Gettin' My Sh*t together

Today is the first day of the rest of your life...or so the saying goes. For the Ocho, today is the first day of getting her life back in order and her proverbial sh*t together. How does HP08 plan to do this? It all starts with the laundry...
Step one on the road to recovery and the way out of a slump is to clean your dirty laundry. No, not air your dirty laundry, physically clean it. HP08 started yesterday and as of this morning she had her last lode in the drier. When you can wear anything you want and don't have to search through the bottom of your drawers for things that haven't seen the light of day in 18 months in order to meet the professional dress code, the day just starts off better. (You can also wear the comfortable underwear, which we all know has a direct effect on one's mood.)

The second step is to get your butt back in gear...

HP08 went for her first run in about 3 weeks this morning. She expected it to be pretty rough, but it actually felt kind of good. It was hot a muggy out, of course, but her body was pretty happy to be moving again and she and Senor Ocho pounded out 3 solid miles.

Step three...get back on the diet!!!

The Ocho has put on about 4 pounds in the last 6 weeks, which doesn't sound like much, but is frustrating when she worked so hard to take those 4 pounds off the first time around. So, this morning HP08 went back on her Weight Watchers Points tracker and started plugging in her info again. She only has about 10 more pounds to lose total, but those last 10 are the hardest.

Well, as the Today Show says, it's a new day all over! Here's to the three step plan to sanity. Wish the Ocho luck!