Weekly Weigh-in….

 

Well I just can’t go to camp without checking my weight. I was going to and hope for the best but it is Weekly Weigh-in Hosted by Marvelous Mommy so I had to.

200#, goal #1 met, I made the 200 mark before the end of August. YEAH!!! So all my wishy washiness is still paying off. I’m excited guys because that means, with lucky that is, my next weigh-in will be in the 100’s. I’m excited, so very excited. For more the 25 years I haven’t been under the 200 mark.

I will walk a lot while at camp, everything is far away from each place and I’ll bring my pedometer just to make sure I’m getting my miles in. I will be weighing in the week of the 9th and I’ll do a new set of measurements too.

So with that did and done for now, it’s onward and upwards (or for the scale, downwards I hope). Remember I will be gone from Sunday the 1st to Monday the 9th but I’ll come back with a bang and start my next goal which is 10 lbs gone by Halloween and the last 10 lbs gone by Christmas. I don’t know if it’s possible because it has taken me 8 months to lose 25 lbs and that leaves just 4 months for the last 20 but I will give it my best and see. My goals aren’t written in stone, more like chalk lines on the concrete but this is a life style change not a real diet so if it takes a bit longer and stays off for the rest of my life, well I will be a happy camper.

Take care my friends. Good luck to you all. I’m off to check on everyone progress, thoughts and ideas. I so love having you guys there for me. Thank you so much. Now have a great rest of the week and God Bless you all.

Follow me back Tuesday…

Today is a day to meet and greet some new friends. Did you know that I have met so many men and ladies out there that I couldn’t even begin to imagine? There is someone out there made just for you. No…not “that” kind of a friend, I mean the kind that can teach you something you didn’t even know you didn’t know. Someone to help you through your day. Someone to share what you’ve done with. Someone that’s there to give you a pat on the back when no one at home seems to notice. Someone that appreciates you for you and not just someone that cooks, cleans, does the laundry, mows the lawn, cans all that food, takes care of the books and takes care of the kids. Or for that mommy, wife, daughter that has to do all of that and work outside the home. Opps, daddy, husband or son too.

Hosted by Survey Junkie, Little Yaya's,  Review Retreat , Boobies,BabiesAndABlog & this weeks Guest Host is Dave from  Musings of Life

    

When you have a minute or 60 stop by and visit all these wonderful hosts and just see what there is out there you just didn’t even know about.

Take care my friends and have a blessed and wonderful afternoon.

No I’m not dead…

But I am tired of my life style change. There I said it. I’m tired of being good, watching everything I eat, working out all the time, walking, tennis, swimming. I’m tired of counting calories, watching my time on exercise, logging everything on the computer.

Is this ever just going to be come second nature? EVER???'

What I’m not tired of is putting on clothes or sizes I haven’t worn in over 18 years. I’m not tired of standing on the scale and seeing 25 lbs gone. I’m not tired of being able to walk 4 miles and only be tired not dead. I’m not tired of feeling my legs and finding muscles. I’m not tired of looking down and seeing boobs and no tummy.

So…………………….

That means being good, watching everything I eat, working out as much as possible. Walking, tennis, swimming. It means logging all the foods I eat, the exercise I do. It means continuing with my new life style until it becomes second nature. It has to right? RIGHT!!!

I know this week I’m not being the greatest on the exercise first because of family stuff, very late daycare, shopping with my mama and a birthday party. But I am eating lots of fruits and veggies and staying away from the candy and starches. Then next week I will be gone all week for Venture Crew Scout Camp (YEAH!!!) but there I will be working every day but with big kids, lots of walking and even climbing. I am not preparing any of my own meals there so will just be careful not to over eat with what they offer.

So I will start again with all that I know I need to learn and do on the 9th of August and that will also mean my weigh in and measuring.

