Amber's Prep for a Healthy Pregnancy Journal

[Foxfiregrrl]

Thanks, Linda! I'll be 29 on Saturday. And I'll be in my Awesome Tank Girl outfit on my Birthday

We are about 30 minutes from Warner Robbins, so everyone here was pretty excited about the Little Leaguers (sp?).

Well, wrapping things up and getting my last minute stuff together! We leave around 10:30am tomorrow. We should be checking into the hotel around Noon. I get back Monday and took Tuesday off of work.

I will try to get online and give a nice update on Tuesday!

Have a GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND you guys!!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

We're back from DragonCon. We had a really great time and I had an Awesome birthday! I wore my Tank Girl costume all day Saturday and was even in the parade (I'll post a pic soon) Lots of people took my picture in my costume and it was really cool! I got Lori Petty's autograph and got my picture taken with her! It was FUN!

The CON was super crowded this year though, so it caused a few problems. When we arrived we were told that the Hyatt had overbooked and did not have a room for us. There were 4 of us sharing a room. They wanted to put us 2 blocks away!! I was Seriously MAD! We had reservations since late last year. AND the way they approached us was WRONG, I was accosted as soon as I stepped out of my car! Anyway, we went into the hotel and I said a few choice words and that I wanted my "F"ing room now. The girl got the manager and we ended up with a King room & double rollaway bed. The room was Large so it was still pretty roomy w/ the rollaway in it. They comped us one night. All in all it worked out ok, but I told the manager right then that the Hyatt will NEVER get my business again! Next year we will stay at the Marriott which I've heard does not treat the Con goers nearly as nasty as Hyatt does. OK, rant over.

This year we had a somewhat large group of friends who came for all or parts of the CON. This had pros and cons. The nice thing is having people to hang out with and enjoy the CON with. The bad part is trying to organize and accomodate all those people. The worst thing was that several of the others that were with us refused to think for themselves or branch out away from DH & I. Our roommates, another couple, had things that they wanted to do that DH & I didn't necessarily want to do AND they woke up earlier than us Every morning. However, they almost refused to go anywhere without us and would wait in the room instead of going by themselves. Another of DH's friends was only there for one day and wanted to play some games, but wouldn't go because noone else wanted to play with him I told him you spent your money on this CON don't let us stop you from doing what you want, GO, Do it! One of the main things for me is that I don't want to feel like I'm responsible for your good time. I'm there to have a good time doing what I want to do, and I'm gonna do that. I was willing to do what the group wanted some of the time, but I also had certain things that I was absolutely doing even if it meant going by myself. By Sunday I spent a couple of hours just finding things that I could intentionally do by myself and DH & I were pretty annoyed.

Next year we are considering just getting our own room, but we'll see. I just want everyone to be a little more independant.

I got to see Lori Petty twice during Q&A sessions and then meet her at her autograph table. I didn't get to see the "Weasley twins" or "Neville" at all We tried to go to one of their panels and it was full, the other one was at 10am on Sunday. Considering we didn't get into bed until 4am Sunday, we missed that one too. I went to see them at their autograph table, but they were gone for several hours. Oh, well. I had seen the "Weasleys" before, but not "Neville".

We ate really bad and drank a lot while we were there. I did walk what seemed like several miles everyday though. The parade had to have been at least a mile and a half by itself. I didn't gain anything while there, but I sure didn't lose any either.

DH & I went to the store today (we actually got back last night) and bought healthier stuff for lunches and dinners for this week.
We HAVE to walk LOTS and LOTS between now and Disney cause DragonCon kicked our butts!! I could tell we are WAY not ready for Disney!!

ONLY 18 Days til we leave for Disney!!! I don't know whether to be excited or really freaked out cause I feel like I have a lot to do before we leave. I think I'm gonna go w/ EXCITED!

See ya soon!

 

[kmp1191]

First of all....HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!
Sounds like you had a good time at CON!!
I agree....next year just get a room for you and DH...or tell the people up front that they can do their thing and you'll do yours. I've never gone on a trip with other people...(cept my sisters)...and I don't think I will....too much drama!!

So...let's see those pictures!!!
ree

 

[lindalinda]

Hi Amber! Glad you had fun at Dragoncon. I saw a bit about it on tv and thought about you. I am really waiting to see the pics tho. Dont think we are gonna forget about that, aint gonna happen!

