~~ Wednesday Weigh in ~~

Well its been a while since I've weighed in, I think the last one that I posted here was week 59 at 172.6lbs? It is now ....

Week 62 = 170.6lbs

(-2lbs)

I'm actually really surprised by this weigh in, I feel like I've been eating every hour, although they are "good" snacks I've still been snacking a lot! ;) I think I will do bi-monthly weigh ins so every 15 days or so? So my next weigh in will be November 15th, I will still weigh myself at home every week but I just wont be posting anything till the 15th.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

As most of you know, today is Halloween! It's a fun time of year, a time of year that my hubby really enjoys. This is our second year converting our garage into a Haunted Garage, it is fun to have the neighbors come by and their kids seem to really enjoy it. Hopefully this year we will have more kids then last, the weather should be nice so there's no reason why people won't come out!? Halloween sure isn't like when I was young, there were kids everywhere no matter what the weather was like. We didn't have all the indoor activities like they do now in the malls, which I'm sure as a parent you are grateful for having the choice to Trick or Treat indoors as opposed to bundling up your little one finding a costume to fit over top of the piles of clothes and facing the elements of outdoors!? I think I still prefer the old fashioned way, where you walk your neighborhood and yell at people's doors, maybe get a few scares!? BOO ! ;) But at least now you do have that choice. We didn't buy any new costumes this year so I will be dressed up as a skeleton again and the dog will be in her sheriff costume! Last year we just left her in the house but I think I would like to try and have her outside, hopefully she will be a good dog! :) I will try to take lots of pics and post some here on the weekend.

Getting back on track

Well I think I am getting back on track, it is Wednesday today and usually on Wednesday's I have my weigh in ..... so I peaked - it looks good, I'm back down to where I feel I should be but I am not going to do an official weigh in post until the end of the month, then again mid-month (Nov.15th). As for my BBT it is still what I like to consider high (even though I don't know what my low is) 36.80C (98.24F) but I am still too chicken to test and see if it really means anything? Hubby thinks I should wait till Friday, which I think will be tough but I really don't want to see a (-)!! It's like getting a F on a test in school - feel like such a failure!

It is gorgeous outside today - almost nicer then a summer day! Maybe it's our "Indian summer", hopefully it will stay nice for Halloween? Hubby is working hard on getting the haunted garage done, I took a quick walk through it yesterday and it's starting to look really good! I didn't sleep very well last night, kept tossing and turning, so I'm a little tired today. Not too much else is new in my life? I think I will go out to St.Albert again this weekend and visit Denise before the snow starts to fly and I won't want to drive that far! ;) Other then that .... I don't think I have any other plans! ? Quite the boring life now that the summer is over!

Wednesday weigh in ?

I have decided that to weigh in every week at this stage in my weight loss journey is becoming frustrating, too record one pound up this week and then a half pound lost the next. Last week I decided that I am no longer going to post my weekly weigh in's on here anymore, I thought that from now on I would like to only post my weigh in's once a month. However lately my weigh in's haven't been the greatest and I am wondering if I should still post them so that I am liable for them and not feel like it's OK to keep gaining! I am now officially 4lbs higher then my lowest weight and even though it is only 4lbs it feels like 14lbs!! I feel really heavy lately, my clothes don't fit right and I feel like I have little energy. It's funny how 4lbs can make that much of a difference and maybe it's because TOM is around the corner and only a few days away but it still sucks to see the scale go up! I think it is time for me to smarten up, buckle down and get back on track! I feel like I am headed for a train wreck! I think I will set a new mini-goal ... it's been a while since I had one of those and with Halloween just around the corner with all those tempting mini chocolate bars I need to stay focused! My new mini-goal is too loose 5lbs by our race banquet on Nov 3rd, that's 2 weeks away - and I think should be achievable?! I want to look my best at the banquet and I want to be able to enjoy the meal without the guilt of making a piggy of myself! ? Then if I end up gaining a pound or two from the banquet meal it won't put me over my 5lb leeway that I said was OK to fluctuate between.