I am making so many mistakes with this life style change but it’s a learning experience and it took me a very long time to get to where I am now so I’ll just keep learning, making mistakes and seeing what can happen in life. 25 lbs, over 45” of fat in 9 months, well that’s something. Just think what I can do with the rest of my life. I bet I can be more healthy, more fit, more shapely then ever in my life (well maybe not as a teen living and working on the farm).

Thank you all for all your words of support, your thoughts and ideas, your help in all that has gotten me this far. I guess I am excited to see what is possible with your help. Thank you!!!

Now take care and if you don’t hear from me before the 9th remember I’ll be back to share my ups and downs, my opps and learnings, my thoughts and feelings.

Have a great, fantastic, wonderful, productive, blessed couple of weeks. God Bless you all!!!

Oh by the way, Mike hooked up the Wii last night, I haven’t gotten to try it out yet but it sure does look cool and exciting. I have to look into netflix and see if they rent out Wii games. I think one of you suggested that to me, sorry can’t remember who.

Follow Friday 40 and over…

 

Is hosted by JAVA at Never Growing Old. It is also co-hosted this week by Tree from Mother of Pearl It Is  and her other blog mommies Faves.

I so love this blog hop, it’s so up my alley. I have met so many wonderful bloggers.

 

This week for me has just been beyond busy.

Between scout camp and baking… I got to go Wednesday and brought the boys up 7 dozen peanut butter cookies, 8 dozen chocolate cookies, a ton of rice krispie bars and other goodies. I helped with dinner, dishes, home work and games.

 

Daycare, about 60 hours this week and pets…

Our outing tonight to the The Moving Wall. I will be doing a full post on this next week. If you don’t know what the Moving Wall is click on the link and check it out. It is really “Moving!!”

 

 

 

Exercising, walking, playing tennis… A total of 27 miles in 7 days… 3 hours of tennis and minimal exercising with weights.

 

Nature walks with Mike and daddy…  and swimming and putting out a new swimming raft with these two wonderful men.

 

I haven’t had to time blog, post, comment or anything. Next week is suppose to be calmer but first this week has to finish up with time with daddy tomorrow and some new chickens, game night with mama, Scott and Mike, daycare on Saturday and then paint balling with my scouts and then shopping and mowing on Sunday.

I hope you all have a wonderful Follow Friday and the most blessed, relaxing, rejuvenation weekend possible. God Bless you all!!!

Today is WMWW and WW-I…

Huh, you said. I heard it so here I’ll show you. WMWW is Watch My Weight Wednesday, it’s hosted by Angie and it’s a perfect way to meet and greet follow people trying to lose weight and keep it off. WW-I is Weekly Weigh-in hosted by Amy. This place makes you accountable for you weekly successes or nots. You can hook up with either if you want too and then go and see how everyone is doing. Give some encouragement and bloggly love.

For me this week I haven’t lost an ounce. It might be the fact I’m getting my period, again! Or maybe the fact that I’ve been baking for my scouts and daycare and on Monday ate 6 fresh from the oven peanut butter cookies plus dough and Tuesday fresh from the oven chocolate chip cookies plus dough. Or maybe it’s the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch I opened last Thursday and finished up yesterday. Or just maybe it’s the couple dozen peanut M&M’s that I have eaten. I prefer to blame it on my period, how about you?

I do have to say I have been working out hard. Last week to this week, in 8 days I have walked 27.4 miles, I have played tennis twice and then a cool down walk of a mile, I’ve gone swimming twice plus weigh trained twice. So it’s a good thing I’ve been doing that or I’m sure that scale would of shown an increase instead of staying at 201. 

I did eat good this week too. Lots of fruits and veggies along with my own chickens with little or no fat on them so I’m still learning and I knew the other stuff wasn’t good for me but it just tasted and smelled so good I couldn’t help myself.

