OK a new weigh in

Well, Ya know, I'm really going to miss my son when he's gone this week to camp but MAN O MAN I'm tired of running him around!  I can't wait for him to get his license!~ He's had grad party's to go to and friends to meet etc... Anyhow, the day started out by trying to figure out WHO was going to watch Nick while we went to our WW meeting since Cory was gone to work this morning...we ended up just taking him with us but did not stay for the meeting (just weighed in). For those of you who missed my last week weigh in...there wasn't any, because I was at the hospital with my daddy.  Were going to go to the Monday one this week instead at least that's our plan today.  Weigh in was bad...I did gain a lb BUT I really felt like It was going to be more then that so I'm ok with only ONE pound.  It sure does get harder when you get older to lose this weight.  I did the same thing a few years ago and I had a lose every single week.  NOW, not so lucky...I'm not going to get upset about it but just try a little harder.  Right now I'm sitting here eating soup and having a huge glass of water.  It sure is embarrassing when I can't even go to two weigh ins and not LOSE both times!  My TOM has been weird...I have one and then skip two months and then have another and when I finally do get it ITs bad!  I bloat more then ever before and have worse cramps too. And to add to my delemas this week...TOM made an appearance yesterday just to brighten my day!  My knee seems to be getting a little better.  I did not walk today though and I think I will take tomorrow off as well just to give it a little rest. I would sure hate to damage it and not be able to exercise at all. It doesn't help that our main level of our home is up 20 some steps so it's kind of hard NOT to use the stairs since I have to use them to leave the house or to do laundry. I've just been taking it slow.
 At the end of each weigh in post I'm going to start putting in my WW numbers for you all to see even though I don't really necessarily WANT to; I feel I NEED to to get me a little more motivated and KEEP me motivated.   That way I know I have someone to report to and I don't want to disappoint  :&)  What I did learn this last week is what's NOT working.  AND I did not have as much water as I had the first week either so that is also going to increase this week...and less diet soda too. I don't think I had fast food all last week so I haven't goofed on that so much but I need to add exercise and less diet soda this week.

SO HERE ARE THE NUMBERS:

Official weigh in on June 09, 2007 (start date)
283.6  on June 09, 2007

-4.2 lbs on week one bringing total to:
279.4  on June 16, 2007

-0.0 lbs on week two (with my dad)
279.4  on June 23, 2007

+1.2 lbs on week three bringing total to:
280.6 on June 30, 2007

LOSS WEIGHT LOSS SO FAR:  -3.0 lb! 

Long day

I will start with the gym...it went great and Nick LOVED day care and didn't want to leave. I had to chase  him down.  I was So happy that he liked it.  Now I can go feeling guilt free.  I had a great work out even tough my knee hurt like crazy. I hope that goes away very soon. I'm considering going to the doc just to be sure it's not something else.  I fell the other day and ever since then it has hurt.  I think I twisted it the wrong way.  And then when I got home I actually did hours of yard work again. I still have hours left to do...possibly DAYS!  Oh well it's a great workout.  I have to say that I got a lot of work outs in and with yard work...lots of extra workouts.  BUT I just feel as if I'm going to see a gain...I can FEEL the water weight...I have a visit from TOM this week so I know it's going to be bad.  I am also not going to freak out about it because its going to be water weight...I have been doing good so It can't be much else.  Usually I feel a lose but today I do NOT!  In fact my scale is reading 2 lbs higher then normal.  I just hope it's not 5 lbs or something terrible like that.  I will update with the bad news tomorrow after the WW meeting in the morning.  WISH ME LUCK!

Hello

It's a little after 2 here and I'm off to the gym :)  Nick will go to day care.

As I told you yesterday, I did get exercise in with yard work and stuff like that. HOURS of it! Today I do want to get to the gym just because I do miss it.  I will have to take Nick with me or have Alex watch him.  She starts her job next week so she won't be able to watch him much anymore...although I think she watched him twice the last few months so she doesn't have to watch him much anyhow.  I just liked having her available whenever I needed her to watch him. So far so good today on my diet.  We just got done with lunch.  I haven't had fast food all week...the last time I had fast food was when I was at the hospital for my dad which was last Friday.  The scale SHOULD give me good news this week.  Although I'm only expecting a pound because last week sucked.  ONe pound is better then gaining. Will post an update later

Better mood

There is an update below:

Well, good news. My dad is out of the hospital and doing ok.  He's still tired out and can't do much yet but I'm hoping after being on meds a few days he will start cheering up.  He's 80 yrs old so I'm sure age is playing a part in that as well.  He usually walks miles every single day though so he's doing very well for 80.  That's how we knew he wasn't feeling well because all he wanted to do was sleep and that's not like him at all.  He's usually out walking or cooking or cleaning...something like that. 

