Hey everyone. Forgot to check in yesterday (kind of a crazy last day of the work week thing).
Good news first. I WI yesterday and was down 5.5 lbs since Monday! OMG! I was so excited. I knew I had lost b/c I've been very careful since Monday, but I was really psyched to see it show up so well on the scale. I'll go again tomorrow AM and if I lose again I win a week and if I buy drinks I win 1 more week. So, I'll have 2 more weeks to add to my program which will get me to the end of July (July 29 to be exact). I only have 11.5 lbs to lose for my new MRC goal of 125 and I think I'd like to get to 120, so that's still only 16.5 lbs. I'm excited to be back on track and feeling a bit better.
For those who are in stabilization already..Are your bodies looking how you'd like them to? I'm only 16 lbs from my lowest goal and my belly (lower and upper) are still very rolly-polly. I'm really worried that even after the next 16 lbs I'll still have these rolls. I know I need to work out and I HAVE been exercising more, but how do I get rid of these rolls? It's bad enough that I have the battle scars from pregnancy (stretch marks), but I have the rolls that make the stretch marks look all the worse, plus my upper/inner thighs are still really flabby too. Suggestions, anyone??? PLEASE!!!
Now a little insight on my work stresses for those that are interested. My husband and I own our own business. It relies mainly on residential building and construction in general. Therefore, things are VERY slow. We're down from 15 employees to 9 and that includes me, dh and the other woman in the office who is very part-time. I know someone mentioned how there is only so much you can do about work and you can't stress over it too much and I completely agree with that. However, in my case (and probably others here) it's a little easier said than done b/c we're not only responsible for ourselves and OUR families' livelihood, we're also responsible for several others who've worked for this company for years. Of course I can't stress every day over what the employees will do if something happens to our business, but it's hard not to think about stuff like that when things are so slow and there's no end in sight. That's why I've been so stressed lately. I think that's my sngle biggest stressor. My children are a handful, don't get me wrong b/c there are days I can't bear them b/c it's so hard, but work and our business possibly failing is what keeps me up at night sometimes.
Thank you all for your kind words after my post on Monday. Thanks to those who PMd me (sorry I didn't get back to you personally yet) and for those that posted suggestions. I REALLY appreciate everything!!
Hope everyone had a great 4th. I'm drinking some diet tea b/c I haven't had a good "movement" in several days and need to make sure I get one before WI tomorrow
. Even taken 3 flax and 4 internal cleanser at bedtime did NOTHING for my bowels! I know, WAY TMI, but I need to go darnit! UGH!