OH there are just some days I can't believe the time has flown by so fast!  I realized  that Hillary is now a year older than I was when we moved to Ohio.  I had a child in college and a 10th grader.  Wow .. that's hard to believe.   I felt like I was so much older than I feel she is.. lol.. of course my mom probably thought the same thing about me~ !  Karl is now 60 years old.  60 folks...   Yes that used to be old!   Today I talk with mom and dad at 78 years old and that's not old at all anymore.. Karl's parents are 82 and they aren't old ..not an old bone in their body.. Now that's not saying they don't have aches and pains.. but geesh.. I had aches and pains at 40 .  

 I have to get back on track... years are going by so fast.. there's no reason I can't do this!  Of course the only reason is I am to self indulging!  I want what I want when I want it!!!     Yvette has always been smaller than I ...  but she works at it on a daily basis...  Today she told me she was 132 ..  That is incredible!   I want to be 132... OK So today is the day!     I can't stand seeing pictures of me and I can't stand how I look ... trying on clothes, double chin, rings are tight.... being tired..... I am just so tired of being fat! All my life I have fought this fight... its time to take whip it!!!

Another reason to track what I eat and drink .. Migraines.. they seem to be coming more frequent now again...  for years I had more migraines than not in a month..  but went to the doctor and worked until we found med's that actually worked and now .. those are getting less and less helpful!

I do really well all day .. but lose it about 6 in the evening.. especially when Karl works nights...  I pick and snack and little of this and little of that.. before I know it I've eaten hundreds of calories and if I exercise I take Belle on a mile walk  or shorter...  I really need to 'step' it up!

Grandmother Foster lost a lot of weight .. Granddaddy always said it was just because she started drinking lots of Grapefruit juice..   he said she didn't do anything else... so that's a start!  I'm going to do that too !

Mom-mom was always on a diet of some sort...  she did Weight watchers,  she used that nasty saccharine stuff .. liquid form no less... YUCK!



Breakfast :
Grapefruit

Water

Lunch :
chicken and zucchini  and squash mis-match... no butter ,  no fat added


Snacks :  

Supper :  I haven't decided yet.. probably an omlet.  I'll return later with what I decide on!

Tuesday  1/12 :
    So.. I got home last night and I'm hungry and have a migraine... so I eat a cookie.. and it goes down hill from there.... so much for my First day of being good...    ok ..  I pulled out something from the freezer.. it turned out to be chicken and dressing,  I ate that...  One thing you need to know.. when you have a migraine it triggers eating because for some reason it seems to be better when your tummy is full because if you don't have anything on your stomach you want to barf...  sorry but its true.    So I age another 2 cookies and then had some Trail mix.. not much but some...

Today ..  hot cocoa for breakfast.. instead of coffee and creamer..  I will have a grapefruit to go along with that..  

    

ON days like today ...   I really miss my Mom-mom!   I sit and watch TCM and remember the stories she used to tell me about all of the old (even old to her) actors and actresses... She would tell me about how they got started and what happened in the news about them long many years ago.  She would tell me of going to the 'picture show' and  what the theaters looked like and how much it costs... Of course I dont have the memory at 54 that she had at 89 so I can't tell you what she told me..  I just remember the love that I had sitting in her living room watching those movies with her, whether it was  Cowboys and Indians or Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. Sometimes we would make hot tea and eat a couple of iced oatmeal cookies or we would make popcorn and iced tea. ... Sometimes we would just be together!

June 8, yes,, I'm back on track!

Last Monday I started tracking again and trying to actually make a difference!   I did really good with eating right until yesterday .. we were in WV~   Meatloaf,  corn on the cob, (yes with Butter just one pat though)  salad,  stewed tomatoes and 1 scoop ice cream with about a tbs chocolate and 2 maraschino cherries at my in-laws) on our way home and had a fish sandwich from McDonalds a few fries 1/2 a sprite and split a Jr frosty with Valerie...     but today I'm tracking again...   I only have 8 points left for the day .. and its Hillarys birthday dinner with cake and ice cream...  so Im nixing the cake and going for the raspberry sorbet!   I'm going to grill chicken and corn on the cob and have salad....  that will be good!  =D

Wow that was really high

Aunt Pat could catch anything Isaac sent to her

what fun they had!

