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To be or not to be?

Last week was great except for the weigh-in. I managed to get to the gym 3 times last week without fail. No one got sick last week and I managed to meet with the trainer. Unfortunately, though, I didn't lose any weight. My weight remained unchanged. It always seems to work that way. I manage to not make it to the gym a couple of weeks during the holidays and somehow lose a couple of pounds. I finally get back to the gym and lose nothing. Such motivation! : )

This week started fine. Made it to the gym Sunday but today I did not. Once again, my son is not feeling well. Took him to the doctor's to find out he has a double ear infection and bronchitis. It hasn't even been a full four weeks into the new year and we have already taken our son to the hospital/doctor 4 times.

Did I mention he started daycare for the first time 2 weeks ago? 2007 has been a sickly year so far in the Williams residence. Our son has been sick more in the last couple of weeks than his entire first year of life. I commend all Mothers who have already gone through my plight! Your schedule can be thrown off so much when your child is sick, not too mention the pain of seeing your child in pain, not to mention the guilt from having to take off work constantly to nurse them back to health.

At this rate, I don't know how I am going to make it to my goal weight in time. I only have 10 pounds to go. If you asked me a month ago whether I thought I could make my goal I would have said "yes" with no problem and was looking forward to exceeding the goal. Today it's a different story. I feel like with every week that goes by where I am thrown off my schedule the farther and farther I am getting away from my goal. Nevertheless, I am hoping that this sick stage is only temporary and I'll be able to get on track to reach my goal weight.

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Finally, The gym and I meet again

I finally made it to the gym this past weekend after another tumultuous week. Last week was even worse than the week before. I was out of work for two days sick after my husband had been sick for a couple of days prior to that. It made me even sicker every time I thought about the gym and how long it had been since I had been besides the times I met with the trainer. And thene I was sick and still couldn't get to the gym.

Then my husband and I had to take our son to the hospital for the second time in two weeks because he was running a fever. In addition, we were originally supposed to go skiing this past weekend and that got canceled because I had been sick, our son was sick and if you live on the east coast the weather has not been fit for skiing. Our son ended up having a fever from Thursday until Saturday. It was a very emotional week to say the least and a very sickly new year.

Once my son's temperature had returned to normal I was finally able to get to the gym. I figured since I had only been away for a couple of weeks I could just step back into the routine but boy, was I wrong. When I first got on the treadmill, it felt like my feet had never met a walking machine before. At the same time, it felt good to be back. I will try my hardest not to stay away from the gym that long again!

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Happy New Year?

Happy New Year! This is usually the time when everyone in America signs up for a gym membership to start their New Year's off right and the gyms are usually packed. Of course, I wouldn't know because I have not gotten to the gym since the New Year!

New Year's weekend was pretty full for me. We celebrated our son's 1st birthday in our home just four days after we hosted Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, between the holidays and my son's birthday there's plenty of leftover junk in my home that I am once again trying to get rid of. Ugh!

The days leading up to these events were stressful but I managed to make it to my appointment with the trainer to find out that I had gained 2 pounds. Considering that was over a 2-week period wasn't bad but I haven't been back to the gym since.

To make matters worse, my husband and I were in the emergency room all night with our son because he had a fever and I ended up staying home with him to nurse him back to health; once again not making it to the gym. Prior to that event, I really didn't have any good excuses for not making it to the gym other than being tired. I was exhausted from all the hosting I did prior to the New Year. I return to work tomorrow, therefore my structure should return, although I really need to learn how to cope with eating and getting to the gym when I am not at work.

Work seems to bring structure to my life, I find it a little easier to eat better, and stay focused on the goal.

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