Long HOT Summer

I took off Friday and Monday for a long 4th of July weekend. We didn't go anywhere. We just relaxed and did fun things. It was such a pleasant weekend.

It's been brutally hot this summer. We didn't have a June. We're having 2 July's. Yuck. But we're still riding our bikes after work every day. I haven't lost any more weight, but I am still shrinking out of clothes, so I guess things are just firming up. When I say shrinking, I'm not talking 2 more sizes or anything. But I'm easily into a 14 (closing in on a 12) now and a plain old large t-shirt fits me just fine -- no more XL unless I just want a baggy fit. So I'm pretty happy. I was exploding out of my 16's, so 2 sizes is good in my book.

I'm also noticing more definition in my arms which is pretty cool. Now all this involves a lot of working out. Well, a lot for me. A real workout every morning, 5 days a week. Then every day at lunch I do a serious walk. In this heat, I'm doing an inside walk where I walk a back hall and then do a flight of stairs -- I started out doing 2 laps and then a flight of stairs. So I'm doing more stairs now ... like 12 flights of stairs! And then our bike rides after work. So, at 58, I think I'm getting a lot of exercise. And it seems to take all of that to replace my old jogging routine. I wish I could still jog, but I can't. My knees (especially my right knee), say no.

So, all in all, not bad for an old broad sliding down the back side of the hill.

Good football weekend

It was a busy weekend. I visited my mom near D.C. We babysat our grandson while the kids helped friends paint some rooms in their new house. And we watched a lot of football.

I took my new Wii to my mom's house to show my mom and sister. Mom thought it was interesting, but wasn't interested enough to try it -- she is 83. But I thought she might try the bowling. My sister really seemed to get into it. I wonder if I can get a commission from Nintendo for sales that I make? :-)

Though the weekend was fun, it was far from anything you'd eat on a diet, but since I'm not on a diet, it's all good. 3 glasses of wine at mom's house. Buttered popcorn with football (not ALL of the games -- just one). And eating with a 3 year old rarely consititutes healthy eating. But, I don't think I went nuts either, so I'm feeling pretty ok about it. Afterall, I'm not on a diet ... I'm in the process of changing my eating habits as part of a general lifestyle change/improvement.

Even though I'm thinking about and talking about food constantly, I am trying to not think of what I'm doing as a diet. It's a quality of life issue for me. I had managed to let myself go to where I just wasn't feeling good about myself or even just good in general. I'm not a candidate for "The Biggest Looser", I'm just slipping into the next size and I don't want to go. Ergo, changes need to be made. Baby steps.