Hello ladies!
Sorry for being AWOL for so long. I had good intentions of my week being less hectic last week but I was being naïve. Life will slow down sometime soon; it has to!
The dog and I started obedience training again. We are repeating the class we took last fall as reinforcement and prepare for the next levels. The dog was insane because of all the other dogs and wanting to play with them all. Except that he has about a 100 pounds on almost all of them. I'd finally get him all settled down and a Corgi would growl and snap at him and we'd start all over. I was frazzled by the time class was over.
Thank goodness for brothers. My oldest brother came by with a friend Saturday and they came with chain saws. We got the front trees trimmed and the debris stacked up. One tree is a locust thorn! Those thorns are like big nails. My other brother came on Sunday and we worked on the back yard. I feel like I made 400 trips dragging debris to the curb. That had to have burned several points. And to top all that off, I'll have to rake the whole yard before we can mow in the spring. More points to burn.
I had a great food week going until Friday (Taco Bell), Saturday lunch at work (2 slices pizza) and Saturday night at MIL's (KFC). I was just hungry. Oh, and as if that wasn't bad enough, I attacked a bag of snickers Sunday afternoon. I was really hungry.
Ladies, I think I'm going to jump off the deep-end. I was out browsing the American Diabetes website today and saw that they have a fund-raising bike ride. It is June 23, 2002. I think its about 40 miles. I told DH today that I am going to sign-up. I have four months to get in bike riding shape. Several years ago, I rode a 100 miles in 8 hours and weighed 225. I have to do something to "up the ante" so to speak so that I get off this dang plateauing.
A little catching up:
Gina - Looks like you had a rough weekend foodwise too. That's my downfall time. I'm cheering you on with the treadmill. Keep it up and soon you'll be speeding up and for longer distances. You'll be surprised at how quickly that will come. I too have trouble with trying to walk fast on the treadmill. I can do better outside but it doesn't feel like a natural gait.
Akasha - Belated happy birthday! Hang in there and don't let the dumps defeat you. You'll find your groove. We're all here to help.
Bunny - Okay, so it was a rough weekend for just about everyone. Hope you're mobile again. I went shopping at Dillard's sale again. I bought a beautiful Elisabeth purple shirt. I'm addicted now! Wow, breakfast in bed. My DH would think something was up if I did that!!
Teaki - I agree with everyone else; keep on posting even when you're struggling. Sometimes just writing it all out to share makes a big difference in getting back on track.
Linda - That hot spinach dip is a killer (tastewise!). Don't beat yourself up about the exercise either. I'll be sending positive vibes your way. Wow, spring blossoms already. I can't wait!!
Hope I didn't miss anyone. I must get myself headed towards work. Ladies, have a great day. Be strong!! Remember, how good thin will feel; much better than the junk food now.