Weight Loss Update #2

Good morning!  I've just finished brewing the tea ... Hot Cinnamon Sunset of course ... so please help yourself to a cup!  Let's go sit outside on the front porch for a while & chat a bit   : )

I didn't think that John & I would be getting much accomplished today out in the yard because last night the prediction was for a 50% chance of thunderstorms.  The same was predicted for Thursday.  I decided to visit Weather.com again when I logged onto the computer this morning & what did I see but no more mention of thunderstorms or rain of any kind until Sunday when there is just a slight possibility.  Instead we are going to have "abundant sunshine" with a high of 89 today!  The work goes on ... lol!

Do any of you have back problems?  I do.  Although they are not a constant thing, I need to be careful not to overdo or my back will go out ... accompanied by much pain ... & then I'll be like an invalid for a few days.  This hasn't happened for many years, thank you Lord, but I think all the yard work is aggravating my back a bit.  I've got a "twinge" in my lumbar area lately & I know I've got to be really careful about what I do.  Several years ago I purchased an inversion table.  For those of you who might not know what an inversion table is, it's a long table-type surface that is positioned in an A-shaped metal frame.  There are 2 clamps at the bottom of the table where you clamp in your feet & then you slowly tilt the table until you are hanging upside down.  It's really beneficial for your legs, back, & neck.  5 minutes a day is all it takes.  The salesperson talked about all the benefits it gave you but I said I was not able to hang upside down.  Even if my head was hanging down to the floor for a few seconds, I had to get upright again right away because I felt like my head was going to explode.  The salesperson said that little by little, by inverting the table just a little more each day, I would be able to hang totally upside down in no time.  (He also indicated that I didn't have to hang totally upside down to get the benefits, but since I am plagued by OCD I was determined to do it "the right way.")  Well, the salesperson was right ... within a week or two I was able to hang totally upside down without any problems ... & it felt SO good!  I haven't used that table since we moved here 2 years ago.  It's out in the garage.  I think it would be a good idea for John to bring it in so I can put it upstairs in what is supposed to be my craft room.  That's the only space I have for it.  However, this bums me out a little because I'm going to have the treadmill up there as well ... & if I put the inversion table up there too, it's going to look like a gym!  How in the world am I supposed to make a prim crafting room with gym equipment in it?  There's a puzzle for you to ponder today!

Today marks the end of Week 2 of my diet & it is still going well.  Stepped on the scale this morning to find I have lost another 6 pounds!  That's a total of 18-1/2 pounds in 2 weeks!  Happy dance, happy dance   : )   I THINK I can feel a very slight looseness in my clothing but I'm really not looking any different than I looked 2 weeks ago.  I feel very different thought ... much lighter & much healthier.

John & I will do some yard work when he gets up & then we'll need to go to town to run a few errands.  Then there will be lots of paperwork that I need to take care of when I get home.  I am bad about paperwork.  Instead of taking care of things right away, I pile them up in a sort of "in box" until I have a dozen or more things to take care of & then I am overwhelmed!  I need to work on that   : )

Thanks for coming to visit & I hope you enjoyed your tea!