Grandma 

January 7th, 2013

Oh dear ,,,   Holidays ....  Yes I gained...  although I tried (but not really hard)  I gained...  Its been 7 days past the New Years holiday ..  and I have not been real consistent with the 'Plan' so .. Today's the day .. getting back on 'Track' 

My oh my what a great Holiday it was! We started out the Holidays with mom and dad coming up early !  They came up on Tuesday before Christmas ...  On Monday Christmas eve when Karl got off work we went to Jeremy and Jayme's for Christmas Eve to watch the kids open Christmas from Santa!  Then we came up and went straight to Hillary and Davids to exchange presents with them too.  Then everyone came here to enjoy Christmas evening here!  It was a wonderful Christmas.. Mom and dad stayed until Jan 2 ..WE all enjoyed Football games and fun and food and family!!!

Dec 5th

Yesterday I 'weighed in'  ..   I'm down 4.4 pounds...   Not Great but I'm not gaining.. I am now down to where I was before I started gaining back.  =\    I need to start walking more.. but its just really hard to get out of bed after only 5 hour sleep.. (yes that's my fault.. some because I wait up for Karl but others is because I read...  and read .. and Read )    So I should stop making excuses and get up and WALK!   =D   now that I've said it..  I need to DO it! Isn't there a verse in the Bible... Don't just read the word .. Obey the Word!  Yes  I need to take both of these and 'heed the words'   =D    I pray that I start taking it all serious.. I really need to ... in every area of my life!!!  

 On a better note....   =)     I'm taking Val on a Missions trip on Friday!  Its going to be so fun!  WE are going with the church to Welch WV...  to a very poor area of WV ..  WE will be handing out 500 gifts to kids .. from new borns to 18 years old!   giving blankets, food, and showing them a Human Drama.     We will sleep in the Armory and travel in a Chartered Bus...  we will drive down on Friday Dec. 7th and come back Saturday Dec 8th ...  we will leave the church at 9 and get home about 10 pm on Saturday!  I can't wait!

Who Knows what day..

so sorry I lost count... missed too many!

Well Thanksgiving is over .. Our anniversary party is over ...  and its time to get back on track.. I've tried to stay with eating under the Maximum points .. but I'm sure I have gone way over.!!!    26 points in a day just doesn't seem enough!  =D  LOL !!!  Especially with Pumpkin pie,  key lime pie, Anniversary cake!
 So I'm back on the right track.. I didn't gain weight over the holidays.. but I certainly didn't lose... 

Today there was an insurance RN that came to the house to take my blood, weight and height and all my medical history...   well I almost took the lady out to keep the scales at my house...   needless to say.. they were 20 pounds off.. YES IN MY FAVOR.. Seriously!!!  20 pounds... I called her on it but she said.. these scales are the ones I always use.!!!   So who am I to argue with her!!!  =D  

My mom and dad are still here and going to stay a few more days...  I am so thankful that I put meals in the freezer!  Its been so nice just grabbing out of the freezer and enjoying them instead of cooking all the time!  AND being tempted to go just grab food.. no matter what I can find!   =D   Good meatloaf, lima beans, corn, salad, and roasted potatoes last night...   night before last .. Veggie soup...  tonight  Chicken pot pie!!!  Ahhh yes!!!  sounds good to me!!! I'll put a side of saute'd peppers and onions and squash so I wont want to eat my fill of Chicken pot pie!!     But I'll probably have a slice of that Cheese cake!  LOL !!!

So far I've only lost 2.6 pounds in 3 weeks.. but losing nothing the week of Thanksgiving I guess that was ok... I Did start something this week that wasn't pleasant but after I got there it was enjoyable...  I met Deb at the church at 7:15 2 mornings this week!!  2 days in a row was a bit much but we walked through the back loop past the kids gym and walked for an hour both days!! I think that is something I will continue!!!  I feel a bit better  seems it really helped me get back in the groove!!!

Day 15

 Today is the day before Thanksgiving EVE!  I'm trying to decide if I need to clean more or bake or re-arrange the furniture.. or  or or ...   I made some Weight Watchers Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Scones...  Yup they sure look good!!!!  =D  Cant wait to taste them!!! 


OH Yeah!!!
THey look as good as these do!!!    Valerie came over so Hillary could go to Isaac's Thanksgiving party so we decided to get started with making a Lot of yummies .. so far that's as far as we got.. Then she had to leave and go to swim class!!!  It was fun!!!  She knows where all the cooking utensils are.. She loves getting out all of the supplies!!!  

Today for Breakfast I ate  an egg and a sausage link.. I'm thinking that is so much better for me for breakfast.  I seem to stay full longer than if I have yogurt or cereal!  So I'm going to stick with the protein for breakfast... (until I have a whim for something else!)   =)  

I had to go ahead and schedule my insurance medical stuff today.. so I have a week and 2 days to lose 3 pounds.. Guess I"d better get to exercising!!!!  Boost up the weight loss and I MUST keep that in mind when I eat all the goodies I am making for Thanksgiving!!!  and the Anniversary get togethers!!!!