Things just don’t ever seem to slow down do they?

I didn’t eat as well as I should have this weekend, BUT I also didn’t eat as bad as I would have in the past (or as much!)

The past week I’ve been so crazy-busy spring cleaning, getting the house ready to be painted and the carpets ripped up and new flooring laid down that I haven’t had time to exercise in a formal workout. But the good news is I’ve burned so many calories with all the deep spring cleaning, purging of unused, unwanted junk, and painting that I’ve been sore enough for a dozen workouts. :zombie:

We still have to lay the new flooring in the first bathroom and the hallway but that stage of the project is finished. I’m nearly finished pulling all of the ugly wallpaper border down in the kitchen and then I can paint it.

You might have the idea by now that we have a lot going on around here.

Now, I have a confession to make. I’ve quit Weight Watchers.  But before you all rush to reassure me and tell me I should go back I’d like to plead my case. First of all, I was never comfortable there. Second of all I didn’t hear much emphasis on nutrition. Just what you could get away with and stay within your points. And the humiliation of the mass weighin was more than I could take.

I am still working at it though. I’m using SparkPeople.com and logging all of my food there. For the first time in my life I’m weighing and measuring my food, reading labels, and learning to count calories and make truly good choices based on nutrition. My husband is more and more open to these good choices and purchases in the grocery store too because as I’m learning I’m sharing with him.

I’m also logging my exercise. I’m moving in some form or other (heavy-duty housework or a formal workout) 5 days a week.

I also bought a new digital scale. It’s measuring me higher than my old unreliable one but that was to be expected. I just haven’t figured out how to adjust my recorded weights. So for now I’m just trying to get down to where the old scale said I was. :rant: 

On a happy note, my new jeans (the ones I bought a couple of weeks ago that were a size smaller than where I started in January) are starting to get very loose in the ass, crotch and thighs. They are comfortable around the waist and I have a feeling that’s going to be the worst place for me to lose weight. They say the fat you accumulate under stress goes straight to the midsection and that, combined with three pregnancies over the course of 3.5 years plus all delivered as C-sections, has totally obliterated all hint of my waistline. I’m a large round ball, where my weight used to distribute all over, now the worst of it is in my stomach and ass. Of course I’m still fat all over but even more is in my stomach and ass.

UGH :bawling:

But I’m working on it and thanks to taking my measurements back on February 6th I know I’ve lost 2.25 inches in my waist alone in the past month and 1.75 inches off my hips.

:yahoo: :dance: