Through The Tulips Words of 'Wiz'dom

Well I finally did start working out again, only to find that the next day (yesterday) my favorite monthly friend decided to pay a visit and brought cramps with a vengance. I know, that is probably a little more information than you’d actually like to know, but it’s true. I have been hurting, but once this little week has passed, I’ll be doing regular work outs. I need to and I know it. I feel better, and even though I’m grumbling all the way through the work out, I always feel better afterwards. I think I cried through half of my work out the other day, because I felt annoyed with myself for letting other things get in the way of me taking care of me.

That’s not going to happen again. It may sound selfish, but if I don’t take care of myself, then how can I take care of anyone else?
It’s time for some changes. Now that JJ is better with his potty training, and I’ve found a balance… look out world 🙂

I have a little work that I need to get done this morning and hopefully Marcel, JJ and I can spend the afternoon doing something fun. What that will be exactly, I’m not sure, but I’m open to suggestions. I think we’re going to call the Ikea and see if we can bring JJ inside as long as we hold him. It’s raining so we need to do something inside, and if we leave him here, he’ll cry the entire time, so that isn’t an option at this point.

One thing I do need is a swift kick in the pants to get started with exercising again. Last nigiht- I ate a turkey and cheese quesadilla which was good, but not the best choice at 9 p.m. I did use lowfat cheese.. but still. If I keep this up I’ll eventually need to look for the best fat burner so that I can lose weight. I am at a standstill and I know it’s my own doing. I’ve got to get those scales moving again in a downward spiral.

Ok, work awaits- more later. I think it’s time for a gratitude list, I haven’t done one in a while.

I love it when I find really cool new things, and I love it even more when I find really cool new things that taste good. Today I was shopping at our local grocery store and I saw that they had some sort of ‘fig cake’ on sale. Technically, I think it’s suppose to be eaten with cheese, but I decided that I’d try it. The ingredients are simple- dried figs, cinnamon and whole almonds.. Oh and a smidge of anise, although I can’t taste that. Because I wasn’t sure if it would be good, I only bought one to try, but after I tried it, I knew I had to have more.

Since it was on sale, I knew today would be the last day so when he woke up from his little nap, we went to the same grocery store, but the one closer to our home. They had three left, and I bought all three. No added sugar, just nature at it’s finest. DEEEEELISH!! I hope it’s something they carry all the time, because I’ll be buying it all the time.

Guilt free eating YUMMO!

Do you ever have those periods in time when you just can’t seem to get full no matter what you eat? That has been me the past few weeks. I know that my sinuses have been giving me a few problems, but the truth of the matter is, I can be hungry, and a half hour later I’ll feel like I haven’t eaten in weeks.

I know when mom reads this she’s going to call me and say that the reason I feel like this is because I haven’t been working out regularly. Ok, who am I kidding, the past few weeks I haven’t worked out at all, unless you count walking to the train station to go to Bible Study on Tuesday mornings, and browsing the supermarket aisles. It’s true.

The one plus to all of this, is that I haven’t gained any weight, so that is a blessing, but before I do, it’s time to get myself back on track and buckle down. One thing is for sure. I may be able to maintain this weight if I stay on this path I’m on, but I won’t be able to reach my goal weight, so it’s time to find the balance between work, excersise and play.

Who wants to join me? If you do- let me know and I’ll create a group blog where we can all write and support each others efforts. 🙂

After playing phone tag with my best friend all week, we finally had a chance to catch up a little earlier this afternoon. She’s the office manager of a major doctor group and has been in meetings and setting up new products all week long. She said that the exam table that she’d been waiting to come in finally arrived and that they we so pleased with it that she made another order for 5 more, which will cover two of the doctors offices. Now, she said next week she has to start on the other side of the complex. Looks like she’s got her work cut out for her. She said what she really wanted to do was crawl up on one of the tables and take a nap.