Sick and Tired

No...really. I'm sick and tired! =D When we returned from Parris Island I was having back issues as a result of the hotel bed from hell which lasted about a week. The very day my back felt better I came down with the sickness crud that was plaguing the rest of my extended family. Between those two things I haven't graced the inside of either of my gyms in almost 2 weeks, though I did walk 5 miles last weekend before going straight back home and falling into bed for the rest of the weekend. The gym is on my "To Do" list for tomorrow but who knows if it will really and truly happen. Just being honest! While I do feel better today I also am simply exhausted. No big weekend plans so at this point my "plan" is to veg out, continue taking my meds, watch lots of sappy Lifetime movies, and throw in a little housework here and there since hubby has graciously done most everything during the last two week hurt/sick period. Lately I have been noticing that my body has kind of seemed to settled around the 137 area. I'm happy with that though prefer to be around 130ish. Now that the days are starting to get longer and I should be able to start walking more maybe I'll see that number again soon. If not, as long as I'm in the 130s then I'm okay with that. Lifestyle is good....I eat pretty healthy most of the time but do eat bad here and there, indulge in desserts in moderation, and I'm still maintaining. I think thats what its all about in the end.

Busy but Nice Weekend

The last week has been busy but enjoyable all around. Last week was my nephew's Marine boot camp graduation at Parris Island, SC. The day before we were to leave, my hubby called me at work to say his work had cancelled his vacation and he wouldn't be able to join us on the trip to SC. I was mad!!! The idea of cancelling it was bad enough, but to wait until the day before! Just made me want to beat someone! lol The girls and I instead joined my parents for the 7 hour drive. We arrived at 1am on Thu. morning and got very little sleep before getting up and heading to the base for Family Day. My "very little sleep" was probably only 30 minutes or so because my daughter had a horrible cough that no meds were quieting! Ugh! Nothing worse than being exhausted and confined to a hotel room with a coughing child who's had all the meds you can give her and they still aren't working. Well, actually, there really is "worse" but at the time it sure didn't feel like it. Family Day was wonderful. My nephew looked awesome!

We spent the whole day with him on base having lunch, shopping for all sorts of "my nephew/son/grandson/brother/cousin is a Marine" shirts at the Exchange, visiting the museum, checking out his barracks, and just enjoying finally being able to see him after 3 months apart. The hours passed liked minutes and before long it was time to say goodbye for the day, but not before we took more pics!

The next morning we were back at Parris Island bright and early for his official graduation! He had done awesome and was the high shooter for his platoon. They asked him if he wanted to go to sniper school but he turned down the offer. His heart is into working on vehicles and he didn't want to do something else. After the ceremony and a quick lunch, we headed back home. Long drive but I was so glad to be back with my hubby that night. We had a wonderful Valentines Day where he spoiled me as always, and a nice cookout for my nephew yesterday. I pretty much ate what I wanted to during the last week and the scales have reflected that, but thats okay. I know what to do now so its back to the grind! Hope each of you had a wonderful weekend too.

Michael I love you dearly and I am soooooo very proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Light Bulb Moment

A couple of months ago while blogging about having a day or two where I'd been constantly hungry and ready to eat anything in sight, I wondered if it might possibly have something to do with TOM. I had planned to notice the following month to see if there was a pattern I'd just never paid attention to before. Well, the following month when my visitor came, I was on vacation and pretty much not eating all that great anyway. No answer. Well, yesterday I was again having one of those days. I did pretty good all day (except for a piece of Bavarian Creme King Cake my co-worker brought back from her Louisiana trip over the weekend...BAD BAD Co-Worker!! lol), ate a nice healthy supper hubby had lovingly prepared. And then disaster struck. It started with the Dove chocolate bar he brought me from the store. Not bad in itself, 200 calories, so definitely do-able. But then, I was still hungry and had some Honey BBQ chicken bites, a granola bar, a peanut butter sandwich, and a few chips among other odds and ends. Finally he walked past me, saw me with the chips, said "NO WAY" and took them bye-bye. As he did it he said I'm doing what you told me to do. GO GARY!! With that little slap on the hand, my food-fest was over. Thank God! Too bad I didn't go get him earlier. lol Oh well, the damage was done, I felt pretty miserable, time to move on. All this is to say, this morning, TOM came and wah-lah...I have my answer. I now fully realize that these urges to eat, eat, eat are occuring during this time period. Next month I am going to try to not only recognize it for what it is (hormones and all that crap), but try to STOP it in its tracks. Eating just because of THAT is certainly NO real reason to eat. No clue how but the scales were not as merciless as I expected this morning. Today is a new day and I am back on target...I also got to start my new work hours today so I'll be getting off at 4:30 rather than 6pm each day. This will give me time to go home and walk like I used to which I'm really excited about!