I know you are busy getting ready for your disney trip. Best advise (from someone who has been 10 times in the last 11 years). Slow down and smell the roses (figuratively speaking). Dont race around like a crazy person in order to wait for an hour in a certain spot to see a parade! Have conversations while waiting in line! Its a lost art.

Hope everything is going well at work.


nite

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Hi, guys! This weekend I managed to check in on other threads, but forgot to come and actually post on my own thread. DUH!

I started coming down with a cold about Thursday or Friday. It got worse over the weekend and has continued through the week so far. It started w/ sore throat then coughing now runny nose + the previous stuff. yay what fun. AND I've had too much going on at work (and too short a month) to be able to take off and rest to recouperate. I did take it easy all weekend, but that didn't seem to help. Earlier today I thought it was starting to ease up some, but later I think that I had just been keeping myself well medicated, cause when it started to wear off I'm now pretty miserable. I took more medicine, but it is not really helping Oh, well, I HOPE I'll be all better before we leave NEXT FRIDAY

I haven't forgotten about the pictures, I've just been lazy. I HAVE to put them on my puter before we leave so that I can clear my memory card. I will try to get one up here before we leave also, but we'll see. The costume came out pretty good. I actually have seen a clip of myself in the parade from some footage on YouTube and there are at least 2 pictures in other people's picture files of me in the parade. I Hate one of them because I'm standing strange and have a BIG fat roll between my rockets and my shorts I was hoping to find some of the pictures that people took of me later in the day. I swear I could barely walk 10 feet without stopping to have my picture made Anyway, I'll get a couple good ones and post them.

When we were at DragonCon we kept saying how badly we need to walk to prepare for Disney. When we got back we were already less than 20 days away, so not much time to prepare. Well here we are 9 days away and we have yet to walk once. We are planning to walk tonight though and it rained so it is cooler. I told DH yesterday that since we are the young and spry ones on this trip, that maybe we shouldn't walk to prep... that way we will slow and tired like the old folks But, then again, I don't want to be slow cause I'm over tired and miserable!

Linda, I agree that is good advise. My dad keeps saying that he is going to take it slow and enjoy himself. We have all been except MIL, who is NOT going to want to rush either. My big problem is that I know me and I know that I'm just a BIG KID inside and when I get there I'm gonna wanna GO, GO, GO and make sure I do everything!!! I will have to remind myself that this isn't my first trip and it won't be my last! Maybe that will help me to stay calm and go with the flow. I am capable of that... I think

I am hoping that the crowd level will be low again this year like it was when we went in Sept. 05. That will really help a lot! We hardly waited in any line for anything. We have the dining plan so that is at least 2 hours just for eating one meal. Not having the lines makes that not seem like it takes away as much of your day.

I kind of have a plan, but I'm trying to keep it really loose. Here are our basics:
Sat - check in - MK all day - Ohana's at 9:20pm that was the only time I could get
Sun - Epcot Chefs de France dinner @ 6:10pm
Mon - Animal Kingdom Late lunch at Whispering Canyon Cafe @ 2:40pm
Not sure what we will do afterward - would like to see Spectro and this is the only night we may be able to, BUT it is EMH at MGM, so that is a possibility also
Tues - MGM Mama Melrose dinner 6:10pm
Wed - probably Epcot Late lunch Coral Reef 3:20pm
Thurs - undecided but probably MK or MGM Boma dinner 7:30pm this is our last day, but we will stay another night in an offsite hotel and drive back Friday. We may go to Downtown Disney Friday before leaving.

So that is our happy little plan! We got the Park Hopper option, but I'm not sure how much we will use it. I wanted it though to give us that flexibility.

Well, gonna go get ready to walk. I'm not gonna try to lose any weight before going, but I am going to try not to gain anymore!! I'll try to check in this weekend some also!

See ya later!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Ok, so....drum roll, please Here it is!!!

Boy I REALLY wish I had lost more weight before DragonCon!! But, all in all I'd say I look Pretty darn good!

Other than getting this picture up I haven't done a whole lot today. I've been pretty sick since my last post. Thursday and Friday were pretty bad and I ended up taking most of Thursday and all Friday off from work. I went to the doctor on Friday and she gave me a Z-pack, samples of Allegra and a sample of Nasonex. She knew that I didn't have allergies, but I guess it was for the SUPER runny nose Today I'm mostly feeling better, but still sort of weak and run down.

