train for the first time in months.

Tonight is literally the first time in sixteen months that I have not had to think about school work I should be doing. No joke. Because I took an incomplete last fall, I didn?t even get the breaks to relax, because in the back of my mind I knew I should be working on completing that class. I feel like a huge chapter in my life has just ended.

Boyfriend gives me til tomorrow before I get bored and restless.

He is probably right.

But I won?t feel completely settled until that professor posts my grade. Why doesn?t he respond to e-mails??? I feel obnoxious when I e-mail him three times and then call him, but if he would just write back the first time I wouldn?t have to call. He has until December 31 to get the grade in. He better not let me down!

Sounds like a positive day :p Also damn it seems to be snowing the world over! This country is practically covered head to foot in it at the minute!
Finally my area is catching up!!! I was getting way too jealous of everyone else! We got hardly any snow last year, so this year better be good :)
 
I love reading your journal! You are so positive!

LOVE the new heels by the way - especially the gray ones. I have a horrible shoe addiction myself. I adore heels! When I was younger I wore them so much (and the higher the better!) that it was actually painfull to wear flats or go barefoot. Then I sprained my ankle really badly one year and had no choice but to start wearing flats again. I'm trying to alternate heels and flats more so that I don't end up like I was a few years back.
 
Hey laura!!..have you tried to PX90 or Insanity .??.. ive always wanted to try out running but its pretty lame doing it by urself ..... Hope ur running goes well ... Keep it up=)I would love to read ur success .. everyday Take care..
 
PROFESSOR POSTED MY GRADE! I AM DONE WITH MY GRADUATE DEGREE!

I cannot even concentrate right now, I am so excited. And I already got my graded final back from last night (prof must have been up all night). A huge chapter of my life just ended. 20 years of tests, school, papers, grades, studying.... done. I will still be taking tests later on, technically, to become a Certified Public Accountant, but that's different. That's on my own time. My life as a student is OVER.

:party:
 
Congratulations on finishing grad school and all your weight loss!!! You are getting it done girl whoooot whooot!

:beerchug:

I was just reading through your diary and I gotta ask- on one post you said you ate a banana with peanut butter and fluff. What is fluff? :confused: Lol
 
WELL DONE LAURA!!! That's AWESOME news :jump:

I love the heels too, and you have made me determined to buy some when I reach my goal. I've found a great pair of boots (Dr Martens) with a heel that have me salivating :) I have never worn heels ever though, so no doubt I'll end up walking about with my butt sticking out :blush5:

Enjoy having your freedom back :)
 
PROFESSOR POSTED MY GRADE! I AM DONE WITH MY GRADUATE DEGREE!

I cannot even concentrate right now, I am so excited. And I already got my graded final back from last night (prof must have been up all night). A huge chapter of my life just ended. 20 years of tests, school, papers, grades, studying.... done. I will still be taking tests later on, technically, to become a Certified Public Accountant, but that's different. That's on my own time. My life as a student is OVER.

:party:

:party: CONGRATS!!!! I am so happy for you! Way to go :D. Enjoy it dearie :D
 
Congratulations on finishing grad school and all your weight loss!!! You are getting it done girl whoooot whooot!

:beerchug:

I was just reading through your diary and I gotta ask- on one post you said you ate a banana with peanut butter and fluff. What is fluff? :confused: Lol

Marshmallow!! But in spreadable form. Pure sugar, but delicious :)
 
I did not get a single e-mail today saying I had a response to my thread, so what a pleasant surprise to see I had so many great people leave comments! It is almost exactly midnight, I am headed home after a night of enjoying myself with co-workers. It was a holiday party night, but I got lots of congratulations from people about my new degree, despite the fact that the emphasis of the night should have been on promotions! Thank you all for helping to celebrate this milestone!!
 
BIG congrats on finishing up grad school!

:party: :party: :party:

No more school! No more books! No more teacher's dirty looks! YAY!!!!
 
Mommy sent me flowers yesterday! My lovely leasing office called me to let me know they were there and that I could request they be placed in my apartment for me. They are beautiful! (I’ll attach a pic.) White roses, spray roses, and lavender. What the heck a spray rose is, I have no idea, but I just looked up the description of the arrangement online (because I am silly and didn’t initially recognize the lavender for what it was) and that’s what it said.