Ok Diet news...I have been doing much better and did do a Uturn and today I'm heading to the gym...as soon as Cory gets home.  I have to make dinner quick and then get ready to go.  My knee hurts from falling on it yesterday but I'm going to work though that...it's not something REAL bad but I will still take it slower. I just want to get in three days before weigh in on Sat.  Will update later today

Update:  I did not get to the gym today BUT I did work for HOURS outdoors after my sister came to visit this afternoon.  I mowed and shoveled and raked and tried to get the hills that were not level, level! It was hard work and lots of mosquitoes out there tonight too.  It was way dark when we finally got into the house.  The good thing was that I sent nick in just before me and told him to go up by daddy and that he needed a bath before bed.  He must have told dad that cuz when I got in the house dad had him in the tub already! :)  That was nice!  I had to put away all our tools and mowers and stuff so it was 1/2 hour after before I finally got in the house.  NOW I need a shower!  OH by the way...we had subs for dinner and I had a veggie which I left it alone for a few minutes and one of the dogs took it and ATE IT!  I was so ticked!  SO I only got to eat 1/2 of it!  Well, anyway...time to go get into the shower and then hit the hay!  I'm nervous about weigh in on Sat but I guess it will be what it is so I need to work hard these next few days.

TIRED!!

TIRED+BED=SLEEP

Will update in the morning...thanks for all the nice comments :) My dad is still in the hospital, they took a bone scan today and will get the results possibly tomorrow.  No other news as of yet. I am taking Kris's advise and doing a "U TURN" on my diet!  I NEED that!  I'm now doing better though:) I am also back to the gym tomorrow too and that makes me feel better. I can't tell you how DOWN I've been feeling since skipping the gym.  Don't know if that's just in my head or not but even if it IS, I want to feel better again so I'm going back!~

update

    My diet has sucked the last three days because of having to be on the road so much and we had to eat out. I could have made better choices and that's one thing I have to learn.  Even in a crisis you CAN make better choices but I tend to use it as an excuse.  Well, my dad is still in the hospital and he has a bad case of Pneumonia and possibly in heart failure...they are taking ekg tomorrow morn and they also found what they thought to be a aneurysm in his stomach and are checking that tomorrow also.  I will keep you informed as to what happens. 

Please check out the update below in green.



Cory and I have always wanted to learn ballroom dance and hopefully soon when we lose weight we can do that. That and family pics are two of our goals when we lost SOME weight...not all of our weight but SOME. 


SATURDAY WEIGH IN

I'm sprinkling a little fairy dust for tomorrows weigh in!  I hope it works!   I am still hoping for ONE pound!  I will update later...no breakfast today but had a chicken sandwich for lunch.



AN UPDATE:

 Just got a call from my sister (my dad lives with her) and my dad is very sick and we need to take him to the hospital.  I will be gone tonight but will update as soon as I get home.  We have to drive over three hours tonight so it may be tomorrow before I get back online.  Diet still going really good though :) 

A WORKOUT!

FIRST,  I picked up my son today from his school...they got back from Augsburg college wrestling camp.   HE TOOK FIRST PLACE!  AND their team also took first place!  He did awesome...I'm hoping that some of the parents took some pics so I can post some.  Next year I am going with! 

Well I have to say that I got a HUGE workout today.  First off I did get to the Y and was going to take Nick but Alex wanted to watch him instead SO i brought him over by her.  He had lots of fun playing with a little boy next door.  Alex said he was very good with him.  I walked just shy of 2 miles today and it was about a 40 min walk.  Then when I got home I mowed the lawn by my driveway and man that was hard work. It was about as tall as me and my poor baby trees were buried!  I had to mow so they could get some sun and water.  It looks pretty nice now.  That took me literally HOURS to do.  First I started out with the weed whacker and that was just TO HARD to do. It was very heavy and I could not hold it up for very long without my back killing me.  So then I went to the push mower and that worked better.  I didn't quit get it all done (we have a long driveway) but will finish up tomorrow.  SO turned out that I got more exercise then expected by a long way. I was sweating more then at the gym while mowing!  Did great on my diet tonight and it's almost 10 so I'm going to take a shower and then go to bed.  Will update in the morning again. 

