Friday, Saturday and my weigh-in!

So, Friday I took the bus to work because the sore throat was being persistent. I climbed stairs on my break, went to lunch (Taco Bell Fresco taco) with my mom so no walk during lunch, but I walked home. Then I walked to meet my husband at the gym later that night. My gym workout was awesome! I did 20 minutes of intense cardio, then did chest and shoulders and worked them pretty hard...my husband helped me focus on my muscle contraction by placing a finger on the muscle I needed to focus on...for some reason this helps immensely! Great workout! We took the bus home instead of walking. I finally got some vitamin C and my throat already feels better! Amazing what a gob of vitamin C can do!! :)

Okay and let's see, Saturday was not according to plan...I got on the scale in the a.m. and lost 1.4 lbs. for last week bringing my grand total lost to 58.4! Woo Hoo!! That's my highest lost so far and I've lost for the past 3 weeks in a row...which makes me feel like I'm pulling out of the yo yo thing I had been doing. I've been very careful with my diet and the exercise has been off the charts so I'm hopeful I'll see another loss next week. I didn't exercise on Saturday though. I simply opted not to. Today is Sunday, and since I took Saturday off of exercise I'm hoping to get some in today...although I have no idea where or how. I have to go to my sisters because my uncle, who I haven't seen in 10 years, is in town!! YAY! And, then we have a movie we are taking the whole crew to tonight (Alice in Wonderland!!) So, I might have some time between like 5 and 7 where I can get some cardio and abs in. I'll try!! If not, it won't be the end of the world, but it would feel great to squeeze it into an otherwise jam packed day! :) I'd love to go roller skating but that's not going to happen today.

I found out on Friday, while I was having lunch with my mom, that she has been diagnosed with emphysema. We knew something was probably up but thought it might be related to her kidney failure. I don't know yet what we are looking at in terms of life expectancy....a year? two? I know 4 is probably the max, she's in stage 4...the last stage. I did a little research on it and it's just a horrible thing and I am heart sick that she is going through it. So, the next few years will be a challenge for me, as my coping mechanism in the past has been food. But, my mother's health is one of the biggest reasons that prompted me to finally stick to something solid...I don't want to go through what she is going through. It's very real to me, the risks involved, when you don't take care of yourself properly. We think it's not really doing much of anything except making us look bad, but on the inside, over the years, it's doing a tremendous amount of damage, some of it irreversible. It was a huge wake up call to me. It's unfortunate that it took something so huge to make me take notice.