BEEfore and "after"

Well kids, I have good news: I went to the gym last night. Let me paint you a picture: I was walking to the gym in my ratty ass gym clothes, when all of the sudden a bee crosses my path. Not just any bee. A bee roughly the size of a small humming bird. I kid you not. Then its little bee friend came along. And then a few more little bee friends came along. Then I realized they were all carrying guns and screaming "We love Sarah Palin!!". So, logically I ran. I was darting down the sidewalk from left to right, randomly coming to a dead stop then sprinting. I was terrified the things were going to be the death of me, and sadly I left my bee keeping outfit in my apartment. So I make it to the gym door finally, and you have to swipe a key card to get the door to open. Did mine work on the first try? Of course not. So I am panting, cursing, and yelling at the bees. I actually stopped, turned around, looked at the bees and said "Why are you and all your friends out?!?! GO AWAY!!". At that moment, my keycard finally swiped correctly and I pretty much fell into the gym. Whereupon I see two guys, not working out at all, but instead intently watching me as the entire front of the gym is glass windows and a glass door. They looked at each other like they wanted to bust out laughing, so I just said "Hi. What's up?" and put my iPod on and got on the treadmill. I ain't got time to be embarrassed. I mean, I almost died out there.

ANYway, so I worked it out on the treadmill, alternating between walking and running and listened to my new 2011 playlist. It was good times, and I sweat. I actually took a picture of myself afterwards, in all my sweaty glory because I wanted to document the moment. I will spare you the posting. However, I will NOT spare you two other photos. I have been feeling so discouraged because I've only lost just under 20 pounds, and I really can't see it at ALL when I look at myself. I mean, I look exactly the same every day, even though some of my clothes feel a bit loose. So I decided to take a picture of myself today, chins and all, and then found a picture of myself on my cell phone from just a couple weeks before I started Thintervention. Do you see any difference????

I know it is probably not in one's best interest to take a before and "after" photo when one is only about 12 weeks into the process. But I honestly want to know what people think because I just don't see it!!! All I see is a fat haze.

In other news, I'm headed to lunch now. Not sure what I'm having....one of those days where nothing sounds great. I had oatmeal for breakfast, which was pretty filling actually, so I'm not starving by any means. I wish I had time to cook a turkey burger, but alas. Maybe for dinner. I'm going to the gym again tonight - it's supposed to rain, so hopefully the bees will be hiding. If not, and they come out wearing little parkas I'm gonna cut a bitch. It's on.

Happy Friday!

Micha