Picking up elephants

Celebrated our eight year anniversary yesterday. Went for dinner at a nice restaurant downtown, where I drank a little too much wine, then to a bar for a bit, and back home. Neither of us have to work today so we're hanging out and finishing up the kitchen, hooray!

Oh, and this morning I weighed in on Wii Fit and finally am in the healthy weight category with a good BMI. A tribute to all the work I've been doing at my gym -- and I really have. I'm now on a first name basis with Lesley, the chick who checks me in at the front desk of the gym each morning. This week I've actually worked out a couple times twice in one day, mostly because I showed up a little later than usual in the morning, so didn't get in a full workout -- so I go back at lunch. I think Lesley's starting to think I'm obsessive.

According to my monthly report, I lifted 9 and a half African elephants in June. Now, I don't know how many African elephants it takes to constitute an acceptable number, but I gotta believe anywhere around seven or so is pretty good, right? Next month, I'm shooting for twelve. Actually, right now I'm laying off the strength training because I think that was part of the reason I wasn't losing as many pounds in the beginning, lifting so many elephants and all and thus gaining muscle weight. Don't get me wrong, I really love strength training, and don't care if the number on the scale isn't going down as long as I'm losing inches... but right now I'm in a weight loss competition at work for a LOT of money.... so I'm going on a cardio binge for a little while.