Intimidation....

Well I am just a terrible blogger. It has been a little over two months since I haven't finished a post...yep that's right I said FINISHED! I have 5 drafts sitting and waiting to be finished. I would start writing and then my filter would kick in and trust me my filter is not very entertaining. So those blogs are waiting but I decided it was time to start this up again...hoping that once I start I won't be able to stop.

Let's start with why I had this little two month hiatus from blogging...I have a NEW job:) I am now a Tax Accountant at Devon Energy! I work inside the tallest building in downtown OKC...which could either be really awesome or really scary, depending on the day! The picture below shows what downtown OKC looks like. If you can't figure out which building it is....well then you are just special.

 Since being at Devon I am now able to have a life. I get every other Friday off thanks to a 9/80 schedule. We work 9 hours Monday thru Thursday and 8 hours every other Friday. It is awesome! I also now have a gym to work out in. My first week working there I was asked about working out more then I ever have been in my life...I was starting to take it a little personally. Now I know that it's because they highly promote a healthy life style. 

With that The Well (Devon's Gym) offers physical assessments for every employee. If you know me very well you know that I love sports but have never played one. Last year at Cole & Reed I joined the rowing team which surprised basically all my family and close friends. I also have pretty terrible coordination. I think I walk better in heels then I do in flats, it's kinda embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing as my Wii Fit age! 

Today I did one of those physical assessments at work, I found out what my body mass percentage was, my total body fat and did some tests to create a work out plan. I was so nervous about embarrassing myself that I almost canceled my appointment this morning. There is nothing I find more intimidating then working out in front people, especially men. I don't know why but I always feel like I look so silly. I have dated guys who wanted to work out together and I usually said no. It is just completely out of my comfort zone. And guess what, it was a man doing my assessment and I had heard I would have to do push ups. Needless to say this was a big step for me, BIG, and I am glad I did it! I found out that I am not in as bad of shape as I thought I was. You see since I graduated college  I have gained around 15 pounds. 60 hours a week behind a desk for a year tends to make that happen. My mom says she can't see it but my clothes sure could. Today I discovered that I am really normal in all categories for my height and weight. My job now is to tone and maintain a normal weight, gain muscle and lose fat! Like someone told me this afternoon I am too hard on myself and thought I was much worse off. I was pretty happy and slightly less intimidated:) I can lost a little weight and get in better shape and sign up for the next season of the Bachelor...JK...but seriously! There is no way I would go ok TV without looking awesome, there are far too many times you see girls in their bathing suits. So April fill out the application because I will be in shape!

Keep Smiling:)

Alli