The hubby took the dog back to the vet today to get her stitches out and for him to see how she is progressing. Well I just got off the phone with him and he

said that the vet says everything looks really good. She seems to be healing good and it's OK that she is not putting full weight on her leg just yet, that it is part of the healing process. She has also had a cough since coming home and he said it was because they put a tube down her throat and it got a little irritated but should clear up on it's own (just like my MIL said). So I guess she goes back again in 4 more weeks too check it out again for the final time and by then she should be good!? ;)

I went out to St.Albert last night for the Jobie meeting, which was short and sweet but there was lots of people there that I hadn't seen for a long time so I ended up socializing longer then expected and didn't get home till 10pm. I also stopped by my Dad's house while I was out there to pick up some old puzzles I had. My MIL is going for surgery on the 22nd and asked if I could pick some up so she would have something to do. So I just grabbed them all - my back seat is full of puzzles! Some of them I have never even opened the box yet, they are brand new! I used to love sitting down and build a puzzle, I would put a 1000 piece puzzle together in an afternoon and if I liked it I would build it again and again. Now I have no time for puzzles but I still enjoy helping build them.

BBT = 36.84C (98.31F) -- It sure would be nice if my BBT stayed high!! If it drops to 35C then I may get grouchy! ;)

Weigh in ..... Thursday ?! ? ;)

OK -- so I forgot! he he .... with all the things I had to do yesterday I completely forgot to weigh in until after I was already dressed and I wasn't about to get undressed just to weigh in. So I changed my weigh in day to today! ;) Yesterday morning I had to get the dog to the vets for her surgery and had to leave the house by 7:30am. Of course traffic was horrible and there were accidents everywhere so it took me extra time to get to St.Albert, a drive that usually takes me 30-45 minutes took me over an hour yesterday! After I dropped her off I planned on doing a little visiting since I was in the city but my girlfriend wasn't ready for me to come over till 11am, so I went shopping! I went to Michael's and spent my gift card on some new die cutter shapes for my new Cricut die cutter! Then I went to the local bookstore (Chapter's) and looked around to see what they had and get a coffee at Starbucks! Then it was almost time to go to my girlfriends so I headed back in that direction. I had a good visit with her and met her new baby boy, he sure is a cutie! Then I headed to my other girlfriends house and had a good visit with her too. I headed home around 3:30, oh - and the vet called at about 12:00 to let us know that she was out of surgery and that everything went well! :)

So this morning I weighed in and for:

Week 58 = 171.0lbs

(0lbs)

no loss.... no gain!

I'm OK with this, I thought I had over did it the other day when we went out for our anniversary/ birthday dinner at Red Lobster but I guess I did OK or maybe it was because I gave myself that extra day to burn it off!~? lol

Well I have four more days off from work, and we picked up the dog this morning. She seems to be doing OK, not as dopey as I thought she would be but she does seem more tired then usual. She is now on three different meds and one vitamin, she doesn't seem to have much of an appetite yet - hopefully that will improve a bit by tomorrow. I took pics of her shaved leg and I must say it looks good, you can barely even see where they cut her open -- no stitches to take out, all of them were internal. I should have asked how many stitches but didn't think of it. We have to do 12 weeks of physio!!! :o And he said as long as I take her for short walks and she is using her leg we shouldn't need to do too much physio. So hopefully I can download the pics I took and post a few here for you!

Weigh in Wednesday

Lately I feel like I have been so lazy! Since the dog is unable to go for walks I have lost my walking partner. I suppose I could go downstairs and walk the treadmill for a while but I'm too lazy! So I just sit and watch T.V. and relax, last night was "Beauty and the Geek" and "The Biggest Loser" - both were really good. I'm OK with my weigh in this week considering I have been overly lazy lately and we had a birthday party on the weekend. For this weeks weigh in ....

