The Nelson Narrative

Thursday was the one month mark since I started Weight Watchers and I was down a respectable 6.2 pounds.  But today was my WW weigh in and unfortunately I'm only at -4.2 by their records.  I get weighed at noon so I a)  am fully dressed and b) have eaten one or two meals and drank lots of water and coffee.  Plus, like most weekends, I probably gained a little bit.  I hate weighing on Monday, but on the other hand it helps to keep me from going too crazy on the weekends. I'm a little frustrated that at 5 weeks in I still haven't got my 5-pound sticker.  I mean, all of my 4.2 loss was in the FIRST week, and since then I've just been bobbing up and down.  Here's how it breaks down: Day of first meeting I weighed at home.  Went to the first meeting and had first official weigh-in.  Exactly one pound more than at home. Day 2 - reweighed at home and was down 2 pounds. Day 3 - weighed again and was down another...

For our annual family vacation this year we traveled to Colorado to visit Paul's sister, Cheryl.  We stayed at our timeshare in Estes Park for 4 nights and then spent the next 2 nights at her place in Colorado Springs. Estes Park is so awesome.  It's near Rocky Mountain National Park, so the scenery is very mountainous with trees, lakes and streams.  The town is really cute with a plaza and boardwalk along a creek (or maybe it's a small river) and cute shops and restaurants. On day one we just settled into our room and went swimming and the girls played on the playground that was right outside our room and near a creek. Pretty creek and walking path right behind our condo On day two we took them to this family fun center place with bumper cars, go-karts, huge slides and what-not.  Then we walked around the town along the above-mentioned boardwalk and checked out some of the shops.  The girls of course got bored shopping so I dropped them off...