A good day

Today is going really well again.  I am looking more forward to weigh in on Saturday that's for sure.  I think I may actually have a lb loss to look forward to and after the week I had it will be a negative thats very welcomed!  I was actually thinking about using my "no weigh in pass" so i would not have a positive number on my weigh in passport thingy.  My head ache has officially gone away from yesterday so I hope to make it to the Y today and get some sort of work out this week.  I would like a few days. I think I got three days last week and that is my goal for the first few weeks. I got a total of ONE this week so far.  I can still get in two more before Saturday weigh in. 
I have to go pick up Stefan from school at about 4ish so maybe I will try to get some gym time before I have to pick him up. I will just have to take Nick to the Y daycare. I still have a card left for him there.  We had paid in advance and just use the card when we come in.  He needs to get used to being around other children and learn that he HAS to be nice to them.  I will let you know how that all goes later today. 
So far I had cereal and I have not had a snack, I may just skip it because i'm not even feeling hungry yet.  I will have soup for lunch today and not sure of dinner yet.  But I will NOT eat past 8 today again. 

End of night update

Well tonight went well...I stopped eating at 8pm and am having some water. I have really been craving water lately I guess that's a good thing. I still have not been to the Y but I have been getting some walking in around her. Cory has just been so busy and tonight he got home earlier but with this head ache there is no way I'm walking.  Cory said maybe I'm going through exercise withdrawal! lol  WHO KNOWS!  SO the night all in all went well and I"m very proud of myself.  I will update tomorrow and hopefully this headache is a thing of the past by morning. I'm going to try to get 7 or 8 hours sleep...I have only been getting 6 or 7 and that may have something to do with it.  Good night all and hope your all having a great day. OH by the way, I finally talked to my son tonight and he is having a blast at camp.  He made new friends who are learning sign to be able to talk with him. And he loves his interpreters. He has two!  He got punched in the stomach two days ago and the kid got kicked out of camp.  And his record for this last week is 7 wins and 3 loses.  That's terrific seeing he's wrestling kids who have been to state wrestling many times over.  :)  He's also liking the dorms. 

Sick day today

WOW I have been just so sick this morning!  Thank goodness NIck has been pretty good and I took a nap the same time he did today.  Kallie, when you called I was home but sleeping.  I woke to my MIL calling at 2 or so.  I have had a horrible migraine so bad that I felt nauseous!  Never had a head ache that bad before and it really sucked. All I wanted to do was hide in a dark room and no matter how I laid my head it hurt. After many Tylenol and  a little nap I'm feeling better now...still have a head ache but nothing like before. I'm wondering if it's after caffeine shock or something. I have not drank caffeine in a few days and I know I get head aches from that but whew!  Not like that.  You migraine sufferers out there!!  I feel so SORRY for you...they are terrible! I cannot imagine having those every single day or even every week.

Diet news...today h as been going really well...I have not had lunch yet because of being sick there was no way I felt like eating.  I did have cereal this morning and for a snack I had a few chips.  I'm about to have a pb&j with Nick.  I need something to eat now.  Will update later.

Here is a pic of Alex and her boyfriend.

A new baby!

I went to visit my daughters friends new baby. She is adorable.  She is giving her up for adoption and I think it's the most unselfish thing she could ever do. I am so very proud of her. I can't imagine how hard that could be. 

My diet has been going pretty good today.  Much better then last night. We took my daughter and her new boyfriend out to eat to meet him and I had steak and mashed potatoes.  I am doing much better today though.  And tomorrow will be another perfect day...it has to be..I have only a few days to get my weight BACK to where it was and lose maybe a lb more come Saturday weight in at WW.  I MUST do well!  I have not been to the Y today yet and I know I won't be able to go. My hubby is working late and my MIL is not feeling well...so I have to stay home with Nick.  ALthough, I may take a walk when he gets home depending on how dark it is.  It may be to late but what I will do is try to get on the treadmill to see if it will work for me today. It skips a lot and I almost fall on my tushy when walking.  It's pretty dangerous! I will fill you  in as to what I decide to do. 

A lot better

Well, so far today the day has gone well. I'm going to have a great breakfast with lots of water and skim milk and then for a snack I'm having a Kashi bar.  Lunch...not sure yet but I know it's NOT going to be fast food!  Most likely soup.  I have lots of pics to post so I'm going to work on that and come back and post them in just a bit.  So far so good! 
Lunch went ok...I did have hot dogs but I really wanted them lol. I figured I have to do BETTER then I normally would do so what I did (I usually eat two hot dogs on buns) was eat one hot dog plain and one on a bun. It's an improvement and that is what I'm after.  I was ok with that! Now it's off to cleaning and laundry.  I am still planning on posting pics but I'm waiting for my dryer so I can get both at the same time lol.  Camera is still in the van and the laundry room is next to the door leading to the van!

OK, PICTURES:  THESE WERE TAKEN  AT THE PARK ON THE 16TH.  THE KIDS HAD FUN.



CHECK OUT NICKS HAIR ON THE ONE GOING DOWN THE SLIDE!

<---TAKING A POTTY BREAK, WE WENT IN THE SCHOOL AND USED THE POTTY.