I got out some of my clothes to prepare for packing, but that is about it. I'm also working on decorations for our hotel door and window. I've been reading about others who decorate and it sounded like fun. DH says I went overboard (well, his real statement was indecent for the boards ) I don't care though

K, gonna go get ready for bed now. Hope you guys enjoy the photo

 

[lindalinda]

Amber that is awesome! Does your back hurt? those look heavy!

Seriously, looks fabulous, I bet it was so much fun. What did you DH wear?


Are you ready for disney yet? Its getting close, just about panic time!

 

[lindalinda]

4 days!




Time to panic!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

They actually ended up being pretty light. It was a BLAST!! Dh did not dress up, but this convinced him that he Absolutely wants to next year! I got lots of picture requests! and lots of comments... my favorite was "those are weapons of mass destraction!" and the most annoying was "you're gonna poke someone's eye out with those".

Yes only 4 days and actually we leave right after work Friday night to drive down, so only 3 days

I'm trying not to panic! I have almost everything packed already. I just have to do bathroom supplies and my window/door decorations. I think everything else is set... I hope

I talked to my mom on the phone Sunday and my dad was talking in the background. I thought our plan was to drive to Orlando Friday night (5.5 hours-ish), but then dad starts talking about how we'll stop for the bathroom and gas and it will take more like 6.5 so we should stop before Orlando I was like, uh, it doesn't take that long to get gas, etc. He said that because we will be kind of cramped in the truck that he will want to stop several times. Blah, blah, and I couldn't convince him that driving on down would be better. He kept saying we'll be there a whole week So, it looks like we'll stop in Ocala for the night which is about 1.5 hours away. The only arguement that I have been able to come up with against it is that it is going to cost a good bit more for the hotel rooms if we stay in Ocala don't know why, but I can't seem to find a cheap hotel in that area. Oh, well, we will probably just go with the flow and see how far down the road we get.

I am SO EXCITED though!!!

BTW, work has actually not been too bad lately! I've managed to stay calm about being gone for a week and not stress myself out That is really good for me, cause I had expected to be losing my mind and working LATE most days this week. Yay me!

K, gonna go try to calm down so that I can actually sleep tonight! If I'm not back before we leave then I'll see you guys when I get back

 

[lindalinda]

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Have a great trip Amber!


Drive safe! Takes lots of pics! Take time to enjoy everything!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Hey, just thought I would do a quickie post since I'm back from Disney.

We got home last night around 7pm. We had a really good time and everything worked out really well. I will either write more here later or do a trip report... I haven't decided which yet.

I am in a super funky mood today though guess I'm sinking into the post trip depression early this time. Earlier I was talking to DH about whether or not I'm going back to school to get my masters degree or going ahead and starting to try to have kids and I just burst into tears DH said "I knew I shouldn't have taken you to Disney" cause seeing all those kids would make me want one NOW

Then, I read that Marie may take some time off from the boards. and Linda has been so busy lately and not on the boards as much. I don't really talk to anyone else the way I talk to you guys on here. I know that is pretty sad and lame, but it is what it is. I have come to rely on you guys and I don't know what I would do without your support! Thanks for hanging in there with me!!

I know that this board is supposed to be about getting healthy and losing weight. I also realize that I haven't been focusing on that for Too long.

DH & I have been discussing that all the exercise that we got on our trip is a good jumping off point for getting back on track. I gained about 4 pounds on the trip, which isn't that terrible considering all the food (and especially desserts) that we ate. Dh said that he is up about 10 pounds from the last time he weighed in (which had been awhile). So, we are both going to work on doing MUCH better.

I don't really have a plan in mind yet but we have set a start date for Tuesday. The reason for Tuesday is that the rest of this weekend is relaxing and getting over the trip, then Monday will be the first day back at that dirty "W" word So, Tuesday it is.

We will initially start out walking and working on eating right and not eating out All the time, like we had been doing. I am considering whether or not we will join a gym. I think it could be a good thing, but haven't decided yet.

We went to the grocery store today. We bought LOTS of fruits and veggies and other healthy items. Then... we bought beer (for Dh) and wine I know that I have to do better about the wine also! No since in working so hard just to sabotage myself by drinking too many calories!

