More sickness, dieting

And these would be my new pictures of my adorable niece and nephew. Alexa came to me and handed me the camera and wanted her picture taken.
And the pink sweater that I finished this weekend. I could tell you all the details, but suffice it to say it is a bit too tight on me. Are you interested Holly? Or is it too pink for you? (It is cotton, so you should be able to wear it)
Alexa continues to be sick. Last night I went to bed at 10:00. At some point an hour or two later I wake up to see that David is in be with me and is talking to Alexa who is not in bed despite the fact that the house is dark. "Alexa, go get in your bed" Now I have to say, he must have been really tired to think that this was going to work. I was also really tired, so I didn't do much at this point besides lie there and wish we had a third nocturnal parent. Eventually she came to my side of the bed and I picked her up and put her in bed with us. Again, if I were awake I would have put her in her own bed, but I wasn't really. So she was actually tired enough that she curled up and went to sleep. Now DH and I have realized that there is not enough room in our queen sized be for all of us, since Alexa likes to sleep perpendicular to us and moves around a lot. So David went to sleep in Alexa's bed, leaving me to try and sleep with a squirming sick person who cried out in her sleep and who tends to fall off the bed if you don't pull her back from the edge every now and then. I did not get much sleep. When she woke up fussing and kicking at 6:00 I abandoned all efforts to rest and got up. She got up then and fussed around until David got her to sleep on the red chair until about 8:00. Then she woke up really grumpy and fussy and crying whenever David walked away from her. I have to say I wanted to cry and beg David not to go to work and leave me alone with her. Instead I went for a walk with her in the bike trailer/stroller thing because it has a plastic rain shield. This made me feel better, and she loved it. She had to be pried out of the stroller when we got home-fortunately she didn't have meltdown over this.


Last night I escaped to the bookstore for a while to have some selfish alone time. I picked up a diet book and took it to the cafe area and looked at it while I drank a cup of coffee. I read through the introduction and realized what Dana's mom said that someone said to her is true of me and diet books. "You need to stop buying books about it and just do it" I already know these things about losing weight.

1. I need to exercise in some way. It keeps me sane, makes me feel more positive and my body just feels better. The thing is, I have to find something that I like to do. For now I am enjoying walking It isn't hurting my feet and ankles-just making my legs and hips sore, but that is what happens when you start any exercise.

2. I need to find some healthy things to eat that are simple to prepare and that I like. Low carb things work best for me. Any suggestions for healthy breakfast and snacks would be greatly appreciated. This is the hard thing for me because I can force myself to eat healthy things that I don't like for a while, but obviously I don't want short term weight loss. I want to keep it off. Also - I am lactose-intolerant now - so the obvious things like yogurt and cottage cheese are only OK in small amount with the assistance of lactase tablets.

So-sorry for the rambling post about boring stuff. I am hoping that writing this out will help me be accountable for doing it.