Beautiful Day!

Today was an absolutely perfect day.  The weather was picture perfect..I was so grateful.

I started the day by doing some Wii Fit Plus activities – about 1/2 hour worth.  Boy did some of those yoga moves hurt!  I did my best though. I got rather excited when my scoring indicated “Yoga Trainer” on a couple of activities and “Body Builder” on another.  I got a good little chuckle out of that. The last time I used the Wii was late July and I’ve lost just over 10 lbs since (according to the Wii).  I’m happy with that.

Another excellent thing happened today.  I went for my very first motorcycle ride…well in at least 20 years anyway.  I’ve always been too heavy and too scared.  Today, I went out and I’m not going to say I wasn’t nervous at first, but I have to admit it was pretty cool.  My husband was excited too.  He even said we could do a Fall color tour on the bike.  Not sure I’m ready for such a long ride like that yet. I was a little sore after the ride, perhaps because I was a bit tense at first.  But it was incredible to see nature and things from a different view.   Like I said already, the weather was perfect.

I weighed in this morning and was 173 lbs. That’s down 1.5 pounds this past week. I’ll take it!

Another week of work starts tomorrow. I can’t believe the weekend is nearly done already.  But it was a great weekend – I can’t complain.

You know, I’ve gone through quite a bit in my weight loss journey; but I’ve have to say that I believe – in the words of Miley Cyrus – Life is what you make it!

♥ Dottie

Easter has Passed

Can you believe it? Easter is now behind us already. We cooked dinner at our house and had our neighbors over. I did okay with my eating...sort of. You may be thinking that my weakness was the chocolate candy, but no... I did fine with the candy. I had a small Bit O Honey and a Rolo. Not bad. My weakness was the shrimp cocktail. Holy my goodness, I lost it. I can't even tell you how many little shrimps I ate. Talk about an addiction! At dinner, I had a slice of ham, a scoop of augratin potatoes and a scoop of green bean casserole. Not too bad... Oh! I also had a slice of wheat beer bread. Later before bed, I indulged in some carrot cake and glass of milk. I guess you could say I splurged a bit yesterday. Do I feel bad...actually I really don't. I may have splurged, but I didn't eat anywhere near the amount I used to eat in the past. So I know I've improved. After dinner we played a game called Cranium: Sculpturade. That was interesting, but fun. You draw a card from the pile to see what you have to sculpt out of the clay and your team mates have to guess it. We played adults against the kids. The kids were much better at sculpting...but we all did well. We had fun and that's what is most important.

So how was your day? Did you have fun?

♥ Dottie