A very grateful WOW from me-kinda long

My DH and I were supposed to go to Ocean City Maryland this weekend. It is about a 5 hour drive from Cumberland. But I had really been dragging this week from work and I got home late on Friday. To top it off, it was pouring. Driving through the Alleghany Mountains in the dark while it is raining when you are tired is not a good idea. Plus I was feeling kinda guilty for the way the house was looking. You can always tell how busy my work is going by the condition of my house. So we decided not to go. For the rest of the evening on Friday I just vegged out. We watched an old Agatha Christe movie on DVD and then I went to sleep. I woke up about 11am on Saturday and my DH made me coffee and a bacon, spinach omelet in bed. The doggie and I loved that. I lazed around in bed till around 1pm. Then I shooed him out of the house. David is looking for a new computer. His is from 1997 and it is past time for a new one. So off he went. And I went to work. First I went thorough the house and put everything back into the room or closet it belonged in. I put away all the laundry, stripped and made the bed but not ours. I can't put sheets on our king bed. Not enough pull power. LOL. I scrubbed the bathrooms from top to bottom and did the same in the kitchen. I dusted every piece of furniture. And began the vacuuming. When David got home, he could not believe his eyes. But the very best part....MY HIPS NEVER ONCE HURT!!!  I could just keep on going and going. We then pulled out furniture so we could finish the vacuuming and he helped me to make our bed. Then I told him I felt like going out to eat. That was when he couldn't believe his ears. I took a shower and we went out to CiCi's pizza. I ate the tops of 3 slices and 4 drumette wings and 5 cherry tomatoes an a tablespoon of blue cheese dressing. It was sooooo good. I ate a lactaid and it made all the difference in the word for my being able to tolerate the cheese. I am so happy about that too. Then I tell David I am not ready to go home, so he says lets go to Walmart and I will show you the computer I want. So we went to Walmart and walked around and then HE says he needs to go home and sit. NOT ME. My thigh muscles hurt-I didn't know I had any of those LOL. It was amazing to me that I could do all of this and my hips did not hurt me. I needed no pain medicine to dull the ache so I could sleep and today I am fine an ready to go. Today I feel like cooking. I am making my own baked chicken wings and on allrecipies I found  low carb menues. A crock pot beef stew I am going to make. And lime chicken and garlic chicken yummo!! Life is good and I thank God!!!

That is so wonderful.  I know it is hard for me to really do a lot of housework on a consistent basis.  I think I only get the "super" energy or motivation if I know someone it coming by. I can imagine how great you felt to have the strenght and energy to clean the house, go shopping, and then go out to eat, outlasting your husband.

Wow!!  Good for you!  My house is needing the same kind of top-to-bottom cleaning.  DH Kevin has been helping a lot, but I haven't quite gotten him to introduce himself to the vacuum cleaner yet, LOL, and I'm still under lifting restrictions.

Jo That is a Wow Moment, that is great.  I would feel good about that too, keep up the great work!

Jo, You are an inspiration.  You are doing so well.  I am very very happy for you.  Keep up the good work! Congratulations

Way to go! It does feel good to have a clean house especially when you were able to do it yourself!

Jo - Okay, so what time should I expect you at my house????  You know, it's things like this that can actually keep us motivated more than seeing the scale move.  So when the scale DOESN'T move and you start getting down on yourself, remind yourself of how far you've come. Your poor DH is gonna need a week to recover!!! Keep up the good work! Tia

Good for you Jo, this level of energy is what cheers you up even more than weight loss itself, the new you is comoing out, I can't wait to find the new me, Ellie

Sounds like a great weekend.  And it just keeps getting better!  I remember this summer when we moved into our new house.  My husband kept calling me a slave driver.  He said he was going to have to get active again so he could keep up with ME!  What a compliment.  I love the energy I have, most of the time.  My energy has been slowly coming back from my plastic surgery in Aug but I am still able to do much more than ever.  Some days I literally feel like the energizer bunny!  It's a great feeling! So happy for you!! Hugs, Robin