holidays

I've enjoyed spending a lot of time with my family over the last week.  Things are starting to settle down and that's good!  My goal is to re-focus my energy on exercise and good food choices.  This past week I only exercised once, due to work and family obligations.  I did manage to get up and go for a run/walk on Christmas morning, which was nice.  It helped me feel better about all of the garbage I ate throughout the rest of the day!  This morning I did just over five miles, then came home and mowed the lawn.  I'm really trying to be good about the food I'm eating today as well.  I've let too many holiday cookies and treats sneak into my diet.  It's just so hard! 

oops

Holiday parties and family obligations have gotten me these last two weeks!  I'm up a little (at 223 today) but it's all good.  I know after tomorrow (Christmas day!) I can go back to eating better and exercising.  My goal is to be one of those annoying people who start a diet on January 1-- not that I'm going to start a strict diet or anything; rather, I'm going to work on NOT eating as many sweets as I have been.  I do pretty well usually, except for the desserts.  If I can get my cookie and chocolate addiction under control, I should start seeing some better results.  I'd like to be at the 100 lb lost mark when I hit the one year mark during the first of June.  That would be quite an accomplishment and I think I can do it!  I don't like to set goals based on numbers and associate them with time limits, though.  I don't like feeling like a failure when I don't make a deadline.  I'm doing the best I can do, making good choices toward health and that's all I can ask for of myself.  I don't want to end up beating myself up because I didn't make this goal or that goal.

Stuff

I'm not ready for Christmas.  For the break yes, for the gift giving, no.  It's crazy that we work right up until 3 PM on the 23rd too.  This week is going to be very hectic, with family coming into town and shopping to get done AND work!  I'm thinking there won't be many workouts except Monday and Tuesday this week.  It's all good though; I will have two whole weeks off, and hopefully the weather will be nice and I can do some running outside.  Speaking of weather, I'm bummed because it's raining today, and I had hoped to do a run today.  Husband and I gave each other new phones for Christmas (early, of course)!  This fancy new phone has all kinds of apps I can't wait to use to track my distance, speed and calories burned.  I suppose it will just have to wait  until I'm on break.  I also plan to clean out the spare bedroom.  I have PILES of clothes in there that are too big now.  I'm ready to get rid of them.  I don't think I will ever allow myself to be as big as I was again, and I don't want to hold onto clothes that are too big with the idea that I may need them again.  Nope, not going to need them... and if I do, I'll buy new ones. 

Another milestone!

I wore my size 18 jeans to work today for our casual day.  I kept having to pull them up all day!  They're too big!
I stopped by Old Navy after work just to check it out, and left the proud owner of a pair of 16s that FIT!  Holy smokes!  I haven't seen size 16 in FOREVER!

Lucky

I'm lucky that my injury is minor.  My doc said I ruptured my plantaris, which is a minor tendon in the calf.  I was told that within a week I should be back to my normal activity.  I feel much better already, though I'm still limping just a bit.  I'm definitely lucky!