I'm Back (Or Trying to Be!)

Well, what a week it has been. Let's just start with the fact that the end of last week was the 3 worst days of my period (I had it for SIX WEEKS but that was the week I was "supposed" to have it and it hit me like a ton of bricks). I'm on a new birth control now and really hoping it will help. But those 3 days I ate like CRAP. Lots of junk and just constantly eating even when I wasn't hungry at all and was pretty much forcing it down. More than anything I just hate the feeling that I had NO CONTROL over those decisions. I was constantly thinking about it and wanting to change it, but couldn't.

Then I got sick. I've had a chest/sinus thing since Friday. I was secretly hoping being sick would make me have NO appetite (as it sometimes does) and it would help even out my big eating days. But... nope. The poor eating continued all weekend.

I am still sick, but I decided that Monday morning I would start sticking to my rules again and only eat when hungry, get all my liquids and eat the RIGHT foods. I was going to do Curves but I was talked out of that by my hubby & BFF who said nothing strenuous until I am 100% better. I had to listen :-P
But I did very well on my eating yesterday AND went for a 3.3 mile walk with hubby when he got home from work.

Today, still yucky, but definitely getting better. So far eating is on track and still planning another walk this evening. I am REALLY hoping to get back to Curves tomorrow. I don't want my muscles to get weaker! Something I have never worried about before LOL. I am also supposed to go out tomorrow afternoon & evening with my aunt & grandma for my grandma's 94th birthday. We are going to see Mirror Mirror and have dinner at Outback. I really want to be feeling good!! So today I am resting, having more airborne and drinking as much liquid as possible.

Now for some catch up since my last blog post:

First of all, a week after my father-in-law's passing, we had a memorial breakfast at a local taco place. They had a tradition of meeting with his friends for greasy tacos once a month before he got too sick to participate. A bunch of people came and there was a little memorial to him on the table.. it was really nice.

Although my grandma's birthday is tomorrow, last week they threw her a surprise party in her line dancing class. It was SO nice of them!! She was definitely surprised and enjoyed a HUGE piece of chocolate cake, her favorite:

Unfortunately we had quite a scare. After her little celebration when they began their line dancing class, she took a HARD fall. Everyone said the noise was so loud when her head hit the floor. My grandma is stubborn and did not want any fuss but luckily they all INSISTED she be taken to the hospital. After some tests they determined she was ok - no concussion, no fractures in her hip or any of the things they were worried about. I'm just so glad she's ok and that we are happily celebrating her birthday tomorrow.

This past week I got my hair recolored too and one of the girls also practiced a waterfall braid on me.

I also spent time with Amber knitting and went out shopping and found a couple new accessories (this was all before I got sick... sigh).

My husband went out to dinner Friday night with his family. I didn't go since I was sick by then. My sister in law texted me this picture from dinner of Ian all annoyed by some balloons... it made me smile :)

I went with him to Sportsman's Warehouse after dinner just for a minute so he could get some ammo for his concealed carry class on Saturday. I saw this there and just had to share :)

Hubby left me a sweet note this morning. He knows I'm still not feeling well. :)

That's all for now, I have a bunch of recent foods to share but I'll save it for another post.