Feeling BLAH...

...comes from missing Stephen. I love my job, and I hate to complain. But it is hard that for 7 nights straight he is sitting at home bored without me and I am up here thinking about how BADLY I want to be home with him. Just 1 more night after tonight. I am really looking forward to the end of June because I am taking 14 days off in a row!! 7 of those days will be spent having fun with the Hardwick clan at Hi Vali. Now, I must admit that I am a little disappointed in myself as far as my goals go. I am definatly not in swimsuit shape yet, and it will be a challenge for me to find some cute summer clothes that I feel confident in. I think I was just trying to rush myself down 50 lbs. I should know that fast won't cut it. But I am still very proud to be getting exercise. I have lost 6 more lbs in the last 4 weeks, which is still very good. Healthy, steady weight loss is the key to long-term success in Weight Watchers. I have had to curb my jogging enthusiasm though. My heel spurs were just too painful. Going to keep trying different things though. Never give up.

Queen Slacker

I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks now. Things have been a little nutso lately. So to make it short and sweet: I have done very well making it a point to go to the gym and stay there for an hour sweating my butt off. I am jogging about 6 minutes during my 30 minutes on the treadmill. I just had my last session with Karen, my trainer. She kicked my butt in order to leave a lasting impression! I am feeling very positive about things. I have been doing a good job of tracking my points and finding new foods to keep things interesting. My sweet husband has gone 36 days without smoking and I am loving him so very much for it. I am praising God for it. I want to spend as many years as I can loving Stephen and him not smoking tells me that he wants to stick around too. I can't believe that after 3 yrs. of sweet blissful marriage I can still say that I am continually falling in love with him. I am overcome with him, it's a fact. I never imagined that such a wonderful human being could ever love me the way he does...sigh, I miss him when I am working. Can't wait to get done at the gym this morning so I can go crawl in bed beside him and cuddle. After a good hot shower of course!

Back to work

Well, it was a short 6 days off. Stephen and I were able to spend 2 whole days together...it was awesome. I stuck to my gym routine and I am so glad to be in a more positive mind-set. I still don't love to work out, but I am really relishing the feeling I get when I jog. I am only able to do it for a minute, then I walk to recover. But in a 35 minute treadmill session I jog 5 minutes, just not all at once. Either way, I am proud of myself and I know that I can do this. I was able to log a 2lb. loss last week and am looking forward to another one when I get home this morning. My little goals are starting to look very attainable. I have found that browsing the internet for clothes I would like to buy in a few months is another source of motivation!