Weight Loss Journey

It's strange I stared this new journey several times only to fail at it. This time though I found someone to trail it with me. I know that we often at need a friend to trail this road. I just couldn't seem to find someone who wanted to trail this new one I was looking at. But after starting my journey alone, I starting talking to one of my best friends who is more like a sister. She has been struggling with losing weight. I told about the book The Metabilism Mircle. She got on Kincle and now we talk. I can call her on the phone and she gets me going again. We both have had are up and down days. But we both can see our bodies make the push to becoming better. Sounds strand my body has always been soft and wiggley, but for her the area around her middle was always firm. Now that firmness is leaving and the weight she so despartly wants to lose is starting to leave her. So for some of us hard to lose those pounds we found us a way to do it at least for us. So for now lets go my friend, tomorrow is my next weigh in.

Today I read my dughters blog. It made me stop and think what could I do with out. We have been trying to decide on how we were going to pay the extra money for the next year to get a new living room set and remodel of my living room. Yeah it has been 10 years since we moved in to the house we have now. All the walls are white somewhat. So since the dog deciced she was made at someone and would destroy my couch to get back at them. I need a new living room set. I've had the set I have now for about 10 years. When I got it I wanted a sectional thought it would work in my house to begin with it did. however, now it just doesn't work. My house just seems so small in the living room. The middle child has decided that I need a living room make over. Of course I figured why not I put her thru school might as well get my money's worth out of it. So off to Lowes my husband goes today to buy the painting supplies. New paint on the walls, moving the TV, new curtains wow this is going to be a big change for me. I want it but a big change is sometimes hard on me. I don't always take to it in my personal life too well. However, I told my daughter I wanted a calming effect in there. So here goes nothing.

Weight Loss 7-20-12

Trying a new idea, new idea for me anyway. I started walking to work and walking home. I can't count the number of times fellow workers from the courthouse have stop and asked if I needed a ride home or to work. It has been a big boost to know that people I work with are that kind to me. I even had my daughter Mary stop yesterday and ask to take me home because she thought it was too hot. I was ok, I needed the walk my body was too cold. I had been sitting in my office at 68 degrees to 71 degrees. I have been freezing for days. So walking home lets me warm up and if I feel real good. I get a good work out going and coming. We will see what happens on Tuesday. I step on the scale for my weekly weigh-in. I am on a 9 lbs weight lose by August 14th, my 51st birthday. I also leave 2 days later to go to my family reunion that I have been to in 2 years. So here's hoping for a good walk and lots of weight loss, because I choose to walk to work and home everyday. The gym and I just need to get reconnected. I think that after the vacation. I will be able to get back on track and get reconneted there too. Of course I'm going to try to get back into Zumba now that my instructor is back from having her baby. (Yeah)

So i'm also trying to eat my fresh food out of my garden. This I hope will help more.

A little of this and a little of that 6-26-2012

Today is my husband's 54th birthday. His comment this morning was can I get in and out of work without anyone saying HB to me. I laughed. Then he told me the only one who ever said that to him was Laura and she wasn't there anymore. So I said may be. Then when I got to work I texted him HB. Seems strange but with his Birthday close to Fathers Day we sometimes merge the two. I had fun getting him things he needed. Shirts and Pants for his new calling. The kids got him things for Fathers day too. But the funds ran out for his birthday so he is getting dinner and dessert for this one. Well who can blame us the way to his heart is thru his stomach.

As for me the weight loss is going pretty good a small setback today. The scale didn't change so still 182, though that is what you get when you don't exercise as much as you should. I don't like I should either, but with retirement parties, last week and this week I may not get to the goals I'm hoping for but as the saying goes I just need to keep on Trying, Keep on Trying...etc.

The garden is going good should have the first Early girl tomatoe any day now with a few others coming right behind it. The bell peppers are doing pretty good. The corn is not dieing just tasseling out too soon, and only about knee high. The cucumbers are hanging in there but not getting fruit from them yet. Then there is the cantalope they are hanging in there as well. So I guess I'm doing ok on the garden front, just need a good ferterlizer so they will grow.

