Wednesday Weigh in! :)

I feel really good today, like a feeling of accomplishment!! I love looking at my weight loss ticker, I can't believe I have come this far in what seems like such a short time! I also can't believe that I have less then 30lbs to get to my goal!! Which I am still thinking of changing, I might change my goal weight from 160 to 151.8 for two reasons. #1 - It gives me exactly 100lbs lost and I therefore I get ALL the NS bears, if I keep my goal at 160 I will miss out on getting the white 100lb bear. And #2- I remember what 30lbs looked like when it came off and honestly it didn't really make me feel all that much different?! I don't really think I will be happy 30lbs lighter? I still look in the mirror and see things I don't like and I don't really think that 30lbs will fix all those things? But we will see when I get closer to goal!?

I have edited my NS order now to only contain the things that I don't think I can make on my own. I no longer order any of NS cereals because I am addicted to my Nature's Path granola cereal! hmm - it's so yummy! Instead I will order mostly granola bars. For lunches I no longer order the Turkey Dogs or soups because I have found that you can buy turkey dogs in the store that cost less and have the same values of NS and I love Knorr soups. Although I do plan on picking up some protein powder to add too these soups they are still really good and you get 4 meals out of one $2.00 package! Can't bet that! ;) And for suppers I will no longer order the NS pizza's, chicken or taco's, instead I plan on making my own pizza's with a low fat wheat pita and I have found taco meat in the vegetarian section of my grocery store that is already seasoned and is made from soy. As for the chicken meals I never really did care for NS chicken - I think if I grill my own boneless skinless breasts it will be just fine! I just have to watch my portions! ;) I already know that if it's on my plate I will probably eat it so for me I will have to have pre-measured meals ready to go.

Tuesday .....

Well I think I've had just about enough of winter - spring is just taking way too long to get here! Last night we went over to the in laws to cover a few things before they leave on their trip to Mexico! I'm so jealous ..... I wish I could go with them! MIL cleaned out her fridge and gave me all the things that would go bad while they are gone (eggs, kiwi's, etc.) They also bought a new digital camera, much smaller then their old one, to take with them on the trip. So guess who gets the old digital ! YAH!! :) Gotta like freebies!

Last night I had the best supper I have had in a long time! There was a left over pork chop in the fridge so I sauteed some onions, mushrooms and green peppers. Added the meat to warm it up, put it in a wrap with a little salsa and hot banana peppers!! YUM ! It was so good, I also cut up some tomatoes and cucumbers (instead of having a salad).

I hate the end of the month - every month end we have to fold flyer's that the company sends the customers in their statement. Blah - It is definitely not my favorite part of the job ! And guess who is taking a few days off this week again!! AND it is my early shift again to boot! So that means I get stuck once again working the late shift, grrrr I hate when he always takes days off when it is my early shift!! Even though it is only 30min early it makes a huge difference in the day!

I would also like to welcome Victoria (Carb Addict) to Nutrisystem!! She has placed her first order and is waiting for the delivery! I hope she has just as much success with NS as I have! :)

Short weekend

All weekend I felt like I was in a hurry or running late!? Have you ever had that feeling ? Friday was a typical day... nothing special, Saturday was also quite normal - the morning was spent cleaning and then in the afternoon I went to Wal-mart to get some pictures developed and pick up a few things. While I waited for my film to get developed I got my hair cut or rather hacked! The lady used an electric razor to cut my hair and give it layers! ? Yikes! Needless to say I'm not too happy about my new dew but whatever it was only $15 and it's just hair ?! What more do you expect for $15! LOL We ended up renting a movie Sat night, there is a preview of the movie below. Then on Sunday I got the frantic phone call from my mom .... her computer had crashed!! OMG ! What will she do on Monday with no computer !? And I will have no one to msn with ! LOL So off we go shopping for a new computer, we found one at Best Buy that I thought was a pretty good buy and should have everything on it that she will need. In fact I was a little jealous and now I want a new fancy computer too! :(


I've decided that starting March 1st I am going to start tracking my pedometer steps again. I really like my new pedometer and how it breaks down how many "aerobic" steps you do and how many regular daily steps. As for that not too much else is new here? I am eagerly waiting for Wednesday weigh in, it seems as though I look forward to stepping on the scale now and don't dread it anymore! :) Hope you all had a good weekend!

Baby Jesus Prayer in

Here is a preview of the movie

TGIF ; )

Last night was bowling night and we seem to be holding on to that grand aggregate position, which is nice cause that means we get first pick of the prizes! We were the last team to finish last night so we didn't get home till almost midnight! Boy am I ever tired today, TGIF!! Not too many plans for this weekend, probably take it easy - maybe rent a movie!?


