Burned off Over 550 Calories

Well, after two hours of working outside, I decided I needed a break. We were planting our new fruit trees until the concrete truck arrived. Holy Moly, is that HARD WORK. I was right in the midst of it all....shoveling, scooping, and smoothing it off. The muscles in my arms and legs feel like jelly. I can sure feel it in my shoulders as well. I went to Caloriesperhour and plotted my figures in a came up with a whopping 557 calories burned.

Caloriesperhour has a great article on the importance of drinking water. I need to get off the diet coke. I know drinking water helps your body burn fat which equals...weight loss!!!!

Long enough break for me, better go see what I can do now to help my husband.

The Final Trip North with the Trailer

I'm happy to say, we are finally back in TN. We closed on mom's house last Friday afternoon. I was never so glad to get out of there. The entire week, it was cold, windy, with snow, sleet, and rain. The only furniture we had were our fishing chairs and the bed. Not exactly the greatest of accomodations. We didn't want to waste money staying at a hotel just for the convience of a tv. We were happy when the real estate company said the closing was all set for Friday. We thought we might have to come back to TN after making a few repairs to wait for the closing.

It was such a good feeling to pull that door shut for the last time. I'm so happy to know, our next trip to Illinois will not include the trailer. It was so windy coming back this last trip, we couldn't go over about 55 mph most of the way. We ran into flooding across one highway, that really scared me. I couldn't believe there were no signs posted for water on the road.

I haven't felt good for the last 5 days. I drank about 5 bottles of Pepto Bismal. I think, my nerves on top of having to eat out every meal, was more than my stomach could handle. Today, is the first day my stomach hasn't bothered me.

I haven't got on the scale but I'm sure I sabotaged my weight loss on this last trip. Eating out every meal for over a week and eating healthy, was impossible for me.

I've just finished a cup of hot tea. I'm grabbing my water and heading to the gym. I've got my Ipod (my husband has the nano and loves it) and Omron pedometer in my pocket. This will actually be my first day working out at this new place. I'm kind of nervous, yet excited about starting a new program.

1 - 2 - 3 - 4- - Here I go.....out the door