OK, KALLIE...THESE PICS ARE FOR YOU.  DO YOU REMEMBER THIS HOUSE??  WE TOOK A DETOUR AND WENT TO SEE IT WHEN BRINGING MORGAN HOME.  WHAT DO YA THINK?

Can someone say ORGANIZE

Where do I start!  WOW I had some day yesterday.   I will start with my Niece Morgan.  I ended up bringing her home yesterday during the early afternoon.  That was my first part of the day.  Diet went very well...didn't have fast food on the way to bring her home!  *clapping for me*  I just could not take the fighting between my son and her any longer.  SHE was pretty good but Nick would NOT leave her alone.  And it didn't help that because she did not know WHAT he was going to do...every time he went near her she would whine and cry. I really need to wait until Nick gets older to do that again! Whew..it is VERY quiet around her today.  Next for the day...once we get back home I went to go to Menard's...NOT listening to the tv good enough...hearing that Menard's now has the NO payment NO interest on anything purchased over 300 bucks...So i went to get my closet stuff we have been wanting.  I get there and I don't see the sign saying this!  I ask and they said NO only on appliances and cupboards!~  OH crap!  Today I had already been feeling as if I can't do anything right AT ALL and this just proves it.  SO I'm feeling down and feeling sorry for myself so I think...ok I can go to BK because I can "work it off" before next Saturdays' weigh in right?  Ya I head over there and I DO talk myself out of it!!! Yeah for me!  I was proud...I finally did something right!  OK then on the way home...Stefan calls me...mind you he is at Augsburg College for wrestling camp.  IN MN!  And he says...mom I DO need a blanket and sheets and a pillow or I will be sleeping on a dirty mattress.  Well, this was kind of my fault and his...I should have kept better track of the paper work of what the child needs to bring to camp.  Well he had set them on back of the couch and the dog or baby...whoever knocked them behind the couch and we could NOT find them.  He was sure he needed to bring a blanket and I told him why would you need to do that...they usually would provide that sort of stuff...well, no!  Not in dorm rooms.  DUH!  Another brain fart on my part.  Hey! That's a rhyme! Anyway!  So I brave walking upstairs to tell Cory that we needed to figure out a way to get him some bed gear.  He was not happy with me...but he came with me knowing that I did not want to go by myself.
So we figure since it's not his fault we better bring it to him...they are on a campus with a huge bus and no store in sight so there was no buying any.  SO we head off on our 3 hour trip there...we started at 6:30 and got there by 10:20pm...all the boys were walking around campus anyhow and bed time was 11pm so all the kids were awake.  Stefan was thrilled and said thank you, now I don't have to sleep in a dirty mattress!  lol  All in all we did have a good trip, turned off the radio and talked and had a fun time...we always do once we get on the road...it's just GETTING packed and in the car that's stressful.  I was seriously falling asleep when we reached about an hour before home so Cory had to drive some. I felt bad asking him but when my eyes are closing I figured it was the best thing for all of us! He was sleeping somewhere there and back so he did get some sleep. Ok now the bad part...I didn't have dinner before we left because I had turned down BK remember!  Well we did end up having BK and I had a chicken sandwich and a coke!  SO yet another bad on my part.  So I did it I'm moving on and I turned it down once and I will do it again the rest of the week.  NO long trips to go on so no excuses!  I am going to they gym today also!   Well that was yesterday and I will start a new post for today.  Just wanted to fill you all in as to why I was not on last night.  First night I ate past 8pm in a long time!  I feel pretty good about that. 

It is a good morning :) WW WI#1

I updated the wrong post so if you get really weird update alerts SORRY bout that!  Anyway...there are always update below so don't forget to scroll down to check them out. 

My before bed update is below:

It is a good Morning! My meeting went really well.  I had a 4.2 pound weight loss. I'm very proud and my good choices payed off.  Now hopefully I can make it another week!  My mil lost a pound too :) I think next time I will earn my 5 lb star :)  I'm going to get to the gym today again and I'm feeling pretty good about how I have been doing. I had Rice Krispies with skim milk for breakfast...one of the 1 point bars that my MIL tried from WW...it was the dark chocolate with strawberries I think.  It was very good.  And now I'm going to have lunch...not sure yet what it will be...prob a grilled cheese with ham. 

REMEMBER:  My goal for this week...NO fast food at all.  This last week I did lose 4.2 lbs but I also had fast food maybe three times out of the week. If I can get rid of that I will be able to have a good lose next week too without much change at home.  I have already been doing well on the fruits and veggies. I at least get two a day but I want to increase that also.  That may be my next week goal.