Eating today has been awful, to say the least…. I will tell you all that the first thing I ate today was a bacon, egg and cheese bagel (had to get something filling in my tummy after last night’s outing) and that the last thing I ate was a carrot cake cupcake. And the only remotely healthy thing in between was asparagus. Which, by the way, I thought I hated for about 7 years, until I got a meal at a restaurant that came with “seasonal veggies” and out came asparagus. Much to my surprise, it was quite delicious!

LOVE the new heels by the way - especially the gray ones. I have a horrible shoe addiction myself. I adore heels! When I was younger I wore them so much (and the higher the better!) that it was actually painfull to wear flats or go barefoot. Then I sprained my ankle really badly one year and had no choice but to start wearing flats again. I'm trying to alternate heels and flats more so that I don't end up like I was a few years back.

I haven’t whipped out the gray ones yet… I wore the black ones for half a day on Monday, switched to flats to walk to lunch (in the snow) and never changed back. And I only have one or two pairs of pants that are long enough for them, gotta get to the tailor SOON. I’ve heard people saying that it hurts them to wear flats… I can’t imagine getting to that point in life! I live in flip-flops and the second I get home the shoes come off. What did you do when you were just lounging around the house???

Hey laura!!..have you tried to PX90 or Insanity .??.. ive always wanted to try out running but its pretty lame doing it by urself ..... Hope ur running goes well ... Keep it up=)I would love to read ur success .. everyday Take care..

Thanks for stopping in!! Why is it lame to run by yourself? Is it just hard to get yourself motivated to do it alone? I mostly run on the treadmill, don’t venture outside too much, but when I do I prefer being by myself. Mentally it’s much more challenging, though, that’s for sure! I haven’t done any of the PX90 or Insanity workouts. My goal soon needs to be to add different workouts in, because literally all I do for exercise is run, and it’s getting to the point where my arms are super tired during long runs. I asked for small weights for Christmas, hopefully Santa delivers!

No more school forever, huh?
That's gotta be the greatest Christmas present ever!

This has been the best week-before-Christmas I can ever remember!!!! No better gift than that huge weight off my shoulders. Go out til midnight on a Tuesday? Sure, why not, I got no other responsibilities to take care of!

WELL DONE LAURA!!! That's AWESOME news :jump:

I love the heels too, and you have made me determined to buy some when I reach my goal. I've found a great pair of boots (Dr Martens) with a heel that have me salivating :) I have never worn heels ever though, so no doubt I'll end up walking about with my butt sticking out :blush5:

Enjoy having your freedom back :)

A new pair of sexy shoes is the PERFECT reward for a job well done!! I can wear a small heel ok, but I think both of my new pairs are 3.5”, and I definitely walk a little funny in them! I’m really worried I’m going to be rushing through the kitchen at work and slip on the linoleum and take a dive! But if Monday was any indication, I won’t be rushing in them anytime soon, haha.

CONGRATS!!!! I am so happy for you! Way to go :D. Enjoy it dearie :D

Thank you!!! I had no idea how excited I would be! I thought it had already hit me about a month ago and that I was as excited as I would get, but it didn’t truly hit me until a half hour before my final on Monday. Then I was just a big ball of excited, nervous energy!

BIG congrats on finishing up grad school!

No more school! No more books! No more teacher's dirty looks! YAY!!!!

This made me giggle a little when I read it on the train this morning! Thankfully I was an online student, so the teachers couldn’t see me ;)
 
They're beautiful flowers Laura, and purple too :) You're Mum rocks!
Lol at the lino, you'll have to take it slow for a while till you're used to them. I think the heel's a nice height, so ladylike :Angel_anim:
 
wow congrats on finishing grad!!! YAAAYYY!!! :D

Does this mean you now need to grow up and be serious? :O lol

NEW SHOES!!! (such a better reward than food!)
 
Hey Laura!!

Thought I'd check out your diary after you dropped in on mine... I read the whole thing!! Took me a couple hours but I got there, inspiring stuff :D Glad to hear you like running so much! I'm waiting for my ankle to heal to get back into it... I actually thought it was a lot better and then today I accidentally turned it in on a funny angle, and it HURT... now it's all blue again grr. Lol I miss running, walking is so boring now!!

Ah jealous, you're so close to your goal! Keep up the awesome work, will be checking back :D
 
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