Alas! I am going to sit here for 10 minutes and just write and see what ends up on the paper and publish it! Life has been busy and when I finally find enough quiet, non hectic time to right, I'm exhaused and just want to sleep and so that's what I do. So here I am, hoping I can have 10 quiet minutes before the kids wake. Ah....I just got a text. I will ignore it until my time is up :)
Today I weighed 260.2. I just want to throw that out there. Yes, that's higher than the 250 I reached last September. No, I didn't reach my goal of being back down to 250 before 2012 ended. (I had gained back up to 264 when I was first adjusting, very poorly, to the fact that my dad is terminal). But all of that is so last year. This is 2013. I wiped the slate clean. And so far this year, I'm doing great. I need to lose 6.25 pounds per month in order to reach goal by the end of the year. That is so DO-able! :)
I'm tempted to write a long page here about non weight related stuff but I really want this blog to focus on my weight loss so I will just limit it to one sentence today: I've been busy with dad's illness, moving them to a better house, taking care of paperwork and phone calls, etc until it feels like a full time job and my brain can't possibly hold one more piece of information and on top of all of that, my daughter restarted physical therapy once per week because scoliosis was confirmed, my son is a typial teenager who despises all of the errands we have to run so I leave him home alone sometimes for some of it then I feel like I'm neglecting him, and hubby has been great but I get overwhelmed sometimes and forget about things that he needs------like supper. ha! THAT was a very long sentence!
I've been reading your blogs even when I haven't been commenting. My internet connection is weak so getting a comment to go through can be a headache but I can get your blog to pull up and it will stay up for me to read even if I lose the connection. Jessica @See How She Runs.....I'm so glad to see you blogging again. You sound like your old self! I love your new shoes! I know you are going to rock some 5K's this year! To the Maryland TOPS queen @ Fixing Myself Thinner....you have a lot going on....be nice to you. Sometimes you seem so hard on yourself! And did you ever get the other blog (surgery pics) done? If so, would you allow me to see? I'm really wondering how my skin is going to be when I get this weight off. And finally, Sean @Daily Diary of a Winning Loser....push hard! and thanks for being real!
I read others of you too but I'm out of time now!
Take care and be healthy!
~Amy aka that TOPS lady
P.S. My sister won a 6 month gym membership. I was happy for her and jealous for me! :)
Hang in there. You are an amazing daughter! and mother, and wife. You have so much going on right now. Don't be too hard on yourself. I know you can do 6lbs a month :)
ReplyDeleteWow, a lot of this really resonates with me. I started my fitness journey back in 2005, didn't start blogging until May 2007. Since then my husband had a total hip replacement at 49yo, my mom passed away, my son has been in the hospital multiple times, I started having heart health problems, we moved to Texas from beautiful, gorgeous, beloved Colorado (yeah, NOT my choice!) and my daughter has had health problems, too. Life definitely can get crazy and overwhelming when we're trying so hard to take care of ourselves. BUT, we persevere, taking care of everyone around us the whole time. I know you will continue to "get 'er done!" I'm another "almost" 6-footer. But almost 2 decades older, so if I can do it, I KNOW you can! :-)
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