No Minivan

I bought a USB powered fish tank for work. It doesn’t filter, but it aerates and heats the water a little bit so the fish won’t freeze over the weekend. The kid helped me pick out a gorgeous male Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish). He’s primarily turquoise with a little bit of red, and apparently his fin style is “crowntail” (very long and feathery – kind of like this one). I also got a small Golden/Mystery/Apple snail to help keep the tank clean. He’s a cute little thing. And he doesn’t appear to be popping out any babies, so I think my teeny tiny tank is safe from snail overpopulation. It’s nice to have a pet at work. It’s very relaxing watching them swim/crawl around the tank.

Sooooo, the whole weight loss thing… um, yeah… That’s not going so well. I pretty much gave up once I started traveling for work about a month and a half ago. It’s pretty hard to say no when the company you’re visiting is offering free meals (and entire pints of gourmet ice cream)that are not diet friendly. I promised myself I’d get back on track this week, but I haven’t been 100% faithful to the diet and I haven’t exercised at all (other than walking down to see the fireworks on Saturday). I’m not mentally in the game right now and I need to be.

It doesn’t help that I am absolutely addicted to the Mcdonalds Caramel Frappe and have a buttload of coupons for a free small. There is not much I like to eat at Mcdonalds (aside from their tasty fries!), but those frappes are some good stuff.