Eating Healthy to Lose Weight and exercise

The weather has been so beautiful this past week. Mom and I have taken our walk in the park everyday. I keep forgetting to take the camera with me. It's such a lovely park. It has a beautiful monument with flags flying and the city name on the front of it. I enjoy sitting in the gazebo and watching the flags waving so proudly. Perhaps today I'll remember the camera.

Two days ago, I decided to rake all the leaves out of the flower beds along the house and the beds along the back section of the yard. Holy moly, my left arm was killing me yesterday. I didn't realize racking could cause this much pain....perhaps I just forgot. Needless to say, it was worth it, the flower beds look 100% better. I didn't get any callousses either. Yea!!!

The daffodils and grape hyacinths are blooming like crazy, along with some I don't know. The various bushes are coming back to life with their deep red leaves on some, while others are a bright yellow. I'm so happy we moved here. It's so peaceful.

I have given up candy for lent. I thought I would have a hard time sticking to that, but so far so good. I've been much better at curbing my snacking. I got on the scale and have lost one pound. That sure isn't anything earth shattering, but a loss is a loss.

Time to fix myself breakfast. I've decided to have some oatmeal. Quaker has some new flavors out, but I enjoy the old fashioned oatmeal. I usually include a cup of green tea. Lipton such a variety of flavors. They have two new flavors of green tea, decaf honey lemon, and cranberry pomegranate. I haven't tried them yet.

Studies show that both oatmeal and green tea are great in a weight loss program. I just need to stick with the on a more regular basis.

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