2nd meeting

So I was hanging out with my friend Jordan most of the day. 

Jeremy had a couple things to do before the meeting.

He says that he will meet me at the meeting to get the kids so I can go into the meeting.

I was running a little behind and his phone was dead (as usual). 

So I sit outside the meeting for a little bit.

He didn't show.

 I head over to my moms and he wasn't there.

 His moms, not there. 

Boy scouts not there. 

At this point it is over and about time for boy scouts. 

So I just stay there and then he calls

 he has been searching for me and then went home to see if I was there.

 I told him to stay there and I would be home after boy scouts :(

So moral of the story... 

I missed the second meeting :(((

7...7...7...7....

Okay

 it is the 24th day of February in the year 2013 

and it is 7 weeks today that we started living right!!

Whoody Whoo!!

Doing good,

 feeling right, 

eating healthy 

and loving life!

~*~

Yep that pretty much describes me right now!

~*~

7 weeks and life is good...

~*~

Cute WW Poem...Don't You Quit

DON'T YOU QUIT

When you've eaten to much and you can't write it down,

And you feel like the biggest failure in town,

When you want to give up just because you gave in, and forget all about being healthy & thin.

So what! You went over your points a bit,

It's your next move that counts...

So DON'T YOU QUIT!

It's a moment of truth, its an attitude change.

It's learning the skills to get back in your range.

It's telling yourself "You've done great up til now. You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."

It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal,

You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.

To stumble and fall is not a disgrace, if you summon the will to get back in the race.

But, often the strugglers, when losing their grip,

Just throw in the towel and continue to slip,

And learn too late when the damage is done,

that the race wasn't over...they still could have won!

Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,

but facing each challenge will help you to grow.

Success is failure turned inside out,

the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.

When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,

If you bite it, you write it...

But

DON'T YOU QUIT!!!

**I don't know who wrote it**

First Meeting...

So I went to my first meeting.

It was okay, not the delusions of grandeur I had in mind but okay.

I probably won't continue with them after my month that I paid for is up but hey I tried

~*~

I guess the meetings aren't for every one.

The online tools are something else I nnneeeevvvverrr use either...

Therefore I will probably drop those too...

Oh well we were doing fine before and now I have a pocket calculator so 

we can keep up with the points... No biggie...

~*~

Oh well it is a step I can say I took in my journey

to healthier life ;o)

~*~

6 weeks, 6 weeks, 6 weeks, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah!

If you hadn't guessed by now (I mean title is elusive)

I've hit 6 weeks. Yep 6 weeks. 

Not long weeks, not rough weeks, just 6 easy weeks...

That is what I am most proud of and makes this change 

so much different than any other time I have tried losing weight.

~*~

I had reached a point that I was considering surgery.

I looked up places in Lexington.

I read different articles and testimonials.

I was serious. Then I thought I would

give weight watchers a try.

~*~

Now at first I was just a Weight Watchers wannabe.

 I hadn't signed up 

for it till last week. Tuesday is my first meeting. 

I'm excited and a bit curious.

I can't wait to learn more about the program and things it offers :o)

~*~

So in other words I am so glad that I done this

 before some crazy surgery.

~*~

The Most Wonderful Thing of The Year...So Far

SOOOOOOOOOOOO..... Guess What?!

I heard the most wonderful, amazing, awesomest, spectubular thing today...

No, it was not the cries of a newborn or the laughter of children. To a fat girl it was something far better!!

It was the most greatest 4 words I have heard this year.... "Girl, you've lost weight."

Yep! Earth moving weren't they!!!

~*~

That's the first time I have heard them since I have started my "diet"

Aren't they beautiful music to your ears... Well they are mine...

I relish those words :0)

~*~

I can't wait to hear them along with some

 eyes large with astonishment at the weight

 I've lost in like a year!!!

Oh yeah this girls got goals!!

~*~

Happy Valentines Day...

Okay so most people think of Valentine's day

 as a day to get roses, chocolates and cards....

Wanna know what I got? 

A scale, yep a bathroom scale.

It is about time though.

 I have been "dieting" for a little over 5 weeks and have never weighed!

~*~

The problem is though that 

 I have been "dieting" for a little over 5 weeks and have never weighed!

Therefore I have no idea what I have lost to date...

My Jeremy knows because he weighed at his work right before we started

so he has lost 13 pounds...

Me on the other hand I have no idea... werwerwer...

~*~

Oh well

Happy Valentine's Day Anyway :o)

Food Scale...

