It’s weekly weigh in time again. And this week I fully expected to have gained again. Not only did one of my specialists mess with my meds (a water pill) this weekend we seemed to be eating out constantly. My parents were here for the weekend and they took us out to dinner. They said I could go anywhere I wanted. Trust me when I say I wanted to go to a different place but I was somewhat good about my choice. I picked Applebees figuring that they have the Weight Watchers stuff on the menu. We all ended up getting the two for $20 deal and I had a steak and lots of veggies. So I was core-ish that night…lol.

Sunday night we went to Golden Corral with the in laws. Okay definitely not my favorite but my rationalization was that they had the huge salad bar and I could eat somewhat healthy. Needless to say I was almost good. But I had some yummy mashed potatoes with gravy and two rolls. I fully expected to get on the scale and at the very least not have lost anything and most likely gained. It was quite a surprise when I saw that I had lose 2.6 pounds.

We’ll see how today affects the rest of the week with my weight. We took Little Prince to school this morning and Big Daddy took me out to breakfast at IHoP. (definitely filling but not core) We went to watch Big Daddy’s niece Ariel recite a poem at Barnes and Noble. They were having a fundraiser there for the school. It was nice to see all the kids getting up and reading. Afterward we went to ChickFilA and had dinner with everyone again. Needless to say that was definitely not a core meal. Tomorrow night we are all going to a play at the Little Prince’s school. Seems like we are seeing family constantly the last few days. Not that this is a bad thing…

So as I said yesterday we had a slight customer service incident on Monday while we were at Cici’s Pizza. We went with Allie, Tim and their kids Lucas and Kayla. We ordered. We went back and forth with the guy at the register who was also the manager about the kids ages and who was getting what to drink. I’m not exactly sure how an order of All soda’s with the exception of one water is all that hard. But hey apparently it was for this gentleman. He handed us two green kids cups for Lucas and Kayla, One red cup and the rest clear. I looked at him funny because usually the red are for soda and the clear is for water. I even double checked asking if he was sure those were the right cups. He said they were and we went along our merry way. Eating and talking and having a good time.

About 3/4 through our meal he comes over to our table with a stack or clear cups and a stack of red cups. He told us if we wanted more soda we needed to pay for it. Apparently what had happened was he reversed the order. He gave us one regular soda two kids sodas and the rest water. I was probably a tad bitchier then I should have been but I had about 1/4 of my cup left. I told him he was the one that made the mistake and it wasn’t like we could give back what we had already had to drink that would just be gross. Needless to say he persisted saying we needed to pay and what were we going to do. I told him I was going to be taking my business elsewhere. He stood up and then insisted we needed to pour what we had in the clear cups into the red cups. So we did and we finished eating.

The whole thing just irked me. I glanced at Big Daddy and smiled, “Well at least I have blogging material.”

This past weekend was a child free weekend with us. It was oddly quiet and almost creepy at times. I mean even after the kids are in bed I usually hear the occasional night time bathroom trip or something, but no it was quiet. Big Daddy had some free hockey tickets fall into his lap the weekend before for Friday night. So with no kids we had a double date night with his sister and her hubby. It was Triple A Hockey but it was still a good game. Actually ended with a shootout so it wasn’t boring to say the least.

How were we child free you ask? Well this weekend was Little Prince’s weekend with his Dad and Mister Man…well he was kidnapped by some good friends of ours. Their son Lucas* is a year younger then Mister Man and they are best friends. We finally got Mister Man back yesterday. When we got him back it was already dinner time so we all decided to go to Cici’s Pizza. Not exactly the best choice for the diet but hey if I’m gonna fall off the bike I may as well get all scraped up before I get back on right? We were sitting there eating and talking. The kids were talking and eating and still having a good time. When Allie* (the Mom) looks over at Kayla* (their daughter) and says “I’m sorry Princess but you can’t have any salad until you finish your dessert.” Okay about this time Big Daddy, Tim* (the Dad) and I all look at each other before we look at Allie completely confused. We all laughed and Kayla went along eating her dessert. She eventually went back and got some salad after she was done.

Needless to say it was a nice evening hanging out over dinner and talking even if it was a quick impromptu one. We made plans to play in a Magic tournament at the end of the month together. I’m looking forward to that…although I’m quite rusty.

