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Eileen - Day #309 - Sunday
 Daily intake goals::  < 35g carbs / < 1700 calories / > 64+ oz. water
Exercise yesterday::  60 min. tennis + 60 min. baseball + 30 min. swimming
Net carb grams yesterday:  32.8      Calories:  1087
Weight today:  235.4     Change:  +-0.0    Total weight loss:  -49.8
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Part 2 of my Amazing Mother’s Day Weekend was just as amazing as Part 1!

I woke up around 9 this morning and my boys had already gone down to the free breakfast buffet in the lobby.  I got dressed and joined them and they both had the same reaction when they saw me.  “We were going to bring you breakfast in bed!”  Oops.  But we ate breakfast together - just the three of us - and that was nice.  We brought Hubby (who was up by the time we got back) a plate of food and a cup of coffee, so he was happy too.

We played tennis in the little cage that they called a tennis court.  We didn’t have a net (the lady at the front desk said she’d send someone out to put the net up for us but no one ever showed up) but we didn’t care, we weren’t exactly playing a championship game anyway.  Our only goals were to hit the ball back and forth and get a bit of exercise in at the same time.  It was kind of a different game - a game of control and precision because we were all trying not to hit the balls too hard.  It was fun though!

The best part was that Hubby and I had dressed in our bathing suits (mine under my clothes) so we could walk directly from the tennis court to the pool.  Our bodies were hot from the exertion in the sun so the pool felt really cold!!  But very refreshing!  We stayed in for about 40 minutes, then laid on deck chaises and watched the boys ride each other’s shoulders in the pool.  It was quiet and idyllic and I wished we could stay there for a week!  But we had to check out at 1:00, so eventually we had to get moving.

Eric wanted to pay for my lunch so it was up to me where we were going to go.  I chose Friday’s which was just a couple miles down the road.  We played cards and had a very nice time.  I had grilled chicken and broccoli, it was delicious.

Then we went to visit my mom - and my daughter, who lives with my mom.  *Sigh*  The dynamics between us as a family are so different with my daughter in the mix.  It’s really sad that it has to be the way it is but I have given up on trying to “fix” it.  My daughter has a different way of thinking, reacting, and interacting and her need for drama is exhausting, even for short periods of time.  We only stayed an hour and both of her brothers were itching to go long before we left.  They know better than to engage their sister and they do a LOT of “biting their tongues” when they are around her.  Regardless of whether it was Mother’s Day or not - or maybe it was because of it - she singled me out for some nasty comments and it was very hard for them to not come to my defense.  But as I said, they know better.  The drama that would have ensued would not have been worth it - and it would have created even more tension for the two mothers on their day.   Anyway, it was nice to see my mom.

After we left there, Hubby and the boys and I went to the same churchyard we went to on Easter and played four-square again for an hour.  It was a hoot!

I stayed on-plan with food for the whole weekend AND got in more than four hours of exercise!  (And I’m not even counting the swimming, since that was all done pretty leisurely.)  Woohooo that’s six stars in two days!!  =D

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