I actually worked my butt off yesterday and it felt really good to do so, bizarrely enough. I guess just starting to get some of the stuff checked off my list of 'to dos' helped to relieve my mental stress. Plus, I was feeling a tad better so the physical stress is lessening as well. I'm still thinking about having a bath, though. It's been FOREVER since I took a nice long hot bath.
Hey, Lady! Sounds like you have a liiiiittle too much on your plate these days (and I don't mean food!). Hope you are 1) feeling better 2)feeling richer 3)feeling prepared for your move, and 4)feeling like the foxy gal you know you are! tee hee just had to throw that one in there! You've been working so hard prior to being stricken with the evil virus
Soon you will be back on your feet and losing even more!
Hang in there,
ABBA
Not feeling richer quite yet, but I don't anticipate that feeling to go away until after we move. Thanks so much for the well wishes!! 
Good evening, all
Thanks so so so much for all the get well wishes, everyone!!! I am indeed feeling better today. I'm not sure - I made a dr's appointment for tomorrow but I feel so much better that I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it. Who knows. I would have to go to an actual branch of my bank in order to get money to pay the copayment since my stupid card is no good now (had to cancel it because of the jerkoff who used my info and won't get a new one until the end of the week). So we will see.
Haven't been back to the gym yet but I'm hopeful for tomorrow morning. I felt relatively good all day today and now my decongestent has worn off and I am actually not too congested anymore. I didn't have to blow my nose every 2 minutes in the car today at work which was nice. I still have that lingering nasty feeling in my sinuses but without the congestion involved. Plus my worst day was definitely last Friday and Thursday. So we shall see.
Got a LOT done yesterday which was nice as well. I was feeling a tad overwhelmed on Saturday which was no fun whatsoever. But we got about 9 boxes packed up and I did literally 5 loads of laundry. We need to get some more boxes and I hope to get most of them from my job or the boy's. However, if we can't swing that, I think I'll probably buy several this weekend just as some to have in reserve. Gotta say that packing and doing all those loads of laundry got the heart rate up a little bit and I was definitely sweating which was a good feeling after a week of no sweat!
Anyway now to the run down for today:
Calories: 1473
Carbs: 204
Fat: 25
Protein: 67
Sodium: 2101
Hope everyone else had a happy monday!
And now I'm tired, so I'm gonna retire to the living room and watch TV for the rest of the evening.
Oh dear lord.
I ate pizza. And french fries.
And I LOVED IT.
Haven't had pizza in two months and it was delicious. I'm still within limits, but I doubt I will be because we bought some beer and I would like one.
I've been starving for two days to eat something with an insane amount of salt and I finally got it. And I'm ok with that.
Tomorrow is another day
Values for today (with beer)
Calories: 1875
Carbs: 253
Fat: 56
Protein: 75
Sodium: 2951
Not too shabby, really, all things considered. Went to the gym and burned a solid 400 calories on the elliptical which I'm really happy with. Tomorrow is weight day for the legs!
Sorry I'm not around on diaries, my dears. Promise I'll be back soon! The future father in-law is here tonite so I must do some entertaining.
It's our four year anniversary today. So that made me happier. I have the best boy in the whole world. Sorry for another day of not checking diaries. I'll catch up this weekend!!
So today was annoying. I slept through the gym trip and regretted it. I always feel better in the morning when I get to the gym. For some reason today I just was absolutely exhausted and couldn't open my eyes. I should have just done it because I would have felt better. I didn't get any good rest after my alarm went off anyway. Then my day was so god awful long I almost cried at the end of it. Work is just stressful right now. But I have my schedule figured out for tomorrow so I should be ok. I'm just tired of having 10 hour days at work. I'm sick of getting home at 6:30 to have to fight to get a parking spot and want to put my head through my car window when I finally find one 3-4 blocks from where I live. OK, so the walking is good exercise but I'm TIRED at the end of my day and I don't want to. Plus, I'm extremely hormonal (and STARVING this time around, I don't know what is getting into me!!!) and that isn't helping my stress level at ALL. So after an exhausting day I had to call my little brother and vent for a while, then I sat to write an email to my mom and vent some more. But in the middle of writing that, the boy came home with a huuuuge bouquet of flowers and a super sweet card for me.
I had a plate of spaghetti tonight which was just what I needed. Plus, I kept fairly strict with portion sizes so I didn't hurt my calories. Here's today's values:
Calories: 1636
Carbs: 230
Fat: 27
Protein: 55
Sodium: 1819
Not too shabby, but I'm a little low on my protein. Tomorrow is another day, though!
Ok I'm zonked so I'm going to go vegitate on the couch.
I just. . . .I dunno. Tough day. I feel pretty sad about losing that particular family. They were just wonderful. Plus I'm hormonal. I was teary at the home when she died - I couldn't help it. Watching the daughter crying and saying for mom to go see jesus and be with dad again was absolutely heartbreaking. I could cry now thinking about it. Probably some emotional eating going on tonight whether I realize it or not. 
Hi Heather. Here is a big hug for you. What a hard day you had! My brother is a nurse, and I also work at our local hospital. Compassionate nurses are a real gem - that family was very fortunate to have you working with them.
Sad. . . .But she is in a better place now. And I'm doing ok. Took the morning off from gymming, but I'm planning on a gym trip daily until Sunday if I'm able. I just wanted to be able to hug the boy this morning instead of having to go to the gym. And it's probably TMI, but we shower together when we can in the morning just because it's nice to have that time together to talk and stuff - I was never good with morning interaction, but with him I've become ok with talking in the morning. I literally used to wake up and be inconsolable until I got my shower. 
So it was nice to have that moment with him before we went to work. He's pretty bummed out, but is coping pretty well for this being the first time he's ever lost someone close to him in his family. I worry about him every now and again, but I think overall he's doing alright. 
