March 11, 2008 The Scale Moves At Last!

4.9 pounds! WoooHooo!!! It's about time the scale caught up with me! I knew I'd been losing but the scale just wouldn't budge more than a few tenths of a pound at a time, and not always in the right direction. But at last, we seem to be on the same page! And I'm in the 250s for the first time in a LONG time. How did I celebrate? By going back to bed for 2 hours and skipping the gym. Actually, that was NOT a celebration. I am just SOOOO tired from this stupid time change that I cannot seem to get it in gear! Hopefully I'll sleep better tonite and feel more energetic tomorrow. Amazingly, this is what I used to feel like ALL THE TIME! I guess I hadn't realized how bad it was untl I started feeling good.

I tried my new breakfast sausage today--organic pork links. The were quite good! At least now I can alternte them with the chicken ones. AND--today's Spark Recipe of the day was a 5 grain cereal that you cook overnite in the crock pot. It has bulgar listed, which is wheat, so I just substitued millet. That goes along with oats, barley, quinoa, and brown rice. Hey--I'll try anything! I hope it's good, and I can add it to my breakfast rotation. I really need to come up with some new ideas for lunch. Salad with some sort of seafood, and a potato/rice/barley with margerine is fine, but not every day! I suppose I should try to find some new recipes. I think I've just fallen into a rut with my menu! My shoulder still hurts--ALOT. I did no PT exercises today. I'm just resting it. We'll see what Charlie has to say tomorrow morning. I'm using the sling again when I'm out of the house. I hope to God I didn't do any damage by overusing it. That would just be the pits!!

I think I'm becoming a hermit. All I want to do is go to the gym and PT, and then come home and read or go online. I don't want to go ANYWHERE, and I find I'm even on the phone less than usual. Is my world becoming too small? I know I'm not depressed, and when I do interact with others I'm happy about it, but I just seem to prefer to keep close to home. Maybe because it's easier to deal with food here than elsewhere? Maybe I'm just "circling the wagons" for right now. I wish Spring would hurry up and get here!!