Just Another Week

Well, this week nothing majorly exciting happened.  Just a few changes made, a few bad decisions made in weakness, and some new plans made and began taking shape.

I found that my body did NOT like the low carb menu at first but the 2nd and 3rd day were okay.  However my lunch food volume needs to be increased b/c the thought of being hungry shortly after I ate led to me cave when a co-worker invited me out to lunch and to the failure to pack a lunch the next day.  Even though I lost some of my control at lunch two days in a row, I stayed on track with my other meals.  My energy level was much better this week and my weekday sleepies subsided. GOOD NEWS though is that I walked by a WHOLE BASKET of chocolate chip cookies yesterday without eating any of them!  THAT was a HUGE success for me! 

When one of my co-workers mentioned walking at lunch time I began investigating where we could walk b/c parking lot walking sucks and our entire complex doesn't have any sidewalks. Luckily I found that the City of Raleigh has a great Greenway system that we can access at 2 different places within 5 minutes of the office plus a really nice neighborhood with sidewalks and parks so we can have a variety of scenery.  We plan on starting out with just a couple days a week but if it works out I may try to get out everyday that the weather permits. 

I have another co-worker who takes the stairs up every morning instead of the elevator.  I'd like to try that next week but will have to put all my stuff in the backpack so I can pull myself up with the handrail while crawling past the last couple floors before I get to the 8th! ha ha  But I'm going to give it my best effort!  All part of my new health plan - better cardio and improved glutes - ha ha

Now one of my neighbors sent out an email about forming a walking group too for after work.  If they're willing to wait until I can walk then I will try to join them too but 7:30 may be too late for them so I don't know if that group will work for me.

Then to finish the week out I ran by my new part-time employer today and picked up the catalogs and my new business cards to start back into the cabinet design business for the 3rd time.  For 17 years I was a cabinet designer with the exception of an 8 month hiatus where I ventured back into the world of commercial design and the past year.  However my passion has always been cabinets and I always seem to return to that industry.  Last year as my 'life changing event' was coming to a close and my new life just beginning, I took on this position as a CAD designer for an industrial engineering firm. It has been a great learning experience and I just had my 1 year anniversary at the company but I miss using my creativity to design great living spaces and the interaction with the clients.  So the perfect situation came via one of my co-workers and now I am part of the Heritage Kitchen & Bath team as a part-time designer.  The guys that own the place are really nice and this is going to be a REALLY great business venture for all of us.

So, lots of good things are still happening in my life and the changes continue.  Have a great weekend and I'll let ya know if anything exciting happens.  If not, then it's a weekend of continuing the work on my kitchen, planning my home office, and reviewing these cabinet spec books.