Monday Morning

I had a really disturbed night last night. I woke at 3 am and got up at 3:15.

 When I went to the bathroom, I weighed myself as I usually do when I get up in the morning, and the scales said 162! Oh-oh! This is definitely a warning. I have not walked for two days and I have been careless about portion sizes. So, this morning, as soon as I have finished this, I will get on the treadmill. I have decided that since the treadmill is more strenuous, it makes sense to do it in the morning when I have more energy and try to go for a walk in the afternoon when there is a chance that it might be a little warmer. Right now it is 10 degrees and feels like minus 4 degrees so it seems possible that I probably won’t get out this afternoon– mostly because we also had snow last night and just enough to cover the patchy ice underneath it!

J. called me and said if I can be at the library by 6:30, I will be picked up from there to go to the one-woman show she was telling me about. I have just asked Fred to remind me during the day about this and I am excited about it. I still do not know who I am going to see {since I forgot again to ask } but it will be nice to be getting out.  I am mentally planning my walk to the library which, since it is a whole 3 minute walk away will not be difficult! The only problem is the ice on the road but if I give myself 10 minutes and use a flashlight, there should be no problem. Fred asked me to take my cell phone and to call him and let him know I had got there safely which will be no problem.

Thinking about my cell phone, I am surprised how useful it has become to me. When I got it, I envisioned not using it at all except for emergencies like falling down on the local school football field {which is where I often walk when the weather is more clement} and lying there with a broken hip. Of course, Fred’s illness has had me using it more often and I certainly appreciated the convenience of being able to call his daughters  from the hospital right after the surgery. Perhaps I will eventually turn into one of those people who walk down the street with a cell phone attached to my ear chatting away! {Hmmm, well perhaps not.}

Today is wash day so I will be going up and down two flights of stairs a lot today as well as using the treadmill at least once. So, the two days not walking can be considered as a lapse. Back to regular exercise. And, until those extra two pounds disappear, portion control, too! LOL

Until later…