Things are looking up

So, I've had a few days to counteract my bad day on Friday. Actually, from the moment I left the dang office things were much better. Friday night the bf decided to take me out to dinner to celebrate hitting the 50lbs gone mark. (we both laughed at how funny that was - going out to eat because I lost weight). Really, the only reason we went out was because there was no food in the house and I was in such a bad mood and so tired, I had no desire to cook. So out to Applebees we went - I decided to try the Weigh****chers Steak Skewers, they were good, well, the few bites I had were good. I was still tender from my bad lunch episode, so I didn't get more than a few bites in. After dinner we went shopping. We parked our car at the far end of a crowded shopping center and walked and walked everywhere. I had such amazing stamina. Saturday I declared I was going to "make christmas" - so while he was out finishing his shopping (he took so long that I suspect I will have a merry Christmas), I started in on the ambitious projects streaming through my head. I started by making soap - I finished up about 2 pounds worth, then moved on to candy, yes....CANDY. Peppermint bark (2 kinds) and peanut/pretzel bark. It was the funniest thing. I spent about 4 hours over that stove staring and melted chocolate and never so much as licked the spoon. I have no idea how the stuff tastes, but it looks good. After I cleaned up the candy mess and packaged several boxes ready for gift giving, I made dinner, a wonderful concoction of chicken, tomatoes (and they didn't make me sick!), squash, mushrooms..basically everything that looked "safe" and yummy from the produce department. I used some diced tomatoes and added basil, and oregano and parsley too. OMG, it was yum. The boyfriend got his over pasta - I just had some chicken w/ a few veggies. Sunday the kids choir I direct sang in church, and they did wonderfully! I was so very proud of them. After lunch w/ my parents we took off to spend the day at a local "gardens"...it's a huge place w/ a conservatory, lots of displays, and this year live ice skating. We walked so much, I can even begin to imagine how far I hoffed it. We hiked clear out to the end of the property (way past where the seasonal diplays were)...the hike back was uphill the whole way. It wasn't until we got the top that the boyfriend mentioned that I didn't whine or complain the whole time, and was at the top of the hill and breathing normally. Yay me! The best part was ...I jumped on the scale this morning and it had moved down 3 pounds OVERNIGHT! Yeah, things are much better.

Let me just start by saying my hats off to you on such a wonderful weekend!!! I so agree about the stamina thing. It wasn't so long ago that I had to actually take breaks just vacuuming the house!!! Now I am like a freak in a candy store. Cuz everything is getting a cleaning. And not only that I have to set a TIMER to STOP for breaks. I am so happy. Nothing was more frustrating then being to tired to live. "not now honey mommy is to tired" " I will do that later I am to tired" " I don't want to go I am tired" "I will never make it through with out being to tired so I wont do it". And the list goes on. Now its like OMG get out of the way Mom is coming through. The best part is its only going to get BETTER!!! Now I find myself saying the same things "not now I am tired" out of habit and before I know it I am up and doing what ever it was I said not now to lmaoooo I LOVE making soap. Haven't done it in years ( another one of those not now I am tired I will do it later things). I need to build a room onto the house just for the craft things I want to do lmaooo. Scrapbookings, Book making, candle making, soap making, quilling, you name it I want to try it! I cant wait to get out there and start taking some classes at the local craft stores. Needless to say this is NOT the part of weight loss that hubby is happy about *evil grin*. Dinner sounded wonderful!! I to find that I don't have to "taste" things like I used to. not to mention my taste buds are so different now I usually have to have Dale or Joshua taste it before its done as I am under seasoning and not realizing it since its so strong to my tastes. I will keep my fingers crossed for you to have a "wink" very merry Christmas *grin*. Congrats on the 3 pound loss! Thats wonderful!! *huggles* Felicia =)

Will you come clean my house while you are at it. No kids to get underfoot here- just kasey. She may try to protect you from the vacuum cleaner, but that's about it. Aime

That is wonderful Patricia!!! I'm so happy for you!!! Isn't it wonderful to be able to DO things again. Susan

WOW!!! Congrats on the 3 lb weight loss overnight. What a nice suprise. Glad that it counteracted your bad day on Friday. I didn't get to post to you about that before. I know what you mean about going to get your stuff out of the fridge at work and it is gone. I would buy flavored coffee creamer and then go to make some coffee and it was gone, all but a drop. I HATED that. Now I work from home and DH is the only one I have to worry about taking my things out of the fridge. How amazing that you walked so much this weekend and was not huffing and puffing. Way to go!!! I want to do some walking now. You have inspired me. Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Thanks for sharing with us.

Ok OK.. I'll stop putting off my exercise. I am able to walk at minimum of 3 miles a days just around the office. I am also finding that I can come home and stay active which is a huge change for me. I used to come home, take a 2 hour nap, eat dinner, and go back to bed. I can't say my house is any cleaner. I still believe that the best way to sweep the floor is with a glance. Great job you are doing. Aime