Week 10: Excuses & Results

Excuses:  Life!

I exercised 3 times this week:
(2) Walk/Runs for a total of 5.26 miles and 80 minutes
(1) 15 minute self-propelled stress-relieving yoga session

Results: I lost 1 lb this week, down 12 lbs in 10 weeks. I am currently 157 lbs, and have 18 to go.

The weight is slowly coming off, but at least it's not coming back.

I'm going to get off of the subject of fitness for this post, I think...freestylin'...bear with me.

Work has been nuts...lots of movement and restructuring.  I had a manager one day, and came into work the next to find out that I am now reporting to someone new, and my manager and half of my current team are all in another division.  I am an advocate for change, and feel that much good could come out of the changes that are going on with my job, but surprisingly, it's taken me a minute to wrap my mind around this one.  In this environment, I am ecstatic to have a job, and positive that this means good things in the future, so I am trying not to stress too much over this one.

My daughter was riding around on a scooter last week, and fell and sprained her arm.  I have never had a broken arm or a sprain--how long does it take for a sprain to heal?  She's still in a bunch of pain, but at least it isn't a break.  When I found out that she fell and hurt her arm, I was imagining that she was going to end up in a cast all the way up her arm, like what her brother had two years ago after an accident at football practice.  I am thankful that she is okay.

I had the sweetest conversation with my son today.  He is 11 days from turning 14 years old, and as you know, having a teenager in the house is not exactly synonymous with "fun."  Somehow we got on the subject of girls, and he let me inside enough to know that there is a girl that he likes, and he would "ask her out" if he knew for sure that she liked him "in that way."  I gave him my advice (I'll let you guys guess what I said), and he thanked me and said that it was cool that he could talk to his mom about such things.  After months of fighting with this kid, this was major for me, and so profound.  This guy who I love more than any other guy may have feelings "in that way" for the first time for a girl, and it was sweet.  AND he shared it with me.

That's the end of tonight's freestyle blogging session.  What's the plan for Week 11?  I'm going to not sweat so many things, and I will just live.