Week 57 = 171.0lbs

(+0.2lbs)

Not bad ? As long as I stay in that 5lb range I am happy, although I do prefer to see the 16_# instead! I think we are going for supper tonight, to the Red Lobster. I'm not much of a seafood lover but my hubby is and they have a good grilled chicken that I usually get. I can hardly wait for this week to be over!! I start my holiday's on Friday and am excited to relax a little more and not have to worry about going into work! I plan on cleaning out my flower beds, babysitting the dog (after her surgery) and hopefully getting some visiting done! Hopefully I'll still be able to find time to blog and keep you up to date? ;)

Weigh in Wednesday

Week 56 = 170.8lbs

(+1.8lbs)

Not bad for celebrating my birthday on the weekend and having cake and other unmentionable goodies! ;) Next week is our 2 year anniversary so we will be going out for dinner then too! I am happy with this weigh in and figure that this is where I will probably remain for a long time, in between 168-172.

We have these little aphids (little black flies or 'fruit flies') at work that keep buzzing around me and seriously pissing me off! They keep trying to drink my coffee and eat my fruit! Disgusting! I hate them and wish I knew how to get rid of them! This is one of the only reason that I love winter! No bugs!

After watching the season finale of "Big Brother 8" - which BTW I wasn't too happy about who won. I started watching the new season of "Beauty and the Geek", they have thrown a few twists into this season and it should be interesting to see how everything plays out!? Now I just have to remember to keep watching it. The other show that I can't wait to start is "Amazing Race", I love both of these shows.

Weigh in Wednesday

I feel like I have every feeling going through me today .... I'm excited, slightly disappointed, a little depressed, grouchy, eager, anxious! ? I think I will be better after the weekend is over, I just have a gazillion thoughts going through my head - mostly about life in general. I am very happy about my weigh in today, it seems like that +5lb gain was probably, most likely due to the wine because for this week....

Week 55 = 169.0lbs

(-5lbs)

So it looks like all the weight gained last week has been lost this week (except for 0.2lbs but that's minor). I took the dog off her "bed rest" and have started walking her again, just short walks but they still seem to affect her leg?! We need to take her back to the vet to either get more medication or to pursue other options? I don't think it hurts her, it's not like she is whining as she walks, but I do feel bad for her and wish her leg would get better?!

The leaves are starting to change color, I absolutely love this time of year - not too hot, not too cold and very pretty colors. Although today is a little colder then most fall days, it feels like winter is just around the corner!? I'm not a big fan of winter but this year I would like to do a little more winter sports like maybe take my nephew tobogganing once and a while or go to the ski hill.

Wednesday weigh in ....

I don't get it ..... I'm so confused with my weigh in today!? I'm actually a little mad about it! I have been feeling ill for the past 4 days and have not been eating as much as I should have been. In fact I barely ate anything at all on Sunday and spent most of the day in bed! ? I would have thought that that would account for a loss not a gain!? The only thing I can think of that would amount to this big of a gain is the fact that I have not been taking the dog for her nightly walks! With her being on bed rest for a couple weeks it has made me feel like I can "take it easy" for two weeks too!!!?? But I cleaned the house like crazy on the weekend and cleaned my car inside and out - which was pretty hard work! ? I haven't been cheating, at least not what I would consider a cheat. We had BBQ steak on the weekend but I stuck to my 4oz and ate lots of salad and veggies!? I haven't gone out for any fancy dinners, we went to DQ for dinner last night before grocery shopping but I had a salad! ? I've been keeping up with my water intake, if not more cause of my upset tummy it's about the only drink that doesn't upset it more!? It just sucks! So my numbers for this week are:

Week 54 =174.0lbs

(+5.2lbs) !!! :o

I seriously don't get it? I think this is the biggest gain I have ever had!? And although I am almost certain that next week it will go down again I still had to check the scale three times to make sure I was reading it right!? Well at least I did sleep a little better last night except for I woke up in the middle of the night burning up? I was sweating like crazy? I however do feel a little better this morning and don't seem to feel as queasy but my back is killing me! I can't even yawn without feeling sharp pains in my back and rib cage? Well - hopefully next week will show better numbers or I may have to switch to once a month weigh in's!?

