It's Monday

Hello ALL.... it is Monday and the weekend sure went by quick but it was a much better weekend then the past few as I was able to get out some and burn off some energy. Saturday my sister-in-law Nan came to visit and we went, along with my mom, looking for garage sales. Unfortunately, there were not too many out there this weekend and the ones that were did not seem to have anything worth while in them at all. I was very tempted to buy some smaller size clothes (size 10) at a couple of them but thought by doing that I might jinx the weight loss process. Sunday I did a bit of shopping and got a bunch of supplies for my little pool, I am so looking forward to spending those hot summer days in the water, specially with a new slimmer body. Sunday evening my mom & I went fishing in my pond out back, we had quite a bit of fun as the fish were really biting but as I was walking back to the house I managed to trip over a branch that was hidden under some high grass and of course fell forward right on my stomach. I thought my mom was gonna have a heart attack as she was so scared for me. Thankfully I did not do any serious internal damage (at least that I know of) and only pulled a muscle or two. But an interesting thing did happen when I fell. For those of you who don't know, the pond is in the back of my house in the horse pasture, when I fell my one horse Copper saw it and when I looked up he was charging across the pasture straight towards me, it was like he was coming to my rescue. He, of course, did not do anything to hurt me and once he got close to me he just stood there watching me like he was standing guard. It was something very neat to see and made me feel good, that my animals care enough to try and protect me. The other horses also came but they were further behind and all of them escorted me and mom back to the gate. Anyways I just thought that was something pretty cool to share.

new topic*** I am really trying hard not to obsess with the amount of weight I am losing or not losing at this moment. But it is extremely hard. I am so anxious to lose weight that it is hard to not jump on the scale everyday and I know that this is something that you should just NOT do as it only brings on depression or the feelings of failure specially if you have not lost any weight. Right now I am still only down my 36 lbs since last week. I am making a pledge now that I will only weigh myself on Fridays of each week. I figure this way I have a better chance of seeing results rather then getting upset over fluctuating scales daily. My mom keeps yelling at me about getting on the scale so she will be very happy to hear that I am making this pledge.

And speaking of mom.. She has left me this morning and I am now on my own. It was very nice having my mom around to help me and I was sad to see her go, not only was she good company for me but she really made sure that I followed the rules, specially when it comes to taking my medicine and not lifting or doing anything I was not supposed to. Before she left she gave me a good lecture about not lifting and following the rules, so I guess I better do what mom says...lol

Well I hope everyone is doing well and had a great weekend. Talk to you more later