Well finally back to normal-"ish" and able to do some light exercise.  Had a rough few weeks after an altercation with a big, deep pothole!  The pothole WON unfortunately :-(  and jarred & aggravated my arthritic, degenerative spine and damaged my car to a total of just over $2200!!! Yeah some of those potholes can be car killers! The only exercise I have been able to handle has been making it to work and taking the kids to a couple baseball games. Totally wiped out afterwards. Today is the first day I haven't taken any pain medication or muscle relaxants but I'm having to look down a lot at work and it's getting aggravated but I think Tylenol should be adequate. SO no massive weight loss because of the lack of activity and I was too "down" to diet but I'm proud to say I have control over binge eating so I've lost a bit of the weight I gained last month with all the previous drama going on. Very hopeful that I can lose a bunch by the time the contest ends!

well I was just going to give up!  I totally blew it last month with all the emotional eating.  I didn't eat massive amounts of food just the wrong foods.  Starchy and sugary carbs make me blow up like a balloon!  I did better on the weekend and am concentrating on getting through the rest of the day being "good".  A major source of stress and drama is gone from my home now and so things will get better. Plus the SUN is coming out!  Well not much today though. The weather really affects my mood and my level of pain. maybe I should moved to Arizona!! I will check in later in the week.  I've found that I do SOOOO much better if I blog regularly!