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!
So, we are still roughing it in our amazingly, wonderfully fabulous, new house. That means, air mattresses in our living room. Fun. The girls love it, Chris and I not so much ;) Anyway, the close proximity means Chris and I get to eavesdrop on some very tender moments. They seriously bring tears to my eyes. How did we get so lucky to have them as our children??? Here's one example. Claire--"Mya, can we snuggle?" Mya--"sure." Claire--"don't let go." Mya--"No, I'll just wait until you are sleeping." Claire--"No, you wait until the middle of the night." Mya--"Okay, I'll wait until the middle of the night." Then we hear lips smacking. So cute. I won't share the meltdown that occured moments before this sweetness ;) Life isn't always rosey, now is it? Ha! In other news..we get internet today and our furniture/things tomorrow! That means 1 more night of "roughing it!" Yippee!
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Love ya, J