Between Thanksgiving this week and some water retention
issues, I was really worried to get on the scale this morning. But, despite everything, I was still down a
pound for a total of 42 pounds. I am
hoping that next week will be a better loss to make up for this week. However, losing weight over Thanksgiving, I
am happy!
I went to yoga this morning and had a really good
class. She did some hip opening poses
that I was really surprised to be able to do.
I never thought I’d be able to do a pose called ‘pretzel’! Later, when I was walking down the stairs, I
noticed that it was much easier. I
really think to yoga class helped me today!
Then, while Steve and Dan were busy painting upstairs, I put in an hour
on the exercise bike. It was pretty low
key, but a great way to finish up.
The challenge today was trying to keep my expectations
reasonable – both on the scale and for what I hoped to accomplish this
weekend. I think I am doing OK with
both. Yes, I would have been happier to
have a bigger loss this week, but realistically, any loss this week is
wonderful. And, we have an extra long
Christmas season this year, taking two extra days to get the decorations put up
is not that big of a deal. If it means
that the upstairs is better organized and Michael’s room is more ‘his’, that is
a happy thing.
The surprise today was that Michael is getting much better
at doing things for himself. We decided
to have a Michael independence day. All
day long we asked him to do things on his own that we normally do for him. When he had questions, I walked him through
step by step, but still let him do it on his own. He was a little scared by the idea, but I
think he was proud of himself, too. He
was hoping tomorrow would be ‘normal’, but I think we’re going to have him do
more and more things himself and see just what he can do.
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