11 Pounds

I didn't believe it for myself at first.As most of you know, I have been trying to lose some weight... a lot of weight! My goal is to be in a size 7 or 8 by February of 2012, which is when Cody comes home. So far, I have lost about 10 or 11 pounds since the middle of August! Honestly, I am so proud of myself. I never would have believed that I did it if it wasn't my own body.
I couldn't ever tell that I was actually losing weight at first though. People that see me everyday at work have been commenting on how loose my scrubs are, and even my family has been noticing. That makes me so excited! I can never tell just by looking at myself in the mirror every day. But I can tell when I look at these two pictures.

The first one was taken in the first of April of this year. The second one was taken the first of October of this year. Look at my belly. That's where you can really tell. (Just so you know... I stayed at a pretty normal weight since I graduated high school. I've been at 198 since I graduated... so all of my pre-weight loss pictures look like the first pic.) I am amazed at my progress! I have just been adjusting some things that are a part of my lifestyle, and look at what a difference it has made. I laugh when I hear of these girls who go on twenty different diets and are on a new on every week and aren't losing any weight, and then there I am... changing habits in my daily life and I'm 11 pounds lighter.

I'm lovin' life!

I Luv My Job :D

Sorry I didn't blog last night! I was so tired from a full day at the office that I fell asleep super early!

Well, all went well yesterday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I work with a dentist named James Ashman. And guess what? He's 77 years old and still in there doin dirty work! Haha! He is so adorable! And so funny, so patient and so helpful. He didn't mind that I wasn't used to working with him and he was very patient and helping giving me tips on stuff. The other assistant that helps Dr. Ashman, Renette, told me that he is like your grandpa. And it's true. She also warned me that he is very old school and that he will do things and ask for things that I've never even heard of. Haha and it's so true! But he was very patient and very helpful when both of us had no idea what he was asking for. (Example: Reverse Plugger? haha I had never seen one but now I know what one is!) My x-rays are looking... G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S! I was so worried that I wasn't going to be able to do my x-rays right because I had the hardest time with Dex in school. But! They are so much easier on real people, and everyone kept telling me that but for some reason I didn't believe them. Now I do haha! I love taking x-rays! To me it's so much fun!

I don't dread going to work anymore. I always wanted to call in sick to Sam's Club, but not at the dental office. I think it's because there is so much different stuff going on every day that it's not the same lame thing like at Sam's. I am so excited to get in there and get working on people and get better at my skills.

Yesterday, I did get to watch the hygienist, Laura, for a little bit. And... I was a little nervous at what I saw. I am so excited to get my hygienist, don't get me wrong, but I didn't realize that I would have to learn how to numb people for procedures... with a NEEDLE! AHHHHH! If you don't know me very well, then you don't know how scared I am of needles for myself and having to stick a needle in someone else. I can load the needle, hand the needle, watch it being administered, take it back and unload it. But I'm scared of doing it myself! I don't know how good at that I will do! AHHHHHHH! My hands are shaking just thinking about it! :(

Well, nothing else really going on. Tomorrow is my last day of work until Tuesday! I actually get weekends now. Who knew they existed!? Definately not me. :D Have a good night everyone!

Food, Interview and Other Nonsense

Oh my goodness! I am so excited! Tomorrow I have an interview with College Dental Clinic, which is the clinic that I worked with while going to school. One of their assistants is leaving to get her hygiene, which I will eventually do as well, and so they've asked me to go in and do a working interview with them. I'm a little nervous because I haven't done asssiting since December haha! But I know that once I get going it will come back to me. I'm reviewing my book and stuff too hehe I think I might worry a little too much ;D But this will give me my years experience that every other dental clinic wants. I'm planning to still go to school and get my pre-reqs while I'm working there. Hopefully it all works out well! I hope I get it because I'm getting tired and too stressed out over Sam's Club.

I don't know if i ever told you about my positive month... haha well Ann, my COS supervisor at Sam's Club that I absolutely love!, challenged me last month to do a month of positivity. She did it in March simply because she wanted to try to be more enthusiastic about things and have a positive outlook on things. She challenged me to do it in April. I did well, except for like the last two weeks, in which she told me I could bag it and start over again in May. She's doing it with me this month. I've done super well so far! I did have a little break down last night but I got over it quickly and back on track. I challenge everyone to have a positive month! I've noticed a little difference in the way things are going in my life, and I'm sure the better I get at it the better things will get and the more that I will notice. I don't wanna be annoyingly positive, because obviously everyone has those days where it just isn't cutting it, but try it. See how you do.

I've also made another decision haha. I've been wanting to work on some church related things... like reading my scriptures better and praying and such. I'm raising the bar for myself I guess you could say. Actually I'm just working on being a better person spiritually which I know will help me temporally. I decided that I wanted to work on one specific principle every month. This month I'm going to do scripture study. I want to read my scriptures every day at least once, if not twice. I'm gonna try to incorporate prayer in there as much as I can to get used to it but right now my focus is on the scriptures. I'll see how it goes too :)

Do you wanna know what sounds super super yummy right now? The Turkey Bacon Avocado sandwich from Kneaders. MMMM!