Getting closer...

Only a few days away from my bHappy Project officially beginning! Some updates:

- A guy from Gold's Gym called to confirm my fitness evaluation and free trial membership. Whoo!

- What will make that less mortifying is the fact that I stepped on the scale at my parents' house and found out I've lost eight pounds this past month without even really trying yet.

- Got all moved in today! Matt set up my computer (de-fragged it and did something else, and now it seems to be working again!), so now I can blog from home. I even had time to put away a lot of my stuff so that I won't come home to a room filled with boxes.

- I currently have 13, that's right THIRTEEN, books checked out from the public library. And 10 of them are vegetarian cookbooks. Basically, I'm going through them to "test out" the books...if I find some that I absolutely love and have more than 5 recipes I would immediately try, I can put them on my Amazon wishlist for future presents. I will probably make a book list post at some point, as soon as I have the titles I will be actively using for September.

- I have officially been meat-free for 11 days! Only had two times when I kinda had craving pangs - once when I was leaving Cactus Grill and I could smell the steak next door, and then today, when Matt and I went out to brunch and he had a stack of delicious-looking bacon on his plate. I ignored it though, stuffed a rice ball in my mouth and was fine within a few moments.

- I'm excited because I found out that the Couch to 5K Running Program actually has free podcasts you can download from iTunes to put on your iPod. They're set to music, and will actually tell you when to switch to running or walking. That way, I don't have to worry about trying to time myself, or actually carry the workout plan with me to tell me what to do. It's even more fun for iPhone users (I'm looking at you mom!) because the C25K has several low-cost apps that do your timing, lets you sync up your own music with the program, etc.