I am the worst!

At blogging, that is.

At this whole lifestyle and eating shift, I am kicking ass. Today, my total weight lost is 28.5 lbs. It helps that for the past 3 days, I have been smothering with a head cold that has left me unable to smell or taste anything. What's the point of eating delicious things when everything tastes like cardboard? Get in my belly, plain greek yogurt and rice cakes. Delicious.

This week is my 4 year wedding anniversary to a dirty ol' sailor. Since I married a filthy, salty sailor, it comes as no shock that he will be at sea for our anniversary (unless they end up in port for some unknown reason), so while I will be celebrating with him in my heart, we won't actually be celebrating together until he gets home next week. When you're married to a sailor, you get used to shifting special events. Christmas? Pfft...December 25th is just a guideline! REAL Christmas can happen in January! I used to wonder what the hell was wrong with people leaving up their Christmas tree so long, or putting it up so early. Now, I know.

But some people are just nuts.

Anyway, this morning I could almost taste things so I had fresh cherries and a flavoured yogurt instead of the revolting plain stuff. As much as I want to exercise, and am even dressed for it (right out of bed because I was hopeful!), I also feel like falling over because my ears are all messed up from this head cold so I get vertigo. Also breathing any harder than normal sets off a coughing fit that makes me feel like my head is going to rupture.

Coughing brings out my eyes.

Happy Monday, all. Wish me luck in shaking this plague before I pass it along.

Yeah, about that hiatus...

So, these past 6 weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. What originally started as mild discontentment with a few things snowballed into a serious discussion about moving out of province. We had our reasons for and against such a big change, and it is not off the table forever, but for now it is. Instead, we are planning to sell our home next year and move into the city so we have been doing a lot of repairs and maintenance around the house so everything is in good shape when we list next year. One of the major jobs undertaken was refinishing the stairs.

It was a lot of inconvenience, but KJ did an absolutely amazing job. He worked like a rented mule to get this done before he went back to work. My contribution was some indoor sanding and painting, where his was shit hauling the stairs down to the risers, sanding them, staining & varnishing them and re-installing them. It was intense! Despite all the hard work, and pride in the beautiful job he did, we're both still very much looking forward to moving closer to our friends, and a more reasonable distance to the coast guard base.

In other news, the exercise and weight loss journey is continuing along in the right direction. As of this morning, I have lost 22.5 lbs and am comfortably wearing regular sized clothing instead of an 18 Plus. That makes me incredibly happy. On Monday, KJ and I went to see San Andreas in IMAX 3D at the mall. Before we went into the theater, I went to a clothing store and had no idea what sizes to try on, so I tried on a bunch of different sizes. Long story short, not only was I pleased with the results, I got 3 pairs of pants and a blouse for $36 total. Hooray for sales!

Today marks the start of KJ's shift at work, so I had to drop him off at 5:30am this morning to catch a bus to Lewisporte. He made it safe and sound, and will hopefully head back towards town at some point in the trip. But till then, it's just me and the fuzz butts. I can't complain; he's been home every night for 2 months, and that is incredibly rare. Doesn't make the wait any shorter, though!

Anyway, I am back to focusing on my health and diet. That means more recipes, more exercise, and more blogging about all the bullshit I'm going through!

I know, I'm excited about it, too.