Weight Lost Journey 6-19-2012

I don't know how long this journey is going to last. But one thing I know is that I'm going to ride it for as long as I can. It has been 3 months since I started the journey, losing 6lbs in one month. The weight loss since then has been slow and moving. That is one thing that is keeping me going. For the first two months I could not step on the scale. That part was hard. Not to mentiont that I had planned a Family Vacation in Early May. However, I did my best and tried to walk each day or we even rode bikes one day. That seemed to keep me from gaining. Then came the countless Babyshowers, with there delicious food. Followed by Holidays, and more babyshowers. Some how I managed to get myself back on the wagon each time. I'm trying my best to eat right. My only let down is the fact that I have not been able to get my self to the gym more than once a week in the last 2 months. But as you will well seen I started at 194 on this road. A weight I was not happy with. By May 6th, I was down to188. And now it is June 19th and I'm 182. That has been a hard road. One I'm not read to get off of or change. My daughter doesn't think I'm eating right. But the Doctor gave me the ok. With the weight lost coming. I feel pretty good. I'm in between the Stage 1 and Stage 2 of my meal plan. I think that is why I'm doing better. I don't sit down and eat a whole big bag of chips or 4 or 5 cookies. I eat One small batch of chips, or 1 cookie. I really fell in love with small Ice cream sandwiches. So I get the low fat Ice cream and make up the chocolate chip cookies from meal plan. This worked out good and kept me inside my carb count. I eat it for a evening snack. Works well for me and I don't get into to much trouble. If you want to take a look at my meal plan go to http://www.metablismmiricle.com/ and check it out.

June 11, 2012 5K run workout

Went to the gym today, did my best but I didn't finish 5K I made only just over 2 miles. My foot started hurting. I was afraid it would be hurt so I couldn't run or walk in the 5K. It was doing good last week. This week not so good. I'm not sure what happened. My leg and foot are not doing good. Don't go back to the Chiropractor until next week. so will just have to pull myself by my boot straps and push forward and keep trying to run on the Tredmill.

Garden is coming along fine the wind strom this last weekend pretty much done my garden in, but with a little work I should be able to get it back into shape just need to keep it watered good. The weather for the next week is going to be almost a 100 degrees. I should have some tomatoes soon. Not to mention peppers. Then we will maybe get corn in 35 days.  We shall see.

My family has had some changes recently. My husband was made 1st Counselor in the Elders quorm. He'll be gone on Thursday night and Me on Wednesdays. This is going to be interesting. With 2 adults children, still at home. They are not use to having one of us not home let alone both of us out of the house during the week. With potentionally having meetings in our home. Here we go getting ready for the next steps in our lives.

More This and That 5-30-12

I was sitting here reading trying to catch up on it. I've let it go so long. I was thinking about my sisters as Alma calls his people to repent and return to the church, calling on his members and non members alike to take care of the need, the down troden, & the poor. I'm sure we all think these that this is taken care of, but who is doing it? Are expecting the church? the government? who? well I was thinking about how I need to step up to the plate more, Do more than what I'm doing now. Father expects more from me, I need to do it.

I have been working for almost 2 months now on getting myself health and in shape to run a 5K. Well I went to the gym yesterday and as I worked out on the Tredmill for my indurance. I realized I was doing better than 2 months ago. I was running a long time frame. I started out by running 30 seconds, and walking 30 seconds. working my self up to a minute. Now I run long times. No I haven't gotten that 5K down yet. But I do have it where running a mile is a possiblity for me. Yeah for me.

Then there is my garden, tomatoes are growing, peppers of several varities, corn is growning, and even the squash and cucumbers are starting to flower. Yeah vegatables soon. Fresh from the garden, not much like the abundance of my dad's, but then again I don't have the acreage he had. But someday maybe my dream of owning the family land will come true. I sure hope so. But for now learning in a back yard garden will have to do. I sure enjoy watching it grow. Late year this year.

This and That 5-25-12

It's a slow day at work so I have time to think about things. Yeah right not always a good thing in my case. I enjoy being busy, then I don't have to think just do.

Checked out my garden today. It is coming along nicely was going to water but thought better. With Thunder Storms coming in this afternoon who knows how much water will come down. They say only about .10 of an inch. We shall see. I keep wanting to post pics like my daughter but I just can't seem to get it done. LOL

The basball season started for the Gold Sox this year last night. We had a good time and the game was won by our team. Yeah. I feel strange this year, maybe because it will probably be my son's last year with them or maybe just that indicates that life changes and people have to move on. I ready for some of the move on. Don't get me wrong having my kids around is ok. But having them grow up and be responsible adults is part of life. Or it could just be that the weather is playing games with my body, not quite sure.

As for this old lady, I figure I'm doing ok. I put on a pair of pants to come to work yesterday. Got to work and felt like they were huge on me. I just bought them like 2 months ago. Whats up with that? Yeah well I started that new eating plan Metableism B. I had lost 6 pounds by the the 2nd of May. Then left on Vacation for a week and have had a hard time getting back on track. But yet the clothes tell a different story. So the next weigh in is going to be on May 29th. I sure hope the scale doesn't go the other way on me. The trip to the store on my way back from Tahoe to see why my bra's were not working right, made my day. The lady said I had lost about 4 inches and would need a different size because they were not staying down in the back, so it was causing the bra to push the wire into my arm pit. Yeah for me but not my pocket book. It cost me 118 dollars for 1 bra. Yeah, the only place to get one that fits me. Not happy last time it was 60 dollars a bra. Now what wait until I can get the money to purchase new bra's I guess.

Oh, well so that's my this and that's for this day, not much like my daughters but yet it is me.