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Okay, it is Tuesday, but it feels like another Monday…

First, I would like to wish Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful women out there. Even if you don’t have kids, everyone has been ‘Mothering’ someone at some point in their lives. Taking care of someone, being there for them, listening and praying for them. So I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Last night I took Noah with me to Wal-mart, one of the things I HATE to do most because my son makes me miserable at the store (ya ya, I know, Happy Mother’s Day). Johnny gets mad because I have a hard time telling him no, and I am working on it. Honestly, I don’t think it is just about not being able to tell him no, I think that usually when we go to the store, by the time I get there I just don’t have any fight left in me. It is almost always at the end of the day, when I haven’t even been home to change from work clothes, and I already have a car full of stuff to unload and Johnny is at a meeting til whenever and I know that Noah still has to take his bath (which is a whole other battle) and my house is a wreck and I have 5 other things that HAVE to be done before tomorrow on top of everything I am taking more stuff home to unload to the car and I need to make sure I get everything I need on this trip so that hopefully I won’t have to come back to the store again this week and what am I making for supper the rest of the week and do I have everything I need at home to cook it and what do we have going on this week that I might need to get something we need for which would involve yet ANOTHER trip to the store and is it my week for snacks at school or for Noah’s tball game or practice and where the heck is his team shirt, I haven’t seen it and his game is Thursday and crap he needs black shorts which don’t really match his chocolate and yellow team shirt but who am I to question the team uniform …. and OMG I need to call that lady back about volunteering for teacher appreciation week (mental note to check with the school office to make sure I have all my ‘credits’ for volunteering) and I really should get a gift for Noah’s teachers ….have I pre-registered him for the summer session? Did I pay his pre-registration for next year? when is the field trip and how much do I need to send (mental note to get Noah’s stuff to pack his lunch)… see what I mean… and you want me to have to explain to a 4 year old that he can’t get something every time we go to the store on top of all this?!

To add to the stress of having to go to the store, one of my girlfriends at work told me at lunch today that her mother-in-law got held up at gunpoint in downtown, ummm, hello, aren’t we practically Mayberry, things like that don’t happen here! So now my new stress is that I have to get us in the car quickly before someone comes up to us and tries to rob us! I know I know, I am not well but jeez, it already happened so…yes, I am the crazy person you see opening the hatchback to her car before she gets there (love those auto-openers) and screaming at my son to get ready to get in and lock the door. throwing my bags in the back and hurrying to get in the car and lock the door and not caring where the shopping cart is as long as it is not behind my car. So if you see me hooking it out the door at Wal-mart or HEB, stand clear!

On the diet front, I lost 5.6 lbs last week, which is amazing considering I felt like I didn’t give it my all. There were two positive changes I made which for me is a huge step. The first being, everyone grab a tissue…. I gave up my morning breakfast taco… I am not going to lie, I was in a terrible mood by Wednesday last week and then it hit me, I was in mourning…my heart, was breaking… I missed… my taco. Before you jump on the wagon I know I can still have it, I even calculated the points ( 11 points for a potato, bacon and cheese taco with two slices of bacon), but honestly, I just felt like I had to go cold turkey or taco! ha ha, okay, that was pretty funny…. and the other positive change, I got rid of my mid afternoon bad snack (vending machine) and changed it to a healthy snack (fruit or skinny cow cheese on a flatbread cracker)… and I have stuck to it. And I lost 5.6 lbs, and actually my taco…I am over it… I know I can still have one every once in a while but I am just not ready to use that many points at the beginning of the day and as long as I can have something salty..i’m good. So good thing I love cheese toast! These changes might seem small, but they are HUGE for me. And even though we had to drag Cathy to the meeting practically kicking and screaming, she lost 2 lbs. too!

Okay, even though I know I am going to totally regret putting this…it’s okay, it will hold me accountable. Some of my girlfriends and I are officially on the diet wagon together. But I will be the first to admit that if you dangle a piece of candy in front of us we will probably take it… The first week, is VERY hard. I feel good though because my co-worker and friend is doing it too… so we have a really good support system. Alright, we keep telling eachother, it’s okay, you can do it! Like when I told them that last night a piece of banana cream pie accidentally fell in my mouth. I was stressed, give me a break! And I could totally tell it was the good kind of pudding because I do a pie with the sugar free instant, and this pie wasn’t it! OMG it was good! Does it count if I was doing buttock pinches the whole time I was eating it? Okay I wasn’t but maybe I will keep that in mind for next time. I know if LeeAnn is reading this she is probably saying, that is so great Marla we can go walking. STOP LeeAnn, right there, DO NOT call me, I will not exercise with you, now Christina and Cathy…we can totally laugh at eachother… but my dear LeeAnn and my friend Alex (girl)…they totally believe that I could do Pilates or some other crazy yoga crap like that and I can totally see them trying to get me to do it with them and my body does not bend like that!! While I am at it, let me clear up one more misconception that people might have, don’t try to suggest healthy snacks for big girls so they won’t be hungry, big girls eat because they LIKE FOOD, not necessarily because they are hungry! Heck, I like cucumbers with lemon juice and pepper, and it’s healthy…. but I would rather have a pickle and buttered popcorn… you see where I am going here? I love the Weight Watchers cookies and cream bars, I just eat the whole box once I open it… HAHAHA anywho, so please feel free to leave encouraging notes with the comment button below… no recipes Lee Ann.. (you do know I have to pick on you). The first official weigh in of the BBG’s (Big Beautiful Girls) is next week, but the weekend is tomorrow so PRAY FOR US.

There is hope for you future, says the Lord – Jeremiah 31:17