Yesterday (Monday) was all about relaxing!

Craig had the day off, and I am still on break from school! I slept for 9.5 hours, and it felt wonderful! As soon as I got out of bed, I walked straight to the couch for some reading.

I ended up finishing the book yesterday and like I said before, I HIGHLY recommend this book.

Let’s face it, women and men are different and we also communicate differently. Here is just one example:

When women talk and converse, it is all about “rapport”—making connections with other women. For men, it is all about “report”—who can tell the biggest and best story or one-up the other man by bestowing more knowledge on him. (My husband is very good at these things.)

There is so much good information in this book that I encourage you to read it for yourself!

By early afternoon, it was time to something a little more “productive,” so we headed to Gap to use our gift cards from Christmas. They were having an awesome sale with an additional 50% off all of their sale items, and there were a lot of things on sale!

(Ha! I just realized Craig got me a Gap Kids card. Not sure how he managed that. And no, I know he is not implying anything by this!)

Then it was off to the grocery store to stock up the very bare fridge. Back as home, I got busy making chili, Skyping with my sister, and finishing my book.

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Yesterday was my day of rest, so today it felt good to get a workout in.

I ran 2 miles to the gym, lifted for 30 minutes at the gym, then ran 2 miles back home.

Distance: 4 miles

Weather: 15*, cloudy, dark, very light snow

For breakfast I made myself a bowl of oatmeal.

I forgot how full I can get on even a small to medium-sized bowl of oatmeal. Although, it felt like a fake-full feeling because two hours later I am hungry again.

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So I have a theory. . . .a theory about weight-gain during the holidays, and it goes something like this:

I can’t help but wonder if some of the weight-gain people experience during the holidays is caused from stress—and not as much from excess food as people assume??

If I think back to times when I was able to lose weight, those were times in my life where I was living with very little stress (and of course still exercising and eating a well-balanced diet). But even if I am exercising and eating right, if I am stressed out, I find it much more difficult to lose weight.

I know there are a lot more dinner parties to go to and treats around, but I also know the holidays stress a lot of people out, so maybe at least some of that weight-gain is due to stress.

Thoughts??