RunCinderella

Settling In

The settling in is coming along quite nicely. The bedroom painting is coming along slowly. But, I think it is going to end up looking pretty good. I've got 3/4 of it finished and almost all of our bedroom furniture put back. I want to get the curtains hung this weekend, if I can get the painting finished. I think the curtains, and some vegetation of some sort, will make all the difference. I think I will need to paint the ceiling, though. The white ceiling is just too much of a contrast with that wall color.

Our diet has started to get back to normal. We are going to go back to the gym tomorrow. I am going to start my 26 week marathon training program over from the beginning, starting on Monday. My Austin Marathon was last Sunday and I was pretty bummed out all day about not being able to be there. Every half hour I was calculating what mile I would have been at, had I been able to go. Even while we were moving furniture into the garage, I was thinking about being out on the road. It was a very sad day. I have missed 7 weeks of training. It might as well have been 7 months.....Seems like it has been that long, anyway.

Oh well. Starting over. In more than one way, too. I think I have gotten used to being my current size. I saw someone at Walgreens last night that I have not seen in almost 2 years. She said that I looked so great and asked me how much weight I had lost. I had forgotten that I had lost a bunch of weight, already. I'm just focused on where I need to go, not where I have been. I am going to wait to weigh myself until the end of the month and then that will be my new starting point--and I am going to try not to get upset by how much weight I have gained back, whatever that number is. It is what it is and I am looking forward, not back.

Speaking of looking forward, my calorieking.com account is a thing of the past. It feels scary and good at the same time. I think I may have slowed down my metabolism at the end of the year. It probably was a very good thing for me to take a break from the extreme exercising and careful calrorie counting. It resulted in weight gain, but my metabolism has probably readjusted by now. Ready for Round 2.

My son has been back to his old self. He tells me everyday how happy he is to be back in his old house. He is back to singing all the time, he is constantly outside playing with his friends. We are all so very happy to be back. The house needs a LOT of work, though. It is a little overwhelming right now, but I'll just get through the list one item at a time. Starting with the flush handle that broke on the toilet this morning. Oy! LOL.

posted by Cindy @ 12:01 PM