My weight loss is at a halt right now... I haven't been eating as healthy but I am still staying below my recommended cals. I have been going to the beach a few times a week. I have been taking the muttzoid for a walk at least once a week no matter how exhausted I am.

I have been really stressed out at work lately.  I have been working 6 days a week all by myself... running a retail store is not a one woman job. I have a mountain of boxes stacked up in the stock room that I have been trying to take out all day, I had a large order come in, had ups and Fed-Ex show up, had customers left and right, the phone WILL NOT stop ringing, people standing around waiting to pay there electric bills, I still have carts of product to finish stocking, and people are acting like they are so insulted that I can't do everything all at the same time... so today I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off and I hardly feel like I have gotten anything done...but on the up side I bet I am burning a hella lot of Calories.

I'm going to have to skip working out tonight... I just can't imagine doing anything after I get off work tonight... :::sigh:::

I went to the beach again today with my husband and my friend juju and we tired water and swam laps up and down the beach until it was dark out! I feel awesome! My arms are a little sore but it's a nice change from my legs being sore. hahaha Other then that no real exercise today. We are talking about going back out there again tomorrow... I hope we do I LOVE SWIMMING!!!! I forgot how much I love it! :)

Yesterday I was very good with my diet and I drank 12 cups of water then after work I went over to "the gym" AKA my moms house and did 60 min on the stationary bike. I did to reps of 30 min each on the "personal trainer setting" Which pretty much has you going up hill for 20 min. It kicked my butt! I was feeling really good when I got home but I knew my legs were going to feel it to day and I was right. hahaha

I also got to talk to my moms friend Bethy and she is also trying to lose weight. She has lost 14lb on some crazy diet. I told her about this site so hopefully she will quit the eat only once a day and starve diet ...which I am calling "the dark side"    (I  was raised by geeks! hahaha)  and come over to the light. This is WAY less dangerous and will get a result that will last. Fingers crossed she comes on here and does this right.

ok have to grab a shower before work! TTYAL

Yesterday was a really good day for me! I ate three meals and kept my snacking down at night (which is when I used to do all my seriously naughty snacking) I hiked the desoto multi-purpose trail with my husband and Riley  (my german shepard chow lab muttziod) for over an hour. It was actually really fun because my husband was joking around the whole time and Riley was so excited that we got to go for a long walk that she crashed out and took a nap as soon as we got home. hahaha

It was a good feeling to see that she got the workout she needs and so did I.... I think today when I get off work if it isn't raining I am going to take her for another walk. This time I think I am going to take her on the Malaga trail. I guess we'll just have to see how the weather is.

If it's crappy out I guess I'll go to moms and use her stationary bike.

I never realized how long I go without eating a real meal. I didn't notice before today that I was only eating one meal a day and somedays I don't eat a meal at all I just snack all day. A protien shake here, a nutrition bar there, some chips here, a peice of cheese there, and then I drink ALOT of water. Which brings up the question... If I'm not eating meals everyday how the heck am I still 227 LB?

I guess my body thinks it's going through the holocaust and is storing every calorie I eat as fat so I don't starve to death. Who knew the hardest part of losing weight for me was going to be remembering to eat a meal before, during, and after work.

I need to go shopping... I need to get something fast for the morning, something fast for lunch, and something easy to make for dinner... hmmmm?

Any suggestions?

A few weeks ago my dog of 15 years died.

Then last week my mom got sick and was taken to the ER, The doctors there couldn't figure out what was wrong with her so like jerks they sent her home... she got worse so my dad took her to the VA Hospital in little rock on Friday. They are keeping her there until probably wen. because they believe she may have been having Mini strokes for months now.

Needless to say as a stress eater I have been doing my fair share of munching.... I need to stop but I can't seem to put that damn bag of chips down. :::sigh:::  I need to hire a personal assistant just to follow me around an slap the junk food out of my hands.

On the upside my best friend is prego with her 2nd child!!!!

Sadly I have to turn it around and be all "ohhhh poor me" since she always was so anti-children and here she is on number two meanwhile I have been trying for one since 2007 with nothing to show for it...

I think I need a vacation alone with my husband as soon as I hit my goal weight to take care of this baby issue once and for all...  hahaha