Week 14

It's been a couple weeks since I've posted anything here but it's not that I've totally fallen off the wagon. :-) It's just been a crazy couple weeks. Last weekend was a big Spring Cleaning weekend and by the time I got done at the end of the day I simply had no energy left....not even for something as simple as typing. Yep, I was tired~!!!!

Last week I did have a 3 lbs loss and I was very excited! That's a total of 27.8 lbs so far.

This weekend has been restrained to a more manageable pace for which I'm very thankful. Yesterday morning Lori and I had breakfast with my sister-in-law Sue and my niece and nephew, Hillary and Sammy, before heading to Seth & Laura's house (nephew & fiance) for a little painting party. Aside from trying to get the house ready for her to move in after the wedding, she is trying to get as much done as possible before he sister comes to visit in a couple weeks. We were only able to stay for a few hours but even during that time, I think quite a bit was accomplished. It's an adorable house and they have chosen really wonderful colors for the whole house.

Once home we went to work in the backyard on the pool. Thankfully it wasn't raining so I took a turn dipping leaves off the tarp so we don't have to go fishing for them later. Between all the hours Lori spent dipping leaves last weekend and my couple hours yesterday.....we are almost there. And that's a good thing because we only have a couple more weeks before the pool guy will arrive to open the pool for the season. Yeah!! Yes I know it may seem like the second week of May is a bit early for pool opening but we decided we really wanted it in shape by Memorial Day Weekend just in case we get a nice weekend. Not to mention that it will take some time to get the water's balance right AND get the water heated to the right level.

Then I headed to my chair and sat........yup, just SAT!!!! Sheesh, that was nice! Last week was a really brutal week and a little down time was really in order.

Confession: Did not eat very well last week and I'm a little scared how the scale will reflect those choices. It wasn't all bad. Several lunches I had a deli sandwich (oops! with chips) and I had a couple fast food dinners and then Friday was my team's going away (pizza) party for our contractor Xong. Oh and breakfasts for the week consisted of donuts and milk. OK I stand corrected....IT REALLY WAS ALL BAD!!!!! I mean, since I was in class for 3 days, I didn't even get to walk on breaks and lunches. Yep, it was really all bad!

Boy when you see it all written down like that it makes more sense why I so feel like crap!!!

I was chatting with Lori last night about what a tough week it was and I'm wondering how much of it was related to my eating. The Zone would say you should balance each meal because it balances your hormone levels and in turn protects against huge swings in mood and energy level. And boy did I have some mood and energy swings. Hmm!

Well, I'm back on plan now and tomorrow morning we'll see how much I'll end up paying for last week on the scale.


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