The first week of “Operation Healthier Me” went very well. I lost 4lbs and feel I could or should have lost more, but things kind of fell apart on the weekend.

Friday, a girlfriend came for lunch and brought Strawberries. Strawberries alone were perfect, but she added some homemade chocolate crepes and Devon custard to the mix. Yikes! Add to that a dinner at “Swiss Chalet” (with salad instead of fries) and Friday was out the window. Saturday got off to a great start, but took a small nosedive when we ordered pizza for dinner. I like my pizza vegeterian with half the cheese, but still, three pieces later and I was feeling badly. Sunday was pretty good, but I think I will be back on track today for sure.

As for my excercise, I haven’t lived up to my expectations. I managed two walks (each an hour in legnth) in the freezing North wind. It looked so beautiful out with the sun shining, but the wind just about killed us. And I didn’t manage the bike at all. So this week, I hope to up my excercise. I have to get past the cold in the basement to actually get on the bike, then I will be home free. Once you start riding you warm up, right??

All in all I feel this was a good start, and hope to improve this week and see the numbers continue to fall. I am aiming for a healthy loss of 2-3 lbs each week, but was hoping for a good kick start from the first week. I feel better already, just adding in all the good fruit and salads again.

As I sit here typing, I am watching two brothers interact. And despite their difference in age of eleven years, they get along so well. “A” & “J” are sitting on the family room floor working on “A”‘s computer. His old computer crashed and his Grandparents gave them their old one to make new again.

As the older brother shows his younger brother how to work on things there is no sweeter sound than the youngest saying ” I am helping you!” and hearing a ” You are doing a great job” in reply. They each have their own screwdrivers and seem to be helping each other take apart and reassemble the computer. There is no frustration and no arguments. Just two brothers teaching each other a little something while working together.

I am so blessed with two boys that love each other. It is days like these that I don’t feel that we are missing anything with our family. It doesn’t mean that I don’t hope for more, but I do know that we are good the way we are if nothing more comes our way.