I went to my meeting tonight, and I was up again. I'm up a total of 3 lbs from my last weigh in before vacation. It's not too bad, but I'm finding it very hard to get motivated to get back on track. I've been home almost two weeks, and I still feel the urge to stay on the junk food band wagon. I've been falling to the urges a little too often. Oh well, I'm going to work really hard this week to see if I can get back to where I was pre-vacation.
Ryan is sick, he's got a runny nose and threw up on me and himself this morning. What's worse is that he did in public. :) Yay ! <sarcasm>
Anyway, not too much else to say at this point, I've been missing my blog, and my scale shows it. I know when I'm on here everyday, I do so much better, so why don't I make it a habit? I don't know, but I'm going to try again. I go back to work in 2 months and I want to be in ONEderland at least!
Well I'll end this ramble here, and hopefully get caught up with all of you tomorrow.
So, I'm in the midst of catching up with everyone. I'm trying just get caught up at this point, so I'm not really making alot of comments. But I do want to say congratulations to Tatum's Mom for reaching ONEderland! You go girl!
I'm heading off to a BBQ once hubby gets home from work tonight. I've eaten well so far all day, and my water intake has been great too. I'm hoping to keep things in control tonight. I think we might even arrive late, after the eating's done, and miss out on temptation.
This morning, I went through all of Ryan's clothes organizing them into what fits and what doesn't. That took over an hour. All of my friends gave me clothes for him, and I've got them organized into storage boxes for the different age groups. The smallest group is coming up (18 months). He's almost 10 months but is just getting into the 12 months clothing now. I'm going to have to make some more purchases to round that size out, he's only got one pair of pyjamas in that size. It's been great so far, I've hardly had to buy any clothes at all.
Also today I went through my hubby's side of the bedroom, and organized all of his clothes. Including throwing a few items out, but I don't think he'll notice. He hasn't worn them in years.
Ooooh, I almost forgot, hubby got me a present while I was away. I came home to a new (to me) jogging stroller! You know those ones with three wheels, really rugged tires and brakes on the handlebar. I tried it out that night, we went for a walk, and it was really great. I'm going to have to get used to the handling though. It doesn't take corners as well as my old one. It's great timing too, because the basket at the bottom of my current (also second hand) stroller has started to rip.
So I've been incommunicado for a couple of weeks, but I really enjoyed my vacation. I visited Calgary, Banff, Jasper, Edmonton and finally Fort McMurray. Alberta is really beautiful this time of year. We got the summer warmth, and the start of the fall colours too. We had great weather, with only one day of rain, which we spent in the West Edmonton mall anyway. :P
So you haven't heard from me in a while, and in this case, no news was bad news. I gained during my vacation, but I'm hoping I can get back under control before my weigh in. I was up by 10 lbs when I first weighed in when I got home, but I'm down 3 lbs since then, so I'm hoping a little more of it will melt off. I think alot of it is due to salt, and carbs, with a dash of water retention to boot. I knew there was no way I gained 10 lbs in 2 weeks!
I'm back on track though, and I went shopping yesterday to re-stock the house with skim milk, fresh fruit and veggies, among other things. We'll see what Monday brings...
I'll have to see whether I can get caught up on your blogs tonight, or if I'll need a couple days. :)
So I'm off for vacation tomorrow. My brother has a laptop, but I won't count on getting access while I'm gone. I won't be back until the 18th, so don't expect to hear from me until then. :)
My goal for this vacation is to maintain. We should be on the road for about 6 days, and then at my dad's for another 4. I think my first stop when I get there will be a grocery store so we can get healthy snack stuff for our road trip. I'm really looking forward to it. My brother and I "car dance". It's a phrase I coined to describe the weird stuff we do, when a good song comes on the radio. Sometimes I wonder what other people must think of us. :) Anyway, it's been a while since I car-danced, my husband won't deign to join in with me. :P He's got two left feet but car dancing does not require getting off your ass. :) I will be starting my son's first car-dancing lessons while we're gone...and hubby can't stop me! Mwah ha ha ha ha!
Ahem, anyway, ummm yeah, I'm not really as weird as this makes me sound. :) I still have a ton of stuff to do tomorrow, including pack.Laundry should be done tonight. I also told hubby I'd make a roast for him tomorrow, so he'd have some easy meals while I'm gone. He'll probably be working the entire time I'm gone, without any days off. Today was his first day off in 2 weeks. :( My flight is at 6:20 pm, which is good, cause I am sooo not a morning person. :)
So, due to the holiday we didn't have a meeting this week, and again no weigh in. I did unofficially weigh myself tonight and I was at around the same weight, 205. It's going to be a while until I can do an "official weigh in" anyway. I won't be able to make it to another meeting until Sept 24th.
