Weigh-in Week 2... Life Happens!

Starting Weight: 242 lbs
Current Weight: 235 lbs
This week's results: -1 lb
Total results: 7 lbs

"We interrupt your life, Heidi, to bring you... more life"
This was my week:

Monday I got to meet my new friend and personal trainer, Michelle. She is wonderful! She's the type of person that inspires you to do well, because you want her approval. I work very well with her type of person. She's smart, really knows her stuff, and doesn't come at you like she can't understand your struggles. We went over meal plan stuff and then she showed me a strength training routine that I've been following the rest of the week.

Tuesday and Wednesday went pretty much according to plan, except that Wednesday night I prepared a post about all the stuff Michelle and I went over, but my server wasn't working. I lost the entire post, because I'm a goober. I thought it'd be a good idea to re-boot the system. Not a good idea. Apparently there's an "auto-save" backup, but only after I've saved the post once. Never did it. I did learn, though. I'm saving now as well as autosaving every couple words or so.

Thursday, I disappointed and saddened Carl, who just learned that I still have 10 Women of Faith tickets for the Tampa conference August 14 and 15 that I paid for in advance, but cannot find any takers willing to come up with the $99 fee for the event. So I have almost $1,000 out of our account that we had earmarked for medical stuff. Bad enough, but he discovered this when I posted the tickets' availability on Facebook. He's not happy, to say the least. Guys do not like surprises, as a general rule, and I've been surprising Carl for about 25 years now, and probably will for many more to come, as long as he's willing to put up with them. Poor guy! I guess he thought marrying "Lucy" was a good idea. He's the rock in our relationship. I'm the hammer.

Just as my drama was beginning to unfold about the Women of Faith Tickets Thursday morning, I got a call from my sister Kris, to let me know that our Mom had been complaining of chest pains, so she took her to the hospital at about 3:30 a.m. Nitroglycerin reduced her pain, and she's feeling much better, but the cardiologist wants to know why the pain in the first place. Sister Carla visited earlier in the day until she had to go to work, and I got to the hospital about 3:30 and stayed until visiting hours ended at 8:00. Mom's Pastor came and visited with us and we prayed together the 4 of us. Sister Amy called from Salt Lake, and brother Eric called as well. All the sibs are local except for Amy, so Mom has lots of support. Carla called from work and her husband Jeff from home. The doctor said they're going to do a nuclear stress test today (Friday), and Mom went downstairs for some heart pictures just after I left. Kris was going to stay until Mom left her room for the tests. She'd been up since the middle of the night, so I'll bet she slept like a noisy log last night... Kris, Mom and I are world-champion snorers.

So, in the midst of this, I've managed to stay on my program and lose a pound, so go me. The thing I've learned this week is that I have to stay the course. I SO wanted to stop last night and have a big ol' Chic-Fil-A sandwich and fries (I do so love their cole slaw too), but I knew that wouldn't help my long term goals, and that wouldn't do anything for Mom, so I went on home. Lindsay and Scott had gone grocery shopping with the babies, and were putting them to bed by the time I got home. Guess what was on the dining table? Empty Chic-Fil-A bags and boxes. Irony! My sarcastic nature loves it! I had letover spinach, mojo chicken, black beans and brown rice, laughing at myself the entire time. Delicioso!

I'm praying that your week was a little less eventful than mine, and I ask for prayers for Mom and her doctors, and for myself, 10 buyers of Women of Faith tickets. Have a wonderful weekend.