After a long absence...

I'm currently weighing in at 229.3 as of this morning. Bleh. Obviously, I have not been doing what I need to. However, the silver lining is that while I have not lost, I have not gained either over the last few months. I have started going back to school, too, to get an Associate of Applied Science in Computer Programming, and should be finished next August since I got to carry some prior credit hours into this degree plan.

We already had the beach vacation, and it was tons of fun. I think my victory from that was not being so self conscious that I ruined my own good time. I had fun, swam with the girls when I wanted to, and took lots of walks. The downside was that I ate very poorly the whole time, but it is in the past. Nothing I can do about that now.

For the last week, I have been eating better than I did before vacation. Those weeks leading up to it saw a change in my daily routine because we are doing more driving than we did before, and there was some dinner laziness happening, and several nights of fast food. This week, however, I have been taking fresh fruit for snacks at work and eating healthier fare for dinner. We did have a Chinese food night for Rhea's birthday, and it was fun, and deserved. I'm trying to balance things as much as possible. We have been getting loads of rain from hurricane Alex this week (we are not getting the hurricane, just rain from the outer bands of the "dirty side" of it), so I have not been able to go walking outside as much as I would like. Hopefully, next week will be better.

I have also cut down on my coffee habit. I have at most 4 cups a day now, which is still a lot, but it is a lot less than what I was drinking before. I drank coffee in such a way that I counted it as my vice like others do with cigarettes. I've also upped my water intake (from nearly none) to about 8 cups a day.