I'm going on a vacation of sorts on Saturday for 10 days. My son and I are flying out to Alberta to visit my Dad and brother. My brother is picking me up at the airport in Calgary, then we're doing a tour of the province and ending up in Fort McMurray to visit my father and step-mother. Then I fly home directly from there. I'm not sure how wise this is going to end up being. The longest road trip I've done with my son so far has been the 6 hours to Ottawa, and we had to stop pretty often for feedings and changings. He was also pretty small then. Now he's on the verge of walking and I'm not sure how he'll take being cramped in a car all day. I guess we'll see when we get there! :)
Anyway, I'm excited because my father hasn't had a chance to meet his grandson yet. The last time he came to visit was at my wedding. He's seen lots of pictures though. The wonders of the internet!
Also, also, also... (can you tell I'm excited?) I wore a pair of size 12 Levi's today!!!!! I bought them yesterday. I went to the Value Village annual 50% off sale (Can you say insanely busy?!?) and found a pair on the racks, and bought them without trying them on, as goal jeans. They were only $5.00 and looked great. I did the length test against my leg (sometimes jeans can be short on me) and just bought them. So, today I tried them on, got them over my ass and hips and even managed to get the zipper and button done up. Now I'm not saying I looked good. :P They are WAY too tight on me, and I spill over the top like an exploding jumbo muffin top, but I did get them done up. Now my goal for my goal jeans, is for them to actually look good. :)
So the past few days have been challenging. I've been sooooo tempted lately to eat everything in sight. I think it's because my son and I have been pretty much stuck at home most of the week. We went to the movies on Tuesday, and saw the Nanny Diaries, and we went to the Doctor's today. All the things we normally go to, are canceled for this week and next. They're all having a break before school starts. We normally go to the library for story time, etc... and to the Early Years Centre for Mother Goose, etc..., throw in the park and a couple of walks, and I have somewhere to take him pretty much everyday. He gets all whiny when he's stuck with boring old mom all day. :P
Anyway, tomorrow is a new day, so I'm hoping to start fresh again. :)
Another week is gone! I keep saying to myself that I'm going to post on here everyday, and then life gets in the way!
So, I went to my meeting last night. I was dreading it, I was convinced I would be up. My best friend stayed over for two nights, and we both just used the girls night thing as an excuse to do whatever we wanted. We rented movies, ate chips and ice cream and drank. I had a bottle of wine to myself the first night :) Hubby and son were here too, but after my son went to bed at night, we had grown up time. :)
So, needless to say the carbs, salt and alcohol I had, affected my weight negatively. Worse than that, after two days of gluttonous fun I found it REALLY hard to get back on track. My body wanted that junk so bad. It was like I had gotten my body high, and now it was jonesin' for some more. Well yesterday was good, I managed through sheer willpower, lots of water, and two walks to get my weight back near normal. At one point I stepped on the scale and I was back up to 211lbs! so by last night when I stepped on the scale and had managed to get it back down around 206-207, I figured I could show myself without too much shame. (my weight last week was 205.8) I step on the scale at the meeting, and it showed a loss! I was at 205.4! I guess now I know not to trust my scale at home too much.
So that's my news for today's blog. I'm down 0.4 lbs and junk food is addictive! As if we didn't already know :P
So I've officially caught up with everyone's blogs, and I've done a little house cleaning. Usually what I tend to do, is to add the blogs that I'm interested in or want to keep up with, to my friends list. So today I went through and anyone that hasn't updated their blogs in the last month I removed from my list. I also added a whole bunch of new people too! :)
I have a lot of stress going on in my life right now, mostly financial. I still haven't figured out how the hell I'm going to pay for childcare when I go back to work in December. I need to win the lottery!
So I went to my weigh in tonight and I'm down 2.2 lbs. Onederland is getting closer! I also got a prize for losing 5 weeks in a row, as well as being the biggest loser for July in my weight class. (200-249 lbs)
So to round things out I also did my measurements last night, and I'm down some more there. I've been using the body log here on EP. Since January Ive lost 17 inches total! Including, and this was shocking, an inch from my neck!
I'm into my size 14 Jeans now, and my size 16's are starting to feel lose. AND I can even take off my size 18 capris without undoing the zipper or button! :)
Ah, cheesecake, that vile temptress. She has been singing her siren song to me for the last two days. Hubby and I watched Take Home Chef the other night, and they made this chocolate cheesecake that looked absolutely divine. I've been thinking about it ever since. So today, my husband said he was running across the street to the convenience store, and he asked me if I wanted anything. Jokingly, I said chocolate cheesecake (they don't sell that there, it's just a small store). Anyway, he comes back 15 minutes later having taken my car and gone to the grocery store with an in-house bakery, and has brought back a chocolate cheesecake. I've eaten 1 and a half pieces today, and hubby has eaten 2. He had cravings from the show as well apparently. :P
Anyway, that has totally ruined my diet for the day, but other than that I have been doing great since my last blog entry. I am confident I will be down on my weigh in on Monday. The only thing I'm not sure is how much I will be down. I'm thinking between 2-4 lbs.
Now, I've just got to get my hubby to eat the rest of the cake. I'm not tempted anymore now that I've fed my craving, but who knows how I'll feel in a day or two.
