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Journal
November 6, 2001
Christmas Challenge - Week 3,4 & 5
The day before we left for Vegas was weigh-in. I was down another 2.2...bringing my total for the challenge to 3.4 pounds lost. Not too shabby for 3 weeks in. I was sticking to the commitments I had made to myself by journaling each and every day and making my workouts a priority. I was highly motivated! We were finally bringing new foods into the house (and figuring out how to prepare them) which was alot of fun. And then......VEGAS happened!
Really, it all started with a toothache. The day before we flew out I had to make an emergency visit to the dentist to have a tooth fixed...it was around that time that I began to feel like I was fighting a virus as well...ugh! So, anyway, off we went to vegas....where we had a WONDERFUL time. My tooth didn't bother me anymore that weekend and I was feeling fine. We walked for MILES each day and I kept thinking how amazing it was that we could all do that now. The 7 of us.....646 pounds lighter! It was so great spending time with my g2g friends! It was as if we had been together hundreds of times. I gotta say...the three of us fitting into my before clothes, really had a major effect on me. I haven't worn them since I lost the weight so putting them on brought alot of emotions up in me. There was a sense of pride and accomplishment but it also brought me back there ....and to that overwhelming sense of desperation. It's difficult to think of myself that way anymore. I suppose it's good to remember though. I don't ever want to take the empowerment and control I now feel for granted. I know I could go back if I do. Check out the Vegas Page to see more pics of our time together.
We hardly slept at all in Vegas....you can't really! And after coming home my tooth really started hurting alot again. So, after a visit to the dentist on my birthday, I had to have an emergency root canal....which i'm still recovering from. Because my body was already fighting that infection as well as the virus, I got very sick. The cold settled in my lungs and chest and I just hurt all over. I wasn't eating anything and I must admit that staying OP and getting to my meetings was last on my list for some time. Really, I couldn't do much more than rest.
So, needless to say, i've not been getting in my 5 days of exercise, getting to weigh-in's, or meeting my journal requirments. I've been on 4 different prescriptions and also started birth control a couple of weeks ago as suggested by my doctor last month (which is about as much fun as it was for me last year when I tried taking it).
Now here I am, 1/2 way through this challenge and really have no idea what the scale says. My clothes all fit the same so i'm not too worried about having gained too much. But, because of the lack of exercise recently I can see and feel that my body has lost muscle. The good news is that i'm done whining... I am finally on the mend and I am officially back on track! My journal was out on my counter yesterday and it's there today.... i've been working hard on the website getting myself motivated. I will go to my meeting Thursday (God willing!) and take whatever that scale gives me in stride. Afterall, i've done the best I can do with what life has thrown at me, and for that I am proud.
As for the next 6 weeks, I always seem to do better when challenged so i'm not worried about the holidays. I'll be making thanksgiving dinner here in our new home this year and plan on incorporating alot of the menu ideas i've put on the Thanksgiving Page. I've also been trying loads of new recipes that i've been adding to the website and will continue to do so. As for my workouts, i'm so excited to get back into them. I'm still a bit congested, got that icky cough thing happening now, so no running.... but i've had a few short walks to get me back in 'mobile mode'. I even chose to walk to my dentist appointment today...just a couple of miles, which is a great start but..... I cannot wait to run again!
The new look for the website has taken Davey and I quite a bit of work. Getting it to look ok on all browsers has just about made me crazy (grrrr Netscape!). But, it's up now and i'm proud of how it came out. It's much easier to add to and to navigate and it's perty to look at. Not bad for an amatuer, eh?
I will write again after I weigh-in on Thursday and let you know what week 6 had to bring. I'm not expecting big things but I also know that this has all just been another one of them "bumps" on this rocky path and i'm on the downslope again baby! Weeeeeeeeee!
Until then....
...i'll be taking those baby steps!
~Kim
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