Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 3; Blizzard 2011

I did pretty good this week. I played Just Dance 2 on the Wii with the kids two days in a row. It was really, really fun! And a great workout.

Then I made peanut butter fudge. And ate it. A lot. And then I made Swedish Meatballs and ate rice with it. A lot.

Nevertheless, the scale this morning said xx2.2. Not quite the xx1.9 that I wanted, but not too far off and less than last week so I think it still counts as progress. Goal for next Wednesday, xx1.7 - a half pound loss.

Today, after Tyler dug out his squad car with the snow shovel, I helped him push it out of the driveway. His front tires were spinning and he just couldn't get any traction. We put a cedar plank under his tire (um - I had to go find the pile of cedar planks under two feet of snow on the back patio - yeah.) He finally was able to rock the car onto the plank and then was spinning on the plank! So I dug in and gave it a big push from the front. You should have seen the look of, "You're crazy - that will never work!" on Tyler's face when I braced myself. And yet ... off he went. (Insert applause and back pats here.)

Afterward, I shoveled the car out just in case we had an emergency and had to go somewhere. Like the mall.

Totally kidding. About the mall; not about the shoveling. That is some hard work, I'll tell you what! I was fine while I was shoveling but I don't think I let my body cool off gradually enough - it was like an adrenaline dump.

Later in the afternoon, I shoveled out the front walk and the front steps for the mailman, who never came. And when I was done with that, I shoveled out our neighbor's sidewalk and front walkway because she is 85 and was out there trying to do it herself.

And then I died.

Not really. But I did make a snow angel. And drink two cans of Diet Pepsi.

Hopefully, all of that exercise will pay off. I still have to dig out the van, which will be a huge job since the plows came through and buried it. I think I'll do that tomorrow.

Total loss since Thanksgiving - 15.8 pounds. :)