Taking the good with the bad

Hello everybody and Happy St. Paddy's Day!  A quick story about my dad.  One year, I went to see Alice Cooper on March 16 and you never, EVER go to a concert and not wear the shirt you bought to school the next day. World War III broke out that morning because I was going wear my black Alice Cooper shirt to school on Saint Patrick's Day instead of wearing something green.  My dad won out and I was miserable for the day.  I always think of that on St. Patrick's Day and have a good laugh about it.  Dad's been gone many years now, but I still make sure I wear green on March 17th just in case he's still keeping track!  LOL!

I got the call this morning; my bike was in, assembled and ready for me to ramble down the road on.  My mom gave me a ride up there and I rode back.  It's about a mile and half.  I do about 7 miles in 20 minutes on the cycle at the gym and I don't know what the difference is, but I assume it has to do with the level of resistance on a stationary bike as opposed to a regular bike.  Anyway, I worked up a little sweat so I assumed I burned some calories.

That's the good news.  The not so good news is that the exertion sets off the dizziness.  I was fine as long as I was riding, but when I got off the bike, I almost fell over.  I'm hoping that if I get in some sort of exercise everyday and become a little stronger the imbalance brought on by exercise will lessen. In the meantime, I will sit on the bike for a minute or two before I get off.  I may not be able to work again, at least that is what my doctor is telling me but I'll be d*mned if I'm gonna sit and watch life pass me by.

I have been at a plateau for almost 3 weeks now.  I call it a plateau; I gained three pounds, lost it, and then sat there at 209 for 2 weeks.  I weighed in this morning at 208.8  I'LL TAKE IT!

Mom and I will up and out by 6:45 in the AM.  My hubby is sending us on a one day trip to the casino in Mt. Pleasant.  I'm not holding my breath about coming home a gozillionaire, but it would be nice not to come back penniless.  I'm trying not to think about the buffet to end all buffet's that they have there.  I believe they have as much food out as they do on a cruise ship and I've always heard that people tend to gain a lot of weight on a cruise.  I will make the best possible choices I can.

Okay, that's all the yammering I'm going to do today.  I hope you all have a good one.

Colleen

Yeayyyyy on the bike coming in... yep it definately sounds like you will need to sit there and rest for a fw before attempting to get off of it. It's a great workout riding huh?
Plateau busted! It will start coming down again.. I hit plateaus once a month every single month and after 4 months out, I lost one week out of the month and that was it.. But I got here!

Enjoy your outting with your mother! Eat wisely... you want that scale going down down down! lol.

I am off for a nap. Was after 3:30 am before I fell asleep, and had to get up and take my hubby to class.. I am sooooo tired!

beware the ides of buffet, lol.  you will do great.  i'm so glad u got your bike or trike or whatever you call it.  sounds like it will be a  good workout for you.  hang tough lady. vick

Happy St. Patricks Day Colleen.  Great that your trike is here, you have the right idea to let your blood adjust and sit on it for a couple minutes before standing.  Does you MD have you wearing support hose to keep more blood in the upper part of your body, ie brain?

I wore my green at work last night, then I wear green (teal) each and every night as that is the color or the scrubs for our unit. 

Make more money than calories you consume at the casino.  I was at a buffet the other day, amazing the variety and made high protein choices.  I had a taco salad with a little lettuce, cheese and a heap (small one) of taco meat.  Dressed it with a couple chunks of tomato and nummmmm.  Skipped the chips and didn't even miss them.

Congratulations on getting your trike. Sounds like you'll have a lot of fun, just make sure you sit for a few minutes after riding before getting off. Have fun at the casino, buffets usually have some good choices if you can avoid all the temptations.

Rhonda