So there you have it. I’m still trying hard (mostly, I am!!) and I’m excited to measure myself on the 31st to see what results I have for the month of July. I am loving my legs and butt, they are shaping up so nicely. My tummy is shrinking, in fact last night to go play tennis I put on a pair of size 18 no stretch, no give jean shorts and I didn’t have to lay down to do it. I was able to bend over and pick the ball up with out losing my breath and I felt good. I love my size 16 stretch jean shorts but know I can wear them because they stretch. So it’s all working. I’ve lost 10” off my waist so far and for me that’s impressive and I’m proud of myself. I would like to get to a 36” waist, that sounds like a nice number and a healthy one too.

Oh I almost forgot, how could I do that? I got a Wii from craigslist last night. A man in my home town listed it at 3:45 in the afternoon, at 4:15 he sold it to me and he’s delivering it to Mike for me this morning. For some reason I decided to just check out craigslist and there is was, just like it was meant to be. The best part, I got it for $150.00 and it still comes with a 2 year warranty because he just bought it at Christmas time for his kids and they don’t play it. He figured maybe 10 times it’s been used and he paid over $400.00 for all the goodies it comes with. So now I’m on the hunt for the Wii fit and Sport games (it comes with something sport he said so I’ll see what he’s talking about). Both Mike and Jim are excited because it comes with extra controllers, num chucks, a cross bow and some more manly stuff. I’m excited because I now will own one and can see just what you are all talking about.

Good luck my friends on your life style changes. Please tell me how your doing and anything you’ve learned pass on. I really am enjoying this new way of life. I know the goods and bads and mostly I follow the good path but those bads, well sometimes they just jump right out and grab me. How about you?

Take care and have a most blessed day today.

Friday Follow blog hops

Now today is all those wonderful Friday blog hops. I don’t think I even know how many there are out there. There’s no way I can enter them all and do everyone justice by visiting tons of blogs so I just join Diana at The Girl Creative New Friend Friday and Java at Never Growing Old Over 40 Bloggers. It is such a blast meeting and greeting new people so if your in a place where you have a few minutes go and check out Diana and Java and add your blog and prepare to meet some super terrific people. What’s so cool about these blog hops, your can join today and take all week to visit all the  blogs you can find to enjoy.

I know that I’m not posting anywhere near as much as I usually do but this week has been Daily Vacation Bible School for the daycare kids, plus Brenda and I are exercising at least 4 times a week after work each night, Scouts on Mondays and we are also building a water raft for swimming at my parents house/lake. Plus it’s Sally’s birthday tomorrow and I’ve been working on something special for her in-between all that’s going on. So forgive me for not being here as much and also for not getting to all your blogs. I promise I’ll get back but I’m thinking it’ll be a bit longer before I can get to you all. Next week is scout camp and though I’m not going up for the week I am going up Wednesday evening and bringing my boys treats and fresh bread. Then on Thursday our little town is hosting the Moving Wall and there is music in the park that night and I told daddy I’d take him. Friday is our family game night and then I’m hoping we can go camping but if not I have daycare on Saturday.

So my friends, do take care and have a relaxing, fantastic, wonderful weekend. God Bless you all!!!

I passed!!!!

Now according to the doctors scale I weighted 204.4 but I did weigh myself and measure before I headed to the doctors and I was 201. I wrote down, for the doctor, my weight month by month along with my waist changes and he really was nice and impressed and supportive. Since I have been using my scale for all of my weigh loss so far the doctor went by my numbers. He signed off on all the requirements and also I have no limitations, I can even go scuba diving if I wanted too.

You know how happy I am, I’m so happy and relieved. Now it’s on to the next goal. My big goal is still 180 by the first of the year but I should set a goal before that so here’s what I’m thinking. There are 5 months to go and I have 21 lbs to go, that’s 4.2 lbs a month so that means by Halloween I should be down another 10 lbs. I want to be down the extra pound this month for an even 200 for my August weigh-in.

