Wow. I can't quite believe it. Time is passing so quickly in certain aspects of my life and not so much in others. Odd. Work is slow, even though it is busy, we still haven't passed the one year mark of our two years in Korea, so that is going sloooowwwlllyyyy, but Mya is nearly to 2 years old and Claire keeps reminding me that she is almost 4. Wooosh. There goes time. Right. By. Me. One other area in which time seems to be escaping, oddly enough, is my workout regime. I've been on this journey for 3 months to the day. Wow. I have been a runner for 3 whole months! Wow! That is quite an accomplishment for one who formerly self diagnosed herself with exercise induced asthma ;) Once I was able to comfortably fit into all of my "before Claire" clothes, I adjusted my focus from losing weight to simply continue on the path of healthy eating and exercising. Now I run only 3-4 days per week and nothing too crazy--25 minutes, 2.5 miles, 3.0 incline, burns about 400 calories (not sure the caloric burn is accurate, but that is what the treadmill says). Since Chris has returned and to no fault of his, my diet has been a bit slack this week. I actually ate my first meal of pasta and had my first bread oer the weekend. Interestingly, I've felt bloated and HUGE ever since! I will be going back to my no complex carbs way of life very shortly. It is amazing the difference I feel when I am sugar and bad carb free. It was definitely a huge struggle at the beginning as I loved my candy and pastas, but I quickly realized how much better I felt without them. I went for along time, getting no compliments or reinforcement from those who see me daily (other than friends who knew how hard I was working--and even though I love their input, there is nothing like a random colleague's comments or someone who I haven't seen for awhile), which was fine with me; however, I have been having random people comment on how great I look and asking me what I've been doing. I am always happy to share and I certainly am thrilled that my hard work has paid off. Anyway, I didn't write this to pat myself on the back, but only to express my amazement that I've actually persisted. For the first time in a long time, I feel great and am pleased with my size again. I am also happy to say that I have shorts 3 sizes smaller packed in my suitcase. Yippee!! The beach and warm 80 degree weather is calling our names and we'll be enjoying our first tropical vacation in a few days. I. Can't. Wait. For the first time in four years, I am not dreading wearing that swimsuit. Sunshine, here we come!
The Halloween festivities are in full swing here. We attended a "Fall Festival" at my school on Thursday evening and today we enjoyed a "fall festival" at the girls' school. We've managed to keep their costumes a secret until Wednesday when Claire spilled the beans. She was doing so well at keeping the secret, I almost thought she wasn't our child for awhile ;) Claire dressed as "Pinkalicious" and Mya was a cupcake. My Mom and Dad bought Claire the book, "Pinkalicious" for her first birthday. It has been an on-going hit with our girls. They both have the entire book memorized. It is such a cute book where this girl named "Pinkalicious" loves pink. She eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink, which she is thinks is simply beautiful then red, which is less than favorable. She eats her vegetables to turn alleviate her pain. In the meantime, her little brother is envious and devours the last one, then turns pink too. It is a ...
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Love ya, J