Lunch update:  I had grilled cheese w/ham with diet coke...for snack later I will have sweet corn.  I am very satisfied with that and now I'm good till dinner :)  I'm going to the gym today but now sure what time. I have to find out what time they close on Sat and I will go towards the end of the night before they close.  I will take Morgan but not Nick today. Can't deal with NOT listening to my IPod today! lol  So Nick will spend time with daddy at home.  Will update one more time after gym and dinner.

HERE ARE THE PICS FROM YESTERDAY I FORGOT TO POST THEM.
ok, having trouble exporting pics so I have to reboot...come back in a few min and check them out k.

<---Stefans shirt he got from camp.

My before bed update:  It's almost midnight and I'm SO tired. I should have been in bed a long time ago but I didn't. Anyhow, wanted and come and let you all know that i made it to the Y this afternoon and I got an HOUR in!  I was at 35 min and I thought, NO one is here I should keep going because it's quiet and the Y is not open tomorrow so I can't go then.  I wanted to do double today and I made it! My foot has a blister on it :( I'm glad I'm giving it a rest tomorrow.  I'm going to try to find some gel pads to put in my shoes..they worked really good when I used to walk an hour every day before baby came along.  And the eating went just fine also!  I'm on a roll folks!!! 

Tags: ww weigh in #1

The Y

UPDATE:  Just a small update to let you all know I made it another night :) I'm off to bed and NO eating past 8pm again...I think I did this all week or if not...pretty close to all week.  Will update after the meeting tomorrow.


I have good news. I made it to the Y again. I even have two pics to share because I decided (against my better judgment) to take the kids with.  Well NEVER again lol  I did get my workout in BUT barely. I though I would have to leave early because just 1/4 mile into my walk Nick started giving Stefan a hard time...He was watching them below in the gym while I walked above...and he kept running out the door and Stefan would have to chase him down.  Morgan was really good though so that helped. I told her I would take her again tomorrow but Nick is staying by daddy!  I did get a mile and 1/2 in though so that was good.  Food is going really well also..I sure hope that scale shows me some good news tomorrow!  I will be updating tomorrow morning after our WW meeting.  Were going to the early one at 7:30.

DID I??

One word to say about that NOPE. HeatherS, I don't know how you do it! The alarm went off and i got up, went to the bathroom and after being woke up three times in the night I thought NO way I need a few hours extra sleep.  SO Cory is home at noon today from work so I will go tonight again. Maybe I will bring the kids there and have Stefan play in the gym with them while I'm up on the walking track. I can see the whole gym from up there.  It's really nice...and then the kids can run and kick balls or whatever!  Maybe we can go after nap time.  I will update later...I did EXCELLENT on food last night and today. Nothing after 8pm and only healthy breakfast and healthy snack today so far. Yeah me!

Another entry for today

This one deserved an entry all by itself!  I went to the gym tonight!  Just had to come update that...this is actually my second entry for tonight BUT I have updated like crazy today also in the post below this one.  Including pics.  Anyhow, I went to the Y and walked a mile and 1/2 and am very proud. I know it's not much but it's a start.  My side was hurting by the time I reached 1/2 mile but by a mile it went away.  After I walk for about 3 or 4 days in a row my knee starts bothering me too so I hope that doesn't happen.  Maybe after I lose some weight that will go away. On the way out of the Y I also grabbed an apple and that will be my last eat tonight.  That was at 8pm. 
OH and MOrgan actually ate dinner tonight...not a whole lot but she did eat.  Prob cuz I made  pizza for them (I had cereal)! lol  She had a small piece but better then nothing! She also had yogurt and now she wants toast.  I guess all the NOT EATING has caught up with her.  She's actually being pretty good this evening. 

 Will update tomorrow as to weather or not I made it to the gym early or not.  I need lots of prayers for that one! lol  Better start right now.

OHH Boy

UPDATE:  The Y closes at 8 tonight and Cory said he would be home by quarter till 7 so I can go for an hour :) I hope he's able to.  And then I will be trying to the early morning tomorrow also. Check out more below..I have been adding all day!

Well, It's been one H*** of a night last night.  I did great on my diet surprisingly...but Morgan was a little on the naughty side.  She decided that she wanted to go home and would NOT stop screaming and crying. I know it was because she was tired and cranky.  This morning she woke up chipper as ever. GRR kids!  I hope today goes better for all of us..including the dog.  So far so good. I'm going to have my cereal and then I have to get ready to pick Stefan up at camp...it's his last day there.  Boy was he sore lol  Sure didn't take him long to fall asleep when he got home after a whole day at camp.  He got a Tshirt from camp.  Said "Deaf Olympian"  And it has some sayings on the back of the shirt. I will take a picture of it when he gets home today so you all can see it.   Well, off to eat and then to get Stefan so I will update when I get home.  I PROMISE no fast food while in town today :0)

