Monday Mornings

Good morning,

I had a pretty good weekend.  I'm glad I waited until today to post though - gave me things to save up and talk about.  This morning's weigh in was alright - I am down to 177lbs now, but I was there on Thursday so this week I'm not getting on the scale until next Monday. 

Over the course of the weekend I put on some clothes from my closet that I haven't seen since the end of the summer - yes, I gained a considerable amount of weight from the summer > the New Year.  Much to my surprise, my dress pants were loose.  I was even bold enough to buy a dress yesterday!  I saw this really cute dress in Facebook and I thought, "that might look okay on me".  It had a wide elastic waist just under the breast line and I have heard before that this defines a waist in larger women.  I asked my 17 year old daughter if she'd like to go shopping in this cute little boutique up the road.  She's a girly girl and jumped at the offer.

I walked into the store - it was actually this lady's house all redone like a store.  The jewelry was gorgeous and so were the handbags.  Then I asked her to show me the dress I saw in Facebook.  I looked at it and my goodness it looked so small, even though it was a size large.  I knew it wasn't going to fit me.  She told me I could try it on in the washroom down the hall and there was a full length mirror in the boutique.  I told her the likelihood of me walking back into the store with that dress on was nil to none.  I pulled it over my head and I looked down at myself - my big belly was no longer protruding like I was pregnant and I could see my feet!  I had cleavage.  I was dying to see what I looked like in the full length mirror.  I called to my daughter - who would be more than blatantly honest with me (half the reason I took her) - and asked her if it would be a good idea for me to step out of the washroom.  She was so excited to see me in a dress.  She said, 'mom, I've never seen you in a dress before, it looks great'. 

I walked over to the dreaded mirror.  Much to my surprise, it didn't look that bad.  I liked it.  I wasn't quite sure where I was going to wear it - I initially wanted it for work, but I'm not sure if it's too dressy or not.  I suppose with a cute pair of sandals, it could be worn to work.  I was getting it.  I was actually buying a dress.  It was time to treat myself, so instead of the usual treating myself with food, I looked for a necklace to go with my new dress.  It was a great day! 

I didn't get to the gym all weekend though.  I am sick with a head cold and I just wanted the weekend 'off'.  I really don't like going to the gym on the weekends - too many people.  John usually takes the dogs for an evening walk and last night I asked to join him.  I got out for some cardio because the snow is very deep and we walked up a street that was on somewhat of an incline, so I got a little bit of exercise, not as much as if I went to the gym.

So, because of my non activity this weekend, I pushed myself a bit this morning.  I went 30 mins on the treadmill - I was sweating.  I bumped into a girl from work and it knocked my whole drive off kilter.  I don't know why, I just like to go do my thing and come home.  She wanted to converse for a bit and then my rhythm was broken.  I worked 4 arm machines and then I made my way over to the abs area.  I did that machine hard.  I decided on 3 sets of 20 and then I did 3 sets of 20 on the ball.  My stomach is sore and I'm happy with my solid 30 minutes on the treadmill.

When I arrived home, I had a mushroom omelet wrap and a cup of tea.  My sinuses are all stuffed and I'm getting a headache.  I'm full of the cold.  I want to get a few things done today, but I'm trying to muster up some energy.  I wish I had of worked some more machines.  I will be at the gym for the next 3 mornings so I'm hoping to get more time in with the other machines.  I have to make sure I can keep this weight off or that new dress I bought would have been a waste of money ...