Month: September 2014

It was a great day as a WW Member. My day began with a 6.2 mile walk with a friend! After my walk, I met a friend for an early lunch at Panera. I ordered the Pick Two, 1/2 a Fuji Apple Salad and the bowl of Butternut Squash Ravioli. The bowl was of Ravioli was HUGE and I couldn’t find the points value online anywhere, so I only ate five of them. They were delicious! Only eating five of those ravioli was probably the most difficult thing I did all day long! But I did it! 🙂 After lunch, I ran LOTS of errands, then I began to put back together my bedroom. I am way more pleased with it than I was expecting to be. As I was painting, I was questioning my simple color choice, but I really think I am going to like it! I should […]

I spent the first part of the day painting my bedroom, and the second part of the day working at the Food Truck at a Church Festival. It was a full and busy day, and I almost forgot to eat! That seriously NEVER happens! I am paining my bedroom a cream color, and I am painting it over a deep red. This paint job also includes the ceiling. After getting the four walls done and about a 1/3 of the ceiling done, it was time to clean up and head out to work. When I came home, Mike had finished the ceiling for me! I was ecstatic!!  A girl can only paint so much! I am hoping to spend the next two days finishing up all of the extra’s. I have a curtain rod to paint, the toilet room to paint, curtains to hang, and pictures to hang. I’m excited […]

Weight Watcher’s At my meeting last week, I weighed 172.  One year ago, I got down to 154. I had been slowly losing weight for four years. I had plateaued several times, but never gained more than 3 or 4 pounds. After reaching a weight of 154, slowly, I was back at 160, then IN the 160’s. I hung out in the upper 160’s for a long time, and now this. It’s tough to write this blog sometimes. I have readers that I am trying to inspire and motivate to live healthy. I don’t like to let anyone down. I have people reading the blog that know me personally, and gaining weight back, frankly….is embarrassing. But, the whole idea behind the blog, was to share my story, struggles and all. Over the last five years, this is the first time that I’ve had a gain that has lasted so long. […]

Before I talk squash, the “Walking 100 Miles in September” challenge is winding down. I’ve liked this challenge for a few different reasons. It’s always nice to have a goal and chart it in one way or another. I’ve charted my progress on Instagram, and the accountability has been good for me because I have felt obligated to post my accomplishments! There are days that I walked, that I know that I wouldn’t have, had I not made the challenge for myself. Last night is a perfect example. It was long day and it was 8:00 pm before I had a chance to get any walking in, but I knew I had to get some miles in, so I took Tucker and we headed out the door! This morning I was able to get my walk in with some friends first thing!   Four more days and 16 Miles to […]

Nothing super exciting happened yesterday, thank goodness. I’m still alive, however there was a suspicious looking man sitting on a park bench as I walked around the neighborhood lake yesterday that I was OVERLY aware of. If you missed yesterday’s post, you would need to read that for this to make any sense at all. It’s titled, Yesterday, I Was the CrAZy One! I’m headed out to the new IKEA store in just a bit to shop for accessories for the Master. The painting has begun and I hope to have it all finished this weekend! Geesshhhh. Finally! The house is all painted and now I actually wish I would have painted the front door a different color! Dang it! Maybe some Fall Decor on the porch will change my mind about that. I’ll eventually take a picture. 🙂 My Walking Challenge is winding down, and it was absolutely beautiful […]

I think I might be CrAZy….. I’m not sure if I have unusual things happen to me, or if I make things that happen to me become unusual? Maybe a little bit of both. When I was a kid, I had the dad that yelled at the teenage driver speeding down the street….”Slow Down!”…So I do that too. Ten years ago, or so, as a driver was speeding by, I threw a full cup of water in his window. He hit the brakes and backed up and questioned me. I reminded him that he was in a neighborhood and that driving as fast as he was driving was NOT SAFE! He drove away and flipped me off. Punk. Around the same time, I was mowing in my backyard in the middle of the afternoon, and my daughter was playing at a neighbors house a few doors down. I look up […]

(If you received a partial post with this same title yesterday, I apologize. I accidentally hit “publish” before I was even close to being done with my blog post!) Yesterday was crazy and busy. Here’s a breakdown of the crazy events. The morning started out with some guy was on the loose with a gun, close enough to my neighborhood that the schools were on lockdown and no one was walking the trails. I ended up in morning traffic on the Interstate. I remained patient and calm until two different drivers behind me wanted to get a little too close for my comfort level. I  mumbled four letter words to myself and tapped my breaks! I eventually and safely made it to the dealership to get my oil changed and my tires rotated while I enjoyed a Starbuck’s next door and some good people watching. Then I went grocery shopping […]

One of the things that helped match me up with my Little Sis, Samone, is the fact that we both like to draw and paint. We both listed it as one of our top favorite things to do! We’ve talked about doing some artsy/craftsy stuff together, but had yet to do so, unless you count painting our nails as artsy/craftsy……and I suppose you could! I had decided that the next time that we got to hang out, we could do a Paint Glaze and Fire type of thing. I haven’t made a gigantic coffee mug in forever, and I love a coffee mug!!  Well, turns out, I had some time available on Sunday that I hadn’t counted on, so Samone and I got to go to the Plaza Art Fair together! Samone was enjoying looking at the art, but she was enjoying making art even more!   We stopped at […]

Saturday was a really good day that included some really good food! It started off as a really good day because I didn’t crawl out of bed until about 8:30, and I found myself on the couch until about 11:00. The dogs and  I were curled up with a blanket and I was sipping on my frothy coffee, playing sudoku and watching Will and Grace. It was a happy place that I didn’t want to leave. My plan had been to mow the lawn around 9ish, and then get my walk in early. Unfortunately, my butt was stuck to the couch and I didn’t seem to mind much. I only unstuck my butt from the couch because I had lunch plans with my mom to celebrate her birthday!  When I got home from our lunch, I did get the lawn mowed and I got my walking miles in for the […]

It’s Gonna Be a Great Week! I woke up saying that yesterday morning. I rolled out of bed, l looked in the mirror, I smiled and said…..”It’s gonna be a great week!”  Sometimes that’s all it takes. A little positive self talk. Things like….. I’ve got this. I can do this. I owe it to myself to be successful. I deserve to succeed. I will be strong. I will make good decisions. I will treat my body the way that it deserves to be treated. I am in control of me. I guess I’m feeling a little determined today to get back to my goal weight. Our meeting yesterday morning was awesome. Three people shared their success stories, and I felt a connection with each of them. It was a great motivator to not only wake up feeling as good as I did, but to then have the opportunity to […]