I had another "moment" ..... I think I pissed off all the driver's we have here -LOL ?!? When they aren't busy they like to play on the computer in the back - playing solitaire or searching the Internet for whatever. But someone was going onto a previous employees msn account and checking all her e-mail!! They ended up deleting a bunch of her e-mail so she called me and asked if I could get rid of that program on the computer so I said I would check it out. Now I'm not that computer literate but can usually figure things out if I R.T.F.S. (read the f*ckin screen)! Well I didn't - and I assumed ......and you know what happens when you do that! So I went to add and remove programs found where msn messenger was put a little check mark beside it and clicked on remove. BUT if I would have R.T.F.S I would have noticed that it said to check the things you want to stay and not to check the ones you want removed!! So needless to say I think I deleted the Internet and the games file! So now the drivers can't play their games or search the net! oops! LOL I suppose the good news is that the programs we use to make invoices and other business stuff still work so that's good! ;) Hopefully the IT guy will come out to help us re-install the Internet and games but who knows when he will be able to make it out here!

Your Mood Ring is Magenta

WeirdCreativeInsipiredThriving

Mood Ring Generator

Sounds about right ;) LOL

Thursday THIS n THAT

Yesterday I wrote about some ingredients in my new cookbook that I had no idea of what they were so I googled them. I ended up finding a pretty good website when I googled "tahini" it was full of info not only on tahini but other stuff too! If your also curious about tahini (which BTW is about the only thing on that list I made yesterday that I would even consider eating!) you should check out THIS website!!

Yesterday I also wanted to write about a "male moment" I had but didn't want the post to be too long so I saved it for today. A male moment is what some people also refer to as a "brain fart", so here is my example of a male moment! Yesterday I started my car in the morning to let it warm up for a few minutes before I go to work, after I started it I used my spare set of keys to lock the doors - just in case, and go back in the house to stay warm. After about 15min I decide it is time to go to work so I grab my lunch bag lock the door and close it. Realizing after I had locked and closed the door that I had forgotten to grab my spare set of keys!! So now not only am I locked out of the house I am also locked out of my car which is still running on the driveway! It's a good thing I had my cell phone cause I quickly called the hubby and told him he HAD to come home to rescue me!! DUH ! So he rushes home as I wait out side in the cold waiting, he pulls up laughing and lets me in the house ! Not a very good start to the day! ;)

Here is something THAT I thought was fun, I got 18 (smarter then the average bear!) - check it out! ;)

Wednesday weigh in!

I must say that I am quite surprised by my -1.4lb loss for week 26 !! Considering that I gained almost 2lbs from my Valentine nacho cheat day! We also went out for a birthday dinner on the weekend and yesterday I had to pick something up for supper, so I must have either made fairly good choices or the Pilate's is paying off! ;) I also lost enough weight this week to earn my 60lb bear!! And as I look at my weight loss ticker I can't believe how close I am to the finish line! I thought I would never see the end of this journey!

60 - Focus
**You set your mind to it and you stuck to your meal plan.Focus Bear wants to be the fuzzy little reminder that helps you lose more weight


I bought a Low G.I cookbook hoping to get some good ideas out of it but I'm not really happy with the book I bought. There are a lot of recipes in it that I have no idea what the ingredients even are?! Like "tahini" , "wasabi" , "arame" and "kombu"?? What the heck are these things?? I'm going to have to google them to find out what they are and then try and figure out where to buy them! I like recipes that are simple and full of ingredients that the simple person would have in there house! I would also like the cook book better if it had the nutritional value for each recipe!? I did however find about 15 recipes that look good enough to try, and after I make them I think I will rate them- if they are good enough I will post the recipe. I think I would like the Nutrisystem GI cook book better and I have heard good things about it, I'll have to order it from Chapters.

Babysitting Kenzie went fairly well, I was able to get off work early so I got out to St.Albert around 4:30. My brother and SIL went over the basics with me, showed me where extra diapers were, her bath in case I needed it, and more food in case the two bottles she had prepared for me were not enough. As they were almost out the door they let me know that Kenzie is usually cranky between 7-9 and that there is Gripe water on the counter in case I need it. In the back of my head I'm thinking, pfft - I won't need that, I can handle it ... I'll just walk the floor, I'm ok with that! Then my brother looks at me and he must have seen the look on my face cause he says to me .... "we use it every night!" Oh, well maybe I might use it then, but I'm still going to try and be "super nanny" and not use it! ;) So just like clock work, 7:00 rolls around and I get first hand experience of what the SIL calls "the witchy hour(s)"! She wasn't kidding, 7:00 Kenzie started to fuss so I picked her up and started walking she liked this and soon quieted herself (almost fell asleep) but no 10min later she was not happy anymore so I put her in the swing, once again it was quiet for about 10min. Then she must have gotten bored with that so I pick her up again and walk around for a while until she settles and I sit on the couch with her and we have a little talk. Well she must not have liked what I had to say cause 10min later she was once again unhappy!? Grrrr - WTH ?? She just ate (about 5:30) she can't be hungry but I try anyway - nope not hungry? Maybe it's a diaper issue ..... nope that's dry!? So I try the vibrating chair, she seemed to like that before they left!? And once again she did like it for about 10min!! OK FINE - where's that gripe water!! I gave in, it settled her tummy and all was good!! By now it was 8:00 and she got a quick power nap in and was woken up by the phone (momma checking in). Once again she was hungry so I fed her and started all over again! I must say it was quite tiring and I can't believe how fast the time flew by. It was however a good experience and I did enjoy the quality time we spent together! Even with her "witchy hour(s)" and two poopy diapers it hasn't made me not want kids so I suppose that's a plus! ;) My brother and SIL arrived back home around 9:30 and we had a nice talk and I finally left just after 10. Boy was I ever tired! Even today I feel drained, I think I now appreciate motherhood (and gripe water) a whole lot more! ;)

