Down another 2.5 lbs!! Woo hoo! That makes 22.3 lbs total so far! I'm actually kind of surprised because the Friday before our weigh-in we went to Red Lobster for dinner. I did okay but I got my favorite meal there..the crab alfredo. I did only get the half portion and only ate half of that, but I had 2 of their biscuits (they are SOOOO good), part of a shrimp nacho appetizer, and a cesaer salad. I felt awful after eating it. So the the whole weekend I was totally on it with my diet which was amazing because my oldest son was up Saturday night throwing up (ALL night long!) and my husband got the same stomach bug and was in bed all day Sunday.

I'm really not sure how this week is going to turn out. With my kids being sick, running them to the doctor and back and forth to work I haven't been doing the best eating wise. Also since my husband has been sick on top of that I haven't made it to the gym but twice in 5 days and I'm not very happy about that. I was thinking to myself the other day that it shocks me that just missing one day I'm itching to get back in the gym the next day. I really don't like skipping days because I feel like I'm cheating myself, but I know that everyone needs a break every now and then. The thing for me though is the gym is "me" time. I'm not a mom, I'm not a wife...I'm just me. I can "relax"...well as much as you can relax at the gym, put my headphones on and crank up my Pandora radio workout mix! :-)

My husband has been really supportive but is starting to get a little irritated with me going to the gym every night. I know how he feels because he used to be gone during the week working out of town and then on the weekends would want to go hang out with his friends and I would get so angry because I wanted to spend time with him. So he and I have agreed to set aside one day during the week that I can stay home and we can watch TV or a movie or something.

On a positive note my wedding rings are starting to get too big...as well as my size 14 pants! :-) I'm so super excited about going down in size, but not happy about having to find clothes that are smaller that I'm only going to, hopefully, wear for a little while before getting rid of them. Thankfully I'm in a Facebook group called Charleston Mom Swap that is like an online garage/yard sale and moms around the area post clothing, toys, kids stuff, etc. for cheaper.