Sunday Seven..weight and wait

Sunday Seven....Wait and Weight!

1. I started a new diet and exercise plan this week. I lost four pounds so far.
The new program is the FDA diet pill Alli. It's supposed to keep fat from being absorbed in the body. It is basically an 1800 calorie diet with low fat foods. So far it hasn't been hard at all but basically because of all the summer produce.


2. Wow, Mr. Wonderful and I have really been enjoying fresh fruit this past week. Seems we just can't get enough of apples, bananas, strawberries, grapes, cantaloupe and watermelon. They really have satisfied the sweet cravings.



3. I tried walking in my living room with Leslie. I put in the one mile tape and only got as far as the introduction. Seems Leslie is too fast for my faltering baby steps. So I'll have to wait before I can pick up weights and walk with her. She was still her perky self except I'd swear she was looking judgmentally at me (but then again could be just my imagination!)


4. I had Mr. Wonderful bring my exercise bike into the living room. It's been too hot to cycle on the porch and now that my knee will finally go the full rotation it keeps it from locking up . I still have to "coax" it a little but it is better.



5. Why does my self esteem have so much to do with my weight? I can really relate to the commercial that shows a woman with a scale chained to her ankle and the Willie Nelson song playing in the background "You were always on my mind!"

6. I've spent a lot of summer waiting. Waiting for my knee to heal, waiting for the doctor or physical therapist, waiting for the court date and now waiting on the insurance company to pay our medical expenses. This Wednesday I'm hoping the surgeon will release me from further visits with him. I'm pretty sure I'll still be in therapy for several more weeks though.

7. Have you ever asked God for something so BIG that if He's not in it you are bound to fail? Well that's where we are right now. Mr. Wonderful applied for a position that he would be absolutely equipped, and fabulous for , but it is entirely out of our hands. We already know that there are already a lot of applications submitted so only God can bring it to pass.


Well that's life in the Daisy Patch this week.... loss of weight and waiting going on. I'm impatient for both to happen. I'm hoping it's the summer heat and mourning over my past eating plan that has gotten me cranky, crabby, and cruel.

Cue the music, dim the lights and exit for another week.