Fun stuff

You Are An ISFJ

The Nurturer You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal. A good listener, you excell at helping others in practical ways. In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music. You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for. You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist.

What's" Your Personality Type?

I love blogthings! I find this test to be quite accurate! I found it on Gem-osophy's blog. You should check it out and see if it's true for you too! ;)

Weekend review...

The weekend was good, I just love long weekends! I really needed that extra day this weekend! Friday night we went over to the in-laws so that my hubby could clear some snow for them and I had coffee with my MIL. She is like most MIL's you can only handle so much of them for a short period of time, although it could be much worse! She just tries to be nice and helpful all the time. Anyway, my in-laws are going on a trip at the end of the month to Mexico so MIL wanted to make sure that we knew all the info - flight #'s, time the plane arrives, hotel they are staying at, etc. Which is good but she also had to inform us that "all the paperwork is in the filing cabinet" ?? What paperwork ? Oh, she says you know life insurance paperwork and who you should call in case anything happens! I just sat there and rolled my eyes thinking you know lady the chances of something happening to you on your trip are slim to none! You would have more chance of getting hurt walking out your front door! My hubby calls her eccentric, I think that is just a nice way of saying she's nuts!

On Saturday I went to Costco to pick up a few things, my buggy was so full I was a little worried that I had spent too much but I was pleasantly surprised when the total only came to $100! I guess I just bought cheap stuff! LOL Saturday night we went to Red Lobster for dinner with my Dad, Brother and SIL. It was really good but we were there for a long time, it took forever for us to get our meal!? We got to the restaurant at 4:30 and didn't leave till 7:30!! I was also surprised that my SIL tried to feed Kenzie some mashed potatoes! Now I'm all for making your own baby food and blending up some meat and potatoes but I always thought that you normally don't introduce this type of food until the baby is at least 4-5 months old - not 4 weeks old!?? Needless to say Kenzie didn't like it and all it did was make her cry?!

Sunday we went visiting to all the grandparents houses for coffee and cake. The hubbies grandparents 60th anniversary is coming up in April and they are making a book? So they were looking for pics and background info on everyone!? I'm curious to see this book when it is done but I think it will cause alot of commotion in the family, if he forgets to add one thing into this book I'm sure we won't hear the end of it! After visiting I went out to St.Albert to visit a friend I haven't seen for a while that was in town. It was a good visit and was much longer then I had anticipated! I watched Amazing Race Sunday night and was extremely annoyed with Rob and Amber, boy I hope they don't win it!

And since Monday was a holiday for us I really didn't do too much, I took advantage of the extra day off and had some well deserved R&R! I finished my dad's scrapbook took the dog for her walk and made cauliflower schnitzel! YUM! And took a bath!

Today after work I need to go back out to St.Albert to babysit Kenzie while my brother and SIL go out for dinner. It is their one year anniversary, a record for my brother! he he His last marriage only lasted 3 months! And tomorrow I have a meeting after work so it looks like the hubby has to fend for himself two nights in a row! LOL

Fun Stuff

I found this on Denise's blog, I thought her's was pretty true about herself and I think mine is bang on too!

Your Brain is Blue

Of all the brain types, yours is the most mellow. You tend to be in a meditative state most of the time. You don't try to think away your troubles. Your thoughts are realistic, fresh, and honest. You truly see things as how they are. You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about your friends, your surroundings, and your life.

What Color Is Your Brain?

Friday Fun

It's snowing again but at least it is nice out? If that makes any sense!? LOL We had a good time at the bowling alley last night, we had to play the team that is competing with us for first place (most pins down). So my FIL being the sh*t disturber that he is, roused the other team just enough to throw them off their game! It was all fun, I'm sure the other team (The Bowling Bitches) knew he wasn't being serious. Anyway it worked cause we kicked their butt and hopefully we can keep our lead we have on them for another 5 weeks! They are a really good team so it might be a fight to the finish line!

