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Almost Gold

alittlelessme — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:58:27 +0000

I managed to eat very well yesterday in spite of the drama that is my life at the moment. I had an English Muffin for breakfast, a small salad with very little dressing for lunch, and grilled chicken and veggies for dinner. I cheated and had 2 hershey’s kisses as a snack because I had a headache of epic proportions. I also ran the stairs about 15 times doing laundry and sorting clothes for goodwill. I didn’t make the gym, but I figure carrying the 4 year old up and down the stairs because for some reason he forgot that he had legs (we had a mommy fit yesterday) counts for something.

Tomorrow is surgery day! OD is scared spitless. But as a reward for promising to not run down the hall screaming at the surgery center, DH/ best (step)dad in the world is letting her have an anole. It’s a lizard, or as I like to say, a snake with legs. So we went to the pet store to get all the junk for the lizard. Woooo flipping hooooo!

DH is a little clueless right now. He is being supportive of my weight loss, but a little clueless about life in general. His job is stressful right now. And him being a manager, he is trying to make sure his team is taken care of at his own expense. Admirable, but not so bright!

Anyway! Happy Birthday to losingcd! Year #40 will be awesome! Miss you tons!

Bye to all in blogland!

Back On Track (sort of)

alittlelessme — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:59:49 +0000

It was a weekend of “stuff to do”. I ate fairly well (grilled chicken and veggies, fruit, salad at one meal) and was pretty impressed that I managed to get to the gym Saturday morning. I did about 45 minutes on the treadmill at a speed of 4.0 and an incline of 5.5. Not too bad. Of course, my speed fluctuated a bit, but overall, it was pretty darn good for me! I also did a circuit on the machines. I can’t do as much as I would like due to my shoulder being a mess (hello second surgery sometime soon) due to breaking up a fight at my old high school. So while I’m struggling with the low weight on my left shoulder, my right feels like I’m doing nothing. But I’m persevering.

The oldest daughter is having her tonsils out Friday morning. Yuck! She’s less than pleased. She is terrified of doctors and needles and anything else medical related. So I’m anxiously awaiting the dose of “happy juice” that they will be giving her to relax. My son had his tonsils out about a month ago and the “happy juice” was a miracle. The boy had NO BONES! It was too funny! So, I’m trying to plan for healthy eating next weekend, but it will be tough since OD won’t want food other than chicken soup that Dad makes and maybe mac n cheese. Not exactly on my diet plan. My plan is to make her food and then make my meal. Sorta defeats the goal of teaching the kids to eat what I fix, but it has to happen this week.

On to family and friends, my best friend in the world is having true difficulties right now. She and her hubby are just hitting a rough patch and working through it will be tough. I’m trying to be supportive of both, as she said, I’m an equal opportunity a&% kicker. I tell her the hard stuff just as often as I do him. But sometimes, in the heat of the moment, you just can’t hear what the other person has to say. I didn’t say anything that was mean, but telling someone they are screwing up (and I did say this to my dear friend) is hard to hear. My heart goes out to both of them as well as their kids who know something is wrong and just want it to be fixed so they can get back to normal.

My DH and I had a fairly rough weekend. Neither of us did anything horrible, but lots of misunderstandings led to lots of stress and arguing. And, I admit (not proudly), that I get so frustrated that I just have to walk away. And if I don’t, I can get really angry and say things that I don’t mean. I know its something I need to work on, and I guess that is the first step. The stress of our friends is causing both of us to re-examine our relationship. We tend to take each other for granted because its just easy. So now we are trying to put more effort into our relationship and make time for us as a couple, not just as parents.

The First (of many) Setback

alittlelessme — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:19:17 +0000

So, here I am thinking I’ll get motivated and work out and do the right thing for my health and body and low and behold, the “Sick Fairy” moves into my house. In all of his infinite wisdom, my ex sent a letter to my 10 year old’s pulminary specialist saying that she doesn’t have asthma and basically I’m crazy. So to prove to him that she does need the meds, they decided to take her off of her medications. Well, 2 days off of the medicine, and she’s sick as a dog, can’t breathe and coughing like a barking seal. So instead of getting to work out, I got to spend the afternoon at the doctor’s office and schedule more tests for today. While at the hospital, they decide that K needs to have her tonsils out (next Friday), nothing like not waiting. She’s freaking out because she is terrified and my 4 year old boy is saying, “Sissy, don’t worry. They give you happy juice and you wake up and its all better!” Probably one of the cutest things I have seen, him trying to comfort his big sister.

Of course with all that going on, I didn’t really eat right, actually I didn’t eat much at all. Which doesn’t help my weight loss plans at all. However, I did manage to drink a ton of water yesterday. But on the upside, I did manage to take a few minutes to myself last night after the kids were in bed and just veg and read for a bit.Anyway, I’ll post if I manage a workout tonight! All depends on what Children’s hospital has to say today.

On the Way!

alittlelessme — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:43:33 +0000

Ok, so this is my new personal blog site. I’ve been working really hard at trying to lose weight and it’s been working. However, I don’t think stress and not eating are the way I need to do it. So my dear hubby and I joined the gym (which I started out going often – only to have life get in the way), and are trying to eat better. Hopefully this will be the start of a great journey to a little less me. This blog is going to be my way to get support, vent, celebrate and just generally keep motivated. Thanks to my dear friends cd and wvsooner for linking me to the Healthy You Challenge at href=”http://healthyyou.scalejunkie.com”>

Hello world!

alittlelessme — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:25:36 +0000

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