I don't want to be a Scrooge....

BUT I hate spending money we don't have on people who could really care less... My sis-in-law, 37, just moved out of Mom and Dads so she could officially declare bankruptsy... LOSER... She can never make it to family events that we drive across 4 states for and has never NEVER mentioned or said "Thank you" for any birthday or Christmas gift we've sent.... I would like to say she gets a card this year, but DH just can't not get her something. I would rather give whatever we would spend to any charity, in fact, I have suggested that we send her a card to that effect. "A donation in your name...." UGH.... RAMBLE DONE

SO - Yesterday I popped on the scale and was surprised to see 197.5! I lost a whole pound; dare I say with out even (really) trying. I guess some of that self talk has taken hold as HABIT. "ARE YOU REALLY HUNGRY... THE FIRST BITE TASTES AS GOOD AS THE 2nd... THROW OUT THE KIDS LEFTOVERS!!" You know the deal. I have yet to log a full day of food back in SparkPeople (after a good month of diligence) but I still write it all down, even if its on the back of my second grader's homework paper. I guess it really does matter and that is GOOD NEWS.

MORE GOOD NEWS! I officially put my money where my mouth is. I registered for my first OCEAN SWIM sprint triathlon. I am glad to finally JUST DO IT (the signing up part) and NOW I have to TRAIN and continue to lose weight. In all, my sisters and I are participating in 3 races this year and maybe more if we can stand it. This year I want it to be different. I don't just want to finish. I DON'T want to be FAT GIRL RACING. For non-racers did you know that an ATHENA athlete is a girl weighing more than 150lbs? To be 150 - to me that is THIN. To me, that is the size of a real athlete--- not a fat one? Go figure.

RAKING MATTERS. Just being outside; walking the dog; walking to pick my daughter up from preschool... I will get back to regularly scheduled exercise, but looking back I certainly would not consider myself sedintary.