I have a busy weekend planned for myself, I would like to finish the scrapbook I am working on for my dad tonight so that I can give it to him tomorrow when we go for dinner. I also need to go to Costco again to pick up a few things and maybe I'll stop by Old Navy and check them out, apparently they have some really good sales on right now and I am curious to see what size I am. Sunday we need to go visit the Grandparents, we haven't done this since Jan! We usually go every Sun, at least in the winter. And Monday is a holiday here in Alberta and I believe only in Alberta. Family Day, where you are suppose to spend time with your family and do special activities but I don't think anyone does!? We will probably just stay home and putz around the house. It's too cold to go to the zoo or Fort Edmonton Park, those are summer activities, maybe if I had kids I would take them tobogganing or ice skating!

Your True Love Is a Cancer

Why you'll love a Cancer: Cancer's loyal and sincere heart makes your own sensitive heart melt. Caring and devoted, a Cancer will take the lead in pursuing you - and not give up! Why a Cancer will love you: You're laid back enough to deal with Cancer's little mood swings and freak-outs. A fellow homebody, you know how make Cancer comfortable and at home with you.

What Sign Is Your True Love?

This is 100% true! I married a Cancer and I believe it is my laid back nature that balances our relationship with his "mood swings" and "freak outs" ! LOL

Thursday THIS n THAT

My nachos last night were fabulous! Hubby made them for me and probably put too many on the plate and added way too much cheese but boy were they ever yummy!! I almost ate all of them, weighed myself this morning to see just how much damage super cheesy nachos did and it was pretty bad! I gained 1.6lbs! The good news is that I have an entire week to work that off !

Yesterday morning I tried to be all sneaky and put his V-day gift in the cereal cupboard - it was a alarm clock that looks like a drag racing tree and has lights on it that count down. When the green light goes there is a sound of a engine revving and taking off! He seemed to like it but it's pretty loud so I don't think we will be using it in the bedroom, we will save it for a basement decoration! So when I got home last night he also tried to be sneaky and put my V-day gift in the snack cupboard and asked me to get the nacho chips for him, inside the cupboard I found a Tickle me Elmo the new one ! It is so cute, makes me laugh every time! LOL

I found an awesome website yesterday that has almost every restaurant's nutrition value of items on their menu's. So if you are going out to dinner or if you are curious like I was to see just how bad you used to eat, you should check out THIS website. I looked up a typical meal for me before my diet, I was amazed ! Here is my example:


~A&W~


This would be my typical meal, I would probably eat this at least once a week.....
Mozza burger = 560 cals, 36g Fat
Onion rings = 500 cals, 30g Fat
Reg. size Strawberry milk shake = 1070 cals, 29g Fat

This equals = 2130 cals and 95g of Fat !! This is almost two days worth of calories and an unbelievable amount of fat! This would only be one meal too, I would also have breakfast and lunch/ supper and probably some snacks throughout the day too! Unbelievable! So if you are planning on going out for dinner and you are counting calories or just trying to eat a little healthier you need to look at that website!

I watched the season finale of Beauty and the Geek last night, I was pleased with who won the $250,000. There was one girl that clearly had not learned a thing from the experience and I did not want her to win but her partner was a pretty cool guy, too bad for him that he had such a horrible self centered partner! Another one of my favorite shows is going to be starting there next season soon. I watched every show last season and plan to do the same for this season (season 11). Although I'm not too happy THAT it is a "return of previous players" episode!? I don't really care for some of the players they had before and I think they obviously didn't win for a reason, why put them on the show again!? But I will still watch every episode starting this Sun!

Today I have a NSV, not a very happy one though, I can no longer wear my wedding band!! :( It is just way too big and I am worried that I might loose it. I was wearing it on my middle finger but it's just not the same, so off it comes until I get close enough to my goal to get it sized smaller. Today is also my dad's birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD !! :) I'm not sure how old he is!? Probably around 55? We are going out for dinner on Saturday to Red Lobster to celebrate.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY !!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Hopefully everyone has someone special that they are sharing today with, any special plans for any of you out there?

I'm having nachos for dinner!! LOL

Not very romantic but something I have been craving for a really long time!

Today is also Wednesday Weigh in day!

I was so hoping I would loose 1.8lbs this week (week 25) so that I could earn my 60lb bear, but instead I was only able to loose

1lb!

Which is still really good cause it added to my grand total loss, making it 59.2lbs!

I guess I was just hoping that with all the extra activity I have done this week that I would have saw a bigger number!?

Oh well, next week I WILL loose enough to get my 60lb bear!

