Author: julesfarm@yahoo.com

Every once in a while, I have to go a little deep with the blog and I am reminded why I titled my blog “The Weight of my Weight”. My brain has been extra full lately with thoughts of food and wanting to eat and eat and I’m not sure why. I have had so many moments recently where all I can think about is what is in the pantry! I go to the pantry. I open the doors. I look at the food. I think about eating something that I do not need. I am not hungry and I know this. I close the door. I walk away. Five minutes later (or maybe two minutes) I am back, looking, thinking, stressing. It’s like I just want to dive into the pantry and eat all of the chips and nuts and bars until I explode. This is “past Julie thinking” and […]

(Edited. I didn’t have all of my pictures in here the first go round!) I have so much that I want to say about the last two days and all of the thoughts that are in my head about FOOD! Seriously, how can one person think about food so much? I have no idea. But….it’s late and I’m too tired to type all of my thoughts. For real, there is like a gazillion. Expect a nice long blog post tomorrow and this one will just about what awesome food I ate yesterday. Breakfast – 7 SP RXBar on the go! This is awesome because it is delicious and already made!   Lunch – 10 SP BLT on Sweet Potato Buns with fruit. I forgot just how much I like this combo!   174 g of Cooked Sweet Potato Bun (6 SP), 2 Slices of Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon (2 SP), 2 tsp Avocado […]

I had such big plans for myself in March with my 100 Mile Walk, then that dang Plantar Fasciitis got in the way of things and I did not complete my 100 mile challenge. I didn’t make any goals at all for myself for April, so I feel that May really needs a mindful plan. I went to a gym about 30 minutes away to inquire about a 6 Week Challenge they have starting next week. That seemed far to drive when I know there are things that I can do that are closer to home. It was a tad pricey for three 30 minute workouts a week, so I’ve decided to stick to walking and Yoga until I come up with something else to try. I like the Fitbit, but I have not been great about working towards the 12,000 step goal that I set for myself. I’ve decided […]

Busy few days recently. On Wednesday, I worked at the food truck and wanted to eat everything on the truck. I came real darn close. On Thursday morning, I was going to write a blog titled “Food Truck Confessions” but instead I went to visit our newest grand baby, Wrenley. Oh my gosh……she is just so cute. She is now starting to smile and it is the best feeling to be holding her and have her smile at you.  Thursday ngiht we went to watch one of our other grand daughters perform in her Spring Show at school, then out for ice cream. On Friday I headed out of town with some girlfriends to play for the weekend. On Saturday the husbands joined us and we had a lot of Four Wheeling fun in the mud and rain, and it was possibly the most fun that I have ever had. On Sunday we […]

Yesterday was a really long day. I woke up early, did stuff (you know how I do) then headed out to work. My At Work WW Group continues to kick butt and continues to remind me just how much I love this job, the people that I have the opportunity to meet and all of the satisfaction that comes with this job. Best part of my week is this Tuesday meeting! Every other Tuesday, after working my WW meeting, I have been going to visit my mom’s cousin at the nursing home. If you’ve been reading for a while, then you know that February was a full month of moving my mom’s cousin out of her apartment and into a nursing home. It was a really tough month and being her P.O.A., and my mom and myself being her only relatives, we had several decisions to make. So far things have […]

Yesterday was beautiful outside and I wanted to enjoy it as much as I could. My morning started with coffee on the deck and watching the pups lay in the sun. Next, I brought my breakfast out and enjoyed the sun myself just a tad longer. I eventually brought my computer out and ended up spending the entire morning on the deck enjoying more coffee and catching up on emails. It really was the perfect morning.   I met up for a walk with Becky at around noon and we ended up walking almost 7 miles! I’d say that I ended my day with a good amount of steps!   After our nice long walk, I had lunch on my deck. I just had no desire to be in the house with all of that sunny sunniness outside! After I worked at a WW meeting, Mike and I met for dinner. We did NOT eat out […]

I have lived in the same city for my entire life and so has my husband. Neither of us has ever had a job to take us away, and I suppose that neither of us has ever had the desire to move away. Both of our parents live here too and I would imagine that we will always call Kansas our home. (Unless of course, one of the kids ends up on a beach somewhere and begs us to move closer to them. Then…maybe.) Tess was the first of our four children to move when she took her job with Southwest Airlines in Dallas a few years ago. We have handled the move well and we are able to take advantage of free flights and get to see each other fairly often. One of our other daughters, Anne, and her husband moved to Oklahoma this weekend. Her husband accepted a job, they […]

Making this a quick post! After a stroll down every single isle in Hobby Lobby yesterday while sipping on hot coffee on a cloudy day, I came home and made this.    I cleaned the dirt out of these mason jars that previously had herbs in them. I was going to replant herbs, but I couldn’t stop thinking about a centerpiece.   I looked at a few ideas on Pinterest, then bought moss, crocheted ribbon and a few flowers. The rest are items that I had at home.   I think I like it!     For now anyhow.   Later in the afternoon, I met one of my WW co-workers and some of her friends to celebrate her birthday. Can you think of a better card from one WW member to another??? A few beers and some Edamame with the girls, dinner at home, then to our friends for some WII […]

I work an early WW meeting on Thursday as a receptionist and then I am typically home by 9:00 am. Yesterday Mike was gone all day (he works mostly from home) and had plans for a golf game late in the day. I had the house to myself all day so you know I made a big “to do list” and attacked it.  A friend stopped by as I was thinking about breakfast and was at my house until after noon, so breakfast was lunch. We had a great chat, so i didn’t mind at all, I was just starving! I spent the rest of the afternoon planning my Ebay sale. I’ve never done that before but I have a few things that I think I should put on Ebay rather than in a garage sale. One thing led to another and I ended up melting the last of the […]

Isn’t she the cutest? She has had such a successful year on Weight Watchers and what an inspiration! You can follow her journey on Instagram at gimmiesomebites. I was working a WW meeting several weeks ago when Lindsey came up to me and asked me if I was Julie from The Weight of my Weight. We had been following each other on Instagram but had never met. I was so glad that she introduced herself! We have been trying to get together and walk and it finally happened yesterday. We walked and talked for about two hours! (I could have talked to her forever.) Lindsey has a Fitbit too, and let me just say that we got some steps in yesterday! We had a great chat and I feel like I’ve known her forever. I’m looking forward to many more steps with Lindsey. And……Lindsey is also a beer lover! We chatted […]