The Weight of My Weight

It started off with me in bed and Mike saying….. “Goodbye, Have a nice day, I love you”, just like he does every morning somewhere between 4:30 and 5:30 am. Then he followed it with…. “Is today our anniversary?” to which I replied “Yes” to which he replied “I forgot to get a card” to which I replied “It’s okay” I didn’t tell him his card was signed and sealed, but I forgot to put it by his phone so he would see it, like I usually do. I mean, I didn’t want the guy to feel bad. He told me two days prior that he had a gift in mind for me. Actually, I’m the one that feels bad, because I hadn’t really thought completely through a gift for him this year, but I did have plans to purchase something “Ivory” sometime during the day, because when I Googled […]

Tess did her final “Packing” job and pulled out of the drive way with her Texas plates Tuesday afternoon. I made her pose for “blogging ” purposes…… She loves the camera, so no biggie….. Then she really left. I cried. She cried before she left. We’re just criers. I know we will both be fine. I really can’t believe how she talked about moving away when she was a kid, and how “reality” has kicked in. But I am so happy that she does have a job that will allow her to come home as often as she wants, and also allow me to visit her fairly frequently. We really did get the best of both worlds!! Monday I walked 6 miles outside and I could really feel it in my butt and hips on Tuesday, but I headed out yesterday afternoon for another long walk, getting in 5 miles […]

Since spending two days on the road to Dallas and back, I have no idea what day of the week it is, and at any given time, I actually have no idea what time it is. Saturday, Tess and I had planned to sleep in, then sip coffee and get all caught up on our shows that had been DVR’d, and that’s exactly what we did. That night was a Cinco De Mayo party that some friends of ours do each year, and we rested up just enough that we were ready to get out and socialize. (The food is always amazing and this is a great group of fun folks, so you really DON’T want to miss out on the fun!) As expected, we had a blast chatting, laughing, eating and dancing! (Beverages included!) The lovely Host and Hostess! Stupid fun…… A bunch of pretty ladies…… A couple of […]

Eighteen of those forty-two hours were spent in the car driving over 1000 miles to Dallas, then back to Kansas City. On Wednesday, Tess and I picked up the U-Haul and I nervously (I’VE NEVER PULLED ANYTHING! But admittedly, growing up with a dad and a brother that love trucks and toys and “hauling” things, a part of me was excited for the challenge) drove it back to the house to load up. I was ready to make a tally of the curbs I would jump on the drive home. I didn’t hit even one curb. I was super impressed with myself, but all I could really think about was the drive to Dallas we had to make on Thursday, which would now take about 10 hours, instead of 8 hours, because we were informed by U-Haul that we really should not drive over 60 mph, to prevent any fish […]

It felt great to walk outside on the neighborhood path! There was a family of turtles ALL OVER THIS LOG! Tess is home for a final “packing” and her and I leave Thursday morning for the drive to Dallas. After my walk, we (including the dogs) enjoyed a little relaxing time outside instead of packing. Who wants to be INSIDE?? Then I remembered I bought a Hammock! Urg….why all the pieces?? It’s okay. I got this. Or do I? Yip. Ta Da! Dork. It was super cozy. I actually did get to lay in it too. 🙂 Would you look at that view? I am very pleased with my gift to myself. It was a successful water drinking, food eating and exercising day! I just stepped on the scale, and it looks as though the 100 minute walk on Monday, the walk yesterday, all the water I have consumed, and […]

My blog won’t post with pictures today, and I really liked my post for the day and the pictures were great! Hopefully I can get the kinks worked out. I stepped on the scale this morning, and it looks as though the 100 minute walk on Monday, the 60 minute walk outside yesterday, all the water I have consumed, and YES, most likely the fruits and veggies I have consumed, have helped me reach my goal of 164.0 by this Friday! Today’s weight?163.4! Super excited! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

So this whole 164 something has me all wigged out now because if things would have KEPT going the way that they WERE going, I should be sitting here at 163 something, not 165 something. Urg. I really have high hopes of being at 160.0 by May 31st because that will give me an entire THREE months (13 weeks) to lose the last 10 pounds, and the last ten pounds are kind of freaking me out anyhow. It is my goal to be at 150.0 by August 31st. I am realizing that I have a lot of obstacles to face during the month of May, and I really don’t want to turn them into excuses for not reaching my goals. Here…..let me tell you about them. 1. A road trip to and from Dallas to move Tess. I can plan snacks and we can NOT go out on the town […]

Random Thought #1 I can’t be the only one that says this to my husband….. “Whatcha thinkin?” And he responds with…… “Nothin.” Rarely does he say to me…….. “Whatcha thinkin?” But yesterday, driving home from brunch, he did. I replied with…… “Helmets.” To which he replied….. “Huh?” To which I replied with….. “We’ll, that guy that just went flying by us on his motorcycle wasn’t wearing a helmet, and as much as I get how freeing that feels and love riding a motorcycle, it just doesn’t seem like a good idea. He really should be wearing a helmet. But then I saw that guy over there in that convertible and I thought, well, if he gets into a bad accident, he could really hurt his head, even if he is wearing a seatbelt, which motorcycles don’t have (do sidecars?). So, should it be a law to wear a helmet if […]

I can never remember if you’re supposed to eat healthy 80% of the time and treat yourself 20% of the time, or eat healthy 90% of the time and treat yourself 10% of the time, but I’m pretty sure one of those is a rule. I’m not sure where I fall in my percentages, but I do know that I have had a consecutive weight loss for the last four weeks, and I have not felt deprived of anything. I also know that I have worked hard at my exercise, worked hard at trying to get in all of my water, and worked hard at eating a combination of the right foods. So I would say that I fall into those percentages somewhere maybe in the middle. I am trying to pay more attention to my cravings, and I do think the piece of cake and the two cookies I […]

……I was so wrapped up in my reflections post yesterday that I forgot to brag about my treadmill activity the last couple of days. Since I was so sluggish on Monday and did NO exercise at all, I felt I needed to spend the next few days making up for what I missed on Monday. So Tuesday when I got on the treadmill to do my hour at 7%, I started running (jogging) instead. I don’t feel like I really go fast enough to call it running. I kept my speed at 4mph and 5mph, taking a 1 minute walk break at 4mph about every 7 minutes. I felt great when I was done. Yesterday, I walked for 80 minutes total. I did 50 minutes at a 7% incline, then I did 30 minutes running/walking at 0% incline. Today I plan to do something similar for a minimum of an […]