Minus the fact that I’m sick as a dog, I still managed to keep myself rather busy for the bulk of the day. When I woke up this morning I had a burst of energy that I haven’t felt in a few days. I used the energy to get a lot done around the house that’s been bothering me for the last week. I cleaned the kitchen, dining room and the bedroom. My fever started to come back by the time I’d made it to cleaning the bathroom so I was unable to get that done but I’m sure I’ll figure out what’s going on tomorrow.

I’m sticking to my 1,000 calorie a day diet, I know some may think that’s crazy but you also have to factor in that I’m eating about 6 small meals a day.  I’ve balanced everything out very well and I’m quite happy and never hungry so that counts for something. Due to weather being as bad as it is, I’ve been unable to do my 5 daily miles but based on the fact that I’ve been sick, as well as doing a lot of cleaning - I’m sure it eventually balances itself out. I know that sounds kind of like I’m avoiding it or pushing myself away from my diet but it’s difficult right now.

I know once I feel better I’ll go back to my daily routine. I’m itching to do it, I just can’t stand long enough to do it. I hate being sick, and I hate that I can’t kick the cold as fast as I’d like to. My nose is beyond stuffed, my eyes are constantly watering, I’ve had to sneeze for two days and no matter what watt light bulb I look at, or even the sun for that matter.  It just sucks, I can’t wait until it’s all over with.

Due to an unfortunate series of events, I haven’t been sticking to my diet at all. I’ve done really, really well for the last few months but news piling up on top of itself is taking it’s toll on me.

I recently found out that my grandfather was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Having this in my mind I’m sure it had something to do with the fact that I lost everything in Atlantic City - it royally messed with my concentration. I thought back to my grandmother dying of both breast and lung cancer 12 years ago. Knowing the history of cancer in my family, I know quitting smoking and getting healthier is going to be something I work on as the first priority.

While in Atlantic City I lost around $700, but this is OK considering I purposely saved up that money to lose - as strange as that may sound. Baby and I could have both gotten ourselves a new bed if we’d pooled our money instead of going to A.C. but we had fun just the same. We did do a lot of walking, so the intake of over 1500 calories a day slowly evened itself out. I’m back on my 800 calorie a day diet, I know that doesn’t seem like much but when you’re eating 6 small meals a day - it really works itself out.

Someone recently told me that I should consider gastric bypass. I personally see this as taking the easy way out, or for some people - the final resort. I don’t see the point in going under the knife if I haven’t made any effort to prove this can’t be done without major surgery. It’s my goal to lose 100lbs, which many people have done without going under the knife. If I see that no matter how much work I put into it, that it just won’t happen, then maybe I’ll consider it. For now I’d like to think I have enough will power to get it done by working hard and eating better - but hey, that’s just my theory.

Originally posted on krissy.nu

I woke up about 6am so that I could get myself ready to hop on the Cape May/Lewes Ferry at it’s 9am departure towards Cape May. After that I’ll be spending about an hour in the car and stopping at the beautiful Harrah’s Hotel & Casino. Baby and I are both excited because this is one of our first real vacations together. I set myself up in the Bayview tower, which is the new one that they were building the last time I went to A.C., I hear it’s actually pretty gorgeous inside so I’m anticipating it. It’ll be nice to sleep in a bed that doesn’t kill my back, I’ll tell you now that even if I don’t win any substantial amount of money as I did last time, just sleeping on a good mattress for a few nights will be completely worth it.

Dad will make his appearence around 3pm. I have to make it a point to be by the doors around that time so hopefully I’ll be able to find my watch, I’ve been searching for it all morning (Update: Found it, w00t!).

I still have a few things to do around the house, there’s about an hour left before we leave and I need to get the bedroom in order for Bella because she’ll be locked in there until tomorrow evening. Baby’s mom is going to make it a point to let her out for us on Sunday so that she isn’t cooped up in the room the whole weekend. I just need to throw some extra food and water down and then I’m sure she’ll be fine.

It’s going to be a litte bit difficult to stick to diets this weekend but I also know that each floor in Bayview towers is about 1/4 mile, so I may wind up walking the halls for a little while to get in my solid 4 miles a day. I know I’ll be doing a lot of walking around the casino but that’s mainly stop and go kind of walking, nothing consecutive.

Once my father meets up with us we’re probably going to head to Showboat and Caesar’s, I have quite a few comps to cash in on. I’m actually going to have to travel around for all three days based on all of the comps I have. There’s 3 to be done today, a few for Sunday and then probably 4 or 5 to be played on Monday before we start the long drive back home. I would have liked to take the ferry home, especially considering the moon rise, but then we’d have to leave around 5PM and if anyone has been on the Garden State Parkway at rush hour then you can understand my wanting to wait. We’ll just have to do our 2 hours in the car down the Jersey Turnpike - that should be HEAPS of fun…I swear.

In any event, I should get my butt in gear. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend. It’s supposed to be some gorgeous weather for the next few days so hopefully you can all get out in the sun and soak up some vitamin D!

I’m extremely excited, I really hope that I have good news to come home and share.

Baby and I took a walk to Blockbuster before we went to bed last night. We had to drop a few movies in the slot before 10am or something like that. He covers that stuff, I don’t.

We power walked for most of it, it felt pretty good. Usually by the time we make it to the gate (half mile) I typically feel a bit winded but I was able to handle it for at least a mile before we started going up hill. I guess power walking is always going to be easier on level ground. The walk back was easy because going down hill is one of the more simple things in life, heh.

Maybe we’ll get to do that again before we leave tomorrow.

I’m finding myself going longer distances without stopping. This is a really good feeling considering I’ve only lost a few pounds. I did another weigh-in tonight because I’m convinced that the scale hates me and it told me that the 3 pounds I thought I gained were gone and I’m down to 440. I’m seriously considering a new scale. There’s a different number every single day on that little bugger. I don’t like digital scales, I don’t even know why I have one. I think there’s going to be a future trip to Walmart so I can pick up one of the ‘older model’ scales with the swing arm that tell you the second you step on the bugger exactly how much you weigh.

I did some surfing through the new blog roll and there are quite a few blogs that stood out for me. I think I’m going to have a great time reading through all of these blogs over the next few days. I can’t wait, I may do a few more tonight.