Look at me go . . . literally!!

Well, I'm taking yet another stab at weight loss. Truthfully, every time I have lost it in the past I've found it again and it's brought friends!!! Not this time, however. Mom and I have joined Weight Watchers and we're loving it. I have been at this new "lifestyle" for five weeks now and I've lost 14.8 pounds. Add to that the 5 pounds I lost earlier this summer and I'm down 19.8 pounds since I last saw my doctor. I have been eating more food than ever and I'm losing weight. My girls have both lost a couple pounds as well.

Funny, though, Dad isn't too impressed with our new style of eating. We've been cooking lots of spicy foods like chimichangas and aloo gobi and less large portions of meat. Although he hates our new foods (and thus isn't eating much of them - he's worse than a kid being forced to eat beets) he's been putting a few pounds on.

Goes to show you that you need to keep eating to lose weight!!

The Sound of Silence

No, I'm not going to give a missive about the Simon and Garfunkle song. As everyone who knows me knows, I live with my parents and my two children. My house almost always has someone home and, thus, there's always the sound of a television, or keyboards clicking etc.

Well, Mom and Dad went to the trailer yesterday and my kids went to their father's last evening. For the first time in a long time I was home alone. Let me tell you, it is a weird feeling after having had people around all the time. It's not something I dislike, however, as I didn't have to make my dinner until 8:00 last night and I had the Playstation to myself (I had to create noise you see).

Anyhow, I think I'm looking forward to having my two fighting daughters back. Perhaps they'll be getting along today as they prepare their things for school tomorrow. On that note, "It's the most wonderful time of the year". :)