The thing about any kind of rigid diet is that by about the 5th day I can't stand to eat anymore of whatever it is.  The cinnamon/honey thing was fine for until Friday and then I couldn't drink it anymore.  So this is all a lesson in the fact that nothing really works long term except healthy eating and exercise. Still it's fun to try. Even though I have only lost 41/2 pounds total-at least I stopped gaining.  Abandoning any thought to what one is eating never goes well.  The fitness challenge has helped with that.  I also got some exercise points this week and bought some new running shoes, so maybe I can do some of the Turkey Trot with Julie if I get on it!  I really like Julie's example of what 50 pounds looks like and am very happy she has been able to lose that much this year.  Good going Julie! We should all put pictures up once in  a while.  I want to see if Brett is getting bigger!

Mom

MBA and a toddler

I found out I have an interview this week scheduled for Thursday for Portland State's MBA program. That will be fun. Also, as the sun is coming up earlier, Elijah has decided that getting up earlier is a good idea. This past week he as been waking up between 6 and 6:30. He wakes up happy and ready for the world. He has been enjoying the beach house. Yesterday on our way back to the beach house, he said he like sleeping at the beach house. Also, good news, Elijah is off of using a bottle. He has been wanting to have a bottle particularly with Jenna when he wants to snuggle. Now he will just snuggle. He got a special toy to as an award for this be moment in his life. He got a batmobile and batman (Imaginex type) for giving up the bottle. Overall he is getting use it. It has made his bedtime routine a lot shorter! Elijah+beach=exercise.

Late Pop Challenge

I forgot to post for Chris.  His pop challenge this week was eating your fruit on Thursday, May 16.

One word for this week, migraine

Well, I had a fun filled week fighting off migraines, but there is good news! They finally seem to be going away! Yay!!! I also finished watching the Avatar the Last Airbender series, pretty much awesome! I did find out some good news healthwise today! I've been afraid to even look at this clinic that our famous friend acupuncturist, Mark, recommended to me to help me figure out my migraines, since they seem to be hormonal mostly in nature, called "A Woman's Time" (I know right? quite the clinic name) anyway, I decided today to look it up and it turns out my insurance covers licensed Naturpaths just like any other primary care visit, and if I play my cards right I can get massage therapy and acupuncture covered as well to a yearly limit J.

Anyway, that’s my news as that was about all I could do healthwise this week. But like I said, I’m doing a lot better! 

Three Things

1) Beware of Dad! He is an ENABLER. Dad came to see me on Tuesday, and we went to Ben & Jerry's. I was considering the lemon sorbet when Dad was like, "Oh, just get the chocolate waffle cone, you know you want to." And then I DID. We also went for a nice walk afterward, but still. I blame him for the ice cream.

2) As of my last weigh-in (Saturday), I have lost 50 pounds since last April. You know what else is 50 pounds?

Fitness Challenge, what fitness challenge?

Kind of forgot I was doing this half way through last week. Got a new load of groceries today and working on staying on the horse. Buying a car this week (half of one anyways, going to be sharing it for now) and excited to get mobile. Otherwise, need to get running, I've been avoiding it and I don't want to get slower. My solution is working on an up beat running mix (song suggestions very welcome: so far I'm building off a few "girl talk -esk" mash-up songs and being disappointed by the generally melancholy state of my music library)

POP CHALLENGE!

ahh. Sorry I forgot to do this earlier. If you got exercise points on Saturday you get an extra two!

(is that how it works? or if the pop challenge is exercise do they need to get all four points? ruling?)