Thursday, 5/24

I don't normally post personal things on this blog because this isn’t a normal life blog. This is my blog to record my weight loss journey but today I cannot resist doing a little personal blog before I go into my weight loss journey for the past few days.

10 years ago today, heaven gained a very special angel and we said goodbye to one of my favorite people in the world. I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was packing to go to the beach with my meme (much like I am doing tonight) and the phone rang. Meme was calling me to tell me that my Aunt was being taken to the hospital with chest pains and she was heading to the hospital to be with her. being the selfish 13 year old that I was, I was highly upset because I was just so sure that my beach trip was going to get cancelled so I was really annoyed and never thought the night would end the way it did. The house phone rang around 11 o'clock and I was sure meme was calling to say she was cancelling the trip. My mom answered and I knew... I ran downstairs to my sister’s room and yelled "I think Aunt Connie passed away" we went upstairs and about that time my mom was hanging up the phone and tears were streaming down her face. And we knew... Aunt Connie was amazing! She had this really sick sense of humor and always was the highlight of any family party. She always had the crowd around her and I wanted to be just like her when I grew up. I miss her still. I never look at a horse without thinking about her because the thing she loved the most (after her family) was her horse Ginger. I have no doubt that if she was still around today she would be one of the biggest bloggers. She loved this kind of stuff! Love you Aunt Connie.

Sorry!! Now on to the main point of my blog!!

I feel like a complete failure when it comes to my diet and exercise this week. In fact, I only lost a pound but I guess I should be glad that I didn’t gain weight!! Just because I had a bad week, doesn’t mean that I’m giving up, I am still trying to make good food choices but I am not perfect by any means!!! I had my first soda in about 3 weeks today thanks to a wicked migraine and one of the only ways I know how to get rid of them is caffeine so that is what I did. I had a large glass of coke and I really didn’t enjoy as much as I used to. It wasn’t anything special. Wohoo!! I was nervous to drink it because I didn’t want to get that taste back. I didn’t want to crave sodas like I used to...

Anyway! Gotta go, we are getting ready to head to the beach in a few minutes. I’ll try and post a blog on my phone sometime this weekend! Happy Memorial Day and thank you to our Service men and women!

One day at a time...