Still here
Okay - I haven't given up yet - I just have been really busy and really sick. On Friday morning I woke up feeling not so great as I did the Sara Ivanhoe 20 minute yoga makeover workout - weight loss. In fact I thought I would pass out. I kept telling myself I wasn't sick, and then I got sick. I took my oldest son to preschool and then came home with youngest son (who's illness had progressed to coming out the back end instead of the front end), and just about collapsed. Thankfully DS went to sleep and I did too, but when I woke up everything I ate came back up. I spent most of the rest of the day wishing I was dead.
Good thing - I hardly ate on Friday, but that bothers me becaues I really want to do this right. Saturday I was a little better, still some issues but I ate some things, ate near my points for the day because I ate some junk (I craved chips and dip - but I did well I only ate a serving of each), and I ate supper which was leftovers from two nights before, but I added more cheese because I craved it and it gave me more points. I wasn't much in the mood for veggies which was probably a good thing because I just had too much gas going on in my body as it was.
Sunday, I thought DS#2 was better, I got up worked out intending to do 2 miles of Leslie Sansone's new 5-mile advanced walk, but DS#2 was awake and I went and got him up. Fever was gone, but the diarrhea was worse, so he stayed home with Daddy and I met my parents and DS#1 at church. Nice church service, taught the middle schoolers class without DH which was interesting (I love the kids and they love to talk!) Went to lunch with Mom, Dad, and DS#1 at Ruby Tuesday's after church. I chose well - I got the turkey burger wrap and steamed broccoli on the side. It was pretty good, but I ate too much of it on my still not-sure stomach and felt really tired the rest of the day. Didn't eat anything else until I had some ice cream last night (again I craved it - I figure since I'm not eating all that much that anything I crave is good right now). Just slightly over points for the day, but I still have a bunch of flex points available for the week.
This morning I delayed my getting up because I wasn't going to work right away because I needed to see how DS#2 would be. I also still was having some issues. When he got up from his morning nap he was fine so I decided to try him at daycare and I packed my gym bag and headed to my new health club for the first time. What a blast - it was pretty empty at lunch time. Several people came and went and I met some nice ladies. I waited for someone to help show me the treadmill because I didn't want to mess anything up. I didn't even feel embarassed about asking for health. I love the heart rate monitor on the treadmill and let that guide me for today. I could have done more with my lung capacity because I didn't really feel winded at all, but I think I was doing all my legs could do - I really have to get use to the treadmill. It was fun. I did 40 minutes (30 minutes over 3.7 mph and 5 minutes warm-up and 5-minutes cool-down.) It came out to 2.25 miles which I was thrilled with. I know I will only get better. I do need to get a new walkman though, but I may just save my money and get an ipod shuffle - it seems to be everything I need (I just want it to work out with) and it's actually almost affordable.
So it's been a good day so far. I think I have eaten about 11 points for the day, but we have to eat out tonight before a meeting at church so I will be wise, but will try and get my points in. Definitely should be a loss tomorrow since my scale is saying about 5-7 lb loss due to the sickness. We'll see.