Day 85-100

It's been a long time since I have blogged. Much has happened in the last few weeks. I am sad to report that on May 21st Grandpa passed away. It still seems very unreal to me. We were not here to see him go. We were at the beach in Pensacola, FL when Dad called to tell us the news. I think maybe that's the way Grandpa wanted it. He knew it would be too hard on Mom if she was there when he died. I am happy that his pain and discomfort are now over and that he is now with Grandma but he is dearly missed here. The house is not the same without him. It is very quiet. :( I am very grateful for the time we had with him and extra grateful for the time that he got to spend with Emelia. I know she brought him much joy. We promised him we would not let her forget him and I intend to make good on that promise. I know he is looking down on her from heaven. :)

Let's see, what else is there. With all the stress around here lately I haven't really gotten a lot of exercise in. We got a Wii and Just Dance 2 and I have been doing some dancing here and there. Last Thursday was the first day I had been on the treadmill in a long time. I jogged then and Friday as well. On Saturday I did my first 5K with my sister-in-law Kerry. I finished 3rd to last and she finished 2nd to last. :( Oh well, I can't beat myself up too bad. At least we started and finished the race. It took us 53 minutes to complete. We plan on doing another one in a few months and trying to beat our previous time. I need to start training harder and sooner. I know I can do better next time. I took Sunday and Monday off and I got back on the treadmill today. I walked for 65 minutes, went 4.6 miles and burned 730 calories. I also did Just Dance 2 tonight and earned over 3000 "Sweat Points". Today is the official kick-off to my next goal of losing 20 more pounds before Emelia's 2nd birthday. That's 11 weeks from now. I think I can do it, if not get pretty darned close.

I haven't been eating all that great the past few weeks either. :( I've been trying to eat lo-carb when I can but when we were on vacation pretty much all bets were off. I haven't lost any more weight but I have thankfully kept off the 20 pounds I have lost thus far. With this new kick-off I am going to get back to blogging every day and keeping track of what I have been eating. Here is what I ate today:

BREAKFAST:
-strawberries
-blueberries
-lo-carb vanilla yogurt
-homemade granola

LUNCH:
-s.f. pink lemonade
-lo-carb tortilla w/salami, Swiss, mayo & mustard
-2 Totino's pizza rolls

DINNER:
-1 pork chop
-baked sweet potato w/margarine & cinnamon Splenda
-corn