I will eat Kashi cereal for breakfasts, a sandwich & apple for lunches, and then we will make healthy dinners! Our dinner plans for this week are Shepard's Pie (tonight, then leftovers 1 or 2 other nights), Italian veggie beef soup tomorrow night (plus leftovers), and porkchops w/ black bean and avocado salad another night. That should get us through the week with all the leftovers. If not, Dh will make red beans and rice another night. It is not the healhiest, but the only bad thing is the sausage which will be half regular and half lower fat - so not too bad.

The exercise has been our major downfall lately. I am going to make an effort to ensure that we get that flowing again though. I think it will help that my DH has seen the scale go up on him and he is not happy about that at all! I find it much easier to be motivated when he is

K, so with that said, PLEASE don't leave me!!! I need you guys during this time of getting back on track so that I don't slip again!!

Hope you guys are having a great weekend!! I promise to come back w/ more trip details soon!! I'm just not there right now, if you know what I mean.

 

[kmp1191]

Yeah....no guilt there girl!!!
I'm not gone for good....just regrouping and getting positive again. I'm almost there....so hang in there!!!
I'm thinking of starting another new journal...we'll see.

Anyway, get on track now and stay on track!!! I live closer to you now and have no problem driving to where you are and kicking your butt!!! Now-get out there and start walking again!!! Do I need to throw a challenge or 2 your way???

Whatever you decide...kids or school...you do what's best for you!!!

Ok..I'm not posting again until I get a Disney Trip Report!!!

later chick!
marie

 

[lindalinda]

Hey Amber! Glad you had a good trip! My sister is down there right now, and, no lie, she callled me this morning and asked me what to do!!!! She has never been before and had no plans. But I am sure she was fine.

And btw, I am still here, just lazy (and fat!). I too, have to get back on track. Mostly exercise. I think about it alot. It seems like it should be easier than it is.

As far as bursting into tears, heck we all do that. I burst into tears friday night because Flower died on Meerkat Manor. ( I am tearing up a little now just thinking about it) Personally, though its absolutely no business of mine, you did bring it up, I think you should have the kids. The time just slips away so easily, and suddenly you get old. Not trying to scare you or anything, you are just a puppy yourself. But I had Kev at 30. Hes 15 now and I'm freaking old! 15 is HARD. Oh yeah you arent too old to have a baby at 35 or 37. Thats no problem. Its the having teens at 50 something that sucks! JMO.

And anyway, you probably are just tired coming home from vacation. Its exhausting.


I want to see pics!

nite

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Thanks for coming by guys!

I'm still in kind of an off mood, but doing better today. I am not yet ready to recap my trip, but I am going to start working on it soon. I am considering uploading most of my pics to my Photopass account and making a photobook through the site. If I do I will send you guys the link so that you can check out all of our pictures.

I am debating doing the actual trip report or not. I am just not sure how interesting my adults only trip would be compared to all the fun family trips w/ kids and lots of pics. This being our second trip in 2 years we didn't really take that many pics. Whatever I decide I'll let you guys know.

Btw, on Wednesday I discovered that I have Ringworm on my chin I am pretty sure that I got it from one of my foster kids So, I looked online and read that you can treat it with Lotramin. I bought some yesterday and started putting it on. Now, my chin/cheek is swollen on that side I plan to call the doctor tomorrow to ask what I should do. Ugh.

I also started w/ the sore throat and coughing some around late Wednesday and Thursday. My mom gave me some Airborne and then I bought myself some yesterday. I'm taking it at least once a day. It seems to be helping.

Ok, so WHAT is up? I am usually Never sick and here w/in a month I'm like sick and yucky all the time Vacation is supposed to relax and recharge you not make you sick! Unless you go to Disney I guess

Well, we started out pretty well today. We opted not to go to my grandma's for Sunday dinner. I still had to go over and visit, but I was able to avoid all the bad foods. I walked over and back, but that has been all my exercise for today. Baby steps.

Food:
B - 2 cups coffee w/ sugar & milk
L- Amy's tv dinner - some Indian veggie dish - 300 cals & 12 fat grams (there were nuts in it though)
S- 1 Hobnob (british cookie from Epcot), half bottle of Superfood juice
D - will be - Italian veggie beef soup
I will probably have some chocolate snack later too. We have British chocolate bars, Hobnobs, 2 choc. eared mickey rice krispy treats, and 1 PB choc. cake thing leftover from Disney still. We will be eating heavily on that stuff over the next couple of days. I want to enjoy it, but also get it gone so that it is not tempting me once we start the actual diet/exercise routine again.

Well, gonna go for now. Have a good week!

