Rain rain rain...

It's been raining for days....but not on my parade! LOL.
I'm not giving up on my exercise just because of a little water. When the weather gets bad and my head hurts from the weather changes, it would be so easy to skip it for the day. I'm not letting it get to me. I took walk yesterday despite the rain. I had a lucky break in the clouds and grabbed my walk. It's energizing. My husband won a small iPod (the clip shuffle) that's perfect for a walk. I loaded up all the songs from my video iPod on it and made a funky dance shuffle that's fun to walk to. I wish I could see the faces of the drivers who pass me on the road as I'm singing to whatever is playing! The best part is that I don't care what they think! I'm having fun, losing weight and feeling good.
Today I was craving chocolate in a bad way. It was a very strange feeling because I'm not a "sweets" person. I'd rather eat a fresh-out-of-the-oven loaf of sourdough bread and spread fresh butter on it than chocolate any day. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had a secret "stash" in my office drawer! I grabbed a 100 calorie pack (Chips Ahoy) and that took care of my craving. It's great to have options. Another day.....another challenge.

Back from Vegas....and I'm UP and Down!

Last week I was in Vegas for a TradeShow with my husband. We go every year and I love to help him get ideas for his clients.
So.....how was it for me? Well I'm shocked. I had such a great week!! I am not a gambler....I'm afraid to lose $10. First night, I went downstairs to play my favorite machine "Texas Tea" on the nickel slots. I put in my $10 and did a $2 spin. The machine gave me free spins! And coins and free spins and coins and it didn't stop for over 5 minutes! I walked away with $182 for a $2 bet. I was on cloud nine for the rest of the night.
Meals could have been scary, but they weren't! We had dinner with several of my husband's friends at some really great restaurants. I had Grilled Prawns, Filet Mignon, Baked Potatoes, raspberry cheesecake....mouth watering yet?? I even had dinner at a buffet. I knew I wouldn't deprive myself on this trip but I would eat responsibly during the day. Mornings and lunches were well under 500 calories and dinners were fun. Did I mention that we walked approx 8 hours per day? Yeah well...it helped. I lost 2 lbs!
My old mind is finally figuring this whole thing out. I can eat some of the things that I want some of the time as long as I exercise off of the excess calories. Duh.
While we were in Vegas we took one day to just walk the strip and see what's new. (We usually go a few times a year). The Planet Hollywood casino stripped the old "New"Aladdin from it's Morroccan theme and it has a futuristic look to it. We were there during the opening of the Palazzo Hotel (next door to the Venetian). The hotel is nice. While my husband and I were walking thru the lobby, we ran into James Denton from Desperate Housewives. He's TALL! :) He was there with his wife and they looked like they were having a good time in Vegas.

Scales. Scary.

So I weighed myself yesterday. Surprise! I lost weight! I was so excited to see a lower number then I talked with my boss about it and she told me to ignore the scale. It's all about inches. Whatever. I have a smaller number and I'm thrilled! My husband found a website to help calculate how many calories I should eat on a daily basis based on my weight, height and age. I think it helps to be OLD! It also has a calculator for exercise. If I am this tall and this fat and I want to do this exercise for this amount of time, how many calories will I burn? I love it! Whatever works. I'm losing weight and I'm not sacrificing everything to do it. That's the best part.

Today was crazy rainy. Didn't get to do my walk but did walk around the house and walk around work a bit. Not the same but its what I could do. Tomorrow is a new day.

Another day..

...another blog. This is fun! Today I did very well...until my Mom decided she wanted to go to a steakhouse for dinner. So, I sucked it up and at the low cal stuff all day in anticipation of the "good stuff" at dinner. Mmmmm.....boy it was GOOD! Tomorrow it's back to the low cal stuff. If I cut out the "good stuff" altogether, I'll never do this. I am adding the exercise to the low cal and making that work. We'll see. Tomorrow am is weigh in day and I hope to see a lower number.

This is a hard time of year for me to be doing this. It's CRAB FEED Season for goodness sakes! You can't eat crab without tons of dripping butter so I guess I'll be starving for the next few weeks so I can go to the crab feeds. (JUST KIDDING!!!).

Kids are getting antsy. Tomorrow is back to school for them and I can't wait! We had a great Christmas together and I think the boys are spoiled. They got a lot of fun things this year and I hope it will keep them busy for awhile.

Happy New Year?

Okay, so the new year started.....and I'm swamped. Trying to juggle what Mom needs and kids need and husband needs. Somewhere in there it's supposed to be about me....right? Santa brought me a gorgeous cruiser bike for Christmas and that's going to come in handy with my plan. I hate to call it a resolution because I never seem to keep those. So, I've started a plan. I'm counting calories and so far it's been pretty easy to do. I really want to lose weight. Weight loss never starts in my boobs so running is difficult, but I'm not letting that stop me. I've got my bike, I'm ready to walk, and I'm dancing and driving my teenage boys nuts. But I don't care. I'm tired of being overweight. My husband loves me any way I am (isn't he sweet?) but I want to be healthier. I haven't been able to give blood the last two times I've tried because my blood pressure is too high. Must be the weight. I figure if I put it down in print....I might actually get somewhere with this. So, bear with me....and let's see if I can do this.