Getting back in the groove - yes, it's hard!

Monday, February 2, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015


2/2
I didn't sleep very well last night - I was still awake when Ron left for work.  I finally fell into a dozey sleep around 6, and "woke up" - which means when I woke up to go pee, my brain started thinking thoughts - around 11, so I got 5 crappy hours of sleep.
So, yes, I felt lousy all day.  I didn't do anything all day, just lazed around in my recliner.  My back still hurt terribly from Saturday night, although it was getting better.  I'm just glad it wasn't super cold on top of everything else!
Needless to say, I did not walk out to meet Ron, and when he got home, we had a "clean out the fridge" night for our supper - really, just eating all of the leftovers from the Super Bowl party.
I took a dose of Tylenol PM - my sleeping pills - and went to bed a little on the early side (midnight.)

2/3
I slept until after noon today.  Even though I had gone to bed early, by the time I had read a little and played on my tablet, it was almost 2 before I fell asleep, so I only slept for around 10 hours.  But it was such a good sleep this time, and, oh, how I needed that!  I felt so much better!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker, getting the dishes caught up and all the laundry thrown into the laundry/utility room.  I also did my exercises, something else I've been letting go (because I'd been doing so much walking and getting in and out of the car), and I felt the pull in my back and when I was done, it still hurt, but it didn't hurt the same.  Does that make sense?
I ate chicken salad and veggies for my lunch, so we're getting back on track slowly but surely.
I didn't walk out to meet Ron again, and once he got home, we decided what to have for supper.  We finally decided on ham steaks, macaroni and cheese, and the rest of the veggies.  He would make supper while I'm at my TOPS meeting, as usual.

I went up to my TOPS meeting, but, as usual, there was no heat in the Community Building, so we just weighed in and didn't have a meeting.  (Why WE have to put the thermostat back to "a decent temperature" but no one else does is a whole nother story...)  I lost about a pound and a half this week (1.4 to be exact), which was a bummer because I expected it to be a LOT closer to 4 pounds, but I'm glad it was a loss no matter what.
Since I wasn't staying for the meeting and I knew Ron wouldn't have supper started yet, I decided to go drive through Gold Star and pick us up some supper.  I got us each 2 of those GoRitos (minus the chipotle ranch sauce) and an order of chili cheese fries.  Ron was surprised when I got home and I had supper!  He was glad that he didn't have to cook after all.

I watched TV the rest of the evening - NCIS, NCIS:NO, and then dead guys.  Once again, even though I took a sleeping pill, I didn't even go to bed until 2, and didn't turn off the light until after 3.
Sigh.


2/4
The 9-month anniversary of my fall.  May 4, 2014 - February 4, 2015.
I thought, or have thought, that by 9 months behind me, I would be much more up to par, not such a wussy when it came to lifting, carrying, standing too much, sitting too much, cold - just to name a few.
I made myself make this a 'normal' day - I've got to get back to normal - I woke around 10:30, got up a little after noon after reading and playing on my tablet.  I started a load of laundry - regular clothes - and just piddled around a little.  Finally, I told myself, "DO IT!" and I did - I got out the Wii, put in the Wii Fit disc, and actually did some Wii Fit exercises.  I only managed to do 2 of the exercises, lasting about 15 minutes, but, by golly, I did it!  I felt pretty good about it, but damn!  It's been 9 months!  I spent the rest of the day in my recliner.
I didn't walk out to meet Ron, and after he got home, we put all the clothes away.  There were only 3 baskets full of clothes sitting around, including the ones in the dryer, and it was time to do that job.  With both of us working on it, it didn't take very long.  We both collapsed into our recliners like it was the hardest job in the world.  Yes, we are that strange.

Ron made the supper we were supposed to have last night for supper tonight.  Ham steaks and macaroni and cheese.  Neither one of us chose to have veggies, I'm not sure why.  They're just sitting out there in the bowl...

We watched TV - game shows - until time for Criminal Minds, which I watched (by then, he was watching through his eyelids), and then he went to bed and here I am.
I didn't realize that it had been so long since I had written, and these 3-day blogs really make me think!  I've got to get back on track here, too.  I am hoping that I can start having good news to write here, instead of the same old boring crap.
These blogs are supposed to be a help in my weight loss journey, but I'm tired of being on this mesa - not a plateau, a mesa - for the last 8 months.  Ever since I lost a lot of weight after the fall, I have been stuck here.  I don't know what it's gonna take to start back down the right path, but I've got to do something.
Any suggestions?

No plans for tomorrow.  I may try the Wii again, and I will definitely be doing my PT exercises again.