Ok back home and I did NOT have fast food :)  We had Rice and chicken with veggies and the kids had pb&J although Morgan refused to eat again! She is just being a real handful starting last night.  I told her there would be no rewards or special food if she was not going to eat her meals.  She did not eat breakfast either this morning which was pancakes and She ATE them yesterday morning so I KNOW she likes them! She may have to go home early just so she will EAT!  If she doesn't eat dinner tonight I will call her mom and tell her I will bring her back in the morning.  I can't deal with worrying about her and trying to get this puppy to go outdoors potty! AND Nick hasn't been the best either!  I feel I'm losing control of a lot of things here and one less to worry about is a plus.  I did get some pictures of the kids...not sure how Morgan is getting by on NOTHING to eat today and still look happy but whatever.  All she WANTS to eat is candy and that's not going to happen. Not without something healthy in her body first.  Well, it's off to clean but I will update in afew with pictures.

I seriously need to get some exercising in today.  Somehow, someway! I need do what Heather over at the corset updates is doing and get out there in the early morning and just do it and get it over with! Ok, I'm calling my YMCA to see what time they open and if they open early enough I'm going to do that tomorrow morning.  I need to get some more weight off by Saturday morning which is weigh in at WW. I LOVE the fact that my MIL is going with me because now I CAN NOT say I don't want to go or don't feel like going.  She will MAKE me go lol.  She is such a very loving person and sometimes I know she feels like I get annoyed with her but I really don't at least not with anything serious...yes everyone annoys you a little bit here and there but I really don't get annoyed to the point where it really bothers me. She has really been like a mother to me...she and Cory did everything for me to be sure I went back to school after quitting and she was always there at parent teacher conferences and that really made me feel special. I think the fact that she really cared really made me try. I think I fell in love with Cory's parents before I actually fell in love with him lol.  SHHH don't say anything!  It's a secret!

Ok so I called the Y and they are open at 4:30 in the morning!  OH BOY, I have no excuse as to why I could not get there early and be back home in time before the family awoke!  Ok well, this will be a challenge for me and I hope I can do it but I don't think I should make a *promise* right now because I'm not 100 percent sure I will get it done!   But I'm sure going to try...TOMORROW!~  Watch out for the details.  Heather S. I will be thinking of your butt up exercising too and know I am NOT alone.  I'm not a morning person but I can sure try and make this work.  Wish me luck!

Ok I was angry...my pictures were not exporting but I finally got it to work so they are below:

This is my niece Morgan (her hair is a bit messy...she was playing pretty hard) and my baby boy Nicholas

Not Broken...yet!

Here's an update:  I feel SOOO VERY stressed out right now.  It could be because of the PUPPY!  I love him to death but MAN o MAN is he a lot of work.  He is still having accidents on the floor and today he ended up with the runs...god knows from what!  Prob something he got into outdoors...so he ended up stepping in it and there were poopy puppy footprints all over the house.  All I can say is..thank GOD for the Little Green Machine! lol  It cleaned up really nicely.  It was upstairs and down..THEN...I went downstairs and while cleaning up down there I heard a HUGE crash upstairs...up I run to see if Poopy puppy is ok.  Yes, he's ok but Alex left her bowl of leftover milk and cereal on the tv table and Max decided he wanted that.  SO down it went...milk all over dish broken and Max in his kennel for a few hours so I can finish cleaning!  Poor dog knew I was mad because he didn't say one whine about being in his kennel so far.  Now, not only do i have the regular cleaning but all this extra stuff to clean up first.  Thank goodness the kids are being ok.  Although Nick bit me in the stomach so he got a time out.  Morgan felt sorry for him.  She's being really really well behaved and that really helps.  Nick is being the naughty one today.  Last night she went to bed really good...I stayed up to update my journal and by the time I was done she was out sound.

 WELL, now on the the DIET!  I ended up going into town today to bring Stefan to camp and to drop off some keys so I did stop at BK but got only a sandwich NO cheesy tots (which are my fav).  So this next week my goal is to not get ANY fast food...even if it's the healthy sandwich. I'm not eating a big dinner tonight...just a bowl of cereal and then by 8 I will be done eating.  I will also have some kind of veggies...prob carrots raw.  SO it's still going well and I'm  hanging in there.  END OF UPDATE!

It is just another beautiful day out and I'm done with breakfast and I am about to get the kids dressed.  Morgan wants to go someplace but I really have to get some cleaning done around here before it ends up getting bad.  It was really clean and now I have slacked yesterday so I need to get my butt moving. 
Nick is trying to beat on Morgan with a hammer (a blow up one) and she seems to like it! lol  They have really been playing well together and it keeps Nick occupied big time!  Morgan was reading Nick a book last night and he was just so content.  I should have taken a picture but I was falling asleep on the couch I was so tired.  Breakfast this morning was organic rice krispies with skim milk and a fruit. 