Check back tomorrow for our customer service nightmare while at Cici’s

*Names changed to protect the innocent

So it’s that time again…the weekly weigh in. I gained three pounds. I was bad this weekend. I had Chinese on Saturday…that’s all we ate. We ordered it and ate some for Lunch and then ate the rest for dinner later. Not exactly core. You know I’m not going to let it discourage me though. So I had an off week. I get back on the saddle and do better this week. That’s all you can do really.

My birthday is a week a way. A week from today actually. I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting closer and closer to 35 or what but I just do not want to turn a year older. Thirty Four isn’t supposed to be that bad right? It should be interesting though. My parents are coming down for a quick trip and want to take me to dinner on Saturday. We are supposed to have dinner with the in laws on Sunday and then we are going to watch Big Daddy’s Niece Ariel read a poem at a function at Barnes and Noble on Monday. It’s going to be hard trying to eat responsibly and not letting it all go like I did this weekend. Birthday calories don’t count right?

This week’s update is short I know. But I figured I’d save some material for later in the week

Again another week has come and gone. Honestly I was really bad this past week and I was barely on Twitter if at all. I didn’t read blogs. Hell I didn’t do much of anything. So I have a lot of catching up to do now. I’ve done some meditating though and pulled mine and Sadie’s oracle cards for the new moons of this year.

Yesterday I took the boys shopping for shoes that they needed. Mister Man is definitely turning into a man. He’s wearing what will probably be his last “kids” shoe. He moves into the adult sizes after this. Little Prince got a pair of Sketchers because he wanted to be like his big brother (granted his brother got Nikes since Sketchers don’t come in his size anymore but that didn’t seem to bother Little Prince.

The boys helped take the tree down yesterday. Yes our Christmas tree was still up. With my surgery and everything else going on. There was a suggestion made that we just take the ornaments off and put little hearts all over it and make it a Valentine’s Tree. Then take those off and put Shamrocks all over it. Something for each holiday. I just opted to take it down and put it all away until November again. The idea was tempting though.

My Birthday is quickly approaching and I don’t know why this year it’s making me feel so old. It’s not a 5 or a 0 year. For the first time in my life I’m actively working on getting myself in better shape in a safe way and not a crash “divorce diet”. I’m making steady progress towards my goal. And yet I still feel like I’ve been hit by a truck most days. It’s days like this that I wish Tara still lived close by and I could hang out with her. (She has an infections energy that will leave you buzzing after hanging out with her) She was the one that taught me I was more of a fire then a water. Can’t seem to get the fire going lately though…except in small bursts.

Anyway enough of the depressing crap on to the weight. I’m down to 206.4!!! Another 2.4 lbs!! That puts me at 15lbs lost now. Slowly but surely getting there. Big Daddy said he can see it in my face. I can actually feel it in my clothes, although I can’t see it like he does. I can actually pull my current jeans down over my hips without unbuttoning them! I briefly entertained the idea of making a video to show it off like Lotus but I’m not quite that brave. Little Prince, Mister Man and I made the Chocolate Chip cookies from Chubbie Chica. It was one of her 12 Days of Christmas Cookies recipes. I think we are going to try the Ginger Snap ones next. But the Chocolate Chip cookies were WONDERFUL! And only 1 point!! The kids loved them too.

Well that’s it for me today. Let’s hope I can get my rear in gear long enough to do some more posting this week. I have a book review I need to post as well. But I’m struggling with how bad the book really was.

Oy these days are going by SO fast lately. I can’t believe it’s Monday again already. I weighed in this morning and not as much lost as last week but it’s close to “that time” so I know I’m retaining water like crazy at the moment. But I still lost 1.2 pounds. I lost…that’s what’s important here.

Last night we went to my SILs house for a Super Bowl Party. It was nice and I was good despite all the party food. I ate a lot of veggies from the veggie tray and a little of the corned beef and cabbage she had made. I admit I did splurge and I had a brownie that I swear was the best brownie I have ever had. Then again I’ve had little to no chocolate in the last month. All in all it’s going well. Keeping my fingers crossed that things will keep going the way they have.