I have been a big slacker on blogging. I will sum up my last week. I have realized many things through many life events this week. I have really been trying to pay attention to how I am feeling and figure out healthy ways to deal with those feelings. One thing I have learned is I will still have problems and issues even after I lose weight. I know this is a duh statement but I have been severely obese all my life. It was easy to blame all my problems on that. Skinny people have problems! What a concept! Another big realization is that I am someone that needs a lot of alone time. I like being at home with Sophie. Dont get me wrong....I love being out with friends but when about 11pm hits I get very anxious to be home. I dont like to sleep other places and I like to get home. I dont know why I am like this. The older I get....the stronger this need to go home is. I am getting OLD I guess. I like my nightly routine. Enough on my issues. On to my weeks activities!
Sat I went for a bike ride with Cindy and James on a beautiful trail that goes along the water in Benicia.
I have a friend named Rob. Rob and I have been friends since Junior High (I think.) In high school we would hang out a good bit and I would always do things with him when I was home from college. Rob was fraternity brothers at Auburn with my brother. Rob moved out here to go to grad school within a month of me moving out to California to be a nurse. Over the years we have watched Auburn games with my brother. I have not seen him in a couple years since he has become a professor at UCLA. He is engaged to a really nice woman, Kat. This weekend they were out in the east bay so we met for lunch. It was really great to see him again. I always love touching bases with people from my Alabama days!
This week I made a very tasty dish and thought I would share it. I chopped up 1lb of turkey kelbalsa (I have no idea how to spell that??) I also chopped up a bunch of brussel sprouts, 2 zucchini, 1 yellow squash, and one red bell pepper. I sauted these all together for a while till they were starting to wilt. I then added in some Panda Express Orange Chicken sauce that I get at Costco. Any sweet and sour sauce would work. I ate that for 3 days and it was delicious!
Finally I did go to WW today. Sadly I only lost 0.6 lbs today but a loss is a loss and this last week was an emotional one. I am determined to have a better week this week. I have a scrapbooking weekend planned with my friends. I am going to go to Costco tomorrow and get lots of fruits and veggies for snacking. Luckily the weekend is taking place at my house so I have more control of the situation. I am also going to exercise everyday. I am off this whole week so I have no excuse. I'll let you know how I do. One of my big goals is to get down to 207.9lbs. I have never been that weight in my adult life. When I did the liquid diet a few years ago I got to 208 for about 30 seconds. After that under 200 is right around the corner!
Hope you are having a good week. Were there any surprising things you found out about yourself when you lost weight? Let me know what they were!
Murn
I've lost 27 pounds since January. I feel like I have more to go. I thought I'd be happier once the weight was gone too. I'm still the same me on the inside no matter what my outsides look like. I do know that happiness is not found at the bottom of a big ol' bag of chocolate chip cookies!
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