So where do I begin??

Kristie has inspired me to write on this blog instead....much easier to keep track of and much easier to read. I will try to post about my daily life as a mom, wife and 40 something year old female, trying to lose a few pounds and trying to keep sane in my life in the midwest.

This week has been an interesting one. My boss who is affectionately known in my world as the hospital nazi, has taken a medical leave of absence. I thought it was going to be a 3 week leave; turns out its a 3 MONTH leave. And in speaking with her supervisor, I just wonder if there's more to this story that I don't know. But in the meantime, things will get interesting without her. Hopefully it won't add any more stress to my work like than I've already had.

Stress is a huge factor in my life, between dealing with a very strong minded 18 yr old living at home and going to community college. And a great husband, but one that doesn't really know how to handle parenting our 18 yr old. They tend to butt heads ALOT, often putting me in the middle of their battles. It's something I'm working on, learning to stay out of their fights, but keep our household sane.

On the healthfront, I'm trying to keep myself as stress free as possible because we think that is what tends to make my cold sores and hives come out (at least that's what we know for now). I'm also trying to head down the right road and get the 40 something pounds that I need to lose off. My current weight is 175, which is more than I've ever weighed (while not being pg; I did weight this when I was pg but that was over 18 yrs ago). It makes me sad to see myself at this weight; I know its not healthy and as much as I've tried to do it by just cutting back on my food intake, its just not happening. So I've incorporated some exercise into my routine now.

Last week, I took my first cardio dance class with my daughter; she's the teacher. And this week, I took it one step further, by taking that class on Monday night, walking on the treadmill on Wednesday night for 45 minutes and then working out with weights and a stability ball last night for almost an hour. Not super fantastic, but definitely more effort than I had been putting into my exercise regimen. Now its a matter of actually keeping it up. I have also started to really count my foods, but I need to go back to entering them on SparkPeople, where I can see them square in the face for what I'm eating.

Tonight, we are going to a wedding and I'm going to try and be as good as possible while I'm there. However, I know that there probably will be foods that I'll have that I don't typically eat, so I'll make up for it by being extra good during the day. It will be an interesting evening anyway, as its the wedding of my stepson's stepbrother......so I'll be mingling with my husband's ex wife's family, hee.