I GIVE UP....at blogging (not really)

LOL so it is very easy to just give up on something.  Started getting bored with the blogging and as much as I said "I will repeat myself so it will help myself and others...."  Let's be honest I haven't been on here in a month, I think?   No matter now I am back on and hopefully will dedicate myself to blogging.  So we got back from the cruise to the Bahamas 1 and 4/7 of a week from now (to be exact).  I came back and my co-workers said I looked good and that they could tell I lost weight.  Well....poundage is the same but again I am not caring about this at this time as size wise I am getting smaller just not my weight so much (sure a couple of pounds are gone).  So the cruise has lots of yummy foods....we're talking you have an appetizer, main course, and dessert in the dining hall, buffet all day and pizza till 5am.   Now I did not deprive myself on this cruise by any stretch in fact, a couple of the days I couldn't decide between two appetizers so the server brought out both for me, telling me "it is included enjoy!"  Most of the time the appetizer was some sort of fruit soup and something else I would choose (most of the time seafood).  I NEVER opted for the "healthy" dessert as it had Splenda....and yes I am now anti-Splenda (maybe not totally but I am trying to stick to natural- stevia, is natural).  We would eat breakfast (had a small chocolate milkshake one day for breakfast as my drink), lunch, dinner and have a midnight meal of pizza and cookies.  Healthy eating sorta went away but not totally.  Basically ate till I was satisfied, if I disliked something I didn't finish it (who knows where I obtained this "clean your plate" rule this is not how I was raised I think it is from not wanting to waste).  I wasn't as active on the cruise as I wanted. We drove over 10 hours to Port Canaveral and my feet and ankles swelled terribly.  Due to the swelling I also had blisters on my feet as my shoes turned into being too small since my feet were enormous.  I did walk around CocoCay.  This was my favorite island as it is owned by Royal Caribbean and it was just beautiful beach, ocean and wild iguanas.  Saw so much wildlife while going in the ocean; a hermit crab in a full size conch shell so this thing could easily take a junk of your finger, and many different fish.  Nassau was not that great to me.  People are very pushing to buy what they have to offer I do not like being pushed into something so when we went back to the ship for lunch Chris and I stayed on board.  We took the stairs several times unless it was going from deck 2 to deck 11 and depending how my dumb "Fred Flintstone" feet felt.  So here I am back into the groove of things feet finally being normal and no longer have tree stumps for ankles.  We want to start eating more Paleo/Primal style meals as I want to see if gluten is causing health problems.  I have improved greatly in my time for a half mile; starting at 15 minutes a little over a month ago to 9 min 30 sec right before the cruise and now 9 min 24 sec as of today.  Whew improvement is great.  I know my improvement seems "slow" but I have more chance of continuing on the correct path and am completely okay with that.  Looking forward to shedding pounds but I am more excited about being able to do things I am physically incapable of doing because of my fitness level. 

Okay so this was the pic on formal night with our friend "Abu."  Believe it or not I can actually see progress as the "before" pic I posted was with spanx and so was this dress.  The "rolls" are getting smaller. Noticing most difference in the things I wear and things fitting loser or actually fitting.