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08 December 2008

Im going to post a happy thought each day. I looked to see what I weighed last year at this time and discovered that I am 13 pounds lighter today than I was a year ago. I guess I've been stalling for quite a while now and this is motivating me to try harder to reach my goal and just "DO IT". I'm thinking there is no reason to gain weight during a holiday, so why couldn't I end up losing weight this holiday!!! It is a happy thought, it is possible... we shall see!!

Also thinking how fortunate I am to have my loving husband. The kids are grown and gone but we still have each other. I love my home and the looking out the window at the gray skys with bare trees that have shed their leaves is quite pretty. The grass is still green and there is no snow, the birds are busy in our "bird sanctuary" of a back yard. The neighbor just ran by the window chasing his cat across our lawn, trying to capture her (she is an expensive $2,000 designer cat that gets out all the time). Now I need to go pay bills and listen to my Christmas CDs. Peace to all of you and thank you for being here to help me in my weight loss journey.

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04 December 2008

Weight: In hoping for more weight loss tomorrow. It's been odd this week. I have been weighing myself at night before bed AND in the morning. In the past my night time weight has ALWAYS been at least 2 lbs heavier than my morning weight but all this week it has been fooling me... I have weighed exactly the same at night and morning. I keep expecting the morning weight to go down a couple pounds but it hasn't happened yet.

Food Choices I've done pretty well this week. It's been a kind of chaotic week so I haven't had a lot of time to cook for ourselves. Odd to cook and pack it up and take it to friends house and then not leave enough for US to eat. I didn't save any for us because I was trying to concentrate on getting my thanksgiving gain to leave for good.

Life in General I woke up this morning to rainbows dancing around my kitchen and great room. My grand-daughter's Sarah's "rainbow maker" that hangs in the window of our great room catches the sunlight so much better this time of year. It is a crystal that hung in her hospital room to make rainbow's for her. I told her the bible story of the rainbow when she was little and we were having flash floods and storms and she was scared. She was fasinated with rainbows after that. So Sarah's rainbows were everywhere this morning as if she were reminding me of the holiday coming and the excitement I should be feeling.

I got the tree up and decorated. Small one, not like the huge ones we had when the kids were home. I put little holiday touches around the house and we set up our outside displays and lights. I had another bad night of no sleep last night so being busy kept me awake. Probably a combination of sleep deprivation, holiday emotions and memories that just got me "weepy" today. Poor hubby had to deal with it. I guess I will always remember and miss the holidays when my mama and papa were alive and all the family gathered there. A crowded house full of people, noise and cramped sleeping quarters...the perfect holiday time to me. I think Im just tired tonight. Bless everyone here that helps me in my journey to being healthy and fit. Special hugs to ImLuvvd for helping her mother and dad get started with this healthier life path, We have a lot to be grateful for, even rainbows in my kitchen

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02 December 2008

I will be busy the next few days. My BF's mother died today. I have doctor appointment tomorrow and then will be helping my friend get food together for family that will be gathering her house. ALso making up the guest room in my home for some of her family to have a place to stay over. Funeral is on Thursday and will be with her most of the day. I will stay on track and fit my exercise in...even if to take GF on a walk. She likes to walk but I rarely walk with her. She usually walks early in the morning...like 6am... I don't do 6am

I'll be lucky to have time to journal my food and exercise. If we end up using the office as another guest room I can't get to my computer as easily.

Darn... hate funerals... don't do well at them at all. Almost embarrass myself, oh well...have to face it.

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28 November 2008

Weighing in the day after the holiday meal probably isn't the smartest thing I have done in a while. It does however make me accountable and now I have the opportunity to see if it can come off as quickly as it came on.

I had one major setback in that I drank way too much champagne thoughout the long evening and I know drinking alcoholic beverages always interfer's with any weight loss for me. I will say that I truly felt the need to drink along with my BF. We had just arrived at their home and she was still putting finishing touches on our dinner when she got a phone call that her mother (who is in a retirment/assisted living home) had a turn for the worse and she would be getting help from Hospice from now until the "end". My friend knew this day was coming, but we know from experience that Hospice only comes in when time is short for a person and medical aide in no longer going to be effective or useful. so my friend knows now, that her mother is dying. She was in and out of tears all evening long and she just wanted to drink champagne with me and try to forget for that one evening and make it through the night. So between the two of us we drank 3 large bottles of champagne. Not be best for me "diet". I am thinking of VeggieYuk's 5,5,5 diet.. I could have had 5 bottles!! Oh well, I will work on damage control this week.

Hope you all enjoyed your holiday meals... and that we will all get back to work on staying on plan now!!

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21 November 2008

Im happy with my end results. Final Day of Cruise and my weight went up a little from the two day "eat anything I darn well please days". Overall I am very pleased with my weight loss. Me losing 5 pounds in 6 weeks is pretty darn awesome!! Lil ole hypothyroid, post-menopausal, travel to casino once a month ME!! I lost 5 pounds in 6 weeks!! Hope I can continue that way.

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