I have some physical goals I want to meet too. Brenda and I have been walking together the past couple of weeks and we have a hill on our walk that we are going to run up. It’s a big hill and goes for about 1/4 of a mile and so far I can run up 1/2 of it. I know it’s not far but it’s a start. So by time fall rolls around I will be able to run that hill. I’m also up to walking 2.5 miles in 35 minutes and would like to increase the distant another mile or so.

I now have a questions. Since I live in Minnesota and winter is cold, icy and hard to get outside to exercise in, which would be better?  A treadmill or a Wii? Really I can’t afford either but if it’s possible which would be the best to keep the weight off and the goal going? I probably will end up just doing what I’ve done so far but I like  to hear your thoughts and ideas.

So now it’s onward and upwards to another pound loss this week and another few inches.

How are you doing this week? I know, it’s a new week but got any goals to share, ideas to teach, thoughts about it all?

Oh my BP was 120/74 and my pulse was 76. I had my blood drawn for my thyroid and cholesterol and when that comes back I’ll share that.

Take care my friends and thank, thank you so very much for all your love and support. God Bless you all!!

Tomorrows the day…

And yes, I have a headache, I’m a touch crabby but not terrible yet but I have done everything almost exactly like I was told. I did drink a tad more water then 3 cups, with walking in this heat I had too. I did eat a chicken sandwich for lunch but otherwise haven’t had anything else all day. Most of the week was just fruit. Will I make the 200 lbs for the doctors tomorrow, I haven’t a clue. Should I weigh myself before I go in? I was going to but it won’t make any difference because his scale is different then mine so I’m just going to go and hope for the best. If it’s close I will go naked and step on it again, they just can close their eyes.

I also have to share, I read the small print on the BSA health forms. The weight limit is highly, strongly recommended but in the end it’s the doctor that says if you can do it or not.

I’ll tell you all about the camp physical when I get home and the kids are napping. Thank you all for all your words of wisdom and support. I’ve really needed it this past week.

Take care and God Bless!!!

Blog hops….

If you are like me it’s such a thrill to meet and greet new people. To enjoy what others have to share, to learn new things. To compare yourself to others and just see where you are in life. I LOVE IT!!!

Today I am part of the

and

There are tons of blog hops for just about any day of the week but Fridays there are tons of them. There’s no way I can keep up with them all so these are my two favorite I’m sharing with you.

I hope that you all have a wonderful, terrific, peaceful, renewing, rejuvenating, relaxing, blessed Friday and weekend. Take care and God Bless you all!!

I forgot and I’m sorry….

Last week I found this cool place to go and share (like WMWW Watch My Weight Wednesdays with ANGIE.) It’s called ‘Weekly Weigh-in hosted by AMY. I was suppose to grab her button and do a post and completely forgot about it except the link up part, I remembered that. I’m sorry Amy and everyone else for forgetting to post. Life here has been a hell of a roller coaster lately and my mind is just not as organized as I’d like it to be.

See that 160.4, that’s not my weight but sure wouldn’t mind if it was. I weighed in at the chiropractors office last night figuring his would be as close to the doctors scale as anywhere and I have to say it wasn’t fun. I was 205.6. That’s 2.5 lbs more then my scale and right now that’s a huge number. Dr. K.  knows just how important this camp physical is for me and gave me a couple of pointers to make the 201 by Monday. Like he said though this is NOT something he recommends or condones but he said I should be really close. Eat just fruit from now until Sunday evening. No salt what so ever and on Sunday drink a minimal amount of water and skip eating until after my appointment on Monday. I’ll get rid of all excess water weight and be a crab but everything should be fine. Once this physical is done I can go back to doing what I’ve been doing and all will be just fine.

I’m still going to go by my scale for my weigh in’s and such because that’s what I started out by so on the 2nd of this year my scale read 225 and it now says 203. I’m happy, it’s slow going but I’m happy. By the 2nd of January 2011 I want the scale to read 180. That’s my goal and I’m planning on sticking to it for now and for always.