Sometimes I am just a bad person (when it comes to dieting)...BUT the past few days I was pretty good. 


Last night I stayed up late and DID NOT EAT again.  I sure hope that weight loss really shows on Sat because I have been doing really good.  More later...I'm typing this very late and my finger hurts because I cut it while helping move some furniture. 

It's a good morning

Good Morning!  Well our visitor has left and Cory has gone to take Stefan back to wrestling camp and then go to work.  I may have to pick up Stefan after camp at 9pm... so again it's just Nick and I.  I'm trying to get my breakfast dishes done but decided they needed to soak a bit first.  This morning I had an egg with toast.  Still working on tons of grapes we got from the store.  It's funny how when you eat something every day and get so used to it then it seems like you have to have it.  I missed my grapes for breakfast now it feels like I have to eat some.   Nick was angry the the guys left...he likes all the attention.  He gets attached to people fast when they stay here and doesn't want them to leave.  And Steve was playing with him yesterday and throwing him around and he was instantly attached to him lol.  Poor Steve!  Nick would not quit bugging him then.  You know how it is...you start playing with a kid and they don't want you to stop! lol 

Later today we will get ANOTHER visitor...my great niece Morgan.  She is my nieces little girl.  She is 4 and is just the cutest thing U ever saw.  She will be staying a few days or weeks...not sure yet lol.  All depends on how Cory takes  the visit. I had her for a month last year and she was a little on the crabby side.  She whined about every little thing.  Her mom said she doesn't do that anymore.  It may be nice having her here to entertain Nick.  He loves having kids over to play with. 
Well, I better get back to my dishes...I will update prob after lunch.  I will take pictures later of Nick and Morgan and post them.

Not posting pics tonight but will post some tomorrow.  I'm not in a good mood tonight.  My diet is going great thought...it's not that this time :)  Just in a bad mood tonight.  Will talk to you all tomorrow.

Going strong

IF YOU DID NOT CHECK OUT ALL THE PHOTOS YESTERDAY YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THEM!  SOME ARE PRETTY FUNNY!  I ADDED LOTS THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT. 

Update below my entry:

YEP you guessed it, my nightly update is below:

Well this morning was an early morning...we have Cory's friend staying for a few days so I got up and made breakfast (egg pancakes).  I figured out the points on one and it was 4 so that wasn't to bad. I had one for breakfast.  They are full of protein.  Then they left and it was just me and Nick.  Nick had woke up early with all the commotion so I put him for a nap at 11:00 this morning.  I have to go bring my son to wrestling camp at 1:45 today so I hope he gets enough sleep.  Then my daughter called and told me her car was hit by a drunk driver!  She said it was parked outside of her friends house and she was in sleeping when they heard a knock on the door.  It was the police and he told her that a drunk driver had hit the side of her car but it just knocked a mirror lose and he put it back in for her.  She said nothing else was wrong with it.  WHEW!  He did it as a cop was following him!  What an idiot!  lol 

Ok as for last night's diet...it went great!  I went to bed earlier and didn't eat past 8:30 and I couldn't help but jump on the scale the next morning and it did go down.  Can't wait for WW weigh in.  I hope I can keep it up for the rest of the week now.  And like I said...this morning I had one pancake and a Kashi bar for a snack and plain tomato soup for lunch.  I also had some grapes and water.  Still no soda :) I usually have one for Go GO juice!  I don't drink coffee much so I use soda for my fix in the am.  I am very proud of myself the past two days!  I will update tonight but for now I have to pick up around here..it's a mess!  And then its off to wrestling camp. 

Update:  Well I have to say that I am very proud of myself.  For more reasons than one.  I did do well on my diet tonight (will be done eating by 7pm, just having grapes and water now)  but another reason I am proud...I got my puppy to walk on a leash!  Somewhat anyway! lol  The poor dog acts like he got ran over by a mac truck if you attach a leash to his collar!  He squeals and does jumps and so on.  I was working with him a little at a time and he will finally walk without squealing.  And he went to the door today to go out to poop!!! Yeah Max!  He's still not by any means *trained* but he's doing better.  I would never trust him out of his kennel when were gone and may not trust him for two years or more but he's making progress and I love him to death.  I do miss our big ol moose dog Zeus still and so does Stefan :(  And of course we miss our Old Bailey terribly and will miss him for a long time to come I'm sure.  But Max is sure making a lasting impression on us as time goes on.  He's just as good as any ol puppy should be.  And he's not chewing on many things actually. I was expecting worse from him. 

