Why?

Why haven't I posted in awhile? Oh every ounce I have lost has made it's way back on to my body. Ugh, can't someone just wave a magic wand and make me skinny?

My Italy trip

Take a look at http://awomanofacertainage.blogspot.com because I have some pictures posted of our Italy trip. It's a very small fraction, since I took almost 1000 pictures, but it will give you a small idea of some of the things we saw. That was just the first day.

Weight Watchers

I went to my weigh in today and I lost 2.8 lbs. this week. I'm going to try to exercise every day this week and watch the pts.

Hi everybody, I'm back!!

I just spent the most wonderful 25 days, in Italy for 16 and then Alaska for 8. I was really concerned about gaining back the 20 lbs I'd taken off and talked to my Weight Watcher leader about it. She said that I should just go and have a good time and if I put on weight, I would take it off again when I got home. I took her advice and had a wonderful time eating and drinking my way through Italy and Alaska. Believe me when I tell you that Italy has the best food and wine I've ever tasted. I came back to find that I had lost .2 of a pound! Now I know that it is due to the fact that we were walking our heads off and on the go all day and late into the evening. At least it has got me back on my walking exercise program. The first three days nearly killed me because I hadn't been walking and so I'm trying to walk every day to avoid going through that pain again.

Believe me, I know about getting angry when someone eats my food. I have a cupboard just for my snacks with a keep out sign on the door, so don't feel bad about wanting your dh to keep his mitts off your food.

Am I That Stuck On Food

Yesterday, we were out and about and went to Cold Stone Creamery. We each got ice cream. I took a few bites of mine and felt a little guilty, so decided to save it for later.

I left to go study and limited myself to an ice tea at the cafe. I then told myself when I get home, I would have a few more bites of my ice cream as a reward for all the studying I had done (studied for hours). Then, I thought, what a great idea. A few bites at a time over the course of the next week instead of scarfing it down in one sitting. Meanwhile, I still get to enjoy a little ice cream in this summer heat.

So, the entire drive home I'm looking forward to my coffee ice cream w/almonds and a touch of brownie. But, when I get home, I discovered my child of a husband ate it. He didn't just take a few bites, he ate the entire thing. One, it was almost a pint of ice cream. Two, he already had his pint and three it was mine. I don't know but I've had this very "it's mine" thing going on with food since I had the kids. I'm more than willing to share, but I get very angry when people take my food without asking and eating it all.

Anyhow, so I locked myself in the den the rest of the night. I tried to convince myself this wasn't me being greedy about food, but that it was a respect thing about taking other peoples stuff. I'm constantly telling the kids if something isn't theirs, they have to ask the person if they can have some. Meanwhile, Tim just takes my ice cream. I see him do this with the kids too. Oh yeah, it's not just the ice cream. I'd be upset if it were a baked potato.

Anyhow, can this not be a respect thing and I'm just so stuck on food that it made me that upset? I don't want to be like this.......

Ugg!