So again I cheated and linked before I posted and I apologize. I try and do most things by the rules. I’ll be back next week and that will be after my doctors appointment so can tell you what he had to say. Oh please let him be nice and know I’ve been working hard.

Take care my friends. Have a great afternoon and God Bless!!!

Oh, Oh….

My life style change just turned into a very fast diet. The doctors appointment I wanted for the end of the month is now for 10:45 Monday morning. That’s just 5 days 22 hours away from now. That’s a pound a day I need to lose. Is it possible? I don’t know, I’ve never HAD to lose weight like this. That doctors scale has to read less then 201, it has too.

So people out in blog land, I need your help. Ideas for quick removal of 5 pounds please. I promise to go back to the life style change when the doctors appointment is over with because as long as I am in scouts I can never ever weigh more then 200 lbs and I really want to get to 180 and stay there for the rest of my life.

Just wanted to tell you what’s what and plea for help or ideas.

Take care my friends, God Bless!!!

Have you waited long enough?

I have so I won’t go into any chatting or anything, I’ll just give you the numbers and then chitter chatter a bit.

My weight is 203. Down 2 pounds. I still have to lose 5 more pounds before heading to the doctors mid month. So totally 22 lbs so far.

I’ve lost another 7 1/2” inches so a total of 43 1/2”. I wish the doctor would see this part but he won’t notice that from year to year, he’s only going to look at the scale. According to Dr. Oz, if a waist is below 40” there is less likely hood of bad things happening, so only 1 1/2” to go.  I now have somewhat of a shape, it’s still not small by any means but my waist is smaller then my bust and hips. See me smiling. :o)!!!!

So not bad I think. Oh a very long ways to go and it’s getting a bit harder now to get the weight to move. I also know that means more exercise but it’s getting to be very hard right now to get the extra time to do them. There is no more quiet mornings, no more no kid nap times and when 6:30 rolls around, after working 14 hours, I am out of energy. I wish normal life could count towards exercise. Oh I’ve heard dance when mopping the floor, wiggle while vacuuming, reach and stretch while dusting but really, I don’t think that is going to help me much. Oh well I’ll just keep plugging away at it and though it’s a super slow process it’s all heading in the right direction.

Tonight is Brenda and my night out. I’m thinking swimming but first a good bike ride. That will be super good and with this heat I should burn off a few more pounds and calories. I know, drink plenty of water….I will, I promise.

So lets see, goals for my next weigh in (which by the way will be the 19th and the same week I go to the doctor).

1. Less sugar. I’ve eaten just a wee bit more (well over the 4th a bit more then wee) then I should be.

2. More water. I did do the jug trick and it has helped me to see just how much I’m drinking and my day is never less then 50 oz. and more like 70 or so.

3. A new menu each week. I read once that if you find a menu that works for you to keep eating it all the time. I have found out that is boring. I need something new, something with taste, each week. It’s hard cooking in the evenings now too because Mike is working with his dad and they have huge, very huge lunches and when it’s time for supper no one is really hungry but me. I am going to see how a bigger snack in the afternoon for me will work so that dinner can just be a light sandwich or soup.

4. Exercise, gotta do something about that. I am still to embarrassed to flop like a fish on the floor with the daycare kids here. Yes they’d find it fun but I don’t want them going home and telling everyone what I’m doing. Vain? A bit.

5. Find a site that tells me about every day household chores. I want to see if weeding the garden can count towards exercise, how about cleaning out the chicken coop, carry in wood. I’m guessing there’s nothing really out there but I’m going to try and see.

So for now, those are my goals. How are you doing? What’s happening for you this summer? I do wish you all well and I do so appreciate your kind words and support for me. I really, truly do!!!!