Another thing...I don't remember if I told you all this before but a few days before my family stayed over my lovely little boy decided he was going to go visit grandma BY HIMSELF!  Well, no he did take the puppy along for the walk.  YES he did...I was up doing dishes and I thought he was down  by his brother not thinking he would run off outdoors by himself! The phone rings and grandma says "DO you know who came over to visit me?"  I said who's that?  She says Nick and the puppy!  I was shocked to say the least...he has never done something like that before.  AND he was bare foot and pants free to say the least.  He had a diaper and a shirt on.  He walked through our trail through the woods which is a pretty good dirt trail but man to walk there on his own just freaked me right out.  I felt like such a terrible mother.  He was so proud of himself though....we did make him come right home because we didn't want to reward that kind of behavior.  He wasn't to happy with me when I made him leave grandmas house.    Well, I am going to try to get some more stuff done around here.  Stefan is at his wrestling camp and he is there till 9pm and has to go back at 7am tomorrow. I bet he's going to be one tired little boy when he gets home!  lol 

Nightly update:  Well folks I made it another day and am feeling pretty good.  I have even got a lot of walking in today.  I did end up feeling hungry after 8 so I had a bowl of soup but normally I would have a lot more unhealthy food.  I would consider this a GOOD day.

Another day/and some Bad news

UPDATE BELOW THE PICTURES:

SORRY ONE MORE ENTRY UPDATE WITH TWO MORE PICS OF THE TROUBLE NICK GOT INTO BEFORE BED. check out the last two pics:

If you didn't see yesterdays entry...I did well. I went to bed earlier then normal which helped with not eating.  I didn't eat anything past 8pm  so I think I had a successful day for once.  This morning I had cereal and I'm going to have  a fruit and some water soon too.  BTW, yesterday I ended up with 9 glasses of water :)  That hasn't happened in a long time. I was just feeling so thirsty!  I am also switching to diet coke today and will no longer have regular soda.  Will update later today to let ya know how i'm doing. One other thing...on yesterdays entry It reads the 8th but the UPDATE part of it was actually from yesterday (the 9th).  I hit edit instead of NEW entry.  OOPS! 
Well, now for the bad news...my MIL told me yesterday that her cancer has returned again.  She has cancer in the muscle which hold up the pelvic area and if they remove that she will not be able to walk.  She decided to go with the cemo to see if that will work but if it doesn't she will have to go ahead and get the muscle removed and that means being in a wheel chair for the rest of her life.  Please pray for her and pray the cemo works. 

OK now for some happier things:  Here are some pics since Alex found our camera :)
This picture was when my family came over to visit...we took it on our cell phone.  We don't know exactly what happened because he was in his sand box around the corner of the house but what we think happened was the puppy jumped on him and forced his face into the sand box.  He had sand everywhere!  He was spitting up sand and then he threw up on top of that.  He didn't like it much at all!




Can we say spoiled!!!



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My daughter doing what she does best TALK ON THE PHONE!



My son and his best friend...he spent a few nights with us.  These two have know each other since they were 1 and 2 years old.  My son is in grey...when we first met our new neighbors (they moved in a few months after we did) we hit it off right away...the boys NOT so well.  Trevor (in white) came up to my son and BIT him!  lol  But then ever since that day they have been the best of friends.  Not to mention he learned sign language very quickly and can now sign better then I! 



It's fun being able to take pics again!  I hope you enjoyed these.


UPDATE:

I had more water tonight and did really well with that.  And I didn't eat past 8:30 again :)  I'm going to try to go to bed early again today so I don't much.  I feel very satisfied so I doubt I will. I did have pizza today but I didn't do bad.  Again, I will update tomorrow morning as to how the rest of the night tonight goes.  I'm having more water and watching Army wives and then hopefully Nick will go to bed and I can jump in bed myself.  I was looking at some older pics of the puppy and noticed how big he has gotten. I have one with him and cubby laying next to each other after we first got him and then I took one today and man did he grow.  Check them out below:

Right after we got him:



And now, you can see above he is quite a bit smaller then cubby but now he's about the same size...this was just a week and   1/2 worth of growing! 



Now some other cute pics that Alex took a few days ago...these are cute...and NO nothing is wrong with his head.  Alex just thought she would "dress him up"





Alex does a little more damage!  OH ya this is "dressing up too" lol  Hey, this may work!!!! lol
The dog just laid there and let her do this to him! What a silly dog...you should have been there to hear the laughter. 






Here is the damage!  Well you all know that I have started WW and I have been eating lots of fruit right?!  Well, Nick has too....SEE!

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AND THEN HE GOT BORED! AND I HEARD 1,2,3, 49,49,49,49,49 Etc Etc....turned around and saw this!


 OH BOY KRIS, DO I WISH STEVE WOULD HAVE TAKEN DEVLIN ALONG! LOL