Morning
Karen - I can relate to your weight yo-yo so much - especially the moving part! I was doing great on my plan too until we decided to move - then there was literally no time! We were either packing, cleaning, showing or just never in the house due to high interest. Then once we did finally move, the unpacking began -ugh! Everything at that point just seemed so overwhelming and the exercize just got lower and lower on the ladder. So after gaining all the lost weight back and loving myself for it (not!), it finally got to the point where I couldn't stand it anymore and I started back up again.
When I really stop and think about it I get angry with myself because I don't understand WHY I waited so long to get back into shape. I wouldn't tolerate the excuses from anyone else so why did I allow myself to make so many for so long? I still don't know the answer to that one... The good news is though that now I'm up and moving again and so are you so congrats and best of luck to you!
Spryng - as for the doo-doo dilemma, the only thing I can suggest is to be as patient and nonchalant about the whole thing as possible BUT watch for the "signs". I know that's much easier said than done! But from experience, believe me it is much better to observe their "tendancies" and get them there a little late than to wait for them to tell you.
My oldest daughter never wanted to stop what she was doing and she would hold it and then have a hard time passing. We actually had to take her to the doctor and give her mineral oil and lots of fiber everyday - and it was still a difficult passing. I blame myself because I realized later that she would kind of *disappear* when she had to go. If I would have noticed earlier she may not have had to go through that rough stage
. So I hope this helps you a little bit at least - no pressure, just observation.
I have to tell you all quickly that last night we had a bit of a scare here. I had just finished doing my excersizes (around 9:30) and I heard and felt this huge BOOM! The house literally vibrated and I didn't know if it had come from outside or upstairs (where the girls were sleeping). My dh was in the basement on the phone and heard something but thought it was just me working out (nice huh - I'm not that heavy!
) so he didn't worry about it. I, on the other hand, ran up the stairs and found my youngest had fallen out of bed. I worried that she had fallen on her head because it was so loud and she was crying and disoriented and then I realized that her neck was really flush. I took her temp and she didn't have a fever but she was complaining that she was "all itchy". I took off her nightgown and she was covered in hives!
Ok, so at this point I'm kinda freaking out inside because I'm trying to remember everything that she had eaten or been in contact with today and my dh is still downstairs on the phone completely unaware that any of this is going on. Not to mention that she also had made a huge #2 mess (liquid) in her pants and she needed to get cleaned up and into the tub.
So, to make my quick story quick, we *think* that it could have been either the fishsticks or the raspberry yogurt that she had for dinner that caused the reaction. She's had fishsticks many times before but not for a long time and as for the yogurt, I can't remember the last time she had raspberry but I want to say she's had that before too. She's fine this morning and acts as if nothing happened last night; but I'm still curious to know what caused the hives. As mean as it sounds, I almost want her to have both separately just so I can see if it was either so I know to have her avoid them in the future. Does this sound terrible? I hope not.
Anyway, I'd better go, the girls keep asking me when we're going to play school and I keep saying "as soon as I finish this post" and they've asked me about 10 times a piece. It's always nice when the youngest does everything the oldest does just to be exactly like her
. See you all later and have a great day!