Last night after my evening walk I tried out my new Pilate's video, it was actually really good! I think the best part of the work out is that you can pick your own level. So if there were certain positions that you felt you were good at you could do them in the "advance" position or if there were ones that you weren't too comfortable with you could just do the "beginner" positions. I switched it up a bit but mostly stuck with the "intermediate" girl and followed what she was doing. There was only one position that I was unable to do - the one where you find your "balance point" on your tail bone, I had surgery on my tail bone when I was younger and still find it to be a little sensitive so I skipped that move. I did feel like I worked my "core" and it also relaxed me a bit too! I think I will go back to Wal-Mart and pick up the variety work out video, it had everything - Pilate's, yoga and even a little high intensity work out videos. I found a pic of the Pilate video I bought (it is shown below).

I also tried out my new pedometer last night, I love it! It is way better then my old one for a few reason's:

1)-You can enter your weight to the exact pound or kg

2)-You don't have to worry about resetting it the next day, it does this for you

3)-It is slightly bigger then my old one but it has the capability to go in your pocket and still count steps (you don't have to clip it to your pants)

4)-Not only does it count your steps but it also counts your aerobic steps (any steps consecutively over 10min)

Here is a pic of it

Happy Valentine's Day!

Your Heart Is Red

You're a passionate lover - you always have a huge fire in your heart.Too bad it's hard for you to be passionate about just one person! Your flirting style: Outgoing and sexy Your lucky first date: Drinks and dancing Your dream lover: Is both stable and intense What you bring to relationships: Honesty

What Color Heart Do You Have?

Tuesday tidbits!

I had a pretty productive day yesterday, I ended up having to work till 5:00 even though it is my early week. :( I was thinking of going shopping after work but I was hungry so I went home first and had supper. After supper I decided to go shopping, even though it had started to snow, again! I went to the Running Room looking for a new pedometer and thought they would have a large selection of fairly good ones. I was wrong, all they had were a few cheap ones, I was specifically looking for the Omron HJ-112 one that it seems like everyone uses. I finally found one at Wal-Mart, it was the last one there. I think it is the same one that Lady Atkins uses and she hasn't complained out hers, so hopefully I'll like this one better then my old one. While I was at Wal-Mart I picked up a cheap DVD player and a Pilate's video for the basement. I was going to buy the video in the pic in the upper right hand side of this post but I decided to get a different one that had 3 levels of difficulty. I'm thinking I should have got the one in the pic cause I can't even find the one I bought on the internet? I hope that doesn't mean it is a cheesy one!? I'm going to try it out tonight after my evening walk, I'll let you know how it goes! While I was out I stopped at Michael's craft store looking for some more of those "rub-on's", they sure don't make very many of them I didn't find any that I liked, I guess I'll have to get some at a Scrapbook store instead? I also stopped in at Superstore to pick up light cheese for my nachos on Valentine's day! I'm so excited - I can hardly wait !! :) I was also going to stop at Old Navy but was running a little late. Jordanna highly recommends checking them out, I never even knew that they had a plus size section or I probably would have checked them out sooner! I need to go to stores that have both plus size and regular sizes because I am unsure of what size I am, I like to have some choices and not be limited to sizes. When I got home I took the dog for her walk and found a comfy spot on the couch to relax for a bit! I'm so excited to try my Pilate's video tonight and for my weigh in tomorrow!! I hope I loose enough to get my 60lb bear!

Feeling the burn!

It has been a really long time since I have felt the day after burn! You know the one you get from exercising your body in ways that you have neglected before! I'm surprised my legs aren't more sore from climbing the gazillion stairs but instead it is my arms that are sore today! Clearly I don't exercise them enough, the only thing I used my arms for yesterday was plugging my nose - he he. Oh - and throwing my nephew around in the wave pool! I had a good time and although I doubt I will ever go back again unless it's for $5, it was well worth it! I was shocked to find out that you no longer have to worry about clipping on a locker key to your swimsuit and hope it is still there when you go to leave. Instead all the lockers were electronic, so we had to remember our color of locker (blue), the picture on our locker section (umbrella), our locker number (which you were assigned), and the secret 6 digit pin number to get into the locker! WOW - And I would just like to announce that I was not impressed that it cost us more to "rent" a locker then it did to get into the park! $6 for a 30"x30" box, we had to be pretty creative to fit in all my stuff and all Denise's stuff in it, it's a good thing she took the baby bag with her to the pool - it wouldn't have fit anyway! My SIL did come to the park and brought Kenzie with her - even though she didn't have "little swimmers" for her. Kenzie seemed a little unsure about the water and I think that maybe it was too cold for her?! I was also surprised that my SIL took Kenzie into the hot tub, not just to get her feet wet but to fully immerse her into the hot water?! She's not even a month old yet, you could see all these other mothers looking at her like she was crazy! I couldn't help but think that the hot tub was way too hot for little Kenzie and hot tub's have a lot of bacteria in them! I hope Kenzie doesn't get sick now from going from the cold pool water into a really warm hot tub full of bacteria?! After three hours at the waterpark we went for lunch - I was starved and exhausted! We got home around 3 and crashed on the couch! I wasn't planning on taking the dog for her walk after supper but I did feel a bit better and felt bad for her so I took her on a quick walk around the block! I better see some big numbers on Wed from all this extra exercise I've been putting out! LOL