Weigh in Wednesday

I feel good today, maybe I woke up on the right side of the bed for a change!? ;) Although I have been very tired lately and almost slept in this morning. I think it is the change in weather, it is starting to get darker earlier and the temperature in the evenings drops to sub-zero temps! Winter is coming and this year I will have to buy a winter jacket. Previous years I have been able to just wear a sweater because I had my own built in insulation, he he, but this year I don't have much insulation left! I would love to get a winter jacket that didn't make me look like a fluff ball with arms and legs! Of course I saw some really nice jackets at Costco last week but we went there the other night and they were all gone! Typical Costco .... if you see something you want there you have to buy it right away cause it might not be there when you go back!

This weeks weigh in was surprisingly really good!?

Week 53 =168.8lbs

(-2.2lbs)

I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale this morning. I am back in the 16_'s where I would like to be. Not too much planned for this week, this weekend is a long weekend and I would like to get some stuff done around the house before my b-day party. I think we are going shopping tonight to buy a new shed so we can rip down the old one. I think we will also buy all the supplies needed to side the garage?! I plan on going out to St.Albert on Saturday, I need to go to my scrapbook suppliers house and pick up a prize I won and I also want to pick up more supplies to get me through the winter. I think the next album I am going to do is "our house" album. That's about all ... for now! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday

Today is my one year anniversary on my weight loss journey!! It's hard to believe that I started a whole year ago! ? It doesn't feel like I have been trying to loose weight for a entire year and I feel like I was successful at it too! ;) One year ago today I weighed in at 251.8lbs, it was quite the wake up call, I honestly had no idea that I weighed that much and when I looked at myself in the mirror I always told myself that I didn't look that big and that I must carry my weight well!?! I think this is just what I told myself to make myself feel better, when in fact I look back now at old pictures and think "holy sh*t - I was big"!! I feel like I will continue to be on this journey for the rest of my life and hopefully it will get easier as I go along but I don't want it to feel too easy or I might slip back into my old ways and slowly put the weight back on! I still need to weigh in every week (for now) and I still need to do a mental check on how much water, fruit, veggies and dairy I have had for the day. I'm not saying that I am going to be super strict about my diet but rather I need to still make good decisions when it comes to eating out. I will still take the dog for her walks and I want to go back to bowling this winter. So for this weeks weigh in:

Week 52 = 171.0lbs

(-0.4lbs)

I have lost -80.8lbs after one year and even though I am not at my original goal I am happy with where I am at. I went from being in a plus size 22 to a regular size 9!!! Which I don't ever remember being, even though I'm sure it's because of vanity sizing now a days but it's still a size 9!! ;) I feel like I have more self confidence then I have ever had and I actually feel like people are looking at me and not just some fat lady. I definitely think that I owe a little credit to my friends and family, without their support I don't think I would have carried on with the diet as long as I have. My hubby was especially patient and now reaps the benefits of a skinnier me!! ;) The other day I came home from work to find a movie on the counter (Barnyard - it's a cartoon) and when I went to put my lunch bag away I found another move (Flushed away - another cartoon) that he had bought for me..... one "just because" and the other for my one year anniversary on the diet! He also bought himself a movie (Wild hogs - with John Travolta and Tim Alan) we watched it last night, it was really good! We also had nachos and popcorn - my two weaknesses but as you can see I still lost -0.4lbs so I must have been smart about portion size!?

