Christmas Craziness

I realize that it's been a few weeks since I posted. Christmas really got to me and I had a few setbacks. Weighing myself the last couple of weeks has not been pretty, but it also was not as bad as it could have been. While it seems counter-productive, I think making cookies for other people is the only thing that has kept me sane. You see, I could bake something sweet, sample it, then get it out of the house, thereby keeping me from eating any more of it. The problem came when I did my own Christmas stuff. I baked a batch of cookies for Christmas eve, which I ate several of. I stuffed a stocking for myself, which consisted of mostly chocolate. I made a huge double batch of enchiladas, then nobody that came to my house ate very much, leaving the leftovers for me to devour (which I did in a couple of days). I felt myself going into a really bad spiral downward. The thing that stopped it (of all things) was New Year's Eve.

As many of you know, I sit with an elderly lady two days a week. This doesn't require much effort on my part, as it is mostly my presence that is required. So I end up with a lot of time on my hands in between the few duties that I actually do have. So I was working New Year's Eve, and my employer (daughter of the lady), and I were talking about exercise and opportunities to exercise. She had purchased a Wii and Wii Fit. The Wii was hooked up at Thanksgiving for the family to play, but she hadn't done anything yet with the Wii Fit. She indicated that she didn't even know how to hook it up, and I told her that I would take care of it for her. I discovered that I LOVED IT!!!! I gotta get me one of those!! In the meantime I have been given permission to use it whenever I am working.

The second thing that happened was that I decided to go back to my workout group. I made the decision to talk to the leader and explain my concerns. She apparently had already noticed my issues, and made arrangements to split the group into two so that there will be an advanced workout and an easier one for those of us who just can't do the advanced stuff yet. She had also made notebooks for each of us with a goal sheets and To-Do lists and calendars. We discussed our goals for the year, and decorated our notebooks with reminders and reinforcement.

So, I don't make resolutions, but I am beginning again at the start of this new year. Goal: more workouts, more fruit and veggies, less sugar. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!