About to head to the gym.  Feeling a little bored.  I don’t have a computer because my Apple is at the Apple Store for repairs.  Hopefully I will get my computer back this week!  I got back on Saturday from the beach with my family.  Had a great time jogging on the beach and eating lots of fish!  Oh, when I got back to my apartment I got out my scale and it says I weigh 116 pounds.  Haha!  That means I would most likely be DEAD or on the Dr. Phil show.  Wow, I guess all my running on the beach paid off!  Haha, jk.  Something must be wrong with my scale.  Which, again, is sorta frustrating because I don’t know exactly what I weigh right now – but I have a feeling I maintained while on my vacation.  I’m not sure I’ll reach my goal of being down 60 pounds by my birthday because of this plateau I’ve hit – but I’m not giving up.  And I don’t want to be down on myself about it.  I made great choices while on vacation with my family and worked out every day.  I did eat ice cream for the first time in 8 months!  It was exciting to finally treat myself to it, but it wasn’t good enough where I feel like I’ll fall off the band wagon (pun intended!)

Well, anyway, my Blogs might be few and far between this week since I don’t have my computer (I’m on the one in my apartment building). 

I am so grateful for my family.  My sister is almost 7 months pregnant – I can’t wait to meet Baby Gabriel, or Lil’ G as I like to call him.  And my 84-year-old Grandma had some trouble on vacation keeping her balance.  She fell twice   It was really sad and frustrating ’cause her body is getting older but her mind and spirits are like that of a 20-year-old.  Sigh.  And, on top of all of this, my mom’s back went out!  The human body is pretty amazing.  I get to see my sister pregnant and how her body is changing.  And getting to feel Lil’ G kick is so awesome!!!  And seeing my Grandma get older and her body getting weaker is super tough.  And I’m sure all this stress caused my mom’s back to go out – because the mind and the body are so connected. 

It’s the Yin and Yang of the human body I suppose.  And my own body is changing, too, now that I’m down 50 pounds!  I’m smaller in all the right areas   and have more energy when I’m working out and am just happier all around.  I’m getting a bit of loose skin on my tummy and my Lap Band scars are still noticeable.  These things are more like a badge of honor, I think.  I trophy for all of my hard work.  It’s just worth reflecting on – how the body adapts to whatever is going on.  It seems as though my family as a whole is having a lot of physical changes for a variety of reasons.  All you can do is support each other and focus on the positive!

My grandma isn’t going to get any younger but it’s really hard to see her getting older.  The positive is that she’s still kicking ass and is still as witty as ever.  A lot of folks say it’s harder if you see someone you love “lose it” mentally.  So, maybe I should be grateful she’s still SO with it mentally.  She belongs to a book club and bridge clubs and can drive better than I can.  She just has trouble walking and keeping her balance.  Plus, she gets super nervous and that just doesn’t make it any easier.  On the flip side, I think a lot of her leg pain was attributed to her falling twice.  So, maybe now that she’s home it’ll heal faster.  She’s never fallen like that before.  But then again, I have a handful of falling stories.  Maybe it’s not age but just our family curse

And I am SO excited about being an Aunt!!!  I can’t wait to see Lil’ G.  I know it’s hard for my sister to not be able to be as active as she usually is.  Especially on vacation.  She could go on little walks and bike rides here and there, but she couldn’t go on jogs with Sam and me or ride long distances.  But you just wait!  Pretty soon you’ll have a toddler and you’ll wish you weren’t running all around.  Anyway, it’s so cool to see her body changing (minus her cankles!) and to do research on what’s going on inside her body during this month as it relates to the baby.  Did you know that around this term the baby starts to actually drink the liquid that’s inside of the placenta?  So, whatever the mom eats the baby tastes.  This is so when the baby starts breast feeding, it has a familiar taste to when it was inside the mom.  It also creates a connection to the mom.  What’s funny is that when my mom was pregnant with my sister, she ate tons of spinach.  My sister loves spinach.  And when my mom was pregnant with me, she couldn’t get enough…of cheesecake!  Haha.  Go figure!  What is my favorite food?  You guessed it.  Which now you can draw on a lot of parallels to my sister and me.  She’s tiny.  She likes spinach.  I have a Lap Band. I love cheesecake.  Go figure!  Thanks, mom. 

I am excited to see how my body continues to warp and change.  I get the word “you look svelte” a lot from folks now.  I am learning to be patient with my body, too.  The fact that I’ve hit this plateau is my body adjusting and adapting to my sudden drop in weight.  So that in and of itself is part of the journey! 

Okay, I’m done reflecting now.  Off to the gym.  I had to get out of my apartment because I am so bored without my computer and if I just sit around and watch TV I’ll want to eat.  Never a good combo.