So I would just like to thank my family and friends for never making me feel like I needed to loose weight but supporting me while I did. They accepted me the way I was and I'm sure they will continue to love me the way I am. I love you guys/ gals and thank you for never looking at me funny when I brought my own food to gatherngs !! :)

Weigh in Wednesday

I can't help but feel slightly disappointed with my weigh in this week, maybe it's because TOM is coming, maybe it's a little bit of guilt for indulging too much? My shopping trip last night wasn't half as much fun as it was the last time I went!? Nothing seemed to fit right and I had to keep getting larger sizes!!!! :o And the sales people working at the store were no help at all so I had to keep getting re-dressed to go grab different sizes! I wish she would have asked me how I was doing and then I could have asked her to get me a larger size! I did end up finding some new clothes - dress pants with a very light brown pin strip in them, a dress shirt that is crushed suede and two new casual tops that will be good for cooler weather! ;) Never again will I go shopping when it is the week that TOM is coming! @$%&^@

So I should have know better then to sneak a peak at the scale earlier this week, it made my expectations for today too high! Not that my weigh in today was horrible, it's just that 3 days ago I weighed in at less then what I weighed in today so I feel like I got robbed those pounds? I can't think of anything I did differently from 3 days ago till today? Well - actually that is kinda a lie .... we did have tomato and bacon sandwiches for supper the other night and of course I only had one sandwich.... with a side of extra bacon! :o he he Well I'm sure you all want to know just how bad it was and what all my commotion is about -- honestly it's not bad... I still lost .... just not as much as I had hoped for!

Week 51 = 171.4lbs

(-0.6lbs)

See it's not that bad .... I still lost, and I am happy about it - I just should have never snuck that peak! And if you noticed, next week will be my one year anniversary!!! I can hardly believe it - it went by so fast! I feel like this is the longest journey I have ever been on and will be on for the rest of my life! I wish that I was like one of those girls that doesn't even have a clue on what a calorie is, they can eat what ever their little hearts desire and still be thin!? How do they do it!? And why did they get blessed with a high metabolism and not me!? Why do I have to watch my diet for the rest of my life?! I wonder if it's because I wasn't a very active kid? Maybe they were in tons of sports which trained their metabolism early?! I sure hope my kids don't have to watch their diet as much as me and are blessed with my hubbies metabolism! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday

Week 50 = 172.0lbs

(+4lbs!!!!!)

I hate how it seems so hard to loose the weight but yet one "fun" weekend can set you back weeks of hard work! Although I am not entirely disappointed about this gain, it was all in fun - one weekend of fun. I will get back on track with my water and veggies and in no time will be back in the 16_'s. It just amazes me at how easy it would be to gain it all back, if you weren't watching the scale every week by the end of the month you could be almost 20lbs up at this rate! ? Which is exactly why I plan on weighing myself every week even on maintenance, at least for the first 6 months till I know I am on track.

There is a big race at the track tonight but I'm not going! I would have had to take this afternoon off work and probably tomorrow morning too and I was not about to do that! It is a big night race with 8 jet cars, the show probably won't be over till midnight and by the time you fight the crowd to get out of he parking lot it would be close to 1am by the time I got home! Another busy day today at work - I have stock orders to pick, returns to write up and the phone won't stop ringing! So I best be going ..... back to work! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday!

Week 49=168lbs

(-1.8lbs)

I feel like I am loosing more weight now than I did when I was actually trying!? I have been adding more protein/ dairy everyday and if I feel like having a snack I usually don't think twice about it. I am still trying to eat healthy and instead of having a cookie for a snack I would probably have a salad or apple. I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale this morning, I was hoping to see a 169 but was amazed at the 168!! I received my last NS order yesterday and too my disappointment there was only my 80lb bear in the box~!! I was so hoping they would feel pity on me and send my goal bear, seeing's how I wanted this to be my last order. I could call them and ask for them to send the rest of my bears out since I am so close to goal and probably won't be ordering anymore NS food but I kinda feel like I'm cheating if I do that?! I haven't really earned my goal bear yet or my 90lb bear and it may take me another 3 months to get to that point. I think I will just wait a bit and maybe in 2-3 months I will just put a ala carte order in and hopefully they will send my bears then (when I've earned them)!? If I ever do? :P

