Days 15-19

Sorry for the delay in posts lately!  I've been busy with other responsibilities.  Although I haven't found time to post, I have been faithfully sticking with the challenge.  Sadly, I haven't made any progress in my pounds lost, but I'm still somewhat hopeful that things will improve for me by the end of the challenge.  With only 6 days left though, my hope is fading fast. 

We have eaten a lot of veggie packed omelets, spaghetti (I made the sauce from tomato paste, diced tomatoes, mushrooms, colorful mini peppers, garlic and spices) and turkey meatballs over quinoa noodles from TJ's, salads, soups, Mexican bowls and of course, meal replacement shakes.  I've run out of my beloved mango strawberry Spark and have had to resort to drinking Mark's favorite watermelon (ew).  I normally like watermelon flavored things, but I feel like the Spark tastes too artificially sweet to me.  If I ever reorder Spark, it will most certainly be mango strawberry.  

We took a family walk the other night for about 2 miles which was pretty nice, until we had to endure Blair's meltdown over the fact that we were going home when we returned to the van instead of playing on the big toys like we had originally promised them.  Before you get in her corner, know that the sun had gone down, it was dinner time, we were all cold and Blair had been complaining about having to pee for the last mile of the walk so lingering at the park was just not the wisest choice at that time.  She made us pay the whole way home though in her very dramatic fashion.

I've been sleeping poorly lately which makes the days more difficult to manage emotionally.  Little mister has been waking a lot in the night and needing to be held for nearly an hour before he will succumb to his bed again.  It's like he is a newborn again.  I hardly have energy to get up for the day and then the chances of me feeling up for a workout are pretty slim.  We've been dealing with some form of sickness in our house since probably the school year started, which is partly to be expected with all of the germs the girls are exposed to there, but terribly frustrating nonetheless.  At this very moment, I just got sneezed and coughed on by Hadley and in turn, I coughed on myself and felt my throat hurt as I swallowed.  We've had virus after virus that includes fever, snot, headaches, sinus pain, coughing, pink eye, sneezing, sore throat, swollen glands and everything else it seems.  I can't wait for spring.  

Tonight we are taking the girls to Awanas and then taking the little guy out on date to be our third wheel.  Better go think of something we are allowed to eat...