Well I have returned. I had great plans of doing a day by day report here of my Disney trip as we went along but I ran out of steam very quickly and barely touched my computer the rest of the week. I still want to do a day by day trip thing but I might not get to start it till tomorrow or the next day.
I have a doctors appt set up for Thursday. Something is wrong inside in my tummy area, I'm guessing too much exercise or something in the past few weeks has pulled or torn something from my gall bladder surgery 3 months ago. I'm hoping it just means rest for me and not another surgery. I don't plan on getting back to the exercise till I get better. I sure don't want to make things worse than they already are. The pain doesn't seem to be to bad as long as I don't bend over. If I do I get a shooting pain through my abdomen. Anyway, cross your fingers for me that it's nothing too serious.
I've come to the conclusion that my mother has Alzheimer's or her meds are just messing with her mind. But she's just not all there anymore. I've sort of known this for a long time but she kept assuring me that she was talking to her doctor and he said she didn't need meds for it. I'm hoping she will discuss this more with her doctor and get something figured out. I really don't know how she's living on her own. With her being 2 hours away from me I just didn't realize how bad she was.
I lost my mom at the parks several times this week. At Seaworld she was missing over 5 hours. Her being mobile on that darn scooter was crazy. She had it set up high and would whizz away before I even realized it. I was so stressed over her it was hard having a good time knowing she was missing. I felt like I spent a ton of time just making sure she was with me or looking for her. She was a crazy shopper too and would just zip into stores before I even knew it, not telling us. I've not been that upset with my mother ever but I found myself so angry then I would feel guilty for feeling so angry. I felt bad for hubby and the kids having to deal with her too and her telling us the same things over and over and over again. I still think we all had a good vacation but I've come to realize that I just can't take my mom or hubby's mom on vacation anymore, it just doesn't work out well.
I don't mean to make it sound like our trip was doom and gloom, we did have great days. My mom stayed back at the house 2 days too so those days I didn't need to worry. I really did enjoy my vacation at Disney but I must confess that I think we all prefer the slower pace of the beach vacation so next year I think we will be going back to the beach.
Now for the food confessions lol. I ate poorly all week. I pretty much gave myself permission to eat what I wanted. I ate ice cream almost everyday and chocolate most days too. I did eat a good breakfast and dinner at the house everyday but the middle of the day was always park food with all kinds of junk stuff. I thought with the miles and miles I walked I would about break even. Well how wrong I was.
I came home yesterday, got on the scale and it showed a 13 lb gain, eeeeegads. I really didn't think it was possible so I weighed the rest of the family and everyone was up at least 5 lbs, hubby 10. I'm hoping at least half of it is water/sodium weight so for the next several days I plan on guzzling water like crazing and eating very clean. I'm hoping by Wednesday weigh-in it won't look so scary.
To think it's possible to gain 13 lbs in just 10 days seems impossible to me but I remember back when I lost weight years ago and gained back 21 lbs in a month so I know it is possible. I'm hoping though it's not all real weight. I know in the past when I'm lost weight it's been lose it fast, gain it back faster but I didn't lose weight that way this time so I'm hoping it will be harder to gain back so quickly.
Anyway, I'm back on track today, 3 of the 13 is gone and I'm hoping at least another 5 comes back off in the next few days. I could live with a 5 lb gain (well I don't really want to but it would be better than 10). It feels good to be home and be back to regular life.
I am at work today, though I sure felt like staying in bed this morning. The girl was already up watching TV and said "I wish you could stay home with us". I told her I wished I could too but off to work I went. With the tummy issues I might be having to miss a few days here soon anyway.
I've been trying to write this all day so just going to post it. Maybe tonight I'll feel up to writing about our day at Magic Kingdom.
Till later...
Working on it
Where did I get that outfit? lol
7 comments:
It's bad when your parents turn into your kids. I'm just starting to go thru that as well. Scary stuff.
Hope all's well with the tummy troubles. Wise to lay off the exercise til you know something.
Oh, I hope you get to your doctor quickly, Dawn...that worries me. And it kind of does sound like your mom is starting to have issues. If she does have Alzheimers, will she move in with you or other relatives, assisted living etc?
I'm sorry you had some stressful moments on your vacation but it does sound like you had some great quality time with your hubby and kids.
You'll lose that 13 pounds in no time! If you can lose as much as you have already, this will be a piece of cake for you. Hugs!
I'm sorry you're going through some stressful things right now, but as for the weight, I think it will come off quickly. Yeah, you can gain weight more quickly than you'd think, but I bet it's mostly just water retention in this case.
Are you going to post pictures!? When you feel up to it, of course).
Do you have any water pills? If so, take one per day for a couple of days. I'm betting that most of it is water weight. I think even stress can make you retain water and it sounds like you sure had plenty of stress! I'm glad you made it back home and I hope your stomach issue gets better soon.
Seriouslu I was thinking this morning...I wonder when dawn will be back. Glad you had at least 2 good days.
You should have told her the scooter was broke and they didn't have anymore. Disney would have been nightmare with crazy woman on a scooter. Trying to keep track of her would have driven me to distraction.
I am not one to think that Disney is a vacation. It just seems like alot of work....lol.
Of course you ate poorly, you were on vacation, with your mother no less. But there is no way that you gained 13 lbs. That's got to have soemthing to do with your tummy. glad you are getting into the doctors....you'll get it all figured out. Maybe that's the reason you haven't been able to loose weight all along.
be good to yourself!
(it is water)
Im so sorry youre going through all this lifestress right now.
Im just entering that time and it is plain ole TOUGH.
take care of you as much as you can.
Youll need your strength.
hugs,
Carla
Jack, the tummy is getting better thankfully. Talked to my mom yesterday, she's glad to be home, I'm glad she's home too lol. Love her but ...
Faith, goodness I don't think I could handle living with my mom. I would love for her to go into assisted living but she has pets and I know she doesn't want to part with them. I'm hoping she will talk to her doctor. Thanks for the hugs.
Lainey, great new picture. I am going to post pictures, I'm slow lol.
Topslady, it's so true that stress can be a factor too. The weight is coming off though thankfully. I think most is sodium, lack of water related.
Dana, great new picture. You made me laugh, I told her I was taking the scooter away and putting her in a wheelchair so I knew she would be where I parked her lol. We have actually laughed over it all now. As time goes on it will just be funny memories I'm sure. You are so right Disney isn't a vacation lol but still it was pretty fun overall.
Carla, good luck to you with your parents too. It's tough when they get sick or older. I've been through cancer with my mom twice. I'm really thankful she's still here.
Post a Comment