129.75
So excited!! The scale moved a little bit today!! Went for a 50 minute walk this morning then worked in my yard for an hour. Don’t have much planned for today. Trying to stay on track. All this cardio makes me hungry!! That’s okay, I am obviously doing something right!! We will go to the pool later and maybe read my book!!
130
Hanging in there at 130. My weekend was fine. SIL was fine, MIL was a PIA as usual. My youngest dd got swimmers ear Friday and we got drops for her that day. Drove up to Asheville and ate dinner at McDonald’s. I pulled her out of the car b/c she was half asleep and she was burning up. She had a fever and I forgot the Motrin at home. Dr. never told me that fevers come along with swimmer’s ear. I wouldn’t have left home w/o it. By the time we got to the hotel. She felt fine. My other kids and dh went swimming in the pool with our relatives and I gave Izzy a bath and put her in bed. After she fell asleep her fever came back. It finally broke and then she was up half the night. So we literally got 3 hours of sleep. Not good when the next day we were going to tour the Biltmore and all the grounds surrounding the house. She did fine and we came home the next day.
I did very well on my exercise. I even used the hotel’s gym once!!
I ate really well until Sunday morning. Then on the way home I had a McDonald’s McGriddle sandwich. I love those things but only let myself have them every once in awhile. It was good but that set me up for a downward spiral of poor eating until Monday night.
When we got home Sun. my parents were in town and left Tues. morning. Since Tues., I have been back on track and walking every morning. So hopefully soon, I will see the scale tip ever so slightly below that 130 mark!! I will feel like I will be coming home!! I feel my best in the 120s.
130
I was a hair bit under 130 today. I am so excited. I went on a 40 min. walk this morning and did my lunges in our pool parking lot.
Life is hectic. I have to get the house in order b/c my parents are coming on Sat. and I will be out of town. I am going to the Biltmore Estate with my dh’s side of the family and my parents are coming and staying at my house to scout the area for homes. They sold their house out of state and are potentially going to live close to me. For some people that works great for others like me who crave their independence, it kinda sucks. They have a son, my brother, who is 39 who lives at home. It is a real bone of contention between my parents and myself. He has a great job, 4 cars and about 5,000 Motor Trend Magazines in the basement. I really don’t want to put up with my parents and my brother living in close proximity. He is perfectly capable of living on his own but my father loves having him live at home. If it were up to my dad, I would still live at home. I got married at 22 and never looked back. Now that they are aging, they want to be closer to me. Ugh. So we will see how it all plays out.
My weekend should be miserable. Dh and his psycho back-stabbing mother are on bad terms and we have to see her this weekend. I am so not looking forward to it. She always criticizes how I raise the kids. I am laid back and she is a nazi in the child rearing dept. That is why she has such a “great” relationship with her 3 boys. She hates girls so anytime my daughters are the least bit out of line, she says “That’s why she had boys.” Like it was her choice. *eyeroll* We are also going with dh’s brother and his wife. She is five months pregnant and you would think she was the only one in life ever to have a baby. When I was pregnant, I was sick the first 3 mos. but other than that I went about as life as usual. I mowed the grass, I painted rooms, I cooked, I cleaned, I picked up my kids. She is incapable of doing anything. To say she is a princess is an understatement but now that she is pregnant, she acts like she is carrying the future King of England and can’t do anything. So touring a gigantic house with no air conditioning and no usuable bathrooms and touring the gardens and vineyard should be tons of fun. Maybe she will expect us to carry her around like Cleopatra.
Now I am off to the doctor, b/c my youngest dd has an earache. So it should make for an interesting day. I probably won’t be able to update until Monday.
Phew, I feel better getting all of that off my chest!!
130.5
Life has been hectic. But I have been walking for 45 min every morning and staying great on my diet. We are going away this weekend and I secretly wanted to be 130 so I am pleased. Gotta run. I will write more later.
131
Happy birthday to my dh!! Hard to believe he is 37. We have been together since our late teens, so it is so hard to believe we are getting old!!
Went on an hour walk today. It is so humid that I am seriously sweating and I don’t sweat much. It is supposed to be 100 here again today. Ahhh, summer!!
Yesterday, my dd played her last playoff game, well, she actually didn’t get to play. The other team forfieted so my dd got 3rd place for the season. That is pretty good because she has been on teams where she hasn’t won at all!! I am so glad she didn’t have to play in the heat.
Well, I am off to shower and figure out what I am cooking for my dh tonight!!
131
Yeah, the lowest I have been in months!!! I am so excited. Went on a 45 minute walk this morning. Now I am off to mow the grass. Will update later!
132
Not much to write. I am suffering with a sinus headache and all I want is chocolate, but I am going to be good and eat my kashi!!
Last day of school today!! Yippee!!
136
Woke up this morning really bloated. Yuk!! Had some Kashi and skim milk and went to church. Dh, the kids and I grocery shopped today and did a Sam’s run. That’s always fun!! Ugh! Bought a 72 oz. bag of Nestle chocolate chips. What was I thinking?? I am such a chocolate freak. I do use them to make cookies. I just have to hide them up in the pantry so I don’t see them the 7,000 times I open the door and they are staring at me in the face. Did I mention I *heart* chocolate.
Did 5 loads of laundry today but I can’t remember what I else I did. I needed to keep the kids out of the sun b/c I let them get too much yesterday. It was hot and humid. I also spent a lot of time in the kitchen today. I made homemade salsa—used some cilantro out of the garden. I made bread and I made softball cupcakes for dd game tomorrow night. She was supposed to have a game on her birthday last week but they moved it. So I a made the cupcakes in honor of her birthday.
Youngest dd and I cleaned out her room today. That took several hours. We got rid of 3 bags of clothes and lots of trash. She is an absolute hoarder. She saves scraps of paper, receipts, tags off of clothes, cards from friends. You name it, it is in there!!! She played the Jonas Bros. the entire time I was in there. So I think I am going to have the song “S.O.S.” in my head for the next three days!!
So, here it is 9:30 and another day, I didn’t exercise. 2 more days left of school. On Wed. I am exercising in the a.m.!! Mark my word. I will make time for myself some decade!!
134
Didn’t do too much damage at Morton’s!! I had only water. Ate very little bread. I had a salad, steak, crab, green, beans and key lime pie. I took at least half of everything home. Except the dessert!! LOL!!
Well, I am off to mow and burn some calories!! Dd has softball practice this afternoon. She has 2 more games and we have 2 more days of school. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnell!!
132
Hanging in there. Did my weights last night at 10pm!! We had ds playoff game then we stayed to watch another game and didn’t get home until after 9! So I got my workout in. Just wasn’t expecting it to be so late!!
Tonight, I have a hot date with my dh. He has a Morton’s steakhouse gift card he got for working insane overtime a few years ago. We have yet to use it. I am having a friend babysit and we are going out to eat. I am dreading it b/c I know the scale will be up again tomorrow. Even if I eat lite–which I think is impossible at a place like Morton’s, the salt intake kills me.
Well, I am off to instill another day of higher learning in my children!!