When I was at the farmer's market on the weekend I bought this soup (lentil soup) that all you have too do is add 10 cups of water to it and whala! So I decided to make it a few days ago, what I didn't know when I bought the bag of beans and seasoning is that it recommends to cook the soup on the stove for 2 hours!! Well with this heat wave we have been having I was not about to turn my stove on for 2 hours just to heat up the house. So instead they had instructions to cook it in a slow cooker for 6-8 hours! So this is how I cooked it, it turned out pretty good, I added extra carrots and onions to it. It turned out like split pea soup, next time I think I will add more protein like some chicken or ham!? It made enough soup for 6 days lunch, not bad for $6.00!

Wednesday weigh in!

Week 48=169.8lbs

(-1.2lbs)

I am slightly surprised by this loss, I have increased my food intake and I am still loosing weight!? Not that I'm complaining, it sure did feel good to look at the scale and see 169!!! But I'm sure next week it will go back up again, I think I am at the point now that my weight will fluctuate every week. I am so hoping that I don't become a statistic and end up gaining weight back over the next few years! It seems like everyone I know or have heard of that has lost a significant amount of weight ends up gaining it all back within a few years (most times they gain more then they lost)! I really don't want to have to go through this again and again! Hopefully as long as I keep that train of thought I will stay on track!

I have my last order on it's way from NS, hopefully it has my last bears in it too! Even though I haven't technically reached the goal I set for myself almost a year ago, I am hoping that I was close enough that they would feel pity on me and still send my goal bear!? I will not be ordering anymore food through NS so after this last order I will be 100% on my own! I believe I have learned enough to keep me on track and I believe that this last order will last me a very long time! However I do like the convenience of NS and will probably miss the grab and go type food, I am hoping to find replacement items at the grocery store that will be equivalent. I will still do my weekly weigh in's for at least the first few month's on my own but I think eventually I will cut down on my weigh in's and only do it once a month!?

Well - I think that's all for today, Happy Hump Day!! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday....

Week 47 = 171.0lbs

(+0.4lbs)

I feel like I am at the yo-yo part of my weight loss journey, one week I loose the next I gain?! Although I am quite happy with this teeny little gain considering I went to a Ukrainian wedding with perogies and cabbage rolls, I indulged in too much wine, went for dinner with our German friends and have been way too lazy to take the dog for her walks -- I would say that only gaining 0.4lbs is pretty darn good! ;) I feel that maybe my body is where it should be now and even though it would be really nice to see 16_lbs I am extremely comfortable in my size 8/9 (which I still find hard to believe) :O I am just not ready to stress about those last 10lbs, I think I will worry about them after I have kids. For now I am very happy to be at a much healthier weight!

We are back too racing this weekend, it sure was nice to have a weekend off. I am ready to go back but I think that after the last race I am no longer willing to do anyone favors. I am not going to work Hot August Night (which is on a Wed and goes all night), I am not going to work the next bike drag (that they really want me to work at), and I am not going to change a day I have already booked off just so the other tower worker can have it off! I am doing this job as a hobby job and it is suppose to be part time, it's not suppose to feel like a full time job (which I feel that it has become) and if they don't like it I sure would like to see them find someone else that would do the job!

Well that's about all .... happy hump day! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday!

