Things are normal here. I did get to the grocery store. Remember all those wonderful organization tips I gave in my last post? Yea...well, I got some of them done. I got my pantry organized, my fridge wiped out/organized, and a list made up. I wasn't able to get my freezer defrosted or bread made. Rubic had the flu so we spent about three hours at the..ahem Quick care center Thursday morning finding out that he had the flu and getting him a doctors excuse for work. That set me back some. Still the things I was able to do, made it pretty simple to bring home a months worth of groceries and get them put away. I was then able to get some bread made for sandwiches and pizza crust made for dinner (thank you bread machine). So all in all a good trip and planning helped.
I did have a bit of a set back which had nothing to do with my grocery shopping trip. Back the end of December I started some tomato seeds for this years gardening season. The plan being I would start the season off with larger plants and hopefully have them produce more before getting taken down by our rather hot summers. Well, they sprouted and were thriving. We've had some warmer than normal weather and so I have been taking them outside to get some good sunlight. I don't have great windows for sunlight in my house. Things were going swimmingly until, while taking them out for their morning sun bathing, I tripped. Yep! I tripped. Seedlings went flying, across the room to land on the floor. I lost about half of them immediately and about half again since then. The ones still living are not very happy. THWARTED AGAIN!
Last on my list; this weekend marks a year since I started my weight loss journey. My goal for the year was at least 52 pounds lost. I figured that would be a pound a week. Alas I fell short by three pounds. My total is 49 pounds lost. You know what? I'll take it. So I didn't make my goal. I lost. I helped care for my dad. I lost my dad. I started a new venture in my Etsy shop. The holidays came just like they do every year, but these were a little tougher. "Life" Happened. There were many other intrusions that kept me from obtaining the goal I set for myself. Funny how life happens. Life happening is not an excuse we use to not workout as some would have us believe. It's just a fact. You adapt. All the best laid plans you know. The difference between now and then when it comes to life's intrusions was the fact that I didn't stop or give up. Each day was a new start and I made the most of those days. I accepted the consequences of my actions and moved on. That's why whatever you chose to do to lose weight, needs to be something easily adapted to YOUR LIFE.
All our lives are different and what we need to accomplish our goals is also different. We're individuals after all. Adaptability is the key. To find that silver lining in mistakes you might have made and learn from them, grow from them, not to repeat them. To take lemons life hands you and make lemonade from it so to speak.
So I will keep plugging along. I'm not going back. I am told the longer it takes for weight to come off, means it will stay off longer. Yay! So I will keep on keeping on. I'll get the rest of the weight off in due time.
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