Friday Fun

I'm so tired today, TGIF!! Last night we went bowling - like every Thursday night. We found out that we did in fact win the 3rd quarter, which means our team wins $50, so that's $10 each!? Not much but it will get us a few drinks at the banquet. We are also about 75 pins away from getting the most pins down, not bad considering we still have 6 weeks before the end of the season. One of the guys on our team is on WW and was telling me about how WW decided to change the way you figure out how many points you get. I was amazed by what he was telling me. He said that originally WW determined by his height and weight that he was allowed 31 points a day and I think he said 35 extra points? Which he said worked out too 1800 cals a day. I vaguely remember this sounding the same as when I was in WW a few years ago. But he said a few weeks ago WW decided to change the way they figure out how many points you get and told him to increase the number of daily points to 41!! He told me that this works out to an extra 800 cals per day, that would make a total of 2600 calories a day!! Then he told me that he did follow this for a few weeks and noticed he had gained 3lbs every week ?! -duh ! So he went back to 1800 cals a day, the whole time he was telling me this all I could think was ..... I only intake 1250 cals a day - 1800 is alot! He said that lots of people were gaining weight because of this new system, now I have to wonder why they would change it!? Maybe he just isn't doing the program right or misunderstood something?! So if anyone out there is on WW and knows about this change, is it true? Did WW increase your daily point value? And if so why would they do this?

This weekend is pretty eventful, Saturday I have to work, hopefully after work I will go shopping and look at getting a new pedometer. I would also like to try on some new jeans but I don't think I will purchase anything quite yet, I'm just curious to see how I look in clothes that actually fit! Then the usual weekend house cleaning and dog walking, and on Sunday the waterpark! I let my hubby know yesterday that my plan for the waterpark is to do all the big slides first because I'm sure after the first hour of climbing all those stairs I will be pooped! Then I can do the shorter slides that you don't have to climb as many stairs to get too and by then I will be ready to just relax in the pool! ;) After the waterpark we plan on going out for lunch with my brother and family, hopefully I won't work up too much of an appetite and end up pigging out! ;)

You Are Scooter

Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick.You're always willing to lend a helping hand.In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going."15 seconds to showtime!"

The Muppet Personality Test

THIS n THAT

A few months ago on my way home from work I noticed that a scrapbook store out here in the Park was going out of business and everything was on sale ! Now usually I get all my scrapbook stuff from Creative Memories but I thought I would check this store out and see if they had any good deals. I ended up picking up some new stencils, stickers and I thought I would try a "rub-on"!? I've seen these rub-ons before at places like Michael's and other corner scrapbook stores but Creative Memories doesn't offer them. I used one on the scrapbook I'm making for my dad - it was amazing!! OMG why hadn't I found THIS out sooner! I would have used them in all my scrapbooks! It looked so good, if you enjoy doing a little scrap booking you have got to try these !!

I tried my bathing suit on last night and it actually fit really good? Which leads me to believe that it must have looked like crap before! It was definitely not the right size for me when I was bigger?! I have another bathing suit that I also wanted to try on but I couldn't find it, now I'm trying to remember when I wore it last? It's been so long since I've worn it that I can't remember, plus my memory is the sh*ts anyway! LOL I'm actually really excited to go swimming this weekend, I was a little unsure if I even wanted to go at first but now I'm kinda looking forward to it!

There was a meeting last night for the racetrack but I never went, instead I took the dog for her walk and watched Beauty and the Geek! All the meeting was about was street legals and some people had to take their tech test. It sounds like they don't need me to work Sat and Sunday's, just Friday nights, so that's kinda good/ bad. It means more time for me on weekends but less money!

I can't really think of anything for the THAT part of today, so I thought if you want to know a little more about me you can check out my jobs website!

Wednesday weigh in!

