My Single Mom Life

How much weight do you all think you have gained so far this holiday season?

I've been bad so far, I know I have.
Cookies, cakes, pies, chocolates, candy canes etc.
The holidays are so hard on people with any kind of weight issues, and it's doubly frustrating when your exercise is limited to walking or a treadmill, or an elliptical.
Seeing a how I have no treadmill, and the elliptical I won will be delivered in a few weeks, walking has been my main exercise for nearly two years.
You don't burn off many calories just walking. If you did, I'd be thin as a rail by now.
I can't wait for the elliptical to get here. We are going to start organizing the house right after Christmas, get things moved around so I can make room for it.
I want to put it here in the living room where the AC, TV and stereo are.
I want it out here so it's more comfortable to use and I won't have to crank the stereo up to hear it from the laundry room.

My lower back is stiff tonight, and my right shoulder seems flared up again, so I went and laid down on my bed for a few minutes after taking a pain pill and muscle relaxer, so they could kick in faster while I rested.
I'm quite proud to say that in just two weeks, I've cut back drastically on the high dose pain pills thanks to the extended release, once a day ones the new doc prescribed.
He still gave me the high dose ones, but not nearly as many as Doc F had me taking.
That amount could have knocked a horse out cold.
The new pain doc has me taking the extended release tabs once a day, a muscle relaxer 3 times a day, and the high dose ones only as I need them for severe break through pain.
I've only had 3 days of severe pain in the last 2 weeks, so I'm so very, very happy with my new doc and how things are going.
He actually listened to me and the new plan is working a lot better.
I feel better. I'm not in a drug induced fog anymore, I can do a little bit more than I was.
Things are going good now.

But anyway, back to going to lay down.
I went in my room to stretch out and rest while waiting for the meds to kick in, and Nova the fat cat was laying on the end of the bed.

I laid down on my side of the bed, got comfortable on my pillows, and just tried to relax all my muscles down.
Nova fatty got up from the end of the bed and made her way to her usual spot near my pillows, and smooshed herself right up against my face.
We were face to face, her rubbing her head all over my face and licking my nose, purring, her paws 'kneading' into my hair, and it was just the sweetest thing.
Nova is getting older, she is 8 in people years, and just over the last 5 months or so, she has started to become a super loving kitty.
She used to hate everyone but Mark when we first got her, no one could pet her, go anywhere near her or she'd hiss and growl.
Now, she lets everyone pet her, gets excited if you reach your hand out to her, even more excited if you walk in the front door with a handful of fresh grass.

So there I was laying down being snuggled and loved by fatty no tail, and it was so comfortable and peaceful, I almost fell asleep.
I had to get up though because the boys are still up, and I hate going to bed before they do.
I hope she's still in that mood when I do go to bed.
It was really nice.