Biggest Loser is back!

I like Biggest Loser.  I find it very motivational.  I really am surprised that they voted Jen off when they should have voted off the big mouth that was slamming Jen for not having lost more.  Ah well....  Leaders and sheep.. that is what it is all about.

Anyway... I'm starting up my exercise program tomorrow.  Visiting Paul last weekend was a lot of fun, but it really messed up the dieting for me.

I am homeschooling my son now.  That takes a lot of my time.  Worth every minute, but still a big time stealer.  I'll get it together though.

Here's a quote that I found inspirational this morning:

" How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'."  Martin Luther

Second Week Weigh In

I am fighting a cold.  My head is all stuffed up.  I feel like crap.   And my weigh in this morning was not as great as I'd like it to be.   I believe my period is due any time, so I'm hoping that is part of the less than stellar performance of this week.  Although ... the back to back birthdays probably aren't helping either.

Anyway....  My weight this morning was: 220.4

I am up .7 from last week.  I am okay with this.  I have been doing well with the eating,so I am sure I will see changes in a week or so (depending on when TOM finally shows up).

Birthday Central

This part of September is always hard on me.  Kimberly, my middle child, was born on 15 September, and Kendra, my oldest, was born on 20 Sept.  So in the span of a week, we end up having two birthday cakes in our house.  This year is made slightly more hazardous in that we are going to spend next weekend down in Alabama with their dad and he has ordered a third cake for them to share. LOL.. it seemed like a good idea at the time.

This year Kendra turns eighteen.  I am the mother of an "adult".   How wierd does that feel?  Now, mind you.. I get to ignore this for several months since she doesn't graduate high school until this May.  I don't think you are really an adult until you are all through with your basic learning.  Still.... wow.. how the last 18 years have flown by!

 

What Happened to Yesterday?

I could have sworn I made an entry yesterday, but clearly I did not.  I guess it was a long day.

Kendra had an appointment with Dr. Cartwright up at Walter Reed AMC.  Dr. Cartwright is the current Pediatric Urologist Head at WRAMC.  I don't know how much I might have said about Kendra in the past, but she was born with bladder extrophy.... which means her bladder was incomplete, as was the closure of her abdomen.

Her first repair surgeries happened at 7 days old at WRAMC.  Kendra was born in Germany during our first tour there.  We had to be "medically evacuated" to the states because there were no doctors that could care for Kendra in Germany.  We've been blessed with a great deal of continuity in Kendra's care from the beginning.  Her first surgeon/urologist was a Dr. Skoog, and his intern, Dr. Peppas.  When Dr. Skoog retired, Dr. Peppas stepped up and continued to provide most of the care Kendra has needed from time to time.  Kendra has had several surgeries along the way.  Her final surgery was in 1998, when they augmented her bladder and created an abdominal stoma (opening) through which she does her catheterizing. 

The last few years we've been moved so often that we seem to never be with one specialist very long and we seem to end up teaching them all that we know about this affliction.  Anyway, now that we are back here, Kendra wants to see about making some modifications so that she feels less "obvious".   This doctor (who happens to be female) was fabulous!  She really sat and listened to what Kendra had to say and addressed so many of our concerns and hopes.  It was a great visit.. I can say that Kendra was moved to tears, the news was so good.

OMG... LMAO.. I am such a dork... you can't tell now, but I accidently deleted the whole above text.  I was sitting here pissed off at myself and my son wandered in and showed me how to get it back.  YEA MAC!!!!!!!!!  He's the hero of the day!

Anyway... diet wise things are still pretty good.  I did have three dunkin donut munchkins (those are the donut holes, right?) while we were up at WRAMC, but other than that.. I've been good.

No exercise yet this week though, other than the typical daily chore stuff.

Week 1 Weigh in

I Lost 4.3 pounds this week!

My kids have today off because elections for local offices are being held.  I'm hoping that today I will get more work done in the house, the boxes are starting to drive me nuts.

I am really excited how well everything is going on this diet.  I believe I am ready to have all this change happen.  I know the first 20 lbs will be easy to lose, it's going to be after that, that the true fight begins.  Still... for now I can take my success and keep running with it.

When it rains...

Well... as luck would have it, the meds Mac has been getting for his constipation kicked in this morning and he has had diarrhea all day.  The longest time frame between bathroom visits was an hour, until the last time .. which was at 1 pm.  So presumably, he's kind of caught up now.  Poor thing... no more drugs for him. Now we have to wait and see if the pain he's been having is relieved.

He wants to be homeschooled.  He says there are no problems going on at school, that he actually likes the school and has made a couple of friends.  But he says he just wants to be at home with me.  I think this is because his dad is gone.  He asked to be homeschooled when we were in Colorado as well. I think he feels a bit insecure when Paul is gone.

I've been looking at programs.  I am not sure which way I want to go.  I asked him to go back to school for this week and we could talk about it again next weekend.  If he still wants to homeschool, I think I am going to do it.  I love homeschooling them, and this would be the last year that I feel competent enough to do so.  Next year, he'll be in high school and all my opportunities to homeschool will be gone.

My diet has remained intact, even with all that has been going on the past seven days. I'm very proud of myself and I am looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow.

On a Roll

Well... this week the diet is going well.  I finally figured out how to hook up the DVD player and now I'm all set to start my workouts tomorrow.

The day got away from me today and even though I planned to make chicken, I ended up going to McDonald's after I did my shopping. I bought for the kids, but I did not buy me anything. 

Instead I came home and had one of my favorite meals.  I had two nutri grain waffles covered in strawberry white chocolate yogurt with a banana cut up on top.  Very good and very quick.

My first official weigh in is Tuesday and I think I'm doing really well so I am looking forward to that. :)