Well, first the bad, my DH's grandmother passed away last weekend. She had been sick a while, but it was still very difficult for all of us. His grandfather is also very ill. Deaths come in threes.
But on to the good news-I got on the scale yesterday and finally saw a 6! what the hell am I talking about? well, whenever I weigh myself, I always look at the second number before anything else. I have been looking for that 6 for what seems like an eternity, and yesterday it was there! My body fat % was also down a little. I'm relieved to finally be seeing a little progress. I get in the mindset sometimes that I am incapable of losing weight. it just seems like it won't come off no matter how hard I try. That's an easy attitude to take. it forgives me for not trying, for cheating, for whaever. I learned in college that there are internal and external personalities. Internals tend to take responsibilty for their actions, externals tend to blame other factors. I find externals supremely annoying, even though I have some of those tendencies myself, I try to be aware and figure out what I can do to change or fix a bad situation. For instance, if a teacher gives a test that a large percentage of the class fails, is the problem with the students?
So, anyway, in spite of all our sad times we are trucking on through. I got the scare of my young life last night...DD tripped over her own feet while walking through the living room, and somehow managed to jam a TOOTHPICK INTO HER FOOT!!! I didn't even see it, and DH was holding her trying to calm her down, so I went into the bedroom, next thing he is shouting COME HERE HONEY! I go running in there and he is holding her foot up, with this piece of wood sticking out of it, right between the first and second toes. It was horrifying...it looked like a damn tree trunk stuck in there. it was in there good, too. I tried to pull it out and couldn't, DH got it out, it bled just a little, and now her poor foot is so sore. I'm going to call the pediatrician today to see if she needs a tetanus booster or anything. I'm pretty sure that's just for puncture wounds from metal, but I want to be sure. I have no Idea where the stupid thing even came from...I had just run the vacuum.
OOOOH well, some tings are good, some are not, c'est la vie say the old folks..it goes to show you never can tell.
Weight 269
BFP 43
Total weight loss to date-17lbs, not on the end of my nose!