Beautiful Behaviors - June 2017

@jessiquoi half day at work...that makes me have a really good day. Love my job but this time is our slow time so makes for long days. Going shopping for new cleats because softball starts tomorrow night. So...my week looks like this currently Tuesday nights - pickleball, Wed - sand volleyball (starts soon) Friday - softball. I went from not doing much to WTH am I doing? LOL

@happysherri - glad you are getting some much needed rest. I did that over the weekend. Apparently my body needed rest so that's what I did on Sun and Mon. It could have been the volleyball on Saturday. I need to remember I am not in my 20's anymore.

Hello everyone! This has been a trying couple of days for me - appliances breaking, running errands, and I think my diverticulosis may be doing a thing again. But I did have one milestone success, I now weigh less than 200 lbs.

@nickiphillips1 - good luck to your son on making it to State!
@happysherri - have fun swimming! Getting outside is a good goal. Last year we house sat for a lady with her own pool and just lived in the water for ten days. It was like a mini vacation where we got paid.
@aleahurst - I'm glad to hear your new person is not an idiot. Navigating the health care system is so much nicer with smart people to help out. I've had both idiots and wonderful people recently, and it makes me appreciate how truly wonderful good healthcare professionals are. My pharmacist even phoned me to ask how I was doing on my new meds and if I needed any advice on when to take them.

It is Sunday and my son went to his dad's to visit with his Oma, who is visiting from Missouri for my older son's graduation. Quiet times!

I went inline skating this morning for the first time in over a year. I was a little unstable at first, but then I was fine. I made it 45 minutes and actually stopped for a minute or two when I felt like I was going to fall. I had so much fun! I realized that I dream I am inline skating a lot! I forgot how much fun it is! I go where it is completely flat so I don't fall. I then mowed the front lawn after, so I am tired.

The scale is finally moving too. I ate my steak yesterday and it was sooooooo good. I think my body craves that iron and red meat every week or two. I hope to do some cleaning after my smoothies and shower and some rest.

I have a question for empty-nesters. I spent a great chunk of yesterday with my older son, who is graduating and going to Louisiana in August for college. I was very nostalgic last night and almost cried. I also noticed my son was a little huggy (he is normally not like that at all). I talked to step mom last night about it and she said that she and dad are feeling the same way and noticed my son is getting that way. Have any of you empty nesters gotten this way? I think it is all getting too real? I actually called this morning and asked if he was available today, but he changed his plans yesterday to hang out with me to today. I felt so good that he changed his plans to see me. That is also uncharacteristic of him.

So my beautiful thoughts for today are:

• cherish your time with your children while you can
• cherish your free and quiet time when you get it
• enjoy whatever comes your way

And I just wanted to say:
@aleahurst - sounds like you have a great attitude toward food to just enjoy it when you are hungry and not force yourself to eat at certain times
@jessiquoi - good job with the gym - remember your exercise and healthy times can happen outside of the gym - especially in summer - a walk or swim in the lake
@katadx - enjoy what you eat and make room for food you like - I had two dark chocolate squares last night and a steak for dinner and the scale was down yesterday - I also ate healthy all day and swam two miles in the morning - it sounds like you are making great choices
@tabletop_joe - so nice to see you as well!

@nickiphillips1 - OMG, Yes! I miss my kiddos. They aren't super far away but they have hectic schedules and then I have my schedule. And, yes, I randomly think of being without them and cry. Isn't that a great feeling when they make plans to actually be with you! Congrats, you are doing so well - inline skating Whoa!!!
@rheddmobile - WOWZERS!!! Wonderful Work! under 200 is a success and hard work paying off! I did have fun at the pool, thx
@katadx - Thank you for letting me know about my thoughts helping, sometimes I feel like I'm rambling lol. Oh, man, I forget about farmers markets, I can almost picture those veggies - and now I'm craving fresh vegetables.
@jessiquoi - You are a Beast (and beauty)!!!! 2 days in a row! Great work
@aleahurst - I call that intuitive eating!!! Which is a wonderful thing, be aware of what your body feels instead of feeling like you have to eat on the 3 meals a day schedule. I'm glad you are trying something new/different. Love the quote - sometimes we lose track of our small successes because we're focused on the bigger picture.
@tabletop_joe - Hello there. Hope you're doing well

Update: I completely took all last week off including the weekend. I ate delicious (not very nutritious) foods, didn't go to the gym and slept a bit more. Again, I felt like I was fighting through quick sand all week. I felt a little better on Friday, so now I'm ready this week.
FUN FILLED Weekend - Friday night, my bf and I had a small argument and then brushed it aside and went out to dinner, again - I couldn't even eat half. Saturday my sister, niece and nephew went to a small water park - I used the lazy river a bunch so relaxing. You all should be proud, because I tried to back out of going to the drive in movies but I had texted my sisters to hold me accountable to get out more. My sister called me and said throw your hair in a pony tail and come on! I went to the drive in and didn't get home until 3AM!!!
Sunday I couldn't get anything done because I didn't get much sleep from getting home so late/earlyAM. I am getting OLD, people! I felt like I had a slight hang over from not getting sleep!!! LOL
I start everything back up today! Here I go....

Thought for the day: You may see me struggle but you will never see me quit. ***Not once, not once, did I think about just continuing with eating poorly and not going back to the gym. I just went with how I felt that moment, I would have rather had my tired moment last less than a week, but it did. While I fully enjoyed my time "off" - other than feeling exhausted, I was thinking of starting back and going back to the gym. When we push "pause" on anything we shouldn't think of it as all or nothing. We're allowed to push pause and take a break and this is not failure but simply part of the process. I am getting back into my art in which I've taken a long pause from. I even felt like I've taken a pause on doing things that make me happy (not sure why). I'm pressing the play button now!

Sorry that this was so long and happy motivational Monday!!!

@jessiquoi and @aleahurst - Yes, you know that I am always trying to drink my water. so far I've drank 6 cups of water and 3 cups of coffee haha

***On another note - I put too much dressing on my salad and tried to eat the lettuce and spinach with none on it. So, Yay, I now know I don't like hardly any dressing on my veggies!