 

[lindalinda]

I hope you are feeling better Amber! That is probably why you have been feeling a little down. Did you go to the dr? Your chin seems a really strange place to get ringworm. Are you sure thats what it is? I guess not really tho. I mean I guess you could come into contact and then touch your face. I hope the medicine works fast!


Its wednesday, so I guess that humpday for you. All downhill from here, so have a nice rest of the week!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

I am feeling better, that Airborne really did the trick. On the ringworm, I'm pretty sure that is what it is/was. The foster kids have been passing it back and forth and they are really lovey and like to hug me. Anyway, the Lotramin seems to be working pretty well. I can't really see it anymore, but I read that you should continue treating it for a week after you can't see it. I didn't end up calling the doctor, cause the cream seemed to be working.

It was a pretty busy week. Not bad at work and not too much going on at home, just getting readjusted to everything.
I struggled with my eating really bad this week. We went from eating EVERYthing and having dessert w/ every meal at Disney to cutting calories way back. It just didn't work for me. I did Better than I had been, but not as well as I would have liked. I still had Loads of sweet snacks leftover, but have pretty much demolished them now. I ended up eating lunch out twice this week with my friends at work. That is bad on two levels - the first for my diet and secondly because we are supposed to be working on our budget I wasn't as bad as I could have been on either count though.

We walked on Tuesday & I walked at lunch on Monday, but we didn't get any exercise for the rest of the week. It has been rainy everyday here. I know that's no excuse, but it doesn't help any.

Today-
Dh & I cleaned the kitchen, went through cookbooks and planned our meals for the week, shopped for the ingredients, and set up our budget for the month. We were pretty busy, but it feels good to have the healthy menu set and the budget set

Monday night I went w/ my mom to a financial class that they are doing at her church. It will be every monday for the next 11 weeks. We missed the first class because we were at Disney, but it was the basics that I pretty much already know. Last week was budgeting, so that was a great jumpstart. We had said once we got back from vacation we would set a budget and try to keep a better eye on our money.
I have to admit when we did the budget today we were both kind of upset when we finished it. We had expected to have more saving money left when we were done. However, we have a low mortgage and have been making double payments on it every month so that is a large amount that would normally go into savings. Once we looked at that it helped our mood a good bit Dh said that if we paid double every payment we could have the house paid for in about 10 years but I'm sure once the kids come along the extra payment will drop significantly. Anyway, I think we will be ok with the budget we set. We cut back our eating out money BIG time!! but we each get some money to just blow each month and we have Entertainment money. I think with us trying to eat better we will do ok w/ the limited eating out money. Dh cooks better than most restaurants anyway

So, tonight for dinner we had California style burritos. We split a chicken breast and then DH made this Avocado and black bean salad (something he just came up with). Then we had whole wheat burrito shells that we put the chicken and salad mix on. We each had 2 burritos. It was YUMMY!! and pretty darn healthy, too!

So, I think I'm planning to do an official Trip report, but I keep wavering back and forth on that. I kind of want to, but I am concerned that I will end up getting halfway through it and not finishing it. I'm gonna try to start typing it on my computer this weekend and if I can get a couple of days done, then I will do it on DIS.

I have Monday off It is a holiday and I'm excited because I feel like I could really use the extra down time or cleaning time or I might go to the fair

Ok, enough rambling for me today. I'll Be Back!

 

[lindalinda]

Amber is that class called Financial Peace? Dave Ramsey course? Churches give it a lot, I took it a few years back at church. If so, its really good. And I think you will feel really good when you get it all figured out. They will ask you to do an emergency fund tho, and probably tell you to stop doubling your mortgage payment until you get that set up.

Ahem, I should probably look into doing that again myself I have fallen off the wagon, and I am taking a 50% paycut in 3 years!


Those burritos sound delish! It sounds like you are getting settled back into the grind. It always takes me awhile too.


Have a nice weekend!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Yep, it is the Financial Peace program. Mom and I have taken several other financial courses in the past and always enjoy them. I think I learn something new at each one and it helps to be reminded of some of the points. I think we are pretty set on the emergency fund and we both contribute to our 401ks (probably should do a bit more in those though) and no debt besides the house. I am not really sure where we got it from but both of us have traditionally been good savers. We've just fallen off the wagon recently. I feel very blessed to look at our financial situation and realize how far we have come at such a young age. I look around me and hear other people's stories and am glad that I'm not in their boat. On the emergency fund thing... w/ the bills we have & the mortgage I don't think DH and I would be able to sleep at night if we had less than the initial minimum they recommend in the bank but that is just our personalities.