~~ Week 24 ~~

I just finished my 6th month on Nutrisystem which is way past the time that I had budgeted for but since it is working so good I thought it was ok to keep going. This past week I have had a lot more meals on my own and have been trying to count calories a little (or at least have a estimate of how many calories I have eaten). I am weening myself off NS and each month I am delaying my order by a few weeks. Originally - when I started NS, I was only going to do it for 5 months. My budget was $1500, which BTW is like one month on JC! I was very sceptical at first of NS like I'm sure most people are when starting a new diet. I was afraid that by going on a diet where all the food is laid out for you I wouldn't learn anything about nutrition, which is exactly the opposite! I find that I have learned more on this diet then I have on any other diet - in regards to reading labels and knowing the difference between "good" fat/carbs and "bad" fat/carbs !? I remember the day when Jordanna e-mailed me a coupon for NS and told me that she wasn't trying to pressure me into joining but if maybe I was thinking about shedding some pounds that I could give them a try! To be quite honest I hadn't even thought about going on a diet! Even though I wasn't happy being fat, I thought I was just "fluffy" or "big boned", not once did I ever think I was obese! She told me about how she had joined and had already lost quite a few pounds, I was very sceptical and thought it would be the same as the time me and Denise had joined WW together and I struggled to get my stupid star sticker and Denise was dropping pounds like crazy! I assumed NS would be the same, it would work good for some but of course it wouldn't work for me! But I was wrong .... I love NS - the simplicity is by far the best thing! So for week 24 (almost on my own) I was able to shed another -2lbs! I'm so close to getting my 60lb bear I can hardly wait! I'm not going to place my next order till I know my bear will be in there too!

I thought that maybe I would like to reflect a bit on things that are different now then they were 6 months ago, besides the fact that I am almost 60lbs lighter!

6 months ago- I could not cross my legs like a girl

Now- I do it all the time! ;)

6 months ago- It took all my energy to walk around the block and it took me 30min.

Now- That same walk takes me less then 20min and that is just the warm up.

6 months ago- I couldn't tell where my boobs ended and tummy began

Now- I can clearly see the difference even when sitting down.

6 months ago- I didn't have much self-confidence and hated being the center of attention

Now- I still don't care for being in the spotlight but I do hold my head higher and find that I am not afraid to voice my opinion, I am proud of my accomplishments.

6 months ago- I would have though that a cheese burger was a balanced meal- meat, dairy, veggies, bread, little fat ..... what else could you ask for?

Now- More then 400cals for one meal is insane! And that is including all the extras!

Hopefully I will be able to continue with this diet forever, I do plan on getting some low GI cook books and hopefully finding some good recipes. I believe this is a diet that I could follow for life, the only issue I have with it is that I eat a lot of soy products now and I have heard that if you are pregnant they do not recommend expecting women to eat a lot of soy?! So I may have to cut down on my soy intake when I get pregnant! But I think I can handle that! ;)

Trivia

Did you hear there is a new food guide ! I think it is funny how the government realizes that America has a over weight problem and that it has taken them this long to re-map the food guide? Although I absolutely do not blame the old food guide for America's obese issues. I don't think that by introducing a new food guide you (the government) will cure this weight issue and all the obese people will become thin? When I was growing up I don't think I ever listened to Hal and Joanne with their tips on nutrition! Although they did have a catchy song on their commercials and as I type this I find myself humming along to it! ;) Now maybe if the government would put a limit on how many fast food joints can go up in one block radius,that might reduce childhood obesity?!

Lately I feel so good, I think that February is going to be our month! I just feel like everything is falling into place, marriage is good, money is getting better, job is ok, weight loss is making me feel great and it feels like we aren't even really trying that hard for all these things to work! I'm hoping that this month will bring good news! A new beginning perhaps or a fresh start at everything! I know I probably sound like I fell off my rocker but I just feel elated, I do see a light at the end of the tunnel and I find myself looking forward to silly things - like weigh in days and discovering a new healthy replacement for my meals!?

On a side note, my brother asked me if I wanted to go with his family to WEM Waterpark next weekend, it is with his company so it will only cost $5 for 3 hours of fun and excitement !! There are tons of water slides that you have to climb millions of stairs to get too but I think it will be well worth it, I get huge exercise and get to have fun - for five bucks! How can you go wrong? Today is grocery shopping day and I will be going by myself, usually both me and the hubby go but he has to work tonight so it will just be me! I'm kinda excited about this cause I will have tons of time to stop and read labels, compare products and maybe even discover some new healthy finds! When the hubby is there it is more of a - where's the list, get what you need, pay and get out kind of attitude! So rushed and he hates when I need salad dressing because I always stand there forever trying to find a good one. It's like picking out a birthday card.... takes me forever! I pick one up, read it, find another, read it, etc ... till I find one that is just right! He doesn't understand why I don't just buy the same one all the time - find one you like and buy it all the time, is his thoughts! He just doesn't get it! LOL ;)

Tired of winter!

Hopefully everyone had a great weekend!? My weekend was really good, lazy but good! ;) I never did get around to shopping for a new pedometer or new cloths. Saturday I baked a batch of cookies for the hubby and I admit .... I tried one .... ok it was two! he he The in-laws also stopped by Saturday night, FIL wanted to borrow our garage to do a oil change on his truck and MIL came with him. She had to inform me of the latest family gossip, she is the type of lady that just can't keep a secret and loves to gossip! They are going to Mexico at the end of the month and just had to give us their flight info and hotel info. She also needed to let me know that if anything should happen they do have life insurance and we are the beneficiaries!? Like anything is going to happen!? So needless to say, I never ended up going for my evening walk Sat night, instead I went for two walks on Sunday. Because the stupid football game was on tv there was absolutely nothing on tv Sun, so I decided to start a scrapbook for my Dad. I have been planning on making him a scrapbook of our wedding for a while so I figure I had nothing better to do.