Now take care and I am hoping that I’ll have a new bread recipe to share with you later on this week. I am back to making my own breads and working on a good, easy recipe for fresh bread. Also a soup recipe. One with a little bit of chicken or pork or even beef in it, lots of veggies and a broth (I hate creamy ones). I know just a basic veggie recipe but something that has a bit of a zing or zest to it would be nice. I don’t know to much about spices so need to read and see what I can add.

Have a great week my friends. God Bless you all!!!

WMWW and a period from hell…

Well today is Watch My Weight Wednesday hosted by Angie. I have nothing new to report since Monday. I’m in a pretty foul mood. Not really crabby but so tired and this period is going to kill me off. I am pretty sure it’s time for this thing to just go away but between the Lord and my body they have other things to say about it. YUCK!!!

I did go play tennis with Brenda last night and then went for a nice long walk around town. We had a blast too. We decided to make Tuesdays our day out. Nothing that costs anything or very little. She can get me into her health club for $5.00 a visit so come this winter I think we’ll do that at least the once a week as long as I can afford to go. Otherwise we’ll go swimming, play tennis, go for bike rides and if we really just want to play, we can go shopping or at least window shopping.

I am suppose to weigh in on Friday. I think that I’m going to wait until Monday. You know what periods do to your weight and since I really need that scale to have moved in a good direction I’m not going to step on it until this damn thing from hell is gone. Sorry to swear but I am so tired of this. I hate the tired, the cramping, the mess, the laundry, the big fat ugly feelings. So right now just won’t be the time to do it. I’m sorry if you’re waiting for me, please be patient and wait another couple of days and on Monday I promise to do all the good stuff and share.

But go to Angie's and check out all the cool people doing so well with their weight loss journey’s and life style changes. I am so proud to be apart of this group of people that are working so hard to be healthy.

Take care my friends. Thanks for being so patient with me. Thanks for your kind words. I’ll be back on Monday after the 4th. We have a huge family/friend reunion my mama and daddy put on each 4th. So lots of work and planning and then lots of fun, fellowship and food.

God Bless you all.

A new week, another chance….

Well this life style change has it’s ups and downs. Now the weight loss part is slow, very slow but I am liking how I’m beginning to have a shape other then round. I went shopping with Brenda last Tuesday and bought two new bras and a pair of shorts. A 42C bra and size 16 shorts.  I’m being a bit bold here sharing the size but I have too, you know why? I haven’t worn either size for at least 20 years and maybe even a bit longer. My weigh in comes this Friday. I’m looking for 200 or just a tiny bit less, at least I’m really hoping.

Now I’d like to know who is the one that decides on the sizes for clothes. You see, I also bought another pair of size 16 shorts and they miss the button by at least a good inch and I’ve also bought a few pairs of shorts at garage sales, all 16 and some fit and some are to big and others are to small. Oh well, it is what it is.

I have donated all my size 20’s, never going to ever wear that size again, my 18’s are still in use but with a belt.

I have got to exercise more, I mean the weights and fish flopping. I’ve been biking riding, playing tennis, picking weeds, walking, pushing the lawn mower and more but I’m sure if I’d get back into the rest it would help more.

It’s summer time and fixing a decent meal is hard. We are out until 8-9 o’clock each night. I have got to use the crock pot or make cold salads or something. Ideas anyone? I’ve been eat a decent breakfast and a hardy lunch so that supper time it isn’t a big deal but I know it’s not the real way it should be.

Did you know that sex is so much better when you weigh a bit less? Did you now it’s not quite as scary in the day light? Did you know …. well I bet you do.

So this week I have to be super good. Exercise just a bit harder, watch my calories just a bit more and drink all the water possible. I’ll be back on Friday with my weight and measurements losses.

Thank you all for your support, kindness and words of wisdom. Please keep them coming, I so love you teaching me something new, a way to think about something, a way to fix something. I need all the help I can get.

Take care my friends. God Bless you all!!!

Watch My Weight Wednesday….