Week 46= 170.6lbs

(-0.6lbs)

Not too shabby, I'm OK with this loss, I guess eating raw/ cold hot dogs for lunch and supper three days in a row wasn't too bad after all! ? :P I'm starting to feel that maybe I will see a 16_ # !? I think I am going to delay my NS order again, I bought a bunch of food off of Jordanna so my cupboards are one again full and I don't really need any more NS food yet. Plus if I delay my order a few weeks I may be able to get too goal and get all my bears!! YAH ! ;)

So the last time I was at Costco I picked up a book to read, now I'm not much of a reader and the last book I read was The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy, which by the way was an awesome book and I highly recommend it (even if your not pregnant - like me) ;) Anyway, so I saw they had all the Harry Potter books there and I have always heard good reviews about these books. But I have never read any of the books, I've just seen the movies, so I thought I would give them a try and I bought book one. I must say it is quite good, easy to read and follow. I'm excited to finish it and get the rest of the collection. I am also VERY excited to see the new Harry Potter movie that is coming out today! Anyone else excited to see the movie too!? :)

Weigh in Wednesday

WEEK 45 = 171.2lbs

(-2.0lbs)

I am quite happy with this weeks weigh in, not only was I able to loose the 1.4lbs I gained last week but I also lost 0.6 more ounces! And those ounces add up! ;) I believe that Canada Day helped me loose my weight, I was home all day by myself and it was so nice out that I took the dog for her walk early and then after supper we walked to the field that the fireworks were going off at so by the end of the day I had logged 13,316 steps!! That's the most steps I have ever done!! I had more "aerobic" steps then I normally have for the entire day! I have also upped my water intake by what feels like a ton! I really enjoy Crystal Light and have been buying the ones too make pitchers of juice and usually drink one of those a day plus about a litre at work! My scale this morning said my bf% was 29.7%, which I think is still a little high considering my BMI is 26.8 but I have not been doing any type of muscle building activity and probably should have. I only have 11lbs to go till I'm at goal, I still can't believe that I am the weight I am or the size I am!? I know it sounds funny and you probably don't really believe me but I still have that "fat" mentality, I honestly can't see the change? I still look at the plus models in flyer's to see what looks nice and I still look for sales at Addition Elle!? I think I need to take pics again, I'm down another 12lbs since the last time I took pics so maybe it will make me see the difference?

My bears:

10 - Pound (Female) Pound says congratualtions on your initial weight loss.She's here to keep you motivated as you continue toward your goal weight


20 - Commitment Losing 20 lbs. proves you have the commitment you need to succeed, but a little inspiration from Commitment couldn't hurt

30 - Community Community Bear says take advantage of the support systems around you. Wheather in a chat room or living room, don't be shy about your goals


40 - Determination You said you would do it and you did! That's 40 lbs. down and your very own Determination Bear to boot

50 - Encouragement Wow! Losing 50 lbs. is a great accomplishment. Encouragement Bear hopes you will help other people reach their weight loss goals

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

70 - Willpower Just in case you need a little extra help.Willpower Bear is here to keep you on track until you reach your goal


80 - Workout (Female) Workout Bear is always on the go. She's the perfect walking partner, even on the rainiest of days

Weigh in Wednesday ....

First off this morning I would like to send a big Happy Birthday wish too my hubby!! :)

Hope you have a great day! Love you! :)

Secondly as most of you know it is Wednesday and Wednesday means weigh in day, and as you also know my week has not been the best. Today the scale showed exactly what I thought it would, I guess I can't be too discouraged by it, it was only expected and you still gotta live right!? ;) So with that being said .....

Week 44 = 173.2lbs

(+1.4lbs)<P>

I am a little upset but not because I gained, it just makes me a little mad that it is seems so hard to get 1lb off and yet one bad day can put on double what you lost!! :( I think I'm going to get rid of my mini-challenge ticker, I am finding it more discouraging then motivating. And although I am not going to focus too much on loosing those last 10lbs, not right now anyway, I still like too see my ticker move (preferably down) !! ;)

Boy am I ever cranky today! I blame my computer at work, it pisses me off! Sometimes when I type the letters don't show up and it is super slow!! My Norton has expired and I'm sure that is part of the reason why it is acting so slow! My head hurts ..... I can't wait till the day is over and I can go home! One of the guys here is on holidays now so it's just me and the boss which is fine, it's not like this guy did all that much "work" anyway! I think it is time for him to retire but who am I to tell him when he needs to stop working! ?

