It’s all up to me

Current weight: 232 (+3)

I don’t know how I functioned during the time that Kyle was only sleeping 2 hours a day. Last night I was up from about 11:00 until 4:30 b/c my older son was sick. He went to the bathroom several times and threw up twice. Finally at 4:30 everything was out of his tummy and he slept peacefully until about 8:30. Of course, kids bounce back and he was off to t-ball and then to the amusement park w/his grandparents. I, however, have been dragging all day. Fortunately Monday is a rest day on my program (Chalean Extreme, otherwise known as CE) and although I had planned to go to the gym and do some cardio I decided to skip everything. Eventually, though, I was hauling landscaping bricks in a wheelbarrow for about 30 minutes up our hill to the backyard.

I did well w/food all day b/c I was so busy but once evening hit the fatigue won. I could have eaten something healthy w/o a lot of work but gave into my desire for quick sugar and caffeine. It was a deliberate choice but I hate the fact that I made it. Plus, on the way to picking up our food I hit a gas station to pick up some candy. I bought so much that the lady asked a question that basically implied that I was buying for a bunch of kids at home. Granted, I did pick up 1 or 2 things for my hubby but the rest was for me. How humiliating

Fortunately our night nurse saw what a tough night I had and volunteered to work again tonight. Our older son is w/grandparents for the next few days so I know he won’t be keeping me up tonight and I don’t have to get up to take care of Kyle until 5:45. My hubby has promised to be up by 7:30 so I can workout and get the day started on a healthy note.

I just have to brag about my hubby for a minute. I so lucked out when I married him. As you know, we have been getting our house ready to sell and our deck needed to be replaced. We had a guy give an estimate, expecting that it would be about $600-800 and he said $1700. Our contractor even said that it was way too high. My hubby decided to do it on his own and it’s going to cost under $200. The deck was sinking in toward our house b/c the previous owner didn’t build it right and my hubby figured out how to lift it up using a car jack and supporting it w/landscaping bricks. It’s actually sturdier than most new decks but he’s so creative. We will both be glad when all of this work is done.

Progress toward workout goal: 48/300