Teaholic not quite anonymous

Today was the usual 'getting stuff done' Monday. First I made our meal menu for the week. I get SO TIRED of doing that. Honestly, I'm not much of a cook. I can cook and I can make good meals, I just don't enjoy it. So... planning our meals for the week is not fun for me. Then the grocery list to go with... ugh, I'm glad that's done for the week!

Maddy and I went out first thing this morning and went to BJs to pick up some bulk food items that we eat around the house a lot. Then we went to the grocery store and did a fast run there. After that we stopped at Dick's sporting goods to look for a water bottle I wanted to purchase. They didn't have it in stock. Surprise, surprise. Honestly, Northern VA runs out of everything immediately as it's in stock if it's popular! I found the water bottle on line. It's a camelbak and Dick's stocks it. So I wound up buying three online and also the replacement valves/straws since I plan on using these for quite a while. Two are for Matt and one is for me. I've been looking around for a good water bottle for quite some time now but haven't found one that I liked. I tried a couple sporting goods stores and also the basic box stores like Target, Walmart....

Maddy was very good today. I let her buy a small balloon at Bloom since she did NOT want to sit in the cart, but I told her if she sat nice she could have one. And she did! I let her walk in Dick's and she loved the escalator. I wasn't about to keep her cooped up in another cart! After all, she had been in one for about an hour said and done between BJs and Bloom. And when she wasn't in the cart she was stuck in the car seat. The kiddo needed to get out and move.

Speaking of the kiddo.. I was hoping to get past the 'MINE!' stage without her having it. But I guess I am not so lucky, it was just delayed. Yes, she's starting to grab at stuff and yell, 'Mine!' now! It is not an attractive quality. We are working on that! She's also getting pretty efficient at using her little chairs to climb up to get things. Nothing is off limits anymore. So we have discussed that chairs are not ladders as well. This should be an interesting week!

Tomorrow we have our last class for art class. I'll miss it. Maddy has really enjoyed it but once is enough. We still have two of the other class since we have a makeup for the snow days we had.

Oh, and I finally did all the laundry that was piling up around here! Three loads today and I may do one more tomorrow. We'll see.

Let's talk a little bit about weight loss. As you know, I'm doing Weight Watchers. I know I've praised its virtues and I still do. It's a great program and really fits me really well. Paired with the working out I've gotten back into regularly, I've really seen some great results. I fit into all my old clothes again, even my skinny dress pants. I've received numerous compliments--especially in the last 10 days or so. It astounds me how many I've received. A friend of mine has even started WW after seeing how much progress I've made on it. And I'm down 35 lbs. But today was the real kicker. I found my two food journals. One was a new one when I started this weight loss journey and one was an old one from before I was pregnant when I needed to lose weight. I was paging back through them and found my old measurements (bust, true waist, belly button, hips and thighs) and I am RIGHT NOW at my exact measurements as when I was my most fit before I got pregnant with Maddy! That is so exciting to me that my measurements are at my lowest. I'm still three pounds heavier than that same measurement time, but really, it's the measurements that count more. Also, I've lost about 5 inches off all of my measurements when I was at my heaviest--thighs, hips, belly button, true waist and bust. (Darn it about the bust, but what's a girl to do? ;)) I'd like to lose 5 more pounds, but honestly, even if I don't I'm really happy where I am now--working out regularly and eating right. Anyway, I'm not saying this to brag. But it's just on my mind and finding those food journals was really cool!

Speaking of working out. It's almost time for a new elliptical machine. This thing is making a lot of new pops, squeaks and rattles. I don't think it's going to hold on much longer. I've contemplated joining a gym, but I just love working out at home... so I think I'd rather spend the money that way.

Okey dokey... off to hang out with Matt before bed. Have a good night!

Teas of the day: Coconut Aloha, Vanilla Caramel Truffle, Peach Melba, Victorian Rose, Ginseng, Mint