Well the hubbies parents are coming over today after supper so I need to stop at the grocery store and pick up a small cake. Hopefully the house is clean enough, hubby vacuumed yesterday so it should OK? I can't wait for the long weekend to get here! I have plans to catch up on all the cleaning that has been missed, I want to paint the garage doors and fence behind the garage, and hopefully we can start the renovations on the basement. Oh and I have some good news .... I think our dog is feeling better!? She barely coughed at all yesterday and she is acting more like her old self!! Hopefully that means she is getting better ?! :)

Weigh in Wednesday!~

Week 43 = 171.8lbs

(-0.6lbs)

For not thinking that I would loose anything at all or perhaps even gain - I'm quite happy with this loss! AND it's just enough to get me my 80lb bear!!

This is one of my favorite bears not just because it means I'm so close to goal but because it is different then any of the other bears (color wise). I find all the other bears to be shades of blue and red but this one is bright orange!! :) The next bear (90lb) is even better it's black! Hopefully I will be able to get that one too!

So last night I did end up going to the Jobbie meeting and I drug Denise with me! I mostly went to find/ pick up my scrapbooks but it was also nice to be back at a meeting. Not much has changed since the last time I was there, they are still struggling for members (they only have 8), and they still struggled with the memory work. I only knew about four people there and they were all adults, it kinda made me feel a little old! ;) I was surprised to see that my scrapbooks were no where too be found!! So now I am raking my brain trying to remember where the last place I had them was? I'm probably going to tare my house apart to find them now! And if I can't find them at my house I will move on to my Dads and tare his house apart! ;) It really bothers me that I can't find them! My hubby thinks that maybe they threw them away but I can not even fathom that they would do that! Who throws pictures away! ? However we did find about 8 scrapbooks that belong to one of the "moms" so we asked if we could borrow them, they are all from our era. I can't wait to go through them and find good pics too scan and put on Facebook! LOL

It was another long night last night, my dog kept waking us up coughing! I feel so sorry for her, sometimes she coughs so hard that I'm worried she will give herself a hernia! She seemed to be getting better yesterday but then last night and this morning she seemed to have a lot of flem again?! I sure hope she gets better soon!? I may have to take her to her vet in St.Albert to get looked at, we just took her to the one close to home but I don't really like them too much!?

Wednesday Weigh in!

~~ FINALLY!! ~~

the scale moved!

WEEK 42 = 172.4lbs

(-2.0lbs)

I thought I had sabotaged my weigh in! Yesterday the hubby wanted Chinese for supper so of course I had to have some too! ;) I totally wasn't expecting to see a loss on the scale this morning never mind a -2lb loss!! My pants are definitely getting too big now and I either need to get a belt and wear pants with a saggy bum or suck it up and just buy pants that fit! ? I am also happy that finally after 2 weeks of having a mini-challenge I was able to move my ticker! And I only need too loose another 0.6lbs in order to get my 80lb bear!

As I mentioned yesterday, after supper and taking the dog for her walk, we did pull out our old yearbooks and flipped through them. I think I almost got my hubby hooked on Facebook too!? ;) He was typing in names of people he used to know and I think he found a few of them, it was exciting. It sure brought back the memories, flipping through the yearbooks! My hubby has yearbooks from junior high ? I only have high school books - I didn't even know they made junior high yearbooks!? I plan on going to my Dad's this weekend for Father's Day and while I'm there I plan on picking up all my old scrapbooks and flipping through them too!

I'm quite excited that there is no racing this weekend, except Friday night street legals. Maybe now I will have time to catch up on all the house cleaning I have not been on top of. Although the hubby has been really good about helping around the house and he usually vacuums on Monday and he empties the dish washer/ sink every time it needs to be emptied. But it's all the small detail cleaning that I haven't been doing like window washing, dusting those places that don't get dusted very often, stuff like that!? I am also looking forward to sleeping in !! ;)