I am excited

I had a pretty good weekend. Got quite a bit of grading done. Not as much homework, but that is next after I check what I need to check on the puter. I survived eating at the big family dinner and had a great day at WW today!

I had a great time visiting with everyone at the dinner. It was good to see Phil and Jackie. We don't get to see them enough. And what a bonus to see Chara, Josh, and Jonah! I have been dying to see that little guy! I was hoping they would come and they did. I wish we could have visited a bit more, but it was crazy with all those people. Randy and Susan got to come. This time, I got to sit near them and catch up. That was fantastic! I am so mad I forgot to bring my camera. I really meant to. I think Moms had a wonderful time anyway. I am thinking next time we get together, we need to find a place where we can have a small room just to ourselves. Then we could be loud and holler across the tables and everything. I will be working on finding a place we can do that next time.

So today was a very good day at WW. I got yelled at really bad by Christy for drinking a coke the other day. I had mexican food one day at my favorite mexican restaurant. But other than that, I tried to stay on track. I guess it worked...I lost 3 pounds this week. The most of any week since I've joined. That 3 pounds got me to 10.6 pounds overall so I got another star. I was excited. I am getting closer to my 10% and that feels really good. Oh and I bought the points calculator. Susan showed me hers at dinner and I decided I need one too. It should be much easier. Now, if I can just fit in that exercise, I should be losing faster. I think I've said that before haven't I?

Last night when we got home from dinner, Tristan asked for a dessert. I began to show him the wide variety of "healthy" 100 calorie desserts we now have. He looked me in the eye and said, "Mama. I want some real cookies." Well guess you can't fool kids too long on eating stuff that's good for them. So, I bought him some real ones today.

Well, I don't have much more to say at the moment. I need to get my laundry out and get my nose in my book for class. Have a paper to write and can't do that if I don't get the book read. I am reading about Intelligences...and how there are many. It's so fascinating I find myself "zombie reading". That's Chance's term for looking at the words but not comprehending a thing. It's just not my cup of tea. B O R I N G!!!!

Until next time.
B

Just a quick note...

Today was the first day of my 4th week of Weight Watchers. So I've just finished 3 solid weeks. I have lost a total of 7.6 pounds. I couldn't wait until the end of my month to measure myself as my plan suggests so I did tonite anyway.

I have lost 1 inch in my arms.
I have lost 2.5 inches in my waist.
I have lost 1.5 inches in my hips.
And I have lost 1 inch in my thighs.

And I haven't really exercised yet. I need to start.
I am happy!