It's been a while since I blogged so I wanted to let everyone know I'm still around.  Life has been so very stressful lately.  Work has been kicking my butt.  I guess that's a good thing, cause it means job security, but it also wipes me out.  I made my last trip to Wisconsin by driving.  The outbound trip from Maryland was horrible.  I hit b ad weather and consequently spent 22 hours in the car.  Coming back was easier, but I was so anxious I did it straight though and was in the car for a solid 15 hours.  Hard on the body.  I could hardly walk when I got back and my body was vibrating.  I don't think I'll be driving like that any too soon!  As always the travelling is hard from the weight loss perspective.   But, I find I dont eat as much when I'm home in Wisconsin.  Maybe it's because I back with my husband and contented.  But, cooking and exercising is difficult since we are still confined to our basement room.  Progress on the house has been at a snail's pace and I'm frustrated by it.  But, I do what I can, and the fact that there was no increase over the last 2 weeks indicates that I have not overdone in the eating area.  I probably would have done better if I could have exercised more.  However, imagine doing any exercises that require lifting your arms over your head and having to be careful that you don't slam your hands on the ceiling joists!  The floors are covered with plaster dust so lying down to do anything on the floor is impossible and trying to do it on the bed is ridiculous!  No support whatsoever!  Anyway, onward and upward

Still stick after 19 days and it has affected my weight.  I am hoping to fly home tomorrow.  I should have done it last week, but was too sick.  Hopefully things will go well once I get better. 

After two weeks of caring of a husband just out of surgery and flying back to Maryland for another 12 days, I find that  must rethink how I handle my time in Wisconsin.  For the two weeks that I was there, there was no weight loss.  I'm disappointed, but not throwing in the towel.  I know that I didn't exercise at all and my eating was geared toward making the things my husband likes to help him to get better.  Good for him, not good for me.  I realize that I must find ways while I am in Wisconsin to really exercise and be able keep on program.  I can't just work at it while I'm in Maryland.  I've got to find a good balance at both places.  I know once the house is done and I'm in a regular kitchen and can have an area of exercise in, things will be better.  But, in the meantime, I have to do something.  Perhaps frozen calorie controlled meals while I'm there might work.  Any suggestions or ideas from anyone would be helpfule.

I'm into week two in Wisconsin and frustrated that I can't weigh in and work out the way I want to.  It's been a stressful week with surgery for my husband one week ago today.  But I think I'm doing OK.  What I can check is my blood sugar and what I eat directly relfects in my sugar levels.  Well, they are going down.   That means I'm eating right - at least for the sugar.  But that also means that I'm not eating a lot of simple sugars, which will ultimately affect my weight.  So, even though my trusty scale is in Maryland and I won't see it until Sunday night, I think I'm doing good.  Exercising is still tough with the living conditions and add 2 feet of snow on top of that.  I went walking at the mall yesterday and put my snow boots on the day before and walked to the mailbox in the snow!  May not sound like much, but my mailbox is a hike from my house, especially in the snow.  So, let's keep moving.  Onward and rather than Upward - it's downward.  At least for the scale.

I'm home again on the frozen tundra of northeast Wisconsin.  It's a challenge to stick to program here.  We're still living in the basement while work goes on around us to complete the rebuild of our home.  Exercising in a cold basement with a dirty concrete floor is difficult at best.  I have gotten very creative in configuring exercises that don't require me to lie down.  As I worked out in the dark this morning so as not to awaken my sleeping husband who undergoes surgery today I felt overwhelmed.  But, I persisted.  Cooking here is a challenge as well, but my hubby has said to cook what I need to eat and he will eat it as well.  That's why I love him!  I will continue the best I can underthe circumstances so that I will be around for a long time to continue to share my life with him.

 

There will be no weigh in for me this week as I have no scale here.  We have minimal living conditions.  But, again, I will persist and persevere.  Feeling sorry for myself is what got me to this point!  Can't allow that to be my way of life!  Weigh in for me will be when I return to Maryland on Feb 3.

 

Onward and upward!

OK, 2008 is starting off as stressful as the past few years.  My hubby has been ill since Thanksgiving with a serious infection.  But after 1 round of antibiotics and 11 days into the second round, he still wasn't feeling well.  I insisted he go back to the doc and guess what?????  He has a hernia on top of everything.  Can't let that deter me from my goal.  I fly back to Wisconsin Friday nite and he will probably have surgery that next week.  It will impact exercise, but I'll keep my eating in line.  Writing helps me to keep my goals in sight.