So today my Jeremy bought us 2 kinds of food scales for our kitchen.

One is a nice digital with a bowl 

and the other is not digital with a cup. 

So the bowl for bigger things 

and the cup for smaller things.

 I think these are going to make great additions 

to our healthier eating and lifestyle recipes. :o)

~*~

We are headed to Wal-Mart in a few to check out 

some work out DVD's

*cough, cough, gasp*

I am not excited about working out to a dvd yet. 

Those people are always way more advanced than me!!

Oh well, gotta start somewhere...

hhhmmmm...

I wonder if they have aerobics for dummies?!

~*~

Guess What... 5 Weeks!

We are at 5 weeks...

Let me just tell ya, If anyone says it's impossible to change your life... 

They're not really trying...

I know I know it's just 5 weeks, It's not 5 months or 5 years

but seriously it's easy to change. 

You just have to want it.

 Not just want it. I mean WANT IT!

Really, really...

And don't lie or cheat or pretend. Really, just do it.

The saddest lies are the lies we tell ourselves

~*~

5 weeks :0)

I'm so proud of us and the fact that as a family

 we have made this change

~*~

I am going to leave this post with a quote from my all time fave

Hahaha Just for jokes...

Yeah but with all seriousness...

 Hmm mine probably hasn't been updated 

in like 11 years... 

Yeah, I've had 3 kids and 3 cesareans since then...

I wonder if it is against the law to be that inaccurate?

~*~

The problem is... When you go in to get a new one made

they just retake your picture and copy the info over.

Sometimes they don't even retake the 

picture. It's not like I'm gonna go

"Umm excuse me lady, that info was like 3 kids and 100 pounds ago.
 Can we update that?"

Yeah, right!!!

:oP

Themes. Simple or cheesy...

Okay so with my menu board and menu planning

 I figure having daily themes would make it a little easier to deal with and plan out...

 I have a few in mind but settling on them has become a chore...

I think it is cuz I am totally over thinking it. 

Yeah over thinking and complicating things is my m.o.

~*~

Here's my ideas so far.

Something simple like...

Monday- Pasta

Tuesday- Crock pot

Wednesday- Quick, easy

Thursday- Kids

Friday- Homestyle

Saturday- Mexican

Sunday- Soup

Or something cheesy like...

Meatless Monday

Taco Tuesday

Waffle Wednesday (breakfast for dinner)

Anything Thursday

Flick Friday (quick easy and a movie)

Sandwich Saturday

Summer Sunday (grill style foods)

I don't know, I guess I'll figure it out eventually. 

4 whole weeks, yeah baby, yeah!!!

Omgoodness!

 I do not think that in my entire life I have stuck to a "diet" for 4 days more less 4 weeks!

I don't know about you but I am 

soooooo very very proud of myself!!! 

~*~

I have not had a single even twing of want or need to fall off the wagoness.

I seriously think that we have honest to goodness changed our lives for the better.

 We done it not as a new years resolution. 

Not to prove anything to anyone. 

Not to even lose weight.

 We literally did it for the health of it.

 *snickers* 

Weight loss is just a fringe benefit :0)

~*~

I am so happy with us today... 

Jeremy has a little more struggle than I do.

 But I am there to keep him on track.

 I guess that's why they say you need a good support group. 

Well, I agree. That's the only thing that has kept him going this long!

~*~

4 weeks may not seem like much to most people 

but to me it was somewhere I didn't think I'd ever be.

~*~

My awesome recipe binder

Yaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy!!!!

I am soooo pleased with the way my recipe binder turned out :)

I am not excited about writing alllll my recipe onto 4x6 index cards :(

Oh well. I knew I was gonna have to do it whenever I started this project...

~*~

Here is the front of the binder as you can see it matches my recipe board and kitchen journal :)

Course we gave it an awesome name

"Our Family Flavor"

Yeah it's corny but we like it...It suits our cookyness :0)

~*~

Just a plain ole 3 ring binder, turned AWESOME!

I love the ribbon...Hahaha...Let them eat cake!!!

Perfect

Here's the whole thing layed out...

The recipe binder and the kitchen journal together...

Now I will seperate the book into sections...

Main, appetizers and beverages, soups stews and salads, slow cooker, breads and desserts, breakfast and brunch, last but not least not tried. Basically just like it says these are recipes we haven't tried yet, they will not go into a section until they are tried and approved... I think I am going to add one more tab for sandwiches too...

~*~

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