Please? Inspiration?

I am really struggling with inspiration this week. I simply do not know what to write about. I love writing. In fact, I used to write poetry on a regular basis, but I got a case of writer's block that has now lasted beyond months. I hope this doesn't happen with my diet. I guess that would just be another excuse to gorge myself on chips and salsa, and I know I don't need inspiration to realize that I never want to do that again.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was quitting drinking (for the time being). I don't know how long that has been, but it was a pretty easy thing to give up. The hardest is being honest about it with my husband. I think he would prefer for me to occasionally drink, and I have a hard time saying that I don't want to do it anymore. I just blame it on the diet. It's a good excuse with some truth to it. I figured out that those Margaritas were adding, at least, a pound and a half a week. Funny, but no matter how easy the weight went on, it's much harder to take it off. If I was drinking 1.5 pounds of calories a week, how is it that I only lost one pound this week? I don't get it, but math has never been my strong point.

So, I was working on this marathon walking plan that I announced last week. I decided that since I was training with a marathon walking plan, I might actually like to walk a marathon. On an impulse I asked my mom if she wanted to walk a marathon with me. She said yes! The truth is I really don't know if my body can do that. I want it to, but I don't know if it really can. In the mean time, while I wait to see if my body holds up, I am training to walk the Columbus Marathon on Oct 19th of this year.

Mother's day was great! I hope everyone had a wonderful mom's day. A few weeks ago, I got a new lap top that was supposed to be my Mother's day present. However, I managed to squeeze out of my husband a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a new golden retriever puppy. I got my gifts early because my husband was out of town. For today, I spent the day with my kids which was really fun. It was raining so instead of going to the zoo we ate dinner and played at Chuck E Cheese. Also, my daughter made me breakfast which was shredded wheat with soy milk. She must have put at least a cup of Splenda on it. (Yummy?) Also, she forced down a half of cup of real fat chocolate milk. She tied me to the chair, and poured it down my throat. It was rough!

Last year on mother's day, I was visiting my son in Guatemala. This year, we are fortunate to finally have him home. He's been home for almost 6 months. These last months have been a whirl wind of excitement and stress as he has adjusted to his new life. (and we have adjusted to having a toddler around) I think that all this diet/health stuff is wonderful because it gives me energy to handle him. However, in hind sight I wish I'd did this before he got home. He is both physically and emotionally draining. (In a good way--Good because I am glad that he is home)

In the next couple of days, I just want to focus my energy on staying positive, drinking water and fitting in all of my workouts. I missed a twenty minute one and I feel...I don't know what I feel about it since I am typing this in lieu of working out. So tonight I have learned that nothing is as inspiring as a missed workout.

Update: It's morning time, and I got up and did the workout I missed! Yea!