On Sunday I celebrated being cancer free for 10 years. It is amazing how far I have come in those years. I now have a great husband, two awesome kids, and am in decent health and working on improving that.
I bet you are getting tired about hearing about my Atkins experience, but I am totally amazed and in love with it. I have done it for 1 week now with only one day for splurge. In that week, I have gotten my wedding ring back on (I haven’t been able to wear it since early summer), I’m down 13 pounds now, and am loving what I eat. I no longer fall back on the simple carbs and junk food. I’m not missing the sweets at all especially since I can have the shakes and granola bars. We’ve had a bowl of peanut M&Ms sitting out since Sunday. I’ve briefly considered having one, but then the appeal is gone. I feel like I am not a slave to the sweets like I used to be. Robert made a comment on Sunday that he wasn’t feeling so great eating the extra carbs and sweets since we’ve started changing our eating habits. It is nice to lose the weight, but I’ve noticed some articles of clothing are fitting better too. I know that I can do this. I am totally committed. I am not “hardcore” though and will allow a splurge time or two that is a meal, not a day.
Yesterday morning Robert left to go to Green Lake for work. He comes back tonight. Last I heard, the conference is over at noon and then they head home. With any luck he’ll be home by 5 tonight. I miss him so much.
Laura is out of her toddler bed now. She now has Jonah’s old bed. She seems to really like it. I think it helped that she got to pick out a set of new sheets for the bed. We had it all set up and ready for her by naptime on Sunday. We do have a side rail on it, but I don’t think she really needs it. It’s more of a visual than anything. I’m hoping that after a week or so we can take the rail off. I’ll have to take pictures of her in her new bed.