What a day....

So we get up at 4am, drag the little girls out of bed and drive all the way to BC Ferries. We get there an hour early only to read that not only is the ONLY ferry that will get us there in time FULL... but the 9am ferry is also 60% full! WHAT? Reservations had been sold out since last night. I would never have thought to even reserve for this boat as in the past, my experience was, only truckers and busses took this one. I cannot begin to tell you how PO'd I was.
So we turn around and come home. The girls sleep the whole way and are ready to be awake when we get home. We snuck naps while they watched TV and cuddled with us. Sometime the Tube Babysitter works out...

Tonight I went to go out for my tan and decided to throw on a pair of shorts. Shorts that fit me comfortably last year when I lost all my weight. For those who don't know, I lost 22lbs in 2 months, then continued to lose another 18lbs over the next couple of months for a total loss of 40lbs. I have gone up and down a bit since then, but never went more than 10lbs up. Well recently I had noticed that 10lbs go to 15 as I have been being far too interested in night time snacking again... EEK!

When I put the shorts on.. they were tight. Weighed myself and I was up another 2lbs! NO WAY.. Done... time to smarten up again. So I started my new food log, and I worked out. I only made it 23 of the 25 minute video, but it felt good and 23 min is actually not bad, since I only made about 17 min my first week when I started last year.

The strange part was, I opened up last years food log and noticed that I started my plan on exactly the same date but April of last year. Obviously something in the air for me this time of year. This year more so due to my retreat in Quebec this July. No way I'm having greenpeace called when they see the whale in the table cloth laying by the lake!!!!

In theory it should be easier this time to actually get it all off, as when I finished last year I had about 30 left to lose to be happy. But then I was starting 70lbs heavy. This year I am starting 48lbs heavy so, crossing my fingers. It would be soo nice to have my old body back.

Chris also got the urge after me and made it through 24 minutes himself, which is pretty good for someone with a buggered back. Then again, I have a crappy side, I think this particular video makes it easy to tailor your workout without over straining yourself.

Why is it that I have to be tormented with multiple crappy genes anyways? I have mom's VHL. Dad's oily hair, Mom's weight issues, Dad's Skin tags that are coming with age... I told Chris that if I get dad's diabetes or my aunt's & grandma's breast cancer, that someone has it out for me and I call it quits! HA!

Tomorrow brings yet another crazy day. I got asked to cover a shift at the Abbotsford store, and then we have a staff dinner.. I believe it is our Christmas party? Hmmmm. So low calorie breaky and lunch to allow for the calories I don't need at dinner. I sense Thursday will be a salad day! :o)

As a side note. Still no nipple. No one has seen her though either, maybe when we moved the fridge she darted? Time will tell.

Happy thought for today. It's Tuesday, March 11, 2008. 9:42pm

I feel like I made acouple mature decisions today. I was able to recognize that my weight needed to be addressed again, before it started to climb out of control, and I was able to identify that a logo I had wanted to have made for the cancer group I run, while hugely appealing to me, was not the ideal public image for the group. How grown up!