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It was a great weekend. Bright, sunny– albeit a tad cool. Definitely sweatshirt weather! I spent three days doing nothing but reading (I managed to race through two and a half books), sleeping, and walking to and from the beach. Oh, the walking! I may not have officially started my Couch to 5K yet (due to extreme laziness), but I did get in more than my fair share of walking. I didn’t bring my car across the ferry, so I spent the entire time on my poor two feet. I also made the brilliant decision one day to walk to South Beach, which is a good 4 miles away. By the time I realized what I’d gotten myself into, it was too late and I had committed to the trip! I was lucky enough to hitch a ride back for part of the walk with the owner of Smoke ‘N Bones in Oak Bluffs. Thank goodness! I was definitely hobbling around the next morning.

Now it’s back to reality, and I have a busy week coming up. I saw an apartment tonight, and assuming everything goes well I should sign the lease by the end of this week. I wasn’t able to see the actual apartment itself, but I saw one that is the ‘mirror image’ (supposedly). It was cute! The kitchen was small but serviceable, and it even included a dishwasher. (I have gotten spoiled by my dishwasher, so that was nice to see.) The apartment I would move into just had the kitchen and bathroom updated, so they are both modern and new. The room itself was of good size, and had a huge mirrored wall-length closet that would be more than sufficient for all my junk. I have high hopes. Once I see the actual apartment on Friday, I’ll make the deposit and submit my application. YAY!!!!!!!!!

Thursday I have another BU Admitted Students Reception, and Sunday I’m participating in a Public/Non-Profit Management study. I’m looking forward to meeting more of my future classmates and hanging out in my future neighborhood! In a little less than four months I will be starting school all over again. I always thought that I would be one of those perpetual graduate students in school until my hair turned gray. However now that I’ve been on my own and making a living for the past five years, the thought of going back to school is scary. Exciting, but scary. The next few months should be a real roller coaster ride.

Couch to 5K Challenge

So ever since the dreaded surgery of a few weeks ago, I have been enjoying a pleasant benefit to getting my tonsils removed– I lost a total of 5 lbs! I realize that this may not seem like that much weight, but I’ve been battling the same 5-8 lbs up and down for the past year, and to get this unexpected boost in the right direction was a bonus. I actually did not lose as much as some others who’ve gotten their tonsils out. My surgeon was surprised I hadn’t lost more, and I’m honestly not sure why I didn’t lose more either. The only explanation I can think of is that my body went into ’starvation mode’ and was refusing to let the weight loss get too ‘bad.’ Eh, I’m still happy.

In any case, the additional benefits are that my clothes are fitting better, I am finally a true size 8 instead of just wishing and hoping and stuffing myself into tight pants, and I’ve been having lots of fun ’shopping’ in my closet. However, the scale has not budged once since that initial dramatic weight loss right after the surgery. I suppose this is good, especially since I’m now back to eating normal foods (real cheese yesterday! wow!). But I am only 10-15 lbs away from being a healthy weight for my body, and it is soooo close it’s maddening. I know that I am eating well (particularly now that I can actually eat again). I also recognize that the real culprit to my stagnant loss is EXERCISE. I don’t do it. I say I will, but I don’t. There is a butt-shaped impression on my couch, and I probably have calluses on my thumbs from the remote control. Yeah, I’m a couch potato.

So I’ve decided to do something about it. I’m going to beat these last few pounds and get healthy– something I’ve been trying to do for years. I found this challenge online and it seems do-able. So I’m going to use this as a way to try and get my butt in gear. Wish me luck, ’cause I’m really going to need it!