I've been eating more meals on my own, Friday was breakfast, Sat was lunch and on Sunday I had some of the roast beef I had made for the hubby. I guess I will have to wait till Wed to see if I stayed on track or not? I'm starting to try and be more aware of my calorie count for the day and I am using the NS diary too keep track of it for me. So far it is working good and I am taking in about 1250 cals and burning about 250 cals daily. If I find that I am not feeling full between meals I may need to figure out a way to get more protein in my diet? Maybe I will visit a health food store and look at getting some powder I can add to sauces and meals?!

It is snowing here, again, and although I do like seeing snow - it makes everything look so clean. I am very tired of the cold weather that comes with the snow! And the freezing rain is making the roads impossible to commute on! I can hardly wait for spring!

The hubby is going shopping today to buy a new all-in-one printer, the fax machine we have right now is a POS and same with our printer. And we can't figure out how to work the scanner so we are going to buy new everything! This all-in-one is a printer, copier, scanner, fax, and photo printer! So hopefully I will be able to figure out how to use the scanner part of it and do a before and after pic!

TGIF

So it's official 3 out of 4 groundhogs agree ..... it is going to be a early spring! I have to chuckle about how we put so much faith and get so excited about a little rodent that gives us our spring forecast!

Last night we went bowling again, it was the last week of the 3rd quarter and guess who is made it too first place! Yup - our team, Melons and Balls !! :) We may have even gotten enough pins down last night to get us Grand Aggregate! Now we just have to try and keep getting 1000 pins down every game for the next 7 weeks to keep our #1 position! We even won a door prize last night, a fairly large (Costco size) bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans! The nutrition label said one serving only had 140 cals, 0g of fat and a serving was 32 jelly beans!! BUT the sugar content was insane - 28g per serving!! Of course I had a few so I guess I'm back to day one for my 100% cheat free days! They are the best jelly beans out there, they have any flavor imaginable!

On Boxing Day I volunteered to make some food, I did this so that I knew what was in them and just how healthy they were, one of the dishes my MIL wanted was a spinach dip. I made it using FF Mayo (500ml), FF Sour Cream (500ml), 1 pkg chopped spinach, and 1 pkg of "Knorr" Vegetable soup mix. I tried some to see if it was less creamy then if I would have used regular stuff but I couldn't tell a difference. I bring this up because not only is this recipe "diet" friendly but because when I purchased the Knorr soup mix I checked the label, I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw, seems to be a very healthy soup! So the last time I was at the store I picked up a few different flavors, last night I made Knorr Cream of Cauliflower soup and dished it out into 4 containers for lunches. Today I will be having this soup for lunch instead of a NS meal. The protein isn't as high as a NS meal (of course) so we will see how much of a difference this makes, hopefully I won't be starving by 2:00.

You Follow Your Head

You're rational, collected, and logical.Generally, it takes you quite a while to fall in love.In fact, you've even been accused of being very picky.While you're cool, you're not ice cold.You just know what you want, and don't mind waiting to get it.

Do You Follow Your Head or Your Heart?

THIS n THAT

So tomorrow is Groundhog Day! How exciting, everyone waits to hear if a furry little rodent tells us how much longer winter is going to last?! Apparently THIS is a very special day around the world! So here is to hoping that the little guy won't see his shadow and winter will be over! I think I'm wintered out and I would be very happy to see some green.

I watched Beauty and the Geek again last night, I love THAT show and wish I would have watched it from the beginning! :( I think they are looking for people for the next season so I will have to pay attention to when season 2 starts and watch from the beginning! I thought the show would be really cheesy and all the beauty queens would make fun of the geeks and treat them horrible but it isn't really like that at all! One of the beauties actually has a crush on one of the geeks! I'm not too sure yet if she is just leading him on or if she actually has feelings for him? My favorite geek is Scooter!

So I'm planning a "cheat day" -- Valentine's Day! I already told the hubby what I want for my "romantic" dinner on the 14th! Nachos, yup that's right .... nachos.... hmmm - I can hardly wait, I'm so excited!! :) I actually don't think they will be that bad for my diet, I found some corn/ nacho chips that only have 250 cals per serving and a serving size is 32 chips! That should be plenty of chips for a meal! And the fat and all the other stuff on the label weren't too bad either (I can't remember the numbers), so I figure if I save a dairy serving for my supper and get some Low Fat cheese and load on the veggies (green peppers, tomatoes, hot peppers and olives for my fat). They really shouldn't be too bad?! I have only been able to find Low Fat Mozza cheese is that all you can get in low fat cheese, is mozza ???