Greetings, y'all.

I've been doing very poorly for two weeks on the Weight Watcher's front.  The first week wasn't as bad as the 2nd week, but looking back I guess it is actually going on FOUR weeks, not just two.  And, come to think of it, it has been four weeks since my step-dad died, so I guess I'm beginning to see a pattern here...

So, anyway, my weight has been creeping up for four weeks, and it is just about time to turn that back around again.  But last week had the memorial service on Wednesday, burial in Arlington, and Thanksgiving on Thursday.  And I just haven't been able to bring myself back to proper eating yet, so there you go.

Tonight is my weigh-in night, so I'll go and see what the actual damage is.  Then I'll pull myself up by my bootstraps and get back on track.  (Oh wait! If I don't have boots with bootstraps, does that let me off the hook?  It doesn't?  Shucks!)

Please say a little prayer for me, as you read this, that God will help me to be serious and get back on track. I had set "pre-pregnancy weight" as a goal by my son's 7th birthday (how sad is that?!), but I didn't make it (SADDER STILL!), so I'm setting the new year as my date to try to accomplish it by.  That may or may not be attainable, since at this point it is 11 pounds away. Maybe it will take a little longer, but I need to get back to work.

On a good note, I did walk on the treadmill yesterday.  Because of my declining fitness, lack of working out for ages, and knowing my arthritis in my knee could act up, I went quite slowly, with the goal being one mile instead of a particular amount of time.  I was only going about 2.5 mph, so it took about 25 minutes (is that right?)... (maybe it was longer, I'm not sure...). But I did it. And my hubby wants to help me make sure I exercise just about daily, so that should help.  That means that I can tell myself it is okay to exercise right then, even though there are things all around me that are still not done yet...  I need to know that, or I put off the exercise... because for now there will never be a time when everything that needs to be done is done, so the exercise won't happen if I have to get everything done first.

Gotta go now. Blessings!

D