It is Way too easy to fall off the wagon and wind up spending way more than you think you are. I couldn't believe how seriously our eating out was hurting our budget until we wrote it down!

You can get back on the wagon I know you can. I'm gonna bug you periodically to see how it's coming

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Did pretty good today. Got up on the early side (for a day off ). Did a 25 min kickboxing workout from FitTV. Later in the afternoon I walked over to mom's house and back which isn't a whole lot, but it's better than driving.

Food:
b- kashi w/ milk, 2 Big cups of coffee
l- peanut butter & jelly sandwich, broccoli dipped in Ranch
d- Vegetarian Taco Salad
no snack yet but I feel a bit of a rumbly so I may have something small.

Gonna go try to relax now so I can get some sleep tonight. For some reason last night it took me about 2 hours to go to sleep

Have a Great Day!

 

[Foxfiregrrl]

Let's see... I really want to get back to posting my food everyday.

Tuesday -
b- kashi w/ milk, coffee
l- PB&J, broccoli w/ ranch
s- small skinny striped mocha latte ( it was a rough day)
d- pork chop, Orzo Artichoke & Red pepper salad
later - vodka & coke zero

Wed-
b- kashi w/ milk, coffee
l- orzo salad, chick. sandwich
d- tuna casserole w/ water chestnuts and broc. in it
later - wine - 2.5 glasses

Today -
B- kashi w/ milk, coffee
S- cinnamon thing from McDonalds (coworker brought them for our unit )
L- peanut butter and Jelly sandwich, broccoli w/ ranch
D- vegetarian taco salad - pretty good
After dinner - wine... 1 glass so far, prob 2 more to come

So, I know there is this bad pattern of Booze every night! But, I've been PMSing BAD this week. and for me that means I get depressed and feel like my life is crashing down around me not much fun. Every afternoon at work has been like torture. I just feel like I don't want to ever do anything at all again. I keep telling myself that I Like my job, I Love my life, so what's the deal. I even know it's just the PMS, but that isn't really helping. So, I'm just trying to deal until it passes, which it will.

So, crazily enough, I'm doing really well at work. I thought I would be Totally behind when I came back from vacation, but I'm actually almost completely caught up. I still have a few things that I need to do and a few more that I should do to keep from getting behind again. But all in all I'm on top of things but part of my personality is to get complacent and slack off when I get too close to on top of things then something happens and I'm drowning again. Ah, well, thus is my life.

Exercise... Tuesday we walked even though it was very damp and soggy outside. Last night, DH had a friend over and TOM had hit me so we slacked. Tonight, I was in a funk and really trying to convince DH to take me out, but he was in a bit of a funk too and stuck to his guns about not eating out what's up with that? Anyway, we took a middle ground... We figured we ate healthier (since we stayed home), but we wouldn't exercise tonight That works somewhere right? Baby steps.

So far the budget thing is going pretty well. And our meal planning worked this week so far. Today at work I didn't do well at resisting the cinnamon things, but I had been looking forward to a "snack fest" all week. We were supposed to all (30 something of us) bring in breakfasty and snacky things for our Program Directors birthday. Then yesterday they ended up canceling it So, I actually ended up being better than I would have been I guess.

I think one of the hardest things is that the girls around me eat a lot of junk and REALLY like to share it. What is crazy about that is that two of them are the ones going to the gym 3-4 days a week They are two of the worst 3 about bringing junk to share They are also the 2 heaviest of the group. I have to admit also that willpower is not a strength of mine I'm gonna work on that one.

I am thinking that I'm gonna probably start a new journal. Maybe in November or just a bit before. I really need to refocus. I also think that I need to work a little bit harder to expand my support group. I Love you guys and you have helped me get this far but I also think I need to get some additional accountability going again. Every little bit helps! I want to try to join the challenges again and really post at least every couple of days about what I'm doing right and wrong. I hope you guys will come with me to my new journal!!

I really see that my life seems to be coming into a better focus, even through the fog of the PMS funk. I feel like I'm working on a lot of things at once, but I thrive under pressure, so maybe I need a lot of things going on at once we'll see.

Have a Great Friday!!! I have a massage scheduled for 5pm, so I'll be counting down the hours, then minutes See ya'll Saturday!!