Angie is the wonderful host of Watch My Weight Wednesday and if you have a story to tell, an idea to share, some weight loss, gain or anything else to do with your life style change then head on over there and link up.

This past week or so hasn’t been the greatest when it comes to eating. I am hungry and we have a shortage of groceries here, not the fast cooking kind, but the it’s better for you kind. With a daycare and a hubby and son that all need to eat and not always just fruits and veggies there’s always the wrong kind of eats around here. Try as I might when I get like this it’s darn near impossible to be good. So I have been slightly bad. I don’t over indulge, I don’t eat until I’m so full I can’t move and I don’t not keep track of the screw ups so I’m starting to see a bit of a pattern. Is it possible to blame all badness on PMS? How about if PMS is two weeks early? I’m at the age where my period is fairly irregular, sometimes two weeks apart, sometimes 5 weeks apart. Sometimes I’m lucky …yeah right, lucky…NOT… to have my period twice a month and that means a day or 3 or being bad. Tomorrows a new day and I promise I’ll eat better. I do…:o)

As for exercise I’ve been good. There’s been the bike riding, the strength training and last night swimming. Mike’s Scout Master and I gave 10 scouts and 4 adults their BSA swim tests. I even passed mine. But I followed all 14, 75 yards each up and down the length of the swimming pool. Not at any type of fast pace mind you but still 1050 yards of swimming. That’s 3150 feet of front strokes, side strokes and back strokes. According to my calorie guide it was worth about 540 calories and over an hour of up metabolism. Today, after work, Brenda and I will hit the trails and I need to get a day of fish exercises (that’s the flopping on the floor ones) and another day of strength. At least I’m working off some of that stuff heading for my mouth.

My weigh in is the 2nd of July. I am really hoping for 199 lbs or less. That would be 6 lbs this month. It’s a bit high for me but I’m hoping. If I can keep that crap from running into my mouth that is. I have a physical near the 12th of July and the doctors scale has to say 200 or less otherwise I will not meet the guide lines for the BSA and I need to meet them. It’s so very important to do that.

So it’s onward and upwards. Still learning the ins and outs of this new life style change. So many years of not doing the right thing is hard to break. I thought this wasn’t going to be this hard, it’s been 6 months I thought, heck I can do this, I can keep off what I’ve lost but I see that this will never end, even when I hit the goal I’m shooting for. So I better get it in the rear and get to getting and keep learning.

Take care my friends. Good luck with your life style changes. I am so proud of each and everyone of you that has shared with me, asked me for something, taught me something and more. Keep up the great work. God bless you all!!!

Featured blog…and an award…

I have the honors of being the featured blog over at Julee's blog Mommy’s Memorandum. You’ve got to go and check out her blog. Not just my little feature part, the whole thing. You will be so happy you did. I have to say being a featured blog is a great feeling. You realize that there is someone out there interested in hearing what you have to say. Someone that is excited to come see your blog and to leave a comment. Oh you know how much I love comments. Julee says I’m an inspiration, I’m not sure how at times but I do just show you how it is for me. The ups and downs, the opps and successes, the worries' and scared, the happiness and smiles. It is amazing this life style change. I always thought to some extent I was eating pretty good, NOT!!! I always thought I was fair mobile, NOT!!! I thought I was at least pretty healthy, another NOT!!! But that’s okay, I’m not dead and that means I still have a life time to get healthy, eat right and exercise so that’s what my life style change is all about. That and losing a bunch of weight but not tons since I’m a farm girl and I have no intentions of becoming a skinny mini, just a normal every day girl.

Now for my award. Me an award. I’ve gotten a couple on my main blog but never anything here. Traci thought I deserved an award it’s called The Stylish Blogger Award. Pretty cool, HUH?!

The criteria in accepting this, is to list 5 random things about yourself and pass this award onto 5 other bloggers!!!

So here is my 5 Random Things not sure how random they are but:

1. No matter how much I like this life style change, I hate it too. Habits are so hard to break and chocolate still calls my name daily.

