Day three of Around the World & guess what I did!?! I took the day off!!! Why would I do such a thing this early in? Well.... to be honest I just didn't feel like going. My energy level was super low the whole day & the thought of putting on gym clothes this morning had me literally in tears (pathetic huh). Also, I'm feeling pretty comfortable with my ability to hit the daily numbers I need in order to finish the whole challenge. Or at least I was...
Have I mentioned before that The Husband is leaving on deployment soon? Well, if I haven't... he is and the "vacation" time he gets before leaving is coming up soon - March 25th-April 4th. This is the only time we'll have to go visit his family on the other side of the state before he leaves. There is no way I can deny him that opportunity because of some "gym thing." Not that we'll be gone the entire time he has off... but still it will be a big chunk of time that I have to figure out how to compensate for.
Can I stop right here and ask you all a question? My blog, why yes I can! :)
Just out of curiosity... how many of you are expected to take your Mom with you whenever you go to visit your inlaws?
Well, maybe not "just out of curiosity." See my Mom thinks that she should come with us every time we go to visit The Husband's family & gets HUGELY offended if we don't invite her. Since she has no other family nearby, I don't mind at all if its a holiday or for a birthday... but for all the time, every visit, its just too much. It stresses everyone else out & I'm totally restricted in what I can say or do during the visit (unless I want there to be a totally embarrassing blowup in front of his family). Its to the point where we are trying to avoid her finding out about the upcoming visit... ok end vent. :)
Food was okay today... not the greatest. I did pack dinner to eat at kids group... a tasty salad with spinach, romaine, cauliflower, broccoli, grape tomatoes, sprouts, carrots, low fat mozzarella, turkey pepperoni, sunflower seeds & balsamic dressing. I was taking the last bite when I realized I didn't take a pic of it. :( Much better choice than what I typically did for kids group nights - you name the drive-thru & I probably visited it on any given Wednesday night.
We did have some yummy treats there - the standard Hershey's kisses & some super yummy Irish Coffee Cream Fudge. No clue how many calories were in the fudge, but I only had two of the kisses... so hopefully it balanced out semi-okay. I'm not a huge Irish Cream fan, but this fudge was AMAZING! Its a very good thing that it was only there in limited quantities... its the kind of stuff I could "accidentally" eat way too much of & not even realize.
What kind of St. Patricks Day treats did you have?
Hope you are all doing well this week... I soooooo need to take some time to catch up on my blog reading.
1 comments:
Thanks for your comment on my blog today it really made me think and I think you are right that thinking about the past drives me to eat sweets to sooth myself. Good suggestion too to just not think about it and focus on good things.
The whole mom thing, sigh, if you've read my last few posts you know I'm not feeling the best towards my own right now. But one thing I can say is your trip is your own family trip not your mom's and so I would either not mention it or just tell her not this time. After taking my mother on our Walt Disney trip we've agreed as a family no more extra people on ANY trip lol.
Hope you have a nice trip and a suggestion for exercise while you're there, walking. When I go visit my husbands family I take a morning walk everyday I'm there. It's beautiful countryside that is new to me so always makes me feel great.
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