Gone Again

MP is away again.  He left for Boston yesterday and won't be home until Friday.  I miss him already!  Last year we went to Boston together.  It rained the whole time that we were there, we still had a great time.  I would love to be there with him. 

Thankful for friends!

This morning my neighbor friend and I got her twin boys and my grand daughter together and went to the gym.  I'm so thankful for someone to go with!  On my way home another friend called and asked me out for coffee later today.  Such a blessing!

fooling myself

Every Tuesday I go to the gym and weigh in, acting surprised when the scale stays to same or goes up a lb. or two.  I've been in the same weight range for months now.  I'm not very motivated.  I go to the gym all the time, and my workouts have been more intense, but my eating stinks!  I love to eat!  I know that only I can control what and how much I put into my body.  So what am I doing?  When is enough going to be enough?  I've lost 50 lbs.  I want to loose another 35, I just can't get motivated!

Spinning

Got MP up early on a Saturday morning to take a spin class with me.  Wish they made those seats a little bigger! 

Running

Last year I set a goal to run a 5K in November, the Turkey Trot.  I planned to run with my husband and daughter.  I worked really hard, then found out I was having surgery and wouldn't be able to run, so I stopped.  I was really disappointed, and now I'm having a hard time getting started again.  I can't really get motivated.  I get on the treadmill at the gym and run a little, but don't really push it.  Today I realized I have a lot more in me than I have been giving.  So I ran, I ran a mile, I could have done more.  It felt good, It also felt good to push myself.  I've been going to the gym for a year now, and I do strength training with a trainer, so I'm pushed there, but I haven't really pushed myself while doing cardio.  A couple of weeks ago, I started taking some of the classes offered at the gym and quickly realized that I haven't really pushed at all.  So now I know I have more in me than I thought.  It's time to start pushing!

What was I thinking!

Yesterday my sister made homemade granola, amongst other things.  My niece and my sister get together every Wed. and bake or craft together. I had them send me the recipe for granola, I went out and got the things I didn't have on hand and made some this morning when I came back from the gym.  I have to say I'm so glad I went today even though it was rainy and gross outside.  On Thursday's I take a class with a group of other woman.  The class is always different, always challenging, but the best thing about it is being with other woman!  There is something great about getting together with the same group of woman, week after week for the same purpose.  I'm blessed by them.  I wonder if they know that?  Ok, so back to the granola.  I have been thinking about this since yesterday, thinking how wonderful it will be with the homemade yogurt MP makes.  Mmmmm mmmmm.  So I made it.  Note to self "Do not use salted sunflower seeds in your granola".  The granola is good, and I will eat it, however, the sweet nutty flavor I was looking forward to, is missing, thanks to my roasted, salted, sunflower seeds.  What was I thinking?

4 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup of raisins
1/4 c of canola oil
1/2 c of honey
mix the dry ingredients together, then add honey and oil
spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 325 for 10 minutes
turn granola over and bake another 10 minutes

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Where has my memory gone?  I really thought that after my surgery, when I was off all of my meds my memory would be better.  In most cases it is, but the last week or two, I have forgotten so many things that I really meant to do!  I missed iBloom's Facebook party, that makes me so sad!  I've never attended on and really wanted to see how it works!  I also missed a Thirty-One online training I wanted to attend.  So many things going through this brain of mine these days!  What do you do to keep track of things?