Our trip to the doc’s office this morning yeilded an alarming surprise. First and foremost (and not surprising at all, really…) it’s official; Mimi is sick. Another ear infection and a touch of the common cold. Her eye issues are not conjuctivitis…thank Jesus! Instead, she has dacryocystitis~more commonly refered to as a clogged tear duct. So, thank goodness she’s not contagious, but she will be on antibiotics for the next week. Unfortunately there are more sleepless nights ahead. Her cold, the doc said, will get worse before it gets better.
And now for the shocking part. Because Mimi wouldn’t get on the scale by herself, the nurse asked me to hold Mimi while she weighed the both of us. Then she weighed just me, subtracted my weight from the total and OMG! Did the scale REALLY say that??? I weigh more than I have ever weighed in my life. Not even when I was in my 9th month of pregnancy, ever in all five times, did I ever weigh this much! Right now, I tip the scales at a whopping 166 lbs! My normal and healthy weight is 130.
I knew I had put on a few pounds since September, but this really scared me. No wonder my pants wouldn’t fit over my thighs this morning, no wonder my blood pressure has been on the rise (sometimes I can hear my heart pounding in my ears!) And its no wonder! I’ve been eating like a man, living a sedantary lifestyle and not really paying attention to my overall health!
Time to stop eating like a bear and more like a bunny! Time to start moving, gettin’ off my butt and away from the TV and computer! My $500 bike in the garage is gonna’ get some use this year! And Wendi offered to exercise with me. Aiyee…I can’t live like this!
