Mamatoni: How lucky your grandmother is to have a wonderful granddaughter like you to spend time with her when she is not doing well. The running and outdoor activities with your kids at the farm definitely sounds very fun! Don't worry about the scale...your body doesn't need reassurance from a scale to lose weight.
Hope you have a safe and drama free flight with the little ones!
Piggin: Yes, "pain" is definitely a nice way to describe her. LOL. Unfortunately, since I have 9 siblings (I'm #5) there is more than one of her in my family. She learned everything she knows from our older sister. But I usually do a pretty good job of ignoring the siblings who I affectionately call "black hole people." You know, they're the people who suck the energy right out of you and try to drag you down to their levels. After dealing with them my whole life I've become pretty much immune to the energy vampires.
As for the weight loss, you're right, nobody and nothing is going to get in my way this time around. I am such a stronger person mentally right now than I have ever been before in my entire life. Adversity definitely builds character.
I can definitely feel the excitement in your words when you said that yesterday you were perfect with your eating and exercise and that you sprang out of bed today!
Keep it up! It feels sooo good when I treat my body the way it wants to be treated...with respect! I always feel so good the next day too...it's like a chain reaction.
It's going to be another hot one here in Arizona today...110 degrees and windy. Tomorrow will be 99 and very windy, Thursday will be rainy with highs in the mid-80's. Kind of wacky but I will be welcoming the rain. It is so scarce and precious here in the desert.
Last night it was too hot to exercise outside and I was feeling kind of tired from the long day I had but since temps are going down I will definitely play tennis tomorrow. I haven't played in forever so I am excited!
Good luck to everybody this week!
ETA: Is anybody else participating in EZ's Memorial Day 5k this weekend? I signed up last month and almost forgot!
everyone. So sorry I've been AWOL, the last couple of days have been filled with moving, getting used to a new bus route, and worrying about bills. Needless to say, my eating has been horrendous and exercise is non-existant. 
I've been a bad girl and just when I tell myself that I will start fresh in the morning, TOM rears his ugly head! 
Azz. But, though my eating was still off, I got a little walking in today and drank all my water! Plus I resisted going to the store for ice cream and soda but I contribute that to my fear of the hallway outside my new apartment door.....it's creepy especially at night. 
to our newbies!