2. I hate bra shopping. I can not find one that I like. I wear a sports bra 90% of the time, not because I like the…I hate the uniboob…but because they are comfortable.

3. Which is worse, crunches or leg lifts? Hate them both, do them both often.

4. Bat wings, why do my arms have to look like they will fly away every time I lift them up to wash windows, carry kids, water plants… you get the idea. Hate them too!!!

5. I LOVE YOU ALL. I love blogging, I love reading your blogs, I love getting and leaving comments. I am addicted to this blogging business and I don’t regret a single second of it.

Now for my 5 bloggers to pass this on too. I find this part very, very hard because I haven’t met a blog I don’t like. I have never met a blogger I don’t like. And I have made so many new friends though this blogging. But here it goes….

1. Julee

2. Angie

3. Bringing Pretty Back

4. Caution Flag

5. Mari

So there you have it guys. Thank you again Traci for this wonderful award and thank you Julee for having me be your featured blogger.

Take care my friends. I will be having some words of wisdom, errors and more probably tomorrow. It’s Weight Loss Wednesday and Welcome Wednesday tomorrow. It’s also the day that my best buddy and I are going to take the afternoon and ride bike and go swimming. Brenda and I haven’t done anything together for a while other then the normal visits and all so we are going to get out and play. The play that is good for us.

Have a great day and God Bless you all!!!

Monday Madness….

So guess what I found? Another blog hop goodie. How I found it….?…I haven’t a clue. I was just jumping from blog to blog this morning just reading and enjoying and came across Home Sweet Farm.  I am so in love with this blogging and blog hopping and finding new people and sharing and getting comments. So today I will spend a little time just playing. I didn’t have morning daycare today and this afternoon just have two big girls and right now no one wants to do anything but watch Myth Busters which usually I don’t let the TV be on but it’s yucky outside and Mike is home so…go for it kids, enjoy the TV and I’ll play a bit here.

So it’s like this…

So go to Home Sweet Farm and add your blog, facebook, twitter or all three and see who you can find to follow. If you follow me, I follow you back and I think that goes for most of the bloggers out there.

Take care my friends and have a very blessed afternoon.

6.6 miles….

That is what I rode today on my bike. The furthest I have ever ridden in my life except possible while vacation in Michigan but then that would be shopping and lots of stops. According to my diet tracker it was worth about 1000 calories burned. Not bad at all if you ask me. Plus I laid carpet for 4 hours and then rototilled the garden which took me a full hour. So today I am over exercised and very, very tired now. I have been keeping my calories under 1300 so I’m hoping if I keep all this up I can weigh less then 200 the next time I weigh in.

Here are a few pictures of our trail ride today. I just had to share how beautiful the trail was.

 

I hope you are getting a good start on your weekend. Enjoy, relax and rejuvenate. I didn’t work today but I do tomorrow so have a split weekend but with days like today, I don’t mind any day of the week.

Take care and God Bless!!!

The sausages I told you about….

 

One sausage is 120 calories, 6 grams of fat, 490 mg sodium, 3 grams of carbohydrates, 18 grams of protein. They are fat so one is filling. They are spicy but spicy is good for a diet.

So not terrible, of course not great but you can still have a BBQ and enjoy a sausage. They are a bit chewier then the normal brats but for me I just think it makes it last longer.

So there you have it, told you when I found them I’d share.

Enjoy my friends. Take care and God Bless!!!!

Welcome Wednesday…

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Are the hosts of this neat Welcome Wednesday....Such a great way to meet and greet new friends. It’s been awhile since I’ve done this, just so busy with this and that.

So here I am, reaching out to new friends. Friends to teach me new things, friends to support me on my life style change. Friends that are fun to read about, be part of and encourage in their lives.

So hop on over to Take it from me... and join in on the fun.

Take care my friends. Have a very blessed day today.